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”Hum...”

The dull sound of gears turning came from this magnificent city suspended in mid-air, which possessed an Eastern steampunk aesthetic.

Many of the people living here were ordinary, yet they could all fly through the sky and possessed incredible strength.

Looking closely, whenever they were about to display their extraordinary powers, they would use a golden brush to write some strange symbols in the air.

It was these talismans that gave them the power to change their way of life.

Surrounding the city were vast mountains and rivers, with abundant resources and rich products.

This small world was many times larger than the Star Force Mystic Realm or the Cauldron Realm that Chen Yi had visited before.

Even a Martial God’s Divine Sense couldn’t cover the entire territory, and as far as the eye could see, the horizon was visible.

The people here, young and old, were all content and happy. Everyone seemed carefree and lived very comfortably.

Their clothes were bright and splendid; at first glance, one might mistake them for royalty from the outside world.The 120,000 martial artists from the human world stood beneath this massive floating city, looking like a group of shabby country bumpkins.

”Oh my god... How is this city floating in the sky? That’s incredible!”

”Even the Shen Family couldn’t create a Spirit Artifact of this scale!”

”Some of those people up there clearly have no cultivation level, and they aren’t using any Spirit Artifacts, yet they can fly around too! How are they doing it?”

”What are those big wheels spinning for in the city?”

The gap opened by the Great Demon happened to be near this floating city.

The 120,000 martial artists surged in, all shocked by the sight before them.

Chen Yi ordered the entire army to spread out, and the martial artists dispersed, scattering into the surrounding mountains and rivers.

At the same time, several thousand troops flew out of the floating city.

They wore golden armor and carried uniform longspear weapons.

Chen Yi swept his Divine Sense over them and found that among these people, the highest cultivation level was only a few Martial Kings.

But every single one of them had talismans swirling around their feet, and they could all fly through the air!

”It looks like we’ll have to use One-Line-Sky, or we’ll be at a disadvantage.”

The group of golden-armored soldiers they saw now was not the full strength of the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm.

They were just an emergency response force.

Chen Yi had already noticed that some of them were turning back halfway, obviously going to call for reinforcements.

With this in mind, Chen Yi directly used ”Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger” to change his own aura and cultivation level, allowing him to blend perfectly into the crowd of 120,000 ordinary martial artists without attracting the enemy’s attention.

He got a bunch of materials from Shen Yang and began setting up a formation.

At the same time, he used the Free and Unfettered Token to send a message to Hua Wuyan, asking her to negotiate with the other side on behalf of the human world and stall for some time.

”Ancient Wasteland Upper Realm! Outsiders are forbidden to enter! Leave immediately! Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!”

Among the thousands of golden-armored troops, a Martial King spoke in a loud voice that echoed in all directions.

On the floating city, many people were lying on the ground, peering down through the gaps in the city’s floor or from its edges.

Although these Ancient Wasteland Survivors looked the same as people from the outside world, they pointed at Chen Yi and the others, laughing and talking as if they were watching a group of monkeys.

Hua Wuyan didn’t take to the air. She just stood on the grass, leaning on her crutch, and spoke calmly.

”Ancient Wasteland Upper Realm? A small world with incomplete laws of heaven and earth, and now it calls itself the Upper Realm? Your arrogance has seeped into your very bones.”

In mid-air, the Great Demon, who looked like a scholar, had his wild hair flying, his whole body radiating terrifying demonic energy.

”Hua Wuyan! Why waste words with them! Tell me, where is the Path to Immortality! If you don’t, I’ll slaughter the city!”

Hua Wuyan tapped her crutch, and a wave of powerful pressure radiated outward. The surrounding grass and trees bent, and the white clouds in the sky scattered.

”Great Demon! Do not speak nonsense! We did not come to kill!”

The Great Demon paused, then spoke again.

”Speak quickly! Where is the Path to Immortality! If you don’t, I’ll slaughter the city!”

Li Wentian, standing by, shot the Great Demon a disdainful look, clearly looking down on him.

Although the secret realm was vast, it was still very small compared to the outside world.

After the few Martial Gods entered, they had each flown around the four directions once, scanning the entire territory with their Divine Sense, but found nothing particularly special.

Clearly, the Path to Immortality had also been hidden, making it impossible to discover easily. Only the locals knew where it was hidden.

Although they hadn’t found the Path to Immortality, while scanning, the few Martial Gods did discover that in this tiny place, there were quite a lot of cultivators in the Later Martial Path.

Five Martial Gods!

Several hundred Martial Saints!

Several thousand Martial Kings!

Such an unusual concentration of combat power actually indicated that there was definitely something strange going on here, and the Path to Immortality might indeed be here.

The Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm had five of these large floating cities, distributed in the east, west, south, north, and center.

The five Martial Gods of the secret realm each guarded one of these cities.

Chen Yi and the others were currently at the central one.

At this moment, cultivators in the Later Martial Path from all over the secret realm were rushing to provide support from all directions.

Hearing the Great Demon’s words, that Martial King, even knowing the other party was a Martial God, still showed no fear at all.

”So you’ve come for the Path to Immortality, after all... Heh, outsiders, don’t think you’re so great just because you’ve brought a few Martial Gods with you!

Even I can see that you, this Demonic Cultivator, and you, the one in the imperial robe, are both full of deathly energy. You’re basically people barely clinging to life by force! Where is the peak power you once had?

And you, an old woman with little lifespan left, right?

Four Martial Gods, and only one of you is still in your prime, and you dare to challenge our Ancient Wasteland Upper Realm? Overestimating yourselves!”

In their eyes, the Great Demon, Li Wentian, and Hua Wuyan were all no threat. Only Shen Qingshan appeared to be in his prime.

Little did they know that Chen Yi, who had hidden his cultivation level, was actually their worst nightmare.

Hua Wuyan wasn’t annoyed.

In fact, this person’s provocative words didn’t cause any ripples in the hearts of the several Martial Gods.

Li Wentian himself was a master of trash talk; this kind of verbal attack was something he simply filtered out.

The Great Demon seemed irritable, but that was just due to his demonic aura. He didn’t lack the mindset befitting a strong person.

Hua Wuyan said.

”I am speaking as a human Guardian. I hope that both sides can sit down and have a proper discussion, rather than resorting to force.

This object originally belonged to the human world and doesn’t belong to any single faction.

Any exceptional talents qualified to go to the Real Realm should have a chance to make the journey.

Ancient Wasteland Survivors, you have taken the Path to Immortality for yourselves and sealed off the secret realm, which is an act of defying the world’s will.

Today, now that the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm has revealed itself, if you refuse to let go, the heroes of the human world will surely attack you from all sides. The only result for the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm will be to become a bubble of space, and all of you will be reduced to ashes!”

As Hua Wuyan finished speaking, a loud laugh came from the city.

”Ha ha ha ha! Guardian? What a grand official air! My Ancient Wasteland Upper Realm doesn’t need your protection! Take your people and leave immediately!!”

A figure shot out from the city, and the terrifying pressure he emitted actually dimmed the surrounding light.

A fierce wind blew, causing the colorful battle armor on the newcomer to clatter noisily.

The group of golden-armored soldiers all bowed to him.

”Greetings, City Lord!”

The newcomer was none other than one of the five City Lords of the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm, a Martial God level cultivator, Yi Chengsheng!

His appearance was that of a young man in his twenties, but from the experienced look in his eyes, it was not hard to tell that his actual age was probably several hundred years old.