Heading to Giant Spirit City
As dawn broke through the clouds, a radiant glow shone upon the lava walls of Red Rock City.
Outside the city gate, twelve Eighth-Order Black-Scaled Beasts with a single horn on each head and clad in heavy armor stood silently, exhaling scorching white steam with each breath.
Yue Heng stood solemnly beside the first bronze chariot, his back ramrod straight, but his gaze unconsciously drifted toward the city wall.
The three-day period has ended.
Suddenly, a faint ripple appeared in the Void, without any violent roar of True Essence or any unusual phenomena.
A figure dressed in white descended from the sky, hands behind his back, a rough, chipped Broken Saber casually hanging at his waist. His body hovered in mid-air, like a weightless falling leaf.
He was just a ten-year-old boy.
But when Yue Heng met Chen Fan's deep, calm eyes, his heart skipped a beat, and the hairs on his body stood on end.
Three days ago, this young man possessed a fierce and malevolent Qi and Blood of water and fire, his sharp edge fully revealed, like a ruthless weapon ready to be drawn and devour its prey at any moment.
But now, not a trace of True Essence could be sensed from him; he was as still as a bottomless ancient pool, unfathomable.
"Commander Yue, I've kept you waiting."
Chen Fan landed lightly in front of the car, his tone calm.
"Chief Chen, you flatter me. The carriage is ready, and the city lord is waiting for your arrival at the Mountain-Viewing Terrace."
Yue Heng immediately bowed and greeted him, his attitude even more respectful than three days ago.
As a powerful expert in the Eighth-Order Late Stage in the Great Wilderness, he instinctively sensed a terrifying aura emanating from Chen Fan that made his Divine Soul tremble.
Chen Fan nodded slightly, lifted the bronze carriage curtain, and stepped inside.
The twelve Black-Scaled Beasts let out a long roar, shattered the Void, and transformed into a black torrent, rushing straight into the depths of the Great Wilderness.
The interior of the carriage was spacious and luxurious, covered with thick Eighth-Order snow fox fur, and a pot of rare spiritual tea, seldom seen in the Great Wilderness, was even warmed on a low table.
Yue Heng sat at the lower end, carefully poured a cup of tea, and handed it to him, seemingly casually probing.
"Chief Chen is so young, yet he was able to kill three peak elders of Red Rock and seize Red Rock City. He is truly a once-in-a-millennium genius in the Great Wilderness. May I ask who your master is?"
Chen Fan leaned back on the cushion, not even lifting his eyelids, and merely picked up his teacup and took a sip.
"A commoner from the wilderness, I only had this opportunity by chance."
Chen Fan uttered eight words calmly.
Yue Heng paused for a moment, gave a dry laugh, and forced himself to continue.
"Our city lord is a generous and open-minded man who loves to befriend heroes from all over the world. Red Rock City used to run rampant, but now that it has fallen into the hands of our leader, the Northern Border of the Great Wilderness is fortunate. However... the situation in the Great Wilderness is complex and unpredictable, and one person alone cannot ultimately hold it together."
Chen Fan put down his teacup, finally looked up at him, and spoke with a half-smile.
"If Commander Yue finds the carriage stuffy, he can go outside and help the coachman drive the horses."
His voice was calm, without even a trace of pressure, yet Yue Heng's forehead instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
He opened his mouth, but swallowed the rest of his words back down, daring not to utter another single word.
How could this be a ten-year-old Barbarian Clan boy?
This composure, this ability to keep one's emotions hidden, is something even the ancient monsters who have lived for hundreds of years in the main city might not possess.
Three hours later, at the edge of the vast plain, a black mountain range that blots out the sky stretched across the horizon.
That wasn't a real mountain range, but a magnificent city built of colossal rocks— the Giant Spirit Main City!
The city wall is over a thousand feet high, and is entirely built of the heaviest Mystic Astral Ironrock, densely engraved with ancient dark gold runes.
The entire giant city resembled a Primordial Gods and Demons or demon lurking on the earth, exuding a suffocatingly oppressive aura.
