"Hoo, hoo."
"How much longer is this?"
"Why does it feel like this place is an endless dead end no matter how we walk?" asked a handsome-looking man in an extremely gloomy part of the Blood River Realm.
"You guy."
"The location of the Blood River Pool is extremely remote; otherwise, with countless people swarming toward it, how would it ever fall to us?" Yan Chi glanced sideways at Xiao Yi, then said softly.
"..." Hearing this, Xiao Yi could only clench his teeth and prepare to start walking again.
"Then let's rest for a while." Seeing this, Xiao Yan also spoke up.
Over the past few days, the four of them had left their initial teleportation point and headed toward the Blood River Pool. However, even though Yan Chi knew the specific location of the Blood River Pool, to avoid drawing the eyes of other powerful experts within the pool's domain, the four of them obediently adopted the most primitive method-walking. Thus, their speed was naturally extremely slow.
"I wonder if there's any way to obtain intelligence on the Blood River Realm." As soon as they sat down to rest, Xiao Yan spoke up.
"Intelligence?"
"What do you need that thing for?" Yan Chi said slowly.
"If you know your enemy and yourself, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles."
"Besides, the biggest enemy of our Burning Incense right now is the Xuan Ling Imperial Four Heavenly Sovereigns. Knowing some specific intelligence will help us make corresponding countermeasures." Xiao Yan smiled.
"You should've said so earlier."
"Here." Hearing this, Yan Chi also nodded inwardly. Clearly, a big shot of Yan Chi's level never bothered with such matters; after all, given his innate formidable strength, if there were enemies, he would simply start fighting directly. Where was there so much to worry about?
"What is this..." Xiao Yan caught the item Yan Chi tossed over and asked.
Coming into Xiao Yan's view was strikingly a fist-sized crystal ball. The texture of the crystal ball was quite delicate, clearly costing a pretty penny.
"This is an intelligence ball, something developed by a certain sound-attribute grandmaster."
"You just need to recite the intelligence you want to know, and it will naturally replay it with images."
"However, this thing only records intelligence after entering the Blood River Realm. For example, if you want to know the exact locations of the Xuan Ling Imperial Four Heavenly Sovereigns or what Dou Techniques they possess, that's impossible."
"And this thing is quite expensive, so I imagine not many people own one." Yan Chi said.
"So there's such a thing." Xiao Yan looked at the intelligence ball in front of him and gave a slow chuckle.
"The Xuan Ling Imperial Four Heavenly Sovereigns." Xiao Yan acknowledged, then gripped the intelligence ball with both hands and spoke softly.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble!" Following the moment Xiao Yan's voice fell, a milky-white halo instantly appeared before everyone from atop the intelligence ball, and then an extremely clear image slowly replayed.
"..." Watching this scene, all four involuntarily held their breath, because the sights displayed within this image were simply too shocking.
"I... I'm not dreaming, am I?" After spending just a few minutes watching the playback concerning the Xuan Ling Imperial Four Heavenly Sovereigns, Xiao Yi spoke in disbelief.
"The things recorded on this intelligence ball can't be wrong." Yan Chi also spoke thoughtfully.
"The Xuan Ling Imperial Three Heavenly Sovereigns faced the four members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate. Tian Hong of the Three Heavenly Sovereigns was no match for Jian Xin, the senior brother of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate, and afterwards the First Heavenly Sovereign, Tian Qian, made a move, heavily injuring three people with the power of a single person." Xiao Yan summarized the information within the intelligence ball and spoke.
Yet Xiao Yan's heart was extremely shocked. Although the recorded footage replayed in the intelligence ball was extremely scarce and only covered a tiny fraction, Xiao Yan knew that the Ten Thousand Sword Gate could rank first among the super sects of Xuan Tian San for a reason. Yet such a powerful Ten Thousand Sword Gate had also suffered defeat at the hands of the Xuan Ling Imperial Three Heavenly Sovereigns.
