Chapter 1221: Assassination in the Ancient City
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Besides the experts from the Qi Clan of the Eastern Wasteland who had entered Sky Void Ancient City, people from the other three cities of the Central Wasteland’s Four Great Ancient Cities had also arrived.
Sikong Xiao’s eyes were demonic and unfathomable as he walked along the main road of Sky Void Ancient City. Behind him, many people followed.
“Sikong Xiao of the Sikong Clan, wasn’t he always a loner? Why has his temperament changed now, with such powerful Venerable Martial experts by his side?” someone recognized Sikong Xiao and asked in confusion.
“You wouldn’t know this, but I’m afraid it’s not just the Sikong Clan that has entered our Sky Void Ancient City this time.”
“What do you mean? Could it be because of the Wen Family Patriarch’s birthday celebration?”
That person shook his head and smiled, “You’re still thinking too simply. The Wen Family Patriarch’s birthday celebration is probably just an excuse for these people to enter the Wen Family. Have you forgotten the terrifying spatial fluctuation that came from the direction of the Wen Family not long ago?”
The other person’s expression stiffened, and he lowered his voice, “You mean… the Sky Void Ancient Formation?”
“Some say that with such a terrifying spatial fluctuation, it would be enough to teleport someone to the Nine Abyss Twelve Kingdoms.”
Apart from Sikong Xiao, Jian Wubei, carrying his ancient sword on his back, also entered Sky Void Ancient City.
Additionally, Mu Fanchen of the Illusory World Heavenly Palace and people from the Carefree Divine Sect had also arrived. Even experts from regions outside the Central Wasteland had appeared in Sky Void Ancient City.
The Four Great Ancient Cities of the Central Wasteland had an immeasurably long history. Each ancient city had a past that was sung through the ages. Sword City had once given birth to the Skyless Sword Emperor, but later the Sword Pavilion declined. The outsider Carefree Divine Sect seized the dominant position, becoming the second power, and the Sword Pavilion could no longer hold its head high. Fortunately, the Sword Pavilion’s foundation remained, and the outsider Carefree Divine Sect could not swallow it up.
As for the Carefree Divine Sect, there were also many topics of discussion. This force was once a terrifying power in the Holy City Central Continent, giving birth to the Carefree Great Emperor, and was extremely powerful. But later, it offended some terrifying existence, was nearly annihilated, and was driven out of the Holy City Central Continent. It came to the Central Wasteland of the Eight Wastelands Realm, established its sect in Sword City, and carried a somewhat mysterious aura. It had always coexisted peacefully with the major powers, except that the Sword Pavilion was oppressed to the point of being unable to breathe, after all, they were in the same city.
Sky Void Ancient City also had its own past, and the Sky Void Ancient Formation was definitely a treasure passed down from ancient times in Sky Void Ancient City. It possessed terrifying spatial power, endless and inexhaustible. As long as the coordinates were set, it could teleport people to any corner of the continent. Some time ago, a terrifying beam of spatial light shot into the sky from the long-dormant Sky Void Ancient City. The entire ancient city felt that surging spatial power, which naturally could not be hidden from other major powers.
This kind of unlimited directional teleportation ancient formation was extremely terrifying. It could teleport you anywhere you wanted, far more powerful than the fixed-position teleportation formation in the Land of Slaughter at the bottom of the Wasteland Sea. That one could only be fixed, but the Sky Void Ancient Formation was different; it could send you anywhere. However, the spatial fluctuation when it was activated was equally terrifying.
Now, many people were speculating: where did the Wen Family send their experts using the Sky Void Ancient Formation? It required such a terrifying spatial fluctuation to be triggered.
But another matter made people feel very displeased. A few days ago, news spread that Bai Qiuluo would no longer avoid Qiu Yuexin and would fight a decisive battle in Sky Void Ancient City. However, the battle never came. Some said that Bai Qiuluo had been avoiding the fight, still hiding from Qiu Yuexin, causing people to curse inwardly. Was this Ten Great Prodigy somewhat overrated?
But Bai Qiuluo didn’t seem to care at all, as if he had vanished without a trace. Some even suspected that he had deliberately spread the news and was actually no longer in Sky Void Ancient City.
On this day, a figure in a green robe stepped into Sky Void Ancient City.
“A completely different style from Sword City, but equally filled with an ancient atmosphere. Moreover, the space in this ancient city seems to be permeated with the elemental power of void, making it very suitable for cultivating Space Essence,” Lin Feng murmured to himself, silently sensing everything in Sky Void Ancient City.
Lin Feng naturally knew by now that this ancient city was currently dominated by the Wen Family, who had lived there for many years, with experts as numerous as clouds.
In the Eight Wastelands Realm, a Martial Emperor family had extremely terrifying foundations, no weaker than a Martial Emperor force, and could even be stronger. Families and forces were different; they emphasized inheritance. Some families that had been passed down for a thousand or even ten thousand years would never have produced only one Martial Emperor. What the masses knew were only the current Martial Emperors. As for those old immortals, who knew whether they were dead or alive.
Martial Emperor forces could be seen clearly, but some ancient Martial Emperor families could not have their foundations seen through.
