363: Overwhelming

While fleeing, Chen Tianming noticed that these shadows, though seemingly scattered, appeared to have a pattern upon closer inspection.

They seemed to be distributed according to the layout of a formation, but not as if each was independent.

This was the most troublesome point!

If they were alone, they could choose to defeat them one by one, but if they were working together, even if the two of them were Chosen Ones, they couldn't compare to the opponents.

"Chen Tianming, have you discovered something?"

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady felt it was incredible, but seeing Chen Tianming's state, she guessed that he had found something.

Thinking of those shadows, Chen Tianming felt a headache.

In his understanding, these shadows didn't seem like opponents that could be easily dealt with.

Chen Tianming didn't answer Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady's question quickly, because he himself didn't know how to answer.

He didn't know the origin of those shadows, nor their harmfulness, and he even felt like he didn't know where to start speaking.

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, who hadn't detected the formation, was a little displeased, but she frowned and said nothing, just quietly watching Chen Tianming, hoping he could explain the origin.

"Lady Mysterious Lady, I've found something amiss. This place seems to be filled with the shadows we just saw."

"Is that so?"

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady raised her eyebrows, her divine sense spread out far, but only in one direction.

Where her divine sense reached, she indeed saw many shadows, but with only a single fan-shaped area, it was not easy to discern the rudimentary form of a formation.

"These shadows give me a very bad feeling. Although there's no immediate threat, these places are definitely not right."

She felt nothing, but her intuition just told her something was wrong.

"Boom!!"

Instantly, the ground vibrated continuously.

"No!"

Chen Tianming roared, tension in his brows and eyes.

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady quickly followed, and both of them wanted to escape this place quickly, but they found that this desolate place seemed very large, with no boundaries visible at all.

"Something's wrong, this place seems to have no boundaries."

Chen Tianming discovered that this place was impossible to escape from; every area had these shadows, and crucially, their distribution was still the same as the previous formation.

Chen Tianming frowned heavily at this, unable to find a way out for a moment, and they were very likely to be exhausted to death in this place.

"Go back!"

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, who also felt something was amiss, spoke, while also trying to analyze the situation here with her divine sense.

The situation not being analyzed was the worst choice for Chen Tianming.

"Go back?"

Chen Tianming was confused about the choice here, not knowing how to choose a way out.

"Yes! Go back, we didn't find the right direction from the start."

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady nodded, very familiar with these things.

Formations are mysterious, but that doesn't mean they cannot be broken.

Listening to this, Chen Tianming finally chose to trust Lady Mysterious Lady's intuition. In this regard, Chen Tianming didn't plan to force himself, especially in areas he wasn't good at.

Moreover, she carried divinity, so she would understand more than him. He would use this experience for now, no problem!

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady was actually a little surprised by Chen Tianming's immediate execution of her orders.

In her opinion, a mortal who possessed such strong power should be more arrogant!

Even people in the Divine Realm were particularly angry at her behavior when she got anxious and her tone of voice became unpleasant.

But Chen Tianming was able to endure it, which naturally surprised her, but only a little.

"After going back, what then?"

Returning to the starting point, Chen Tianming didn't act rashly, especially since those shadows were also staying put.

"No rush, we might have fallen under an illusion, which is why we can't leave!"

"So if we're under an illusion, then I've returned to the starting point?"

This question from Chen Tianming truly stumped Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady.

She wasn't clear about this situation; rather, she had never encountered it before.

"Calculating steps should work, but since we were treading water from the beginning, we might have been at the end all along, so we might as well save some energy."

At this moment, Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady somewhat regretted not listening to what Chen Tianming had said earlier.

Although Chen Tianming had been the one exerting effort during their aimless running earlier, the subsequent consumption of her divine sense was also a burden for her.

"Can you detect the complete formation? If there's a complete formation, I should be able to try to break it."

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady couldn't guarantee it in this regard, but she was willing to make such an attempt.

Without paper and pen, Chen Tianming could only draw on the fine sand on the ground with his hand.

Although it was a bit difficult, for Chen Tianming, this was the only way to get out.

"The general formation should be like this. My spiritual sense can't spread out any further. I don't think the space here can be boundless!"

"No space is boundless; not even the Divine Realm can achieve that!"

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady didn't believe there was a boundless place in this world; it must be due to a formation.

Since it was due to a formation, they could deduce the size of this place by the scope and number of the formation.

While Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady was making deductions, Chen Tianming was not idle either, observing the surrounding shadows while recuperating his spiritual energy.

"I've deduced it. The opponent is likely using the Nine Stars Eight Trigrams Formation. If nothing goes wrong, we can deduce it through the direction of the Big Dipper."

"Good."

Since Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady spoke, Chen Tianming acted immediately without any hesitation.

"I'll guide you!"

The two had a clear division of labor, but just as they began to act, the shadows also began to move simultaneously.

"Damn it!"

The shadows were extremely fast; before Chen Tianming could even react, the open space around them was encircled by the opponents.

"They want to trap us here?!"

"Escape the encirclement!"

Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady also appeared very nervous; she didn't know much about the surrounding environment, so her assessment of the shadows' abilities was always on the higher side.

She couldn't tell if Chen Tianming, who still had strength left, could win.

"Understood!"

Chen Tianming knew this without Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady telling him; he had to leave as soon as possible.

If they were really surrounded by the opponents, then they would be in danger.

"Left!"

With strict orders, almost the instant Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady's voice fell, Chen Tianming began to act without any hesitation.

Chen Tianming's movements were clean and swift, but the shadows' speed was simply too fast, and their prolific reproduction rate was astonishing.