153: Chapter 153 Bewilderment

Beside the rockery.

Shadow was breaking out in a cold sweat.

His face was pale as he looked at the person in front of him.

By now, how could he not know that the person before him was definitely a warrior stronger than himself?

Asma!?

No.

He knew Asma.

Could it be Bai Zhu!?

But it doesn't look like him either!?

In an instant, Shadow had mentally scrolled through all the various people on Blue Star.

Before coming, the General had given him the data on Blue Star to review.

It included many experts, both hidden and public.

But, until just now...

Shadow had always believed that there was no one on Blue Star who could threaten him.

The only High-level Legendary, Bai Zhu, was still in seclusion, and the Ranks of other experts were too low to even discover him.

Because of this, Shadow assumed that Asma would be the only obstacle in this entire mission.

However, although Asma was a High-level Legendary, his own innate talent was Space.

In a state of Space Stealth, as long as he didn't walk right up to him, he would absolutely not be detected.

The General had personally tested this for him back in the Pansi Civilization.

Thus, Shadow actually felt that this trip should have been very smooth.

But...

However...

What was going on now!?

Had his Space Stealth been seen through from the very beginning!?

"Who exactly is this?!"

"What is his cultivation?!"

"How did he find me?!"

Shadow was terrified.

Ji Yebai looked at Shadow with interest.

Although he didn't know what the man was thinking, the pale face clearly showed his nervousness.

Not only that, but his Mental Energy was in a tense state, as if it could erupt at any moment.

Ji Yebai sized Shadow up repeatedly as if looking at a treasure.

Shadow's cultivation was of no concern to him at all.

But...

The wisps of strange aura lingering around Shadow's body made Ji Yebai very interested.

The ability of the person before him seemed to be related to Space.

If not for that, he wouldn't have caught Ji Yebai's attention from the start.

And Ji Yebai wouldn't have toyed with Shadow three times.

Those three times, especially when leaning shoulder to shoulder, were Ji Yebai's opportunities to sense the Spatial Fluctuations.

It had to be said that Space was indeed a strange energy.

Ji Yebai carefully savored the residual fluctuations around Shadow's body.

At this moment, Shadow could no longer hold it together.

"Damn it!"

"I'll risk everything!"

Shadow's mind raced as he constantly thought of an escape route.

He didn't dare stay any longer.

As for the mission...

It had failed the moment he was discovered.

What he needed to consider now was how to escape.

As long as he escaped, he might be able to sneak in again at a different time and place.

Thinking of this...

Shadow gritted his teeth.

He still had a chance to escape.

Space Jump.

As long as he activated his ability, he could perform a Space Jump.

However, the Space Jump ability was not instantaneous.

It required a period of time to trigger.

But Shadow already had a plan.

His Mental Energy began to stir, operating at 200% capacity right from the start.

However, he forcibly controlled the flow of his Mental Energy without immediately initiating the Space Jump.

His rapidly circulating spirit caused the Spatial Fluctuations around Shadow to intensify.

He desperately maintained this critical point.

He was waiting for the Spatial Fluctuations to reach a certain level.

At that point, he would be able to instantly open a Spatial Gap and jump straight out.

He could essentially open and close it in an instant.

Even if it didn't close immediately, Shadow wasn't afraid.

The power of Space was formidable.

He had never seen a Legendary who wasn't afraid of the power of Space.

In the moment the space opened and closed, the opponent would definitely not dare to rush in; even if they attacked, at most he would just be injured.

Thinking of this...

Shadow accelerated his mental circulation again, a flash of pain appearing in the depths of his eyes.

The burden of forcibly circulating his spirit was immense.

Moreover, the spirit of someone at the Legendary Stage was enough to blow up a steel battleship.

And at this moment...

Ji Yebai's eyes grew even brighter.

The moment Shadow circulated his spirit, the Spatial Fluctuations around him became even more intense and obvious.

Interesting!

Ji Yebai smiled.

But in that very instant...

The Spatial Fluctuations reached a limit.

Buzz!

A subtle fluctuation suddenly bloomed.

The air suddenly caved in, like the moment a stone is dropped into water.

Shadow's entire figure retreated rapidly.

He seemed to sink into the surface of the water, descending toward the depression.

In the blink of an eye...

Shadow sank into space.

"Eh!?"

"He didn't make a move!?"

Shadow's face lit up with joy, and he immediately looked up at Ji Yebai.

But with that look, Shadow saw a scene he would never forget.

He saw the man before him suddenly reach out with a look of great interest.

That large hand reached out as if blotting out the sun.

