The Holy Fire Cult's plot!
Boom!
Just then, a figure with surging King Realm aura stepped through the air towards the outside of the valley, glancing at Lin Dong.
"Hmm?"
"A Purple Palace Realm Cultivator is still alive?"
"But he still dares to go deeper into Vatican Sky Valley? He truly doesn't know death from life."
The middle-aged man was surprised to see that Lin Dong was only a Purple Palace Realm Cultivator yet dared to go deeper into the valley, but in the end, he shook his head helplessly.
Young people nowadays, for the sake of illusory Opportunity, they can even disregard their lives.
Vatican Sky Valley had undergone a drastic change; even he, a dignified King Realm Cultivator, had to flee for his life. This boy, being only in the Purple Palace Realm, could not cause any trouble at all.
He didn't want to meddle.
Lin Dong stepped forward: "May I ask..."
However, the middle-aged man didn't want to pay him any mind. Ignoring Lin Dong, as a King Realm mighty figure, he had his own pride and departed with profound movement techniques.
"Forget it!"
"I'll just have to show some strength. My apologies."
Lin Dong had walked thousands of miles and only encountered this person; he really didn't want to let him leave.
If he let him leave, he didn't know when he would meet anyone else. He could only slightly make a move to deter this person.
"Hmm?"
The middle-aged man was greatly alarmed: "You dare to attack me? Are you courting death?!"
A King Realm Cultivator cannot be insulted.
Being so contemptuously attacked by a junior, he immediately became furious and was about to suppress Lin Dong.
But who knew, the next moment, an unimaginable majesty descended, startling the Nine Heavens and instantly making the middle-aged man lose his temper.
"What?"
"How can he be so strong?"
The middle-aged man knelt in the Void Realm with a thud, unable to believe it, "Is this f*cking Purple Palace Realm?"
Damn, is this kid Lin Dong pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger?
He swore that he would never underestimate anyone again.
Lin Dong stepped forward, looking at him indifferently: "Can we talk properly now?"
The middle-aged man kept smiling apologetically: "Of course we can. It was I who was ignorant just now. Please, little, little Fellow Daoist, do not blame me."
"Little Friend, do you need anything?"
"As long as you ask, I will tell you everything I know."
He was utterly humble, where was the arrogant majesty of a King Realm mighty figure from before?
Lin Dong sighed helplessly. People were just cheap. Wouldn't it have been better to be like this from the start? It would have saved him the trouble of making a move.
He asked the doubt in his heart: "I have been in seclusion for a few days and don't know what has happened outside. Why has Vatican Sky Valley become deserted?"
"Little Friend, you truly don't know!"
The middle-aged man suddenly understood and explained: "In the past few days, a riot occurred in Vatican Sky Valley. All the Flame Beast in the valley seemed to have gone mad and rushed towards the depths of the valley."
"Wherever they passed, not a blade of grass grew, and bloody chaos ensued."
"Many Purple Palace Cultivators were trampled to death on the spot or crushed into dust by the aura."
The middle-aged man had a lingering fear. If his strength hadn't been formidable, how could he still be standing alive in front of Lin Dong, talking to him?
Riot?
The middle-aged man's words surprised Lin Dong: "But since records began, Emperor Yans Secret Realm has never experienced such a change. Did something happen in the depths?"
"Little Friend, you are indeed smart."
The middle-aged man nodded: "My strength is low, and I don't know much, but I heard it was the work of a powerful Cultivator from the Saint Fire Sect!"
"Saint Fire Sect?"
"Are they here for the Emperor Flame?"
Lin Dong had naturally heard of the Saint Fire Sect. The Saint Fire Sect was a great immortal Holy Land in Qingzhou, comparable to other Holy Lands, with profound heritage and countless powerful Cultivators.
It was a great sect that primarily cultivated the Dao of Fire, capable of refining flames for their own use.
Heaven and Earth's strange fires were Supreme cultivation materials for them. If refined, they could obtain Supreme Opportunity.
"That's right, they should be here for the Emperor Flame."
The middle-aged man: "The powerful Cultivators of the Saint Fire Sect have sealed off Heaven and Earth and set up a Heaven and Earth Absolute Array."
Lin Dong had not noticed any array patterns in Heaven and Earth just now, but after hearing the middle-aged man's words, his World-Destroying Double Pupils quietly activated.
He quickly discovered the anomaly.
There really was a great array!
Lin Dong immediately saw countless tiny yet profound array patterns, invisible to the naked eye, covering the entire Vatican Sky Valley.
It seemed that this person's words were mostly credible.
The great array operated, continuously absorbing the fortune of Heaven and Earth.
Don't think that Lin Dong stood here without changing his expression; that was because he had Imperial Dragon Qi protecting his body, and the great array could not invade his body and seize his life force at all.
If another Purple Palace Realm Cultivator stood here, they would probably turn into blood in less than a quarter of an hour.
Lin Dong said solemnly: "This array is extremely profound, it is an Absolute Array that seizes the fortune of Heaven and Earth. Any living creature within the array will become nourishment."
"How could the Saint Fire Sect be so malicious, disregarding the creatures of all sects and races? Aren't they afraid of the powerful Cultivators of all sects going mad?"
"What's the use of going mad?" The middle-aged man said helplessly: "This act indeed caused public outrage, and the powerful Cultivators of all great Dao Lineages attacked en masse."
"But the Saint Fire Sect has been preparing for several eras, and this time they are determined to obtain the Emperor Flame."
"The Saint Fire Sect was prepared long ago!"
"More than a dozen King Realm mighty figures from all great Dao Lineages joined forces, but none were their match, ultimately becoming nourishment for the great array."
"Seeing this, other Cultivators fled Vatican Sky Valley as if for their lives."
"Before the great array fully formed, some Cultivators fortunately escaped Vatican Sky Valley."
"Currently, only some Cultivators like us, who cannot leave this place, remain."
At this point, the middle-aged man looked at Lin Dong, as if to say, except for a pervert like Little Friend: "Weaker Cultivators like those in the Purple Palace Realm have long been refined into blood."
"Not only that, even weaker Flame Beast have turned into nourishment."
"Only some King Realm mighty figures have the power to protect themselves, with Law protecting their bodies, and have not died temporarily."
"Everyone is trying to find a way to leave, or perhaps stay far from the center of the great array."
The middle-aged man also invited Lin Dong to search for a way to leave Vatican Sky Valley together, saying that more effort meant more hope of leaving.
After all, Lin Dong was not simple; his strength was unfathomable.
Even though he was only in the Purple Palace Realm, he suppressed him with one hand and remained unfazed in the face of the Heaven and Earth Absolute Array.
"Thank you, Senior, for the information."
"But my sect has a command, and I still need to go deeper into Vatican Sky Valley."
Lin Dong declined. With his current strength, he was probably invincible among King Realm Cultivators and could handle any danger in Vatican Sky Valley.
Although the Saint Fire Sect was strong, he was fearless.
Moreover, he had not yet obtained the Wordless Heavenly Book, and there was also the Emperor Flame he had been longing for.
The Emperor Flame was Emperor Yan's innate strange fire, a trace of Origin fire stripped off, unparalleled in killing power, with infinite potential for growth.
As they were merely passing acquaintances, the middle-aged man did not try to persuade him further, only feeling a bit regretful.
He told Lin Dong to be careful, as the depths of the Burning Heaven Valley were the center of the great array, where the refining speed was extremely fast, and even King Realm mighty figures could not last long.
Lin Dong cupped his hands and left.
The middle-aged man watched Lin Dong's departing back, muttering to himself: "Qingzhou, when did such a young Supreme appear?"
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