Chapter 00477: We Can Team Up
# We Can Team Up**
Chapter 477
Novel: Abandon The Universe
**Chapter 477: We Can Team Up**
The aura of the Bone-Clinging Flame rapidly faded away.
Lan Xiaobu knew the other party was trying to strip it off.
He wasn’t the least bit worried.
Without hesitation, he sent a **Soul Thorn** straight at his opponent.
Though his cultivation was at the **Immortal Emperor Realm**, his divine sense and array mastery far surpassed his actual cultivation level.
Moreover, Lan Xiaobu had already converted his immortal essence into divine essence.
A **Soul Thorn** from him could wound even a true **Divine Being**, let alone someone trapped in the depths of the **Mysterious Profound Canyon**.
No matter how strong this person once was, their current state couldn’t be much to speak of—otherwise, why would they still be imprisoned here?
The **Soul Thorn** resonated with the imprint left in the **Bone-Clinging Flame**, striking its target directly.
A shrill scream echoed through the air as the brown mound split open.
Lan Xiaobu frowned.
Though he had expected the **Soul Thorn** to land a hit, the opponent’s strength seemed far weaker than before.
Then, to his surprise, he saw a gray passageway stretching downward beneath the split mound.
His heart tightened.
He had sat on this very mound and swept it with his divine sense countless times, yet he had never detected anything unusual.
Now, he realized that beneath it lay a hidden staircase.
The concealment array here surpassed his own understanding of formations.
If this array had been set up by the bloodsucker below, then this person’s mastery of formations far exceeded his own.
*Should I go down?*
After only a brief hesitation, Lan Xiaobu dismissed his doubts and stepped onto the staircase without hesitation.
Sure, the other party’s array skills might have been formidable in the past, but not anymore.
If they were still that strong, they wouldn’t have needed to act so sneakily when he first arrived.
They would’ve openly trapped him with their formations.
That said, Lan Xiaobu also understood that even if the opponent could no longer use formations against him due to their weakened state, he couldn’t rely on his own **Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation** either.
Trying to use formations against someone whose array mastery surpassed his own? That would be like trying to teach a fish to swim.
Besides, even if he didn’t go down, the other party could still come up.
He had experienced their relentless pursuit before—when he and **Gong Yunqi** had fled, they had nearly been caught.
Another reason Lan Xiaobu remained fearless was the **Bone-Clinging Flame** in his possession.
Against a cultivator without a physical body, this was an absolute nightmare.
The setup had been grand, making Lan Xiaobu expect some kind of luxurious underground palace.
Yet when he descended the staircase, all he found was a cramped earthen burrow—no more than thirty square meters in area and barely two meters high.
The word "burrow" was apt.
It was literally a hole dug into the ground.
At the center sat a disheveled man with unkempt hair.
His emaciated frame was draped in a coarse cloth, concealing whether he even had legs.
His face was deathly pale, his cheeks sunken, and his eyes hollow.
Lan Xiaobu swept his divine sense over the man and immediately sensed the chaotic fluctuations in his aura.
Clearly, this was the result of years of draining blood and devouring the cultivation, flesh, and Dao laws of various **Immortal Emperors**.
*This is it?*
Lan Xiaobu had come down fully prepared, even imagining the other party as someone several times stronger than **Cai Shang**.
Yet what he found was this pitiful wreck.
Though surprised, Lan Xiaobu didn’t retract the **Bone-Clinging Flame** surrounding him.
"Your cultivation has improved greatly," the skeletal man said, his hollow eyes fixed on Lan Xiaobu.
"When you came here to heal last time, you were at most at the **Immortal King Realm**. Now, you’ve reached the **Immortal Emperor Realm**."
Most **Immortal Emperors** wouldn’t be able to discern Lan Xiaobu’s cultivation, but this man could.
Lan Xiaobu sighed.
"And yet, you’ve disappointed me. I came here with high expectations, only to find a bag of bones. The only surprise is that you still have a trashy physical body—at least you’re not a lingering remnant soul struggling to survive. Wouldn’t it have been better for you to just quietly waste away here? Why did you have to provoke your Lord Bu?"
The skeletal man replied indifferently, "If I didn’t want you to leave, you wouldn’t have been able to, even if you tried. Hand over the **Life and Death Cauldron**, and I’ll let you go this once."
As he spoke, Lan Xiaobu felt the space around him shift.
He turned abruptly—the staircase behind him had vanished.
Unfazed, Lan Xiaobu scanned the area with his divine sense, even launching several more **Soul Thorns**, but the underground burrow contained nothing except the skeletal man and himself.
Lan Xiaobu summoned his **Seven-Tone Halberd** and slashed downward.
*Clang!*
The halberd struck something as hard as steel, the recoil sending tremors through his body.
He didn’t attempt a second strike.
One hit was enough to tell him that leaving this place wouldn’t be easy.
But *difficult* didn’t mean *impossible*.
Stowing the halberd, Lan Xiaobu immediately had the **Cosmic Dimension Matrix** begin constructing a dimensional model of this space.
No matter how sturdy it was, it was still just a trapping array.
