Apex Grandmasters Take Their Places

The moment you rushed out, you saw more than a dozen people floating in the sky.

All of them wore identical, loose dark-red robes.

Their robes snapped loudly in the wind.

They were all from the Mizhen Sect.

"Fuck! Apex Grandmasters! More than a dozen of them!!"

You did not even dare to look twice before turning around and leaving.

Joking was one thing, messing around was another, but when you encountered people who could fly, you had better not joke around.

The aftershocks from these Apex Grandmasters going all out could shatter you to pieces.

You frantically retreated against the flow of the crowd.

Only then did Bai Chen come running over.

He was even curiously following the crowd forward.

He wanted to see what was happening.

"What the hell are you looking at? Run!!"

You grabbed Bai Chen and dragged him away.

Bai Chen stumbled from your pull.

Seeing your huge reaction, he no longer dared to move forward.

His face was full of panic as he fled backward with you. "Senior Brother, what's going on?"

"More than a dozen Apex Grandmasters from the Mizhen Sect have arrived. Every one of them is a big daddy!"

Bai Chen also realized the gravity of the situation.

He was only at Skin Refinement Late Stage. Before an Apex Grandmaster, he was no different from something made of paper.

You and Bai Chen fled far away.

At this point, you could no longer care about being called deserters.

Keeping your lives came first.

You ran more than two li before daring to look back.

You saw eight or nine people rise into the air on Great Qian Empire's side as well.

But neither side had started fighting. It was as though they were waiting for something.

Moreover, Apex Grandmasters from both sides were still flying in from every direction.

This battle was destined to be earth-shaking.

You felt that you were still not far enough away.

So you continued retreating into the distance.

Bai Chen hurriedly followed you again.

In order to accommodate Bai Chen, you did not unleash your movement technique at full speed.

Yet he was nearly out of breath from running and still could not keep up with you.

At that moment, you looked toward the distant sky.

An Apex Grandmaster was flying toward Yajiang Pass.

This Apex Grandmaster was a gentle and graceful mature woman in a black dress.

Strangely, she was carrying a young girl in her arms.

The girl clearly could not fly, so the mature woman was carrying her as they traveled.

The instant you saw that girl, your scalp went numb.

Wan Qingluan!

You had run into that crazy woman Wan Qingluan again.

Clearly, the mature woman in black was Yan Zhixue, the leader of the Extinction Sect.

During the third simulation, Yan Zhixue had been ordered by Wan Qingluan to commit suicide.

But now, their relationship did not appear to have any conflict.

You had no idea how they had gone from loving each other dearly to harming and hindering each other.

You did not want to provoke the strange Extinction Sect.

You hurriedly lowered your head and continued onward, avoiding eye contact with Wan Qingluan.

"Something's wrong! Damn it!!"

You suddenly remembered that the movement technique you were currently using was Phantom Phoenix Steps, which Wan Qingluan had given you.

You looked up.

Sure enough, Wan Qingluan was staring straight down at you from the sky.

She tilted her head, confusion showing on her fair, tender face.

"I'm done for!!"

You could no longer worry about anything else.

You simply ran at full speed.

As long as you could escape, you could burrow into some deep mountain forest afterward, and no one would be able to find you.

Bai Chen was left far behind.

He watched as your figure flashed several times and became nothing more than a black dot.

He wanted to call out to you.

But his throat felt like it was smoking from all the running, and he could not make a sound at all.

Seeing that he could not catch up, he simply stopped and panted heavily.

The several dozen Apex Grandmasters were merely confronting each other and had not begun fighting.

Bai Chen was not in much danger either.

Wan Qingluan in the sky merely gave you two strange looks.

She did not chase after you.

You let out a slight sigh of relief.

After running another few li, your heart suddenly trembled for no reason.

You abruptly felt that the surrounding environment had undergone some sort of change.

You looked around, but found nothing unusual.

Still, you could be certain that this area had changed somehow.

It felt as though the air around you was filled with some kind of substance.

Yet that substance could not be seen or touched.

"Something's wrong. It can be touched!"

You put your clever little brain to work and thought it over.

In theory, as long as it was something you touched, you could store it in the space.

If something truly existed in the surrounding air,

Then you would definitely be able to collect it!

"I'm fucking brilliant!"

Then, you activated the collection ability of the Simulation Space.

