Chapter 396, Gathering of the Strong

Translator: Silavin

 

[No wonder the Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area had become a Forbidden Area. True to its name, once inside, one could only submit to Heaven as their destiny.]

 

[Still, dangers and opportunities coexisted.] Even at the outskirts, the subtle fluctuations made Qin Yichen’s Soul uneasy. He was very curious about what exactly was in the Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area.

 

[Is it truly the place where some peerless expert had perished? Perhaps, something is sealed beneath the Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area?]

 

Qin Yichen felt the second possibility was more likely. Especially with the recent disturbance, it further proved that there was something extremely terrifying existing within the Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area.

 

The Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area had existed for ages. It existed even before the establishment of the Three Sects and One Manor. Therefore, regarding the Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area, there were only various rumours. No one could clearly say what was inside.

 

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh…* Suddenly, Qin Yichen turned his head to look behind him. Several extremely powerful auras were rapidly approaching from a distance. Their unrestrained flight seemed to show complete disregard for those around them.

 

Upon closer inspection, Qin Yichen saw that in the lead was a young man who appeared to be in his twenties.

 

With sword-like eyebrows and star-bright eyes, his handsome face and fitted combat attire, along with a broad sword strapped to his back, he landed atop a tree. The soft branches supported his frame as steady as a mountain.

 

“Yi Jian from the Sword Blade Sect!” many exclaimed upon seeing him.

 

“Yi Jian?” Qin Yichen murmured this unfamiliar name, wondering what the Sword Blade Sect was.

 

There were a few others like Qin Yichen who were similarly ignorant, and upon seeing these uninformed people, some immediately showed contemptuous, mocking gazes.

 

After others explained it, those uninformed had eyes filled with intense shock.

 

Below the Three Sects and One Manor, there were over ten First Tier Forces.

 

The reason these Forces’ prestige could not match the Three Sects and One Manor was simply the lack of an expert beyond the Martial King Realm. Thus, in this region, no one dared to underestimate these First Tier Forces, except, of course, those four behemoths.

 

The Sword Blade Sect was one of the First Tier Sects second only to the Three Sects and One Manor. Its power was so vast that it could easily destroy Families like the Zhao Family of Positively Tranquil City with a wave of their hand.

 

Yi Jian was their number one Disciple among the younger generation of the Sword Blade Sect. Although he was only at the Early Stage Martial King Realm, three years ago, he had personally slain a notorious Mid Stage Martial King!

 

Fighting above ones’ realm, against a Mid Stage Martial King who even had a Martial Soul! Yet, such an expert still fell at Yi Jian’s hands.

 

After that battle, Yi Jian’s fame soared, and for a time, everyone in the Three Sects and One Manor region knew of him. This made many understand that this youth possessed strength no inferior to the Core Disciples of the Three Sects and One Manor!

 

“He killed a Mid Stage Martial King who had a Martial Soul?” hearing these rumors, Qin Yichen’s eyes flashed with surprise. After all, Martial Soul cultivators were invariably the most formidable existences at their level.

 

For Yi Jian to have actually killed one while at a lower realm – it was not strange for Qin Yichen to be surprised. Even for him, this would be extremely difficult unless he used his Dragon Martial Soul.

 

After landing on the treetop, Yi Jian’s gaze swept indifferently over the crowd on the mountain, then he withdrew his attention, as if no one was worthy of his notice.

 

[Indeed, with his strength, he can afford to be so arrogant.] Naturally, being ignored like this did not bother Qin Yichen. Although he could be flamboyant at times, attracting others’ attention and bringing endless trouble was not his style.

 

“Haha, Yi Jian, to think you are even faster than me!”

 

Just as others were marveling at Yi Jian’s appearance, suddenly, a thunderous laugh rang out from the distant horizon. They saw a crimson light tear through the sky, and a powerful aura rippled through space.

 

As the crimson light arrived and dispersed, a mighty figure appeared within – a man about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old standing proudly in the air.

 

This man simply stood there in the air, yet he was like a wild blade, an aura of arrogance surging to the Heavens.

 

Looking at that figure, wariness flashed in many people’s eyes, and exclamations rang out.

 

“The Blood Prison’s Mad Blade!”

 

“To think he came too!”

 

“Don’t provoke him!”

 

Whispers spread through the forest, letting Qin Yichen understand this person’s identity.

 

The Blood Prison Sect, was a First Tier Force of similar strength to the Sword Blade Sect. This youth was the number one of the younger generation of the Blood Prison Sect – Xue Xiongdao!

 

He was a genuine Mid Stage Martial King, and in terms of reputation, his name was even several degrees higher than Yi Jian’s!

 

“How did the Blood Prison Sect trust a brute like you to come here?” Yi Jian’s gaze swept over Xue Xiongdao, raising his eyebrow as he smiled and asked, “Don’t tell me you ran out on your own again?”

 

At these words, an embarrassed look flashed across Xue Xiongdao’s face, but when his gaze fell on the mountain before him, intense interest emerged.

 

“Hmph, I can go wherever I want! Those old farts naturally can’t control me,” Xue Xiongdao declared out loud.

 

“Hehe, what are you two chatting about so happily?” Just as the two were conversing, another laugh came through, followed by a green rainbow light streaking across the horizon, instantly appearing in the sky above.

 

Countless gazes from the forest quickly shot over, revealing a man in green robes standing with a smile, an extremely powerful aura fluctuating around him.

 

“Mu Xuan of the Forest Spear Sect, the Silver Spear!”

 

Seeing this figure, another wave of exclamations arose.

 

This person’s identity and strength were on par with Yi Jian and Xue Xiongdao, and his appearance naturally caused a commotion too.

 

However, Qin Yichen noticed that upon seeing this person, both Xue Xiongdao and Yi Jian’s faces showed traces of gravity and caution.

 

“Mu Xuan, I didn’t expect you to come too.” As if another person he was wary of had appeared, Yi Jian sighed.

 

“Since we’re all here, why don’t we attack this seal together?” Xue Xiongdao seemed somewhat impatient.

 

[So, there is a seal after all?] Hearing the three’s unconcealed conversation, an unusual light flashed in Qin Yichen’s eyes. [Still, for such a massive Array seal, how could it possibly be broken by these few Martial Kings?]

 

“En.”

 

Yi Jian and Mu Xuan exchanged glances and both nodded.

 

They were relatively close to the Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area, which was why they had arrived so quickly. If they did not take advantage of this opportunity to break the seal now, to enter and explore, when experts of the Three Sects and One Manor arrived after hearing the news, there would be no share for them anymore.