Chapter 849: Chapter 848: Ambush from Ten Sides!

This Trapped Sky Curtain has a total of ten layers, each stronger than the last. The one standing before Su Han now is only the second layer.

If it were anyone else being hunted by so many terrifying Dragon Emperor Realm powerhouses, even with assistance, despair would still cloud their hearts. Faced with ten layers of the Trapped Sky Curtain, they would likely give up entirely.

But Su Han is different. He was once the Ancient Demon Dragon Emperor, the Sovereign of the Holy Domain, a being who defied destiny and nearly shared eternity with heaven and earth!

As long as Su Han refuses to die, even without a single person aiding him, even if tens of thousands or millions of Dragon Emperor Realm adversaries encircle him, Su Han will never give up!

“Slash!”

Su Han’s explosive shout echoed through the void as his Divine Blade, Ultimate Night, struck downward with immense force. In this moment, utilizing the Three Blood Transformations, his cultivation base surged, and this single stroke consumed no less than two thousand years of his lifespan!

Secret techniques fueled by lifespan are always extremely powerful and highly precious.

“Boom!”

With one strike, an earth-shattering sword light with a length of seventy thousand zhang (units) slammed violently onto the Trapped Sky Curtain.

The second layer of the curtain began to tremble violently under the blade’s might. Moments later, with a deafening roar, it collapsed!

“What does it matter if you’ve broken through the second layer?!”

Behind Su Han, restrained by Nangong Chenfeng, both Liushui Qingya and Han Yunlai shouted almost simultaneously, “Ahead lies the third layer, the fourth layer…up to the tenth! This Trapped Sky Curtain grows stronger with every layer. If you truly manage to break through, I can tell you that only then will you have half a chance to survive!”

Su Han didn’t respond. His expression remained cold, and his speed increased as he dashed into the distance.

At this point, he had nearly left the plaza, but even here, he had only encountered two layers of the Trapped Sky Curtain.

This demonstrated how vast the region sealed off by the Five Great Super Sects truly was. It wasn’t limited to Dragon Martial City–it very likely encompassed most or even all of the Central Domain!

Furthermore, it revealed that the Five Great Super Sects had long been planning this, preparing to kill Su Han after the sect competition. This preparation began ages ago.

“Sealing off nearly the entire Central Domain demands an extraordinary price. Such a cost is beyond the capacity of any single super sect; only the combined effort of the Five Great Super Sects could achieve it.”

A chilling resolve surged in Su Han’s heart. “Five Great Super Sects…you’ve truly gone to incredible lengths to kill me!”

Indeed, both the region’s confinement and the involvement of numerous Dragon Emperor Realm experts came at great expense. Even though these Dragon Emperor experts belonged to their sects, coercing them into action required considerable effort.

A Dragon Emperor expert isn’t someone who can be ordered around with ease.

At their level, if no benefits were offered–sect allegiance or not–no one could compel them to act.

…

As time passed, under countless gazes, Su Han’s figure sped out of the plaza.

His destination was the northwest, the location of Black Wind Cliff.

The peril of Black Wind Cliff was no less than the Seven Great Danger Zones of Dragon Martial Continent. However, because the Central Domain housed the Top Ten Super Sects capable of suppressing it, it hadn’t been ranked among the Seven Danger Zones.

Su Han knew that, though Han Yunlai, Liushui Qingya, and others were currently blocked by the Xuanyuan Clan and Nangong Chenfeng, those barriers wouldn’t last forever. To survive, he could rely only on himself.

And Black Wind Cliff was Su Han’s sole escape route in the Central Domain!

The dangers within Black Wind Cliff could even terrify Dragon Emperor Realm cultivators. Entering it practically meant certain death.

But if he chose not to head there, death was likewise inevitable!

“If heaven truly wishes to destroy me, then if I must die, it will be in Black Wind Cliff, not at their hands!”

Su Han let out a cold snort in his heart, pushing his speed even faster.

No matter how dangerous Black Wind Cliff was, there was still a faint chance of survival. But if he didn’t go there, it was only a matter of time before Liushui Qingya and others caught up to him, guaranteeing his death!

“Boom, boom, boom…”

Deafening explosions echoed endlessly. Some came from the attacks of Dragon Emperor Realm powerhouses, while others arose when Su Han shattered the Trapped Sky Curtains!

Up until now, Su Han had destroyed four layers of the Trapped Sky Curtain.

Indeed, as Han Yunlai and Du Yuehui had said, the Trapped Sky Curtain grew more formidable with each layer. By the fourth curtain, Su Han had to employ Endless Netherworld Sea, sacrificing five thousand years of lifespan to finally break through!

This meant that, from the start of the siege until now, Su Han had given up a total of fifteen thousand years of lifespan just breaking through the Sky Curtains.

Adding in the lifespan consumed during battles, he had now lost a total of twenty thousand years!

Though this might sound dire, Su Han remained unbothered. He had devoured countless Blood Crystals and possessed tens of thousands of years of lifespan; a mere twenty thousand years meant little to him.

But what did concern Su Han was the ever-increasing sense of danger in his heart.

Even as he fled unceasingly, no one directly pursued him, and he shattered layer after layer of Trapped Sky Curtains, which ought to have brought hope. Yet the sense of impending doom only grew more intense.

“The Five Great Super Sects still have many tricks up their sleeves waiting for me!”

Su Han inhaled deeply, suppressing the burgeoning apprehension as he thought to himself, “Han Yunlai, Liushui Qingya, Du Yuehui, Mo Qinghai, Yuani Ling, those two Mad Immortals, and the four Dragon Emperor Realm experts who acted earlier…so far, the Five Great Super Sects have mobilized eleven Dragon Emperor experts and ten Peak Pseudo-Emperor cultivators!”

“To them, do I really warrant such an extravagant effort?”

Glancing back briefly, Su Han did not hesitate to press onward.

At this moment, he had fully exited the plaza. Among the crowd initially spectating, many factions were too far to see him anymore.

However, plenty remained inquisitive. For instance, the Dragon Emperor experts from various sects and their disciples pursued Su Han to uncover his fate.

Everyone wanted to witness whether Su Han would face his doom today.

If he perished, the fall of a world-class prodigy would be lamentable.

If he survived, he would truly ascend as Su Zun!

Su Han bore no resentment toward these individuals, whether they watched out of curiosity or malevolent pleasure. As long as they didn’t strike against him, they posed no additional burden.

Curiosity killed the cat–and it could kill men, too!

“Buzz~”

Just as Su Han pondered, a buzzing sound suddenly resonated ahead. A moment later, a massive light barrier roared into view!

Su Han, who was now accelerating to his peak speed, saw the light barrier appear and immediately narrowed his eyes, halting abruptly.

The color of this light barrier wasn’t golden–it was fiery red, clearly distinguishing it from the Trapped Sky Curtain.

From behind the fiery red light barrier, a shadow began to emerge, slowly taking shape.