Hopeless City is one of the largest cities in the Far Southern Land. Once you arrive here, you are considered to have officially entered the territory of the Far Southern Land.
The Far Southern Land is not a city or a mountain range, but a vast region jointly governed by the Three Sects of the Southern Region. Compared to other places in the Southern Region, it is undoubtedly more prosperous and thriving.
The Far Southern Land is home to almost all the powerful figures in the Southern Region. For example, Fu Yulong and Liu Ya, whom Xiao Yan and his group encountered on the southwestern border, were both experts at the Origin Return Realm level, but if they were placed in the Far Southern Land, their strength would be at most only in the middle to lower ranks.
This demonstrates just how much gold is contained in this Far Southern Land.
Even experts at the Origin Return Realm are only considered mid-to-lower tier. Above them are experts at the Origin King Great Realm, and even higher...
Origin Emperor!
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan's heart tightened slightly. Just looking at his current cultivation level of the Origin Return Realm, he was already able to move heaven and earth. He wondered how terrifying the power displayed by a powerhouse of the Origin Emperor Great Realm would be!
After Xiao Yan and his group arrived Hopeless City, the Blood Flame Bird left on its own. Before leaving, Xiao Yan, to express his gratitude and apology, generously gave the bird a few fifth-grade pills.
At first, the guy was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Yan's behavior, and his words even carried a hint of disdain. However, when he saw that the pills Xiao Yan took out were all fifth-grade pills, a glint of light flashed in the guy's huge beast eyes. Without hesitation, he snatched the pills from Xiao Yan's hand, as if afraid that Xiao Yan would change his mind.
The magical beast race is incapable of refining pills. The only ways they can obtain pills are to buy them from human alchemists at great expense or by killing and robbing. However, the quality and quantity of the pills obtained are far inferior. It is extremely rare for someone like Xiao Yan to give them away so generously.
After accepting the pills, the hostility that the Blood Flame Bird had shown towards Xiao Yan and the others in its huge beast eyes had faded considerably. However, it still hadn't completely let go of the matter. After all, the Blood Flame Bird was a proud race and would never be ordered around. If it weren't for Xiao Yan's coercion and the fact that Xiao Yan and the others' destination was the Far Southern Land, it probably wouldn't have agreed to lead the way.
"Hmph, Xiao Yan, don't think that taking your pills is the end of it. I'll remember this grudge. I'll leave it for you for now, just like that woman said. When we meet again, I'll definitely pay you back with interest!"
After uttering those words, the Blood Flame Bird turned and flapped its enormous wings, flying towards a forest in the southwest of the city.
"By the way, although I don't know how you got involved with that woman, I still advise you not to make an enemy of her, because the people behind her are people you absolutely cannot afford to offend!"
The warning voice of the Blood Flame Bird echoed from afar. Xiao Yan nodded involuntarily upon hearing it. Although he still did not know Li Bingrui's exact identity, judging from the terrifying combat power that woman had displayed, she was definitely an extremely troublesome opponent.
Furthermore, from the Blood Flame Bird's words, Xiao Yan could tell that this guy seemed to know the woman's identity, but now that she was gone, it was impossible to ask her again.
"Let's go, into town."
Turning back, Xiao Yan looked up at the enormous city that sat there like a prehistoric beast, and a look of astonishment gradually appeared in his eyes.
" The Far Southern Land, I've finally arrived! Burning Flame Valley, Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, here I come!"
He murmured to himself, and then, Xiao Yan took a step forward, leading the group behind him toward the Hopeless City.
As soon as the group entered the city, the scene before them immediately shocked them.
Magnificent buildings stand like mountains in the city, and crisscrossing streets stretch out before you. The flow of people is endless, and the noise reaches the sky. In just a short time since entering the city, Xiao Yan has already sensed many powerful auras. The owners of those auras are all at the Origin Return Realm level!
"As expected of the Far Southern Land, the number of powerful individuals in this city alone is unmatched by any other city on the southwestern border."
Aside from those experts at the Origin Return Realm, even among the pedestrians on the street, the lowest cultivation level was Five-Star Dou Di, and there were even quite a few experts at the Origin Transformation Realm among them.
It's truly astonishing that a Origin Transformation Realm expert who could hold sway over a region in the Western Region is merely an ordinary passerby here.
As Xiao Yan and his companions surveyed their surroundings, the arrival of this group also attracted the attention of many people in the city.
After all, apart from Xiao Yi Xian and Mu Leng, the others in this group all had Origin Transformation Realm, and there was even Xiao Yan, a powerful expert in the Origin Return Realm, in charge. The combat strength of this group was already terrifying. What was most surprising was that apart from Zhou Tai and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape, the rest of the group were all handsome young men.
Such a team is bound to attract the attention of the people in the city.
Ignoring the stares of passersby, the group walked slowly into the city. Calculating the time, it had only been a week since they left Qingyang City, much earlier than they had initially expected. There were still half a month until the sect competition in Burning Flame Valley, which was more than enough time for them to travel from Hopeless City to the location of Burning Flame Valley.
"Elder Zhou, I already know about two of the Three Sects of the Southern Region, but I don't know what the third one is."
Previously focused solely on cultivation, Xiao Yan, now in this Hopeless City and witnessing its bustling streets, had a moment of leisure and immediately turned to Zhou Tai to ask him a question.
Upon hearing this, the latter slowly exhaled and said:
"Of the Three Sects of the Southern Region, the strongest is undoubtedly the Burning Flame Valley. We dare not presume to judge the strength of the other two, but we know their strengths are roughly equal. Besides the Heavenly Puppet Sect, the third is called the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect."
" The Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect..."
He murmured something under his breath, and Zhou Tai continued speaking.
"This Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect is not an ordinary human force, but was established by an extremely powerful magical beast. In this Far Southern Land, it is the only force whose disciples are magical beasts."
"Warcraft sect?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow. A force entirely built by magical beasts, and within human territory no less, was truly a strange occurrence.