"The culprit has been caught by the soldiers. Now, the truth will be revealed." A day later, a commotion was heard from the number one human city.
Many people flew towards the central plaza. There, a man with disheveled hair appeared and was thrown to the ground. His body was drenched in blood. He had failed to assassinate a cultivator and was captured by a few soldiers. They tied him up and brought him here for a public trial.
However, the people were disappointed. This was a half-saint. How could he kill a true saint with profound cultivation? After observing his sea of consciousness, they discovered that he was not the murderer of the saint.
This matter made people even more worried. Everyone was on guard against each other. If all the heroes imitated the assassination path, there would be great chaos!
"This is the number one human city. How could there be an assassination? Even the city lord couldn't find the culprit. Wouldn't there be a loophole? Someone might even attack us at night." Longma pondered.
The city was huge and majestic. The buildings on both sides of the streets were scattered. The heroes didn't trust each other and didn't dare to get too close.
Starlight sprinkled down like curling smoke. In the dead of night, a miserable shriek rang out. It was so abrupt that it made people tremble.
A group of soldiers rushed over like a torrent, but unfortunately, they did not find anything. They only saw a corpse with blood gushing out of it.
The city was in chaos. Many people looked over coldly. There were also some who rushed over to the scene.
"What a pity. This was just a child. He had already severed his dao many years ago and reached the half-saint realm at the age of thirty. He was a proud son of heaven, but he was killed just like that."
A man sighed. Although he looked young, he was in fact over 180 years old. He had the qualifications to call a thirty-year-old expert a child.
"This was definitely a hero of a generation. If he didn't die, even if he couldn't step onto the emperor's path, he would still become a king among saints."
A thirty-year-old half-saint was indeed shocking. Some saints sighed. Such a powerful momentum was rarely seen since ancient times. It was truly an anomaly.
People realized that the assassin was unfathomable. Moreover, the targets he had chosen were all people who might achieve great things on the emperor's path in the future.
The first was a powerful saint. The second was a rising star with boundless potential. Who would the third be? Everyone felt that he most likely wouldn't stop.
"What is this? Hiding your head and showing your tail? Do you think you are worthy of walking the path of the strongest trial? He doesn't dare to fight openly and only knows how to kill in the dark. He has a filthy nature and is nothing more than a scoundrel! "Someone said indignantly.
"Perhaps this person was originally an assassin, needing this type of bloody killing to prove his dao." Another person speculated.
The guide gave the order for the entire city to hunt down the culprit. Both of them were seed-ranked powerhouses.
"I haven't even entered the training field and I've already encountered such a thing." Longma muttered to himself.
The starry river descended, and the ancient city was hazy. It was tranquil and peaceful, without a trace of killing intent.
In the latter half of the night, Ye Fan suddenly opened his eyes. He transformed into a golden bolt of lightning and smashed through the window, pouncing into a void in the courtyard.
He shattered the vacuum with a single punch. Blazing golden lightning interweaved. He was like an ancient ferocious beast coming out of its cage, but also like a god of war coming back to life.
Xiu!
An indistinct black figure was blasted flying backwards. Blood splashed out, and then this figure quickly merged into the void.
Ye Fan released a cold snort. His body also disappeared. The Celestial Court's secret techniques were fully displayed. He was like a shadow following the body, and together with the Row Word Art, the great murderous technique was unrivaled under the heavens.
This was a saint. His methods were exceptional and extremely powerful. Even Ye Fan shivered inwardly. This was definitely a rarely seen and terrifying figure.
Chi!
He displayed the Battle Saint Technique. A furnace appeared and suppressed downwards. Phoenix cries shook the nine heavens, and fiery light illuminated the ancient city. The Eternal Universe Furnace suppressed downwards.
This person scattered out an expanse of blood and retreated in retreat. He was like a ghost, extremely fast, faster than lightning.
In this world, perhaps only Ye Fan's Row Word Art could catch up to him. He tried to break out several times, but Ye Fan cut off his path ahead and stopped him here.
Hong!
Longma's sneak attack was known as the Immortal Treading Shadowless Feet. He struck out a hundred and eight times, and every single hoof crushed heaven and earth.
