Chapter 608: Void Connection Cord

When the Tongyou Island was absorbing world origin from the Great Sun that was the source of the Manyu Continent’s World’s Will, they managed to obtain double what they could have because of Shang Xia’s Crimson Soul Tablet.

Most of it was stored in the Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc so that Shang Bo could use it during his breakthrough.

Even though everyone knew that Shang Bo wouldn’t need so much world origin during his breakthrough, no one dared to move any part of it because of how important the breakthrough was.

Back when they wanted to extend the time they could maintain their ultimate skill, Empty Mountain, they still had to get Shang Xia to contribute his jade shards.

When Shang Xia was first rescued, it wasn’t as if he didn’t think of using the world origin contained in the formation disc. It was only when he heard that it might affect his grandfather’s chances of entering the Martial Dipper Realm did he give it up.

Due to the sudden burst of Shang Bo’s aura, a portion of world origin escaped from the formation disc and started to leak out into the outside world. Despite not knowing if Shang Bo had actually completed his advancement, those world essence would be wasted anyway.

Since that was the case, why couldn’t he make use of it?

With a simple thought, the escaping world origin swarmed over in his direction.

Back then, his physical body had already been tempered by the world origin. Now, he was like a dry sponge that finally came into contact with water. He greedily sucked up every single trace of world origin his way as he circulated his Four Seasons Samsara Art. After refining the world origin, he felt his injuries healing rapidly. His empty reserve of inner qi was also quickly replenished.

As that happened, the locations where the streaks of light entered the Tongyou Island finally showed their effects. Intense vibration came from the ground below and it gave those on the island a feeling that they were experiencing free fall.

Experts who were fighting above the island saw everything that was happening. Yun Jing, Yan Su’er, and the others could clearly see 3 rays of light extending towards the inner sector of the Tongyou Island.

At the same time, another 3 light-like cords emerged from the void above the Tongyou Island and extended deep into the ground where the light streaks landed.

After suffering a huge blow earlier, the Tongyou Island seemed to be locked down by the 3 cords that extended into the void. It started to sway the island around while slowly pulling it in a certain direction.

Yun Jing and Yan Su’er tried to cut the connection, but the experts of the Spirit Abundance World obviously wouldn’t let them do as they wished.

Liu Qinglan, Ren Bainian, and the others also tried to draw on the support of the grand formation to sever the light cords. Unfortunately, they barely caused a scratch on it even when working together.

When the experts on the Tongyou Island were trying to cut those cords, they started to shrink and the island was dragged across a huge distance.

Despite what seemed like a successful operation, the Spirit Abundance World actually messed up pretty badly. The cords were supposed to latch onto the core region of the Tongyou Island and dig it out completely before they dragged it away with them.

It was a shame Shang Bo’s aura pushed their attack away and they landed 700 miles away from the core region. The light cords might have firmly attached themselves to the Tongyou Island, but it was impossible for them to dig out such a huge area. Instead of pulling the core region of the Tongyou Island away, they had to drag the entire island!

According to their plan, they would ambush the islands that belonged to the Azure Origin World and Azure Spiritual World when they emerged. They would dig out the core region before running away. It was supposed to be an extremely speedy operation but they didn’t expect their problems to start cropping up when they encountered the Tongyou Island.

As they planned to only pull the core region, their operation was affected as the speed at which they pulled the Tongyou Island was much slower than a small portion of land. It gave Yun Jing and the others an opportunity to struggle free.

“Did you manage to contact them?!” Yun Jing yelled suddenly.

Chu Jia’s anxious voice also came from inside the core region. “Something is disrupting our formation! Those light cords… Hurry and sever them! They’re restricting our Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc!”

Yan Su’er released a long whistle all of a sudden as a giant phantom of a blood swallow appeared behind her.

At the same time, Yun Jing, who was only fighting one expert from the Spirit Abundance World, also pushed herself to her limit. Her combat abilities increased as she flew over to hold off one of Yan Su’er’s opponents.

With one person left to fight Yan Su’er, they were obviously unable to contend against her after she revealed her full strength. He could only watch as the blood swallow flapped its wings to send out dozens of sharp rays. One of the light cords was severed instantly and caused the Tongyou Island to shake violently.

After using her martial intent to cut one of the cords, Yan Su’er entered a state of temporary weakness. She didn’t continue fighting with the expert of the Spirit Abundance World as she turned around to make her way back to the island. She used the protection barrier to fend off the attacks from the expert of the Spirit Abundance World after her.

