by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
After all, Ming Jie was a genius on the same level of fame as Xie Luo. His true combat power wasn’t much weaker than Xie Luo.
However, because he hadn’t expected Ye Lingshan to suddenly launch such a crazy attack, he had ended up dead. His life-preserving trump card had also been exposed by Long Chen, causing him to die at Ye Lingshan’s hands.
However, Ming Jie’s full-strength attack was not so easy to receive. Ye Lingshan’s injuries had a terrifying curse energy residing within.
She hadn’t had time to heal with that fight going on, so the curse energy had invaded her soul. Now, Chu Yao was using her own wood spiritual energy to extract that curse energy and purify it. Although it was taking a long time, this was definitely safe and effective.
Mo Nian’s little bit of showing off was witnessed by no one. Long Chen really couldn’t figure out how this fellow’s brain worked.
“AHH!”
Suddenly, miserable cries rang out from behind them. The army of blood-colored lifeforms had caught up to the coalition army. Their sickles easily cut through powerful Empyreans.
The survivors of the coalition army were all elites amongst elites, but they were unable to resist in front of these strange lifeforms.
One of the Life Star Empyreans tried to charge out, but he didn’t even last a few seconds before his head was cut off.
One of the lifeforms who appeared older and was wearing ancient robes pressed a finger against that Life Star Empyrean’s head. His head instantly withered.
“Leng Yueyan, Long Chen, Martial Heaven Continent, how brazen! You dared to kill my Blood race’s prince, release the immortal grass, and break my seal! None of you is getting out of here alive!”
The elder roared and led the rest of the lifeforms to charge forward. Clearly, that elder had completed a soulsearch in that instant and knew of what had happened, including Long Chen releasing the Yin Yang Immortal Grass and Ye Lingshan breaking the seal to release the fragment of the Eastern Wasteland Bell.
“It seems they’re the Blood race that Leng Yueyan mentioned,” said Long Chen, looking back gravely.
“We can’t be captured by them. That old fellow seems to be even more terrifying than a Netherpassage expert,” said Mo Nian.
Leng Yueyan was truly terrifying. Just how bored was she to have gone to kill one of their princes and draw out such terrifying existences?
“The Blood race is extremely ancient and lives in dark worlds. Those blood-colored runes on their bodies are death runes. Because they possess an innate death energy, they were famous even in the ancient era. The Yin Yang World is their territory, but due to the cycle of Yin and Yang in their world, they were forced to retreat into the Yin side. If they appeared in the Yang side, they would be repulsed by life energy. Right now, they are using up a huge amount of energy to draw the Yin world’s death energy over to the Yang side. It seems they’re truly infuriated,” said Yue Xiaoqian.
Everyone came to a sudden comprehension. No wonder everything in the Yin Yang World felt unnatural. So the Blood race was the master of this place.
“But why would they leave their treasures in the Yang world? They felt it would be rude to take them, so they left them as a trial by fire?” Tang Wan-er didn’t believe that.
“It’s a trap. Some things can’t be said directly, but if you think about it, you should understand,” said Yue Xiaoqian.
Long Chen’s heart shook. He suddenly thought of the giant egg Little Snow was now in, as well as the divine chains binding the egg.
He also thought of the Immemorial Path. There had been a terrifying skull on top of a mysterious altar. He seemed to understand something.
Miserable cries continued to ring out as more and more experts of the Blood race charged over. The experts who had fallen behind were slain one by one, their blood raining down.
Chapter 1912 Escaping the Yin Yang World
Those Blood race experts weren’t particularly fast themselves, but there was a wave of black qi surging forward that was increasing their speed. The slower human experts were being killed.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, I’m also from the Righteous path! I was deceived and seduced by others…!” One of the Righteous experts at the rear actually begged Long Chen.
“Shameless.”
Liu Ruyan shook her head contemptuously. This person had raised his blade and killed the disciples of the Martial Heaven Alliance. Did he really think that they would view him as being on the same side?
