Chapter 824

Chapter 824: Lost Contact Again

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

After allowing the golden light to attack for about half a minute and still failing to sense the presence of the Shadow King, the Second Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe maintained a calm expression.

He turned to the Leader of the Cracked Shell Tribe and said, “Remove the innermost defensive barriers!”

“Sure!”

The Leader of the Cracked Shell Tribe also appeared relaxed.

After a few minutes, it was not surprising that the Shadow King had used his ability to penetrate the energy shields and left the first defensive barrier.

An energy surge was injected into the defensive barriers.

The innermost defensive barrier instantly vanished.

The golden light emitted by the golden little ball spread out slightly.

Half a minute passed, yet the Shadow King still did not appear.

Without a doubt, he had likely penetrated more than one defensive barrier and protective shield.

The elders of the three races and the Leader of the Cracked Shell Tribe kept an optimistic mindset.

In their view, no matter how quickly the Shadow King could penetrate the defensive barriers, it could not be faster than them.

At the Second Elder’s gesture, the Leader of the Cracked Shell Tribe removed the second energy shield.

The coverage of the golden light expanded a bit more.

Outside the energy shield, the Shadow King, Boses, and Titan Bo coldly watched the actions of the three races’ elders and the Leader of the Cracked Shell Tribe.

They waited for Yi Chen to finish dealing with the nine elder teams and return.

The third energy shield, the fourth energy shield, the fifth energy shield…

As each defensive shield was removed, the expressions of the three races’ elders and the Leader of the Cracked Shell Tribe gradually grew serious.

By their estimation, even if the Shadow King was capable, he should only maintain his hiding state while penetrating four or five shields.

But after breaching over a dozen energy shields, they still had not discovered the Shadow King.

This began to feel somewhat off to them.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes…

In the blink of an eye, several more minutes passed.

After continuously removing about twenty more energy shields, there were still dozens left on the outer layer.

This was due to the three races’ elders adding several new defensive barriers to the outer layer.

So far, the number of removed barriers had reached twenty or thirty, nearly matching the original number set up for defense.

Theoretically, the Shadow King shouldn’t be able to penetrate this far.

Could it be that the Shadow King had some other means to avoid the golden light’s attack and maintain his hiding state?

“Continue to expand the coverage layer by layer, and everyone join together to attack this area,” suggested the Second Elder of the Reincarnation Tribe.

The elders suddenly reacted.

They began to exert their strength together, attacking the entire space.

Various attacks filled the inside of the defensive shield beyond the golden light.

However, after several rounds of attacks, the result remained the same.

The Shadow King’s hiding state was still not broken.

This left the elders of the three races and the Leader of the Cracked Shell Tribe feeling increasingly uneasy.

This outcome was completely different from their expectations.

Moreover…

The Second Elder of the Time Tribe suddenly realized something.

He couldn’t help but look at the Second Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and the Second Elder of the Reincarnation Tribe, saying, “Have the nine elder teams notified you that they have completed the mission?”

“Not yet!”

“It shouldn’t be that quick.”

The Second Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and the Second Elder of the Reincarnation Tribe both shook their heads.

The nine elder teams had only begun their operation about fifteen or sixteen minutes ago.

Just reaching the destination would take several minutes, and it would take a lot of time to control and capture the eastern human army.

The required time would definitely exceed fifteen or sixteen minutes.

By their estimation, it would at least take more than half an hour to receive any good news.

“I still feel a bit uneasy. Should we contact them and ask for an update?” suggested the Second Elder of the Time Tribe.

The Second Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and the Second Elder of the Reincarnation Tribe did not refuse this suggestion.

The inability to force out the Shadow King made them uneasy.

The Second Elder of the Time Tribe had not mentioned it, but now that it was brought up, they began to worry about whether the nine elder teams could proceed smoothly.

The two elders from the three races continued their attack on the space inside the defensive shield while taking out their communication stones to contact the elders leading their respective races.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

Their already grim faces, due to being unable to force out the Shadow King, grew even more serious and troubled.

Because the elders they were trying to contact had not given any response.

After exchanging glances, the two elders of the three races contacted another elder.

The result was still the same.

No matter how long they waited, they could not connect with the other side.

The faces of the two elders from the three races turned extremely gloomy, and their moods began to plummet into despair.

They couldn’t understand why the nine elder teams were also experiencing such a situation.

Both sides were completely illogical.

Even with the Shadow King’s ability to penetrate energy shields, it shouldn’t be able to catch up with their rapid search speed.

After all, these energy shields were not ordinary; they were made from various powerful treasures designed for defense.

Moreover, many of the energy shields had special functions targeting the Shadow King’s ability to penetrate.

Unless something unexpected had occurred, the Shadow King should have been forced out of his hiding state and captured by them more than ten minutes ago.

What made it worse was that even the nine elder teams were facing unexpected situations, which left them even more confused.

According to their speculation, even if Yi Chen had personally gone to the targets, the nine elder teams should have been mentally prepared for an ambush and ready to respond to sudden situations.

Even if they were attacked by Yi Chen and were unable to win, they would not be unable to escape.

Even if they couldn’t escape, they would not be silent, unable to send out distress signals and be resolved by Yi Chen.

Besides, it had only been a total of fifteen or sixteen minutes.

Although Yi Chen had acquired a treasure-level space-type artifact from the Reincarnation Tribe, this powerful treasure could only tear through space for ultra-long teleportation.

After using it once, it would take at least a day or two to use it again.

In other words, even if Yi Chen used the space-type treasure, he could only ambush two elder teams at most.

For all nine elder teams to suddenly lose contact in just over ten minutes was hard to comprehend.

The top-tier combat power that Yi Chen possessed could not reach such an extent.

No matter how hard the elders of the three races tried to figure it out, they could not find a reason.

Likewise, despite contacting the powerful beings at level 230 and level 220, they could not reach a single one.

On one side, the Shadow King and the strong ambushed suddenly, yet they could not force his hiding state out.

On the other side, the nine elder teams had suddenly lost contact.

Everything felt strange and eerie.

“What should we do?”

The Second Elder of the Time Tribe looked at the Second Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and the Second Elder of the Reincarnation Tribe.

With the deadlock on one side and the nine elder teams possibly killed or captured on the other, the entire plan was completely thrown into chaos.