"That Jian Xin from the Ten Thousand Sword Gate is an extraordinary figure. At a young age, he has deeply grasped the inheritance of the sect's inner powerhouses, and he wields his peerless Sword Intent to perfection. Even he was defeated by Tian Qian, the First Heavenly Sovereign of the Xuan Ling Family. That alone shows this Tian Qian is probably much more powerful than we imagined." Yan Chi also slowly opened his mouth to speak.
"We'll have to be a bit more careful now." Xiao Yi said in full agreement. After all, within the Blood River Realm, both his and Yan Chi's powers were suppressed, so their strength was naturally greatly discounted. Encountering the First Heavenly Sovereign Tian Qian would also prove extremely strenuous.
"Rest assured, no matter how strong they are, this time, we will surely make sure they don't have a way back." Xiao Yan gently put away the intelligence ball, then looked up at the sky and spoke.
"Let's go. The Blood River Pool is almost here. With the Blood River Pool, coupled with the Death Blood Ghost Liquid in the hands of the two of you, once we come out, we will naturally possess the capital to go toe-to-toe with the Xuan Ling Imperial Three Heavenly Sovereigns alone." Yan Chi dropped those words, and immediately the group directly streaked toward the distance.
Just as Xiao Yan and the others finished gathering intelligence and resumed their journey, some changes were also taking place among the other super sects.
"Senior Brother, are you alright..." Behind a withered tree, Song Yue forcefully braced against his internal injuries and asked Senior Brother Jian Xin.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
"I... am fine." Jian Xin's body was extremely weak as he used his immortal sword to prop himself up against the ground and spoke.
"What on earth are these damned Xuan Ling people up to?"
Our Ten Thousand Sword Gate has no past grievances or recent enmity with them; how is it that every time we meet, they strike with such lethal force?" Second Senior Brother Jian Wuhen said through clenched teeth, though his own condition was hardly better.
The four members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate-Senior Brother Jian Xin, Second Senior Brother Jian Wuhen, along with Song Yue-had been heavily injured by the First Heavenly Sovereign of the Xuan Ling Family. Moreover, the three of them had desperately protected Hong Qian, so Hong Qian's injuries were naturally minimal.
"Hehe, does dignified Ten Thousand Sword Gate Senior Brother Jian Xin only know how to hide?" Just as the four were conversing, the Xuan Ling Imperial Three Heavenly Sovereigns pursued relentlessly and instantly piped up.
"Senior Brother, what do we do now?" Song Yue said in a deep voice.
"Right now, I'm afraid we can only exit the Blood River Realm early, but that would also mean we lose our qualification for the sect trials."
"It's just that the Xuan Ling Imperial Three Heavenly Sovereigns seem to carry a very bizarre aura-an aura that even I find terrifying." Jian Xin said slowly.
"At worst, we'll fight them to the death." At this time, Song Yue also bit his teeth and spoke.
"Shh, shh, shh." Just as despair gripped the four members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate, three stalwart figures slowly emerged.
"Follow me." The man at the tail end spoke softly.
"People from the Ancient Desolation Hall?" Hong Qian couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"Let's go." Du Chun didn't dare to waste words either, directly pulling the four members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate toward himself.
"Where are you running!" While the three from the Ancient Desolation Hall were rescuing the four members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate, the Three Heavenly Sovereigns also spotted the figures of a few and directly howled toward them.
"Hehe, Tian Qian, this isn't the time for the final slaughter."
"So... wait a little longer!" After the leading Ancient Desolation Hall Senior Brother finished speaking, his body suddenly swelled countless times, and then that giant-like physique abruptly threw a punch, attacking the Three Heavenly Sovereigns.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" Terrifying force and gale-force winds reverberated through the air, slowing down the pace of the Three Heavenly Sovereigns. Clearly, even the three of them dared not treat this lightly.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble!" As that punch vanished, the people of the Ancient Desolation Hall took the members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate and vanished from the line of sight of the Three Heavenly Sovereigns.
"Those bastards from the Ancient Desolation Hall..." Seeing the four members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate whom he was moments away from killing get rescued right under his nose, Tian Qian couldn't help cursing aloud.
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