Chapter 00454: Lan Xiaobu Gets Swept Away
# Lan Xiaobu Gets Swept Away
Chapter 454
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 454: Lan Xiaobu Gets Swept Away
"Lan Xiaobu claimed he destroyed Silent God Valley himself, but no one witnessed it, nor can anyone verify it. Perhaps he knew this matter couldn't be confirmed, which is why he dared to spout such nonsense, boldly declaring he annihilated Silent God Valley," Liang Bianying said slowly.
No one refuted his words because they held truth.
Members of Silent God Valley rarely emerged, but when they did, they either wiped out an entire Immortal Domain or annihilated a planet.
Those who knew of Silent God Valley had vaguely heard that its disciples cultivated using divine spiritual qi.
In such an environment, cultivators of the same realm from Silent God Valley could effortlessly overpower those from other places.
Yet, no one knew where Silent God Valley was located.
Moreover, the disciples of Silent God Valley were notoriously arrogant—even the Great Kun Immortal Palace, the foremost power in the Leviathan Ruins Sea, was likely beneath their notice.
As a result, few ever befriended them.
In other words, Liang Bianying's words might be true—Lan Xiaobu could have been lying.
His lie was likely meant to intimidate Liang Changxu, ensuring the Liang Family wouldn’t harm his dao companion.
Even Liang Xuntian didn’t argue.
Liang Changxu himself couldn’t confirm whether Lan Xiaobu had truly destroyed Silent God Valley, so how could he be certain? He merely believed that Liang Gucai’s reckless provocations outside were utterly unnecessary.
Liang Lianshan spoke slowly, "Annihilating Silent God Valley is too shocking. Even a ninth-rank Immortal Formation Emperor would find it impossible—such a claim is nothing but delusional. So, the likelihood of this being true is extremely low. Xuntian is right—Liang Gucai stirring up trouble outside is no trivial matter. Even if Lan Xiaobu lied and his strength isn’t that formidable, Liang Gucai’s troublemaking will eventually invite disaster. Our Liang Family has stood firm in the Leviathan Ruins Sea and prospered to this day precisely because we’ve always acted with restraint."
"But restraint doesn’t mean retreat. Our Liang Family isn’t one to be bullied by just anyone. If we allowed that, we wouldn’t have survived in the Leviathan Ruins Sea until now..."
Before Liang Lianshan could finish, the communication bead placed before him by Elder Mo Yan flashed once more.
Liang Lianshan picked it up, swept it with his divine sense, and immediately frowned.
After a moment, he said, "Changxu just sent a message—they’ve crossed the Void Swamp Mud River..."
"That’s incredibly fast. At that speed, the void ship won’t hold up much longer," one elder exclaimed in astonishment.
Thirty years—that was all it took to cross from Kunqian Island over the Void Swamp Mud River.
Such speed was nothing short of pushing the ship to its absolute limit.
Liang Lianshan waved his hand.
"Our Liang Family isn’t lacking in void ships. The key point is that Changxu’s message contained another detail—their void immortal ship crossed the swamp river without encountering any mud pillars or the suction force of mud whirlpools."
"That’s just as well. Whether Lan Xiaobu was bluffing Changxu or not, he won’t survive this. Family Head, I suggest we immediately order Elder Changxu to abandon ship and flee," a woman stood and proposed.
Liang Lianshan shook his head.
"It’s too late. Changxu should already know this."
...
Indeed, it was too late.
At this moment, a rift appeared before the Kunpeng, widening rapidly as a violent whirlpool’s suction force swept toward it.
Despite Liang Changxu’s desperate attempts to steer the Kunpeng away, the overwhelming force relentlessly pulled the void immortal ship closer to the void rift.
Soon, a faint vortex took shape within the rift, its depths impervious to divine sense.
As the vortex expanded, it transformed into what seemed like a bottomless abyss—a black hole.
Liang Changxu stared at the black hole in despair, too resigned to even speak.
No matter how powerful Lan Xiaobu was, death was now inevitable.
Just as the void immortal ship was about to be sucked within a hundred zhang of the black hole, Lan Xiaobu finished carving the last formation line.
He tossed out dozens of high-grade immortal spirit veins and activated the grand formation.
Suddenly, the ship, which had been helplessly dragged toward the black hole, came to a halt.
It began spinning slowly in place, as if an immense force now anchored it, preventing its descent into the abyss.
Liang Changxu was stunned.
He had never seen an Immortal Formation Emperor as peerless as Lan Xiaobu—someone who could use formation techniques to stop a void ship from being swallowed by a black hole.
Had he not witnessed it himself, he would’ve dismissed it as impossible.
But soon, Liang Changxu realized that despite Lan Xiaobu’s formations holding the ship in place, it was still inching toward the black hole—albeit at an excruciatingly slow pace.
Not daring to interrupt, Liang Changxu watched as Lan Xiaobu continued setting up formations.
At this moment, he finally believed Lan Xiaobu’s claim of destroying Silent God Valley.
After all, Silent God Valley was far too formidable—he had initially doubted Lan Xiaobu’s words.
But with Lan Xiaobu’s formation prowess, if he trapped Silent God Valley, who inside could possibly escape?
Time passed, and though Liang Changxu couldn’t discern the specifics of the grand formation Lan Xiaobu was setting up, he vaguely sensed its power steadily intensifying.
