Cosmic Trading System

"Boom!"

The encompassing gray fog first shrouded Lin Yun and the Holy Mother within it. Immediately after, without giving the Langya Saint Lord and his group time to think too much, the dense gray fog violently enveloped them as well.

"Caw! Caw! We've finally broken through another passage!"

"Haha, spirits of the Spirit World, here we come!"

"This time, we're going to feast to our heart's content!"

At the same time, a series of mocking laughs echoed through the gray fog. Each voice contained a powerful breath that sent shivers down one's spine, making the Langya Saint Lord and his companions feel an involuntary chill in their hearts, whether it was from the laughter or the effects of the gray fog.

"Quickly leave this fog!"

A tremor ran through the Langya Saint Lord's heart and he immediately shouted loudly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Without further ado, he no longer cared about dealing with the True Martial Saint Lord and flew swiftly toward the direction outside the gray fog.

He could vaguely sense that those unknown presences, each as strong as him, if he were to be intercepted by two or three of them, coupled with the mysterious gray fog, he might just perish right here.

At this time, whether or not to take the opportunity to slay the True Martial Saint Lord had become irrelevant.

Moreover, if the gray fog was truly dangerous, the severely injured True Martial Saint Lord might not need his intervention and would perhaps die at the hands of these presences' masters.

"Bang!"

Just as the Langya Saint Lord left his original position, a powerful force struck where he had just been. Although it didn't hit his body, a powerful stream of force chased in the direction he fled, causing him to stagger and sustain a minor injury.

"This is the power of a Peak Saint Lord!" exclaimed the Langya Saint Lord, shocked.

It was one thing to sense that the masters of these breaths were no weaker than him, but it was another to realize their strength was truly greater than his.

Incredulity filled his heart.

How was that possible?

How could there be such a level of power in the universe besides the Immortal Origin Holy Land?

Thousands of years ago, he had witnessed Er Lee leading them to break through the new Layered Heavens, from the nineteenth to the thirty-third heaven, with all the bestowed energy from the heavens and earth being acquired by the cultivators of the Immortal Origin Holy Land.

Upon breaking a new Layered Heaven, the descending energy was always more abundant than the cumulative energy obtained from the previous heavens combined. The energy received from breaking the thirty-third heaven was hundreds, if not thousands of times greater than that of the eighteenth.

Furthermore, according to Er Lee, before many new Layered Heavens were broken, it was impossible for very strong beings to be born in the universe, with lower-level Saint Lords being the limit, and they might not even be able to stay in this universe for a million years.

Even if, before the arrival of Er Lee, the universe had just broken through to the eighteenth or perhaps the seventeenth or even the sixteenth Layered Heaven, there might have been a power similar to the Immortal Origin Holy Land, with many strong beings successively breaking many heavens and giving birth to a multitude of Sanctuary powerhouses!

But if what Er Lee said was correct, those people's highest strength would have been that of a lower-level Saint Lord thousands of years ago!

Yet, what about the one who had just attacked him? He was certain that the attack reached the power of a Peak Saint Lord! It was genuine Peak Saint Lord realm power, without a doubt.

Thousands of years ago, this universe only advanced from the nineteenth to the thirty-third heaven. This meant that if these newly emerged presences were from those who had broken through the previous eighteen heavens of the universe, they must have ascended from lower-level Saint Lords to this level several thousand years ago!

How could it be possible, in only a few thousand years, for someone to advance from a lower-level Saint Lord to a Peak Saint Lord with the universe's Origin Force that was hundreds, if not thousands of times weaker than theirs?

His instincts and experience told him it was impossible.

Thus... the likelihood that these newly emerged presences were the strong beings who had broken through the first eighteen Layered Heavens of this universe was infinitesimally small.

So, where did these powerful figures come from...

For a moment, he almost thought it might be his Senior Brothers from the Immortal Origin Holy Land returning!

However, he quickly ruled out that possibility, for he was well aware of the energy attributes of those Senior Brothers from his Holy Land, and none matched these attributes!

Moreover, he had also heard the content of those voices; they clearly weren't words that a Sanctuary powerhouse from their Immortal Origin Holy Land would say...

He had a vague guess, deduced from those words, but this conjecture seemed utterly incredible to him!

"Eh? The attack missed! Seems to be a Saint Lord spirit, and not of a low level either." he faintly heard the owner of the power that had attacked him say in mild surprise.

"Boom!"

The next moment, Langya Saint Lord felt an even more formidable power assaulting him. His face changed drastically, and he hurriedly flew forward again. An immensely powerful force grazed his back closely, and another strong surge of energy impacted his body, causing turmoil within his internal energies.