Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy - Chapter 3499: Options

Chapter 3499: Options

“Time?”

The Divinities looked stunned upon finding out what had happened earlier.

“He can manipulate time?” the Beast God asked. “Wasn’t he simply good at manipulating space?”

“I wasn’t aware of this,” the Wine God said, staring at the ship with an incredulous look. “Is that how he got out of Hell?”

The Beast God’s eyes narrowed as she remembered what Bladedance had told her about their escape from Hell. They had made their way out through the Void. Now that she thought about it, it made sense that anyone who could travel through the Void knew enough about time as well.

’To think he could manipulate it though,’ she thought. How much more did she not know about the young man?

“Father, we should be leaving. There’s no time to waste,” Wineshard reminded them.

“Right. Beast God, please take us away.”

The Beast God nodded and brought out a powerful Divine-grade teleportation talisman, and in a snap, they teleported far, arriving close to where Bladedance was.

Bladedance eyed them as they approached. “Was it a success?” she asked them.

“Yes, senior,” the Wine God answered, his voice carrying through the space with the help of Qi.

Bladedance said nothing else, merely preparing for the ship that would be there within 5 minutes.

The Beast God still appeared quite worried, the creases on her face showing her age now. Two of her beasts were inside, and she was beginning to feel them now. The ship made it hard to communicate through the bonds, but she had felt their tiredness and fatigue earlier. She prayed that they would be saved.

“Father, please keep an eye on the ship. We need to see whether young Dawnblade has made it out in time or not,” Wineshard said, and the Wine God agreed. He brought out his artifact to look over at the ship again.

“There’s no need,” Bladedance spoke before he could take a look.

The Wine God paused. “Why not?”

“There is no point. I’m going to swing my sword regardless.”

“But…” the Beast God was about to argue, but she stopped herself, knowing that there truly was no point. Whether they got out or not, Bladedance would absolutely attack the ship.

When compared to an entire world full of people, the 14 on the ship would absolutely be sacrificed.

“What if your disciple is still there, senior?” the Wine God asked.

“He most likely will be,” Bladedance said. “If he is, I will kill him too.”

Everyone present was stunned by the callousness in Bladedance’s words. Almost everyone there began to wonder if she had brought her disciple, a mere Immortal, despite knowing that he would likely die.

Only the Wine God, the Beast God, and Flamestrider were privy to the knowledge of the power that Alex had.

The Undying God could never die.

“Now, move away and make space,” Bladedance said, holding her silver Creation tightly. “I would rather not have deaths today. More than what is necessary.”

* * * * *

The moment Alex entered the ship, he immediately noticed all 13 of the passengers within it, all huddled in the back of the ship.

The ship was quite large in size when compared to the regular vessels everyone used, including the one he owned. But compared to Darkwater, the ship in the memories of Godslayer, it was truly pathetic.

That was, of course, just the size of it. From a defensive perspective, it was easily the strongest ship Alex knew of or had even heard of.

He couldn’t imagine anyone but the Celestials having access to a ship stronger than this one. And even that wasn’t certain.

The size of the ship likely helped its defensive strength as well. Since there wasn’t a large area to cover, the defensive barriers wouldn’t be spread thin.

Alex sensed around the ship and frowned at the two barriers that were constantly working to keep them in.

The first was, of course, the regular barrier that would not only keep the air and Qi from escaping, but also protect them from any spatial debris.

The second was the spatial barrier, stopping anyone or anything from teleporting in and out of the ship. The strength of that barrier made Alex sweat a little. Was there any way he could break through it?

’That has to be my first step,’ Alex thought. ’Find a way to get them out of here naturally.’

Before even arriving, Alex had devised three methods through which he could save them.

The first, and the one he hoped would succeed, was to get the people past the barriers somehow. Once they were out in space, they would have nothing to worry about.

The second was to tear open a hole to the Void. From there, they could leave the ship. However, that came with its own problems.

How did a Voidgate react within a moving object? Would it be stationary relative to the space it was opened in, or the moving object it was opened within?

If the speed caused the Voidgate to collapse instantly, that would be an issue.

Even if the Voidgate was stationary, there was another issue entirely if they were to enter it. How could he keep 14 different people from separating inside the Void?

He had merely traveled through it when he was alone, but doing it with 14 people in a row when the space and time aura there moved without rhyme or reason would be far more difficult.

Of course, there was the third option too, which was to simply take the people away into his Soul Space. But that was something he would only do when the other options failed.

For now, he could only hope that the first option worked.

The people on the ship finally noticed his arrival and quickly walked out from the back of the ship and came over to him.

Alex met up with the 13 and looked through them. They all looked tired and haggard, and yet strangely full of hope.

“The Beast God and the Wine God sent me,” Alex said, looking at each one. “I’m here to save you all.”