"Lang Dang Tian Xia Yi Dao Zhan!" A phantom blade descended, bringing with it myriad phenomena. The Wanderer, with a solemn expression, looked at the old man clad in a red kasaya. Both were monarchs, yet their strength differed vastly.
Jianan held the position of Divine Lord because he possessed a third-tier divine sense! He could foresee the actions of other Divine Lords. In a direct confrontation, Jianan would not be an opponent to the other Divine Lords, but he could evade them.
The Wanderer, however, was no different from the other Divine Lords. His combat power was at the mid-Monarch realm, and his divine sense was at the second-mid realm.
"All that has passed is but floating clouds, to live is not to die!" The monk, holding prayer beads in his left hand, waved his right. Countless clouds surged towards the blade's shadow, grinding it into nothingness.
"Benefactor, your killing intent is too heavy. I feel it necessary to cleanse your heart." The monk actually produced a dagger, its blade gleaming as he held it towards the Wanderer, seemingly contemplating where to make the first cut.
"Hmph! You eight-angled monster, do you truly believe you are a Buddhist Bodhisattva just because you wear a monk's robe? You wish to devour my bloodline? Do you think you have the strength for that?" After several shifts, the Wanderer finally arrived at the Tenth Cosmos. He never expected to encounter such an oddity upon arrival.
He was now certain that the human undergoing tribulation was his target. He just hadn't anticipated such a peculiar meeting.
"As expected of the scion of the Wanderer Clan, your insight is indeed remarkable. It seems the Princess's apprehension towards you is not unfounded." The monk's smile remained, but his arm continuously enlarged, like a green giant, his entire body swelling like an ox. Until his skin began to crack, and from the fissures, tentacles emerged.
Eight arms appeared, one moment transforming into eight sharp swords, the next into tentacles, causing a chilling unease.
"The Princess? Yao Die? I didn't think that woman's influence had reached this far?!" The Wanderer was inwardly startled. If this guy was truly Yao Die's subordinate, then Yao Die's speed in reaching this cosmos would significantly increase. The reason he could arrive so quickly was because he had confidantes in both the Ninth and Eighth Cosmos.
"Heh heh, allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Jianan, a newly appointed Divine Lord of the Divine Race, the Tenth General under Princess Muwu! Your true name is Liu Langxing, no, you have been expelled from the Wanderer Clan, it's better to call you Wanderer."
"Your brother has already led your Wanderer Clan to pledge allegiance to my Princess, holding the position of Prime Minister of the Left. For his sake, if you give me three drops of your vital blood, I shall retreat. How about it?" Jianan glanced at the Wanderer and then turned to swallow the torn skin he had just shed.
"Hmph, you know the enmity between me and Yao Die. If you let me go, aren't you afraid she'll find out? You know she's on her way here right now!" The Wanderer's eyes were filled with mockery.
"That's true. In that case, forget it. I'll take it myself." With that, Jianan's eight tentacles behind him instantly transformed into eight long swords, like meteors, stabbing towards the Wanderer.
*Ding...*
*Clang...*
The eight long swords were repelled by a golden chain the moment they left.
"Jianan, I knew you wouldn't be honest!" A gray mist dispersed in the distance, revealing a massive wooden ship with its sails unfurled. On the sails, a large character '敕' was written in divine script.
Simultaneously, on the other side, a colossal beast appeared, its exterior adorned with countless divine patterns. On its enormous back, numerous Divine Race soldiers stood in solemn formation.
"Dean Yi Chi, Divine Lord!" There was no longer the usual subservience, but rather an endless mockery in their eyes.
"Hm?" Yi Chi and the Divine Lord felt an inexplicable sense of unease upon seeing Jianan's expression.
"I didn't expect you two lords to bring your elite legions! Excellent, excellent. With so many Divine Race members plus a high-tier alien, I believe my cultivation will advance significantly!" Jianan grinned widely as beams of light suddenly appeared around the void, forming a cage that instantly enclosed all the Divine Race members.
Black intricate patterns pulsed on the cage, like numerous vacuum cleaners, slowly draining the energy from every Divine Race member.
"What is this! Jianan! What are you trying to do?" The Divine Lord questioned Jianan sternly.
"What am I trying to do? Heh heh, don't you know he has already betrayed your Divine Race? He is now a pawn under a certain important figure in the First Cosmos. This is the Soul Devouring Shadow Stealing Array. Do you understand its literal meaning?" The Wanderer sneered at the Divine Lord, who was still bewildered.
"Wretch!" Yi Chi was the fastest. His six pairs of bone wings on his back detached one by one, transforming into hundreds of giant palm prints that slammed towards the surrounding light pillars.
*Boom...*
Starlight scattered, but the light pillars remained unmoving.
"All soldiers, attack with me! I refuse to believe there's an array we can't break!" Yi Chi roared, feeling the sturdiness of the light pillars. He had brought three legions, all with combat power above the Mahayana realm, and even nearly a million at the Heavenly Venerate realm.
"Save your strength. If you truly wish to break free, then break the array's core. And the core of this array is the person who set it up. You all continue; I'll watch from outside." The Wanderer's greatsword slashed, creating a black hole. He quickly entered it and then vanished before everyone's eyes. The black hole also disappeared.
In just a moment, the Wanderer reappeared outside the light pillars, smiling and observing the Divine Race members trapped within. He even took out a chair and sat down to watch.
Who could have imagined that the third-ranked figure of the Divine Race would set such a trap, using a visitor from a high-level plane as bait to capture the other two Divine Lords and their legions in one fell swoop!
Even more unexpected was that this bait could escape the array! This made Jianan incredibly uncomfortable.
However, what made Jianan even more uncomfortable was discovering that he absorbed less than a ten-thousandth of the energy the array was devouring; the rest had inexplicably vanished.
Jianan was instantly horrified. His divine sense whirled furiously, and he finally discovered that the energy being devoured by his great array was being fused by lightning snakes passing overhead!
The lightning snakes, originally one to two meters long, all grew tenfold in size after passing over the great array. The energy within them was even more considerable.
"Jianan! You traitor, you still have the mind to look around. Die!" The Divine Lord, having had the most contact with Jianan, had always been half-colleague, half-friend. He never expected that this guy would try to devour him in the end, so his attack on Jianan was the most ferocious.