It was exactly as Luo Tian had guessed.
Hei Yue had no intention of saving them!
While outside, they might have been of some use, but the paladins’ performance after entering Pangu’s Cave had disappointed him deeply.
Moreover, the weakest monsters in Pangu’s Cave were rank nine, which the paladins could only barely handle.
Rather than dragging these burdens along, he preferred to let them all die here.
Therefore, he had absolutely no intention of stepping in to save Kailin.
A contemptuous sneer appeared on his face. In his eyes, Kailin and her group were nothing more than useless trash.
Kailin’s heart had basically died.
Over the years, she had never been anything but loyal to the Holy See. She had carried out every mission given to her, whether it involved killing or arson; she did it without hesitation or a single doubt. Her paladin legion had mitted so many killings across the Eurasian Continent that they had bee notorious.
They lived in the shadows, executing missions that could never see the light of day.
She had believed that if they assisted Hei Yue in bringing back the Seven-Colored Divine Stone and strengthened the Eurasian Continent, the people’s attitude toward them would change. She never imagined that this mission would be their end.
All the paladins looked at her.
Luo Tian looked at her as well.
“mander, we…”
“mander, let’s rebel!”
“mander!”
“Aggghhh~!”
Another paladin was swept up by the thorny vines, his body torn apart and the ground drenched in blood. It was a rather gruesome sight.
Luo Tian looked at Kailin and said, “Make a decision, fast. We’re out of time.”
Kailin’s eyes shook before she shouted, “We’re defecting!”
“Everyone, follow Luo Tian’s mand!”
She could have handled it herself, but she had so many brothers by her side who had faced life and death with her. Most of them had joined the paladin legion because of her, and she couldn’t let them follow her to their deaths here.
If she didn’t make a decision now, they would all die one by one.
As soon as her voice was heard, the other paladins all showed expressions of excitement, finally releasing the frustration in their hearts. For so many years, the Holy See had treated them like dogs, and now they were being left to die.
That was bad enough already, but Hei Yue’s cold, contemptuous expression had turned their hearts to ice.
They felt they had already repaid the Church enough for their years of training.
Immediately after, Luo Tian was smiling excitedly in his heart.
These paladins had finally broken away from the Holy See. Now, he just needed to slowly absorb them into his own ranks.
While their current strength wasn’t particularly high, Luo Tian had prehensive knowledge of the powers of knights.
He had several ways to upgrade this legion’s strength by several levels, even to the point where they could withstand an expert in the Honorable Emperor realm. Of course, that’s as long as he was given some time.Luo Tian suppressed his excitement and scanned the surroundings. Runic thorny vines were flailing about, except for one specific spot.
Behind the Beast Tamer!
There was an empty space there!
Moreover, the air in that empty area was slightly distorted, shimmering like thin ripples of heat. It looked exactly like a teleportation portal from an online game. Clearly, this was the entrance!
The entrance to the second floor!
At that moment, Luo Tian pointed toward the distance and shouted, “Stay close to me!”
After saying that, his body underwent a transformation the moment he shouted, “Thor, transform!”
“Boom~!”
In an instant, he turned into Thor, the God of Thunder, wielding Mjolnir. His body crackled with endless lightning. Facing the menacing runic thorny vines all around him, Luo Tian swung the hammer and slammed down with a shout, “Lightning Beast Kiten, go berserk!”
“Boom~!”
The hammer struck the ground with heavy force.
Lightning surged out like crazy, following the path of the blood flowing through the grooves.
Since the thorny vines had sprouted from that blood, the powerful electricity erupted into blinding flashes of light, turning the entire cave into a massive lightning field.
In that same instant, Luo Tian shouted in his mind, “Divine Explosion!”
“Boom~!”
The power became even more destructive.
“Purple Thunder Technique, blow it up!”
Luo Tian unleashed another lightning martial skill. Stacking on top of the Lightning Beast’s power, the blast caused the runic thorny vines to freeze in place as if they had all been sealed.
Luo Tian then yelled, “Charge!”
Hei Yue’s brow twisted in anger. He stared at them and sneered, “You think you can jump around in front of me? Who do you think you are? You are nothing more than a piece of trash in the Great Diffusion realm!”
He didn’t know why Luo Tian was charging forward in a certain direction.
However, he was certain of one thing: Luo Tian was the only person in the world who knew how to enter the second floor and the only one who could find the Ancient King. He absolutely could not let Luo Tian slip away.
But the moment he moved, the Beast Tamer vanished as well.
Between Hei Yue and Luo Tian’s group, it was obvious who the Beast Tamer would choose to block.
Hei Yue was an expert in the Honorable Emperor realm and posed a far greater threat. Meanwhile, with Luo Tian’s level of cultivation, they would be walking into a death trap even if they reached the second floor, let alone finding the Ancient King. Therefore, the moment Hei Yue moved, the Beast Tamer moved to intercept him.
“Boom~!”
Two powerful forces collided, making the entire space tremble.
Waves of Honorable Emperor realm power radiated in every direction.
“Now’s our chance!”
“Quick, quick, quick! Everyone get inside!”
This was exactly what Luo Tian had anticipated.
If he were the Beast Tamer, he would have also chosen to block the Honorable Emperor expert, Hei Yue.
“Ommm~!”
A paladin rushed in, and his figure vanished.
Luo Tian shouted excitedly, “Faster, faster, faster!”
Kailin did not fully trust Luo Tian, but she no longer had a choice. Those runic thorn vines were wriggling out of control; a single second of further delay could mean their lives.
One after another, they rushed inside.
“Boom~!”
“Boom~!”
“Boom~!”
Deafening explosions echoed continuously within the cave.
Two figures collided repeatedly, rebounding and clashing with immense force. It looked like they were trying to tear the entire cave apart. If not for the support of the runic power, the cave would have long since been reduced to dust.
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At Misty Cloud Academy.
Huangfu Jue waved his right hand, channeling spacetime power before entering the spatial rift. He closed his eyes briefly before snapping them open. “The Pangu Mountains? Two experts of the Honorable Emperor realm are in bat. What is happening there?”
A battle between Honorable Emperor realm experts was a rare occurrence that happened only once every few centuries.
A death match like this was even more unheard of.
Huangfu Jue’s expression tightened.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to him. “Could that kid Luo Tian have gone to the Pangu Mountains to do that mission?”
Thinking of that point, his expression changed drastically.
Immediately, he thrust his hands into the void, tearing open another rift. He stepped directly into the spacetime rift and rushed toward the Pangu Mountains at high speed.
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Back in the cave, Luo Tian gave Hei Yue, in the distance, one last look with a cold smile before diving straight inside.
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