Chapter 0465: Assembling in the Ancient City

Chapter 0465: Assembling in the Ancient City

The intense explosion alarmed the elder Martial Kings outside.

They all floated into the air, scanning the distant area shrouded in dust and debris.

"Only someone in the Spirit Martial realm could unleash such power!" one Martial King frowned. "Isn’t the Martial Ancient City restricted to the Martial realm?"

"It has to be a Dao Artifact explosion! Someone detonated a Dao Artifact of a Spirit Martial realm warrior! It must be Qin Yun—he’s used Dao Artifacts to cause explosions before!"

"This is bad. Those at the ninth level of the Martial realm can’t withstand such a violent explosion without preparation."

"We must dispatch more forces to capture Qin Yun immediately!"

Despite their strength, the elder Martial Kings could only watch helplessly from the sidelines.

They were forbidden to enter the Martial Ancient City. Forcing their way in would trigger the city’s grand formation, leading to their swift demise.

...

Over the past five days, approximately fifty to sixty warriors at the ninth level of the Martial realm from nearby areas had been summoned.

After traveling for several days, they had settled in the Runes Villa to rest, only to be annihilated by Qin Yun’s explosive attack!

Amid the storm-ravaged square, Xie Wufeng, Hong Yan, and Murong Daren were also rescued.

Cai Xiangjing and an elder accompanying Xie Wufeng rescued Hong Yan and the others.

The storm, though ferocious, subsided swiftly. Once calm returned, the Runes Villa lay in ruins.

A few elders of the Runes Villa who weren’t inside the tower were still alive. They stared in shock and disbelief at the ruins—the tower they had built over many years was now gone!

"Qin Yun, you demon, you monster!" one elder of the Runes Villa roared as Qin Yun flew over.

The onlookers in the distance were also shocked. No one had anticipated Qin Yun’s involvement!

Several elders of the Runes Villa at the ninth level of the Martial realm charged toward Qin Yun.

Qin Yun seized the moment, hurling immobilization talismans, freezing the elders in place!

With a Dao Artifact greatsword in hand, he charged at them!

Just as he approached, a black shadow darted past, outpacing him!

It was a man in black, hooded and faceless, holding a slender, sharp Miao blade. Only his cold, murderous eyes were visible.

In a flash, she swung her blade, beheading the elders instantly!

Qin Yun recognized her as Xiao Yuelan from those eyes. He hadn’t expected her to be so powerful!

Qin Yun killed the elders and stuffed their bodies into a storage bag, planning to extract their Martial Souls later.

From the direction of the city gate, a large group of powerful Martial realm warriors entered and immediately dispersed.

Spreading out minimized the risk of immobilization or annihilation by a single Dao Artifact explosion.

"Let’s go!"

Qin Yun suddenly sensed several powerful Martial Realm expert auras nearby, seemingly ready to take action. They were all young people from the Spirit Desolate.

What worried him the most was that the Ninth Layer Martial Realm experts from the Spirit Desolate were the most terrifying, but fortunately, there weren’t many of them!

At this moment, everyone began to withdraw from the Martial Ancient City.

This place was about to descend into a bloody battle, and those who didn’t want to be involved hurriedly left the city.

The city gate was guarded by many Martial Kings, and those who left were thoroughly inspected.

Qin Yun and his group had a difficult time retreating, as they were pursued by a group of Martial Realm experts.

Fortunately, he had the Spirit King Cannon and fired another Dao Pill projectile, which made the pursuing Ninth Layer Martial Realm warriors much more cautious.

That Dao Pill killed more than ten Ninth Layer Martial Realm warriors, including two from the Spirit Desolate!

When the Martial Kings from the Spirit Desolate learned of this, they were furious but could do nothing.

A Martial King from the Runes Hall coldly said, "We will offer a bounty of one billion to capture Qin Yun alive. Whoever captures him will receive one billion Purple Crystal Coins!"

The Martial Ancient City was the territory of the Runes Hall, and now that such a major incident had occurred on their turf, resulting in the death of an outstanding disciple from a Spirit Desolate faction and several Ninth Layer Martial Realm warriors, they naturally had to take responsibility for it.

Those who had just escaped from the city were immediately tempted by the one billion bounty!

Many Martial Realm experts, who had originally only intended to watch the spectacle, now saw an opportunity. Getting involved in this matter had no benefit for them before, but now, capturing Qin Yun could earn them one billion Purple Crystal Coins, enough to make many take the risk!

There were several thousand Martial Realm experts who had just left the city, and they were now forming teams, preparing to enter and capture Qin Yun!

The bounty from the Runes Hall was open to all three great Desolates, meaning that Martial Realm experts from the Beast Desolate and Demon Desolate could also enter the Martial Ancient City to pursue Qin Yun.

……

Qin Yun led Xiao Yuelan and the others into a forest.

The safest place in this Martial Ancient City was the very hidden array foundation chamber!

Seeing that Qin Yun could fire explosive Spirit Martial Realm Dao Pills, many Ninth Layer Martial Realm experts dared not rashly pursue him. After all, they had no idea how many Dao Pills Qin Yun had.

Not long after, Qin Yun brought Xie Wufeng and the others to the underground array chamber.

Although this was an underground chamber, it was filled with an abundance of energy.

