166: Chapter 166 Mysterious Realms and Lord-Level
There were no blue skies or white clouds, nor were there any sky or land around.
There were only islands of various sizes floating in the void.
The islands were bizarre, with jagged and uneven edges.
Rather than islands, it would be more accurate to call them fragments of shattered land, scattered throughout this boundless void.
The entrance to the Secret Realm Portal was located at the edge of a relatively large island.
To the left was the boundless void; to the right was barren, rocky ground.
Xu Yan simply scanned his surroundings.
Then, his gaze was drawn to the tidal wave of beasts on the right.
There, lightning flashed, and the sound of thunder was constant.
Clearly, all the beasts were besieging Lin Feng.
However, Xu Yan also noticed something.
Behind this horde of beasts, several much larger Void Trace Jellyfish were currently floating in the air.
Their translucent tentacles writhed constantly, each movement carving dark fissures into the void.
Those were spatial rifts!
Xu Yan's expression grew grave.
Because he recalled the intelligence provided by Su Yue.
The larger the Void Trace Jellyfish, the stronger its power.
And among these Void Trace Jellyfish floating in the air, even the smallest one had a diameter of seven or eight meters.
The largest one was like a small hill!
Judging by sight, its diameter was likely over twenty meters!
One had to know that the two Void Trace Jellyfish he had killed inside the Secret Realm Portal only had diameters of four or five meters.
Yet even so, those Void Trace Jellyfish were genuine S-Rank creatures, terrifying beings equivalent to Tier 5 and S-Rank Espers!
And how exaggerated would the strength of these seven-to-eight-meter, or even over-twenty-meter, Void Trace Jellyfish be?
Surpassing Tier 5 was almost a certainty!
"Another 'Li'!"
Xu Yan's mood was heavy; the first thing he thought of was the 'Li' in the Longji Mountain Range Secret Realm.
Although he had only sensed its aura back then, there was no doubt that Li was definitely an existence above Tier 5.
Otherwise, it couldn't have injured King Zhenyue.
Collecting his thoughts, Xu Yan knew he could not delay any longer.
Because in his perception, Lin Feng's aura was gradually weakening.
It was not because he was injured, but because his Mental Power was being heavily depleted.
Xu Yan took a deep breath, gathered strength in his right fist, raised it, and swung fiercely toward the horde of beasts.
A scene that Xu Yan hadn't expected occurred!
Crack!
A sound like shattering glass suddenly appeared at the crest of Xu Yan's fist.
This punch of his had actually shattered space!
A pitch-black spatial rift emerged before Xu Yan's fist.
Immediately, the space in front of Xu Yan cracked open on a large scale, and all the beasts in its path were swallowed by the splitting space without even a single roar.
Xu Yan stared blankly at this scene, stunned.
He looked at his fist for a moment, then at the spatial rift that was beginning to slowly repair itself in front of him.
"I… shattered space with one punch?!"
Xu Yan himself was dumbfounded.
"Could it be that the space in the Secret Realm World is less stable than on Blue Star?"
After pondering for a long time, Xu Yan could only arrive at this conclusion.
Otherwise, how could he explain that with the same attributes, he could only vaguely grasp space while on Blue Star?
Yet upon coming to the Secret Realm World, he could directly shatter space.
"I guess this counts as breaking the void, right?"
As Xu Yan thought this to himself, he suddenly heard several gasps of cold air from behind him.
Turning around, he saw Su Yue and the others who had just stepped out of the vortex.
At this moment, they were covered in blood.
Clearly, they had also gone through a fierce battle, completely wiping out all the beasts in the passage.
"Xu… Xu Yan, you…"
Yao Ji and the other two were already numb, completely at a loss for words.
Previously, inside the passage, Xu Yan clearing out all beasts within a hundred-meter radius with a single punch had already seemed exaggerated enough to them.
But they hadn't expected something even more exaggerated to follow.
They had just emerged from the Secret Realm Portal when they saw the scene of Xu Yan shattering the void with a punch.
This kind of impact was impossible to understand for anyone who hadn't seen it with their own eyes.
Although Su Yue was equally shocked, it was barely within her range of acceptance.
This was only because she knew that space within the Secret Realm World was unstable.
If she unleashed her full power, she could also manage to slice open the void with her sword.
Although she couldn't do it like Xu Yan, shattering a large area of space with a single punch, she could at least manage it.
She quickly scanned her surroundings, and when she saw the Void Trace Jellyfish in the distance that was over twenty meters in size, her breathing immediately hitched.
"Lord… Lord Level!"
Su Yue's body trembled slightly, and her face showed expressions of terror, astonishment, and disbelief.
"No wonder!"
At this moment, Su Yue finally understood why Lin Feng had died in the Secret Realm World after the Tianditan Secret Realm opened back then.
And why the Tianditan Secret Realm had fallen!
Everything, absolutely everything, became clear to her after she saw that Void Trace Jellyfish over twenty meters in size.
Crackle~!
With a crackle of electricity, Lin Feng's figure appeared beside Xu Yan and the others.
Lin Feng's state was not good at the moment, and it wasn't just because he had depleted a massive amount of Mental Power, causing his face to turn pale.
There was also a wound on his right shoulder that had been completely pierced through.
But strangely, the wound was not bleeding; instead, a weird crystallization had appeared.
Noticing Xu Yan's gaze, Lin Feng forced a smile and explained, "I wasn't paying attention and suffered a small loss."
Without further explanation, Lin Feng said to everyone, "Be careful of that big guy."
"Its strength is very likely—no, it has already exceeded S-Rank and Tier 5!"
Xu Yan withdrew his gaze and looked at the massive Void Trace Jellyfish floating in the distance.
Just now, Su Yue had been right beside him, and he had clearly heard that very low voice say "Lord Level."
"Is there any way to deal with it?"
This question was directed by Xu Yan to Su Yue.
After this series of events, Xu Yan already had a vague guess in his heart about Su Yue's situation.
But now was not the time to ask about that.
Right now, if Su Yue said there was no way, he would have to force himself to try.
If he was no match for it, they would have no choice but to retreat back into the portal and engage in a long, drawn-out war of attrition, just like the current situation at the Longji Mountain Range.
"This… this thing, why is it so big?"
At this moment, Yao Ji and the others finally recovered from their previous shock.
Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, they looked at the Void Trace Jellyfish in the distance, their faces full of horror.
"No." Su Yue was silent for a long time before slowly shaking her head. "This is the first time I've ever seen an existence that surpasses Tier 5 and S-Rank."
Xu Yan nodded and said no more.
He looked into the distance at the beasts that were already closing in on them, along with the Void Trace Jellyfish, and said in a calm voice.
"Old Lin, you, Su Yue, and Yao Ji and the others, help me pin down those beast hordes and the other jellyfish."
"You…"
Hearing Xu Yan say this, everyone immediately realized something, and Lin Feng said anxiously, "Xu Yan! Don't do anything stupid!"
"That thing is not something we can handle right now!"
"We should retreat to the portal now; they can't get in. As long as we can hold the portal and stall for some time, we will be able to solve this sooner or later…"
Xu Yan waved his hand, smiling as he interrupted Lin Feng.
"I know."
"I'm not planning on throwing my life away either." Xu Yan did not turn back but looked at the largest Void Trace Jellyfish, his tone eerie and quiet.
"I just want to see the gap between us."