Chapter 858

The sudden escape of the two reinforcements caused everyone to be astonished. After the astonishment, everyone once again looked at Zi Chen with strange gazes.

Just one look and two people were scared away. Who was this guy? The two obviously recognized Zi Chen and ran away. Could he be from the Heaven's Pride City?

Wu Yu was also shocked by Zi Chen's strength. His indifferent face was now filled with shock. But what really moved him was the escape of Zhu Jin and Fu Ji.

Wu Yu knew their strength the best. They were only one step away from the Xiantian realm. But such people were scared away after seeing Zi Chen. Obviously, they knew Zi Chen and had suffered a great loss in Zi Chen's hands.

The reinforcements had fled, and Xi Sheng was in despair. Even the people of Tianjiao City had been scared away. It was clear that this person had an extraordinary status. At this moment, he really wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy. He wanted to say that he would work like an ox or horse in the future to atone for his crimes.

The torvosaurus' attack had already reached him. This level of attack had killed several people who were on the same level as him. Although he had prepared his strongest defense in advance, he was still not confident.

As the torvosaurus' attack landed, Xi Sheng shouted, "Stop! I know a place with treasures."

"Bang!"

The torvosaurus' attack shattered Xi Sheng's layers of defense. He flew back dozens of meters, but he did not die. Because of the last sentence, he was saved.

"Treasures? What treasures?" Zi Chen looked at Xi Sheng coldly.

Although Xi Sheng was not dead, he was severely injured by the last attack. After a while, he said, "It's an inheritance treasure. If you want to know, if you want to get it, you have to promise not to kill me."

"Do you think you have the right to negotiate with me now?"

Zi Chen did not look at Xi Sheng. Instead, he walked towards the dead cultivators and bent down to take their spiritual rings and inner cores one by one.

Xi Sheng's expression kept changing. Then, he looked at Wu Yu. The latter's eyes were still cold. Xi Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll tell you. The inheritance treasure is with him."

Xi Sheng pointed at Wu Yu.

Zi Chen had already collected half of the Spirit Rings. Hearing Xi Sheng's words, he didn't even raise his head. He just chuckled and said lightly, "What you said is equivalent to not saying anything. In fact, I am very easy to talk to, but that is before I kill people. After I kill people, it is very difficult to talk to."

"You!"

Xi Sheng's expression changed drastically, but unfortunately, he couldn't finish his sentence. The attack of the barbaric dragon had arrived.

Xi Sheng widened his eyes, unwilling to die.

Zi Chen stepped forward and looked down at Xi Sheng. He said coldly, "I gave you a chance before, but you were too confident."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zi Chen pointed his finger at Xi Sheng, and a beam of energy fell on Xi Sheng's body. Xi Sheng's body directly exploded, leaving behind only his inner core and spiritual ring.

Including Qing Feng, the leaders of the five forces had actually died today. Moreover, they were all killed in a single strike. In the surroundings, the crowd was still in a state of shock.

After Zi Chen put away all the resources, he turned his head to look at Wu Yu. Wu Yu also looked at Zi Chen, but did not say anything.

Zi Chen released a beam of energy and broke the seal in Wu Yu's body.

The battle was over, and the people who had fainted earlier woke up. When they raised their heads and saw Zi Chen, their blank expressions were replaced with panic.

Then they hastily got up, but they quickly found the corpses on the ground.

When they saw so many familiar faces, their mouths twitched, especially Mu Wen. He actually saw the corpses of the four leaders among the corpses. As for his leader, Xi Sheng, he was nowhere to be found.

Their leaders were dead, but their opponents were still alive. If Mu Wen still didn't understand what had happened, he would really be an idiot.

After the group got up, they stood there, not even daring to breathe loudly.

At this moment, Zi Chen was checking the spiritual rings. He was quite satisfied with today's harvest.

"It seems that robbing really is the fastest way to get rich."

Zi Chen put away all the resources, then looked at the stall owner who had struck up a conversation with him. "Third Brother Yan, right?"

The latter nodded with a flattering smile.

"Do you really know the people of Heaven's Pride City? Can you help me sell my things?" asked Zi Chen.

Third Brother Yan was almost scared to tears. He hurriedly said, "Great Lord, we are serious businessmen. We don't rely on robbing."

Zi Chen smiled. "I am also a serious businessman. If I wasn't serious, you wouldn't be standing, right? You would be lying down."

Third Brother Yan's body immediately trembled. Obviously, he was scared out of his wits.

Zi Chen only had a few resources. Although he had plundered a lot, this area was almost the same as the ancient road. No one would complain about having too many resources, so Zi Chen needed to exchange for more.

After threats and promises, Third Brother Yan finally gave in and was taken away by Zi Chen. Mu Wen and the others didn't even dare to breathe loudly. They only felt relieved when Zi Chen left.

Zi Chen didn't look at Wu Yu, but when he left the market, Wu Yu followed him.

