War God Long Ao

A key?

Long Bu's heart trembled, but his face remained calm as he said, "Senior, what key?"

"Hmph!"

Without another word, a powerful Heaven and Earth's Momentum suddenly erupted from Shi Potian, pressing down fiercely. If not for Shi Potian's precise control, this pressure alone would have been enough to crush Long Bu.

"Shi Potian."

"Get lost."

With a wave of his hand, Shi Potian didn't even need to make a real move. Long Potian's body was sent flying and slammed into the ground, causing him to grimace in pain.

"Shi—"

Before Long Ao could speak, Shi Potian said in a deep voice, "Long Ao, I'll give you some face out of respect for your talent. But Long Bu doesn't know what's good for him. I'll ask you one last time: hand over the key."

Long Ao was very curious. He didn't know what kind of key Long Bu had or why he wouldn't hand it over. 'Is a key really more important than life itself?'

Seeing his son get struck, Long Bu's expression turned extremely grim, but he still denied it. "I really don't know what key you're talking about."

"You're courting death."

"Wait, I know about the key."

"Potian."

Struggling to his feet, Long Potian suddenly smiled and said, "Dad, is a single key really more important than our lives?"

"If you hand over the key, our Long Family will never have a chance to rise again," Long Bu said, his face filled with despair. He knew better than anyone what that key represented.

But Long Potian paid him no mind. He took a small, black key from around his neck and asked, "Is this the key you're talking about?"

"Hahaha, that's right, that's the one. You know what's good for you. If you had handed over the key earlier, I wouldn't have needed to annihilate your Red Dragon City."

The key landed in Shi Potian's hand. He suddenly burst out laughing. Ignoring Long Bu and Long Potian, he looked at Long Ao and said abruptly, "Long Ao, with your talent, you'll be back sooner or later. When that time comes, I hope you won't disappoint me. Hahahaha, I look forward to that day's arrival."

Watching Shi Potian leave with a loud laugh, Long Ao and Long Potian let out a long sigh of relief.

"Brother Long, thank you for everything."

"You and I are brothers." Just those five words. Long Ao said nothing more. This was friendship, this was brotherhood. Everything was understood without another word.

Nodding, Long Potian didn't say much either. Watching his father approach, he asked directly, "Dad, you never told me. What exactly does this key do? Why did it attract such a powerful Martial Artist?"

"The key?" Long Bu gave a miserable, hopeless laugh. "That key was a gift to our Long Family from a senior. He said that when the time was right, our Long Family could rise up, even advance to become a Third Level Long Family. But now..."

Long Potian seemed to want to ask something else, but Long Bu had already turned and left. The Red Dragon City of today was in ruins, and even the Long Family was nearly wiped out. Making a comeback would be anything but easy.

Long Bu had lost all hope.

Long Ao and Long Potian looked at each other, both seeing a trace of helplessness in the other's eyes.

"Brother Potian, it looks like your father has taken a huge blow. Why don't the Long Family come to my Dragon Sect for now, and we can make other plans later? What do you think?"

Long Potian was, of course, well aware of the Dragon Sect that Long Ao had just established. After thinking for a moment, he finally nodded and said, "Alright, I suppose that's our only option for now. Brother Long, that Shi Potian who just left is no simple character. If I'm not mistaken, that man shouldn't belong to this place."

'Doesn't belong here?'

Long Ao understood the meaning behind Long Potian's words. He thought about the Heaven and Earth's Momentum Shi Potian had just released. That alone was enough to speak volumes about Shi Potian's identity and strength.

'Could he be from the Kyushu Spirit Realm?'

Eastern Emperor City, the West Third Level Long Family, the Southern Netherworld Mansion, the North Piaomiao Palace—the Four Great Forces of the Kyushu Spirit Realm. Shi Potian definitely wasn't from the Long Family. The reason was simple: his surname wasn't Long.

If that was the case, it meant Shi Potian was a disciple of one of the other three great forces. Right now, Long Ao didn't know where Shi Potian was from. The Netherworld Mansion? Piaomiao Palace? Or the Imperial City?

After some thought, Long Ao eventually ruled out the Imperial City. Given the enmity between the Imperial City and himself, if Shi Potian were one of their people, he would have most certainly moved against him.

Long Ao had just carefully observed the expression on Shi Potian's face. He realized that from beginning to end, it was as if Shi Potian didn't recognize him at all. Therefore, Shi Potian most likely came from one of two places: the Netherworld Mansion or Piaomiao Palace.

Shi Potian.

Long Ao deeply etched this name into his memory. He knew with certainty that no matter which force Shi Potian belonged to, he would become a formidable rival in the future.

Immeasurably powerful and unfathomably mysterious. This was Long Ao's assessment of Shi Potian.

Since the beginning of his journey, Long Ao had met countless masters, the strongest of whom were only Supreme Venerables. But none of them possessed Heaven and Earth's Momentum. It was obvious that Shi Potian's strength had already reached a certain height, a Realm far beyond his own reach.

"Brother Long, are you worried about Shi Potian?"

Nodding, Long Ao didn't hide anything. "Shi Potian's strength is unfathomably mysterious. If he were to attack, I wouldn't be able to withstand even three of his moves."

Hearing this, Long Potian was greatly startled. He had never imagined that even Brother Long couldn't withstand three of the man's moves. One could only imagine just how formidable Shi Potian's strength truly was.

One must remember that Brother Long had just single-handedly slain the Eight Supreme Venerable Spiritual Beasts. With that kind of strength, forget about Venerables; he could even look down upon other Supreme Venerables without issue.

But such a powerful person like Brother Long couldn't even withstand three of the opponent's moves. Long Potian didn't even dare to imagine what Realm Shi Potian's strength had reached.

"Brother Potian, if I'm not mistaken, Shi Potian's Cultivation should be above that of a Realm Emperor."

Long Potian was, of course, well aware of the Eight Realms of Void. It was for this very reason that he asked in shock, "Brother Long, are you saying that above the Void Realm, there are even higher Levels of existence?"

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Long Ao still said, "That's right. Above the Void Realm, there are indeed more High Level existences. I just don't know what they are. But based on the immense power Shi Potian just displayed, I can say with certainty that his strength definitely surpasses that of a Realm Emperor."

Long Potian took a deep breath, forcibly calming the shock in his heart. Only then did he say, "Thankfully, he only wanted the key and not our lives. Otherwise, we'd all be dead by now."

Long Ao wasn't so optimistic. He didn't know why, but he had a persistent feeling that in the near future, he and Shi Potian would definitely meet again.