557: Chapter 555 Together to Jinling

Qin Yun inhaled slightly: "Even if it was just one sword strike to kill a Peak, that is still an incredibly impressive Killing Intent. This person, Yang Yu, can truly be called a Dragon among men!"

"Indeed. If this person could grow up in our Cangyun World, perhaps he could also become a martial arts Prodigy."

Junior Brother Shen Guyun shook his head and sighed: "What a pity, how pitiful... Bound by this Small World, he can only become a vessel for the power of that one sword strike."

At this moment, a vibration suddenly came from Junior Brother Shen Guyun's body.

He took out a mobile phone and connected a video call. Immediately, a guard with a star mark on his forehead appeared. His face was covered in blood, and he said urgently: "Senior Brother Shen, the people from the Blood Shadow Sect are fighting us for the Wood Source Crystals, and nine Junior Brothers have been killed!"

"What? They have such audacity!" Qin Yun stood up abruptly, came to Junior Brother Shen Guyun's side, looked at the guard on the phone screen, and asked angrily: "What exactly is going on? Explain clearly!"

The guard looked sorrowful: "Qin Yun, just a moment ago, we excavated the Wood Source Crystals, but after the Blood Shadow Sect arrived, they said that whoever sees it has a share and demanded half. That's when friction started, leading to a major fight. Not only did they snatch all the Wood Source Crystals, but even Senior Brother Liu of the Guiyuan Realm was cruelly killed. I am the only one left alive!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yun became even more furious: "The Blood Shadow Sect is ranked fourth among the four major Sects, while our Cangyun Sect is ranked first. How could you lose in a direct confrontation? Losing our Cangyun Sect's prestige like this, how do you still have the face to live?"

"Senior Brother, you wrong me!"

The guard hurriedly said: "We followed the plan, with the Guiyuan Realm leading the Qi Gathering Realm in separate groups, seeking to excavate the most Five Elements source stones in the shortest time."

"But the Blood Shadow Sect did not do that. Instead, all twenty of them gathered together. Furthermore, the five Guiyuan Realm members among them, although they were only Renyuan, all possessed extraordinary strength, just a line away from the Diyuan Realm! But Senior Brother Liu and I were only Renyuan, and the others were only Qi Gathering Realm..."

"This is simply outrageous!" Qin Yun laughed in extreme anger:

"Allowing the Blood Shadow Sect to descend early was already an extra favor from our Cangyun Sect. I didn't expect that after those scumbags crossed over, instead of diligently excavating Five Elements source stones, they would dare to kill our Cangyun Sect Disciples. They are simply courting death!"

"I beg both Senior Brothers to make the decision!" the guard said repeatedly: "I only managed to escape by luck and am currently being hunted by them..."

A blinding light suddenly erupted from the screen.

The guard exclaimed loudly: "Senior Brothers, come save me quickly! They want to kill me to silence me!"

Qin Yun hurriedly asked: "Where are you?"

"Haicheng, I am in Haicheng..."

Before the guard could finish his sentence, another roar sounded, and the video call was cut off.

"Courting death! I knew it. Those three Sects refuse to accept our Cangyun Sect as the leader. I didn't expect the Blood Shadow Sect to be the first to lose patience, daring to commit such an act of defiance now. They are truly courting death!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Qin Yun's eyes, and he immediately said: "Junior Brother Shen, you are familiar with this place. Please head to Haicheng immediately and slay those thieves from the Blood Shadow Sect! I will stay here, and from now on, for every Blood Shadow Sect member that comes, I will kill them!"

Qin Yun's words were filled with Killing Intent.

Junior Brother Shen Guyun, however, had no reaction. After a brief silence, he said: "Qin Yun, our mission is to stay here and guard the Teleportation Array; we must not leave at will."

"I alone am enough to guard this place." Qin Yun waved his hand, his tone unquestionable: "In this Small World right now, besides you and me, the other Guiyuan Realm Junior Brothers are all only Renyuan. I am not at ease letting them go."

"Qin Yun, you misunderstood. I do not mean to contact other Junior Brothers to kill the Blood Shadow Sect, but rather that everything should still proceed according to plan." Junior Brother Shen Guyun said calmly:

"Our goal is to excavate as many Five Elements source stones as possible for the Sect, ensuring that in the future, even in this Small World, we can still maintain a dominant position, rather than letting the other three Sects join forces to take advantage of us."

Qin Yun looked at Junior Brother Shen Guyun coldly and said in a chilly voice: "Junior Brother Shen, if more Junior Brothers suffer at the hands of the Blood Shadow Sect, when the Sect holds us accountable, will you take responsibility?"

