Chapter 1168 - 1268: False Alarm

After all, those Thunder Eyes themselves had already been charging up back when Ye Tian left the outside of the wall.

If the energy they'd stored up wasn't released afterward, then it was very likely to backlash against him; after all, they had already absorbed so much energy, it was impossible for it to simply dissipate, yet their primary target, Ye Tian, had abruptly vanished.

Moreover, this city wall seemed to possess some sort of Magic Power, making it so that nothing from outside the wall could invade within; unless the city gate was opened, everything outside the wall was unable to cross it, unable to pass through to invade the inside.

To be honest, everyone was extremely curious about this wall, because it stretched on for countless thousands of miles, directly separating the world outside from the world inside.

Strictly speaking, it was as if the entire world outside was a realm filled with Demonic Qi, Evil Qi, and other negative auras, and this wall was precisely what divided the inner region off from all that Demonic Qi, Evil Qi, and other negative auras.

Then the inside of the wall seemed to have become an independent whole, possessing life different from that of the outside.

Sometimes people wondered whether the original appearance of this world was actually the same as the outside of the wall.

Then, over the endless years, some creature from outside the wall had transformed its territory to resemble the inside, only to eventually die outside, and from then on the inner region started to develop its own life and its own civilization.

Of course, all of this was merely speculation; after all, there was no evidence proving that the world had originally been like the outside. There were even many pieces of evidence suggesting that the world's original appearance was like the inside, but that it had met with some upheaval and become what the outside was today.

Naturally, there were all sorts of differing opinions on this theory, with no definitive answer. Still, these theories didn't really represent anything, as they were all just legends. Some texts even recorded that the world had originally had no fixed form at all, and that it was instead the birth of living beings that turned the world into what it is now.

But none of this was important to everyone right now, because what they now had to face was how to find a way to deal with the Power of Heaven and Earth outside the wall. Otherwise, they would still just be stuck here waiting, unable to gain anything.

With a single leap, Ye Tianfan jumped up onto the top of the wall and looked outward, and what he saw there surprised him quite a bit.

Because Ye Tianfan saw that the Array outside the wall still hadn't changed at all, not even a ripple; in other words, that bolt of lightning just now hadn't struck the Array. Although Ye Tianfan didn't know where that lightning had hit, from this alone he could tell that the lightning hadn't smashed their base camp to pieces, and they could still retrieve the base camp's resources.

And this was a very good opportunity, because the Thunder Eye in the sky had dispersed; this meant that if they entered the outside region now, for the Thunder Eye to reach the point of killing them, it would at least allow Ye Tianfan and the others some time to operate outside, and that span of time would be enough for them to move the resources they'd obtained earlier back inside.

Of course, the premise was that they had to act fast.

If they couldn't move all of the resources, that was fine too; after all, whatever they did manage to carry back would be usable. That was still far better than ending up with nothing at all.

As for who would take the risk, that still needed to be discussed, since it meant putting one's life on the line. No one knew when exactly the Thunder Eye would unleash another strike.

And once the Thunder Eye released its lightning prematurely, even Ye Tianfan would be unable to stop that thunderous strike.

The main reason was that this lightning contained the Power of Heaven and Earth, as well as vast amounts of Demonic Qi, Evil Qi, and other negative auras.

The Power of Heaven and Earth and all those negative auras like Demonic Qi and Evil Qi naturally suppressed the Spiritual Power of the inner region. Take the Power of Heaven and Earth, for instance—its grade was far, far higher than Spiritual Power. Then there were those negative auras like Demonic Qi and Evil Qi, which had an innate suppressive effect on Spiritual Power; once Spiritual Power came into contact with Demonic Qi and Evil Qi, it would immediately be assimilated, meaning that as soon as Spiritual Power touched those negative auras, it would instantly be transformed into them.

So the outside was inherently oppressive to the inside, and their Thunder Eyes also carried the Power of Heaven and Earth and those negative auras like Demonic Qi and Evil Qi.

That meant a dual-layered suppression; ordinary Spiritual Power simply couldn't compare. Thus, even Ye Tianfan could only use the Carefree Sword to parry it a bit. If he tried to use his fleshly body or the Spiritual Power within him to block that bolt of lightning, it would basically be pure suicide.

Therefore, if everyone wanted to go outside the wall to transport the resources they had previously acquired, while it was possible, they absolutely had to move quickly. If they were slow, they would have to give up the resources and prioritize their lives.

Yet Ye Tianfan knew there would definitely be those people who would choose money over life. For the sake of some resources, they would fail to act swiftly, and that would lead to that lightning bolt striking down, hitting them directly and killing them on the spot.

Of course, that wasn't even the biggest issue. The most crucial point was that once the lightning struck, it would inevitably affect the Array's existence. After all, the only place they could survive was within the Array; if that bolt of lightning came down, it would strike the Array first.

And while this Array did possess defensive capabilities, its defense and the lightning simply weren't on the same level. As long as that lightning fell, the Array would definitely be reduced to ashes, scattered into smoke.

And once the Array turned to ashes and dispersed, all those Demonic Qi, Evil Qi, and other negative auras outside would rapidly flood into the area that had been protected by the Array, and at that moment, everyone within the Array would be completely corroded by those Demonic Qi, Evil Qi, and other negative auras.

When Ye Tianfan saw Ye Tianfan leap onto the wall, the expression on his face shifted from worry to relief; at once he understood what had happened.

Because that bolt of lightning just now had made Ye Tianfan assume that the previous Thunder Eye had blasted the Array to nothing.

But when Ye Tianfan saw Ye Tianfan's look of relief, he knew that the lightning hadn't destroyed the Array. Rather, it likely hadn't hit the Array at all, or had been blocked by it.

Of course, Ye Tianfan felt that the chance of the Array blocking the lightning was extremely slim; the more likely answer was that the lightning hadn't struck the Array in the first place.

Then Ye Tianfan saw Ye Tianfan jump down from the wall with a faint smile on his face, then speak to everyone, "That was just a false alarm just now, so don't worry. Next I'll tell you all some very good news."