It was a very ordinary rock, but when it rolled down into the forest, it stood out. Long Chen pushed the rock aside.
Beneath the rock appeared a black stone, with several small stones piled up beside it, forming an arrow with the black rock as the core.
Long Chen reached out and picked up the black stone. It came from the Underworld and carried an aura from the underworld.
This was brought back from the Underworld by Mo Nian. At the time, Long Chen even teased him, saying it was just ordinary stone, useless.
Unexpectedly, now that it was being used, when others returned from the Underworld, their memories of the Underworld faded and gradually faded.
However, because Long Chen is a Underworld God, he is extremely sensitive to the aura of the Underworld, and Mo Nian, having stolen Hong Yaoyang's shed skin, will never erase his memories of the Underworld.
So the aura of this Nether Stone wouldn't attract any attention to others, but Long Chen noticed it instantly.
However, the Nether Stone was covered by the power of life and death. Clearly, Mo Nian was deliberately concealing the stone's aura to prevent Long Chen from misunderstanding.
Only after Long Chen advanced to Tongming could he sense the aura of the Nether Stone, so he wouldn't chase after Long Chen before he broke through.
"Mo Nian really knows how to handle things. He must have discovered Ye Ming and the others' plot and secretly followed them."
Long Chen checked and found that the direction indicated by the arrow basically matched the location left in Tian Xiezi's soul memory.
But Mo Nian surely wouldn't have imagined that the mark he left was completely meaningless. Long Chen had already learned their general direction from Tian Xiezi's memories.
The thunder wings behind Long Chen trembled as he sped forward. As he sped ahead, he spotted some battle marks, unsure which faction had left them.
After racing for a whole day and night, Long Chen finally saw a group of several thousand people searching for something.
When the group saw Long Chen, their expressions changed instantly. These people were disciples of the Ancient Family Alliance. When they saw Long Chen, they were instantly dejected, because they discovered that Long Chen had also advanced to the Tongming stage.
Long Chen glanced at them but ignored them, continuing to speed off. The disciples of the Ancient Family Alliance had originally thought Long Chen would kill them all, but unexpectedly, Long Chen spared them.
"Perhaps, to him, he simply doesn't care to kill us." A powerful figure smiled bitterly. Although he had narrowly escaped death, the feeling of being ignored was even more painful.
"You're wrong. Senior Brother Long Chen has always been a man who doesn't offend me, I don't offend him. We didn't attack him first, so he wouldn't kill us.
Nor would he take out his anger on us because of Di Feng. In fact, in Senior Brother Long Chen's eyes, we weren't really enemies, so he was always showing mercy.
The Ancient Family Alliance and the Tianwu Alliance were once staunch allies, but now they have become bitter enemies, which is truly regrettable.
To be honest, even if Senior Brother Long Chen killed me, I wouldn't hate him, because our Tianwu Alliance has persecuted him many times. I ... I really feel very guilty. One person sighed.
As soon as that person spoke, everyone fell silent for a moment. Long Chen should have been the pride of their Ancient Family Alliance, and they should have been one family. Yet things had escalated to this point.
"Senior Brother Long Chen refuses to kill us, and I will never attack him in this lifetime. Everyone, I have decided not to rush to the rendezvous place, so as not to face Senior Brother Long Chen and our former allies in conflict later." One person spoke up.
"I'm not going either."
"I'm not going."
"Let's just pretend we're already dead and do what needs to be done."
For a moment, everyone agreed with that person's idea, because once they reunited with Di Feng, there was no need to think about it—there was bound to be a battle between Long Chen and Di Feng.
What will they do then? Against the disciples of the Dragonblood Legion and the Tianwu Alliance? Long Chen didn't kill them, but they targeted the people around him?
"Let's go, let's change direction..."
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud explosion came from afar, flames shooting skyward. Everyone was startled and looked into the distance.
"That's where Senior Brother Long Chen left." Someone exclaimed.
"Let's go take a look."
The group cautiously sped forward for half an hour before finally seeing a scorched earth stretch. Surrounded by mountains, there appeared a scorched earth stretching tens of thousands of miles around.
The ground was burned to ashes, and the terrifying power of flames formed a terrifying barrier here. Although the attack had ended, the remaining force still made people afraid to approach.
"It's a demonic cultivator."
One person pointed at the half halberd in the scorched earth and said, "The halberd was already scorched and about to melt, but because it was at the edge of the battlefield, an evil aura could still be sensed from the halberd. This was an evil weapon."
"It's the weapon of the evil path supreme powerhouse, the Blood Halberd Soul-Seizing Sand Lingxiao." Someone suddenly cried out, actually recognizing the weapon.
"Blood Halberd Soul-Seizing Sand Lingxiao?" Isn't that one of the four great generals under Tian Xiezi? The one who fought alongside him for years, sealing and awakening together? "Someone cried out in disbelief.
"It really is him. I've seen him fight before. The aura on this halberd is definitely accurate." Someone said.
For a moment, everyone was shocked. Having advanced to the fourth stage of Tongming, one of Tian Xiezi's four great generals, he was actually wiped out by Long Chen with a wave of his hand.
