Against The Heavens 140 The Second Lost Group.

"All these... it can't be..."

Tian Zheng's face paled and he lost the grand demeanor of the future Tian clan patriarch, his fingers twitching incessantly. If all these Void Born managed to make it out onto their planet, and they weren't found in time, there was no telling what sort of havoc they would wreak. Even worse, they would move on and spread throughout the rest of the universe, it would be an utter catastrophe. Fang Ying also understood the severity of the situation, her brows furrowing as she swept the blocks with a swift gaze.

"Check all the blocks, we need to know how many have actually escaped. We should also send out a message to anyone we can, the more people learn of it the better. Yang'er, you probably don't have a lot of people you can inform, but you can at least send a message to Yuan Peng, he should be able to spread it further."

There was no one more familiar with Li Yang's mostly isolated personality than Fang Ying, it was to the point that she would be surprised if he had anyone other than her, Zhao Feng, and Yuan Peng to contact in a situation like this. And even then, the only reason he could contact Yuan Peng was due to the fact that Yuan Peng had been the one to hand over something that the two could use to communicate.

Li Yang and the others nodded their heads and the four of them then split into two groups, just in case there were still some Void Born that remained here. Zhao Feng raised his arms in defeat before anyone had to mention how the groups would be split, he knew that he didn't really have a choice in the matter.

"I get it, I get it, I'll bring along the Tian clan boy, you two run along on your little escapades. But I swear, if you end up raising more h.e.l.l in the two seconds that I leave you unsupervised, I'll have to smack the both of you."
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Li Yang and Fang Ying simply rolled their eyes in response while Tian Zheng seemed somewhat against being described as a boy, but now really wasn't the time for him to protest, so he remained silent. The two groups then headed in different directions, Li Yang and Fang Ying checking the right half of the prison while Zhao Feng and Tian Zheng checked the left half.

Li Yang and Fang Ying walked up to the block closest to them, peering in through the hole while Li Yang traced the edges of it with his fingers. The inside of the block was also covered with minute runes that formed the image of countless chains coiling around each other. The inside of the block was completely empty, an apple-sized indent smashed into the back wall of the block. Li Yang frowned slightly as he looked at the inside of the cell, entering it and crouching in the top right corner of it, clicking his tongue.

"It left behind a tiny drop of slime, it's probably worried about getting killed and wanted to leave behind some insurance."

Li Yang pointed at a drop of slime so small that it was hard to see, especially since the inside of the prison was so dark. Li Yang didn't touch the drop of slime, he simply created a flicker of golden flames in front of him and had it reduce the slime to ashes. While he was incinerating the slime, Fang Ying traced the edges of the hole, inspecting the empty prison with slightly narrowed eyes.

"Have you noticed it?"

Li Yang raised his head from the burning slime, ignoring the foul smell that tickled his nose. He stood up and walked over to Fang Ying, nodding his head as he slid his finger along the edge of the hole.

"Yeah, this cell was broken into, not out from. So either someone helped everyone here escape, or they might have engaged in cannibalism to restore their own energy."

Li Yang wasn't quite sure which of the two options he would prefer, the first would mean that the Void Born were united and probably clever enough to come up with dangerous plans, but the second one meant that they were likely ruthless and without scruples, able to do just about anything.

The two left the cell and continued to inspect the other blocks around them, methodically checking each and every one of them. But each block they checked only made their expressions sink further. Not one cell contained any remains or corpses, only one or two drops of slime, far from enough to figure out just how many Void Born had actually escaped. After spending about two days checking all the blocks on the right half of the prison, they met up again with Zhao Feng and Tian Zheng in front of the entrance.

"No luck on finding out how many have escaped, all the cells were empty. Have you found anything, or gotten any responses from the other groups?"

Li Yang and Fang Ying had sent the news out to those they could, with Yuan Peng swiftly sending the news on to both the clan and the other groups. They hadn't heard anything else from Yuan Peng, or those that Fang Ying had sent the news out to, so they had either died or were currently busy looking for the Void Born. Zhao Feng glanced at Tian Zheng out of the corner of his eyes, gesturing that he should respond, something he did with a sigh while rubbing his temples.

"There's nothing, not a single cell that contained anything other than those f.u.c.king drops of slime. They were also all broken into, so we're guessing that someone broke the Void Born out. I've informed everyone I can and warned them to be on the lookout. The clan has already started to prepare, and I received a message from Cui Xiuying about three hours ago, she's lost contact with a group of fellow disciples on an island about 700 kilometers to the west of here, there's a chance that they were killed by the escaped Void Born. Did you discover anything else?"

700 kilometers was quite a long distance, if the group had truly been killed by some Void Born then it would mean that there was at least one or two among them that was rather strong, and had restored a lot of their energy. Li Yang shrugged his shoulders lightly in response to Tian Zheng's question, turning his body slightly to point at the other end of the prison.

"Empty cells as far as the eyes can see. But we found five cells that were different, they were clearly broken out of rather than into. So the five escaped Void Born either helped the others escape, or they killed the others and ate them to restore their energy. Of course, they might have done both, but we don't really have any way to know right now."

There was one question on the minds of the four, but none of them wanted to really say it out loud. Just what was different about these five Void Born, that they were the ones who could break out of their cells? Was it just luck, or were they stronger than the other Void Born locked up here? Tian Zheng gnashed his teeth slightly, looking at Li Yang and the two others.

"What will you do now? Will you help me look for and hunt down the Void Born?"

Not just Fang Ying, but even Li Yang and Zhao Feng all had great strength, they were probably within the top ten of this entire compet.i.tion. If they were to join him, then he would feel much more at ease about hunting down the escaped Void Born. But in response to his question, Li Yang looked at him as if he was an idiot.

"What we'll do next? Did you become r.e.t.a.r.ded after fighting the Void Born? You lost contact with two groups from your clan, both went silent at about the same time, no? And both vanished on the two larger islands in this area, with this one being one of them. If one of the larger islands held one of these prisons in it, what do you think the other island is going to contain?"