Monarch Of Time

Chapter 1022 Dao of Space

The middle-aged guard guiding Shun Long seemed to have sensed the shift in the old manʼs demeanor when they entered the room. Of course, it wasnʼt just Shun Long, but everyone who laid eyes on the seated young man who would end up showing similar reactions.

After all, that person was indeed an exalted Sovereign realm expert and the true leader behind their city guard.

With a proud look on his face, the guard then puffed out his chest and explained in a low voice, making sure that he wouldnʼt be too loud and accidentally disturb the young man in the distance

ʼʼAh, senior Qin... that person is a true genius! He is not even one thousand years old and heʼs already an early-stage Sovereign who has taken command of our entire city guard. Even if he wasnʼt affiliated with the Tianxuan dynasty, he would be fully capable of founding his own sect if he really wanted to do so.ʼʼ The excited guard continued to explain who this ʼsenior Qinʼ was, as he guided Shun Long and the others toward the teleportation formation.

Soon, Shun Long learned that although this person called Qin Xiaobo obeyed the Northern Sovereign and was responsible for maintaining peace within the city, he wasnʼt a direct subordinate of hers but rather one of the supreme geniuses of the Tianxuan dynasty who was stationed in this place.

Although he wasnʼt at the same level as Xuan Bo in terms of pure talent, he was definitely one of the top 10 geniuses of the dynasty and a bona fide Sovereign realm expert. That was why aside from their patriarch and the Elders of the royal family, no one else was qualified to order him around. Not even the Northern Sovereign!

Shun Long and his group continued to approach the core of the teleportation formation but the young man didnʼt seem to open his eyes even when they were just a few steps away from it. Instead, it was an early-stage Dao Emperor realm expert who stood before them just as they were about to step foot on the formation.

The man threw a glance at the guard guiding them here before he turned his gaze towards Shun Long and the rest and asked in an apathetic voice

ʼʼWhere to?ʼʼ

Shun Long glanced at the man and examined the qi fluctuations coming from his body, sensing that he was most likely an early rank 3 Dao Emperor, before he answered a few moments later

ʼʼThe city of Amber Dawn.ʼʼ

Nodding his head, the Dao Emperor then stretched out his hand and explained

ʼʼSeven of you... it will be 70 high-grade spirit stones. 10 for each person.ʼʼ

Nodding his head, Shun Long didnʼt hesitate and merely waved his hand, taking out 70 glistening spirit stones and handing them to the man.

Indeed, 70 high-grade spirit stones was an exorbitant price to pay just to travel around the continent. After all, one could rent an early rank 7 magic beast for an entire year for nearly a hundredth of that price and do the same thing.

However, although most early-stage Dao Emperors would indeed feel the pinch of paying this much for a single trip, to Shun Long, 70 high-grade spirit stones were merely a drop in the ocean.

Besides, he already had plans he had to accomplish as soon as he reached the city of Amber Dawn, and spending a few years just traveling around the central continent wasnʼt something he wanted to do right now. Not with the entire Tianxuan dynasty looking for him along with every other high-level expert in the central continent. After all, just like the leader of the Zhong clan had said; Shun Long was indeed the most wanted Dao King in the continent right now.

After receiving the high-grade spirit stones, the early rank 3 Dao Emperor turned around and infused some of his qi into the formation behind him, causing the dim runes on the ground to shimmer with a weak silver light.

The teleportation formation wasnʼt a physical object, but rather, a mass of runes embedded on the ground, coalescing together and covering an area of a small room. It looked like a small, unassuming platform, but every single rune on its surface was essential to the formation working properly.

As for the Dao Emperor who had accepted the spirit stones from Shun Long, judging by the way he infused his qi into the formation and powered it up, it was obvious that he was no ordinary Dao Emperor but an experienced formation master as well!

Although he wasnʼt a star-rank formation master based on his cultivation, clearly his familiarity with the teleportation formation was more than enough to let him control it properly.

A few moments later, the Dao Emperor turned to Shun Long and the others and said in a serious voice

ʼʼStep on the platform!ʼʼ

In what seemed to be less than a minute, the brilliance of the silver runes had turned almost blinding from the original pale silver, showing that the formation was ready to send them off.

Finally, as soon as he stepped foot onto the large platform, Shun Longʼs vision immediately turned blurry as the familiar feeling of spatial fluctuations enveloped him once again.

This time however, the sensation he felt was completely different to anything he had felt before.

As space around him began to contract and expand, Shun Long could sense the difference between this teleportation formation and his own space tears or his space rifts. There were some similarities between them, but the core application of the ʼDao of Spaceʼ seemed to be fundamentally different for some reason.

If Shun Long had to put it into words, he would say that his own use of the ʼDao of Spaceʼ was more wild and unrestrained and was mostly focused on destruction and speed, while the person who created this formation was more geared towards control.

This one was somewhat similar to the teleportation formation of the Holy sect, but at the same time vastly different.

After all, the formation the Grand Elder had activated in the past which transported everyone to the ʼWind Dragonʼs forestʼ could only be described as crude in front of this one. In the eyes of any experienced formation master, the two formations couldnʼt even be compared!

Thus, as the feeling of spatial fluctuations enveloped him wholly, Shun Long began to study how the space around him contorted in a wild but also restrained manner, causing his insights in the ʼDao of Spaceʼ to start increasing at a terrifying speed!

Shun Long didnʼt even seem to have sensed that he had already left the Northern Sovereignʼs city a while ago... or that right before his group left, the seated young Sovereign appeared to have opened his eyes and turned his gaze directly towards him!