When Lord Pai Lan saw Jia Yan escaping from him once again, despite having exerted all his efforts, he felt utterly disgraced. Without hesitation, he dived into the portal and gave chase!
"We must follow him too. He even destroyed the portal. This is really escalating. It seems the other two Lords might also be alerted. Hurry, as subordinates of Lord Pai Lan, we can’t be seen by those two Lords as ineffective," advised the Starry Sky pinnacle being to several other team members.
Thereupon, a group of powerful soldiers, also furious, charged into the breach of the portal, closely following in the steps of Jia Yan and Pai Lan.
In an instant, the battle zone had returned to calm, leaving only powerful beings, stunned and incredulous at what had just transpired.
"Was that really Jia Yan, who had lost many battles in the conference? Impossible. I, I, I, I had beaten him back then. This Lord...he won’t hold a grudge, will he? I had no idea his true strength was so formidable!" a once victorious creature over Jia Yan murmured as it stared at the gaping opening of the portal.
"You should just pray for good luck, for Lord Jia Yan seems truly formidable. But don’t worry, he’s being chased by Lord Pai Lan like a drowning dog. Maybe soon the other two stationed Lords among the top ten powerhouses will intervene, and his chances of escape seem slim," a companion quickly offered consolation.
However, recalling how Jia Yan had broken through the encirclement of over a dozen of Lord Pai Lan’s direct team members, using just bodily defense and even escaping to safety, these powerful beings weren’t so sure anymore if the great powerhouses could indeed take Jia Yan down.
"But regardless, this Jia Yan is truly defying heaven! If what he’s doing now were to be told, chances are no one would believe it. This guy had hidden his real capability too well previously."
One powerful being after another began to change their views of Jia Yan, from initial disbelief to now deeming his actions defying heaven, never to underestimate his combat power again.
This caused the Angel Camp, upon witnessing the battle between Jia Yan, Pai Lan, and Pai Lan’s team, to remain silent for a long while.
"Lord Pai Lan’s team, could hold their own temporarily against one of the top ten powerhouses with their combined strength, yet they still couldn’t capture Jia Yan. It seems we really knew too little about this former comrade of ours..." mused the Four-eyed Monster with a rueful shake of his head.
"Enough said. We are not even on the same level as him. I noticed his power even surged briefly during the fight. Although I’m unsure of his reasons for entering this collecting point, it must be to enhance his strength, right? His current power is already terrifying, and if he continues to grow..." the Scaled creature spoke softly.
Despite previously losing the desire to stay close to Jia Yan, seeing now that he was such a formidable being made the Scaled creature feel like she had let go of a prime opportunity, her words filled with a hint of bitterness.
The Four-eyed Monster and the Pink Monster exchanged glances, both shaking their heads helplessly. They had always known about the affair between the Scaled creature and Jia Yan, but it seemed that Jia Yan had been reluctant all along, given the huge gap between them...
Setting aside these creatures’ comments about Jia Yan, when Jia Yan absorbed the Chaos Stone and started mutating, he and his cautious opponents were never again on the same level. His future self would only grow stronger and increasingly distant from these powerful beings; they were destined to be just passersby on Big Mosquito’s grand path.
Boom boom boom boom boom!!!!
In the lengthy and pitch-black corridor where even elevators operated silently due to the lack of air, tranquility prevailed.
But suddenly, tremendous noises erupted in the area.
Terrifying sounds continuously resonated across dozens of kilometers, with explosion noises from battles lighting up the dark region.
It turned out that air from the outside had entered through a large crack, bringing sound to a region that had been devoid of it for decades to hundreds of years. Suddenly, the area felt lively as if sound effects were introduced, but this vibrancy stemmed from battle, a tragically beautiful battle!
Clang clang clang! The sounds of combat traveled through the not-so-short corridor, spreading outward.
One side of the battle featured a huge Mosquito monster, which, if seen by humans decades ago, would have been terrifying due to its enormous size, much larger than any other living organism on Earth.
The other contender was a formidable monster that seemed to hide within space itself, appearing and disappearing intermittently in the darkness. Not only possessing eerie speed, this monster’s attack power and combat experience far surpassed those of the giant Mosquito, quite decisively gaining the upper hand.
However, what was bizarre was that this powerful creature could not kill its opponent directly and often rebounded backward after attacking the Big Mosquito!