Chapter 182: The Storm Begins!

Chapter 182: The Storm Begins!

When the elders and geniuses stepped out of the trading hall to stand at the summit of the First Peak, a tall, otherworldly man with six pairs of white wings shot up from the surface of Emerald Lake to hover gracefully between the Sixth and Seventh Peaks. The man's handsome face was filled with excitement as he took in his surroundings.

“The Celestial Race!”

“The Celestial Race from the Fifth World!”

"My goodness!"

Cultivators cried out in shock and fear at the sight.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The man gently flapped his six pairs of white wings, causing sharp blades of light to fly out, slaughtering the weaker disciples of the Star River Alliance and the Sinister Soul Temple on the Sixth and Seventh Peaks.

“I am Yu Gu from the Celestial Race in the Fifth World, and I am here at the invitation of the master of the Primordial Wilderness, Cao Mang!” Yu Gu said as he gracefully descended to stand on the summit of the Sixth Peak. Gazing at the First Peak, he said in perfect human language, “Cao Mang has been trading privately with my race for many years, and has graciously invited us to his grand trading event.

“With our participation, this year's trade fair will surely capture everyone's attention!”

With that, Yu Gu bowed in the direction of the First Peak, seemingly in gratitude to Cao Mang.

"Cao Mang!"

"Old Monster Cao!"

“Are you crazy?”

The elders and geniuses at the summit of the First Peak were nearly bursting with rage.

“I...” The bewildered Cao Mang was rendered speechless and did not know how to explain himself when faced with the accusing glares of the crowd.

He had indeed conducted private trades with the exotic races of the Fifth World, but the Celestial Race was not one of them. Moreover, he had not invited any of those races to his event, not to mention the fact that he did not have the ability to construct a perfect Mirror Tunnel connecting the Primordial Wilderness to the Fifth World.

However, the Celestial Race member named Yu Gu declared that Cao Mang had invited them. Additionally, the Mirror Tunnel had indeed appeared in Emerald Lake, which was in the Primordial Wilderness.

Sects like the Sinister Soul Temple and the Radiant Sun Sect had also undeniably heard rumors of his dealings with the Fifth World. Thus, Cao Mang was left with no defense against Yu Gu's claims.

“It wasn’t us. It has nothing to do with us, don't believe their lies!” Lady Hua screamed in horror. If this were proven true, both she and Cao Mang would face dire consequences, and she was not ready to die yet.

As the crowd at the summit berated Cao Mang, savage Vicious Beasts, and warriors from various races in the Fifth World emerged from the surface of Emerald Lake and landed on the lake's shore.

"The Third World!"

"The Primordial Wilderness!"

"Humans!"

The members of the Ghost Race, the Wood Race, and the Demon Scale Race, as well as the one-eyed giants, pounded their chests and roared, releasing their millennia-long resentment and defiance from being imprisoned in the lower world.

"Kill!"

“Aren't we too lucky?” he wondered aloud

None of the other Cloud Sails that took flight had escaped unharmed. They had all been destroyed mid-flight, and the cultivators onboard were hunted as they fell from the sky. Many of them were killed before they even hit the ground.

“I don’t know.”

Han Ting was also bewildered. Gazing toward Emerald Lake in the distance, she gritted her teeth and said, “Gao Yuan, Pang Jian is over by Emerald Lake!”

Gao Yuan shuddered again, his heart pounding with fear. "It's not that I don't want to go, but the foreign races from the Fifth World came from Emerald Lake! Han Ting, let's fly higher and assess the situation from above!"

With that said, he piloted the Cloud Sail high into the air and became the first flying vessel to escape the Primordial Wilderness.

Luo Hongyan opened her eyes to find only a few white-clad women remained inside the trading hall on the First Peak. All the elders and sect geniuses had disappeared.

A Mirror Tunnel appeared at Emerald Lake in the Primordial Wilderness? Luo Hongyan wondered in confusion.

She had heard about the Mirror Tunnel through Lady Hua and the elders' jade talismans and was largely unaware of the situation outside as she was still confined within the crystal.

Boom!

A wooden door was violently smashed open. Jiu Yuan of the Blood Moon Sect entered and stared at her with frightening eyes. "Damn it, you're a living being, so I can't put you in a spatial bracelet!

"You cost me a million spirit stones to obtain from that traitor Cao Mang. I can't just abandon you! There's no other choice; I'll have to carry you out myself!"

Gritting his teeth, Jiu Yuan hoisted the massive prismatic crystal onto his back, planning to find a Cloud Sail to escape the Primordial Wilderness.

The Blood Moon Sect’s Formless Sailboat could not be summoned with divine sense like the Scarlet Dawn Boat or the Divine Spirit Pagoda.

His and Fang Boxuan's Formless Sailboats on the Fourth Peak were doomed. His only hope was to board a Cloud Sail.

The blood talisman in his hand suddenly lit up.

“Jiu Yuan, I’ve killed your men. You won’t escape either,” Pang Jian's voice rang out from the blood talisman.

"Pang Jian!" Jiu Yuan's face darkened.

Luo Hongyan's eyes shone with a subtle light.

After Jiu Yuan had drawn the winning bamboo stick from Lady Hua, Luo Hongyan had resigned herself to her fate and had lost all hope for any kind of future.

She had been relieved when she heard Qi Qingsong's words to Pang Jian when he left the trading hall. Under her careful guidance, Pang Jian had finally learned to remain calm and restrained, knowing when to withdraw decisively when things were beyond his control.

As long as Pang Jian escaped safely from the Primordial Wilderness, she knew that someday—whether it was a few years, a few dozen years, or even decades later—Pang Jian would eventually come back to look for Cao Mang, Lady Hua, Jiu Yuan, Lou Yunming, and Yang Rui!

Pang Jian would surely avenge her. As long as he lived, her vengeance would be fulfilled!

Unexpectedly though, Pang Jian had not yet left the Primordial Wilderness and even dared to provoke Jiu Yuan through the blood talisman after killing his subordinates.

What earth-shattering events are happening outside? Luo Hongyan could not help but feel puzzled as she listened to the commotion outside and observed Jiu Yuan's odd behavior.