Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law-Chapter 401: Spatial Rift

"Are you saying the Savage Ape King went to Zone 7, the Thunder Attribute area?" Xu Ping’an asked.

"Yes, it seems it entered from Zone 6 into Zone 7, where it went on a rampage, seemingly looking for someone. It appeared quite enraged. Oh, right, it mentioned once that it was looking for someone’s pet," Tang Qingyu replied.

Xu Ping’an instantly slapped his forehead.

This is bad.

The Savage Ape King was looking for him.

Previously, he had fooled it, and evidently, it had come for revenge.

However, Xu Ping’an was surprised that the Savage Ape King had unexpectedly broken through to the Ninth Rank.

Seeing Xu Ping’an’s bitter expression, Tang Qingyu felt something was amiss.

Suddenly, as if she had realized something, she exclaimed in surprise, "It isn’t you that the Savage Ape King is looking for, is it?"

"Most likely, it is," Xu Ping’an said with a wry smile, making no attempt to hide the truth.

Tang Qingyu’s mouth twitched.

Xu Ping’an being targeted by a Ninth Rank Demon Beast with a Divine Beast bloodline was indeed troublesome.

"Then you absolutely must not go to Zone 7. The Savage Ape King is terrifyingly powerful. It’s said that it has killed quite a number of people in this Zone 6," Tang Qingyu hurriedly warned.

"Yeah, I shouldn’t go to Zone 7, and I probably shouldn’t stay long on this first layer either," Xu Ping’an said.

If the Savage Ape King couldn’t find him in Zone 7, it would certainly go to other areas.

It may even return to Zone 6 before long.

"So everyone from the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty has gone to the Second Layer?" Xu Ping’an inquired.

"Yes, a large number of them have headed to the Second Layer. They initially wanted to look for opportunities in other zones as well, but the appearance of the Savage Ape King made them afraid to linger," replied Tang Qingyu.

Xu Ping’an nodded.

It looked like Gu Lingyan and the others should have gone to the Second Layer as well.

According to what Tang Qingyu said, the Savage Ape King entered from Zone 6.

Most likely, it had used their teleportation formation, as the other teleportation formations should have had enough people, in theory.

"Well, let’s go check out Rift Wind Canyon first. If there is no opportunity there, we’ll head to the Second Layer," Xu Ping’an muttered to himself.

The appearance of the Savage Ape King disrupted his plans.

He had wanted to visit several other areas, or at the very least to go to Zone 7.

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Now, it seemed certain that Zone 7 was off-limits.

"Then I’ll come with you," Tang Qingyu said.

After some thought, Xu Ping’an nodded and handed Tang Qingyu several healing pills.

To Xu Ping’an, these elixirs were nothing special.

But to Tang Qingyu, the sight of these pills left her immensely surprised.

Each one of these elixirs was an extremely precious treasure, with at least an Eighth Rank quality.

Xu Ping’an didn’t ponder too much over it; he simply wished for Tang Qingyu to recover her strength sooner. Otherwise, in the dangerous Heavenly Star Palace, danger could strike at any moment.

The two of them sped along and soon arrived at Rift Wind Canyon.

Rift Wind Canyon was vast, with towering mountains on both sides.

At the top, there seemed to be numerous, terrifying spatial rifts.

The canyon below was broad, spanning three to four hundred meters in width.

However, the further one went in, the narrower it seemed to get.

From within those rifts surged fearsome and intense gales, carrying with them incredibly sharp wind blades.

These wind blades were much more fierce than those Xu Ping’an had previously withstood. Now, they could directly slice open his skin.

So even Xu Ping’an did not dare to face them head-on anymore.

Nonetheless, he still took out his Black Nether Fist Guards, and continued to punch, crushing these wind blades and then absorbing them.

As his flesh absorbed this wind attribute True Power, Xu Ping’an felt his body become lighter and lighter.

His physical strength continued to increase while his speed became more agile and swift.

"Let’s go, let’s go in and take a look. Follow behind me," Xu Ping’an said.

Tang Qingyu nodded. Those wind blades within the fierce gales indeed posed a significant threat to her.

Yet, Xu Ping’an looked quite relaxed, which made Tang Qingyu realize just how fearsome Xu Ping’an’s power truly was.

The pair progressed, one after another, moving steadily forward.

On the way, Xu Ping’an also saw many skeletal remains.

Some of these skeletons are already whitened with age, while others are fresh corpses that haven’t been dead for long.