Peng!
This person suffered from a hoof and was sent flying several dozen zhang away. He borrowed the force to enter the void, wanting to use a secret technique to disappear.
Ye Fan was an expert. The Six Dao Reincarnation Fist smashed out, shattering the heaven and earth. An aura like that of a primordial beast covered the sky and earth, blasting this person down.
This kind of battle naturally alarmed the heroes in the city. Cold gazes appeared in the nearby courtyards as they looked over. There were also people who rushed over to help.
"Kill!"
Uniform shouts of killing rang out. It was as if a river of stars had landed on the great earth, stirring up boundless waves that were deafening.
The soldiers guarding the giant city arrived. There were more than twenty of them, and they surrounded this place. They swept through the buildings and charged in.
Under the cold moonlight, Ye Fan stood alone. He held a piece of human skin in his hand and looked at it seriously.
Longma ran back from the distance. He didn't discover any assassin's accomplices, and there was nothing suspicious either. He cursed continuously.
"What happened?" A soldier asked in a low voice.
Under the starry skies, a large number of experts arrived. Most of them were people who had walked on the ancient path of the most powerful trials. They surrounded this place.
"Someone tried to assassinate me, but they failed." Ye Fan replied.
The scene was deathly silent. This was like a layer of haze that floated in the city, making everyone feel stifled. Meanwhile, Ye Fan was unharmed and had repelled the assassin. Many people revealed looks of surprise. He was treated as a target, and this definitely proved his value. The assassin saw him as a threat.
Ye Fan used the Six Dao Reincarnation Fist in the end, shattering everything. Even that figure became dim, only leaving behind a piece of human skin.
This was a relatively intact piece of human skin. It was like a snake's slough, as if it had been shed by someone. Apart from the face, the other parts were completely intact.
"This is the assassin's skin?" Everyone revealed strange expressions.
"Could it be that he was killed by you?"
Dawn arrived. This matter triggered a huge wave. Many soldiers were here to reconstruct the battle scene, but they didn't have any great harvests.
In the following two days, there were no assassinations in the city. Everything was peaceful. Some people guessed that the assassin had been killed by Ye Fan, while others shook their heads.
The soldiers took away the human skin and sent it to the envoy's manor. There was no structure to it all this time.
"This person definitely didn't die. I don't know what kind of secret method he has." Ye Fan knew clearly that striking down a piece of human skin didn't mean that he had truly killed the assassin.
"It seems like he won't appear in a short period of time." Longma said.
Ye Fan pondered and said, "If he purely came to assassinate me, then that's fine. However, if he wanted to use this to stand out and attract the attention of others, creating competitors for me from all directions and becoming a clear target, then there's the smell of a conspiracy."
The following days were extremely peaceful. There were no more bloodshed. Everyone was waiting for the trial field to open, but the envoy still didn't show any signs.
After recuperating for many days, many people stopped cultivating in seclusion. They walked the streets and entered teahouses, restaurants, and other places to wait for an opportunity.
When Ye Fan went out, he met a frail youth who had kindly warned him the first time he met the Thirteen Steeds of Heaven Wasteland. He said that the experts on this path wouldn't retreat for others.
Although he had arrived at the number one city of the human race, Ye Fan still didn't understand many things. He was the only one who traveled alone, and there were other companions from other star fields.
"Why did so many of them come?"
Ye Fan humbly asked for guidance. He found that some star fields had too many people. There were easily dozens of them, and they all came from the same ancient land.
"The number of people is completely decided by the protectors of the ancient roads of each star field. There are no special restrictions, unless there's a hidden danger."
The ancient road of the strongest trial was a graveyard. Those who died were all heroes. Even those with the qualifications of Emperors could fall along the way. It was too dangerous, and not many could return alive.
In consideration of the long-term prosperity of their star fields, some ancient lands naturally wouldn't send out too many people. Usually, they would only send a dozen or so.
"A dozen or so …" Ye Fan was startled. According to what he knew, the Extraordinary Warrior Manor would normally send out three people. Only this era was special and there were no restrictions. That was because the road to immortality was about to open and it was hard to predict whether it would be good or bad.
