The Invincible Dragon Emperor
chapter-949

Chapter 949: No Way Back?

Lu Li and Patriarch of Law Enforcement still did not know that their whereabouts had been exposed, nor the fact that soon enough, the entire Patriarch of Law Enforcement would be informed of their presence.

They crossed through mountains which were many in the Paleo-beast Realm. Those were high mountains and lofty hills with barren and deserted lands. They dared not fly because it would make them too obviously seen. They had to go through the mountains and woods.

They believed that as long as they could hide their tracks, they could kill or capture one or two silver dragons, after which, they would return as fast as possible. Alarming the Paleo-beast Realm might be okay, so long as the beasts would not lay siege to them.

Both had strong psychic power and they could find the most suitable path along the way. Like two sly foxes, the two pressed forward with agility. They were not particularly fast. Even so, by traveling day and night with no rest in one month at most, they could arrive at the territory of the Nine-clawed Silver Dragon, provided that everything went well.

Where they were at was the southwest of the Paleo-beast Continent, and the Nine-clawed Silver Dragons were at the northwest. The Paleo-beast Continent was large. Still, the distance between the two locations was not long. After all, both Lu Li and Patriarch of Law Enforcement’s speed had reached the Earth Immortal Realm.

Lu Li himself was not at the Earth Immortal Realm yet. But his speed had always been outstanding. His speed had reached the stage of Earth Immortal Realm previously. If he could fly as fast as he could, his speed could be comparable to the later stage of the Earth Immortal Realm.

It had been a day. They did not run into any powerful beasts. Patriarch of Law Enforcement proposed. “Lu Li, how about you go and cultivate in the Wicked Bead? I will take it with me. I will let you know at once, should something come up.”

Patriarch of Law Enforcement had reached the Semi-God Realm. It was hard for him to achieve another breakthrough. He was advanced in age and cultivation was slow. This short period of time would not give him anything beneficial even after he cultivated. However, things were different from Lu Li. He could see great progress in a month.

“Okay. Great grandpa, be careful.”

Lu Li answered after some thoughts. His psychic power was weaker than that of Patriarch of Law Enforcement, and he had been following the latter along the way. Lu Li thought he might just as well cultivate in the Wicked Bead, than wasting time on the way.

He was halfway through learning the third diagram. Making the best of this month, he could study two or three small components. He took out the Wicked Bead and went in. Patriarch of Law Enforcement grabbed the Wicked Bead and pressed forward toward the northwest.

Lu Li went to the inner hall where Ke Mang was at. Zi Ji was in the outer hall. Lu Li noticed with psychic power that Zi Ji was sitting in a corner but he did not say anything to her. He greeted Ke Mang and then sat down to cultivate.

Cultivating was fast in the inner hall of the Wicked Bead. The studying process could be twice as fast. Lu Li had become proficient in studying the line diagram. He had run into no bottlenecks and could move on smoothly.

Time flew by fast. Patriarch of Law Enforcement had a smooth journey. It had been six days and Patriarch of Law Enforcement could not even remember how many miles he had covered.

Along the way were some weak Xuan Beasts and some advanced ones. If there were more powerful ones, Patriarch of Law Enforcement would take a detour. But if it were weak animals or Xuan Beasts of the first or second rank, he would not avoid them on purpose. Those were the ones that had no intelligence and it was fine even if they had seen him.

During this time, Patriarch of Law Enforcement saw some stone caves where the paleo-beasts resided in. He found many such groups and clans. One of the great mountains housed tens of thousands of such beasts.

Lu Li was still cultivating. He had no idea how many days had passed. But on the 10th day, someone woke him up!

“What?”

A glint of glare rose in Lu Li’s eyes. Ke Mang would not disturb him for nothing. Was something wrong?

He turned to Ke Mang who looked awful. “Saint Lord, I have built some Inhibition Formations in the passageway we went in from. Now, I sense the Inhibition Formations have been destroyed!” Ke Mang said.

“What?”

In Lu Li’s eyes was coldness. That passageway was well-hidden, and the opening was small. The average beasts could not go in, given their sizes. As for the weak and small beasts, they should not be able to ruin Ke Mang’s Inhibition Formations.

He asked at once, “How is the strength of the Inhibition Formations you built? Can average Xuan Beasts ruin them?”

“No!”

Ke Mang solemnly answered, “Altogether, I have built four Inhibition Formations. One of them is a Formation of Illusion, and this one can be cracked fairly easily. Two are stronger. Only Beast Kings and above can bring them down by force. But I did build a much concealed small Inhibition Formation which could not be destroyed easily unless that cave we went in from was blasted open. Now… all four have been ruined.”

“Oh no.”

Lu Li’s mind was weighted down with anxiety. He wondered if this was a coincidence or some beasts had uncovered that tunnel.

If that portal was ruined, then the situation would be troublesome. Lu Li might never be able to return to the Underworld Realm or the… Heaven Reverse Universe.

“Saint Lord, do not worry.”

Seeing Lu Li in such an anxious state, Ke Mang comforted him. “Maybe it is just a coincidence. Maybe, there are strong Xuan Beasts fighting and ruined the cave, and took out the Inhibition Formations by accident. That cave is deep. There is a chance that the portal is still intact.”

The Inhibition Formation Ke Mang built was not by the portal, but halfway into the cave. If there were beasts fighting outside, ruining half of the cave, it was likely that Ke Mang’s Inhibition Formations were ruined in the process.

Of course, chances of such a coincidence was small. There must be two Beast Kings fighting in the vicinity. However, Lu Li never saw any Xuan Beasts fighting along the way. The Paleo-beast Realm had been peaceful.

Lu Li checked outside with psychic power. Making sure that nothing strange was going on, he went out the Wicked Bead.

Patriarch of Law Enforcement sensed it when Lu Li used psychic power. The former stopped and asked, “Why have you stopped cultivating?”

Lu Li once again checked the environment with psychic power before he asked, “Great-grandpa, have you sensed something wrong along the way?”

“No!”

Patriarch of Law Enforcement was confused. “Everything was okay. I did run into some beast flocks but I went around them.”

“Then have you met any beasts fighting each other?” Lu Li asked another question.

“No!”

Patriarch of Law Enforcement shook his head, “The Paleo-beast Realm has been quiet. There were some weak Xuan Beasts in fights, but no powerful beast flocks are in battle.”

“Then something has gone wrong!”

Lu Li was stressed. He had a premonition in his heart. The entrance could be ruined by the beasts. Lu Li had lost his way out.

“Zi Ji, come out!”

Lu Li teleported Zi Ji out from the Wicked Bead and told her what had happened to the passageway. Then, he questioned her, “Do you think the entrance has been ruined?”

Zi Ji thought for a while. “Unfortunately, the entrance should be discovered by the Blood Apes. It is very likely that the entrance has been destroyed!”

“Very likely?”

Even though Lu Li had similar assumptions, Zi Ji’s answer did turn him pale instantly.

“Ruined?”

Patriarch of Law Enforcement was frightened. Calm and composed as he was, he was scared this time.

If the entrance had been ruined, they would not be able to go back. Several years later when the warriors of the nine universes came and they could not find Lu Li, they would incur bloodshed in the entire Heaven Reverse Universe…