Chapter 00492: The King of Great Abyss Divine Court
# The King of Great Abyss Divine Court
Chapter 492
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 492: The King of Great Abyss Divine Court
As he spoke, Lan Xiaobu's killing intent once again enveloped the space where Du Zhuo stood.
This time, he was prepared to risk severe injury.
In terms of strength, Du Zhuo had suffered greater losses than him in their previous clash, proving that Lan Xiaobu wasn’t weaker.
Moreover, he was confident that Du Zhuo lacked his advantages—his extraordinary recovery abilities.
Most importantly, as long as his Bone-Attached Flames latched onto his opponent, he could finish them off.
"If I want to leave, you can’t stop me. I know you still have tricks up your sleeve, but you’re not the only one with hidden moves."
After saying this, Du Zhuo suddenly transformed into a streak of golden light and vanished in an instant.
Golden Light Escape?
Lan Xiaobu immediately prepared to give chase.
Among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Abilities, Golden Light Escape was one he had mastered as well.
Thinking that Du Zhuo could escape from him using this technique made Lan Xiaobu scoff—it was wishful thinking.
However, just as he was about to transform into golden light and pursue, a thought struck him.
Du Zhuo had indeed used Golden Light Escape, yet Lan Xiaobu hadn’t sensed any spatial fluctuations.
No matter how skilled someone was, using Golden Light Escape would always cause spatial ripples.
The absence of such ripples suggested instant teleportation—but even the most advanced teleportation would produce faint spatial disturbances.
How could Du Zhuo’s Golden Light Escape leave no trace?
Lan Xiaobu immediately recalled another divine ability—Standing Without Shadow.
This was another of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Abilities, far superior to mere invisibility.
It allowed one to vanish from their current position without actually moving.
Realizing this, Lan Xiaobu didn’t hesitate.
He hurled a Bone-Attached Flame toward the spot where Du Zhuo had stood, followed by a ruthless strike from his halberd.
Putting himself in Du Zhuo’s shoes, if Lan Xiaobu were facing an opponent of similar strength, he might use Standing Without Shadow to feign escape with Golden Light Escape.
If his opponent gave chase, he could either flee in another direction or take a hostage.
*Pfft!*
A spray of blood erupted as Du Zhuo let out a muffled groan.
This time, his entire body dissolved into a crimson mist before disappearing completely.
Lan Xiaobu hadn’t been wrong—Du Zhuo had never truly left.
But now, he had truly fled.
Lan Xiaobu wasn’t worried.
He could clearly sense his Bone-Attached Flame clinging to Du Zhuo’s body.
As long as Du Zhuo remained in the Immortal Realm, there was no escape.
"Xiaobu, did he get away?" Luo Caisi rushed over, her voice urgent.
"For now, yes. I almost fell for his trick just now," Lan Xiaobu admitted, a trace of lingering fear in his voice.
If he had truly chased after Du Zhuo using Golden Light Escape, the real Du Zhuo—still hidden nearby—would have seized Luo Caisi in the blink of an eye.
"That guy is half-crippled now. He actually dared to use the forbidden Blood Escape Technique," Gu Dao chuckled as he approached.
Blood Escape was a forbidden art that burned one’s cultivation and essence blood to execute.
While it made pursuit nearly impossible, the backlash was severe—cultivation would regress, and one’s foundation would suffer permanent damage.
"He won’t escape. I’ll settle accounts with him later. Did you two kill someone named Du Yi?" Lan Xiaobu asked.
In his current state, it would take Du Zhuo at least seven or eight days to expel the Bone-Attached Flame.
By then, Lan Xiaobu would have already tracked him down.
Gu Dao quickly explained, "That Du Yi was the one who tried to kill us. He tailed us to that Divine Source Hall..."
"You actually found the Divine Hall? Was there a divine source inside?" Lan Xiaobu asked in surprise.
He needed divine sources too.
Luo Caisi hurriedly added, "I suspect that someone in the Divine Source Hall was trying to possess us..."
She then recounted everything she and Gu Dao had encountered, leaving Lan Xiaobu inwardly shaken.
"You made the right call. If you had stayed inside, you might have already been possessed. Wait for me somewhere safe—I’ll go to the Divine Source Hall myself," Lan Xiaobu said decisively.
Whether it was Gu Dao or Luo Caisi, if either had been targeted for possession, the consequences would have been dire.
Moreover, Luo Caisi was the more likely target, given that Gu Dao was a demonic beast.
"But what if Du Zhuo comes back?" Gu Dao asked, still uneasy.
Lan Xiaobu shook his head.
"He won’t. Right now, he’s fled beyond the Great Kun Sea and is still moving farther away. Besides, I’ve already removed the tracking marks from both of you."
The marks on Luo Caisi and Gu Dao had been left behind after killing Du Yi.
Du Zhuo had been able to track them precisely because of these marks.
Now that they were gone, even if Du Zhuo returned, he wouldn’t be able to locate them.
Moreover, the moment Du Zhuo re-entered the area, Lan Xiaobu would know.
"Alright, Gu Dao and I will go gather some immortal spirit herbs," Luo Caisi said, not insisting on accompanying Lan Xiaobu to the Divine Source Hall.
