The path lord of carnal desires vanished into outer space, but Jian Chen was unable to calm down even after a very long time. His heart was heavy, and even his face had sunk.
He never thought that the path lord of carnal desires would actually follow him to Mercenary City in secret. If it weren't for Xiao Ling, he probably wouldn't have discovered that the path lord of carnal desires had been watching him from the shadows.
"Looks like the Holy Emperor still hasn't given up on the Winged Tiger," Rui Ijin said with a deep voice. When he saw Jianchen's stern expression, he immediately understood what Jianchen was worried about. As a result, he comforted him, "Brother Jianchen, don't worry. As long as Black Fish and I are here, the Holy Emperor won't be able to harm you."
"Brother Jianchen, if the Holy Emperor dares to move against you, Ruijin and I will stop him for you. Don't worry," Black Fish comforted him as well.
Jianchen's heart warmed when he heard that. He said some polite words of gratitude.
Afterwards, Ruijin and Black Fish looked at the huge barrier in the sky. Their faces were filled with sternness and surprise. They had seen everything that had just happened. They struggled to believe that the barrier around Mercenary City was so powerful that it could scare away the Holy Emperor in a single strike.
After repelling the path lord, Xiao Ling looked at Ruijin and Black Fish again. After a moment of thought, she said, "The two of you are magical beasts. Originally, master said that no magical beasts above Class 7 were allowed to enter, but since you're big brother's friends, Xiao Ling won't chase you away. However, you're not allowed to cause trouble here."
Although Xiao Ling was invisible to Ruijin and Black Fish, her words were clearly heard by Ruijin and Black Fish. Their faces immediately changed, and they looked around in an attempt to find the speaker. However, they found nothing even after searching for quite some time.
"Who is it? Who's speaking!?" Black Fish growled. His face was rather ugly. Even with his strength, he was unable to find the speaker. That person's strength was just too terrifying.
Rui Jin's face was stern as well. He was filled with vigilance towards this person who was hiding somewhere.
Jianchen hurriedly explained when he saw how nervous Ruijin and Black Fish were. The barrier spirit of Mercenary City was no longer a secret to a few hermit clans. Basically, all the clans on the Tian Yuan Continent with some age knew about it. Only Ruijin and Black Fish, who had just emerged from the artifact space, did not know about the Tian Yuan Continent. Jianchen telling the two of them about Xiao Ling's existence did not affect them at all.
Although Ruijin could obtain some information from the memories passed down through the generations of Divine Gold Dragons, Mercenary City had yet to be constructed when Ruijin's ancestor had been sucked into the artifact space. The barrier spirit had yet to form, so he knew nothing about it.
When Ruijin and Black Fish learned about the barrier spirit of Mercenary City, they were astounded. They sighed, "I never thought that the barrier spirit would have such a long lifespan. No wonder she could repel the path lord of carnal desires so easily."
Jianchen did not reveal the fact that Xiao Ling was a spirit of the earth. He did not want too many people to know about this.
At this moment, over a dozen tremendous presences appeared from the center of Mercenary City. The grand elder of Mercenary City, Tian Jian, led a group of experts over from afar.
Xiao Ling had used the power of the barrier to repel the path lord of carnal desires. The disturbance was so great that it had shaken up the entire city, which was why all the upper echelon of Mercenary City had been drawn over.
"Jianchen, you've actually come." Tian Jian discovered Jianchen from afar and immediately smiled faintly. At the same time, he quickly glanced past Ruijin and Black Fish who stood beside Jianchen. A strange light flashed through his eyes.
Tian Jian knew that Jianchen had an extraordinary relationship with the barrier spirit. He asked Jianchen, "Brother Jianchen, may I ask what happened earlier? Why did the barrier suddenly erupt?"
"It's the path lord of carnal desires …" Jianchen explained what had happened earlier. Tian Jian's face immediately sank when he heard that, "I never thought that the path lord of carnal desires would be bold enough to come to my Mercenary City. Looks like he hasn't suffered enough last time. However, my Mercenary City has a protective barrier, so he won't be able to enter no matter what."
After exchanging some pleasantries with Tian Jian, Jianchen was taken to a space created by a technique. It was the space where the floating divine hall was located. Ruijin and Black Fish were left behind in Mercenary City by Tian Jian. They did not follow him in.
Jianchen felt completely different from before when he entered the somewhat familiar space again. As his strength increased, Jianchen could sense just how wondrous the space created with the help of a technique was.
Jianchen hovered in the air as he stared at the divine hall he had seen many times before. In the past, he had no idea just how powerful the divine hall was, but now, he could tell with a single glance that it was also a divine hall created by a Holy Emperor. At the same time, he could vaguely sense a great pressure from the divine hall. It felt like a mountain, suffocating him.
Seeing how Jianchen was staring at the divine hall, Tian Jian explained with a smile, "This divine hall is one of the most precious items in our Mercenary City. It was personally created by the city lord using his supreme abilities. Its defense is extremely great, where even a Holy Emperor cannot damage it at all."
