Chapter 744 - 88: Stalemate, Game of Wits

The intrusion of Ao Lie caused destruction far beyond a mere physical breach.

His reckless surge, like a rampaging bull wielding the residual world-breaking might of the Sea-Sundering Dragon Spike and his own ferocious Profound Immortal Level Dragon’s Might, was like a massive boulder slammed into the intricately functioning interior of a clock!

The first to bear the brunt was Chonghe Xuan Immortal, who was fully maintaining the core operation of the Space Stabilizing Disc!

"Pfft—!"

Chonghe Xuan Immortal was hit as if by a heavy blow, his face instantly turning from pale to golden paper as he spat out a large mouthful of violet-golden Dao Blood.

His hands, which were maintaining the spell, trembled violently, and the tight mental connection with the Space Stabilizing Disc was forcibly shaken by this sudden massive interference and energy impact from their own camp’s direction, creating a slight fissure!

The buzzing sound from the Space Stabilizing Disc became sharp and piercing, and the cyan law net covering billions of miles of the void also violently wavered, visibly to the naked eye!

It was like throwing a massive boulder into a calm lake, rippling chaotic waves.

Almost simultaneously, the Lord of Decay Agemon and Chaotic Shadow Sargeras, who were manipulating the Time Abyss Sand on the Abyss side, were also affected.

The boiling black and purple mist of the Time Abyss Sand briefly destabilized, with temporal turbulence in some areas showing momentary "lags" or "accelerations."

The precise interweaving with the Space Stabilizing Disc’s light net instantly appeared discordant and misaligned!

The entire "Space-Time Anchor" array, this perfect cage of time and space, an absolute trap for Golden Immortals, exhibited an extremely fleeting but real gap due to Ao Lie’s unexpected and "foolish" intrusion!

"Now’s the time!"

Shen Fei’s eyes, which were always as calm as a deep pool, suddenly exploded with unprecedented brilliance! The danger foresight granted by the Eye of Foreknowledge and the blurred fragments of Jasper Pool’s Time Prophecy perfectly confirmed this moment.

He instantly captured the fleeting flaw created by Ao Lie’s intrusion, Chonghe’s injury, and the disruption of time-space balance!

This flaw was not merely a loosening of space or the restoration of normal temporal flow, but an "inharmonious resonance point" generated by the interweaving of two laws.

It was the most vulnerable and unstable "vital point" of the entire array!

At the same moment within the Void Divine Realm’s fierce battlefield, as Ao Lie violently broke into the array.

The scene was also clearly mirrored in the images projected synchronously across the fortresses in the Void Battlefield and the vital Dao Realm observation arrays that Little Pu had set up earlier using the Space-Time Anchor Point!

"Is that a dragon?! Such strong Dragon’s Might! It’s the East Sea Dragon Race!"

"East Sea Ao Lie?! My God, how did he break in?! And he’s brought the Sea Split Guard!"

"What’s he shouting? ’Ao Spirit traitor’? Is he looking for Ao Spirit, this Dragon Maiden? Is the Dragon Maiden inside?"

"No! Look at his actions! The moment he came in he attacked within Lord Shen Fei’s defense zone!

Although he didn’t find the Dragon Maiden, the Dragon’s Might he unleashed clearly affected the Human Emperor Palace’s camp!"

"He tore through the array! He’s using a Dragon Race secret treasure! This... this is clearly helping those encircling attackers break open Lord Shen Fei’s turtle shell!"

"Damn it! East Sea Dragon Race! How dare you collaborate with the Abyss and Yuqing’s rebels to encircle and kill our Dao Realm meritorious Lord Shen Fei?!"

"Traitor! Ao Lie is a traitor! The entire East Sea Dragon Race is implicated!"

"Where’s the Human Emperor Palace?! Quickly inform the Human Emperor Palace! The Dragon Race is rebelling!"

The observers instantly erupted.

Shock and confusion quickly turned into overwhelming anger.

They only saw Ao Lie break through and directly strike towards Shen Fei, his actions disrupting and weakening Shen Fei’s defenses.

