682 Empire V

Crack.

A faint sound suddenly came from behind the watchtower.

Zhang Rongfang turned and looked toward a Great Ling pavilion atop the Blood Blanket.

This pavilion had been built specifically to conceal the entrance and exit below the Great Ling Sky Curtain.

It was called the Heavenly Curtain Pavilion.

At that moment, two tall figures flashed into view before the pavilion gates.

They were Meng Qian and Hunter Tiger.

Both were clad in purple cloaks that concealed them from head to toe.

"You...?" Zhang Rongfang had not even finished his question.

Meng Qian spoke first.

"After the bodily modifications, we need more time to adapt to everything. Of course, according to the plan, leave the two Interaction Zones in the north and south to us."

"One each?" Zhang Rongfang asked in surprise.

"One each," Meng Qian answered calmly.

The two looked at each other for a moment. Zhang Rongfang saw absolute confidence in the other man's eyes.

"Good. Since that is the case, may the wind be at your backs," he said softly, offering his blessing.

Meng Qian gave him a slight salute. Then, together with Hunter Tiger, he flashed away, and both vanished from where they stood.

Zhang Rongfang remained where he was, faintly sensing something new within the two of them.

Something that even he had not obtained from his own bloodline.

The essence of the Extreme Realm was to completely excavate all potential within one's body, reaching—even surpassing—the pinnacle of one's racial bloodline.

Meng Qian and Hunter Tiger might already have touched the boundary beyond that pinnacle. He suddenly found himself looking forward to them even more.

The Evil Spirit Army and Great Ling Army gathered in ever greater numbers.

The two sides had nearly encircled the entrance ruins of Hundred Sulfur.

On one side, black