Everyone's Astonishment!

"Hahaha, you guys are truly shameless!"

Li Xiaotian laughed heartily as he heard shouts erupting from all corners of Cloud City.

But in the next moment, the smile vanished from his face, replaced by a cold sneer.

He scanned his surroundings, looking at the figures shrouded in black robes, his eyes filled with icy killing intent.

"I've killed countless alien demons on the Alien Demon Battlefield back in the day. How dare you lackeys of these alien demons cause trouble in Cloud City!"

"Do you really think we old folks can still wield our swords?!"

"Those who disturb the peace of Cloud City... die!!"

A chilling voice emanated from Li Xiaotian's lips. He took a step forward, and his surging Blood Essence instantly erupted.

The crimson Blood Essence, carrying an extremely terrifying wave of energy.

"Kid, your courage is commendable, but you're still young. Leave these scum to us old folks. You... should just go home!"

Li Xiaotian said calmly, his back to Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng looked at Li Xiaotian's back. Though he was a hunched old man, in Lu Sheng's eyes, he was now incredibly tall.

"Senior..."

Lu Sheng murmured, as if wanting to say something.

But Li Xiaotian didn't seem inclined to continue the conversation. He took a step forward, instantly turning into an afterimage, and charged towards the nearest Demonic Cult member.

"Old comrades, can we still wield our swords?!"

Li Xiaotian exclaimed with a laugh after slaying a Demonic Cult member with a single strike.

His voice was impassioned, and amplified by his Blood Essence, it instantly spread through the streets and alleys of Cloud City.

"Hahaha, old man, I was your superior back then. What are you barking about?!"

"Damn it, when I was a soldier, you were still digging mud at the Martial Arts Academy!"

"Don't talk about whether I can wield a sword or not. Even now, I can still slay alien demons on the Alien Demon Battlefield, hahaha!!!"

Immediately, responses came from various corners of Cloud City.

Faced with these half-joking, half-boasting remarks, Li Xiaotian's smile grew even more pronounced.

"Go to hell with your superior! We're all in the Viscera Refining Realm, and we're retired. Stop trying to pull the military's stuff. Sorry, I'm not buying it anymore!"

Li Xiaotian roared in a certain direction, took another step forward, and appeared beside a Demonic Cult member, his battle saber descending fiercely.

Squelch!

The blade sank into flesh, and blood splattered.

"Today, let's see who kills more Demonic Cult brats!"

"Good!"

"Excellent!!"

Energetic and excited voices rang out.

Following that, one could see extremely terrifying auras erupting into the sky from various streets in Cloud City.

Wherever these auras appeared, the surrounding Demonic Cult members immediately turned into birds and beasts and fled.

While they could mercilessly slaughter ordinary citizens, when facing these people from Martial Arts Families...

The roles had reversed.

Lu Sheng watched this scene unfold, listening to the voices, a look of confusion appearing in his eyes.

Martial Arts Families...

What exactly were they?

Since Lu Sheng's transmigration, the only Martial Arts Family he had encountered was the Bai Family.

When Bai Mo had someone attempt to assassinate Lu Sheng, Lu Sheng had once thought these Martial Arts Families were the parasites of Great Xia, enjoying numerous benefits and resources from Great Xia, yet doing nothing substantial.

Even...

Assassinating Martial Artists.

From that moment on, Martial Arts Families had left a stereotypical impression in Lu Sheng's mind.

But now...

Seeing these individuals from Martial Arts Families unhesitatingly choose to act in Cloud City's time of crisis.

Whether they were in the Viscera Refining, Hundred Meridians, or Blood Refining Realm.

Even though some Demonic Cult members were stronger than them, they didn't flinch at all, still engaging these Demonic Cult members in battle.

For...

The ordinary citizens behind them.

This scene was violently impacting the stereotypical impression of Martial Arts Families in Lu Sheng's mind.

The rigid stereotype left behind by the Bai Family had begun to crack, gradually changing.

Lu Sheng looked at everything before him in a daze.

Until...

"Big brother..."

Behind Lu Sheng, the little girl tugged on his hand, her eyes no longer teary, but filled with a sense of security.

"Big brother, are you still going to take me to find Mom?"

The little girl looked at Lu Sheng with innocent eyes.

