Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 299: Chapter 225: Entering Jade Seal City

In a meeting room of three hundred square meters, the lighting was a bit dim, with the curtains all drawn.

At this time, the coaches and leaders of each team, along with the three Guardians of Shanghai and some military and political figures, were also present.

They sat at an oval conference table, their eyes all focused on a young girl at the front.

The girl wore a blue tracksuit, about one meter sixty-five tall, standing motionlessly with her back to the crowd, leaving only her silhouette.

From an angle unseen by the others, the girl’s eyes were glowing as she stared at the blank wall, where images were projected from her eyes.

As she proceeded, the images fluctuated continuously, seemingly in a human perspective, the visuals were clear, though the sound was somewhat blurred and intermittent, making it hard to hear clearly.

But everyone was satisfied with this.

In the Other-dimensional Space, filming is impossible because electronic devices cannot be used within the Divine Martial Continent.

Only through some rare visual sharing soul skills can one see everything happening in the Divine Martial Continent.

Although these supportive soul skills can’t provide powerful attack power, they are extremely rare and difficult to absorb.

Even if two people simultaneously absorbed such a soul skill, there is no guarantee of successful sharing, generally, the success rate is larger among twins.

Those who possess such sharing soul skills are extremely rare talents.

This time in the preliminary round, one such talent was arranged to blend in among the adventurers.

”It seems that this preliminary round is different from usual, it will be very dangerous!”

Watching the projected scenes, the coaches of each team frowned slightly, expressing some concern.

This attack by the alien race is too fierce and brutal.

Even before entering Jade Seal City, the damage is already so severe, which indeed is worrying.

”Is this alien race planning to hunt down the human race’s talents?”

”I’ve heard that many alien talents have entered Jade Seal City, among them is Hai Wei!”

”Notify to retreat, although it’s a pity, there’s no other way, we can’t proceed and suffer greater losses later.”

”Why retreat? Retreating right at the start will only make the alien race ridicule us!”

The crowd discussed heatedly, some supported retreating, others supported continuing forward, and no one could persuade anyone else.

At this moment, a knocking sound was heard, and soon, a man in a military uniform walked in, approaching an old man and whispering something in his ear.

The old man, a Guardian of Shanghai and one of the responsible figures for this preliminary, tapped the table, waiting for everyone to quiet down before speaking:

”Accurate information has been received, this time, two-thirds of the alien race’s Sixth Grade talents have entered the Jade Seal Spatial Gate. All Five Great Forces have sent people, including super talents like Hai Wei, Tian Qing, and Leng Xue. Their objective might not be the Secret Realm, but perhaps the teams.”

With these words, everyone’s expressions changed slightly.

Even Bu Zheng was no exception.

Hai Wei, Tian Qing, Leng Xue, these famous alien race talents from the Five Great Forces, even they had heard of them.

Hai Wei and Tian Qing are the most exceptional talents among the young generation of the alien race, with powers having reached the Peak of Sixth Grade.

Each one of them is a prodigy in Soul and Martial Dual Cultivation, having refined Earth Chart demon spirits, and also possessing bloodline talents.

Each one of them is an invincible talent of the same tier in the Sixth Grade Realm.

Among them, Tian Qing, like Yun Kai, also has Ancestral Demonization.

If any team encounters these two individuals alone, the outcome would surely be disastrous.

The locations of these talents are quite a distance from Jade Seal City.

Now, having gathered from afar at Jade Seal City, it’s definitely not just for the Secret Realm, but for hunting.

The Spiritual Power Pool, Elemental Fruit, although valuable, aren’t rare goods for talents like Hai Wei representing powerful forces. Some of them have already enjoyed these resources, and enjoying once more wouldn’t offer much benefit and only waste resources.

Regarding Lin Feng’s team, he wasn’t too worried, but other teams, especially the Nine Elite Teams, if careless, could indeed be wiped out.

”It seems that this time the team members’ talents are too outstanding, the alien race plans to hunt down some people in advance.”

The old man said mildly, with a tone brimming with killing intent.

This situation is not unprecedented happened before, and thinking of this, the old man glanced at Bu Zheng.

Over twenty years ago, it was also the generation with the most prodigious and brilliant talents, yet due to an alien race conspiracy, nearly a third fell.

This third was nearly the most outstanding portion.

Among them was Bu Yuanlong.

”Elder Zhang, what do you think should be done?” Coach Huang asked.

”As I said before, sometimes giving up is not disgraceful. Inform all the teams, tell them the alien race’s plans and the dangers they will face, let them decide on their own, they’re all adults.”

The old man paused slightly, then continued:

”The preliminary gathered 104 top-level talents nationwide. Although Hai Wei’s side may be stronger, their numbers can’t match ours. Inflicting a thousand casualties, while suffering eight hundred of their own, the alien race fears death too, so the choice is left to these kids.”

With that, the old man said to the girl: ”Xinxin, tell them the news about the alien race.”

The girl, with her back to the crowd, nodded slightly without speaking.

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Inside the Jade Seal Space Gate.

Upon learning that the alien talents had gathered and were preparing to hunt them, almost all adventurers left, leaving only twenty people.

And out of the thirteen teams, two withdrew — Changkong Team and Liaoyuan Team.

These two teams were slightly weaker, among them Liaoyuan Team, wasn’t part of the Nine Elite Joint Schools, but was the top from ordinary colleges.

After the teams departed, there were no alien ambushes, and three hours later, a group arrived outside Jade Seal City.

