71: Dragon King Bay Grand Stage, come if you are lucky

Just as the two were chatting leisurely,

the setting sun completely sank into the western mountains, and night fell like a huge black cloth.

The searchlights on the shore suddenly lit up, illuminating the entrance of the Thousand Caves as if it were daytime.

Just then, a harsh, crisp sound came from the night sky.

It was like the sound of shattering glass, mixed with the sharp ringing of spiritual energy exploding.

Everyone on the shore felt a jolt in their hearts.

Finally, this moment had arrived!

Lu Ming suddenly looked up, only to see a faint golden light suddenly burst open in the dark sky, like a spark falling into an inkwell, instantly spreading into a huge light shield.

That light shield covered the entire sky above Dragon King Bay, circulating ancient runes, and it was precisely the sealing barrier set up by Bai Wuxin and others in the past.

“Is that… the sealing barrier?” Chen Ziliang’s eyes widened. “That lord is breaking the formation!”

Before he finished speaking, an even more violent explosion suddenly came from the center of the light shield.

A bright white light plunged down from behind the clouds, like falling moonlight, accurately hitting the central node of the formation.

The runes instantly dimmed, and the seal shattered at a visible speed, turning into golden dust filling the sky.

The originally stable ground trembled violently, the searchlights on the shore swayed, and several of them directly detached from their poles, falling into the dry riverbed and shattering into pieces.

At the same time.

A splashing sound suddenly came from the river.

The river water quickly receded.

Two figures shot up from the Dragon King Temple, flying one after another towards the entrance of the Thousand Caves.

One in white as snow.

One with pink hair fluttering.

It was Bai Qiuyue and Luo Keke.

Their actions were like pouring a ladle of cold water into hot oil, instantly igniting the emotions of all the cultivators on the shore.

The rogue cultivators who were originally still observing instantly erupted; some clutched their weapons and charged forward, while others quietly detoured to the side, hoping to take advantage of the chaos.

A middle-aged man in a Night Watcher uniform also rose into the air.

“The seal is broken! All irrelevant personnel, evacuate this place immediately!”

The middle-aged man’s voice, imbued with spiritual energy, exploded like thunder over Dragon King Bay.

“Brother Lu, let’s hurry up too!” Chen Ziliang stomped his foot in urgency, quickly started the speedboat, and gestured for Lu Ming to get on board.

Lu Ming sat on the boat, his brows furrowed: “Who is that person?”

Chen Ziliang chuckled: “Situ Lei, the Director of the Jianghai City Night Watch Division, one of our biggest competitors on this trip. Besides them, there are a few others to watch out for.”

“Ouyang Zhi from the Hidden Dragon Ranking, Brother Lu met her last time at Nanhua Mall.”

“Monk Ming Kong, a mid-fourth-stage body cultivator, ranked 76th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.”

“Shen Shiyuan from Longhu Mountain, late-fourth-stage, ranked 30th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking; he is Jiang Tangyue’s senior disciple…”

Lu Ming nodded, now having a clear idea.

Chen Ziliang’s words were self-explanatory.

Last time, he had killed that useless Jiang Tangyue at Nanhua Mall, so Shen Shiyuan would very likely come looking for trouble with him.

How annoying.

Killing the younger one only brings the older one, endlessly.

However, Dragon King Bay was truly lively today.

Aside from those few Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies, who knew how many old monsters were hidden in the shadows?

White Tiger Bureau, Reincarnators.

It truly lived up to its name as the grand stage of Dragon King Bay, come if you dare.

However, Lu Ming scoffed at the so-called immortal corpse.

If it were truly the remains of an immortal, how could it be the turn of a bunch of small fries like them?

So, his goal was clear from the start: to see if he could try his luck.

If he could do this mission, he would; if not, he would run. His life was more important.

Contribution points were just that; if he couldn’t get them, he would just grind a bit more… In this short time, many transcendent beings had already flown over their heads.

Seeing Lu Ming and the other below, they were full of surprise.

“Seriously, dude, you haven’t even reached the fourth stage, and you dare to join this excitement?”

“Could it be that his birth chart is even harder than rebar?”

Of course, many people also recognized Lu Ming, that ominous star, and their intentions to hijack the boat instantly died down.

“A tree’s bark, a person’s name.”

“This ominous star not only killed Jiang Tangyue of Longhu Mountain but also got away with it.”

“Either his strength is formidable, or his connections are strong.”

“It’s best to avoid provoking such a person.”

Chen Ziliang also slowed the boat down at the right time, leisurely trailing in the middle of the crowd, as he understood the principle of the nail that sticks out gets hammered.

But Situ Lei had no such qualms.

Seeing the disappearing figures of Bai Qiuyue and the other, he wished he had an extra pair of wings.

He was truly anxious!

Lately, Situ Lei had been very vexed.

Zhao Qingge next door had successfully broken through to the fifth stage, but he was still struggling at the threshold of the fifth stage, unable to touch the edge of the domain.

Originally, when he heard about the immortal corpse appearing in Jiangcheng, he had been depressed for a long time.

With Zhao Qingge’s current strength, it was a foregone conclusion that the immortal corpse would belong to the Jiangcheng Night Watch Division.

But he didn’t know what kind of medicine that woman had taken, as she was completely uninterested in such a huge opportunity.

Situ Lei immediately realized this was an excellent chance.

Even if the immortal corpse was fake, submitting it to the White Tiger Bureau would still earn him many contribution points, wouldn’t it?

The problem was that some beast was fanning the flames behind the scenes.

Making the matter of the immortal corpse known to everyone.

With the major sects jointly exerting pressure, the Night Watch Division had no choice.

Only then did they reluctantly agree to let rogue cultivators participate.

“Stir it up, stir it up! It’s best to let those alien races outside the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races participate too!!!”

The opportunity that was originally a sure thing was forcibly turned into a communal meal for everyone to share.

The more Situ Lei thought about it, the angrier he became, and the long blade in his hand chopped down even harder.

The stalactites hanging at the cave entrance were severed by his blade, and shattered rocks crashed to the ground, killing several venomous snakes.

“Director, there are too many forks ahead, which way do we go?”

The Night Watcher following behind him reminded him in a low voice, his gaze sweeping over the dark passages around them, feeling a chill in his heart.

When they first entered, they could still hear the movements of rogue cultivators behind them, but now it was so quiet that only their own footsteps remained, and even their breathing sounded exceptionally clear.

“Xiao Hu, what do you say?” Situ Lei stopped, looking at the Night Watcher holding a compass beside him.

Xiao Hu’s ancestors were tomb raiders, and their skill in geomancy was quite renowned in the jianghu back then.

Although by his generation, not much of the true skill remained, it was still better than searching blindly with closed eyes.

Time was opportunity!

Zhao Qingge had already surpassed him; if these juniors also got ahead, where would he put his old face?

Xiao Hu gripped the bronze compass tightly, his expression somewhat solemn.

“Di-Director, something’s not right.”

“The ley lines in this place are all messed up; the compass can’t determine the direction.”

Seeing Situ Lei’s face growing even darker, he quickly added:

“Flowing water suppresses evil, hidden wind gathers qi.”

“That expert from the White Tiger Bureau sealed the immortal corpse here, surely intending to use the place where flowing water hides wind to suppress any lingering malevolence within the immortal corpse.”

“As long as we follow the undercurrent to find its source, we will surely find the burial place of the corpse!”