The moment Yan Su’er severed one of the light cords, Yun Jing also reached her limit. Fighting 2 experts at the large completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm was too much for her. Sending out a final palm, she spat out a mouthful of blood and fled. Unlike how she flew up to challenge them, she was basically stumbling as she fell back onto the island.

They might have cut 1 of the 3 light cords connected to the Tongyou Island, but there were still 2 more that were rapidly retracting. The Tongyou Island continued to be dragged across space.

Ignoring her injuries for the time being, Yun Jing coughed up another mouthful of blood while asking, “How is it?! Can you make the connection to Kou Chongxue and Ji Wenlong now?!”

Chu Jia, who was controlling the formation disc, failed to give her a confirmation and that could only mean that she was unable to complete her task.

After leaving the belt of land fragments, the Tongyou Island suffered an ambush from the experts of the Spirit Abundance World. Because of how they were dragged through space because of those light cords, the position of the Tongyou Island kept changing. The light cords also restricted the use of the Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc, causing them to be unable to contact their Martial Dipper Realm Ancestors.

Yun Jing raised her head to stare at Yan Su’er who was also extremely pale. The old lady seemed drained of inner qi and she could only shake her head while laughing bitterly. Clearly, she didn’t have the ability to sever the other light cord.

Yun Jing’s gaze then turned to Shang Xia and she snapped. “Shang Xia, what the hell were you doing?! Why didn’t you use the sword qi he left in your Spirit Extermination Gourd?!”

Kou Chongxue had already informed Yun Jing about how he refreshed the sword qi in Shang Xia’s gourd. Even if he didn’t she learned about it since he brought it out on the Manyu Continent back then. However, Kou Chongxue had also informed her that the sword qi in the gourd could be split up and used multiple times.

If Shang Xia used the Spirit Extermination Gourd, the light rays wouldn’t have landed on the Tongyou Island. Naturally, the light cords wouldn’t have connected and they wouldn’t have to suffer everything they just went through.

Shang Xia himself realized what happened. He hesitated earlier because he planned to save up Kou Chongxue’s sword qi…

Like Chu Jia, no reply came from Shang Xia.

With Liu Qinglan and the others unable to affect the light cords, the cultivators of the Spirit Abundance World started to let up their attack on the Tongyou Island. They felt that there was no need to fight any longer as the opponents couldn’t do a thing to stop them. As such, the experts on the Tongyou Island gained a rare chance to catch their breath.

“What should we do now?” Liu Qinglan asked between pants. Because of the scale of the battle, she was utterly exhausted even with the help of the protection barrier. If she was in such a state, there was no need to mention the other experts who were only in the first or second layer of the Martial Extermination Realm.

Everyone was barely holding on.

Yun Jing’s face flushed red again, but she swallowed the blood that reached her lips. “We have no choice. Withdraw the protection formation and prepare to give up the middle sector.”

After the repeated ordeals the Tongyou Island had been through, the outer sector was basically gone. Only the middle and inner sectors were left. The Tongyou Island was left with a mere 1000 miles of land.

If they gave up the middle sector, that would mean that they would be forsaking another 500 miles of land! They would only be left with the inner sector that contained the core region!

Of course, Yun Jing came up with that plan because the light cords were only connected to the middle sector. The moment it was cut away, the Tongyou Island would be able to free itself.

“Do we really have to?! Can’t we just give up a portion of the land those light cords are connected to?” Ren Bainian finally spoke up. It was the first time he had expressed his opinion on anything related to the island.

Yun Jing wasn’t displeased with him at all. After Ren Bainian’s hefty contributions across the many battles they had been through, the Tongyou Institution was no longer on guard against him. In fact, his position on the Tongyou Island was only growing stronger.

If they looked at it from another angle, the Tongyou Island was the only homeland Ren Bainian had.

“We can’t…” Yun Jing chuckled bitterly. “Brother Ren, you will understand why the moment you protect a formation node. Those light cords connected themselves to our earth veins. It’s impossible to separate a small portion of land to get rid of them. Moreover, time isn’t on our side.”

Ren Bainian could only shake his head to express his helplessness.

“Little Chu…” Yun Jing wanted to give Chu Jia the instructions to withdraw the protection barrier and give up the land, but she was interrupted by a sudden interjection.

“There’s no need.” Shang Xia’s voice rang in everyone’s mind. Unlike before, the majesty that was once missing from an expert at the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm was back. “I’ll deal with the other 2 light cords.”