Chapter 2101: Help In The Dark

Several years had passed since Shang Xia and seven other Sages of other Star Regions joined forces to explore the center of the Spatial Vortex.

Though most of the eight had survived that ordeal, some had perished, and after escaping, the survivors had each gone their separate ways.

Shang Xia had not expected to meet Lady Grace again in the Towering Star Region, one of his companions from that dangerous venture.

After years apart, perhaps due to the gains she had made during that trial, Lady Grace’s cultivation had clearly advanced, she had already become a mid-level Sage.

The Essence Mu World was an independent world without any auxiliary worlds.

Thus, when she suddenly ran into her opponent, Lady Grace could not rely on the support of her Heavenly Field. Worse still, in order to spare the Essence Mu World from collateral damage, she had to try her best to draw the battle away into the void.

But her opponent knew her weakness well and deliberately kept their battlefield locked near the Essence Mu World. He even attempted to strike directly at the world itself, forcing Lady Grace to divide her attention, throwing her into disadvantage and leaving her fully on the defensive.

In truth, even without the assistance of a Heavenly Field, Lady Grace could still draw upon the power of her world through the World’s Will.

Yet her enemy was no ordinary figure. His cultivation and battle strength both surpassed hers, forcing her to retreat.

And still, the man’s purpose seemed not merely to defeat Lady Grace but to stall her as long as possible.

Watching from afar, Shang Xia noticed something strange about their battle.

From what he had seen during his infiltration, the Star Region had become a vast net. Any disturbance should immediately stir those who defended it.

How was it that such a fierce battle at the Essence Mu World had lasted so long, and yet not a single Sage had appeared? That hadn’t even sent a clone!

This made Shang Xia more intrigued. He wanted to see what hidden game they were playing at.

And as someone who had once shared a life-and-death ordeal with Lady Grace, he also felt obliged to help her.

More importantly, the enemy battling her had features and an aura alien to the Chaotic Sea of Stars.

Without a doubt, he was a foreign expert from beyond the Chaotic Sea of Stars, very likely one of the outsiders who had colluded with the Star Origin Lord to destroy the Essence Zhen Heavenly Field.

Yet as a fifth star Sage, that man could not have been the Star Origin Lord’s sole partner. There had to be others behind him, explaining why the Towering Star Region was treating everything so seriously.

From thousands of miles away, Shang Xia suddenly raised his hand and grasped at the void. The dim stars in the depths seemed to answer his call.

In the next instant, the foreign expert pressing Lady Grace’s defense turned pale. His domain shuddered under a mighty pressure, and his inner qi began rapidly leaking away.

An expert’s domain was not only a shield but also a reservoir of energy to unleash stronger techniques. With his inner qi draining, it was like losing the fuel beneath a boiling cauldron.

Though his cultivation realm outstripped Lady Grace’s, she could hold her ground with the support of the Essence Mu World.

However... With his inner qi rapidly draining, he couldn’t keep up the pressure.

If she realized his weakness and struck back, his schemes with his comrades could soon be exposed.

Worse still, the unseen power that had silently invaded his domain and triggered the leak chilled him to the bone. How could he continue fighting without even knowing who his enemy was?!

In fact, Shang Xia’s move was not subtle at all. Such a wide disturbance of the stars would surely be noticed. Both combatants definitely realized an outsider was interfering.

But the brilliance of Shang Xia’s technique, Dipper Guidance, lay in the fact that though they knew an expert had intervened, neither could pinpoint where he was.

Unlike the enemy’s nervous suspicion, Lady Grace knew the mysterious helper was on her side. She even guessed the identity of the person who was helping her.

“Sage Seven Stars?”

She remembered vividly the enigmatic, powerful figure from the Spatial Vortex, the most mysterious of them all.

Afterward, she had sought hints of his identity, but he was too elusive. Though his techniques carried obvious traits of the stars, many Sages of the Chaotic Sea of Stars had drawn from the legacy of the old Heaven Observation Sect, and some Heavenly Fields even had its inheritances.

So it was impossible to find him based on his abilities alone.

But having fought alongside him before, Lady Grace was familiar with Shang Xia’s aura. The instant he acted nearby, she recognized him.

“Hah, the Towering Star Region truly has those who wish me dead. Even with their strong defenses, they not only allowed a foreign expert to strike at me... Now, the only person who came to help is someone not from our Star Region!”

Though seething inside, Lady Grace wasted no time. She seized the chance Shang Xia had bought her and counterattacked fiercely.