Supreme Warrior in the City

Everyone fell silent for a moment. Qi’er couldn’t help saying, "You damn mudfish, what nonsense are you spouting? If you’re that capable, go feel it yourself!"

"I..." The Supreme Dragon Emperor was instantly at a loss for words, muttering under his breath, "Can’t even let someone say a word now, huh? What, Demon Beasts don’t have rights?"

"If you can do it then go, if you can’t, stop nagging!" the Demon Lord tossed out.

The Supreme Dragon Emperor asked in confusion, "What does ’nagging’ mean?"

Demon Lord: "It means being a motor-mouth!"

"And what’s a motor-mouth?" The Supreme Dragon Emperor asked again.

"I—your grandpa!" the Demon Lord snapped. "It means long-winded, babbling like an old granny, got it?"

"Damn, you’re cursing me!" The Supreme Dragon Emperor widened his eyes.

Everyone: "..."

The Human Emperor looked at Su Yang. "Su Alliance Leader, they fought a big battle here, and after that, the direction they left in, that’s anyone’s guess. If we keep chasing in the same direction as before, it definitely won’t work!"

Su Yang nodded; this was also the main reason he needed to pinpoint their position. But from the current situation, trying to determine their bearings here was anything but easy.

"How about we spread out again from here and search the surroundings?" the Taoist Venerable said quietly.

"No." Su Yang directly shook his head. "We’ve already stepped into the Guardian God’s territory. Even though a big battle happened here, we don’t know how it ended or what the final situation is. So we also have no idea what the Guardian God’s actual level of strength is right now."

"If we scatter here while the Guardian God doesn’t, aren’t we basically walking into the net, just waiting to be encircled and slaughtered by the Guardian God’s Strongest?"

"Besides, the danger here isn’t just the Guardian God’s Strongest; it also includes those Blood Shadows, and we still don’t know where they are. Even if we don’t run into the Guardian God’s Strongest, running into those Blood Shadows is still deadly. Splitting up here is totally inappropriate!"

"That’s true." The Taoist Venerable nodded. "This is, after all, the Guardian God’s turf. We really do need to be extra cautious."

"Then we can only search together. The problem is, we don’t know which direction they went. If we look together, we’re very likely to pick the wrong direction. The Great World is so vast now—get the heading wrong by a little, and we could completely miss them." The Human Emperor frowned. "Sigh, this is the first time I’ve really felt that even Strongest are this insignificant. Those Heavenly Venerables are damn insidious, using a method like this to protect the Guardian Gods."

"The Guardian Gods have always been sneaky in how they do things, you’re only realizing that today?" The Supreme Dragon Emperor curled his lip. "Think about it, how many of my Demon Beast descendants have they captured to use as mounts. Damn it, anyone with the slightest bit of humanity wouldn’t do that kind of crap!"

As everyone was quietly talking, Su Yang suddenly spoke. "Something’s off."

"Off? What’s off?" Everyone asked in surprise.

Su Yang said, "The Spiritual Energy of the Earth Principle is draining very fast—at least twice as fast as before."

"How can that be?" Everyone wore puzzled expressions.

"Which one of you is secretly absorbing the Spiritual Energy of the Earth Principle again?" The Supreme Dragon Emperor shouted.

"Damn, you think everyone’s as shameless as you?" Everyone replied with collective disdain.

"It definitely isn’t any of us absorbing it." Su Yang said in a deep voice. "We haven’t been fighting anyone, so our absorption speed for Spiritual Energy is stable. Unless someone’s power suddenly surges, there wouldn’t be any sudden spike in Spiritual Energy loss."

Everyone exchanged glances. If someone’s power had suddenly increased, they’d all have felt it.

"Then what’s going on?" they asked, baffled.

"There’s only one possibility..." Su Yang drew in a long breath and said solemnly, "There are other beings nearby who are also absorbing this Spiritual Energy."

"What?" Everyone cried out in shock, eyes wide as they scanned their surroundings. It was empty in all directions; there was no one there.

"Who’s absorbing this Spiritual Energy?" Everyone looked around in confusion.

Su Yang didn’t speak. He slowly felt out the direction in which the Spiritual Energy released by the Earth Principle was flowing away.

The ones absorbing Spiritual Energy the fastest were definitely the Strongest gathered around him—there was no doubt about that.

All the other Spiritual Energy being absorbed was very weak, dispersing in all directions. Even with Su Yang’s level of power, it was hard to lock onto the direction of that Spiritual Energy loss.

Su Yang closed his eyes, focusing his entire attention as he carefully sensed the flow of the Spiritual Energy.

After quite a while, Su Yang finally identified its direction. He opened his eyes and looked at the shattered planets all around them, his brows knitting tight.

The Spiritual Energy was actually flowing into those broken planets. What the hell was going on?

This Intermediate World had already been completely smashed apart. In theory, this Intermediate World is already scrap, so why would the Spiritual Energy of the Earth Principle be flowing into these ruined planets?

"Su Alliance Leader, what’s really happening?" The Supreme Dragon Emperor asked, puzzled.

Su Yang stared at those shattered planets and said in a low voice, "The Spiritual Energy is flowing into these ruins."

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned. They couldn’t figure out why something like this would be happening.

"How can broken planets absorb Spiritual Energy? Do these planets have life on them?" The Supreme Dragon Emperor asked, baffled.

Planets themselves obviously don’t absorb Spiritual Energy—only living beings can. That was exactly what everyone found the most bewildering.

The Strongest simply flew over to the vicinity of those planets, carefully inspecting the state of the ruins, trying to figure out what was going on.

In the end, even near those planets, they still didn’t find anything.

"No traces of life." The Human Emperor said in surprise. "Su Alliance Leader, did you misjudge it?"

At this moment, Su Yang had also circled this Star Domain once, flying out beyond its boundaries.

Standing beside the Star Domain, Su Yang once again began to sense the direction in which the Spiritual Energy was flowing.

This time, it was even clearer: the extra Spiritual Energy was indeed flowing toward this Star Domain and not toward anywhere else.

Su Yang circled the Star Domain several more times. No matter where he stood, the Spiritual Energy around him was always flowing toward the Star Domain.

"No mistake, this Star Domain really is absorbing Spiritual Energy." Su Yang slowly nodded.

"Then what the hell is going on?" Everyone asked, full of doubt. This situation was far beyond their expectations.

"Could it be because we didn’t check carefully enough?" The Supreme Dragon Emperor said. "How about we smash all those ruins to pieces and see if there’s any life inside?"

"Do we even need to smash them? Everyone’s standing right here—you can see at a glance whether there’s any life inside those ruins or not." The Human Emperor curled his lip. "I can say for sure there are no traces of life in those ruins."