“Are you a three-year-old child? What are your eyes and head for? The Righteous path is filled with turmoil because of trash like you. The only good thing about this battle is that trash like you was cleaned up. You know how many wicked things you did, so here’s your reprisal. Quietly wait for your death,” said Long Chen.
Ye Lingshan’s condition had improved, and the curse was mostly removed by Chu Yao. Although she was still weak, she could now circulate her Heavenly Dao energy to heal herself.
She looked back at those Righteous disciples and sighed. Long Chen could always see the silver lining. The Martial Heaven Alliance might be surrounded by enemies, with its interior fractured. It could crumble at any moment, but Long Chen also said that this was the best moment for the Martial Heaven Alliance to soar.
Those who were still standing beside the Martial Heaven Alliance were their most loyal warriors. Furthermore, through this battle, the morale of the junior generation had been united.
The sparks had raised a blazing fire. With Long Chen’s assistance, Ye Lingshan had taken the first step. In the future, the Martial Heaven Alliance would only grow stronger from its current state.
Looking at Long Chen’s back, she felt emotional. If it hadn’t been for him pushing her to stand up, she wouldn’t have dared to pick up this burden.
Sometimes, after taking the first step, you would find that things weren’t as difficult as you had imagined. If you were unafraid even of death, then what else was there to be afraid of?
Suddenly, black pillars of light appeared ahead of them. They sealed this place like a prison.
The neutral camp’s experts had just been on the edge of this prison, and so they managed to escape. However, Long Chen’s group was caught within it.
“These black pillars are made of world energy. They’re condensed of the laws of the Yin world. There’s no way to break them with brute force. We would need world energy as well,” said Yue Xiaoqian, her expression sinking.
“That’s bad. We have no Life Star experts, so we have no world energy.” Mo Nian’s expression changed.
He shot an arrow at the black pillars. This was an arrow containing divine energy, but it actually merged into the black pillar, causing only the slightest ripple. It vanished.
“It’s useless. This is a kind of law. Brute power can’t break it.” Yue Xiaoqian shook her head.
“Even a paragon art won’t work?” asked Long Chen.
“It’s not good. World energy must be countered by world energy. If this attribute is not taken into account, then it’s impossible to cause any significant damage,” said Yue Xiaoqian. They were trapped.
Just as Long Chen was thinking of what to do, the sound of a melodious zither reverberated throughout heaven and earth. It was like immortal music.
As the zither music resounded through the air, the entire Yin Yang World shook. Long Chen was stunned.
“It’s her?”
As the zither music continued, the black pillar in front of them began to crack. Finally, it exploded, creating a giant opening.
Cloud immediately flew through it. Once through, they saw a giant zither floating in the sky, surrounded by bright stars. That zither filled the entire sky.
When Long Chen and the others flew out, the zither slowly faded. It was actually a giant illusionary figure. The zither was gone, and the expected figure never appeared.
“She saved us. So she was amongst the neutral camp, but why did she refuse to see us?” asked Tang Wan-er.
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That image of the zither confirmed who it was that had saved them. The only one capable of controlling the Seven String Sea Suppressing Zither to break this barrier had to be the Zither Fairy, Zi Yan.
Long Chen had a helpless expression. It was still too early to say if Zi Yan was a friend or a foe. However, as she had saved them, Long Chen now owed her an immense debt. He didn’t even know what price it would take to repay it.
If Zi Yan hadn’t helped them, then his only option would be to use the seventh form of Split the Heavens. Relying on Split the Heavens’s innate barrier-breaking effect, he was fifty percent confident in breaking this prison.
However, if he used it again, he would temporarily become a cripple. In this kind of place, that was too dangerous.
Furthermore, he was only fifty percent confident. In other words, there was a fifty percent chance he would have failed. Failure would signify that they would be annihilated. So this debt was truly great.
“What a headache.” Long Chen sighed. He hated owing others, and now he owed someone who wasn’t a friend or a foe.
