Chapter 708: Choosing the Wrong Opponent

One of them was a new Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence in the River of Spacetime, while the other was Black Fiend Hall’s leader—who had been at the Seventh Tribulation realm for over 100,000 years. The other Seventh Tribulation Eminences and half-step Seventh Tribulation Eminences in the River of Spacetime naturally paid close attention to their battle.

However, this battle was too short!

Furthermore, other than the beginning of the battle, the most critical exchange lasted for about 30 seconds! Due to the spatial seal, these Seventh Tribulation Eminences and half-step Seventh Tribulation Eminences couldn’t see anything at all. They only saw the spatial seal finally shatter. Lord of Li Rainbow’s body was covered in cracks before he tore through the void without any hesitation and returned to Black Fiend Hall.

“From the looks of it, Black Fiend Hall Master suffered.”

“That spacetime was sealed before it was forcefully blasted apart? Although I didn’t see City Lord Eastcalm’s moves clearly, they were very powerful.”

“In this battle, City Lord Eastcalm only sent a few Essence Soul avatars. In the end, he had the upper hand, and Lord of Li Rainbow suffered losses?”

Although the top factions didn’t see it clearly, they had some judgment.

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Black Fiend Hall headquarters.

Whoosh.

Lord of Li Rainbow returned to his throne and sat down alone with a sullen expression. After all, he had reached the Seventh Tribulation realm before Guild Master Fiend Eye. As a member of the older generation, he placed great importance on his reputation.

Considering that he had reached the final bottleneck in the laws of space and time and that he only had tens of thousands of years left to live, he wanted to show his prowess in his remaining years. He wanted to stir up waves in the River of Spacetime and obtain a chance to break through in battle.

To his surprise, he suffered greatly when facing a newly-advanced Seventh Tribulation Eminence!

Have I really grown old? Lord of Li Rainbow even began to doubt himself.

His body nearly collapsed from the attack when facing a junior, who had only cultivated for 7,000 years. Not to mention that it was his outer realm true body! This body carried an Eighth Tribulation treasure.

As for Meng Chuan, he only had Essence Soul avatars and didn’t carry any treasures. Even so, the attack had severely injured Lord of Li Rainbow’s body.

“Hall Master.” A voice sounded, and an illusory fog appeared in the hall. The fog condensed and vaguely formed a human figure.

This figure’s Essence Soul avatar typically looked like an illusory fog; it was a characteristic of his Essence Soul formulation.

“Nightmare.” Lord of Li Rainbow looked at his companion.

The person was another leader of Black Fiend Hall—Deputy Hall Master Nightmare.

Hall Master Nightmare was an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence. The fame of Black Fiend Hall was mostly thanks to him. He was also very loyal to Black Fiend Hall. This was because Black Fiend Hall was the same as Eternal Tower… They were ancient factions that had a long history. They were established by Eighth Tribulation Eminences and had a rich heritage.

The reason why Hall Master Nightmare could reach the Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation realm was related to a special heritage treasure of Black Fiend Hall. He had inherited that treasure, so he naturally didn’t dare to betray Black Fiend Hall.

The karma from betraying Black Fiend Hall was too great; it might even cause the Eighth Tribulation Eminence who founded Black Fiend Hall to descend upon this time node to eliminate the traitor.

Lord of Li Rainbow glanced at his companion and asked, “Nightmare, did I look to be in a sorry state?”

The two of them were infamous. After all, they were the leaders of Black Fiend Hall, which had plundered the weak in the River of Spacetime.

“A little.” Nightmare’s misty face twisted slightly as though he was smiling.

“I chose the wrong opponent,” Lord of Li Rainbow said softly. “This City Lord Eastcalm is really terrifying. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen his future… Now that he has reached the Seventh Tribulation realm, I can no longer see his future.”

Lord of Li Rainbow ultimately hadn’t grasped the complete temporal law. He could pry into a Sixth Tribulation Eminence’s future, but he couldn’t pry into the future of a Seventh Tribulation Eminence.

“Very terrifying?” Nightmare asked, “What happened after you set up the spacetime seal during your fight with City Lord Eastcalm? With your strength, how could you be forced to such a state by a newly-advanced Seventh Tribulation Eminence?”

“What happened?” Lord of Li Rainbow recalled the battle and said softly, “After I set up the spacetime seal, I could attack at will given my attainments in spacetime, but he couldn’t touch me. Therefore… I tried to attack Thousand Mountain Star first. Thousand Mountain Star had a fixed Eighth Tribulation-level array formation set up. With his Essence Soul avatar presiding over it, I couldn’t blast it open. Therefore, I also attacked and split space.

“Thousand Mountain Star was separated from the spacetime around it. It prevented more Essence Soul avatars from being sent from Thousand Mountain Star as reinforcements,” said Lord of Li Rainbow indifferently. “I planned on casually destroying a few of his Essence Soul avatars before sealing and trapping Thousand Mountain Star to serve as a lesson for him.”

