As Ye Ming stepped forward.
Within Hua Guo.
On a mountain peak shrouded in mist, an elder with white hair suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes held a look of shock.
And behind this shock, a hint of fear was mixed.
"I want to see who is meddling with heavenly secrets."
At this moment, an extremely terrifying aura emanated from the elder. The world turned dim and faded.
"Appear!"
The elder formed a hand seal, and with the power of unspeakable profoundness, a vertical eye emitting white holy light appeared on his forehead.
The elder deduced continuously and finally saw two strange prophecies:
Heavenly secrets appear, origin descends, calamity arises, beings' tribulation.
Fate, destiny, fate star, predestined.
...
In the Taoist temple.
An old man in a purple Taoist robe looked at the tortoise shells scattered on the table, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
"Heavenly secrets appear strangely, fate is the cause."
"Origin descends suddenly, destiny is the effect."
"Calamity arises unexpectedly, fate star appears."
"Beings' great tribulation, fate is sealed."
After reading the omen, the old man in the Taoist robe waved his hand, and the tortoise shells on the table disappeared.
He walked out of the Taoist temple, looked up at the flawless sky, and sighed lightly:
"Fortune! Or misfortune!"
...
Beside the old tree in front of the temple, an old monk was sweeping fallen leaves with a broom. His movements were slow but extremely fluid, without any sense of awkwardness.
It seemed that in this sweeping and falling of leaves, the ultimate truth of the Great Dao was contained.
At this moment, a fierce gust of wind swept in, blowing towards the pile of leaves the old monk had just swept together.
Rustle!
In the air, the leaves danced freely with the strong wind, emitting a beautiful natural sound.
Seeing this, the old monk gently put down his broom, letting the strong wind blow away the other piles of leaves. He merely watched it all silently.
Until everything was calm.
He picked up the broom again.
This time, he did not sweep leaves anymore, but slowly turned and walked into the temple.
He knew that the wind would come again, and the leaves would fall. Thus, why bother to disturb this natural order.
A moment later, from within the temple, the sound of traversing the world emanated.
"Everything has a cause, everything has an effect."
"Fate is determined, destiny has returned."
"Fate star has appeared, fate's tribulation is formed."
"Follow fate, follow the Dharma, cause arises, cause perishes."
...
At the same time, outside Hua Guo, on a high platform of a magnificent golden church, a blurred figure radiating golden light slowly descended.
On his sides stood two knights in white armor. Their faces were hidden beneath their armor.
Behind them knelt two rows of figures in red robes.
"At the beginning of heaven and earth, all things return to their origin."
The blurred figure spoke indifferently, looking at everyone:
"From this day on, all believers of my faith shall use their most devout faith to welcome the prosperous era with me."
...
Nangong Family.
As the black-robed man stepped out of the courtyard, his footwork suddenly accelerated, instantly transforming into a black streak of light and disappearing from his original position.
"Chase!"
At this moment, those who were secretly watching the black-robed man also followed the streak of light and pursued him.
Half a minute later.
On Ming Hai Street, many people noticed a bizarre scene.
A man in a black robe was sprinting down the street at an unbelievable speed. A black energy even emanated from his body.
"Damn! Is this a movie shoot?"
"Is it that exaggerated? Is this a speed a human can achieve?"
"Hey! Look, people are chasing him from behind. Holy crap, how are they running so fast too?"
"This is crazy, I must have seen things from playing fighter jets all night."
"No, I have to record this, this is too goddamn ridiculous."
...
On the street, many people noticed this scene.
At this time, those chasing from behind also revealed looks of confusion: "Why is he running towards the city center?"
Logically, to get rid of them quickly, he should run towards the desolate suburbs. But the result was far beyond their expectations.
"No matter what! Chase him first, we must get the Daoxin Jade!"
After ten minutes of pursuit, in a spacious alley, several figures appeared in front of the black-robed man.
"Hand over the Daoxin Jade obediently."
At this moment, people were also catching up from behind the black-robed man.
He had nowhere to run.
"You in front, take care of him first, then we'll decide how to divide the Daoxin Jade, okay!" said the person who caught up from behind.
"Okay!"
No one objected.
"Go!"
Without any further words, the two groups of people from front and back directly attacked. The flow of true qi could be felt from them.
Clearly, they were all ancient martial artists.
Facing this attack from all directions, the black-robed man showed no intention of dodging.
"A bunch of ants dare to block me!"
Suddenly, a terrifying aura surged from the man's body. True qi gathered wildly in his palm. Then, he slammed it down on the ground.
Bang!
Centered on the man, the ground beneath his feet began to crack. And the shattered stones and flying sand, guided by the true qi, transformed into sharp blades that shot out in all directions.
"Ah!"
Facing this indiscriminate attack, all the attackers were pierced by the flying blades that filled the air, and red liquid instantly stained the ground.
All that was left for them were desperate wails.
They never expected this black-robed man to possess such terrifying strength.
"Ah! He... he's a Martial King expert!"
Through the true qi contained within the flying sand and stones, they realized this. Only a Martial King expert could achieve true qi detachment.
Martial King!
Upon realizing this, one of them, dragging his wounded body, quickly knelt and begged for mercy: "Esteemed senior, I was blind and offended you, and..."
Before he could finish, the black-robed man flicked his index finger, and a wisp of compressed true qi pierced through his body.
"Ignorant fools!" the man said coldly.
Then he looked at the others and flicked his fingers one by one.
"No... don't, spare..."
Seconds later, several more cold corpses lay on the ground.
After dealing with those people, the black-robed man did not leave. He remained standing in place, looking forward.
...
On the other side, Du Yuemian, who feared the Chi Xin Fruit, was naturally ambushed.
But with her strength as a mid-stage Martial King, those who overestimated themselves naturally posed no threat to her.
At this moment, Du Yuemian stopped. In her hands, she held two crescent-shaped short blades.
Beside her was a wooden box.
Du Xiaoqing had obviously been sent away.
"I never expected you to appear here." Du Yuemian tightened her grip on her weapons, her eyes filled with shock and solemnity.
In front of her stood three figures:
Lin Cangyun!
Dragon Gate's Left Protector!
And Lin Fengxuan!