"It seems that people from Demon Cloud Heaven and Mysterious Jade Heaven have been here before, I wonder if they managed to enter the spatial rift," mused Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an continued to move forward, and by this moment, he had reached a point five kilometers deep into the canyon.

Here the width of the canyon was only a hundred meters left, and the Wind Blades became even denser, turning the winds into something truly terrifying.

A typical Seventh Rank Expert wouldn’t be able to maintain progress in these horrific winds.

However, with Xu Ping’an blocking most of the winds, Tang Qingyu was faring a bit better.

Thus, Xu Ping’an kept throwing punches, shattering the Wind Blades and absorbing the True Power contained within them.

The saturation of True Power in his flesh had now reached seventy percent.

And his speed had nearly doubled from before.

In this manner, Xu Ping’an progressed another five kilometers.

This time, even Xu Ping’an felt enormous pressure.

Of course, they were nearly there.

The width of the canyon was only fifty meters now.

About a kilometer ahead of them, there was a massive Spatial Rift.

Xu Ping’an looked at it and estimated that the rift was at least a hundred meters high.

The terrible winds were blowing out from this Spatial Rift.

"So that’s it; no wonder these winds are so fearsome. They all blow out from this chaotic space," Xu Ping’an thought to himself.

"Huh, is that the corpse of Yan Changjun, the elder from Mysterious Jade Heaven? He’s actually dead," Xu Ping’an noted, spotting a body about a hundred meters ahead, in the corner.

The surrounding cliffs bore the marks of a violent struggle.

Walls were exploded beyond recognition, covered with dense sword slashes.

Besides Yan Changjun’s body on the ground, there were also two Eighth Rank corpses, likewise from Mysterious Jade Heaven.

"They were all killed? It looks like Mysterious Jade Heaven’s forces have been almost completely wiped out," Xu Ping’an said in surprise.

"Looking at these battle marks, it must have been the Savage Ape King’s doing. See how the walls are shattered? Don’t you think that’s the work of fists?" Tang Qingyu posited.

Xu Ping’an nodded in agreement; indeed, it was.

There, Xu Ping’an also sensed a terrifying presence of Thunder True Elemental Energy, coming from the Savage Ape King.

"These people from Mysterious Jade Heaven were actually killed by the Savage Ape King. What about the people from Demon Cloud Heaven?" Xu Ping’an glanced around.

He found one or two Seventh Rank corpses from Demon Cloud Heaven, but he didn’t see the bodies of Kong Mingsheng or Yu Qianzong. They might not have died.

"There are bloodstains on the ground. They must belong to Kong Mingsheng. He must have been there at the time. It looks like he escaped," Xu Ping’an observed carefully and then deduced.

Tang Qingyu also nodded, agreeing that a great battle must have taken place there.

Two Ninth Rankers against the Ninth Rank Savage Ape King.

"Is the Savage Ape King really that strong? Just entering Ninth Rank, how could Kong Mingsheng and Yan Changjun not match him even when they joined forces?" Xu Ping’an asked in astonishment.

"Could it be that Kong Mingsheng and Yan Changjun were originally fighting and both were injured when the Savage Ape King suddenly arrived?" Tang Qingyu hypothesized once again.

"Very likely," Xu Ping’an nodded.

That would be the only explanation. Although the Savage Ape King was a Divine Beast from Ancient Times and very strong upon breaking into Ninth Rank, Kong Mingsheng was in the Eighth Layer Realm of the Ninth Rank.

"I think it might have something to do with this Spatial Rift. The spatial gap they referred to must be within this rip in space. Kong Mingsheng was probably trying to break in and ended up injured," Xu Ping’an thought, looking towards the distant rift.

Peering through the Spatial Rift, he could vaguely see a place inside that seemed different from the rest.

It looked like a whole different world was hidden inside.

"If the spatial gap they mentioned earlier is indeed inside this space, we’re in for trouble," Xu Ping’an conjectured.

The chaotic space stream was not something he could navigate at his current strength.

Even approaching it was out of the question.

After observing for a while, Xu Ping’an had no choice but to give up.

One could not enter this Spatial Rift; to attempt it was death.

He did not yet have the confidence to traverse a Spatial Rift.

"You actually made it here. Indeed, there are many treasures inside, but with your strength, you can’t get in," Cang Xue’s voice resonated in Xu Ping’an’s mind.

"I know, I’ve been here before," Cang Xue responded.

However, this statement took Xu Ping’an by surprise.

Cang Xue had been here before?