“To my surprise, just as I split spacetime and attacked to destroy his Essence Soul avatars… He unleashed his full strength. His previous moves couldn’t even touch me, but he used a terrifying move at that moment. Ten Chaos Holes in his Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array produced a Heaven Splitting Blade.

“With the combination of the array formation, the ten Heaven Splitting Blades’ might gathered and erupted. Their might was unimaginable. Five billion kilometers of spacetime was reduced to leptons. Even with the Eighth Tribulation treasure protecting me, I was still sliced through. Although I could still fight, I would only be embarrassed if I continued fighting in such a pathetic manner.”

“Ten Heaven Splitting Blades completely blasted through five billion kilometers of spacetime?” Hall Master Nightmare was alarmed when he heard that. “To severely injure you, this move must have the might of a top Seventh Tribulation Eminence. Did he really not bring a treasure with him?”

“His Essence Soul avatars could gather and disperse as he pleased. He wasn’t carrying any treasures,” said Lord of Li Rainbow. “He relied on his own capabilities to unleash the might of a top Seventh Tribulation Eminence.”

“He’s this strong without relying on external objects?” Nightmare’s misty body trembled.

“He became an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence after cultivating for only 7,000 years. He’s already so powerful after breaking through, and that’s why I said that I chose the wrong opponent.” Lord of Li Rainbow shook his head slightly, feeling regret.

He originally believed that bullying a newly-advanced Seventh Tribulation Eminence was easy, but the difference was huge.

“From now on, City Lord Eastcalm will definitely be an influential figure in this River of Spacetime,” said Lord of Li Rainbow.

“What do we do next?” Nightmare asked. “It looks like he has great enmity toward our Black Fiend Hall.”

“Let’s wait and see. Let’s see what he does.” Lord of Li Rainbow said indifferently, “At most, he will kill some Fifth and Sixth Tribulation Eminences’ outer realm true bodies. He won’t be able to shake our Black Fiend Hall’s foundation.”

Nightmare nodded.

Black Fiend Hall was established by an Eighth Tribulation Eminence. This was their greatest source of confidence. In addition, countless cultivators liked plundering in the River of Spacetime. This was because plundering was the fastest way to earn treasures. Based on these two points, Black Fiend Hall was filled with endless vitality, which allowed it to last until now.

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Archean Eon Realm.

In a study in Jiang State Capital’s Meng Manor, a white-robed Meng Chuan was reading the book containing the 3,000 illusory arrays.

The previous battle had alarmed many top factions in the River of Spacetime. After all, it was a clash between two Seventh Tribulation Eminences. In this short battle, Meng Chuan seemed to have the upper hand, but he could sense the disparity in strength.

I’m still too weak when it comes to attainments in spacetime. I couldn’t even touch him with normal attacks; he could do anything to me as he pleased. Meng Chuan understood this. Even if he had used Heaven Splitting Chaos Hole alone, Lord of Li Rainbow could easily dodge it.

Furthermore, it was an ultimate move unleashed by the Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array. It completely obliterated spacetime up to five billion kilometers. This was a large-scale attack that enveloped Lord of Li Rainbow, preventing him from having anywhere to hide.

The law of time is split into the past, present, and future. I haven’t grasped any of these three aspects. Meng Chuan understood the weakness of his accumulated insights. I’m very close to transcending the tribulation. At this moment, I should focus on studying array formations. If my attainments in array formations are high enough, my strength will also increase.

Meng Chuan read the book.

He could now simultaneously condense 192 Chaos Holes with the Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array. He had once wondered if he could make every Chaos Hole produce a Heaven Splitting Blade to produce Heaven Splitting Chaos Holes. If he succeeded, the might of this move would be terrifying.

In reality, there were many problems.

Firstly, the balance of many Chaos Holes placed a huge burden on the array formation. If too many Heaven Splitting Blades were produced, it would easily cause the array formation to collapse, preventing the Chaos Holes from coexisting. With his current attainments in array formations, Meng Chuan could only produce Heaven Splitting Chaos Holes at ten array formation nodes.

Secondly, every move—Heaven Splitting Chaos Hole—placed a huge burden on his mental strength. With Meng Chuan’s current mental strength, more than half of his mental strength was expended after producing ten Heaven Splitting Chaos Holes.

With higher attainments in array formations and higher willpower, I have a chance of making this move stronger. Meng Chuan carefully studied the array formations in the book.

…

In the blink of an eye, 11 years had passed since the battle between Meng Chuan and Lord of Li Rainbow. Meng Chuan had grasped the Chaos Hole law for 90 years.

I’m getting closer and closer to my tribulation.

On a snowy day in his study, Meng Chuan put down the black book. It’s time to make another trip to Fiend Mountain.