Ninth In the World

Di Jiu did not say anything. Since everyone was waiting, he had to follow suit. After waiting for half a day, they still did not see Bai Hong. Any messages sent received no reply.

Bai Cangxing became impatient. “Let us head in first since Bai Hong is not coming.”

After Di Jiu had killed Mei Bashan, Bai Cangxing had immediately been considered the number one expert in the True Dominion. His faction was considered the number one faction as well. Now that Bai Cangxing had spoken, no one opposed his suggestion. Besides, it would be ridiculous for them to not proceed with the plan if Bai Hong was held up in some way.

After everyone expressed their agreement, Bai Cangxing said, “Everyone, the reason the Evil Beast Valley is considered such a scary place is because our Spiritual Force will be restricted when we enter the valley. Even my Spiritual Force will be restricted. It will only be able to extend to a radius of 30 feet. Every person who has gathered here today is a Domain Realm expert. However, many people are unable to even extend their Spiritual Force in the Evil Beast Valley. I suggest that I should take the lead. Daoist Di will walk behind the group, while Protectorate Lord Huan will walk in the middle of the group. Everyone will be able to watch out for each other this way.”

This suggestion was made after some serious consideration, as Domain Realm cultivators did not usually meet their doom in the Evil Beast Valley. The sneak attacks of ordinary demon beasts were still manageable, but the attacks of Illusionary Beasts were dangerous. Furthermore, most Illusionary Beasts did not attack the cultivators within the Evil Beast Valley directly. Instead, they rushed out suddenly from the side without a warning when the cultivators were under attack by other demon beasts.

After finishing his speech, Bai Cangxing looked at Di Jiu. “Daoist Di, what do you think?”

Di Jiu knew that this was not the time to keep his opinions to himself. The presence of the existence living within the Life Transformation Array would affect anyone’s ability to head to the Immortal World.

“Daoists, I believe that Protectorate Lord Bai’s suggestion is perfect. It could minimize the death rate to a great extent. However, I think that this method is not applicable under the circumstances.”

Upon hearing Di Jiu reject Bai Cangxing’s suggestion so bluntly, everyone looked at him. Some people even thought that Di Jiu was a troublemaker. Was he thinking of oppressing Bai Cangxing after killing Mei Bashan? Could he be thinking of domineering the True Dominion?

At the thought of Di Jiu domineering the True Dominion, the experts from the various families started making plans to form an alliance with other families.

Bai Cangxing was not angered. Instead, he looked at Di Jiu and asked, “Why don’t you share with us your idea if you have a better one, Daoist Di?”

Di Jiu did not stand on ceremony. “Daoists, we did not come here for our safety, but to eliminate the existence living within the Life Transformation Array. The method Protectorate Lord Bai suggested would indeed ensure our safety, but it would be akin to committing suicide. Everyone, the oppression of the Spiritual Force in the area surrounding the Life Transformation Array is even worse. Despite my strength, my Spiritual Force was oppressed until it could extend to around a radius of 100 feet.”

Everyone sucked in a cold breath after they heard what Di Jiu said. The oppression on the Spiritual Force was much worse beside the Life Transformation Array. Just how formidable was Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force if he had still been able to reach a 100-feet radius?

“Daoist Di, how far could your Spiritual Force extend when you were in the other parts of the Evil Beast Valley?” Bai Cangxing could not resist asking Di Jiu.

Di Jiu said calmly, “I think around 1,000 feet.”

Everyone felt goosebumps upon hearing Di Jiu’s words. How powerful was Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force if it could still reach a 1,000-feet radius within the Evil Beast Valley?

It would have been strange indeed if Mei Bashan had not been killed, given how powerful Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force was.

Actually, Di Jiu had cultivated in the Evil Beast Valley for more than half a year and attained the late-stage ninth-stage True Form Realm. Hence, his Spiritual Force could extend to a radius of around 1,500 feet in the Evil Beast Valley. However, Di Jiu believed that a 1,000-feet Spiritual Force was sufficient for him to achieve his goals.

“Daoist Di, I previously thought that the differences between our Spiritual Forces were surmountable. However, I realize now that they are insurmountable,” said Bai Cangxing desolately as he cupped his fists.

He was also a top-notch True Dominion Genius who had always been compared to Mei Bashan. Following Mei Bashan’s death, he had become the number one expert in the True Dominion. Now, however, he had discovered how laughable a genius like him was compared to Di Jiu.

“Daoist Di, will you tell us what we should do?” An Lingzhou, who had heard from An Xiaoqi, knew that Di Jiu was unmatched in the Evil Beast Valley.

Di Jiu nodded his head. “I will not beat around the bush. My Spiritual Force is slightly more powerful, so it is able to create a Spiritual Force Field in the Evil Beast Valley. Within this space, everyone will be able to freely use their Spiritual Force.”

“A Spiritual Force Domain?” exclaimed Bai Cangxing. He had not expected that Di Jiu would be able to cultivate and create a Spiritual Force Domain.

Although they were all Domain Realm cultivators, being at the Domain Realm meant having a Quintessential Essence domain. There was a huge distance from a Quintessential Essence domain to a Spiritual Force Domain. Their Spiritual Force Domains were merely vague balls. The fact that Di Jiu was able to create a Spiritual Force space within the Evil Beast Valley meant that he possessed his own Spiritual Force Domain.

Even Ji Gui from the Ji Family, who wanted to teach Di Jiu a lesson, felt goosebumps. The Ji Family was not qualified to wage war against Di Jiu given how powerful Di Jiu was. The Ji Family needed to reconsider before plotting against him.

