Chapter 1557

The Small World was already connected to the restriction on the square. As the restriction opened, a beam of light rushed out of the Small World and enveloped the 095 cultivators present.

When the light disappeared, the cultivators disappeared as well.

"It was your idea to open this Small World. Why did you suddenly decide to attack?" The Mansion Master, who had been watching the crowd disappear, asked.

The elegant middle-aged man smiled faintly and said, "It's better to investigate the situation while the variables are still active."

The Mansion Master was puzzled. "Aren't you afraid of alerting the enemy by doing this again and again?"

"A mere fourth-stage domain cultivator is like an ant struggling to survive. Who cares?"

"That makes sense."

In their eyes, a Fourth Domain was indeed an existence that was akin to an ant.

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All the cultivators who participated in the competition entered the Small World. There was nothing else to watch, so everyone prepared to leave.

It was obvious that this Grand Competition was not as interesting as before because they could not see anything at all.

The nine-meter-tall platform did not disappear, and Mo Ling did not leave either. He waved his sleeve in the air.

Immediately after, exclamations came from all around. A huge light screen appeared in the sky, and 095 cultivators appeared in 653 positions on the light screen.

"What's going on? Didn't he say that there was no way to investigate?"

"Lord Mo Ling said it himself. How can we see those people now?"

For a moment, everyone was discussing spiritedly. When they turned around and saw Mo Ling with a smile on his face, they realized that this was also a test.

653 cities, 095 cultivators. They were being monitored from every angle. Their every move was being watched by the people of the world.

The moment the light screen appeared in Shuntian Prefecture, 653 huge light screens also appeared in the 653 cities under Shuntian Prefecture's jurisdiction.

This light screen appeared above the center of the city. It was very large, and not only could everyone in the city see it, but some cultivators who could not enter the city could also see it from outside the city.

Everyone knew that this was the start of the Grand Competition. However, the light screen above each city only showed the five people in their own city, unlike the one in Shuntian Prefecture that showed all directions.

"Look, what's that?"

In Huping City, a person exclaimed after seeing the strange phenomenon in the sky.

"Aren't those people from our city? That's … Zi Chen."

"Zi Chen, it's Zi Chen. Zi Chen is back."

Exclamations kept ringing out in the city like waves. Hearing that the hero Zi Chen had appeared, almost all the cultivators from the various organizations in the city appeared. They gathered in Huping City and looked up at the black-robed young man on the screen.

Ling Xing spat out the tea in his mouth onto Lord Wu's face, but he didn't notice it at all. Instead, he turned around and stared at the newcomer, asking, "Are you sure it's Zi Chen? You're not mistaken."

Lord Wu couldn't be bothered to wipe the water off his face. He hurriedly asked, "Did you see it clearly? That was really Zi Chen."

The man bowed again and said respectfully, "Of course, there's no mistake. Besides Zi Chen, there's also Wu Xie, Man Shi, Shangguan Hong, and Miss Dong Qing."

After the report, when the man raised his head again, he discovered that there was no one there.

The two of them appeared outside Hunter's Castle in a flash. They saw the familiar figure as soon as they raised their heads. They rubbed their eyes and looked at it carefully several times. Even with their composure, they could not help but cheer along with the wave-like sounds.

The upper echelons who came later all became extremely excited when they saw Zi Chen.

With Zi Chen's appearance, even if Huping City's ranking fell this time, it definitely wouldn't fall too badly.

Meanwhile, Huping City's ranking could be considered to have been preserved. Afterwards, it would have to be accumulated from generation to generation.

In the screen, the five of them appeared on a mountain. Zi Chen's voice rang out as well, "Send the Aurora Pegasus to investigate the surroundings."

Dong Qing nodded, and the Aurora Pegasus turned into a stream and left.

"What happened back then? Where have you been all these years?" Shangguan Hong asked urgently.

The other three also looked at Zi Chen.

Zi Chen sighed and said, "That world collapsed at that time, but the four of us are still alive. That guy died after the world collapsed. The four of us gathered together to resist the destructive power surging in the void. In the end, the three big brothers sacrificed themselves and forcefully opened a passage for me. I entered the passage, and after that … I've been recuperating."

During this time, Zi Chen paused for a moment to omit the rest of the story.

This was because what he had done was not trivial, and he was afraid that the other party would find out.

To prevent the others from probing further, Zi Chen changed the topic and asked, "By the way, aren't we participating in the competition? Why are we here? What is this place?"

Shangguan Hong explained it to Zi Chen.

The group of Huping City cultivators could hear their conversation. They had already stopped cheering and were quietly listening to the conversation between the five of them.

This was the first time many of the cultivators heard Zi Chen's voice, so they were extremely excited.

The group of people who had entered the Small World did not know that they were being watched by billions of cultivators in the entire Manor Realm.

"This kind of competition is quite interesting."