Moreover, deep within the battlefield, there were still many broken weapons. According to previous arrangements, it seemed that every evil sect's team consisted of ten thousand people per unit.
In other words, Long Chen wiped out a squad of ten thousand evil cultivators with a single strike, and even the leader was powerless to withstand the blow and was instantly killed.
For a moment, everyone was filled with shock. They had originally thought Long Chen didn't kill them partly because he disdained killing them, and partly because he didn't want to waste time.
Now, with Long Chen sweeping his hand, he had wiped out so many evil cultivators. It was no exaggeration to say that turning his hand over was truly effortless.
"Let's go. Senior Brother Long Chen has left us a way out. If we go after him, we're really asking for trouble."
A leading expert shook his head and left with everyone looking shocked, completely abandoning the idea of making enemies of Long Chen.
Even if they left the Ancient Family Alliance, they would not make enemies of Long Chen. If they still don't know gratitude at this moment, then they truly are no longer human.
Long Chen sped all the way, encountering two groups of evil cultivators along the way, all of whom were wiped out by his wave.
Long Chen realized that Huo Ling'er was now terrifying, because she had gradually gained control over her own power. Her attacks were no longer as scattered as before. Once her power was concentrated, the destructive power even made Long Chen's heart race.
The Heavenly Fire Glaze not only fully awakened Huo Ling'er's intelligence, but also controlled a trace of a power that should never exist in this world. Long Chen suspected it was a trace of Heavenly Fire power.
Heavenly Fire is an existence that surpasses Earth Fire, also known as Divine Fire or Immortal Fire. It was originally not meant to exist in this world, and it can be said that Heavenly Fire Glaze is truly priceless.
"Whoosh
."
Long Chen produced a pill the size of a baby's fist, radiating thunderous power. He tossed it into his mouth—a freshly produced top-grade Underworld Gate Pill, a giant pill at that, and a Tribulation Pill at that.
When Long Chen swallowed this pill, the Mingmen Star above his dantian suddenly trembled. The overwhelming power on the giant core seemed to awaken it from its slumber. Endless energy poured into Mingmen Star, and the other five stars began to light up and operate automatically.
Long Chen knew this was a five-star food grab. Ever since the Shen Guan Star was condensed, this phenomenon had appeared. For Mingmen Star to keep growing, he needed to mobilize the other five stars together.
This method of cultivation is extremely difficult to understand and extremely strange, but it seems that only by doing so can all the star powers be balanced and eventually resonate with each other.
The earliest condensed Fengfu Star was originally the weakest, but now its power was the same as other stars, maintaining a mysterious connection.
"Beautiful! As long as there is a continuous supply of giant pills, when the Nether Gate Star opens, it will be invincible in the world." Long Chen clenched his fists, his heart filled with excitement.
However, refining a giant pill is not that simple. Each time can only produce one, and even with the cooperation of Huo Ling'er and the Rongyue Star Refining Furnace, it takes one incense stick to burn and only one pill can be made.
However, the energy of a single top-grade giant pill is greater than that of hundreds of ordinary top-grade spirit pills, so naturally the efficiency of refining giant pills is much higher.
"Six-star battle body, I'm counting on you. Without you, I would definitely be cut down by the Great Emperor." Long Chen prayed in his heart. The Six-Star Battle Body was his greatest reliance; otherwise, he would surely die in the next heavenly tribulation.
"Long Chen"
Just as Long Chen's mind was immersed in the Underworld Gate Star within his body, someone suddenly called out. Long Chen looked closely and, without realizing when, had already arrived in a desert. On the desert, a group of people were gathered around a massive monster.
The monster was a giant desert scorpion, jet black all over, exuding an astonishing aura—it was actually a thirteenth-rank ferocious beast.
"Shen Chengfeng."
Long Chen hadn't expected to run into the soldiers of the Eighth Heavenly Dragon Legion here. The person who called him was Shen Chengfeng. The soldiers of the Eighth Heavenly Dragon Legion were all thrilled to see Long Chen.
"Long Chen, why are you here? Shouldn't you go deeper? Huh, you're coming from that direction. Could it be that you just came after the Life-and-Death Spirit Spring baptism? Shen Chengfeng looked at Long Chen, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
Seeing Shen Chengfeng's puzzled expression, Long Chen immediately understood. Shen Chengfeng and the others didn't know about Long Chen and the others being schemed against. This should be a secret of the Divine Clan, and Shen Chengfeng wasn't qualified to know yet.
Or maybe he was afraid that if Shen Chengfeng found out, he'd find a way to notify Long Chen and deliberately conceal the news.
"Yes, I lost some time because I had to wait for everyone to gather. Hehe, you all got quite a good haul." Long Chen pointed at the giant scorpion and smiled.
"Damn, are you in the mood to laugh?" Hurry ahead. After flying about another day, you'll reach the Wanlong Nest. Go there—that's where the treasure will appear. "Shen Chengfeng shouted somewhat flusteredly.
"Ten Thousand Dragon Nest?" This time, it was Long Chen's turn to be shocked.