Chapter 556: Chapter 546: The Fireflies That March On, All Eventually Meet Their End

From Jiang Li’s perspective, he saw through the Stone Gate.....

Above the dark River of Time, an immensely tall and majestic figure stood on the Long River, looking down at him with cold eyes.

This gaze was very familiar, the kind that looks at ants, the gaze of observing creatures in captivity.

At this moment, Jiang Li suddenly realized that, in ’his’ eyes, everyone from the Divine Punishment Three Palaces, including himself, were nothing more than creatures in the fish pond...

What made Jiang Li’s hair stand on end and filled him with fear wasn’t the opponent’s strength, nor the fear of death, but the bodily instinct of fear upon realizing that he too was just a "fish".

This is the instinct of creatures.

It’s like when a rabbit is pinned down on a cutting board by a hunter, the fear of the unknown deep within.

And now, Jiang Li was exactly that "rabbit" about to be placed on the cutting board.

Fear is a biological instinct, especially the fear of the unknown.

....

Yet, everyone behind him couldn’t see this scene.

Only he, holding the "Punishment Stone", could see the majestic figure on the River of Time through the Stone Gate.

Of course, there was also Yue Ying.

When he saw the gaze looking down at him, he only felt his legs go weak, and an extreme sense of fear spread deep in his heart.

This was the first time he saw "him".

Yet it brought him unparalleled fear.

.....

"Everyone, follow me....."

"Kill!"

Having said that, Jiang Li took the lead and charged towards the Stone Gate.

The five thousand people behind him didn’t hesitate at all, following closely, rushing towards the Stone Gate because they believed in the Hall Master, they knew, the Hall Master was invincible, was the most powerful!

They didn’t know the fear within the Hall Master’s heart, they only knew that following the Hall Master was the most correct path!

...

Seeing Jiang Li leading everyone, charging towards the River of Time, Yue Ying was stunned.

He didn’t understand why Jiang Li had to activate the "Heaven-Falling Array".

The price of activating the "Heaven-Falling Array" was the Divine Punishment Stone Sect itself, which meant that, regardless of the outcome of this battle, Three Palaces’ Divine Punishment Stone Sect would be completely gone.

This indicated that everything Jiang Li had done for the lord over the years would all turn into bubbles.

He would die without any value.

It’s like Jiang Li was leading everyone, turning the achievements accumulated by the Three Palaces over the years into a weapon, taking this weapon to his death!

.....

The next second.

Jiang Li led all from the Three Palaces, using the "Gate of Divine Punishment" as a sacrifice, activated the "Heaven-Falling Array", and arrived above the Long River.

But the moment they arrived above the Long River, they realized they had become incomparably "small".

When they looked up, looking ahead, they saw a tall figure with an unclear face looking down at them.

In an instant, the hearts of everyone were overwhelmed by powerful fear!

At the moment when the morale was wavering, Jiang Li charged towards the tall figure, others following the Hall Master, charging towards the shadow.

Just as they were about to resolve the majestic figure.

They saw the majestic figure slowly raise his right hand, and in the next second, they were fixed in place, unable to move.

Only at this moment did they suddenly awaken, realizing the formidable existence they were facing!

As the majestic figure’s right hand slowly fell.

They heard... they heard the sound of their flesh and soul shattering.

Jiang Li closed his eyes, at this moment, there was no longer any fear on his face, only relief, even a bit of joy.....

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Su Mu stood on the Long River, looking at the Stone Gate in the center of the vortex, frowning, "So solid?"

This Stone Gate unexpectedly withstood two of his blows, showing no signs of collapsing.

The next second, the Stone Gate started to tremble, as if something was about to burst out of it.

Upon seeing this, Su Mu’s gaze was fixed intently on the Stone Gate.

In an instant, the Stone Gate transformed into glowing points of Immortal Radiance, forming an attack array, charging towards him.

Upon closer inspection, one could see the array was dotted with "fireflies", these fireflies seemed small but their aura was exceptionally strong!

Su Mu counted, more than five thousand in total.

Seeing this, Su Mu slowly raised his right hand.

The attack array instantly solidified in mid-air, as his big hand fell, the array instantly shattered, and along with it, each firefly shattered into tiny light particles.

In a corner unnoticed by Su Mu.

A golden particle and three white particles entered a piece of stone.

Subsequently, this stone, along with other fragments, fell into the vortex and disappeared without a trace.

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Meanwhile.

After Yue Ying saw Jiang Li leading everyone into the Stone Gate, a few seconds later, the Stone Gate disappeared as well.

He could no longer see the battle situation.

The next second.

A piece of stone fell from the void into Yue Ying’s hand.

Seeing this piece of stone, he caught his breath and his eyes widened.

This was the "Realm Control Stone" of the Three Palaces. Now that the Gate of Divine Punishment had disappeared, this place was now an independently sealed space-time.

To leave this place, one must have this "Realm Control Stone" to exit this sealed space.

At this moment, Yue Ying finally understood why Jiang Li told him not to rush to leave, that he would find a way to protect him and get him out.

He led everyone, even took the Gate of Divine Punishment to his death, just to cover his escape?

Was this his real purpose?

Was he really... so kind?

He didn’t have time to think too much, he left this space using the "Realm Control Stone" of the Three Palaces.

After the Stone Gate shattered, the vortex also began to slowly disappear, gradually calming down.

Su Mu used the Water Control Divine Technique, and after a few breaths, the waters here finally calmed down.

Looking at the waters in front of him, he fell into deep thought.

The function of this Stone Gate..... was it just to slaughter the fish in the surrounding waters??

Did the enemy go to such great lengths just to disgust him?

......

Yue Ying carried the "Realm Control Stone" of the Three Palaces, traveling through the void, to avoid being tracked by "him".

He jumped back and forth in various Great Worlds, going around everywhere.

Finally, he stopped in a fragmented and desolate Immortal Domain.

He stood still, panting heavily.

Now, only he had escaped, Jiang Li and the others’ fate was unknown, but since their Realm Control Stone had fallen into his hands, it was almost certain they had died.

The Three Palaces collapsed, along with the Gate of Divine Punishment, only he alone escaped.....

Jiang Li clearly could have escaped himself with the "Realm Control Stone"; why did he cover his escape??

Was it to preserve himself, the Master of Nine Halls, or was it to want him to bring the Realm Control Stone of the Three Palaces to his lord to prove his heroic sacrifice?

Yue Ying was preparing to take out the Realm Control Stone Jiang Li had given him when.

He was horrified to find the Realm Control Stone was gone!