Chapter Seven Hundred and Ninety-Seven
“If you will not follow, then we will go ourselves!” Zhong Wei naturally would not give Zhao Haibo face. Leading Cui Zhu and Zhou Kayang, she followed in Ye Chu’s footsteps.
“You…” Zhao Haibo flew into a rage, but seeing Zhong Wei catch up to Ye Chu, he could only quicken his pace and lead his subordinates to follow.
As Zhao Haibo followed Ye Chu’s steps, he discovered that Ye Chu could step precisely upon the weak points of the storm with every stride. This made his gaze toward Ye Chu change. This youth was increasingly exceeding his expectations.
But at this moment Zhao Haibo could not verify anything with Ye Chu. He could only walk quickly, and the group weaved toward the outside of the storm.
Countless cultivators were weaving through the storm. From time to time, cultivators were torn apart. After Zhao Haibo’s group followed Ye Chu, rarely did any of them get torn apart.
Weaving through this path, some people had good fortune and passed through the storm to safety.
“My lord, we will soon pass through the storm!” Several cultivators looked ahead. Not far ahead, it was calm as water, completely without storm. This excited them.
“Quick! Pass through…”
The group increased their speed, walking quickly toward the distance.
“Ah…”
Just as they were about to pass through the storm, several cultivators at the front suddenly screamed in misery. These screams made Ye Chu halt his steps. Zhao Haibo looked at the twisted space ahead and suddenly changed colour. “Hidden vortex eye!”
Zhao Haibo dragged Zhong Wei and frantically retreated. The hidden vortex eye was an extremely terrifying danger within spatial storms. The tearing force it contained was sufficient to slaughter experts of the Profound Ancient Realm. Though it could not compare to a true vortex eye, it could be considered a pseudo vortex eye.
The hidden vortex eye moved very quickly, rotating toward Ye Chu’s group. Within a few breaths, it was less than ten metres from Ye Chu and the others.
“My lord…” The group of cultivators following Zhao Haibo turned pale, frantically retreating. Several among them could not avoid it and were directly sucked in, leaving not even bones.
Zhao Haibo felt the terrifying pulling and tearing force of the hidden vortex eye. This kind of force was difficult even for him to resist. Zhao Haibo glanced at Zhong Wei behind him and suddenly struck out, surging with terrifying power. This force nearly erupted with his full strength, sweeping toward Zhong Wei and the others, fiercely throwing them out.
With the assistance of Zhao Haibo’s power, Zhong Wei and the others leaped an extremely far distance. Yet this distance still could not absolutely guarantee their safety. The hidden vortex eye rotated too quickly. It would soon catch up to them and tear them to pieces.
Everyone’s faces were ashen, all seeing their own tragic end.
“All hear my command! Follow me to block the hidden vortex eye!” Zhao Haibo glanced at Zhong Wei and suddenly issued orders to the cultivators beside him.
As he issued his orders, his blood frantically began to burn. His body erupted with an absolutely powerful force, a force that made even Ye Chu feel a chill in his heart.
Zhao Haibo’s eyes were filled with fervour and madness. Blood dripped from his eyes. His blood burned to the extreme, his entire aura frantically surging, terrifying power rolling out.
Seeing this, his subordinates gritted their teeth and sorrowfully burned their blood, following Zhao Haibo to stand in the front. The erupting force madly collided with the hidden vortex eye.
“Boom…” This collision made the hidden vortex eye pause, stopping its rapidly rotating advance.
Seeing this scene, Ye Chu could not help glancing at Zhao Haibo. They could block the hidden vortex eye for a moment, but would soon be devoured by it. Zhao Haibo chose to do this, certain death.
His blood frantically burned as he blocked the hidden vortex eye. Looking back at Zhong Wei, his eyes showed even more determination. He stepped forward, erupting with even more terrifying force to impact the hidden vortex eye.
“Zhao Haibo!” Zhong Wei had not expected that Zhao Haibo would use his life to buy time for her escape. For the first time, she felt Zhao Haibo’s fervent loyalty toward her.
Zhao Haibo did not respond to Zhong Wei. His gaze instead shifted to Ye Chu. “Promise me! Do not let anything happen to her!”
Ye Chu looked at Zhao Haibo, who was blocking the front with his life. Though Ye Chu did not particularly like this person, he was moved by this fearless, unwavering loyalty. It made Ye Chu feel respect.
“I will do my best!” Ye Chu nodded solemnly. Zhao Haibo was blocking the hidden vortex eye, so Ye Chu was no longer in a dangerous position. Ye Chu owed him this favour.
“Many thanks!” Zhao Haibo said one sentence, then his body suddenly charged into the hidden vortex eye. His entire body exploded open. The terrifying explosive force blasted the hidden vortex eye apart, and the hidden vortex eye also collapsed.
Many people witnessed this scene. Their eyes were also filled with gratitude and reverence.
Ye Chu’s speed was extremely fast. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he caught up to Zhong Wei’s group, quickly stepping out of the spatial storm.
Once out of the spatial storm, everything around was silent. Their bodies completely relaxed, each person feeling the joy of having survived a disaster.
Zhong Wei looked in the direction of the storm, her expression silent. Only after a long while did she bow toward that direction.
Seeing Zhong Wei’s action, many others also fell silent. Each person straightened their body and bowed toward the direction of the storm.
A magnificent figure, one whose fame spread far and wide, one destined to become a powerful expert in the future. Yet now he had died here to save them!
“Boom… boom…”
Just as everyone stood there in silence, a series of rumbling loud sounds rang out. The loud sounds startled the group, making their hearts suddenly leap.
“Hurry and leave, the storm is about to spread. When that happens we will fall into danger again.”
One sentence made many people quickly step through the spatial passage. Zhong Wei and the others also quickly flashed, running toward the front, leaping distances through space.
The group did not know how far they walked. At this moment, each person had only escape in their hearts. Though they were in a wretched state, no one could care about such things.
Ye Chu, Zhong Wei and the others leaped within it. After leaping for an hour, seeing there was no longer any trace of storm, they finally stopped.
It was not that they wanted to stop, but ahead of them, they saw a great formation.
Within the spatial passage, there were several mysterious stones, connected by special patterns, forming a huge seven-pointed star. The seven-pointed star flashed with light, and as it flashed, it stirred the spatial power around it, faintly weaving together spatial storms.
“This…” Cui Zhu looked at this great formation blankly. They suddenly thought of an unbelievable possibility. “That spatial vortex storm was deliberately created by someone.”
Anyone with eyes could see that this was the formation that condensed spatial storms. The condensation of spatial storms would naturally easily form spatial vortex storms.
Many people sucked in a cold breath. Who could be so utterly mad as to set up such a formation?
Zhong Wei’s face also turned extremely cold. The person who set up the formation was too ruthless. How many people did a single Seven-Coloured Treasure Ship carry? Doing this was completely putting all these people to death. This was no ordinary ruthlessness…