As someone whose array mastery surpassed even that of an **Immortal Formation Emperor**, he only needed the **Cosmic Dimension Matrix** to map out the possible array cores, and he could break free.
"Don’t waste your energy. I admire that about you," the skeletal man said, his tone casual, as if they were merely having a chat.
"Let me introduce myself—I’m **Zha Yu**. You can call me Yu."
Lan Xiaobu nodded.
"The surname ‘Zha’ is quite rare. You must be extraordinary to bear such a name."
**Zha Yu** didn’t bother correcting him.
Instead, he continued, "Once you’re here, unless your array mastery surpasses the **Immortal Formation Emperor Realm** and reaches the level of a **Divine Array Master**, you’ll never leave. I don’t plan to kill you, but to survive, you’ll need to do some things for me."
"Like what **Gu Xu** did for you?" Lan Xiaobu asked.
**Zha Yu** chuckled. "**Gu Xu**? He was nothing. Just a gatekeeper. You’re different—you can do more than just guard the door."
Lan Xiaobu sighed.
"Too bad I have no intention of doing anything for you. How about you try a taste of my halberd first?"
Almost as he spoke, the **Seven-Tone Halberd** was already in motion—his opening move was the spatial divine ability, **Boundless**.
A spatial divine ability? **Zha Yu**’s eyes flickered with surprise, but he showed no concern.
Any spatial technique used here was a joke.
The only thing he feared was Lan Xiaobu’s **Bone-Clinging Flame**.
Without it, he could’ve subdued a hundred Lan Xiaobus with ease.
Halberd light filled the space, transforming into a raging storm of slashes that ravaged every inch of the cramped burrow.
The sound of exploding energy reverberated through the small space, yet no matter how fierce the halberd storm became, none of it touched **Zha Yu**.
From **Zha Yu**’s perspective, Lan Xiaobu should’ve been driven to madness by now.
But Lan Xiaobu remained calm.
The **Cosmic Dimension Matrix** had already identified all possible array core locations in this underground space.
He didn’t need to pinpoint the exact core—knowing the likely positions was enough.
The storm of halberd light suddenly split into thousands of killing rays.
These rays rapidly diminished—from thousands to hundreds, then to dozens, then to a mere handful, until finally, only a single strand remained.
**Zha Yu**, who had previously seemed untouchable, now stood revealed, the tip of the **Seven-Tone Halberd** pressed against his forehead.
The aura of death permeated the underground burrow, blending with the lifeless energy outside.
After a long pause, **Zha Yu** finally took a deep breath.
"How did you do that?"
"Now it’s my turn to ask the questions," Lan Xiaobu said, actually retracting his halberd.
Without the **Cosmic Dimension Matrix**, he truly wouldn’t have been able to break **Zha Yu**’s spatial array.
Trapped here, he would’ve been nothing more than prey.
But with the **Cosmic Dimension Matrix**, even if **Zha Yu** altered the spatial array again, as long as its complexity didn’t exceed Lan Xiaobu’s comprehension, he could still decipher it.
The small size of the space worked in his favor.
A larger area would’ve taken the **Cosmic Dimension Matrix** much longer to analyze.
Here, every extra moment spent meant another chance for things to go wrong.
"Ask away," **Zha Yu** said with a sigh, as if realizing he couldn’t overpower Lan Xiaobu.
Lan Xiaobu, however, sensed the fluctuations of death energy around him intensifying.
He sneered.
"If you don’t stop your little tricks right now, I’ll kill you on the spot. You know my soul-searching skills aren’t the best."
As he spoke, the **Bone-Clinging Flame** wrapped around **Zha Yu**.
**Zha Yu** sighed in resignation.
Among all the opponents he’d faced, Lan Xiaobu was one of the most troublesome.
If not for his lower cultivation, he’d be even harder to deal with.
Once, he could’ve killed Lan Xiaobu effortlessly.
Now, even with all his tricks, he couldn’t gain the upper hand.
That was the difference.
"There’s a lot I want to ask you, but first—hand over the **Heavenly Gang Formation Flag**," Lan Xiaobu demanded.
This was his primary objective.
**Zha Yu** replied, "If I still had the **Heavenly Gang Formation Flag**, I would’ve given it to you immediately. Since I can’t defeat you, I’d rather not make an enemy of you. You might not believe me, but it was stolen from me. And if you hadn’t taken the **Life and Death Cauldron**, that would’ve been stolen too."
Lan Xiaobu nodded.
"I actually believe you. I also know the person who took the **Heavenly Gang Formation Flag** is still in the **Mysterious Profound Canyon**."
"You know him?" **Zha Yu** stared at Lan Xiaobu in shock.
Truth be told, ever since Lan Xiaobu had come and gone, **Zha Yu**’s life had been miserable.
Once, he had been the undisputed ruler here, giving orders to **Gu Xu** at will.
Now, he could barely protect himself.
"He has a **Fortune Array Disk**," Lan Xiaobu said.
"Of course, that disk originally belonged to me before he stole it. Today, I’m here to settle that score. Since he’s been giving you trouble too, we might as well team up."
(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, everyone!)
(End of Chapter)