Lu Sheng snapped back to reality, looked at the little girl, and suddenly smiled.

He reached out, ruffled the little girl's hair, and said with a smile, "Let's go, big brother will take you to find your mom!"

Lu Sheng took the little girl's hand and slowly walked in a certain direction.

That direction...

The corpses of Demonic Cult members lay scattered on the ground, with figures frantically clashing with them, forcefully clearing a path...

clearing it into a bright expanse!

"No! This is impossible!!!"

In mid-air, Wang Lin, trapped by Kong Yunzhang, looked down at Cloud City, his face gradually turning manic.

He watched as Demonic Cult members fell one by one at the hands of the Martial Arts Families, an intense unwillingness flashing in his eyes.

"Why!! These Martial Arts Families have clearly enjoyed so much peace, why are they still intervening!!!"

"No! It shouldn't be like this!"

"They should have fled, or at least stayed indoors!!!"

In Wang Lin's manic gaze, a hint of confusion also surfaced.

The Bai Family could assassinate a Great Xia prodigy on a mere whim of one of their members. In Wang Lin's view, these Martial Arts Families should have been selfish.

They should have been like the Bai Family.

But why...

Even knowing that confronting Demonic Cult members would severely deplete their strength, even lead to their expulsion from the Martial Arts Families, why did they still choose to act without hesitation?

Why...

Why was this happening!!!

Wang Lin was extremely perplexed.

"No!! So what if the Martial Arts Families intervene!! Kong Yunzhang has already wasted so much time, even acting now won't stop the Gate of Reception. As long as the Gate of Reception completely opens a passage and the Demon King descends, Cloud City will still become a living hell!!"

"I haven't lost yet!! I still have hope!!"

As if struck by a realization, Wang Lin's gaze suddenly shifted to the sky above. He watched the black energy grow denser and the oppressive aura of the rift become stronger, his eyes filling with even greater madness.

"Hahahaha!! In the end... I am the one who will win!!"

Wang Lin laughed heartily.

Outside Cloud City, Chen Shanhe and Yun Tianyang led the military and the Martial Alliance in defending against the fierce beasts surrounding Cloud City.

Terrifying attacks erupted across the heavens and earth, carrying an incredibly potent force.

With each attack that landed, countless fierce beasts were instantly obliterated, meeting their demise.

Yet, even so...

The tide of fierce beasts was endless, as if there was no end in sight.

"Old Chen, this tide of fierce beasts is secondary. The most important thing is that Gate of Reception!!"

Yun Tianyang, wielding a rusty battle saber, slashed and killed a fierce beast in the Viscera Refining Realm, his expression grim.

Chen Shanhe's cold face already showed a hint of exhaustion. Even as a Bone Forging realm martial artist, after continuously killing numerous fierce beasts, he felt a sense of depletion.

He raised his head and looked at the rift in the sky, worry appearing in his eyes.

"Gate of Reception..."

Chen Shanhe murmured, a hint of unwillingness in his gaze.

Both Yun Tianyang and Chen Shanhe knew very well that the crisis in Cloud City this time was not due to demonic cult activity or a beast tide. The most dangerous element was the dimensional rift that had appeared in the sky!

Once the rift was opened, it would become a brand new Alien Demon Battlefield. Even if reinforcements from the provincial capital arrived, they would still be unable to salvage the situation.

Cloud City... would be transformed into a true living hell.

"Damn it, Demon Slaying City had a change, and Commander Kong had to leave. Otherwise, with Commander Kong here, how could this un-opened dimensional rift threaten us!!"

Chen Shanhe, unwilling to accept it, swept the long spear in his hand horizontally, and the powerful force instantly took the lives of several fierce beasts.

Although he was the guardian of Cloud City, he couldn't even get close to stopping the Gate of Reception, let alone preventing it.

The Bone Forging Realm was considered top-tier in Cloud City, but it still wasn't enough to fly!

Yun Tianyang's expression was equally grim.

"Forget it, even if those alien demons descend, they won't easily step into Cloud City before I die!!"

A hint of madness suddenly appeared on Yun Tianyang's face.

"Wait, who is that?"

Just as Yun Tianyang was about to unleash his power, Chen Shanhe suddenly exclaimed.

Yun Tianyang looked in the direction Chen Shanhe was pointing with confusion, and then his pupils contracted slightly.