"Senior Brother, there is no need to be in such a hurry." Junior Brother Shen Guyun shook his head: "In about another hour, the cross-border Teleportation Array will stabilize. By then, the experts who come over will still be led by our Cangyun Sect. There is no need to rush for this moment."

Seeing Qin Yun's displeasure, Junior Brother Shen Guyun continued: "Qin Yun, don't you find it strange? Where would the Blood Shadow Sect get such audacity to risk killing our Cangyun Sect Disciples? And if they really started a fight, how could they possibly leave a survivor, who just happened to pass the message to us? Qin Yun, don't you find it strange?"

Qin Yun was slightly stunned, then frowned.

"Qin Yun, you do not know." Junior Brother Shen Guyun toyed with the phone and said in a calm tone: "This phone call requires a base station to provide a signal..."

While speaking, Junior Brother Shen Guyun raised his hand to point around at the large area of scorched earth and wreckage, and said calmly: "Just a while ago, a few nuclear bombs landed and already interrupted the signals here, but just now the signal was good again, and it was possible to make a normal call."

Qin Yun frowned tightly: "Junior Brother Shen, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"Although the combat power of the Transcendent in this world is uneven, they possess a wide variety of abilities. It is not impossible that they disguised themselves as people from the Blood Shadow Sect to set a trap..."

"In my opinion, this is a premeditated scheme of sowing discord and luring the tiger away from the mountain!"

Junior Brother Shen Guyun's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep tone: "Qin Yun, you also know that some of the natives who went to the Cangyun World to participate in the Seed Project, by the time I set up the Teleportation Array, all those who were still alive had basically returned. They already have some understanding of our four Sects..."

The more Junior Brother Shen Guyun spoke, the more certain his tone became: "Therefore, their goal is to lure away at least one of us and frame the Blood Shadow Sect!"

Qin Yun's expression softened. He no longer insisted on the decision to slay the Blood Shadow Sect and slowly sat back down.

"Qin Yun, we possess absolute military force and occupy an absolute advantage. We only need to proceed step by step. Once the plan succeeds, that will be a great achievement. What do some necessary sacrifices matter?" Junior Brother Shen Guyun said meaningfully:

"But if we act on our own, fall into a treacherous trap, and have the Teleportation Array destroyed, neither you nor I can bear the blame."

Qin Yun snorted coldly: "Junior Brother Shen, are you saying that I alone cannot guard this Teleportation Array?"

"Junior Brother would not dare!" Junior Brother Shen Guyun stood up and cupped his hands, saying with a sincere tone: "With Qin Yun's methods, you naturally fear nothing, but if there is one more person like me, it can be a bit more secure, right?"

"Very well, then we will..." Qin Yun finally stopped insisting.

Just at this moment, a roar suddenly came from the sky.

A stream of light came from the horizon.

"It's here again! The strongest weapon of this world..."

Junior Brother Shen Guyun suddenly looked up at the sky. When he first saw this stream of light, it was still far away on the horizon, but almost in the next second, it had already arrived with a roar.

"A petty trick!"

Qin Yun snorted coldly and leaped up suddenly. An image of a mountain manifested behind him, which he lifted with one hand and threw out, blocking the stream of light falling from the sky.

Boom—!!

A mushroom cloud erupted from the high sky hundreds of meters away, causing the night sky to suddenly burst with brilliant light, shining like daylight.

Amidst the explosion, the mountain stones trembled and constantly shattered and fell. Before they even touched the ground, they had already turned into dots of light and dissipated.

The huge shockwave spread in all directions, reaching three or four thousand meters. Amidst the rolling heatwaves, it caused the scorched earth below to shatter.

Amidst this roar, the array light trembled but remained immovable.

"The range of this explosion's power is indeed large enough, even the Grand Elder who is best at group attacks is only so-so, but..."

Qin Yun shook his head and smiled contemptuously: "The range of damage is large enough, but unfortunately, the lethality is still insufficient. Renyuan might not be able to ignore it, but they won't necessarily die. As for Diyuan Realm and Tianyuan, it is not so easy to kill them."

Junior Brother Shen Guyun chuckled and said: "Senior Brother, it seems I was right just now. The Blood Shadow Sect matter was indeed their scheme of luring the tiger away from the mountain, and now that the plan has failed, they can only choose to attack by force."

"Oh?" Qin Yun raised an eyebrow.

"Senior Brother, look..." Junior Brother Shen Guyun's mouth curled up slightly. A pair of huge blue pupils appeared behind him, shooting out two beams of light: "Break Illusion!"

The two beams of light shot out. When they reached over a thousand meters away, they were immediately blocked, stirring up ripples.

