Chapter 576: A Gathering of Experts

"Master, the organizers of this Exchange Conference have really put in a lot of effort; these houses must be newly built, right!" Just at this moment, a voice reached Lingyun's ears.

Lingyun turned his head to look and saw an old man with flowing white hair holding the hand of a young boy in his teens, walking in their direction.

"Silly child, do you think it was really difficult for the organizers to build these houses?" the old man asked with a smile.

"Eh, isn't it?" the young boy asked with some curiosity.

"Of course not!" the old man began. "These buildings were all constructed by Earth-element Espers using their abilities. In reality, the total construction time for these buildings did not exceed one week."

"To be able to build so many houses in less than a week, Earth-element Espers are so amazing!" The young boy's eyes were full of longing.

"Xiaoyu, do you want to be as amazing as them in the future?" the old man asked.

"I do!" The young boy nodded vigorously.

"Lingyun, this old man is not simple!" Chen Jing leaned toward Lingyun and whispered; she felt an aura as heavy as the earth itself coming from the old man.

"Of course this old man is not simple; he should be one of the most powerful people on this island," Lingyun nodded and said.

In his perception, this old man's strength had long since crossed into the Half-step Nascent Soul realm, and his strength was in no way inferior to Long Jingtian's.

"Do you see that guy over there wearing a white robe?" Lingyun pointed to a white-robed person to the side and said.

"This person is from the Holy See, right?" Looking at that person's attire, Chen Jing frowned.

"That's right, that guy is from the Holy See. Based on the intelligence I gathered on the island earlier, this person seems to belong to the Secret Court of the Holy See," Nangong Nayue said.

"The Secret Court of the Holy See? I didn't expect even they would come," Chen Jing said with a sigh.

"Hmm, listening to your tone, you seem to be very familiar with people from the Secret Court of the Holy See?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow slightly.

"The Secret Court is the Holy See's most powerful armed group. To enter the Secret Court, one's strength must at least reach the Xiantian Ultimate. Moreover, each of them masters the ability of Angel Descent; they can summon an angel to possess them during battle, making them very troublesome opponents," Su Wanyue said.

"How is that person's strength?" Chen Jing asked.

"His strength should be slightly inferior to that old man from before; this person should be the highest leader of the Holy See participating in this International Exchange Conference," Nangong Nayue said.

"His strength is slightly inferior to that old man from before? That makes things a bit difficult. If you add Angel Descent, wouldn't his strength reach the Nascent Soul Realm?" Chen Jing said with a frown.

"Did you forget what I said before? The passage between Earth and the outer worlds has already been sealed; the Angel Descent technique is no longer viable," Lingyun said.

"In other words, the biggest trump cards of the Holy See and the Dark Church have both been sealed?" Chen Jing asked.

"Perhaps!" Lingyun said noncommittally. "Hmm, speak of the devil, and he shall appear. Look, that person!"

After hearing Lingyun's words, Chen Jing's gaze fell upon a figure shrouded in a black robe.

"Who is that person?"

"That person is a Devil Warlock, the highest leader of the Dark Council's operation this time. His strength is on par with that white-robed person," Lingyun said.

"Devil Warlock?" Nangong Nayue repeated, seemingly very interested in this profession's name.

"Well, generally speaking, it's about the same as the witches in the Strike the Blood world; you could say you are half-colleagues! Both have signed a Contract with devils from another world to obtain powerful strength from them. The only difference is that they need to offer sacrifices to the devils at regular intervals, while the witches sacrificed themselves at the very beginning," Lingyun explained.

"Is that so? If there is time, perhaps I can have a good exchange with this 'half-colleague'!" Nangong Nayue said with a light hum.

The black-robed Devil Warlock glanced at the white-robed personnel of the Secret Court of the Holy See and let out a cold snort.

In an instant, everyone present felt a sinister chill spread from the black-robed person, enveloping the people of the Holy See. Those standing between the two factions hurriedly backed away to avoid being accidentally injured.

Facing the oncoming sinister chill, the white-robed person gripped the cross in his hand, and circles of Holy Light spread out from his body, enveloping all the Holy See personnel within it. Although the chill emitted by the black-robed person was sharp, it could not advance an inch upon touching the Holy Light and was firmly blocked outside of it.

"Truly a bunch of cowards!"

The Devil Warlock sneered, the chill on his body beginning to recede until it finally disappeared. Seeing the Devil Warlock put away his chill, the Holy Light spreading from the white-robed person also vanished.

Clearly, the two of them still had some reservations here. After all, if they were to fight here, they would be subject to the joint sanctions of all the experts on the island, and currently, they did not have the ability to resist such sanctions.

"The conflict between the Holy See and the Dark Council is truly deep! They put on a show of wanting to fight the moment they met!" Chen Jing said.

"After all, these two factions have been opposing each other for thousands of years; this kind of blood feud is extremely deep. If it weren't for the fact that this place is the venue for the Exchange Conference, they would surely have started a war by now!"

"Hmm, it seems some ill-intentioned people have come over!" Lingyun suddenly felt a faint malice.

Turning his head to look, a tall, middle-aged man was leading a team toward his direction.

"That guy is the Deputy Director of the M Country's S. H. I. E. L. D., his name is Jerry, codenamed Wind God," Chen Jing said to Lingyun. "However, this guy is not a friendly person toward Huaxia!"

"Not friendly?" Lingyun narrowed his eyes; he clearly felt that the Wind God was showing naked malice toward their direction.

"He had better not provoke us, otherwise, I wouldn't mind letting S. H. I. E. L. D. change a deputy director. I think there must be many people eyeing that position!" Nangong Nayue said.

"I think everyone else would support your approach!" Lingyun nodded.

Hearing this sentence from Lingyun, Chen Jing and Su Wanyue looked at each other and couldn't help but be speechless. But upon second thought, this was not an impossible thing; after all, with Lingyun's current strength, wanting to forcibly kill a Wind God on this island was not a difficult task.

After the four Half-step Nascent Soul experts appeared, the entire island began to become lively. By Chen Jing's estimation, there were at least ten Half-step Nascent Soul powerhouses on this island now, all of whom were top figures belonging to major factions.

If one were to add the other Golden Core powerhouses and Innate Experts, this ordinary little island could truly be called a gathering of experts.