"That's good!"

Although he was certain that the seriously injured Jiang Chengye couldn't have run far, Shen Qian didn't dare to delay and quickly said, "Take the others and leave Tianjing first. You don't need to wait for me. Just leave a mark at the exit... Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

Before Cheng Qingqing could say anything more, Shen Qian, who had just finished speaking, disappeared from the spot after gulping down several vials of medicine. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a black dot in the sky, leaving only a strong gust of wind behind him.

The crowd had recovered from the chaos of the sudden collapse and watched as Shen Qian chased after them without giving them a chance to speak. They looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Who was that mysterious person who attacked alongside Shen Qian? He seemed to be a prince or nobleman as well, but I've never seen him before..."

Qu Bai asked in confusion, looking around, only to find that everyone else had the same bewildered expression.

"I heard from Shen Qian that he was actually sent into the Heavenly Realm by the military. Could he be a hidden expert from the military?"

Zhao Keyi stroked his chin and said.

"Probably. I once heard my teacher, Xuanminghou, say that both the military and the martial arts department have some secret forces that they don't reveal to the public. Perhaps that mysterious expert is one of them."

Sha Bi pondered for a moment and said that this statement was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.

"As expected of Shen Qian, even on missions he has a marquis or prince as a bodyguard..."

They were unaware of the existence of the strange fire, and based on the combat power displayed by Shen Qian's clone just now, they naturally categorized him into the category of marquises and kings.

Based on this terrifying combat power, no one would even consider the mysterious expert to be a "clone".

After all, according to normal logic, clones are always weaker than the original body...

Only Cheng Qingqing looked on with suspicion. With her mastery of mental power, she had vaguely sensed something from the mysterious expert's mental fluctuations, which were almost identical to Shen Qian's. However, the truth reflected was too absurd for her to be certain.

...

The collapsing celestial realm was like a faded painting. Not only was the earth sinking, but cracks were also appearing in the sky. Behind the crisscrossing flames, the darkness of nothingness and the turbulence of space were faintly revealed.

"As expected, the true location of the Celestial Realm is also extremely far from Earth..."

Having locked onto the location of his clone, Chen Qian sped forward, glancing distractedly at the surrounding scenery, a thought flashing through his mind.

He had witnessed similar scenes before.

When he first entered the Spirit Witch World behind the "Gate," all the vitality of that small world was drained by the Great Protector of the Spirit Witch Clan, and the entire world began to collapse, just like the Heavenly Realm before him.

However, given the vastness of the Heavenly Realm, the collapse was even more terrifying, and the speed was much slower, which gave them ample time to sink.

He suspected that when the Heavenly Realm perished thousands of years ago, this world had actually begun its path to destruction, but it did not encounter a sacrificial array similar to that of the Spirit Witch World, so the process was relatively slow.

When Zhongli led the scavengers to settle here, the numerous arrays they set up exhausted the remaining power of this world. When everything reached the critical point, the collapse naturally occurred.

This doesn't even require setting up a very large formation; it can be accomplished simply by manipulating a few key locations.

What truly concerned Shen Qian was the fact that the space where the Heavenly Realm was located was also far away from Earth.

He hasn't entered many "doors" before sinking, so he's unsure if all the worlds behind those "doors" are geographically far from Earth.

Assuming this conjecture is true, what lies behind it is worth discussing.

Perhaps this is closely related to the real reason why the "gate" appeared...

Shen Qian suppressed the fermentation of his thoughts, because Jiang Chengye's figure had already appeared in the field of vision ahead, synchronized with his clone.

As Shen Qian had expected, Jiang Chengye, who was severely injured by the Annihilation Black Flame, was not very fast. Not only could his clone catch up with him without any effort, but Shen Qian himself, traveling at full speed, also caught up with him using his second forbidden body.

"fire!"

As Jiang Chengye was pulled within a kilometer, the clone before him suddenly let out a low shout.

boom!

A raging flame suddenly rose from the void, instantly covering a thousand-meter radius around the clone, and successfully scorched Jiang Chengye, slowing his movements.

This is a pure fire domain, and it is another unique skill belonging to kings and nobles that Shenqian's clone mastered after forging the crown of kings and nobles.

Without integrating the strange fire and relying entirely on star power to ignite the flame domain, its combat strength is quite ordinary among kings and marquises, but it is more than enough to restrain the heavily injured Jiang Chengye at this moment.

Enveloped in flames, Jiang Chengye had to focus on fighting the intense heat. His speed dropped again and again, and he was finally caught up by the clone. With a violent gust of wind, Jiang Chengye's body suddenly plummeted, avoiding the clone's fist wrapped in flames. Before he could regain his footing, another hundred-foot-long blade of light slashed down from afar.

Jiang Chengye roared and swung his halberd, shattering the blade's edge, but his movements were forced to come to a complete stop.

Surrounded by raging flames, he no longer tried to escape. He simply stood in mid-air, his gaze first sweeping over the Shenqian clone that had cut off his retreat, and then fixing on the Shenqian who was rushing towards him.

"Shen Qian, I must say, you surprised me."

Jiang Chengye's voice was low and deep, "I never imagined that one day I would be driven to the brink of despair by a martial artist from the Mountain and Sea Realm."

Jiang Chengye then chuckled softly, "If I'm not mistaken, this is your clone, isn't it?"

Shen Qian was not surprised that Jiang Chengye could see through this. After all, when the two fought in Yaochi Palace, Shen Qian did not have time to conceal the mental fluctuations of his clone. With Jiang Chengye's realm and eyesight, he could naturally see the problem.

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