367: The world's counterattack

At the same time, the people outside also felt something.

But that feeling was indescribable; it wasn't that they themselves had a problem, but rather a vague sensation.

It was as if something in the world had disappeared… *Thump, thump, thump!*

A knock on the door sounded, and Wu Xiong quickly opened the door to the ruins.

“It’s still more comfortable outside.” Chen Heng took a deep breath, enjoying the fresh air outside.

Wait, fresh air?

Only then did Chen Heng realize that the air outside seemed much fresher.

Just as Chen Heng was still wondering when the Chengtian Empire had become so environmentally friendly, an incredibly terrifying sense of being watched swept over him from all directions.

Not only that, but the distortions he had seen when he achieved the Martial Extreme Realm were also approaching Chen Heng.

He temporarily couldn't look for the source of the feeling of being watched; those invisible distortions were the top priority.

That thing couldn't even be touched by Chen Heng's body, let alone Wu Man and the others behind him.

“Mr. Chen, inside…”

Wu Xiong was about to step forward to get closer, but Chen Heng's glare sent him back.

“Everyone, stay away from me!”

Hearing this, Bai Jun and Luo Shuo instinctively fled into the distance.

In their minds, whenever Chen Heng told them to flee, it always meant something terrifying had appeared.

But Wu Xiong and the others didn't know, and they were still watching foolishly.

Seeing this, Bai Jun and Luo Shuo also had a headache and quickly led the others to a distance.

“What's wrong? Why did he suddenly start running?”

Wu Xiong looked at Chen Heng, who was constantly dodging in place, with a bewildered expression, not knowing what had happened.

“Don't ask, just hide well.”

Luo Shuo didn't explain much; he couldn't very well say that their reaction was a conditioned reflex, could he?

But not long after, a scene that would be unforgettable for them appeared before their eyes.

Chen Heng's body rapidly began to wither, and in just a few breaths, Chen Heng turned into a mummified corpse and fell to the ground.

A gentle breeze blew, and the mummy also turned into dust, scattering in the air.

“Big Brother Chen…?”

Bai Jun looked blankly ahead. Big Brother Chen was just gone like that?

What happened?

What on earth was going on?

“Where is he?” Luo Shuo rubbed his eyes, unable to believe the scene before him.

That almost invincible Big Brother Chen was just gone like that?

But before anyone could react, a drop of blood appeared where Chen Heng had vanished.

Immediately after, bones with strange patterns appeared out of thin air, and internal organs, blood vessels, and nerves all grew out one by one.

“I almost died…”

Chen Heng, completely naked, stood up again, tying his long hair into a ponytail.

“?” Everyone looked at Chen Heng in the field with confusion; their brains were a bit overloaded.

What had just happened? What was going on here?

“So that's how it is; exceeding a certain threshold will attract those things.”

“It seems dying once can make those things lose their target; they're quite easy to fool.”

“No, that's not right. It should be somewhat related to ancestral power name's power of the celestial phenomenon. After all, it was forcibly snatched from the world's hands.”

“A counterattack is normal…”

Chen Heng pulled out a set of clothes from his dragon skin pouch and put them on, then walked towards Bai Jun and the others.

“Alright, stop staring. I'm fine.”

“Oh…” Although the others didn't know what had happened, it was good that Chen Heng was fine.

“Oh, right, let me introduce them. They were all swept here by the black storm. The monsters who killed your repair team are someone else.”

Chen Heng pulled Wu Man and the several wild people over and introduced them to Wu Xiong and the others.

“I'll take care of these few. Don't forget what you promised me.”

After greeting Wu Xiong, Chen Heng led the large group behind him away from the Central Great Tower.

He was currently eager to try out his Power of the Ancestral Witch; after all, weather is quite an abstract thing.

“Dean, did you see what just happened to Mr. Chen?”

After Chen Heng and his group had walked far away, the Grand Elder looked at the Old Woman with a heart full of questions.

“I can't tell…” The Old Woman also frowned deeply.

Although she couldn't see it clearly, she could vaguely feel that something terrifying had appeared just now.

And those things disappeared after Chen Heng turned into dust, as if they had never appeared.

“Ask less about what you shouldn't ask. If you annoy me, I'll punch you to death, you old thing.”

The Dean glared at the Grand Elder, then turned and left.

“After all these years, still the same bad temper…”

The Grand Elder shook his head helplessly, patted the dust off his body, and also left.

Only the bewildered Wu Xiong remained, still in a prone position on the ground.

“What on earth happened…?”

…Chen Heng actually didn't know that after he seized the world's power of the celestial phenomenon, it didn't just affect him alone.

Including the Great Liang Kingdom, the Jade Fan Kingdom which had become a death zone, and the Western Demon Alliance, their temperatures were all rapidly returning to normal.

Logically speaking, spring usually began in late May each year, but this year, spring had arrived not long after New Years Day.

Moreover, the sky, which had been gray since their birth, also began to clear, which frightened many people.

Qiyang City, Chen Family Courtyard.

“Master, spring came really early this year.” The old butler stood beside Chen Fugui, looking up at the clear blue sky with him.

“So this is what it looks like behind the clouds.” Chen Fugui ignored him, instead staring blankly at the sky.

Since he was a child, the sky had always been gray.

Although it was somewhat depressing, he had gotten used to it over the years.

Suddenly seeing it like this, he was still a bit unaccustomed.

“Master, judging by the current weather, the frozen ground will thaw in about half a month. I'll arrange for people to plant the crops then.”

“You go ahead and do it.” Chen Fugui nodded, then sat down in the pavilion in the courtyard.

“This kind of weather is still comfortable…”

…After dismounting the ground traveling steed, Chen Heng immediately called for Wu Lei.

After telling him about the group's situation, Wu Lei immediately arranged for people to boil water and prepare to give them a good wash.

Leaving aside other things about these wild people, they were simply too smelly.

The children were covered in a layer of mud, it was a wonder Wu Man could hold them all this time.

“Big Brother Chen, what exactly happened to you just now?”

Back in Chen Heng's courtyard, Bai Jun and Luo Shuo immediately gathered around him.

“It's nothing serious, I just gained some new power.”

Chen Heng closed his eyes, feeling the subtle, intimate connection between himself and the world.

“What power?” Bai Jun actually knew that inquiring about such things was inappropriate, but it depended on the person.

It definitely wouldn't work with others, but Big Brother Chen was different.

He didn't care if others knew his background… “Simply put, it's like calling wind and rain?”