Possession was no trivial matter.
If they went in, they might only hinder him.
Their first escape had been due to quick thinking and sheer luck.
If she followed Lan Xiaobu inside and the entity invaded her sea of consciousness, it would be over.
Whether Lan Xiaobu won or lost the mental battle, she would be finished.
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The Reincarnation Pot soon arrived at the sandy plain where the Divine Source Hall was located.
Lan Xiaobu’s mastery of formations and insight far surpassed that of Luo Caisi and Gu Dao.
The moment he arrived, he recognized this as a Space-Transferring Grand Formation—one that surpassed even ninth-grade immortal formations.
This wasn’t the first time Lan Xiaobu had encountered formations in the Immortal Realm that exceeded ninth-grade.
To him, this was no obstacle.
In the time it took an incense stick to burn, he had already located the true formation core.
Lan Xiaobu was certain that if he followed the method Luo Caisi had described earlier, he would never find the Divine Source Hall.
Its location had shifted again.
To enter now, he would have to rely on luck.
Now, Lan Xiaobu understood that when Jia Xinyu had entered this place before, it wasn’t by sheer luck—the entity inside the Divine Source Hall had allowed him in.
Its purpose had likely been to use Jia Xinyu to deliver the map when the time for possession was ripe.
Lan Xiaobu chose a random spot and burrowed underground, effortlessly bypassing the Space-Transferring Grand Formation.
In less than half an incense stick’s time, he stood before the entrance of the Divine Source Hall.
Looking at the two formation gates before him, Lan Xiaobu sneered.
While these gates required two people to enter—something that would have stumped Jia Xinyu and Luo Caisi—to him, it was no obstacle at all.
He took out over a dozen formation flags and arranged them before stepping through the nearest gate.
He wasn’t teleported away.
The moment he entered, he saw the small cauldron.
His divine sense swept over it, confirming it was exactly as Luo Caisi had described.
In front of the cauldron was a meditation cushion.
Lan Xiaobu paid no attention to the cushion—he didn’t even spare it a glance with his divine sense.
With a wave of his hand, he stored the cauldron into his Cosmic Dimensional Matrix.
A shrill screech erupted as a streak of golden light shot out from the cushion, piercing straight into Lan Xiaobu’s brow.
Given the cautious nature of the soul hiding in the cushion, it wouldn’t have resorted to such a direct possession attempt under normal circumstances.
But its lifeline had just been stolen, and the thief was clearly a formation master who had come prepared, armed with information from the two who had escaped earlier.
If it didn’t act now, not only would it fail to possess a new body, but the Divine Source Hall would also be lost forever.
Without the Divine Source Hall, what was the point of possession?
"Ant! How dare you steal your ancestor’s Divine Source Hall? Leave your body behind!" A frenzied soul shadow surged into Lan Xiaobu’s sea of consciousness.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled.
If he hadn’t allowed it, this soul wouldn’t have even had the chance to enter his sea of consciousness.
Before the soul could attack Lan Xiaobu’s consciousness, the Bone-Attached Flames swept toward it.
"Bone-Attached Flames?!" The soul shuddered in terror.
To a soul, these flames were fatal.
Without hesitation, it tried to flee Lan Xiaobu’s sea of consciousness—only to realize that while entering had been easy, leaving was impossible.
"Friend, this is all a misunderstanding! You took my Divine Source Hall, and in my desperation, I acted recklessly. Let me go, and you can keep the Divine Source Hall. From now on, we’ll go our separate ways…" The soul pleaded frantically, realizing it was trapped.
It had spent its entire life being cautious, surviving against all odds.
If it could just possess a talented body, it would surely rise again.
But today, in a moment of impulsiveness over the loss of its Divine Source Hall, it had been subdued.
Regret was useless now.
All it could do was beg for mercy.
Lan Xiaobu said coldly, "You dared to try possessing someone under my protection. Why should you live?"
Feeling the terrifying approach of the Bone-Attached Flames, the soul cried out in panic, "Friend, spare me, and everything I have is yours!"
"If I kill you, everything you have will still be mine."
Lan Xiaobu laughed as the flames engulfed the soul.
"Don’t kill me! I am the current King of the Great Abyss Divine Court—" The soul’s desperate scream was cut short.
A "Divine Court King" meant nothing to Lan Xiaobu—it might as well have been a nameless passerby.
The Bone-Attached Flames didn’t falter, consuming the so-called king’s soul until not even ashes remained.
Only then did Lan Xiaobu pick up the meditation cushion.
His divine sense swept over it, revealing that it was actually a small world of considerable grade.
With the Great Abyss Divine Court King dead, the cushion’s restrictions couldn’t withstand Lan Xiaobu’s divine sense.
In half an incense stick’s time, he broke through its seals.
There were no divine crystals, let alone divine veins.
The only things inside were piles of materials and a few pitiful-looking divine artifacts.
*This* was a Divine Court King? Had the man no shame?
Sifting through the meager loot, Lan Xiaobu finally found an exquisitely crafted jade box.
It was also sealed with restrictions, but he broke them easily, revealing a seal inside.
Engraved on the seal were four words:
**Great Abyss Divine Court.**
(End of Chapter)