Outside of Time - Chapter 1378

Chapter 1352 I Will Remember, No More Friends (Third Update)

A crimson light shone in my eyes,

accompanied by countless corpses.

Those were the corpses of all races!

After recovering my cultivation, I unleashed a frenzy of slaughter.

But… my enemies were boundless.

At this moment, I stood amidst the ruins of the Purple-Green Kingdom, letting the thick blood smear my face, the metallic stench almost choking my nostrils.

Each heavy breath was accompanied by a knife-like pain deep within my lungs, yet the long-extinguished flame in my chest was now faintly but stubbornly reigniting.

“Your Highness… please accept my condolences!”

“But we cannot stay any longer. Bai Xiaozhuo is in Fenghai County; he can serve as Your Highness’s refuge.” A hoarse cry tore through the thick stench of blood.

It was Old Luo, my personal guard leader.

His weathered face was now stained with blood, whether his own or that of his enemies, and his left arm hung limply, clearly broken.

His only remaining right arm gripped a chipped battle sword, its blade still dripping dark red blood.

Behind him, a few dozen figures followed sparsely, each wounded, staggering as if crawling out of a pool of blood.

Their armor was shattered, their robes soaked in blood, clinging to their bodies, outlining their weary silhouettes, yet their eyes, like tempered blades, pierced past my shoulder, fixed on the ominous, billowing horizon behind them.

Another wave of the bloody winds of the myriad races was sweeping in, drawing ever closer.

Watching the rapidly approaching winds, my gaze fell upon the ruins that buried all my kin, and finally… I looked at my personal guards.

“You will come with me to Southern Phoenix Continent! Jingyun will activate the Great Domain Teleportation there, connecting it with Fenghai County and other places. He will arrive then!”

“Emperor Jingyun!”

This name was like a silent thunderbolt, instantly cleaving through the shrouded haze of death.

Dozens of eyes suddenly lit up, not with joy, but with the desperate will to survive of drowning people grasping at their last piece of driftwood.

Nanhuang Continent was the escape route Jingyun and I had agreed upon!

Jingyun was my only true friend in this life; he and I had sworn a solemn oath to dedicate everything to the revitalization of humanity!

Even though the myriad races were currently overwhelming, and his army couldn’t openly rush to our aid, risking disaster, he had preemptively laid a teleportation array in a hidden corner of Nanhuang Continent, leading directly to humanity!

I trusted him!

As much as I trusted my own heartbeat.

This trust, tempered by time and war, was stronger than refined gold.

I understood his constraints, understood the heavy responsibility he bore as the Human Emperor, the survival of millions of humans.

We were one in the south, one in the north, each guarding our own corner, like two pillars supporting the dome of humanity, burning brightly yet echoing each other.

That hidden teleportation array was our promise across mountains and rivers, the only coordinate pointing to life in the darkness, and unknown to all other races except us!

“Go!”

I took a deep breath and spoke abruptly, my voice filled with unwavering resolve. I transformed into a dim streak of light and headed south.

Old Luo and his few dozen remaining subordinates unleashed their last strength, following closely behind.

The piercing sound of air being torn apart ripped through the blood-soaked, acrid air, like dozens of arrows aimed at life.

Behind us, the howls of the myriad races’ pursuers and the terrifying energy fluctuations clung to us like leeches, the earth trembling under their ferocious pursuit.

We raced on, our path stained with blood, crossing the Forbidden Sea, and entering Nanhuang.

Each brief pause meant that several more familiar figures fell in the rearguard battle, swallowed whole by the churning tide of death behind us.

But as dusk fell, the Peerless Plains, our destination, finally appeared on the horizon of Nanhuang Prefecture, and a glimmer of hope ignited in my heart.

An unprecedented, chilling warning, without warning, pierced my consciousness like the most poisonous ice pick!

“Stop!”

I forcefully halted mid-air, and almost simultaneously, the seemingly calm void before me suddenly twisted and tore apart!

A series of earth-shattering roars ripped through the tranquility of dusk.

Space was brutally ripped open by invisible giant claws, and hundreds of enormous figures, radiating an overwhelming aura of ferocity, descended!

The leader, nearly three zhang tall, was covered in a dark, gleaming carapace, with sharp bone spikes protruding from his joints. His head was long and narrow, and his compound eyes gleamed with a cruel, scarlet light.