The next moment, a mass of white mist suddenly appeared within the space.

The mist was one or two zhang in length and width, gently swaying within the space.

You were just about to carefully study the mist.

But you discovered that an Apex Grandmaster seemed to be flying in your direction.

You were not sure whether he was coming for you.

But you had no habit of gambling with your life.

An idea suddenly came to you again.

You stopped running against the crowd. That was far too conspicuous.

You ran back, heading once more toward Yajiang Pass.

That way, you would not stand out while mixed in with the crowd.

Shortly after you left that place,

That Apex Grandmaster descended directly onto the spot where you had just stopped, his target perfectly clear.

The Apex Grandmaster walked two circles around the area, looking deeply puzzled.

You merely glanced back at the Apex Grandmaster indifferently.

Your face remained expressionless.

But inside, you were so excited you could die.

Fuck! I hit the jackpot!! you roared crazily in your heart.

That Apex Grandmaster had to be looking for that mass of white mist.

If even an Apex Grandmaster valued it so highly, how could it possibly be worthless?

At the same time, an even bolder thought arose in your mind.

You looked at the several dozen Apex Grandmasters in the sky.

Perhaps they had mobilized such a massive force precisely for that mass of white mist!

"Explosive! Absolutely explosive!!"

Every pore on your body opened with excitement.

Your heart pounded like thunder, and you felt as though your lungs were about to burst.

It took you great effort to calm yourself down.

You ran into Bai Chen again.

Bai Chen was deeply moved to see you return. "Senior Brother! You really do care about me! Say no more, brothers are in the heart—eh? Why are you running back!!"

"I'm going back to find Martial Uncle so he can protect us!" you said, half-truthfully.

In such a chaotic situation, Bai Chen at the Skin Tempering Realm did not dare travel alone at all.

He hurriedly followed you.

Before long, you found Hu Zhongxuan.

"Are you two all right?" Hu Zhongxuan asked.

"We're fine, Martial Uncle. What are they doing?" you asked, looking at the group of Apex Grandmasters in the sky.

"Didn't you ask earlier why this war was being fought? You'll find out soon enough." Hu Zhongxuan also looked skyward as he answered.

At the same time, the thick anticipation in Hu Zhongxuan's eyes could not be concealed at all.

You even noticed that his body was trembling slightly.

Hu Zhongxuan, with cultivation at Grandmaster Peak, was actually this emotionally stirred.

You silently looked at him twice and said nothing.

By then, seventy or eighty Apex Grandmasters had gathered in the sky.

The two sides were still silently confronting each other.

Every Apex Grandmaster radiated an overwhelmingly powerful aura.

The sense of oppression was immense.

The several hundred thousand troops on the ground all stared at the sky in astonishment.

It was as though they were worshipping gods.

Yan Zhixue was in the sky as well.

Although she wore a black dress, her face always carried a gentle smile.

You did not see Wan Qingluan and had no idea where she had gone.

You counted carefully.

There were forty-six Apex Grandmasters on Golden Yue Kingdom's side.

There were forty-four Apex Grandmasters on Great Qian Empire's side.

Furthermore, the Apex Grandmasters on Great Qian Empire's side were not all from the Li imperial clan and the army.

Quite a few Apex Grandmasters from martial sects had also come to offer support.

For example, Yan Zhixue of the Extinction Sect.

The Sword Establishment Sect had also sent two people, though you did not see Lin Jingzhi.

Just as you were thinking about this, a sudden commotion arose within the crowd.

Even the Apex Grandmasters in the sky all turned to look southeast.

Two more Apex Grandmasters were slowly flying over from that direction.

One of them had fluttering robes and a confident, refined bearing. At a glance, he looked especially good at putting on airs. It was Lin Jingzhi.

The person beside Lin Jingzhi was even more extraordinary.

That man possessed a majestic, domineering aura and looked down upon the world, making even Lin Jingzhi seem petty by comparison.

The gazes of the vast majority of Apex Grandmasters were fixed on that domineering man as well.

Hu Zhongxuan beside you cried out in shock, "He actually came!!"

You asked, "Martial Uncle, who is that? He looks pretty intimidating!"

Hu Zhongxuan said in a low voice, "Great Qian Empire's current sovereign, Emperor Xuanwu Ling Anlong!"