They saw a figure on the sky curtain, ancient and stooped, with hands behind his back, stepping on the void, walking step by step towards the rift.

"This figure... doesn't he look a bit like the Dojo Master of the Heaven and Earth Dojo?"

Yun Tianyang said hesitantly.

"The Dojo Master of the Heaven and Earth Dojo? Wasn't he just a retired old soldier from the battlefield? How can he fly???"

Chen Shanhe's voice was filled with strong confusion.

They naturally knew about the existence of the Heaven and Earth Dojo, after all, such a prominent figure as Kong Xin came from it.

It's just that they had also seen the identity information of the Dojo Master of the Heaven and Earth Dojo in the Martial Alliance's records.

He was merely an ordinary retired old soldier from the battlefield.

His cultivation was only at the Hundred Meridians Realm.

Although he could teach students like Kong Xin and Lan Linglong, in the eyes of Chen Shanhe and Yun Tianyang, it was merely due to Kong Xin and Lan Linglong's own heaven-defying talent, coupled with perhaps the Dojo Master having some skill in teaching students.

As for the Dojo Master's own strength...

They hadn't paid much attention to it.

The Heaven and Earth Dojo's mysterious, even transcendent, status in Cloud City was largely due to Kong Xin.

After all, Kong Xin was a product of the Heaven and Earth Dojo.

On the contrary, the Dojo Master, though not often appearing, gave many Martial Artists and even Martial Arts Families in Cloud City the impression of an otherworldly master.

However, Yun Tianyang and Chen Shanhe had already thoroughly investigated the other party's identity information in the Martial Alliance records.

Therefore, the moment Kong Xin left, the two of them felt despair.

But now...

The Dojo Master, whom they had regarded as just an ordinary retired old soldier, was now treading on the void at this very moment!

It must be known that for a Martial Artist to be able to fly, they need at least cultivation beyond the Bone Forging Realm.

This was precisely why Chen Shanhe and Yun Tianyang, the two top figures of Cloud City, felt powerless when facing the rift in the sky curtain.

They still couldn't fly!

"This... what in the world is going on!!"

Yun Tianyang stared at Kong Yunzhang on the sky curtain, his mind a complete blank.

It was like your ordinary neighbor suddenly becoming a millionaire overnight.

He was utterly shocked.

"I... I don't know either."

Chen Shanhe also looked at the scene with bewilderment.

Not only outside the city, but many people within Cloud City also saw Kong Yunzhang's figure treading on the void.

"This... isn't this the Dojo Master of the Heaven and Earth Dojo?"

"Huh? The elusive Dojo Master of the Heaven and Earth Dojo? Why is he in the sky? Holy crap, he's flying???"

"Hiss! I knew from the start that the Dojo Master of the Heaven and Earth Dojo was definitely not simple. It seems my eyesight hasn't deteriorated!"

"You're talking nonsense, you were just criticizing the Heaven and Earth Dojo for giving away martial arts for free yesterday."

For a moment, many Martial Artists in Cloud City, after dealing with the Demonic Cult members, looked up at the sky curtain and couldn't help but speak.

"Teacher..."

Lu Sheng had just returned the little girl to her family when he looked up and saw Kong Yunzhang in the sky.

A trace of shock also appeared in Lu Sheng's eyes.

He knew his teacher was not simple, but Lu Sheng had never expected his nominal teacher to be so powerful.

And on another street in Cloud City, Lan Linglong, with her hands stained with blood, heard the discussions from afar and also looked up.

However, unlike others, looking at Kong Yunzhang in the sky, a look of worry appeared on Lan Linglong's face.

"Teacher's body..."

Above the firmament, Kong Yunzhang stood with his hands clasped behind his back, stepping on the void one by one as he slowly approached the rift.

Though his steps appeared slow, each stride closed the distance by hundreds of meters.

As Kong Yunzhang advanced, streams of sword qi gradually materialized around him.

The sharp sword qi even caused the surrounding space to distort.

Moments later, Kong Yunzhang arrived before the rift. He gazed at the churning black energy before him, a malevolent aura seeping from the crack. A look of disgust flickered in Kong Yunzhang's eyes.

He then slowly raised his arm, pointing a finger at the dark rift.

"The Great Xia territory... will not tolerate your alien demon insolence!!"