The Protective City Formation, causing the gravity within a radius of 100 miles to increase tenfold!
An ordinary Sixth Stage cultivator would be crushed and forced to kneel on the ground the moment they stepped into this place.
Yue Heng took a deep breath and quietly circulated his inner True Essence to resist the gravity. At the same time, he secretly glanced at Chen Fan out of the corner of his eye, wanting to see how he would deal with the intimidation from Giant Spirit City.
However, Chen Fan simply put his hands in his sleeves and stepped out of the carriage with a calm expression.
The instant gravity struck, a mysterious gray-white halo appeared in the Void three feet around Chen Fan.
The terrifying downward force, as heavy as a mountain, vanished without a trace the moment it entered the three-foot area, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.
The Domain Embryo, untouched by any dharma.
Yue Heng's pupils suddenly contracted, his throat tightened, and his awe was once again elevated to the extreme.
Guided by Yue Heng, Chen Fan traveled all the way to the top of Giant Spirit City.
Mountain-Viewing Terrace.
This place is perched on a sheer cliff, with half of it plunging into the vast sea of clouds.
A fierce wind howled, whipping up thousands of white waves.
At the edge of the platform, a towering man clad in dark blue heavy armor stood with his hands behind his back. He was over two meters tall, like an unshakeable, towering mountain.
The Ninth-Tier Domain flowed slowly in the Void as if it were a tangible substance, and even the Nine Heavens Gale Wind would be crushed into dust if it approached within ten feet of it.
Giant Spirit City Lord, the only true Ninth Tier giant remaining in the Great Wilderness Northern Border!
Sensing footsteps, the man turned around.
It was a face as if carved by a knife and axe, with a sharp glint in its eyes that made one afraid to look directly at it.
However, the moment the Giant Spirit City Lord saw Chen Fan clearly, the majesty on his face vanished, replaced by a hearty laugh, and he strode forward to greet him.
"Haha! Seeing is believing, and heroes have always emerged from among the young! Brother Chen's presence truly brings honor to my Mountain-Viewing Terrace!"
Amidst the laughter, the powerful aura of the Ninth Tier expert transformed into a gentle, spring-like wave of energy, showing no trace of arrogance.
The stone table was already laden with ten-thousand-year-old Fire Spirit Fruits and rare Ninth Tier jade nectar from the Great Wilderness.
The Giant Spirit City Lord gestured for Chen Fan to sit down in a very familiar manner, then raised his glass and laughed heartily.
"Those three stubborn old fogies of Red Rock City have been hogging the place for nothing for a long time! I've had enough of them! My brother, you've wiped them out with swift and decisive action—it's truly satisfying! Come, drink this cup to the brim!"
Chen Fan sat down calmly, picked up his wine glass, clinked it slightly, took a small sip, and his expression remained indifferent.
"Giant Spirit City Lord, you've taken the time out of your busy schedule to invite me here; surely it wasn't just to offer me this drink?"
The Giant Spirit City Lord paused slightly in his hand holding the wine glass, a barely perceptible shadow flashing in his eyes.
Facing Ninth Tier powerhouse, an ordinary Half-Step Ninth Tier cultivator would already be trembling with fear, but this young man remained calm and composed from beginning to end, not even shifting his gaze, as if his Ninth Tier cultivation was nothing in the eyes of the other.
Unresponsive to both oil and salt, soft and hard approaches.
"What a clever little fox!"
The Giant Spirit City Lord cursed inwardly, his smile gradually fading into a solemn expression.
He slowly put down his wine glass and dismissed Yue Heng from behind him.
An invisible, earth-yellow Law Domain rose up around the entire Mountain-Viewing Terrace, completely isolating it from any celestial investigation.
The Lord of Giant Spirit City Lord leaned forward slightly, his eyes fixed on Chen Fan, his voice deep and thunderous.
"Brother Chen, you've already obtained the items from the treasury in Red Rock City, haven't you?"