At the moment, he regretted that the Ji Family had not allowed that girl from the Han Family to use the Turning Sphere Resuscitation Spring when she had brought that patient over. Now, because of that incident, they had offended an expert more powerful than what the Ji Family was able to handle.

Di Jiu’s decision to expose his strength had been made with the intention of making these people wary of him. After all, he would have to leave one day. The Galaxy Master Sect within the Small Central World was protected by Mo Yuxuan, but this protection would only last for 100 years. It would be more efficient if he made these people wary of him.

Large families and powers would definitely not attack a sect that had produced an expert like Di Jiu if they did not receive a sufficient amount of benefits. The same logic could not be applied to enemies without any kin, however.

“Daoist Di, I truly did not expect that you would develop a Spiritual Force Domain. We are inferior to you in this sense.” Bai Cangxing sighed.

Was this a Spiritual Force Domain? Di Jiu really did not know. He was only aware that after he had attained the late-stage True Form Realm, his Spiritual Force Domain had become increasingly condensed, as though it was about to become a real space.

“You are praising me too much, Protectorate Lord Bai. I suggest that everyone follows me and stays within my Spiritual Force range after we enter the Evil Beast Valley. Otherwise, we will need to spend nearly two months to walk to the Life Transformation Array from the valley’s entrance.” Di Jiu cupped his fists.

Bai Cangxing waved his hand without hesitation. “Sect Master Di, we will just follow the method you suggested. During this operation, you will be the main attacking force and I will support you.”

The original plan had been to have Di Jiu be the supporting attacking force while Bai Cangxing took the lead. Now, however, Bai Cangxing passed his position on to Di Jiu without hesitation.

“Alright. When we follow the plan, everyone will be able to use their Spiritual Force freely within my Spiritual Force Field. I hope that everyone will use their full force, as the existence within the Life Transformation Array is not to be underestimated. If everyone’s fine with this, we can head in now.” Di Jiu was not courteous, for this was not an appropriate time to be modest.

“We’re fine with the plan.” Nobody objected to Di Jiu’s suggestion.

Di Jiu would basically be doing most of the work. It would be beneficial for everyone if their Spiritual Force was able to extend over an even longer distance.

“Everyone, follow me.” Di Jiu was the first to enter the Evil Beast Valley after everyone had reached a consensus.

A dozen people followed Di Jiu and entered the Evil Beast Valley in a single file.

Almost everyone present had been to the Evil Beast Valley before. Hence, they all knew how powerful the oppression of one’s Spiritual Force was within the Evil Beast Valley. While they were following Di Jiu, they realized in surprise that their Spiritual Force could reach a 1,000-feet radius without much difficulty.

The experts who entered the valley looked at Di Jiu warily. They all knew very well that the Spiritual Force oppression of the Evil Beast Valley had not weakened, nor had their Spiritual Force grown more powerful. Their Spiritual Force remained in the range of Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force Field, so Di Jiu bore all the oppression.

They were no idiots. The fact that their Spiritual Forces were able to extend to 1,000 feet meant that Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force range would go beyond 1,000 feet if he entered the valley alone.

Various people thought of Bai Hong at the same time. It was no secret that Bai Hong wanted to kill Di Jiu. At the moment, everyone wondered whether Bai Hong would still have dared to attack Di Jiu if the former was also there and had sensed for himself how powerful the latter’s Spiritual Force was.

Perhaps…

Yue Li suddenly thought that perhaps Bai Hong had already sought Di Jiu out and might have been killed by Di Jiu. At this thought, Yue Li glanced at Di Jiu subconsciously and felt a chill. He swore to never incur Di Jiu’s wrath, regardless of whether Di Jiu was the one who had killed Yue Li.

Their walking speed did indeed become very fast as they followed Di Jiu. They reached the deepest recesses of the Evil Beast Valley in just three days. During this journey, some demon beasts appeared occasionally. However, before they could sneak an attack, they all disappeared within this 1,000-feet Spiritual Force range. These demon beasts had only just started to launch a sneak attack when they were killed.

On the fourth day, Di Jiu stopped walking. His voice traveled to everyone’s ears in the Spiritual Force Field. “Everyone, the Life Transformation Array is several thousand feet ahead of us. The fella within the array should not have any way of rushing out of it. I’m certain that he will reach out and grab someone the moment we get close to the Life Transformation Array. I suggest that Protectorate Lord Bai leads everyone so that we can attack him together…”

Di Jiu did not mention that the space would freeze when the handprint used to capture people appeared. He was afraid that some of them would be afraid of participating in the battle if they knew.

“What about you?” asked An Lingzhou without being prompted.

Di Jiu took out a handful of array flags and said, “I must lock the Life Transformation Array in, for I suspect that there is a teleportation gate linking the Life Transformation Array and the Immortal Ascension Array. Once I have accomplished this, the fella within the array will have no choice but to fight us.”

“Daoist Di, will you be able to lock the teleportation gate in?” asked Zhuo Changgeng in surprise.

Everyone else looked at Di Jiu in shock. The act of locking a teleportation gate in had to be done with Space Crystals or by using the knowledge of space laws.

Di Jiu did not elaborate on the method he would be using. He just said, “I’ve my own methods. Just help me fight and obtain a few breaths’ time.”

His Jumbo Footprint technique did come into contact with space laws. However, it had more of the effect of a supernormal ability. He did not possess the ability to cast space laws by himself without the aid of the Jumbo Footprint.

On the other hand, Di Jiu did possess the Floating Flame Flag. This array flag would be able to lock the spatial array gate in instantly.

Bai Cangxing said without hesitation, “Daoist Di, do what you have to do. We will follow suit and stick to the plan you mentioned. Everyone, use your strongest move with your full strength when the moment comes.”