Zi Chen turned to look at Wu Yu and said, "You're free. You don't have to follow me."

Wu Yu looked at Zi Chen and said, "What he said was true."

"What?"

"Treasure. I really know a treasure," Wu Yu said seriously.

"Oh."

Zi Chen nodded, but he didn't care because he now had several innate skill inheritances. Ordinary inheritances were useless.

Third Brother Yan, who was beside Zi Chen, was very interested, but he didn't dare to ask.

Seeing Zi Chen turn around and leave without asking any questions, a hint of surprise flashed across Wu Yu's face. Thus, he quickly followed behind him.

"The people you killed before all had some background. You killed them and let those two people go. It's the same as inviting trouble," Wu Yu said behind Zi Chen.

"I'm not afraid of trouble." Zi Chen didn't care.

Wu Yu's expression changed. In the end, he said, "My background in Heaven's Pride City has been eliminated. I have nowhere to go. I want to follow you."

When Zi Chen heard this, his expression changed. He turned his head and said, "You have a backer in the Heaven's Pride City."

Wu Yu nodded. "That's my family. In fact, it's not just me. Chen Meng and the others also have a background."

"If you have a background, why don't you go to Heaven's Pride City?" asked Zi Chen curiously.

Wu Yu smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that easy to enter the Heaven's Pride City. Although the Heaven's Pride City gives out entry tokens every year, there are only twenty of them. Ten of them need to reach a certain level of combat strength before they'll be given out. The other ten are purely for sale or auction, but the base price is a hundred drops of high-grade Yuan Liquid."

"So there's such a thing." Zi Chen's curiosity grew.

"This ancient trial path is open to the entire Martial Heaven Continent. It's always been open. As the number one gathering place of the human race, a large number of trial takers come every year. There are even more experts among them. A mere ten tokens aren't enough," said Wu Yu.

"Although there are people from my Wu family in Heaven's Pride City, not all of them have the qualifications to enter. In fact, it's not just my Wu family. There are many other powers here. They're all in the outside world. Although Heaven's Pride City is the focus of the entire world, their true power is outside Heaven's Pride City."

"Outside Heaven's Pride City? Are you talking about those powers?" A trace of disdain appeared on Zi Chen's face.

Wu Yu shook his head. "Those are the truly large powers. These small powers can't compare to them. The larger the power, the further they are from this place. Furthermore, those large powers mostly occupy resource veins."

"Resource veins? There are resource veins here?" This time, it was Yan Laosan who asked. He clearly didn't know about this.

"Of course there are. And there are many of them," said Wu Yu.

"This place is comparable to a true world. It's said that it's a quarter the size of the Martial Heaven Continent. Although the spiritual qi here is berserk, it can give birth to some miraculous things. The quality of the veins here is extremely high. Any random vein you find will be a high grade yuan stone vein. If you're lucky, you might even find a yuan liquid vein. Those large powers are all guarding their own veins."

Hearing Wu Yu's words, Zi Chen pondered for a moment before asking, "What kind of experts are guarding these mineral veins?"

As if guessing what Zi Chen was thinking, Wu Yu said, "They're all trial takers. Mortal Yuan experts aren't allowed to participate. Although that's the case, there are shadows of Mortal Yuan experts in the various large powers' veins."

Wu Yu then added, "Of course, the Mortal Yuan experts here refer to those who have successfully walked the ancient road, not those who have broken through here. There's a rule here. Once you break through to the Mortal Yuan Realm, you must leave this place and step onto the ancient road. Otherwise, you can stay in the city forever."

Zi Chen nodded. As expected, there was a saying about having a backer everywhere. Once you had a backer in the Mortal Yuan Realm, it would be the biggest backer.

"Have the tokens been given out today?" asked Zi Chen. He wanted to go to Heaven's Pride City to take a look.

Wu Yu said, "You're late. They were given out a month ago."

Zi Chen was greatly disappointed. Obviously, the idea of getting a token to enter Heaven's Pride City had gone up in smoke.

On the way to Heaven's Pride City, the three of them were extremely lucky. They didn't encounter any robbers.

In less than half a day, they arrived outside Heaven's Pride City.

Heaven's Pride City was grand and tall. It covered thousands of miles. The city gates and walls were hundreds of meters high. From afar, it looked like a giant beast, full of majesty.

After Yan Laosan arrived, he sent out a signal. The three of them waited a few miles away. There were also some people standing there, seemingly waiting for the people from Heaven's Pride City.

"Heaven's Pride City covers more than a thousand miles. Flying is not allowed inside. It will take some time for him to come out." Yan Laosan was afraid that Zi Chen would be anxious.

Zi Chen looked at Yan Laosan and asked, "Yan Laosan, is this person your backer?"

Yan Laosan smiled bitterly and said, "How could I have a backer? He's a businessman like me. We've worked together before."