“The Wen Family lives in Sky Void Ancient City. Why is their strongest power the Slaughter Essence? Do the people of the Wen Family master Void Essence?” Lin Feng strolled through the ancient city, pondering in his heart. Wen Tian Ge, a prodigy of the Wen Family, cultivated the Slaughter Essence and also controlled the Speed Essence, but he had never heard of him cultivating Space Essence.
Moreover, the Wen Family was one of those extremely ancient families, standing alongside the Qi Clan of the Eastern Wasteland and the Sikong Clan of the Central Wasteland. Such families were far more terrifying than so-called aristocratic clans.
“Sister Mei, what do you think that young man’s cultivation is?” At this moment, a young girl pointed at Lin Feng and whispered.
“I can’t see through him. He seems like he has no cultivation, but he clearly gives off a feeling of Unity of Heaven and Man, even stronger than that. He’s likely a high-level Heavenly Martial cultivator,” a beautiful woman beside her said. Lin Feng appeared ordinary, with no aura leaking from his body, like an ordinary person. But precisely because of this, it caught their attention. How could there be an ordinary person in Sky Void Ancient City?
“Maybe,” another young girl laughed. “How about Sister Mei goes and asks?”
“Chi…” Just as the girl’s words fell, a terrifying killing aura suddenly descended, precisely in the direction of that young man. Then, they saw the young man’s palm swing through the void. In an instant, blood blossomed in the air, and a figure fell to the ground.
“An assassin!” The joking few stiffened. What a terrifying sword strike. They hadn’t even sensed anything unusual when the young man had already struck. His palm casually swept through, yet it seemed to tear space itself. A hidden assassin died instantly.
Lin Feng’s gaze was exceptionally calm, with not even a ripple in his eyes. He continued walking forward, stepping past the corpse as if nothing had happened.
“Sister Mei, that sword strike must have the power of a Venerable Martial cultivator. A Venerable Martial cultivator so young… even the most outstanding genius in our clan is far inferior!” The young girl’s heart trembled. That sword strike had left her feeling amazed.
Lin Feng paid no attention to the gazes of those around him. He walked forward slowly, his steps light and almost soundless. Meanwhile, his invisible divine sense spread out like thousands of threads, extending into the surrounding space.
“Chi…” A dazzling sword light bloomed. It wasn’t Lin Feng’s sword, but a figure that suddenly appeared in the void, stabbing toward Lin Feng. This sword was like sunlight falling on ripples, carrying an illusory light, giving an unreal feeling, and was even impossible to see clearly.
The one who struck this sword was a young man. This certain-kill strike could easily obliterate an ordinary high-level Heavenly Martial cultivator. However, Lin Feng was, of course, not an ordinary high-level Heavenly Martial cultivator.
In fact, his divine sense had already sensed a trace of fluctuation in the void before the other party launched this certain-kill strike. Therefore, Lin Feng very naturally swung his hand, just like before. As his hand moved, a sword light bloomed, gentle and drifting like the wind, yet carrying a fierce and domineering force that could tear everything apart. A crisp cracking sound rang out, the opponent’s sword was severed, and then a blood line appeared on the figure in the void. The person’s body fell from the air.
“My guess was right, wasn’t it?” Lin Feng muttered to himself, a faint smile on his lips. He continued forward, his divine sense still spreading out, sensing the killing intent that could bloom at any moment in the void.
If Bai Qiuluo was truly one of the Seven Assassins of the Emperor-Slaying Alliance, then everything before him could be explained. If the Emperor-Slaying Alliance had already begun to set up in Sky Void Ancient City, it was indeed not a good thing for Lin Feng. Qiu Yuexin had also come to this ancient city to kill.
As Lin Feng took steps forward, he had already swung his sword seven times. Each sword strike killed one person, drawing the attention of countless onlookers. The assassins’ concealment skills were too powerful, but that young man was even more terrifying. One sword, one kill; ten steps, one kill.
“Are they people of the Assassin Emperor or the Emperor-Slaying Alliance? And who is this young man?” the crowd thought to themselves, puzzled. The seven experts Lin Feng had killed in succession were no simpletons. They could almost dominate the Heavenly Martial Realm, yet they were like weeds, killed one by one with a single sword stroke.
“Chi…” Another dazzling light bloomed. This time, it wasn’t one sword. Seven sword lights bloomed simultaneously in the void, coming from seven directions, stabbing toward Lin Feng. This time, Lin Feng had no way to escape.
“They really think highly of me,” Lin Feng murmured. The Emperor-Slaying Alliance killed anyone with the potential to become an Emperor, and now he had naturally become one of them.
“Void, Shift!” Lin Feng spat out a single word. The void rippled, and the crowd saw Lin Feng’s body disappear. The next moment, he appeared in the space above the seven people.
The crowd saw a dazzling radiance bloom, as if endless lightning covered the sky and obscured the sun. This was the sword of destruction, Desolate Explosion!
Seven sword lights, seven corpses. The seven people who had appeared so spectacularly met a spectacular death, falling from the void.
“Chi…” Just as the crowd was marveling at that sword strike, another dazzling light bloomed. This sword seemed like a stroke of divine inspiration, blooming the moment Lin Feng’s sword had just faded, aimed directly at Lin Feng’s throat. The crowd couldn’t even see the sword, only the sword shadow.
“The power of Essence, Fast and Slow Essence!”
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