"There are also some ancient lands that have terrifying old enemies and have no choice but to send out two or three for fear of retaliation."
Ye Fan was startled as he heard this. It seemed that there were many things to pay attention to on this ancient road, but the old master of the Extraordinary Warrior Manor hadn't explained them in detail.
Big Dipper might have a great enemy and there would most likely be terrifying competitors on the road ahead. Was the enmity of tens of thousands of years still continuing?
"You … come from Big Dipper!?" The youth's eyes widened in shock. He then warned him in a low voice that it was best not to mention this to others.
"Why?"
"I've heard that it is a star that buries emperors. Outstanding talents rise together and the children of deities lie dormant. For tens of thousands of years, it has become the public enemy of many star fields."
Ye Fan was deeply surprised. The road ahead might be filled with enemies! The people he had met today were only a small portion. A large number of people had already set out on their way.
There were many small ancient roads in the starry sky. Some were smooth sailing, while others had been interfered with by ancient emperors. They were full of trials and tribulations. But in the powerful ancient star fields, the roads were all difficult to walk.
"It is said that there are human ancient roads, divine ancient roads, and so on. In the end, different roads lead to the same destination and converge into a main trunk." The thin youth named Rui Wei explained some of the secrets he knew.
Not everyone who stepped on this ancient road wanted to prove their dao. Everyone had their own goals because in the end, only one person would have the opportunity to become an emperor.
Some people were very rational and didn't want to rush to the end because the experts of the entire cosmos would fight for it. How bitter would that be? It was unknown how many people would die!
Rui Wei said, "As for me, it's fine as long as I can become a saint. My most important goal is to find an ancient life star for my clansmen because our heavenly domain is about to dry up."
Ye Fan was speechless. Rui Wei's birthplace was a primal chaos pure land, just like the Killer God Dynasty's heavenly domain or Vicious' primal chaos celestial land.
This was their ancestral land discovered by an ancient Great Sage. At first, the clan was incomparably prosperous because they had many ancient medicines and divine treasures. But now, it was no longer suitable for living.
"Many people didn't come from a life star but from a small world established by an ancient peerless expert. Some are still flourishing, while others have declined to the point of no return."
Rui Wei sighed. Their divine spirit world was about to wither and their resources were limited. At this moment, he didn't even have a single divine source on him because he had left it to the children of the clan who needed it more. After entering the city, he had been sleeping on the streets.
"Those who are truly qualified to fight for the emperor's road all come from the powerful and glorious ancient stars. For example, the Desolate Sky Thirteen Steeds came from a powerful ancient star field," Rui Wei said.
Ye Fan sighed inwardly and gave Rui Wei a jade cauldron. There were hundreds of ancient medicines and a pile of divine sources inside.
"Let's go take a look at the inn in front. There are many people going in and out. There should be some news."
The two of them had just entered the huge watchtower floating in the sky when they heard a piece of news. Everyone would enter the trial grounds tomorrow. This was definitely a major event.
Inside the watchtower, an embroidered young master sat alone at a table. He gently fanned himself and no one dared to approach him. It was said that he came from a powerful ancient star field and was a genius who had already become a saint.
On the other side, there was a monk with a golden band and messy hair. There was a birthmark like a knife scar on his face. Although he was a buddhist disciple, he didn't look very kind.
Ye Fan was startled. Apart from the Big Dipper's Western Desert, there were also powerful buddhist sects in other star fields? Soon, he heard the discussion of others. This monk came from an ancient star field called Amita.
There were a total of eight or nine tables in the palace. They were very special and no one dared to approach them. They were the most powerful among the 437 trial takers!
Apart from them, there were naturally many other people who had formed alliances with like-minded people.
"Who is the assassin? I believe many people should have realized it already. Isn't it that person named Ye Fan? What did he say about repelling the assassin? It's clearly an act, it's him!" Someone said with a shrill voice.
Ye Fan looked over and saw not only the person who had spoken, but also the middle-aged nun who had almost fought with him.
"We're going to enter the trial grounds tomorrow. He'll be in for a treat. Hmph, hmph, hmph …" Those people were all unkind.
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