Long Chen used his Amethyst Heavenly Eyes to look around the outskirts of the Long family. At first, he didn't notice anything unusual, but when the area expanded to the outskirts of Tianhuang, he saw a group of figures.
This group was very mysterious, all wearing cloaks that covered their faces, and runes were drawn on the cloaks to conceal their aura.
Although, even without concealment, Long Chen could not sense their cultivation fluctuations by observing alone, nor be able to determine their strength.
Although their cultivation aura could be concealed, their own life fluctuation could not be concealed. The space around them kept twisting, and countless active flame runes could be faintly seen flowing.
And those flame fluctuations were different from normal ones, because only those with sacred power would exhibit such spatial distortion.
It was obvious at a glance that these people were either from Brahma Pill Valley or the Fire God Temple. After all, Long Chen had dealt with them quite a few times and could easily identify their identities.
The anger appeared on Long Chen's face because his visit to the Long family was extremely confidential. Apart from notifying the Dragon Blood Legion, he hadn't told anyone else.
The Dragonblood Legion only informed Bai Letian about this, meaning that aside from Bai Letian, no one else knew Long Chen was here.
This secret would never leak from that side, meaning it was leaked by the Long family.
Because of the Qiankun Cauldron incident, the Long family would not easily leak his information and would strictly restrain the Long family members.
But now that people from Brahma Pill Valley have appeared, it means the Long family's higher-ups have notified them. Otherwise, with so many people entering Tianhuang, the Long family would not be unaware.
Long Chen observed through the Purple Crystal Heavenly Eye that these people were at the edge of the Tianhuang Wilderness, setting up formations. After watching for a while, Long Chen suddenly understood that they seemed to be trying to block the heavenly secrets. If they did, it would be difficult for Long Chen to sense the danger.
"How strange. Since they've already started setting up the formation, how can I still sense danger?" Long Chen suddenly thought of a question.
Brahma Pill Valley is no fool; they wouldn't do such a pointless task. Besides, such a large-scale formation is time-consuming and labor-intensive. If it didn't work, they wouldn't do it.
But even though he did it, he still sensed it. Where did the problem lie? Could it be the Qiankun Cauldron? Or perhaps my Dan Emperor memories?
Long Chen thought for a long time, seemingly convinced it was all possible, but couldn't be sure. After observing carefully for a while, he realized these people had just arrived and set up a formation disk before recklessly operating in a specific area.
Long Chen looked around and noticed that dozens of Dan Valley people had appeared in several places. However, using formation disks to envelop the entire Tianhuang was a massive undertaking—it was definitely impossible for the time being.
"Let me see what you're really up to."
A cold smile appeared at the corner of Long Chen's mouth. Anyway, his cultivation had greatly improved, his strength greatly increased, and with the Qiankun Cauldron backing him, he feared no one.
Long Chen didn't pay any more attention to them, but continued cultivating the Cross Godslayer technique. He noticed that, perhaps because he was affected by the power of Destiny on the arena, his dragon blood seemed to have a powerful fluctuation of Destiny power.
With the Destiny Fluctuation in the Dragon Blood Power, it was no longer as dry as before; instead, it gained a silky smoothness, making it easier to control and less likely to harm oneself.
Long Chen's heart stirred, and he began summoning the Cross Slayer God of Purple Blood and the Cross Slayer God of Seven-Colored Supreme Blood. He found that it was indeed so—both bloodlines became silky smooth, and their operation became much smoother.
"Wow, I managed to catch all the good things in time!"
Long Chen was both surprised and delighted. He used the Dragon Blood Cross to Exterminate God again, discovering that his control had improved significantly compared to before. Time passed bit by bit, and by the time he emerged again, Long Chen could already circulate thirty Dragon Blood Cross Godslayer Gods in one go.
This made Long Chen extremely excited. He was getting closer and closer to his goal of a hundred times. The stronger his control, the greater the power of the Cross Annihilation God.
Even with full force, Long Chen estimated that compared to the first time, the power was at least ten times weaker—a staggering gap.
Just as Long Chen was immersed in excitement, the jade token at his waist flashed. Once again, he emerged from seclusion and entered the arena. This time, there were several more people in the spectator seats.
Long Chen immediately spotted Long Qianxue's slightly pale face, along with several other powerful beings who possessed Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi.
Clearly, their complexions were not good. Although they pretended to be indifferent, their heavenly veins were no longer full of energy.
Long Chen could tell at a glance that this was definitely caused by the excessive consumption to awaken the Qiankun Cauldron. They hadn't appeared before, but now they did, which meant they really couldn't hold on and had to rest.
Seeing them like this, Long Chen almost burst out laughing. So this Qiankun Cauldron was really sinister—it almost drained them dry.
However, aside from these few, no one else appeared. Clearly, the ones who couldn't hold out first were the One Vein Heavenly Saints, while the dual-vein Heavenly Saints could still hold on for a while.
Since they were resting, it was a good chance to show their faces. Otherwise, after so much time, not a single executive would show up, which would seem too strange. They also feared Long Chen would become suspicious.
In the quarterfinals, the appearance of a lineage of Heavenly Saints made sense. When Long Chen showed up, Long Qianxue nodded slightly, and Long Chen nodded in response.
Actually, Long Qianxue isn't a bad person. Unfortunately, regardless of whether she's good or bad, she's always on the Long family's side. She's different from the High Priest—she knows a lot, but she's never revealed anything to Long Chen.
This shows that, in her heart, there is no right or wrong; anyone who conflicts with the Long family's interests is her enemy.
Long Qianxue nodded to Long Chen, but the other experts wore cold sneers on their faces, clearly looking down on him and not even glancing at him.
Long Chen ignored them. After the entire process, the quarterfinals resumed. However, to Long Chen's surprise, there was no intense showdown between the disciples in the quarterfinals; some even conceded on the spot.
Eight matches, and in less than an hour, the outcome was decided. Long Chen was stunned.
This time, it was the easiest for Long Chen to do at all; he didn't even need him to make a move. After the match ended, Long Chen noticed that the winning disciples were gathered together, whispering privately.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Long Chen: So that's how it is.
Long Chen suddenly realized that it seemed these people had planned this beforehand, because the opponents could be seen before the match and could identify their opponents in advance.
Whether it was a private transaction or a covert contest, the stage was just a formality.
After the quarterfinals, the semifinals will follow, and these four will face Long Tianrui, Zhao Qingtian, Ye Lingxiao, and Jiang Wuwang.
The semifinals are held in two matches, and the second match is a showdown between ancient powerhouses and modern powerhouses. Modern powerhouses also refuse to submit to ancient powerhouses, but they don't want to reveal too much strength in the earlier matches. They really want to defeat these lofty ancient powerhouses, so this is also a tactic.
However, before Long Chen even left the stage, four players had already withdrawn in the semifinals, so the finalists had already appeared. The next match would be between Gu Tianjiao and Gu Tianjiao.
"Hmph, a shameful trickJust two of them. When the time comes, I'll show you what a gap really means, and what despair means. Seeing the semifinalists appear, Zhao Qingtian sneered, his eyes full of arrogant arrogance.
This saved Long Chen quite a bit of time, allowing him to rush back to his cave residence for seclusion. Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
When Long Chen appeared on the arena again, almost all the strong figures from the four great families, except for the four clan leaders, were present. For a moment, the entire arena erupted.
They had been eagerly awaiting a showdown between ancient and modern times.