However, he had to repay this debt one day. He could only remember this in his heart for now.
Once past the barrier, Cloud’s speed quickly brought them to a world with sunlight.
Although the black qi was spreading rapidly over the Yin Yang World, the speed at which it was spreading was not as great as Cloud’s speed.
The surprising thing was that the neutral camp’s experts had vanished at some point. Long Chen and the others had no idea where they were.
According to reason, there was no way they could be faster than a Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow. However, they had collectively vanished.
“It should be the heir of the Gambling Heavenly Dao. He must have brought everyone away. I heard that the heirs of the Gambling Heavenly Dao are all extremely powerful, capable of transforming calamity into fortune,” said Mo Nian.
Long Chen nodded. That man with the die spinning behind him was very strange. Even Long Chen was unable to tell just how strong he was.
“Haha, the channel’s up ahead! We’ve escaped!”
The black clouds were now far into the distance, and Meng Qi and the others recognized the channel from which they had entered. It was connected to the Martial Heaven Continent.
Long Chen and Ye Lingshan had been sent in by Yan Nantian’s life and death energy. But the Martial Heaven Alliance and the Dragonblood Legion’s experts had entered through this channel.
Seeing this channel immediately made them sigh with relief. They looked back at the black qi behind them. The Blood race experts were still back there, constantly cursing.
“They’ve given up?” Mo Nian looked back.
“They don’t dare to chase. This place has a Sovereign seal suppressing it,” said Yue Xiaoqian.
“There’s a Sovereign seal here as well?” asked Long Chen with surprise.
Yue Xiaoqian nodded. “Yes, just like Devil Spirit Mountain. However, this Sovereign seal is hidden. But if the Blood race’s experts approached this place, it would activate and kill them. It’s because of the Sovereign seal that the Blood race does not dare to attack the Martial Heaven Continent. Otherwise, the Martial Heaven Continent’s lifeforms would have long since been killed or enslaved.”
“How laughable that there are so many idiots on the continent. Instead of being vigilant against these threats, they fight amongst themselves. The Sovereigns fought to create a peaceful world for them, and those people wasted their good intentions.” Mo Nian’s mouth curled into a disdainful smile.
Upon arriving at the channel, Cloud opened her mouth and spat out the Dragonblood Legion and the Martial Heaven Alliance’s experts.
Cloud had her own space within her that could store objects. Holding a hundred thousand people was actually very simple for her. However, she had to release them before entering the spatial channel, or there was a danger of it crumbling if so many people entered at once.
“Let’s go.” Long Chen waved his hand. Mo Nian took the lead, while Chu Yao, Ye Zhiqiu, and the others followed behind him. In case there was any danger, they could handle it.
As for Long Chen, he brought up the rear. Everyone quickly entered the channel and vanished. When the final batch entered, Long Chen looked back at the distant black world. Waving his hand, he also entered, vanishing from the Yin Yang World.
“Damnable Martial Heaven Continent, damnable human race, just wait! The Blood race will sooner or later crush the Martial Heaven Continent!” roared that elder from the Blood race. However, he didn’t dare to approach the channel. Regretfully, Long Chen could no longer hear him.
The space before Long Chen brightened. The familiar air and spatial fluctuations made him relax. They had finally returned to the Martial Heaven Continent.
“Hahaha, I, Mo Nian, have finally returned! This time, I’m going for an even greater undertaking! Fuck, other than the ancient family alliance, there are also the tombs of the ancient races, Corrupt path, Xuan Beasts, Bloodkill Hall, and Heavenly Fate Island! I’ll rob- I mean, I’ll be conducting archaeology everywhere!” declared Mo Nian.
Mo Nian suddenly put his hands on Xia Chen and Guo Ran’s shoulders. “Brothers, come with me. I’m proficient in reading faces, and I can declare with great certainty that the two of you will accomplish great things. Are you interested in joining hands with me in my great undertaking?”
