Chapter 410: Chen Pingping of the Wuji Sect
The sky was clear for thousands of miles, the blue sky adorned with white clouds.
Outside the City of Extinction, a large group of figures arrived; there were at least a hundred people: tall and short, fat and thin, male and female, young and old...
They hovered high in the sky. Their expressions were cold; some were furious, some profound, and some displayed unabashed killing intent, all their eyes fixed on the City of Extinction.
Looking at that simple archway, everyone seemed to see that damned sect.
The Wuji Sect.
All of them were Lords. They advanced together, their powerful auras unhidden as they surged down from the sky, sweeping across the land in all directions. Cultivators too close all felt that terrifying oppression.
They had come! The punitive force was finally about to make its move.
Seventy to eighty powers! Over a hundred Lords. This was truly a powerful assembly. The Wuji Sect was defying the heavens.
「Within the ancient town.」
One after another, figures soared into the air, rushing in this direction.
Seeing this scene, Liu Changqing smiled slightly. "Stable."
With such a powerful assembly, let alone one Chen Pingping, even ten or eight of him wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
Moreover, the Wuji Sect’s own combat power was insufficient. The sect disciples’ strength was too low, with Divine Kings and cultivators of the Emperor Realm being few and far between.
Alan remained calm, without saying a word.
「To the east.」
A small path lay some tens of miles away.
There was a woman in a white dress, slender and graceful, with a head of thick, smooth black hair that fell over her shoulders, accompanied by a gaunt monkey.
The woman cursed as she walked, "Can’t you walk a bit faster? If we’re late, we’ll miss the big scene. I want to see how that bastard gets killed. HMPH..."
The newcomer was Chen Shixian.
She had originally been hunting treasures with the monkey in a Secret Realm when, by chance, she overheard someone discussing Chen Pingping from the Heaven Martial Continent. This Chen Pingping had apparently arrived in the Nine Heavens and established the Wuji Sect in the City of Extinction.
In just over half a year, the Wuji Sect had plundered seventy to eighty powers. Now, experts from these many powers had united to seek retribution against the Wuji Sect.
Chen Shixian was stunned.
The City of Extinction? She had also heard of that place; it was supposedly a very terrible place, the old site of Fairy Valley, pervaded with Strange Power. And seventy to eighty powers...
Lurking in the shadows, she quickly emerged, grabbed a few of the discussing fellows to ask around, and confirmed that it was indeed true.
In just over half a year, Chen Pingping had offended seventy to eighty powers of the Southern Diaspora.
This...?
Chen Shixian did not hesitate long before she left that place and ran toward the City of Extinction, cursing all the way.
"This bastard really isn’t afraid of dying."
"TSK, TSK... Has he got water in his brain?"
"Seventy-eight powers! Does he want to ascend to heaven?"
"It’s infuriating."
The monkey couldn’t help but retort, "Didn’t you say before that your lifelong enemy is Chen Pingping?"
Chen Shixian glanced at him sidelong. "That’s right, it’s him."
"You just seemed worried about him," the monkey spoke up.
"Impossible." Chen Shixian glared at him. "There’s no one in this world who wants to kill that bastard more than I do; I wish he would be done away with. Now there’s a good opportunity. I want to go watch the battle, and if those Lords don’t kill Chen Pingping, I can still thrust a sword myself."
She spoke with a domineering air, brimming with murderous intent, gritting her teeth.
Yet the monkey heard another implication in her words: concern. This woman was saying one thing and meaning another.
"Can’t you speed up a bit?" Chen Shixian nagged.
Damn it! He had never seen anyone in the Supreme Mystery Realm capable of crossing an entire large region in just one day. Each region of the Nine Heavens spanned tens of millions of miles, some even hundreds of millions... Truly boundless, vast, and limitless. The monkey felt like vomiting blood. He, a formidable Ancient Ferocious Beast, was actually slower than someone in the Supreme Mystery Realm! This girl... there was definitely something off about her.
High above, a middle-aged man with a resolute appearance coldly observed the City of Extinction. "Wuji Sect, come out and meet your death!" he shouted angrily, clutching a Sacred Soldier.
The Sacred Soldier emitted strong domain fluctuations, as if it would revive at any moment.
Though the Lords behind him remained silent, their killing intent was pervasive...
As his words fell, the middle-aged man stepped into the City of Extinction, intending to destroy the archway. But then... the Strange Power revived, instantly piercing through his body.
The man was horrified and quickly retreated.
But it was too late; he had already been struck by the calamity, the Strange Power lingering inside his body, impossible to eradicate.
Seeing this scene, everyone was breathless.
It seemed the Strange Power, Power of Destruction, and Power of Curse within the City of Extinction had not yet dispersed. It was unknown what the Wuji Sect relied on to establish their sect so securely there. Something was clearly amiss.
This action by the man also dissuaded the group of Lords from the idea of directly invading the City of Extinction.
"Wuji Sect, come out and meet your death." Another Lord stepped forward from the crowd, his gaze ice-cold as he watched the archway.
But the gentle breeze blew, and the dust stirred.
No one knew from where several fallen leaves had drifted, catching the eyes of the onlookers.
The City of Extinction remained as tranquil as ever.
This tranquility, at this moment, seemed a bit eerie.
The punitive army had arrived. Was the Wuji Sect planning to rely on the City of Extinction’s Strange Power to halt their advance? That seemed unlikely to succeed.
Given enough time, the punitive force would naturally not wait indefinitely and might resort to more aggressive tactics.
At this moment, the scholar looked at Chen Pingping by his side and chuckled. "It’s your turn to take the stage."
Chen Pingping rolled his eyes. "Are you going to take off your pants or not?"
The scholar’s smile stiffened.
Beside them, Jiang Ni’er couldn’t help but laugh.
「In another direction.」
He Yitian murmured to himself, "Please do not come out, please do not come out."
He knew the Wuji Sect’s strength better than anyone: not a single Lord could be found throughout the entire sect, and they lacked a strong foundation.
If they dared to step out of the City of Extinction, there would only be one path for them: death.
But then, from the mist-shrouded City of Extinction, a tall figure emerged. He was clad in plain white clothes, neat and clean, and wore a mask that concealed his true features, leaving only a pair of bright, piercing eyes visible.
One Qi Turns into Three Clarities, Chen Pingping.
After a few steps, he stood before the archway, then stopped.
This area was still under the protection of the City of Extinction, a safe zone.
The clone Chen Pingping looked up and said with a light smile, "I am Chen Pingping of the Wuji Sect."
"Is that Chen Pingping?"
"He doesn’t seem all that impressive!"
"Is the Wuji Sect’s Chen Pingping really that fearsome?"
"Seems quite young..." The brief discussions came to a swift halt.
Meanwhile, the scholar was dumbfounded.
The Fairy furrowed her brows. She glanced at the Chen Pingping beside her, then at the figure that had emerged from the City of Extinction. Something felt off.
"Damn it, that’s him, that’s Wuji Sect’s Chen Pingping, I recognize him," Chen Pingping exclaimed in alarm, grinding his teeth.
A sudden stir went through the area as the cultivators all turned their gazes towards him.
With that statement, the exclaiming Chen Pingping had also confirmed the identity of the clone.
Chen Pingping looked at the scholar. "Alright, that fire poker is mine now, eh!"
The scholar broke down in tears.
His instinct told him that this person right here was Chen Pingping from the Wuji Sect. The days they had spent together and various judgments all supported this conclusion. There could be no mistake. He *was* Chen Pingping of the Wuji Sect. But then, who was that person who had just walked out of the City of Extinction?