Chapter 1122: Chasing

The entire civilization used various methods to attack, but they couldn't even budge the opponent's body; they couldn't break through its defenses. Even if a few skin cells were worn away, they healed almost instantly.

After a while, they could only retreat.

The Heavenly Emperor opened his eyes again, took out his imperial crown, and put it on.

"I, the Emperor, curse you: May signs of old age frequently appear on you, may filthy water cling to your body, and may you be covered in grime."

He cursed for a while.

The Heavenly Emperor rested once more.

The Nine-Headed Ancient Mother was drenched in sweat. "Restraint! This is too much restraint for me! Facing any other ultimate Tenth-Tier being, he would absolutely, *absolutely* not dare to lie down like this! No matter how high his defense, it couldn't be like this... He just happens to perfectly counter my two offensive Grand Dao bloodlines. I can't cause any damage at all..."

What an overwhelming counter!

These two bloodlines counter each other so thoroughly, it's as if it was all pre-planned in ancient times!

As she watched the Heavenly Emperor fall into this slumber, she completely made up her mind to retreat and swiftly left. "That Stone Man Disc—I originally intended to kill or defeat him, but now, knocking him down would take some time. He controls time, slowing down my time and prolonging things, making it very difficult to succeed. I can only leave for now. If I stay here any longer...."

She planned to retreat first, find something that could counter such a malicious and evil bloodline, and then return.

Meanwhile,

The entire void trembled slightly.

At this moment, all beings in the Abyssal Blue Divine Realm silently gazed into the distance.

They couldn't see through the scenes within the spatial labyrinth, nor could they tell what the battle had become.

The players were also very worried.

After all, the difference in realms was too vast. While the Heavenly Emperor had progressed rapidly, building up his power, it was also clear that he had only hastily stepped into the Tenth-Tier Ultimate realm because of this incident. He was still a Tenth-Tier Ultimate without a Grand Dao, a mere shell with the realm but no combat power.

Could he truly win?

The Stone Man Disc also looked into the distance. "Although I want to help, the Nine-Headed Ancient Mother is skilled in the laws of spatial distance. The labyrinth envelops and separates everything; I can't get in."

This scene was also very inexplicable to him, outside the scope of the fate he could foresee.

But the next second, he suddenly witnessed an unforgettable sight.

The enormous labyrinth suddenly contracted, transforming into a long starlight dress. The Nine-Headed Ancient Mother's figure reappeared, her face deathly pale, and she turned and strode away.

Everyone was completely astonished.

Looking back at the original spot, the Heavenly Emperor was lying flat on the ground. They instantly thought he had been killed, but upon closer inspection, he was merely lying there, asleep.

Asleep... he fell asleep?

The Stone Man Disc and the others couldn't react in time.

To fall into slumber during such a life-and-death battle—wouldn't that mean being at the mercy of the opponent? Why wasn't he killed then, but instead remained lying there?

This scene was completely incomprehensible to them; they couldn't even begin to guess what had happened.

In the distance, the Quantum Players, who had been broadcasting the event, also witnessed this scene.

"Holy moly! This scene is a classic for a heartless woman.... Look at the Nine-Headed Ancient Mother leaving with a pale face, only to leave the Heavenly Emperor lying flat on the ground. The ancient taboo that spans eons, the Heavenly Emperor has probably miscalculated, already been... conquered!"

"Indeed, she's desperately thirsty! We said before that she wouldn't even spare the elderly or children, and that she would come for us too, but we bravely rejected her even unto death, with the courage and loyalty of the Kunlun peaks! And now..."

"The key thing is, she actually succeeded!!"

They exclaimed in shock, feeling their entire worldview overturned by the scene. The "heartless woman" had slept with him and then simply ran off, refusing to acknowledge it.

Other players, listening to these discussions, felt utterly speechless.

These blockheads weren't actually stupid; they probably had already figured out what happened and were just spouting nonsense after breathing a sigh of relief.

"Cough, cough, cough. Although we don't know what kind of battle took place, the Nine-Headed Ancient Mother left with a deathly pale face, so she must be badly injured. The situation must favor him."

"Sleeping, he must have truly fallen into a deep slumber... After all, the Heavenly Emperor once possessed the immortal bloodline; we thought it was gone, but it seems he still has it."

"He fell asleep so quickly. Does that mean the Heavenly Emperor wasn't in good condition from the start, and came even when he was about to go into hibernation? Did he then fall into a deep slumber halfway through the battle?"

They all felt that something was amiss.

Did the Heavenly Emperor truly not take the opponent seriously?

He came even when he was about to fall asleep? And then fell into a deep slumber halfway through the fight, not at all afraid that the opponent would take the opportunity to kill him?

Or, from the very beginning, he simply didn't regard this terrifying Tenth-Tier Ultimate being as a threat? Did he consider the opponent so weak it was infuriating?

They exchanged glances, suddenly feeling a great terror hidden within this realization.

The Super Ancient God didn't take the opponent seriously at all!

He directly allowed the Heavenly Emperor, who still lacked a Grand Dao, to defeat the opponent, letting the Heavenly Emperor conquer the strong with the weak!

And the Heavenly Emperor himself didn't even regard the opponent as a threat, arriving casually and lazily, fighting effortlessly?

So, it seems neither of them took the opponent seriously from start to finish?

They kept imagining, realizing that the implications of this scene were too profound.

"Brothers! So, does this mean if the Heavenly Emperor hadn't happened to fall asleep halfway through, the Nine-Headed Ancient Mother would have been killed long ago? And after he fell asleep, the Nine-Headed Ancient Mother tried to attack him but couldn't break through his defenses at all? She could only run away?"

"That's just too pathetic!"

The more they thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

Just then, the Heavenly Emperor slowly woke up.

He opened his eyes, glanced around, and didn't bother listening to the players' nonsensical guesses. His expression was solemn as he thought, "That Nine-Headed Ancient Mother finally knew to run, escaping while I was asleep."

"She still discovered the flaw in this bloodline and curse."

If the opponent's aura or divine sense wasn't nearby, it would be impossible to curse them from a distance. Once she escaped and was too far away, there would be no way to deal with her.

"However, she retracted her spatial labyrinth, no longer enclosing me. For me, it's also an escape from that cage."

Xu Zhi mused to himself, without the spatial labyrinth to protect her, if she fled unburdened, he might still have a chance to defeat her. He just didn't know what other methods she possessed.

But he still had to try.

Xu Zhi gathered his thoughts. Since he had made his move, he wasn't a saint; only a fool would let a tiger return to the mountains.

The Nine-Headed Ancient Mother's three Grand Dao bloodlines didn't align. Xu Zhi didn't consider her a truly powerful Tenth-Tier Ultimate being; at best, she was a mere mountain overlord of this region, a Tenth-Tier Ultimate from an unconventional background.

After all, she only ruled over a fraction of this star cluster, not even a billionth of the universe's total area. In the wider cosmos, there were certainly genuinely powerful Tenth-Tier Ultimate beings with mature inheritances.

Still, he had to find a way to deal with her.

He pondered for a moment, then looked in the direction the Nine-Headed Ancient Mother had fled, and took a step forward. "You think you can escape while I'm asleep? You think too highly of yourself."