Guo Ran and Xia Chen exchanged a glance, not understanding what Mo Nian was saying. Long Chen was the one who irritably said, “You want to draw them in because Xia Chen is skilled in formations and Guo Ran is skilled in forging. It’ll be much easier for you to rob tombs.”
“Hey, don’t make it sound so ugly. I am excavating our lost history! Together, we can bring back that golden age of cultivation to the current age! How is it, brothers? Come with me, and I guarantee you’ll quickly fall in love with this work,” said Mo Nian with a laugh.
The other experts present chortled. Mo Nian really was an oddity. He actually liked this kind of work.
“Not good! Long Chen, we’ve fallen into a trap!” Yue Xiaoqian suddenly sent a message to Long Chen.
Chapter 1913 The Sure Death Trap
At the same time, Xia Chen, who had been examining their surroundings, suddenly let out a startled cry. He threw a formation disc in the air.
BOOM!
Divine runes suddenly appeared and the void exploded. Their surroundings vanished. Everyone was shocked to find themselves floating in space.
“What’s going on?!” shouted Guo Ran.
“Our channel has been rigged by someone. We actually entered an illusion formation that transported us somewhere else,” said Xia Chen.
“Quick, get out of here!”
Long Chen’s expression also changed. This was a transportation formation trying to bring them nowhere good. Yue Xiaoqian and Xia Chen had noticed it, and Xia Chen had severed the formation.
Just as they were preparing to flee, the void shook. A group of people appeared, blocking them.
When those people arrived, everyone’s hearts shook. The world was completely sealed by a terrifying power. It was like there were chains binding them.
“Netherpassage experts.”
There were over thirty Netherpassage experts, while their leader was a white-haired elder that Long Chen recognized.
When Long Chen had gone to save his parents in the Eastern Wasteland, he had captured one of Heavenly Fate Island’s disciples. In the midst of a soulsearch, this elder had suddenly attacked him, almost taking his life. However, the elder had ended up provoking the Divine Gate Star into counterattacking, which had saved Long Chen.
Although Long Chen had never met this elder, he remembered his face. When Long Chen killed Luo Tianji, he learned that the elder was actually one of Heavenly Fate Island’s Grand Elders, as well as its vice island master.
“Long Chen, no matter how slippery you are, you won’t be able to escape from my hands. If you
don’t want to die, then come quietly. I can let you live,” said that elder of Heavenly Fate Island coldly.
Although the elder concealed it well, Long Chen could see the anger in his eyes. He could also see something odd. It was as if he was also slightly afraid.
Long Chen and the others were surrounded by over thirty Netherpassage experts, and their life and death domains were active, binding them. The disciples of the Martial Heaven Alliance couldn’t even move a finger. They were under such immense pressure that their bodies shuddered.
After all, these people were Netherpassage experts in control of life and death energy. In the face of their pressure, these disciples didn’t have the slightest ability to resist, especially in the life and death domains.
In front of twelfth rank Magical Beasts, they would still have some ability to fight. However, in front of Netherpassage experts in control of life and death energy, they were completely suppressed.
The voice of the elder from Heavenly Fate Island resounded through the air loudly, shaking their eardrums and provoking fear.
Long Chen walked out and eyed these experts. Some were from the ancient races, the ancient family alliance, the Xuan Beasts, and he even saw some wearing the robes of Pill Valley and the Bloodkill Hall.
There were a total of thirty-three of them, and clearly the elder from Heavenly Fate Island was their leader. He stood in the air, looking at them like a judge convicting prisoners.
“Old fellow, I’ve never managed to figure out why you continue to target me despite not having any enmity with me,” said Long Chen, a bit curious.
He truly didn’t know why Heavenly Fate Island was targeting him. Even Li Tianxuan hadn’t figured it out. Heavenly Fate Island had no reason to target him.
From this elder’s eyes, Long Chen read something strange. This elder was actually afraid of him yet had also come here to ensure his death. He couldn’t understand why.
“Why? Do you not know?” sneered the elder.