170: The High Priest descends upon the northern desert!

The distant, boundless Mobei Province City.

One of the core giant cities in the Northwest Territory of the Alliance, it was as imposing as a tiger devouring a thousand miles.

At this moment, it was high noon, with the golden crow hanging high and the sunlight scorching.

On the streets, traffic flowed like water and people were like weaving threads; this was a majestic city standing in Mobei, with myriad grand phenomena.

Suddenly—

“Boom—!!!”

Without warning, a deafening roar came from the sky!

Immediately after, an incredibly massive spatial rift suddenly tore open the azure sky!

Within the rift, chaos surged, temporalTurbulence raged, and it was pitch black, bottomless, swallowing all light!

The next instant!

“Whoosh—!!!”

Endless crimson divine flames poured down, surging out from that rift!

That was Source Power of the fire attribute, refined to the extreme!

Vast! Immense!

Like fire clouds?

No!

It was as if the entire sky was about to ignite!

The entire Mobei Province City trembled at this moment!

The glass of countless buildings instantly shattered!

Piercing alarms resounded through the sky!

“What’s going on?!”

“An earthquake?!”

“Look at the sky!”

Countless citizens looked up in horror—

At the center of the provincial city, Mobei Nine Heavens Academy.

Several powerful auras shot into the sky!

One of the figures, dressed in military uniform and bearing the rank of colonel, was precisely the Academy’s Dean of Academic Affairs, Lei Xiao!

He had just brought a group of promising talents back to the Academy to report, and upon seeing this scene, he immediately ascended into the air to warn, his pupils contracting.

“Such strong fire-attribute energy fluctuations!”

“A spatial rift of this scale... could it be that the entrance to a Secret Realm has been forcibly opened?!”

Beside him, several high-ranking instructors from the Academy also appeared, each with a grave expression.

“Director, this power... it’s terrifying!”

“At least Seventh-Tier! Or even higher!”

Just as everyone was in doubt.

A figure slowly walked out from the burning sea of fire.

A terrifying pressure, as if substantial, descended from the sky, instantly enveloping the entire Mobei Province City!

The temperature within the city rapidly soared within a few short seconds!

Countless ordinary citizens trembled under this pressure, finding it difficult to breathe, and some even fainted directly!

“Seventh-Tier... Transcendent card Venerable!” Lei Xiao uttered these words with difficulty, cold sweat profusely soaking his temples.

He could clearly feel the primitive, violent flame aura on the opponent, which was distinctly different from that of the Card Continent.

“Which Secret Realm native ran out again?” an instructor gritted his teeth and said.

Lei Xiao cursed in a low voice: “What are those people from the Ten Thousand Frontiers doing?!”

“We repeatedly told them to handle it properly before capture, but they always let one slip here and one slip there!”

“Now look, the situation has escalated! Let’s see how they explain this to the Alliance!”

Clearly, similar incidents were not happening for the first time.

The figure who emerged from the rift was the High Priest!

His current form was already different from when he was in the Lost Water Realm.

Apparently, after absorbing orthodox Source Power, he had become even stronger!

His formerly shriveled skin became plump, glowing with a dark red luster.

In his eyes, two clusters of vengeful fire burned!

He ignored the terrified gazes of countless ants in the city below, and also ignored the few small fries who shot into the sky.

The High Priest slowly closed his eyes.

He once again sensed the faint connection deep within his bloodline.

As he got closer, this sensation became clearer.

That wisp of life origin from Little Red guided him.

“Chirp...”

A faint wail, crossing space, entered his perception.

Direction... Northwest!

“There!” The High Priest suddenly opened his eyes; he had sensed it!

That ant who took everything from him and imprisoned his bloodline was in this direction!

And, the distance seemed not far at all!

“Bedrock—!!!”

A roar full of endless hatred erupted from the High Priest’s mouth, the sound waves rolling, making the void hum!

The flames around him suddenly surged, transforming into a massive fiery tornado connecting heaven and earth!

“Who are you?!”

“Why do you trespass into my Mobei territory without reason?!”