In the view of outsiders, it was quickly interpreted as blatant betrayal and adding insult to injury!

In the Void Divine Realm’s exterior, among those blocked was the Guardian Envoy Li Gang, where the atmosphere plummeted to freezing point.

He stared intently at Ao Lie’s fierce dragon body and the murderous aura of the Sea Split Guard, and at the visibly fluctuating light curtain of the array due to his intrusion, as if his eyes would burst into flames.

"Ao! Lie!" Li Gang enunciated each syllable, his voice as cold as eternal ice, carrying infinite killing intent, "What a bold East Sea Dragon Race! What a fine Taoist Alliance.

Transmit my order: Immediately report the imagery and intelligence of East Sea Dragon Race Elder Ao Lie leading a team to participate in the encirclement and suspected betrayal of Shen Fei, to the highest emergency level.

Communicate to the Human Emperor Palace headquarters, Gouchen Palace, Earth Heaven Li Mountain Dao Lineage, and... notify the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Question the Dragon King, what explanation does the East Sea Dragon Race have for this!"

Meanwhile, some Profound Immortals observing from various Dao Lineages frowned slightly.

Because the timing of Ao Lie’s appearance was too coincidental.

"Hiss... The timing of Ao Lie breaking the array is... too coincidental! Just when Yuqing Qingxu was injured, at his most mentally tumultuous moment! Too precise to be a coincidence!"

"He keeps saying he’s looking for the Dragon Maiden Ao Spirit, but where is the Dragon Maiden? The trace of Dragon Qi he’s following feels somewhat ethereal, not like her actual presence."

"The energy impact he caused by breaking the array in seems indiscriminate, but upon closer inspection, the disturbance to the core of the Space Stabilizing Disc is much greater than its effect on the Time Abyss Sand... is this an accident? Or intentional?"

"The Yuqing and Abyss people also seemed surprised by his intrusion? Chonghe even spat blood and got injured because of it. This doesn’t look like an act."

"Suspicious! Everything about this is suspicious! It’s as if Ao Lie is being used as a tool, and the mastermind behind it... what a malicious and deep plan!"

Many Profound Immortals saw more doubts and irrationalities, filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

The "disappearance" of the Dragon Maiden Ao Spirit and the possibility of Ao Lie being used began to emerge in their minds.

But in any case, Ao Lie breaking through the array was a fact, objectively seriously interfering with Shen Fei’s defense and weakening the array.

...

In Fuxi City, the core hall of the Human Emperor Palace. Feng Yi and another newly promoted Taiyi.

Ji Yang of the Taihuang Lineage had already been watching the battle through special channels.

When he saw Ao Lie break into the array, Feng Yi’s face instantly turned dark as water, and the terrifying Taiyi aura uncontrollably spread, pressing the solid space within the hall until it creaked.

"Ao! Lie!" Feng Yi’s voice was like the Nine Nether Cold Wind, "How audacious! Do they really think the Human Emperor Palace has no one?!"

He instantly judged that Ao Lie was being used, but this act of breaking the array and its consequences seriously challenged the Human Emperor Palace’s authority.

Furthermore, it placed Shen Fei in an even more dangerous situation!

"Ji Yang, my junior brother, lead three Golden Immortal Elders, tear through the void, and rush to the Void Divine Realm! You must protect Shen Fei and capture Ao Lie to hold the Dragon Palace accountable!"

Feng Yi decided swiftly.

"Got it!" Ji Yang didn’t hesitate, receiving the Seal projection, the space around him fluctuating violently, about to lead the three veteran Golden Immortal Elders of the Human Emperor Palace to tear through space and go.

Just as Ji Yang and the others were about to move.

Rumble——!!!!

A will of the Abyss far more terrifying and violent than the battlefield of the Void Divine Realm, as if it would devour All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, descended upon the "Zhenyuan Great Wall" defense line at the border of Gouchen Heaven and South Pole Heaven!

The space of the entire Dao Realm violently shook at this moment.

Countless beings across the worlds felt a heaviness in their hearts, as if doomsday had arrived.