It was none other than the King of the Sky-Splitting Insect Clan, renowned for its ferocity and cunning among all races!

Beside it, a giant composed of rough rock, its body flowing with magma, stomped heavily on the earth, instantly cracking the ground and spewing lava—this was the King of the Lava Giant Clan!

Further away, more figures shrouded in distorted halos appeared one by one, emanating a soul-chilling pressure that enveloped the area.

Their auras, like tangible shackles, instantly locked down the space behind me. The

chilling killing intent was more piercing than the autumn night wind blowing from the depths of Nanhuang Continent.

“Prince Ziqing, your path ends here.”

The ear-piercing mental fluctuations of the King of the Rift Sky Insect Clan directly bombarded my mind, carrying undisguised mockery and greed. My

retreat was cut off, and the pursuers were closing in!

A desperate situation!

“Form ranks!” Old Luo’s roar was laced with blood. He took a step forward, his remaining right arm holding his battle sword horizontally across his chest.

A dozen or so remnants of his forces, without the slightest hesitation, instinctively formed a broken yet resolute battle formation, protecting me in the center.

There was no fear in their eyes, only a frenzied fighting spirit burning to its limit, like a torch about to burn out, bursting forth with its last light and heat.

I looked at them, my gaze piercing through the ferocious figures of the myriad races, gazing at this plain.

This is the very place I agreed upon with Jingyun!

The hidden teleportation array is right here.

But why… are these powerful figures from all races waiting here with such precision…?

“Jingyun…” My heart ached, filled with disbelief. Under the mocking gazes of those powerful figures, I took out a warm, smooth jade pendant.

This was a gift from Jingyun himself, containing a wisp of his primordial energy, and also the key to opening the teleportation array.

Once I stepped onto the Peerless Plain and activated it, the teleportation would begin.

Without hesitation, I poured my spiritual power into it!

Buzz!

The jade pendant suddenly lit up!

A faint, eerie blue wisp of light, like a delicate spider’s web of life, rose instantly from the jade pendant, attempting to connect to the teleportation hidden within the earth.

But at that moment… the wisp of light flickered for only a moment, then, like a candle in the wind, it swayed violently before rapidly dimming!

Inside the jade pendant, the familiar aura of Mirror Cloud’s essence vanished and annihilated!

Just like my heart.

“You can continue trying to see if the human race’s Mirror Cloud will activate the teleportation.”

A voice came from among the alien powerhouses.

“Prince Ziqing, you… have been abandoned, or rather, your dearest friend might… want you dead even more than we do!” The

jade pendant’s light completely extinguished, becoming cold and gray, like an ordinary stone.

The wisp of light connecting to the north was completely severed.

Not by external interference, but… unilaterally and decisively shut down from the other side, and the array’s authority was taken over by all races.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

The heavy breathing of my subordinates behind me, the low, sinister laughs of the powerful warriors of all races, the desolate outline of the Peerless Plains… everything became blurred and distant.

Only the excruciating pain of my heart being gripped and crushed by an invisible giant hand, so clear and so real, swept over my entire body.

“…Haha…hahaha…”

A bitter laugh, uncontrollably escaping from my throat, dry, hoarse, and heavy with the stench of blood.

The laughter grew louder, echoing across the desolate twilight wilderness.

I raised my head, my gaze seemingly piercing through countless mountains and rivers, looking towards the direction that belonged to Mirror Cloud, to the heartland of humanity.

Mirror Cloud…

my only true friend in this life…

if there is an afterlife, I will remember you, for I have no other friend!

My laughter grew even louder.

At this moment, the powerful warriors of all races raised their hands, activating the teleportation array of the Peerless Plains. With a flash of brilliant light, countless alien races were teleported out! Instantly,

a violent torrent of energy tore through the air, crashing down like a tidal wave!

Old Luo’s roar, filled with a resolute determination to die, was the first to rush towards the destructive torrent!

His remaining subordinates, like moths drawn to a flame, unleashed their last glimmer of life, roaring as they charged towards the invincible enemy.

And I, my manic smile instantly replaced by icy killing intent.

Death lay ahead, death lay behind.

Then… let us fight!

My newly risen cultivation erupted without reservation!

A dim purple flame shot into the sky, like a dying star bursting forth with its final brilliance!

Transforming into a burning purple lightning bolt, it crashed into the heart of the destructive torrent!

The Peerless Plains instantly turned into a blood-soaked millstone!

(End of Chapter)