349: Chapter 349 Blocking the spring, every place that comes will die!

"It should be right here."

In a remote mountain area of the Ancient Battlefield, Li Fan stood atop a high peak, his eyes narrowed as he gazed at the deep valley below.

According to his Mental Energy investigation, the spatial density here was far greater than anywhere else.

Although the so-called dimensional rift could not be clearly seen with the naked eye, countless jet-black shadows could be seen erupting like a geyser from the depths of the valley.

"That dimensional rift must be underground."

Li Fan immediately reached a conclusion.

However, given Li Fan's current strength, it was naturally impossible for him to go underground and seal that dimensional rift.

All he could do was exterminate the countless geyser-like shadows.

No matter how many came, he would kill them all!

And so.

Li Fan casually found a suitable spot nearby to settle in and began his massacre.

Li Fan focused his mind and spirit, fixing his gaze on the deep valley.

The next second.

Rows upon rows of densely packed shadows began to vanish in large swathes.

As soon as a batch appeared, a batch would die.

Such a scene was exactly like camping the spawn point!

These shadows didn't even get a chance to strike. They had just arrived when they directly perished.

Approximately half a day passed like this.

The number of shadows that had died before Li Fan was already somewhat uncountable.

The other side of the Alien Universe finally noticed something was wrong.

"There's a problem!"

"The rate of deaths seems to be accelerating. Over twenty thousand seedlings have already perished,"

"According to our investigation, it seems those transmitted recently are dying almost instantly upon arrival. Could there be an issue with the dimensional rift?"

"Something is indeed off. It looks like there might truly be an ultra-powerful being making a move over there."

Outside the altar, the sound of murmuring discussions now rose.

Initially, they hadn't paid much attention to these inexplicably dying seedlings. But as the deaths grew faster and more numerous, they gradually realized something was wrong.

Apart from most of the seedlings transmitted earlier who were still alive, every seedling transmitted later died as soon as they arrived.

If this death rate continued and transmissions kept going, the later batches of seedlings would likely be completely wiped out.

At this moment, the group of seedlings standing upon the altar, ready to begin their projections, also began to feel some panic.

"What's going on?"

"Did all those who projected earlier perish?"

"Could something have happened over there?"

"Damn it, it's almost my turn!"

"It seems too late to back out now!"

"This is really strange. It's just a projection. Even if the projection perishes, the original body shouldn't die too, right? What exactly is the problem?"

These seedlings about to depart were now discussing animatedly, each frowning deeply, their expressions grave.

They had come here under orders, driven not only by fervor in their hearts and generous rewards but also largely because they could fight using projections—meaning they could fight without injury.

But now.

The situation's development had somewhat deviated from their expectations.

The danger had directly escalated to threaten their original bodies!

No matter how fervent their zeal or how generous the rewards, it was difficult to resist the threat of death.

However, wanting to withdraw now was already too late.

Dozens of Immortal Level existences were controlling the field around them.

Once they stepped onto the altar, they had no choice.

Once those Immortals activated the formation, their projections would automatically be dispatched to that Ancient Battlefield continent.

"In my opinion, we should temporarily halt the projection transmissions. Let those seedlings still alive go investigate the situation near the dimensional rift."

At this moment, an elder spoke, voicing his thoughts.

And this suggestion quickly gained unanimous agreement.

Immediately after, one could see.

The shadows scattered across various corners of the Ancient Battlefield continent now all received a unified message in their minds: return to the dimensional rift, that is, to that deep valley, and investigate.

For a moment.

The shadows, who had been slaughtering the Contestants, all rapidly retreated, speeding towards the deep valley.

As for this scene,

the surviving Contestants, who had been hiding and fleeing everywhere, were all utterly astonished.

"These monsters seem to be retreating!"

"Could it be that people from the Cosmic Cloud Company have come to rescue us?"

"It doesn't seem like it. These shadows appear to be heading in another direction. There must be something attracting them over there."

"Could it be that some great opportunity has appeared? Should we go take a look?"

"Go take a look? Wouldn't that be no different from actively seeking death?"

Discussions now rose slowly from the mouths of the Contestants.

From their perspective, they could only see the shadows retreating. What exactly was happening, they had no idea.

Some guessed reinforcements had arrived, while others speculated that a great opportunity had appeared.

But regardless of the guess, the Contestants who had narrowly escaped death all dared not follow the shadows.

Because that would be no different from actively delivering themselves to death.

As for these shadows,

many were now heading towards the deep valley.

One could see, in the distant sky above the deep valley, a pitch-black mass, like a sky-obscuring dark cloud, exuding an overwhelming sense of pressure.

"Damn! What the hell happened that's making us retreat to the rift to investigate? I haven't killed enough yet!"

"I heard some sort of incident occurred?"

"What kind of incident could there be? This continent is full of ants, completely incapable of stirring up any waves."

The voices among these shadows were now extremely noisy.

As the first batch of projections to arrive, they didn't know what had happened. They were still caught up in the excitement of slaughtering the Contestants.

But since their superiors had given the order, they could only reluctantly come here to investigate.

And soon,

their discussions came to an abrupt halt.

Because their gaze had unmistakably fallen upon the terrifying scene in the deep valley.

The densely packed, geyser-like shadows were now dying in swathes.

As soon as one batch appeared, a batch would perish, leaving not a single survivor!

"This!"

"This... what is this situation?"

For a moment,

the countless shadows in the sky above all widened their eyes, staring fixedly at the changes in the deep valley, a trace of terror slowly appearing on their faces.

It was as if there was a natural barrier isolating the space outside the dimensional rift. Anyone passing through the dimensional rift would directly perish!

They had originally thought it was just some minor incident.

But now, looking at it, how could this be a minor incident?

This was clearly a major problem!

"Look over there!"

At this moment, a shadow suddenly noticed a figure sitting atop a high peak on one side of the deep valley.

That's right.

Who else could it be?

Naturally, it was Li Fan!

"It must be this guy causing trouble!"

"It has to be him!"

"Is this an Immortal? That shouldn't be. Didn't the elders say there wouldn't be any existence exceeding the Domain Lord level here?"

The shadows immediately recognized Li Fan's abnormality.

Apart from Li Fan, there was no one else here.

If Li Fan wasn't the one doing this, then who was?

But soon,

before they could do anything,

they saw Li Fan glance towards them from afar.

In an instant,

the pitch-black sky instantly cleared, becoming a cloudless, serene expanse!

"More coming to deliver themselves?"

Looking at this scene, Li Fan couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

He had been worried that Peng Song and the others might not withstand the pursuit of those shadows.

But now, these shadows had all gathered right under his nose.

In that case,

he wouldn't hold back!

And this scene was clearly witnessed by the shadows rushing over from not far away.

They hadn't arrived as quickly as the previous batch and were still advancing steadily from behind.

But before they could react, they noticed the large group of shadows ahead had vanished into thin air.

This undoubtedly made them all stop in their tracks, not daring to advance further.

"Good heavens, what on earth is going on?"

A shadow couldn't help but let out a trembling voice.

From their angle, they hadn't noticed Li Fan, but they were already completely afraid to move forward.

Immediately after, a shadow reported the situation to the elders on the other side.