Even so, it still couldn’t fully stop the Kunpeng from gradually drifting toward the black hole.
Lan Xiaobu seemed to realize this method wouldn’t suffice.
Suddenly, he pulled out an earthen-yellow immortal spirit vein, embedded it into the ship’s bow, and then leaped off the vessel.
"Liang Changxu, remember—don’t retreat the ship too quickly!"
With those parting words, Lan Xiaobu began swiftly carving void formation lines in the space outside the ship.
He was setting up a spatial force-transfer array.
This idea had been inspired by the transfer array beneath the Void Swamp Mud River.
If the Divine Realm could shift tribulations onto the Immortal Realm, why couldn’t he divert the suction force of a void black hole vortex into another space?
Lan Xiaobu’s decision to risk leaving the ship wasn’t just to test his theory—it was also to save the people aboard.
He suspected the absence of mud pillars in the swamp river might be related to him.
His divine sense was too powerful—it had penetrated deep into the riverbed, revealing the massive pillars below.
Perhaps this was why the ship hadn’t encountered any mud pillars.
There were tens of thousands of lives on this ship.
If they perished because of him, Lan Xiaobu couldn’t bear the guilt.
"Is that... an earth-attribute supreme-grade immortal spirit vein?" Liang Changxu quickly recognized the vein Lan Xiaobu had left on the ship’s deck—it was a supreme-grade immortal spirit vein!
Wait—the void ship had stopped being pulled toward the black hole.
In fact, it was now slowly retreating.
Seizing the opportunity, Liang Changxu frantically powered the ship, accelerating its retreat.
As for Lan Xiaobu’s warning not to retreat too quickly? He had already tossed that aside.
As the ship pulled away, Liang Changxu thought he caught a glimpse of Lan Xiaobu being swallowed by the black hole.
Before he could rejoice, the black hole vanished behind the ship.
Liang Changxu exhaled in relief.
He was almost certain—Lan Xiaobu had been swept into the black hole.
The man was truly a fool.
With such formidable strength, he had traded his life for the Kunpeng.
Not only could Liang Changxu breathe easy, but the entire Liang Family could as well.
...
Leviathan Ruins Sea, Liang Family’s Grand Hall.
Liang Lianshan received another message.
The moment he read it, he abruptly stood up.
The family head’s reaction stunned the other Liang Family elders.
If not for protocol, their divine senses would’ve already swept over Liang Lianshan’s communication bead.
"Impossible... this is absolutely impossible..."
Liang Lianshan muttered to himself, as if he had encountered something inconceivable.
"Family Head, what happened?" Liang Xuntian couldn’t help but ask.
Liang Lianshan took a deep breath.
"Changxu’s void ship was indeed caught by a black hole the moment it left the Void Swamp Mud River. But Lan Xiaobu actually used formations to halt the ship’s descent into the abyss. Not only that—he leaped off the ship and set up a barrier formation in the void. In the end, the Kunpeng escaped the black hole’s pull and is now safe. And Lan Xiaobu... was swept into the black hole."
Silence fell over the hall.
The air itself seemed to grow suffocating.
A single person had stopped an immortal ship from being swallowed by a black hole vortex in the Void Swamp Mud River? If true, what level of formation mastery did that represent?
An Immortal Formation Emperor? If an Immortal Formation Emperor could achieve this, why was the black hole rift beyond the Void Swamp Mud River still considered so terrifying?
"If what Changxu says is true, then Lan Xiaobu might have genuinely destroyed Silent God Valley," Liang Yueliang, a peak Immortal Emperor elder, couldn’t help but remark.
Liang Bianying snorted.
"So what if he did? Getting swept into a black hole still means death. This proves our Liang Family is blessed by great fortune. Anyone who opposes us is doomed."
"What puzzles me is why Lan Xiaobu would jump off the Kunpeng and sacrifice himself to save it. Given that he and our Liang Family are enemies, not allies, who in their right mind would do such a thing?" Liang Xuntian frowned.
No one could answer.
If Lan Xiaobu had acted out of selflessness and sacrifice... well, even ghosts wouldn’t believe that.
...
Lan Xiaobu hadn’t left the Kunpeng unprepared.
The supreme-grade immortal spirit vein he’d taken out was part of a traction formation.
Once he finished setting up the spatial transfer array, he planned to use the traction formation to return to the ship.
His comprehension of spatial laws had deepened, and with his current divine sense strength and formation mastery, he was fully capable of redirecting the black hole’s suction force into another space—but he needed to leave the ship to do it.
His theory proved correct.
The formation lines he carved surpassed ninth-rank immortal formations, and once activated, the spatial transfer array successfully diverted the black hole’s pull elsewhere.
The ship stabilized, no longer drawn toward the black hole vortex.
What Lan Xiaobu hadn’t anticipated was that Liang Changxu didn’t slow the ship’s retreat—instead, he accelerated it to maximum speed.
Even worse, after completing the transfer array, the black hole’s suction force on Lan Xiaobu multiplied exponentially.
Even if Liang Changxu had listened and kept the ship stationary, Lan Xiaobu wouldn’t have been able to return against such ferocious force.
And Liang Changxu hadn’t waited for him at all.
(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, friends!)
(End of Chapter)