Chapter 563: Where Did You Send Me? (33 Today 1w)

And just as Zhongzhou fell into a state of chaos, the outside world was not without its reactions.

Some noticed the changes in Zhongzhou and had made preparations in advance; at this moment, they were ready to take action.

Beitianmen.

The Qian Sword had arrived.

However, the wielder of the sword this time was not Li Long, but a middle-aged man who looked to be around fifty years old, his features bearing a slight resemblance to Li Long.

Li Yandao, in terms of seniority, was a great-grandfather of Li Long.

He had not gone by this name in the Li clan genealogy, but he changed it himself after stepping into the Ask Dao realm.

Yandao.

Everyone knew very well what the meaning of this name implied.

Li Yandao closed his eyes and focused, keeping his hand firmly on the hilt of the Qian Sword, slowly regulating his breathing; with every inhalation and exhalation, the aura on his body fluctuated constantly, but it never fell below the Ask Dao Late Stage.

The Northern Qian Imperial Family had actually been hiding very deeply; their high-end power was not often revealed in the open. On the surface, the only ones at the Formless realm were a royal advisor and Li Long, and they usually relied on worldly power to control the Beiming realm.

But this did not mean they lacked strength; without sufficient strength, they could not suppress other restless people.

And right behind Li Yandao, Gongye Dachang and his wife stood side by side; this pair of lovers still ignored everyone else, openly whispering sweet nothings to each other in public just like that.

Zhao Yundan, the Valley Master of the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, stood alone, leaning to the side with some disgust. Just as she lifted her foot, she pulled it back even more disgustedly.

On the left were the shameless couple, and on the right was an annoying old thing; she didn't know which side was better.

【"Oh my, why did it leave again?"】

"..." Zhao Yundan ignored it, deciding to pretend she hadn't heard anything.

Sikong Yu's Divine Soul Incarnation radiated golden light, lazily floating in mid-air, leaning back at an angle, looking as if he were half-reclining.

Seeing that no one paid him any mind, Sikong Yu was not angry, and just said leisurely: 【"Everyone, my Dao Child is still inside, so don't be reckless when you make your move."】

Hearing Sikong Yu bring up serious business, Gongye Dachang stopped chatting with his wife and replied: "Then are you going to stop us?"

【"Of course not, I am here to support you; if you need, I am even willing to contribute some effort."】

"Then what do you mean by that?"

【"The old man only means, just don't get him killed."】

Sikong Yu tilted his head and said sternly: 【"As long as he doesn't die, beat him to death."】

【"Beat him fiercely for me!"】

Everyone:?

What on earth is this old fellow thinking?

Can you even understand what you are saying yourself?

Ever since he was exposed after chatting with the Black Tortoise Lord during the last operation, Sikong Yu seemed to stop hiding the fact that he was an old thing and began to rely on his seniority to act presumptuously.

This old thing originally had some grace and backbone, but now he was becoming more and more like a shameless old urchin.

Because he had received help last time, Gongye Dachang still had some respect for Sikong Yu: "According to Sect Leader Sikong, what are the plans of the Butian Alliance this time?"

Because the Sword Casting Hut had been attacked previously, his resentment toward the Butian Alliance was the strongest, and his hatred was the highest.

【"Who knows? However, according to what this old man thinks, this is more like a probe to see the bottom line of the people of the world."】

Sikong Yu shook his head happily, then looked at Li Yandao's back and said meaningfully: 【"As for whether their goal has been achieved, this old man cannot say for sure."】

【"Perhaps they succeeded, perhaps they failed; it depends on what they actually want."】

Gongye Dachang frowned slightly and also silently looked at Li Yandao's back, as if there was something he wanted to ask.

"Alright, the time is almost up." Li Yandao did not give him that chance; he opened his eyes, slowly drew the Qian Sword, and pointed at the top of the Heaven Gate, sending a sword beam flying out.

"Fellow Sect Leaders, please assist."

The three Sect Leaders were here for this very reason, so they nodded and attacked simultaneously.

A Giant Hammer appeared above Gongye Dachang's head, crashing toward the Heaven Gate with the momentum to destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth.

Zhao Yundan took out a staff wrapped in vines, which, after being thrown, grew rapidly in mid-air to transform into a giant thorn spear.

Although Sikong Yu did not take out a Supreme Treasure, he lightly struck out with a palm, yet its power was no weaker than the other two.

An instant later, the four attacks converged at one point and slammed into the "Beitianmen".

Boom!

And at the very same moment, such scenes were occurring at all four Heaven Gates.

Southern Border, Western Desert, Eastern Wasteland, Beiming... everyone acted as if they had discussed it, attacking the Zhongzhou Heaven Gate at the same moment, as if they had a tacit understanding.

Just as Yaochi had thought, this attempt by the Butian Alliance ultimately met with failure.

This was an attempt by the Butian Alliance, but was it not also a joint tacit agreement of these big shots? Everyone had ideas about the appearance of Zhongzhou and had their own secret plans.

The appearance of Zhongzhou was a broken Pandora's box, completely tearing away the last fig leaf of the Immortal Gods, letting everyone hidden in the dark walk to the front stage, or at least revealing their existence.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Accompanied by violent tremors, the four Heaven Gates did not hold out for long under the joint attack before they shattered on their own.

The Seal covering the entire Zhongzhou region had shattered.

In an instant, countless explorers waiting outside the Heaven Gates to leave noticed this earth-shattering change, and they shouted excitedly:

"I can feel the aura of the outside world!"

"This is!!!"

"Go!!!"

"Leave this ghost place!"

"Quick, quick, quick, quick! Leave this place!"