"Yuelan, thank you!" Qin Yun looked at Xiao Yuelan and Cai Xiangjing, who had removed their hoods, and smiled gratefully.

Xiao Yuelan punched him lightly and chuckled, "Between us, there’s no need for thanks!"

Qin Yun took out a jade basin and placed the heavily injured Hong Yan and Murong Daren inside, allowing them to recover quickly.

Although Xie Wufeng was also injured, his recovery ability was strong, and he was wearing the Runes Equipment Qin Yun had crafted for him years ago, which accelerated his healing.

Cai Xiangjing looked around and realized this was an array base. She asked, "Qin Yun, what’s your plan now?"

"I want to take control of this Martial Ancient City!" Qin Yun declared with ambition.

Cai Xiangjing, with her mature and beautiful oval face, smiled slightly and said, "You’ve discovered the array base, so it’s indeed possible for you to control the city. The question now is, how will you get the people inside the city to leave?"

"More Martial Realm experts will likely enter soon! If I’m not mistaken, the Runes Hall will definitely offer a substantial bounty!"

Qin Yun said, "I'll try first to see if I can control the grand formation of this ancient city! Maybe it will give me some help!"

He injected his spiritual energy into the grand formation and soon received a lot of information, all about the various formations of the ancient city.

To his disappointment, the city did not have a formation to restrict others from entering, and even the city gates were wide open.

However, there was one formation that could restrict others from leaving!

He found this formation somewhat useful and immediately activated it. This would ensure that those Martial Realm warriors could only enter but not leave!

"After the previous commotion, if anyone still enters, most will be here for the bounty to hunt me down! This is good; I will make sure they come but never leave!" Qin Yun sneered coldly.

He looked at Xie Wufeng and said, "Elder Xie, once you all recover from your injuries, I'll send you out!"

"Yuelan, do you want to leave now? I can easily send you out tonight."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuelan snorted lightly, "I'm not leaving, I'm staying here with you! A large group of people are entering the city to hunt down my husband, how could I just leave? If it were you, would you abandon me and run?"

Cai Xiangjing was surprised to find out that Xiao Yuelan was Qin Yun's wife, and their relationship was exceptionally good, sharing life and death!

Xie Wufeng smiled slightly, "Brother Yun, I'm not leaving either! It's quite safe here anyway, and since those guys are coming for the bounty to kill you, I won't hold back either! This is a great opportunity for me to practice my swordsmanship!"

Murong Daren also cursed in a low voice, "Those bastards from the Totem Pavilion actually captured us... I'll make them know that Murong Daren is not someone to be bullied!"

Hong Yan was also furious, "They dared to capture me, surely thinking that our Hongwu Country wouldn't resist, now I'll show them what resistance looks like!"

They all decided not to leave, staying here with Qin Yun to deal with the warriors entering the city!

Qin Yun looked at Cai Xiangjing and asked, "Sister Cai, what about you?"

"My duty is to protect Yuelan, since she's not leaving, of course, I won't leave either!" Cai Xiangjing smiled and said.

...

The ten billion bounty issued by the Totem Pavilion quickly spread throughout the major mystical cities and royal cities of Wuhuang. Many Martial Realm warriors, upon hearing this, rushed to the Martial Ancient City.

People from those cities knew that Qin Yun had a Black Martial Soul, thus restricted by the Dark Soul Curse, unable to condense the third Great Dao Life Trace, and would be forever trapped at the second level of the Martial Realm!

Many Martial Realm warriors above the fifth level believed that they and a few companions could easily capture Qin Yun.

Although Qin Yun had Dao Pills, they would eventually run out. Once they found Qin Yun in the Martial Ancient City, they could obtain the ten billion purple crystal coins!

Outside the Martial Ancient City, many large carriages arrived, carrying elders and others from major sects.

Inside one of the carriages were Zi Qingcheng, Shui Tianzi, and Grandma Du.

Subsequently, Mu Fengxiao and Old Eagle also entered the carriage.

Shui Tianzi anxiously asked, "What should we do now? We can't enter that ancient city, should we send in some ninth-level Martial Realm warriors?"

"I heard that over a hundred ninth-level Martial Realm warriors will be entering one after another! The Martial Realm warriors from the bloodline families and the Totem Pavilion are the most terrifying, especially those at the ninth level... It seems they have also entered the city!"

Mu Fengxiao also looked grave, "I never expected the Totem Pavilion to do such a thing!"

Old Eagle sneered, "Capturing and torturing my son, your Totem Pavilion really has good methods!"

Mu Fengxiao curled his lips, "That's not my business... Those sects from Linghuang have good relations with our Totem Pavilion, so they would naturally side with them!"

Zi Qingcheng said, "How about we send someone in to contact Qin Yun, ask about his current situation, and then discuss countermeasures, what do you think?"

"Qin Yun must be hiding extremely well, hard to track down. We need to come up with another plan!" Mu Fengxiao shook his head.

...

Qin Yun and the others were all within the hidden array base, making it indeed difficult to locate them.

After consuming the supposedly expired Nine Yuan Immortal Pill, he sat quietly, focusing on absorbing its energy.

To his surprise, this pill was incredibly potent, instantly filling up his three Dao Cores!

If this kept up, they’d explode!