“It is open, it is finally open!”
Though the cold wind chilled, it did not chill their hearts. Instead, pairs of eyes lit up one after another.
Along the way, many could confirm that the Domain of Evil, though filled with eerie things everywhere, mostly had opportunities in places with such eeriness.
Everyone dared to assert that this ancient city surely held some opportunity.
As for danger, many had already cast it aside before the lure of gain.
Or rather, they were willing to take the risk.
However, after the city gate opened, for quite a while, still no one entered. Everyone waited for one another, waiting for who would be the first to charge in.
“Whoosh!”
At that moment, as expected, someone could not hold back and was the first to rush through the city gate.
All eyes fixed tightly on the city gate, each poised to charge, ready to surge inside.
Seeing that person enter completely unharmed, someone exclaimed: “We can go in!”
“Go!” At this point, the Heavenly Saint Sect’s group was the first wave to charge out, their surging momentum and vast pressure startling those who had meant to rush first into halting their movements temporarily.
Seeing the Heavenly Saint Sect enter the ancient city’s streets completely unscathed, the Azure Dragon Sect and Ji family could no longer sit still. They all burst forth, charging inside.
Immediately after, the crowd surged. The two waves, totalling two or three thousand people gathered, all flooded towards the city gate.
“Let us go in too!” At this time, Xi Yuchen spoke up, rising and rushing towards the city interior.
Lin Xiao, Bo Haixuan, and Qi Shiyuan also rose, following the crowd inside.
After entering the city gate, a highly eerie scene immediately appeared in Lin Xiao’s sight.
Everyone had stopped on the street just inside the city gate.
And everyone’s faces had turned into that sunken, rough, three-parts human seven-parts ghostly ugly appearance.
This was the very look they had seen earlier, and the one they themselves had become.
Even though they had gone through a similar experience before, facing two or three thousand identical faces, Lin Xiao could not help but feel a twitch in his heart.
This scene was simply too frightening.
“This, bloody hell!” Xi Yuchen beside Lin Xiao could not help but curse lowly.
Bo Haixuan also said lowly: “Not only has the appearance changed, even my cultivation has been suppressed to the first level of Martial Emperor realm.”
“My cultivation has been suppressed too.” Qi Shiyuan beside them also said.
“The same for me!” Xi Yuchen nodded as well.
“Hm?” Lin Xiao felt a surge of surprise in his heart, because his cultivation was only at the eighth level of Martial Lord realm, and he felt no suppression whatsoever.
The others were all at the fifth level of Martial Emperor realm. It seemed that for those entering here, the higher the cultivation, the more it was suppressed to the first level of Martial Emperor realm?
Immediately, Lin Xiao’s heart filled with excitement. He sent a divine sense transmission to the three: “Do you not think this is actually a good thing?”
The three were slightly stunned, then instantly reacted. Xi Yuchen excitedly said: “Exactly. This way, those at the eighth or ninth level of Martial Emperor will not hold much advantage. Perhaps we can even defeat them with our strength.”
Bo Haixuan and Qi Shiyuan also nodded.
High-level Martial Emperors had too great an advantage. If they spotted something good, with one strike, they could eliminate the others.
Now, anyone with high cultivation was suppressed to the first level of Martial Emperor realm. Even if those at the eighth or ninth level were stronger than others after suppression, it would not be outrageously so. They would not be like ninth-level Martial Emperors, able to kill them with a single move.
This situation was clearly to their benefit.
“Moreover, our faces are all the same, and our auras indistinguishable. As long as we casually enter a room later to change into different clothes, no one will spot any flaw.” Xi Yuchen said excitedly.
“Your meaning is…” Lin Xiao was slightly stunned, suddenly feeling a peculiar sensation.
“My meaning is…” Xi Yuchen’s excited gaze swept over the white and grey-clad Heavenly Saint Sect crowd, then over the Azure Dragon Sect members piled together in various attires, and finally over the plainly dressed Ji family group. A glint of killing intent faintly appeared in his eyes as he transmitted: “I suddenly have a bold idea, to go and compete with the geniuses of these three great powers, even their elders.”
Bo Haixuan and Qi Shiyuan’s faces twitched involuntarily. This idea was truly bold enough.
Even Lin Xiao was momentarily stunned. Was not this the kind of thing his faction did?
But that was only against those who offended him; he did so in retaliation.
For those who had not offended him, no matter the force, he would not proactively target them.
Seeing that flash of killing intent in Xi Yuchen’s eyes, could it be that these three great powers were his enemies?
Reacting, and seeing the gazes of Lin Xiao and the other two, Xi Yuchen suddenly smiled and said: “I am just saying it, that is all.”
Lin Xiao remained impassive. That mix of excitement and killing intent earlier probably was not just talk, was it?
Of course, Lin Xiao did not expose him, but said: “We four can be considered fated companions. If there is contention later, how shall we distinguish ourselves? We cannot have allies mistakenly killing one another, can we?”
The three agreed with Lin Xiao’s point. After a brief think, Xi Yuchen said: “That is simple. After we change clothes later, we all tear a small notch at the left cuff. In emergencies, we shout the word ‘four’ as a code.”
Pausing, the three all felt this method workable and nodded.
“Four” represented their four, and sounded similar to “death”, making it hard for others to discern.
This code was nothing if not clever.
At this time, the Azure Dragon Sect members all took out their sect’s insignia and hung them on themselves, making it easy for their own and others to identify.
The Heavenly Saint Sect and Ji family already had markings on their clothes, needing no additional signs.
The others seemed to think of it too, and all quietly discussed markers with their own groups.
Now, many somewhat understood why the three great powers had not been affected by the earlier eerie identical faces.
The first possibility was that the three great powers had not yet entered the range of that identical face eeriness before, only arriving after the ancient city’s disturbance.
The second possibility was that even if they had entered, they already bore markings on them.
Seeing the markings would instinctively prompt a reaction, and a question would reveal the truth, making it easy to gather.
Moreover, with their inherently powerful strength, others could hardly threaten them.
Of course, the first possibility was more likely.
“Thud!” Just then, the city gate behind suddenly slammed shut.
The crowd all jolted in alarm.
And at that moment, another voice came from ahead: “These rooms have treasures appearing!”
As soon as the words fell, the crowd’s figures all burst forward.
In an instant, they scattered in a frenzy, forgetting fear at the sight of gain, casting aside the terror of their shared eerie appearance.
Even the three beside Lin Xiao, after a quick word, all charged ahead.
With their fifth-level Martial Emperor realm suppressed, few could now kill them. They feared no one, each instead appearing excited.
On the entire street at the city gate, only Lin Xiao remained.
Because Lin Xiao was pondering a question.
