Chapter 2157: Hide and Seek

"Big brother, this kid hid in a spatial rift, trying to play hide and seek with us!" said a Third Heaven Celestial Lord.

"A reckless fool! This space is our lair. He wants to play hide and seek with us in our own lair? I'd like to see whether he plays me or I play him! Long Xi, Long Zhao, Long Ming, each of you lead a squad and charge in. Have some fun with this kid!" Long Xiao sneered.

Long Xi, Long Zhao, and Long Ming were the three Third Heaven Celestial Lord powerhouses.

Receiving Long Xiao's orders, the three cupped their hands and chuckled, "Big brother, rest assured. This spatial rift is our own backyard. Even if that kid wants to run, he can't escape!"

This space was layered and extremely complex.

Long Xiao's headquarters was set up within it.

So to them, it was very familiar.

Ye Yuan entering this spatial rift was like walking into a trap.

Long Xi and the other two each led their squads and began a thorough, inch-by-inch search of this space.

"This kid is really something! With so many of us, we still couldn't kill him!"

"Hmph! We must avenge Mingxin! If I get my hands on him, I'll cut him into a thousand pieces!"

Long Mingxin was the First Heaven Celestial Lord Ye Yuan had killed, and this outcome left them feeling very frustrated.

So many people had besieged Ye Yuan, yet in the end, he had escaped.

"Alright, everyone stay alert! Especially in those folded spaces, beware of ambushes!" Long Xi said solemnly.

Having followed Long Xiao through countless battles, he had developed an extremely vigilant nature.

Even though this was their own lair, he still maintained sufficient caution.

Suddenly, a figure flashed ahead—who else could it be but Long Xiaochun?

"Lululu... You bad guys, go to hell!" Long Xiaochun made a funny face.

Long Xi's face darkened, and he raised his hand to deliver a fierce slash!

"Ah!"

Long Xiaochun let out a strange cry, flickered, and vanished.

Boom!

From an angle, a startling energy fluctuation suddenly erupted, directly blasting a First Heaven Celestial Lord into meat paste!

"Aozhou!" Long Xi's eyes bulged as he roared.

This Aozhou was an old subordinate of Long Xi's, and their bond was deep.

Unexpectedly, right under his nose, Ye Yuan had killed him!

That move was clearly True·Sword Space Seal—who else could have struck but Ye Yuan?

True·Sword Space Seal was unleashed without any energy fluctuation, making it impossible to guard against.

Coupled with Long Xiaochun's earlier diversion that had drawn everyone's attention, even Long Xi hadn't reacted in time.

"Here... How is there an overlapping space here? Why! Why have we never discovered it?" Long Xi roared.

Long Xi carefully examined the spot where Ye Yuan had launched his sneak attack and found it was an extremely concealed space!

This concealed space had never been discovered by them.

Yet Ye Yuan had hidden here and struck at them!

In other words, Ye Yuan knew this spatial rift better than they did!

"Chase! I'll turn this spatial rift upside down if I have to, but I'll find you!"

In his fury, Long Xi plunged headlong into this overlapping space.

Swoosh!

A figure flashed in the distance, and Long Xi, without a word, slashed at it.

But the figure dodged nimbly and vanished again.

Long Xi's face darkened as he coldly shouted, "Chase!"

And so, Long Xi passed through one overlapping space after another.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a scream rang out.

Long Xi's expression changed as he exclaimed, "That's Long Bi's voice! That kid actually killed a Second Heaven Celestial Lord?"

"Lord Long Xi, this kid is full of tricks and extremely strong. We can't keep chasing like this! Otherwise, he'll pick us off one by one!" a subordinate warned.

Long Xi's face shifted uncertainly, but he finally nodded.

Yet when they tried to traverse space to find their way back, they discovered to their dismay... they were lost!

"Lord Long Xi, how... how is this possible?"

"This is our own doorstep, and we... we're lost?"

...

The group of subordinates was bewildered—they were lost on their own doorstep!

They thought they knew this place like the back of their hand, but after being led around by Ye Yuan, they couldn't find their way back.

Long Xi squinted and gritted his teeth, "This kid's spatial laws are more formidable than we imagined! He's led us into a spatial maze!"

"A sp... spatial maze? Then... then we can't get out?"

"Impossible! If it's a spatial maze, how does he get out himself?"

Hearing this news, everyone's faces changed drastically.

Space is an extremely complex and profound thing, far from as simple as it appears on the surface.

Otherwise, spatial laws wouldn't be called one of the supreme laws.

Within space, layers upon layers, it is itself a maze.

The spatial laws that Celestial Lords can wield are merely the more superficial ones.

The truly abstruse parts are beyond their reach.

And this spatial rift was far more complex than the outside world, which was why Long Xiao and his group had hidden here—even if a Heavenly Emperor came, it would be hard to find them.

A spatial maze is actually a deep-level overlapping space, fragile yet complex.

Once trapped at this level, finding the way back becomes difficult!

In his rage, Long Xi had chased Ye Yuan and unknowingly entered the spatial maze.

This was clearly a trap set by Ye Yuan.

They never expected that once Ye Yuan entered the spatial rift, it was like a fish in water—he knew it perfectly.

Their own doorstep had become their graveyard.

"No need to rush. Soon... you'll be able to join your companions." Suddenly, Ye Yuan's figure emerged from a corner, very abruptly.

Long Xi stared at Ye Yuan and gritted his teeth, "Kid, do you think this can trap us? I tell you, even in a spatial maze, with our knowledge of this spatial rift, as long as we find a familiar plane, we can return to the surface space!"

Ye Yuan shook his head and smiled, "When did I ever say I was going to trap you with a spatial maze?"

Long Xi's pupils contracted as he exclaimed in fury, "You... what do you want to do?"

Ye Yuan smiled, "Haven't you already guessed what I want to do? Space... col... lapse!"

With a stomp of his foot, Ye Yuan's chaotic divine essence erupted violently, and the countless interwoven spaces began to collapse layer by layer.

A violent energy surged wantonly within the spatial rift.

Long Xi roared in fury, "Kid, if you collapse the space, you'll die here too!"

Ye Yuan smiled, "You think too much! My understanding of spatial laws is beyond your imagination."