"Jiang Yue'e?"
Long Chen was startled when he heard the name—he actually ran into Jiang Yue'e here.
The divine light ahead was dazzling, temporarily suppressing even his divine sense. But soon, the light before him gradually softened, and Long Chen saw an endless desert.
At the heart of the desert, a massive stone stele stood tall in the midst of the desert. Endless runes swirled atop it, and its sacred radiance shone like the rising sun, illuminating the entire world.
It was its light that nearly blinded Long Chen in an instant, but this kind of blindness was extremely brief and quickly recovered.
When Long Chen saw the runes on the stone tablet, his heart raced wildly—Jiuli Immortal Script.
Long Chen was highly knowledgeable and had read countless ancient texts. He was familiar with almost all three generations of Jiuli Immortal Scripts, but he knew very few of the second-generation Jiuli Immortal Scripts. As for the first generation, he could count on two fingers.
However, the runes on this stele carried the aura of the Jiuli Immortal Script, but each stroke had a completely different charm. It was like a heavenly book, containing world-shaking secrets. Long Chen didn't recognize a single one.
The stele was covered in runes, trembling continuously as its body kept rising. As it ascended, runes appeared one by one, and no one knew how much of this divine stele was still buried underground.
Looking around, it was already a sea of people, with strong warriors from all races. The number of experts here was thousands or even hundreds of times greater than over in the Canghuang Battle Armor.
At the very core of the divine stele, there were four camps. Long Chen glanced at the costumes and, wow, it was the four great divine clans—Long, Ye, Zhao, and Jiang.
Each of the four great divine clans has over ten million powerful warriors, forming a grand lineup and overwhelming momentum. Each person radiates a powerful divine aura, while also carrying the weight of time. Clearly, most of the four great divine clans' experts are also prodigies sealed in ancient times.
The four great divine clans divided into four directions, clearly surrounding the divine stele. At this moment, the two stood before it.
One of them wore flowing robes, exuding unparalleled elegance, her beautiful face full of cold arrogance. This was none other than Jiang Yue'e, the female war goddess of the Jiang family.
At this moment, nine Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi flowed behind her, but Long Chen was surprised to find that among the nine veins, four were not transparent but pale blue.
"Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi fused with fortune?"
Long Chen was startled; he hadn't expected to see the fortune dragon vein mentioned by the Qiankun Cauldron. At this moment, Jiang Yue'e's aura was vast and boundless, almost endless, with terrifying divine power fluctuations that made one's soul tremble, making one dare not look directly.
At this moment, just Jiang Yue'e's aura alone was more than ten times stronger than that of an ordinary Nine Meridian Heavenly Saint. Long Chen finally believed Lu Qingshuang's words and confirmed that the Yue Changfeng she mentioned was also someone who had fused with the fate of an entire clan.
Opposite Jiang Yue'e stood a burly man over ten feet tall, his muscles bulging, his blood energy seeming to burst heaven and earth.
The man was disheveled and unkempt, looking like a wild man. He had a broad face and a large mouth, extremely ugly, and his eyes were like copper bells, with eerie red flames flickering in his pupils.
This person looked like a humanoid beast, yet also like a humanoid demon; just looking at his appearance was enough to make people feel a chilling fear in their hearts.
Nine meridians flowed behind him, and five of the heavenly veins and dragon veins seemed stained red with fresh blood. These five dragon veins, like his true self, appeared fierce and bloodthirsty, intent on devouring all things in heaven and earth.
When he saw this savage-like fellow, a name immediately popped into Long Chen's mind—Long Zaiye, known as the number one monster of the Long family, an invincible existence.
"Rumble rumble...
Their auras swirled as they clashed wildly in front of the divine stele. The ground beneath their feet cracked, clearly indicating they had already fought before.
However, this contest was merely a probing contest, not a full-scale outburst. Jiang Yue'e's beautiful eyes shone like stars as she stared intently at Long Zaiye, her aura continuously rising.
Jiang Yue'e had transformed four fortune dragon veins, while Long Zaiye had already completed five. In terms of cultivation, Jiang Yue'e was at a significant disadvantage.
Yet, even though she suffered a setback in realm, Jiang Yue'e's fighting spirit remained undiminished. Her cold gaze showed no sign of retreat.
There were countless powerful warriors on the perimeter, but at this moment, all was silent. They knew this was a duel between powerful fighters, so nervous they could barely breathe.
"Jiang Yue'e, right now, you're no match for me. I can't be bothered to argue with you. If you don't know when to turn, don't blame me for disregarding the friendship of the Four Great Divine Clans and ruthlessly crushing the flowers." Watching Jiang Yue'e's rising fighting spirit, Long Zaiye said coldly.
"You claim to be the top young leader among the Four Great Divine Clans and once provoked me. Even if my cultivation is lower than yours, today we must settle the score." Jiang Yue'e said coldly.
When Long Zaiye first emerged from seclusion, he was extremely arrogant, belittling the other three clans' strong figures as worthless, and even boasted that he wanted to take Jiang Yue'e as a maid.
Such humiliation made Jiang Yue'e furious. Although the Long family had sent people to apologize, saying Long Zaiye's words were unintentional and hoping not to harm the harmony between the two families,
But this kind of apology was completely insincere. The Jiang family accepted it for their own benefit, but how could Jiang Yue'e accept it?
After entering the Heavenly Vein Profound Realm, she frantically increased her strength, but unexpectedly, she was still left far behind by Long Zaiye.
However, even with her realm suppressed, her fighting spirit still surged. In battles between strong fighters, it's not always about who has the highest realm; there are many variables involved.
Seeing this, the Jiang family's experts grew very anxious. If the two were evenly matched, they would have some confidence in Jiang Yue'e.
However, the difference between the two was only one Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi, which made the gap even greater. Long Zaiye was the strongest expert among the Long family's younger generation, having made a great name for himself during the Chaos Era. The gap in a single Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi meant Jiang Yue'e had no hope at all.
"Sister Yue'e, what you're doing isn't right. Long Zaiye is the top young member of the Long family. Giving him a single Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi is like humiliating the entire Long family." Among the Jiang family's strong figures, Feng Fei stepped forward and said.
As soon as Feng Fei spoke, the Jiang family's disciples secretly marveled. Feng Fei truly deserved to be Jiang Yue'e's number one strategist.
With just one sentence, Long Zaiye was bound. Five veins against four veins—winning would be embarrassing, losing would be even more humiliating. For Jiang Yue'e, such a challenge was also detrimental to the unity of the four great divine clans.
In this way, Jiang Yue'e would not insist on challenging for the sake of her family, and Long Zaiye would have a way out, reducing the battle to invisibility.
"You're wrong. That person didn't show up, and he's not even considered the top expert among the younger generation of the Long family." At that moment, a cold voice came from the Long family's camp.
It was a woman's voice. Hearing her voice, Long Chen felt his scalp tingle and nearly turned to leave.
"Shut up! The Long Chen you mentioned is nothing but a useless loser, a coward. He still doesn't dare show up." Long Zaiye roared angrily.
Among the Long family's powerful figures, a graceful and elegant woman with a noble bearing stepped forward. A smile that could captivate all present appeared at the corner of her mouth:
"He has already arrived."