After hearing the rules, Zi Chen chuckled and said, "This way, everyone will have a lot more chances. If we're lucky enough, our cities might even rank higher."

"That's true, but it won't be that easy."

Beside him, Wu Xie pursed his lips and said, "The Demon Edict only said that we can't fight to the death, but it didn't say that we can't fight. Everyone might be well-behaved now, but in the future, I'm afraid that there will be civil wars one after another."

The people of Huping City did not know who the Demon Edict was, so they were not surprised when they heard what Wu Xie said.

However, in the Shuntian Prefecture, many cultivators instinctively looked at the Demon Edict on the high platform when they heard his name being called.

Looking at the Demon Edict with a faint smile, all of them secretly prayed for that blabbermouth guy.

The Aurora Pegasus turned into a stream of light and returned, reporting that there were no abnormalities.

Since there were no abnormalities here, Zi Chen and the others did not stay any longer and continued on their way.

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While Zi Chen and the others were investigating the Small World, the other forces were doing the same.

During this time, the cultivators of Ten Thousand Origin City, whose cities had dropped in ranking, were moving forward. One of them said coldly, "Didn't they say that Zi Chen died a long time ago? I didn't expect him to appear again."

"So what? This time, I guarantee that he won't be able to return," said another person beside him.

"I'm afraid that won't work. If there's any danger, he'll crush the Life Escape Token," said a third person.

The first person said, "Even if we can't kill him, we'll make Huping City's ranking drop greatly this time. If that doesn't work, we'll contact other forces. After all, we're not the only force that wants a share of the pie in Huping City."

The leader, who had been silent all this while, said indifferently, "Alright, stop talking. The most important thing now is to find out if there's anything strange about this place."

Apart from the cultivators of Ten Thousand Origin City who mentioned Huping City and Zi Chen's name, many other forces mentioned Zi Chen's name. During this time, many people did not suppress their dissatisfaction and killing intent towards Huping City.

This was equivalent to spying on the other party's secrets and gossip. This made all the cultivators extremely curious.

During this time, some merchants even built a platform on their roofs for the cultivators who liked to gossip to drink and watch.

Finally, a force was attacked. It was a strange-looking mutated beast whose combat power was almost equivalent to the Third Domain Realm.

However, it was still able to launch several attacks against a Fifth Domain Realm human.

"Pfft."

As the mutated beast was killed, a ball of light floated out of the corpse. The word "One" appeared on the qualification token of the cultivator who killed the mutated beast.

"Only one point."

After killing an existence that was much stronger than an ordinary Third Domain Realm human, the counter actually only increased by one point. This made the cultivator extremely depressed.

As the forces went deeper, more and more battles broke out.

Then, the cultivators who wanted to gossip saw the powerful combat power of the 095 cultivators participating in the competition.

They were indeed special existences in the various cities. Their combat power was very strong.

Among them, the most eye-catching forces were naturally the forces ranked at the top. They were also at the Fifth Domain, but they were almost instantly killed by the Third Domain mutated beasts.

Boom!

The ground shook as the mutated beasts attacked with great momentum.

Zi Chen's group of five, who were encountering mutated beasts for the first time, was very lucky to encounter a group of mutated beasts.

Looking at the mutated beasts rapidly approaching from afar, Man Shi smiled good-naturedly and said, "Why do I feel like I'm seeing a mutated beast's mount?"

Wu Xie, who was beside him, said, "Yes, the appearance of those mutated beasts back then was just like this."

The two women beside him did not speak, and their expressions gradually became solemn.

These mutated beasts were indeed very similar to the mutated beasts of the Nether Realm, but the latter was obviously much stronger.

"Your senses are not wrong, because they are indeed mutated beasts," Zi Chen said with a cold smile as he looked at the mutated beasts.

"What, they are all mutated beasts?" The four of them were obviously stunned.

Zi Chen said with certainty, "My senses are not wrong. They have the power of mutated beasts in their bodies. They are mutated beasts of the mutated beasts."

"Kill, don't let a single one of them go."

At that moment, Zi Chen suddenly remembered Mo Ling's words. He hoped that he would do his best to fulfill his responsibility. Zi Chen had some doubts at that time, but now he understood.

This small world was probably another world created by the mutated beasts.

The mutated beasts that Zi Chen mentioned had caused a commotion in the outside world.

Those who had entered the Domain Realm more or less knew about the existence of the mutated beasts. This was a cruel and bloodthirsty race. Their only purpose in appearing in the Zhanwu Continent was to kill, as if they wanted to exterminate all living things in the world.

They looked at the high platform again. Standing there, Mo Ling's gaze fell on Hu Pingcheng's group of five, but he did not say a word.

Zi Chen's group of five rushed up and began to launch fierce attacks on the large group of mutated beasts of the mutated beasts.

The five of them all had extraordinary combat strength and also had the means to kill instantly.

Zi Chen, Man Shi, and Wu Xie all killed one mutated beast at a time.