Qin Yun looked forward and laughed loudly: "I didn't expect that someone would actually dare to come and die. Junior Brother Shen, leave these people to me!"

Below this explosion that made the night like daylight, at the two locations where the ripples were undulating.

In one of them, a golden paper suddenly appeared and burned instantly. Immediately after, nine people emerged, all revealing their figures.

The same happened not far away, with nine people also appearing.

"Captain Liang, the level of this concealment skill is too low. I knew we would be discovered." A soft sigh sounded, and Qin Shaowu was the first to poke his head out. His complexion was slightly pale.

"Are you blaming me? This is a max-level stealth skill, it absolutely shouldn't have problems. It must be that you made a mistake when recording it, which caused me to be discovered here too."

In the other direction, standing at the forefront, holding a Guan Dao and wearing the uniform of the Night Watchers, a bearded man shook his head with a sneer.

The bearded man grinned and stepped forward: "You dog scumbags of the Cangyun World, I am Captain Liang Weihai of the Liaocheng Night Watchers. Today I am here to take your dog lives!"

"Old Liang, at a time like this, you're still announcing your name? Do you think anyone will remember you after you die?"

Zhang Qiang spat out a mouthful of Smoke fiercely and laughed loudly: "I am Captain Zhang Qiang of Haicheng. You two little brats in front, you can call me Uncle Qiang."

"Fat Pig, they are all official captains. We two don't even have official status. Do you think we'll be a cut below them?" Cai Hou licked the sharp blade on his claw and smiled at the Pig-headed Man beneath him.

"Of course not, because we are the tallest here." The Fat Pig, who was nearly three meters tall, holding a huge iron ball strung together by iron chains, looked at Cai Hou on his shoulder with a silly smile on his face.

"I am not a captain, my name is Lin Liguo. Having fortunately ascended, I feel honored to be able to stand and fight together with everyone." Lin Liguo straightened his collar and attire, then drew his standard long saber. Under the infusion of spiritual energy, the long saber shone with white light and became wider and thicker.

"Come to think of it, there aren't many official personnel here." Wen Wanrou, whose muscles were knotted all over and who was only a head shorter than the Fat Pig, said in a calm tone, staring coldly at the front: "It seems that at critical moments, we still have to rely on us people from the Path of Salvation."

"Haha! That is certain!" Huang Xiong held a yellow-brown shield in each hand. Beside him was Jian Mei, who had met Chu Xuan in the War Dragon World before.

Jian Mei's tone was calm and unruffled: "I didn't expect the first battle after ascending to be so challenging. I really don't know if I can survive."

"Whether you can survive is another matter, but you said the number of official Night Watchers is not as many as you? Why don't you count again, and remember not to miss us!"

Amidst faint sneers, three youths wearing armor, with vigorous blood and Qi, walked forward and laughed loudly at Qin Yun:

"Qin Yun, there is one thing I haven't had a chance to ask you! Back in the Seed Project trial of the Cangyun World, you failed to kill the three of us, but instead, we abused and killed your three beloved Disciples. I wonder what your thoughts are?"

"I don't have any thoughts. I just want to see if I will really be beaten to death now, and at the same time, make that sloppy man surnamed Bai envious."

A pale, handsome, and bewitching man stood out from behind Qin Shaowu. He was once the Haicheng Night Watchers team leader, Han Feng.

When he first met Chu Xuan, he was only a level 4 or 5 Transcendent.

And now, he has also succeeded in ascending.

He raised his hand and dug into his abdomen, tearing off a bloody piece of flesh and stuffing it into his mouth. His pale face showed a hint of ruddiness, and he smiled all over his face: "The plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain doesn't work, so next we can only have a fight to the death... To be honest, I really want to be beaten to death."

"..."

Amidst these words that were either calm or arrogant, the group of eighteen people walked forward.

Their expressions were different, but a firm and resolute look flashed in everyone's eyes.

A few hours ago, they had not yet ascended. After the Mission Train started, each of them unhesitatingly chose to participate in the mission and entered The Gloom.

The vast majority of level 10 Transcendents could not ascend due to mission failure or lack of resources.

Fortunately, those who voluntarily chose to participate in the mission would not suffer the penalty of forced erasure even if they failed. However, in reality, there are not many who can survive and return after a mission failure.

Only a small number of people successfully ascended.

Among them, there were many Transcendents with good luck and strength who were not even level 10 before, but in a subsequent mission, they met the conditions and successfully ascended.

Qin Shaowu and Han Feng were both among them.

Now, these newly ascended Transcendents formed a team and came together.

Either for their ambition, for family and friends, or simply to survive and not want to be forcibly erased due to mission failure.

This night, eighteen Transcendents ascended and headed to Jinling together!