Jade Seal City is a small city, with a population of only fifty to sixty thousand, smaller than Red Cloud University; the city gate is ancient and exudes a sense of time.

Entering the city, in the streets and alleys, alien figures can be seen everywhere.

There are adults, children, and elders.

They looked at Lin Feng and his company with some fright, hurriedly running back to their houses, shutting their doors and windows tightly.

The remaining aliens also had complex expressions in their eyes; some had unabashed killing intent, some children exhibited curiosity tinged with fear, but most eyes showed disdain.

At this moment, facing the encirclement of the alien race, under the gaze of hundreds of aliens, the faces of the team members and adventurers slightly changed, their bodies tense, with some even trembling, showing signs of helplessness and bewilderment.

Even when facing a more powerful group of Demon Beasts, they would not be this afraid, but in front of the alien race, many felt somewhat uneasy.

In the eyes of many, aside from the horn, the slight differences in eyes and ears, there are not many differences between the alien race and the Human Race.

Perhaps this similarity makes them feel as if they are facing fellow humans.

Compared to others, Lin Feng remained calm.

However, this was also his first time coming to an alien city.

Normally, the Human Race would not easily set foot in areas controlled by the alien race, let alone enter their cities directly.

Although the alien race was not friendly, neither side took any rash action; at this moment, both were like a powder keg, any move by either side would ignite it.

Ignoring the stares of the alien race, the team hurried along, seeing this, some aliens grew bolder, starting to curse, to shout, and even children began throwing dirty things at the people.

”Get lost!” Yu Qiao, holding the Crimson Dagger, flicked away a stone coming at him, glanced around, and said coldly.

He spoke in the alien language.

He realized that many aliens were already holding weapons and closing in, more and more of them, eyes filled with killing intent, eager to try.

The battle seemed on the verge of breaking out.

”What should we do?”

Surrounded by aliens, many appeared at a loss, willing to hunt Demon Beasts without mercy because they were beasts, but facing the alien race, they couldn’t be so decisive.

Moreover, among these were children.

Some of those children still had eyes filled with innocence and naivety.

”Back off!”

Lin Feng, holding a longbow, pointed an arrow at the most arrogant aliens, warning: ”Back off ten meters, or die.”

Yun Kai raised his hand, controlling a long sword to dance beside Lin Feng.

Yue Mingming also remained ready to summon the Tentacle Monster.

In response to Lin Feng team’s threat, the aliens disregarded it, attempting to approach with faint glows emanating from their bodies.

Suddenly, a long arrow shot out from a distant alley, aimed at an unguarded young girl, but a companion saved her with a Defense Soul Skill.

Seeing the ambush, coupled with the eager eyes of the surrounding aliens, Lin Feng’s eyes went cold.

Swoosh!

Without any hesitation, Lin Feng released, the arrow whistled through the air, with a ”swoosh”, it pierced through an alien man’s throat, and the spurt of blood made those around him hesitate for a moment, only to turn into rage immediately after.

Some of them just took a step forward when swords pierced their bodies.

”Kill them!”

The battle erupted; various Soul Skills unleashed, and in just a moment, twenty to thirty aliens fell dead, while the Human Race also lost two.

”Ah!”

Watching the death of elders and relatives beside them, alien children cried out in terror, causing many team members to slowly halt their attacks as they watched the crying children.

But this brief ceasefire resulted in the deaths of three people.

Among them were two team members, one male and one female, from the Xiaming Team.

This was the first time team members had died.

And there were two.

Xiaming Team, positioned towards the outside, suddenly stopped the attack, got hit by the aliens’ Soul Skills, resulting in the immediate death of two team members.

Looking at their fallen companions, the team members paused slightly, dazed for a moment.

Dead?

Their teammates actually died?

They hadn’t expected that holding back would cost their teammates’ lives.

Regret and anger led them to let out painful roars, entering the Demon Transformation state, no longer holding back, furiously unleashing the most powerful offensive Soul Skills.

A minute later, the aliens retreated, the battle ceased, leaving fifty to sixty alien corpses around.

A few people trembled slightly, feeling uneasy, but the vast majority looked indifferent.

Even though they had just entered Jade Seal City, the corpses of their companions taught everyone one thing: if they showed sympathy to the alien race, the cost would be their teammates’ lives.

”Hmm...”

Little Sister Dong trembled slightly, finding it hard to look directly at the bodies in front of her.

Listening to the cries from all around, and the hateful gazes from the shadows, she couldn’t help but start doubting herself.

”Is coming here really the right thing?”

Little Sister Dong asked herself but couldn’t find an answer, some stared at the bodies all over, face pale, losing two teammates left Xiaming Team grieving, they chose to withdraw, carrying their companions’ bodies.

Not just Xiaming Team, some members from other teams also withdrew.

Some were fine with battling Demon Beasts but couldn’t adapt to fighting the alien race.

A total of 23 people chose to leave, including six from Xiaming Team, six other team members, making a total of 12, with 11 adventurers.

At this point, the team, originally three hundred strong, was down to about a hundred.

In the oppressive atmosphere, the team members expressionlessly continued forward; at this point, they hardly cared about the Spiritual Power Pool or Elemental Fruit.

Seeing Dong Yunan, Yue Mingming, and Yun Kai looking somewhat unusual, Lin Feng said nothing.

This is a necessary experience.

He had been confused once before, but after seeing it enough, he became numb.

Everyone desires world peace without killing, but war is this cruel, leaving no choice.

Acceptance is the only way!