Several figures broke through the air, blocking the High Priest’s path.

The leading figures were all card Grandmasters with condensed auras, possessing early to mid-Sixth Rank strength!

They were experts from the Mobei Province military and city guard, who had arrived at the first possible moment.

“Surrender immediately! Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy!” a military general in heavy armor shouted sternly.

The High Priest’s icy gaze swept over them, as if looking at a few noisy insects.

“Scram.”

A simple word, yet it contained supreme majesty, as if his words commanded action.

“Presumptuous!” The military general was furious, “Form the array!”

Several Sixth Rank Grandmasters simultaneously activated their Source Power, and several powerful cards appeared, shining brightly, about to launch a thunderous strike!

The High Priest’s lips curled into an arc.

He spoke mockingly:

“Ants unaware of their own demise.”

He didn’t even summon his giant hammer, but merely casually raised his right hand and gently waved it forward.

“Whoosh—!”

A crimson flame shockwave, several hundred feet high, instantly erupted from his palm!

“Not good!”

“Retreat quickly!”

The faces of the several Sixth Rank Grandmasters changed drastically!

From that flame shockwave, they felt a terrifying power capable of severely injuring them!

Where the hell did this native come from??

So powerful!

Completely unstoppable!

They tried to dodge, but found that the surrounding space was confined by an invisible force, and their movements became incredibly sluggish!

“Boom—!!!”

The flame shockwave instantly engulfed them!

“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!”

Several arrogant Sixth Rank Grandmasters flew backward like kites with broken strings, spewing blood from their mouths, and their card shields shattered inch by inch!

With just one strike!

Several Sixth Rank Grandmasters were already severely wounded!

“This... how is this possible?!” An instructor who barely managed to stabilize himself looked at the High Priest in the sky, his eyes filled with horror.

“Seventh-Tier... Is this the power of a Seventh-Tier Venerable?”

Too strong!

It was a completecrushing!

Their Sixth Rank strength, which they were so proud of, was as fragile as paper in front of him!

Lei Xiao’s heart sank to rock bottom.

“Big trouble!”

“The Academy’s Old Dean had just taken a group of instructors and elite third-year students to the Mobei Military Region for exchange and advanced studies a few days ago, and is not on the Card Continent at this moment!”

“Now, the entire Mobei Province City is in an absolute vacuum for Seventh-Tier combat power!”

“If the opponent insists on going on a killing spree in the provincial city, the consequences will be unimaginable!”

However, the High Priest seemed to pay no mind to these ants.

After repelling the crowd, his gaze once again turned towards the northwest direction.

There, was the location of the Nine Heavens Secret Realm!

His target was only the culprit who took everything from him!

And, the flame heart crown that should have belonged to him!

And the continuation of his bloodline!

“Wait for me...” The High Priest whispered, he suddenly raised his hand and tore at the void!

“Rip—!”

A huge spatial rift once again appeared before him!

The High Priest stepped into it without hesitation, his figure instantly disappearing!

Only the spatial rift, not yet fully closed, and the terrified people throughout the city remained.

“He... he left?”

“Where did he go?”

Lei Xiao looked in the direction where the High Priest disappeared, his face extremely grim.

“That direction... is the Nine Heavens Secret Realm!”

“Not good! There are still a large number of first and second-year students undergoing trials in the Secret Realm!”

“Immediately sound the highest level alarm!” Lei Xiao roared downwards.

“Activate the Nine Heavens Grand Array! Seal off the entire city!”

“All combat units, immediately gather at the entrance of the Nine Heavens Secret Realm!”

“Stop him from entering the depths of the Secret Realm at all costs!”

“Also, contact the Alliance Headquarters immediately! Request Seventh-Tier Venerable support!”

The entire Mobei Province City, at this moment, completely plunged into chaos and panic.

And the instigator of all this, Lu Yuan, was still in Moon Scar Canyon, sparring with Bedrock.

He did not know that an enemy even more terrifying and unreasonable than Bedrock was rapidly approaching the two of them!

A true catastrophe of life and death was about to descend!

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