Under Shadow's stunned gaze, it plunged directly into the spatial ripples.

In the next moment...

It grabbed him by the collar.

Then...

Before he could react...

A massive force struck.

It pulled him straight out.

In just a blink, he was standing on the ground again.

"I..."

Shadow looked at Ji Yebai blankly.

A sense of bewilderment appeared in his eyes.

What happened!?

But he immediately came to his senses.

A chill exploded in his mind.

"A single hand plunged into space and directly interrupted a Space Jump!?"

"How... how is this possible!?"

Shadow trembled all over, his hair standing on end in an instant.

At this moment, his strength seemed to have been drained away, leaving him weak all over.

It was a state of extreme terror.

Ji Yebai held Shadow by the collar, but his gaze was fixed behind Shadow.

As he pulled Shadow out of space, the Spatial Fluctuations instantly erupted.

However, before the explosive energy could erupt, the Spatial Gap vanished.

But in Ji Yebai's eyes...

In that corner, those unique Energy Particles had become several times denser in an instant.

Ji Yebai reached out and pinched a Spatial Particle.

This scene caused Shadow's mind to explode with shock.

Ji Yebai toyed with it for a moment and then released the particle.

In just a brief moment, the particle vanished like a drop of water into the sea.

"So this is Spatial Energy!?"

Ji Yebai was deep in thought.

Although space is everywhere, it is usually not observed.

This was also his first time witnessing the power of space.

After thinking for a while, Ji Yebai withdrew his gaze.

His gaze fell upon Shadow, whose face was ashen.

He reached out and pulled a small crystal bottle from Shadow's person.

He looked at the object in his hand with some surprise.

"spring of life, no wonder the vitality is so dense!"

It was so obvious that he had sensed it before.

But his attention had been on the Spatial Fluctuations, so he had ignored this.

He took it, and Shadow's mouth moved, but he couldn't say a word.

Aside from the spring of life, Ji Yebai hadn't found any other good things on Shadow.

He looked at the spring of life in his hand, then at Shadow, feeling a bit conflicted.

Should he hand him over to the Academy!?

But after thinking about it, he gave up on the idea.

The greatest value Shadow possessed was this spatial ability.

But from the research just now, even a conventional Life and Death Realm might not necessarily be able to detect Spatial Energy.

Therefore, if he really handed Shadow over to the Academy, the ultimate result would be the Academy turning him in, followed by people from the Science Department coming to study him, or him being Sealed.

But both of these would consume a lot of manpower and resources, and the gains would not be proportional.

After thinking...

Ji Yebai had an idea.

His gaze fell on Shadow: "Activate your spatial ability!"

Eh!?

Shadow looked up blankly.

He didn't understand immediately.

But the moment he saw Ji Yebai's gaze, he reacted.

Mental Energy began to trigger.

Even though his mind was in intense pain from the previous overclocked eruption, Shadow gritted his teeth and persevered.

He knew very well that sometimes, one's value was the key to survival.

This time, it wasn't as fast.

For a full three minutes, the space began to cave in again, and ripples appeared.

However, this time, Shadow didn't try to escape.

Truly, he swore he didn't even have that thought.

The person before him was simply too terrifying.

It was far beyond his understanding.

But in the next moment...

An even more bewildering scene occurred.

That large hand, as if stuffing away trash, shoved him directly into the spatial ripples.

Moreover, that powerful spatial force caused absolutely no damage to that arm.

Then, the next scene was the Spatial Interval closing.

Finally, under Shadow's bewildered gaze, that large hand was withdrawn from the Spatial Interstice completely unharmed.

The space closed.

"This should be a Space Jump, right!?"

Ji Yebai looked toward the northwest.

He had left a Divine Thought on Shadow just now.

Now, this Divine Thought appeared in the far west.

Estimating the distance, it was at least a thousand kilometers away.

Immediately after, Ji Yebai felt the Divine Thought rapidly moving further away.

Presumably, he was escaping.

Ji Yebai withdrew his gaze, having no intention of pursuing.

Encountering the power of space today had truly been an eye-opener for him.

His movement technique on Blue Star, Shrinking Ground to an Inch, used to rely on the pulsations of the earth's pulses to cross distances.

But looking at it now, it seems it also invoked the power of space.

"Interesting!"

"Truly interesting!"

Ji Yebai sighed slightly and then turned to leave.

It was now after work hours, and it had even grown dark.

The Cafeteria had long since closed.

It seemed he could only go out to eat today.

Leisurely, Ji Yebai walked out with his hands behind his back.