Chapter 710: An Old Man

"Who are you!"

Seeing a person suddenly appear within their encirclement, the group of experts could not help but frown and speak out loudly.

"Who I am is not important; I only wish to ask if the master of Tianxian Guan is here?"

Li Heng said casually, his expression light and breezy.

"I am he. I wonder what important matter the fellow Daoist has in seeking me?"

Among the many experts, one stepped forward. Behind him, a terrifying phenomenon of the sun and moon collapsing and the Great Dao rising and falling emerged. Observing closely, he looked somewhat similar to the Tianxian Guan City Lord.

"I was entrusted by the Tianxian Guan City Lord to prevent you from obtaining this so-called opportunity," Li Heng said with a smile, directly selling out that City Lord.

The master of Tianxian Guan frowned.

"So it was that fellow? After so long, he still won't give up and wants to snatch back the leading position? How laughable! Clearly, he is the one unwilling to move forward, only wanting to be an old fellow who holds a post without doing any work, yet he actually wants to blame all his faults on me?"

He spoke with disdain.

"This fellow Daoist, I advise you to give up. Did that fellow tell you that he was some supreme genius and then was defeated and humiliated by me?"

Li Heng nodded, "That is natural."

"I knew it. Fellow Daoist, do not be deceived by him. In reality, he and I are the same person; we are both myself."

"It is just that he is the backward me, while I am the advanced me. Being backward himself, he still wants to rely on an outsider to snatch back the leading position—ridiculous. Therefore, this matter is essentially my business; as an outsider, you had best not interfere."

"So that is how it is, but I am entrusted by others and must be loyal to their affairs."

Li Heng nodded, but still refused to stop.

He could not be bothered with who was the backward me or the advanced me. Since he had already made a deal with that Tianxian Guan City Lord, and that City Lord had sent him here, it would be unreasonable for him not to do something.

"Why waste words with him! He used the Void Great Array to descend here across infinite time and space; he is also here for the opportunity, and what he said just now is merely a pretext."

Other experts sneered.

"Opportunity? Is the opportunity you speak of referring to the Light Orb on this fellow Daoist?" Li Heng was slightly surprised, and a multicolored Light Orb suddenly appeared in his palm, emitting a subtle Dao rhyme.

In an instant, the complexion of the besieged expert changed drastically.

How could this be? How did the Light Orb end up in this person's hand?

It was clearly in his own hand just a moment ago!

"The opportunity is in his hands! Attack, do not delay!"

Seeing this, the surrounding experts shouted and attacked Li Heng directly. Whoever obtained this Light Orb capable of opening the node at the end of the Time-Space River would be their target!

"It seems you all need to calm down."

Li Heng shook his head and pressed one palm downward, applying infinite gravity to the entire scene. Under this terrifying gravity, let alone various physical substances, even metaphysical concepts, time and space, Fate, the Great Dao, and so on would be crushed!

The terrifying gravity suddenly pressed down. These experts felt as if Mount Tai were crushing them; their bodies began to tremble uncontrollably, and they were completely unable to leave their spots or move!

The surrounding experts were suddenly horrified.

What kind of power is this?

It directly deprived them of the ability to act. Is the expert who suddenly appeared before them really this terrifying? This kind of terrifying power even gave them the feeling that he could rival that old man who is still at the very forefront of the Future Road, blazing a trail!

"Alright, do you have any objections to me taking this Light Orb?" Li Heng said with a smile. The experts were silent. They had thought this was merely an equal, but they had not expected him to be an existence capable of crushing them. Truly, there are mountains beyond mountains, and people beyond people.

"I submit..."

"I do as well..."

Having reached this realm, many were very reasonable existences. Realizing that in the face of such a vast disparity in power, being stubborn was useless, they withdrew one after another.

However, even so, there was a small number who continued to resist.

Among them was the master of Tianxian Guan.

He spoke coldly, "I do not submit! Why is it that that backward fellow happened to meet an expert like you! If he were standing before me, I could suppress him with a wave of my hand!"

"Why is it that with one stroke of luck and one accident, he can turn the tables!"

"Perhaps, but the Great Void is just like that."

Li Heng answered nonchalantly.

The Great Void is simply too vast; in a sense, it is extremely unfair. He had traveled through many eras in the past and had seen extremely unfair things more than once.

For example, a generation of kings working diligently, only to be crushed to death by a meteorite.

Or, for instance, a great villain dying and unexpectedly gaining the chance to travel through worlds, leaping from a mortal to a Multiverse-level powerhouse in one bound, creating and destroying infinite timelines with a wave of his hand, turning that Multiverse into his own backyard.

He had already dealt with the ones he had seen.

But he knew even better that even if he did intervene, given the vastness of the Great Void, it was merely a drop in the ocean and could not stir up any waves. The unfairness the master of Tianxian Guan encountered was actually not that bad; at least he had not been crushed to death by a meteorite.

"I admit you are strong, but you cannot attack us! Because if so many of us die, it will certainly alarm that old man who is still blazing the trail on the Future Road. At that time, he may not necessarily return to contend with you for the opportunity!"

"Although you are strong, you may not be a match for that old man!" The remaining powerful existences who were still resisting also began to speak up, threatening Li Heng, appearing completely unafraid of death.

"It seems you do not understand."

Li Heng shook his head and sighed, then pressed his palm downward again, directly crushing these powerful existences who threatened him to death, not caring about any danger at all.

With this, another 30 million Golden Source Points were credited.

The moment these powerful existences died, the Future Road began to shake, and then the scene at the very forefront of the Future Road was suddenly projected before Li Heng.

An old man was walking incessantly downstream along the Time-Space Mother River. Wherever he passed, he left continuous footprints, which in turn evolved into a road—that was the Future Road.

At this moment, the old man suddenly stopped and looked back at Li Heng.

Li Heng remained calm and met the old man's gaze.

The old man's eyes swept over, his expression becoming complex. He sighed slightly, "So that is how it is. The calamity of the human heart. Fellow Daoist, please do as you please; I will not interfere. I only hope that you do not trust too much in the so-called Light Orb in your hand, the so-called opportunity."

As his words fell, this battlefield, which had been shattered beyond repair, was traced back and repaired by a supreme power from the unknown, actually returning it to its original appearance.

The shattered Time-Space River flowed once more.

The Great Thousand Worlds that had turned into fragments reappeared in an instant.

The laws of the Great Dao that had returned to Emptiness were reborn.