"In the past, our Mercenary City had some conflicts with the ten protector clans. The ten protector clans sent all their experts, including over twenty Holy Emperor experts. Only the grand elder of our Mercenary City, who had reached the level of a Holy Emperor, took action. He used this divine hall to suppress the ten protector clans and heavily injure over a dozen of their Holy Emperor experts."
"This divine hall is different from the other divine halls. Other divine halls created by Saint Emperors have no other uses other than toughness. However, this divine hall was personally created by the city lord. Other than its great defense, it also possesses great offensive power, enough to deal with Saint Emperors," Jian Chen said with a sigh. Tian Jian's face darkened when he reached there. He gently sighed, "Although this divine hall is very powerful, the requirements to control it are extremely high as well. It requires the strength of a Holy Emperor, but our Mercenary City no longer has a Holy Emperor expert. Otherwise, just controlling this divine hall would be enough to stop the invasion of the Beast God Continent. Now, this divine hall has been abandoned for several thousand years. Although I've tried to control it during that time, I've failed in the end. The only time I succeeded was to fuse my soul with it, but it separated very quickly. "
Jianchen felt pity when he heard that. Guarding such a powerful divine hall without being able to use it was basically a form of torture.
Tian Jian exhaled deeply and dismissed his feelings, "Ming Dong and your friend called Tie Ta are both cultivating in the divine hall. Jianchen, come in with me."
Jianchen directly entered the divine hall with Tian Jian. They passed through many halls before arriving in a large hall in the end.
As soon as they entered the hall, Jianchen saw Ming Dong and Tie Ta cultivating on the ground. He struggled to remain calm and became rather excited.
After so many years, both Ming Dong and Tie Ta's strength had increased by a lot. From their presences, Jianchen could tell that Ming Dong had reached the peak of Heaven Saint Master with a single glance while Tie Ta was even stronger. He had reached the Third Heavenly Layer of Saint Ruler.
However, Jianchen felt puzzled when he saw Tie Ta's burly body, golden skin, and the imprint of a huge axe that had suddenly appeared on his forehead. Tie Ta had changed just too much in the past few years, to the point where he had almost failed to recognize him.
"Ming Dong's talent is extremely good. He's been cultivating extremely hard in the past few years, which is why he's reached the peak of Heaven Saint Master at such a young age. However, the barrier from Heaven Saint Master to Saint Ruler isn't so easy to overcome. He's already been stuck at this level of cultivation for several years without breaking through. " Although Tian Jian's voice was calm, it was filled with joy. Although Ming Dong had yet to reach Saint Ruler, his current accomplishments could already be described as unprecedented.
Tian Jian then looked at Tie Ta and his expression immediately became mixed. He said, "However, Jianchen, your friend's identity is not so simple. If I hadn't sent him to Mercenary City in time, your friend probably would have been captured by the protector clan."
Jianchen's expression changed slightly when he heard that. He could not help but think about Tie Ta's golden blood, "Senior Tian Jian, may I ask who Tie Ta is and what's going on between him and the protector clan?"
Tian Jian stared at Tie Ta deeply and slowly said, "He's the war god of the Hundred Races, an existence on the same level as Ruijin, who surpassed the Holy Emperor in ancient times."
"What? Tie Ta, h- h- he's actually …" Jianchen felt like he had been struck by a bolt from the blue. He was immediately stunned. At that moment, deep shock and disbelief filled Jianchen's entire soul.
Jianchen found it hard to believe that the country boy who had studied with him in Kargath Academy in the Kingdom of Gesun actually had such a terrifying identity. He was actually the war god of the Hundred Races.
Tian Jian sighed at the sky and said, "It does sound like an extremely absurd matter. It's very difficult to believe, but that's the truth. Tie Ta really is the war god of the Hundred Races."
After the Hundred Races were chased out of the Beast God Continent by the Winged Tiger, they once invaded our Tian Yuan Continent under the lead of Ruijin, forcing us to retreat time and time again. Many seniors of the protector clans died at the hands of the war god, A Ruijin. If it weren't for the fact that the greatest human expert had appeared out of nowhere and repelled the Hundred Races' experts all by himself, the Tian Yuan Continent probably wouldn't have belonged to us humans long ago. As a result, the protector clans are extremely jealous of the war god of the Hundred Races. If they learn that Tie Ta is the war god of the Hundred Races, Tie Ta definitely won't be able to escape death. On one hand, he would be avenging the seniors who died at the hands of Ruijin, and on the other, he would be able to eliminate a supreme expert of the Hundred Races and prevent any future problems. Now that our Tian Yuan Continent no longer has an expert like Mo Tianyun, if the war god of the Hundred Races matures and continues to lead the Hundred Races to invade our Tian Yuan Continent, what power will our Tian Yuan Continent have left to stop him? "
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