Countless disheveled figures rushed out from the Heaven Gates, thirstily absorbing the Spirit Qi of the outside world.

"Hahahaha!"

"We made it out alive!"

Some people even wept with joy, feeling as though they had emerged from despair.

While fleeing, they also saw the figures of the experts outside the Heaven Gate, realizing it was they who had rescued them, and were filled with respect and gratitude toward them.

But what they did not know was that in this tacit understanding among the higher-ups, they—the low-level and even mid-level cultivators—were nothing more than pieces on a chessboard.

They swarmed in for the sake of profit and attacked one another for the sake of some magical treasures, but the final result was merely becoming sacrifices in a blood ritual.

They were not cared about by these people; they were necessary sacrifices in the eyes of the higher-ups, a group of insignificant ants.

Even rescuing them was merely a side effect of ensuring the Butian Alliance's plan failed.

Of course, not everything went according to their plans; there were some "accidents" outside of their plans that mixed in.

For example, the monk Chijiao, for example, Chu Hairen, for example, Zhang Mang... for example, a certain little fox who had snuck into this place to find its disciple.

Especially that little fox at the end; it appeared to have done nothing, but in reality, it had invisibly disrupted several of the Butian Alliance's original plans, causing them to have to initiate the blood ritual ahead of schedule.

And just at the moment the Seal shattered, Ren Yidao also sensed the change in the situation.

"Opportunity!!!"

He did not know that Sikong Yu had already arrived outside the Heaven Gate; otherwise, he definitely would have asked his Sect Leader Senior Uncle to come and meet him.

But now, Ren Yidao had only one thought in his mind:

Run like hell!

Ren Yidao did not hesitate at all and directly used a Random Teleportation Talisman, and it was the one with the longest range.

"Bye-bye!"

But just after the moment he prepared to use it, his body was enveloped by a golden light, and then, he discovered that he could not move his entire body.

!!!

This is!?

Immobilization Technique?

It couldn't be time stop, could it...

Just as Ren Yidao was thinking, a tall figure walked up from behind, and the shadow cast made him feel as if everything went dark before his eyes.

"Why must the benefactor be so nervous? This poor monk truly has no ill intent." Having chased for so long, the monk Chijiao's voice carried some exhaustion as he said helplessly: "If I have frightened the benefactor, this poor monk offers his apologies here, but the benefactor truly does not need to be so panicked."

He was truly helpless.

This guy was like a loach; he was truly too slippery, and his speed was too fast!

If he hadn't seized the moment the Seal broke to teleport and then used the Immobilization Technique, he really wouldn't have been able to catch him.

"Can you listen to this poor monk properly now? This poor monk came this time, actually to... hmm?" Just as the monk Chijiao was speaking, he suddenly felt the message transmitted to him by the Bodhi seed in his bosom.

【Wrong.】

What?

【Not this one.】

Just as the monk Chijiao was confused, Ren Yidao, whose body was immobilized, did not panic but instead flashed a strange smile at him.

Looks like you caught me!

As if.

"What!? Wait a moment, listen to me! I am not..."

The monk Chijiao seemed to realize something, but before he could speak, Ren Yidao's speed was even faster.

He blinked at the monk Chijiao one last time, and then his whole body shattered directly in his hands.

On the other side, Ren Yidao smiled and chuckled softly:

"But unfortunately, it's a fake."

That was not his true body, but a Fox Tail Clone that he had summoned after dispelling the previous one.

His true body had separated beforehand and was quietly hiding in the shadows, having already crushed a Teleportation Talisman and successfully left Zhongzhou.

"... Sigh." The monk Chijiao let out a sigh, feeling somewhat helpless, "He let him run away just like that."

He had originally wanted to just give up, but he did not expect the Bodhi seed in his bosom to transmit a message to him.

【He, key.】

"You say, you are sure the key... is on him!?"

【He, Fozi, related.】

The monk Chijiao's eyes trembled, and his entire aura surged with a boom.

"Good! Rest assured, I will definitely find him!"

And far behind him, the Barbarian Sacrifice that had revived let out an angry roar after sensing that the aura had been lost.

"Barbarian God!!!"

"You cannot run!!!"

"We will not give up on you! Don't even think about abandoning us again!"

After roaring in anger for a while, it did not blindly rush into the Western Desert but turned its head and ran toward the east.

It was going to find its clansmen.

To let more clansmen join it.

"Let us merge into one!"

"Ugh... gross."

Ren Yidao shook his head; after experiencing a super-long-distance teleportation, even with his current physique, he felt a hint of nausea.

"What exactly is going on with that Immobilization Technique? My clone actually couldn't resist it at all..."

"It's a good thing I kept an ace up my sleeve; I dismissed the Fox Tail Clone at Heaven Gate and re-summoned it to flee in separate directions. Otherwise, I really would have fallen into his hands this time."

Although that muscular monk didn't do anything to him in the end and kept trying to convey something, Ren Yidao still felt it was better to keep the initiative in his own hands.

If there really is something urgent, even if I miss it this time, he will still find me; let's just wait until we meet again to talk about it.

"I managed to run away, but a new problem has appeared."

"Where am I? Based on my last position at the time, it's highly likely to be the Western Desert, right?"

I'm in an unfamiliar place, and I don't even have a map...

Ren Yidao stared blankly for a moment at the scene of yellow sand filling the sky before him, then bent down to grab a handful of sand from the ground, letting the quicksand slip through his fingertips.

"But this sand..."

Where the hell did I end up? Is this still in the country?. JPG

Ren Yidao flew into mid-air and looked around, finally catching sight of a small temple at the edge of his vision.

"I'll go and ask around."