"That's quite strange..."
Ye Yun's eyes narrowed, and the Lu Shen Sword reappeared in his hand. He was fully prepared for battle.
Xing Wu, standing beside him, was equally vigilant. The abnormal situation in the Holy City made her uneasy.
"Let's go and see what's happening."
Ye Yun beckoned and headed towards the direction of the Holy City, with Xing Wu closely following.
Meanwhile, within the Holy City of the Abyss Clan.
In the grand plaza, a magnificent and colossal formation now stood. A bloody formation enshrouded the entire square.
At the center of this formation, over a thousand cultivators, dressed in various attire, were trapped. Their cultivation levels ranged from Mystic Immortal Realm to True Immortal Realm.
Most of them looked at the bloody formation with fear, struggling with all their might but unable to inflict even a scratch on it.
Beside the formation stood three figures, smiling and conversing as they watched the struggling crowd.
Their cultivation levels indicated that they were Emperor-tier peak powerhouses, just as Ye Yun had sensed from afar.
One of them looked at the people within the formation. A man in white shook his head and said with disappointment.
"I thought the great world we came from was already pretty bad, but I didn't expect this place to be even more trashy."
The man in red beside him nodded and said proudly.
"Indeed, not a single Emperor-tier peak here. And a few ordinary Emperor-tiers are no match for us at all."
The remaining man, dressed in blue, said with some frustration.
"It's just a bit of a pity. This trashy place doesn't have any good cultivation resources, it's even worse than our place. I really don't know how these guys managed to cultivate this far."
Not long ago, they had scoured the entire world.
The result was unexpectedly disappointing, as they hadn't found a single good thing, which had greatly frustrated them.
The man in red shrugged, seemingly unconcerned. "It doesn't matter. Even if we can't get any good resources, having so many cultivators is still good for practicing Blood Arts."
The man in white smiled and nodded. "True. Speaking of which, it's all thanks to your idea to break through the great world's barrier and enter this place."
"Of course. Who do you think I am?"
It was evident that the man in red was quite proud.
However, he indeed had the capital to be proud. The mere act of forcefully breaking through the great world's barrier was enough for him to brag about for a lifetime.
After speaking, all three pairs of eyes fell upon the formation, and the thousand-plus cultivators of the Abyss Clan within it.
These were the individuals they had captured from the most opulent parts of the city not long ago.
Among them were even a few Emperor-tier powerhouses who had been defeated by them, but for safety, their cultivation had been sealed and they were thrown in.
"Who exactly are you?!"
Within the formation, a noble red-haired woman looked at them with a cold expression.
Her magnificent long dress was adorned with several bloody marks. Her alluring figure exuded a tragic beauty.
The three men glanced at her.
The man in red's lips curved slightly as he said, "Since you're about to die, it doesn't hurt to tell you. We are..."
Before he could finish speaking, the smiling expression on the man in red's face faltered slightly.
It wasn't just him; the other two also frowned.
"Hmm? What is this..."
As he spoke, the man in red glanced at the red-haired woman with a playful look.
"So, this broken little place of yours actually has an Emperor-tier peak cultivator? That's a bit unexpected."
"Emperor-tier peak?"
The red-haired woman was stunned.
Where would her Abyss Continent have an Emperor-tier peak?
She had already been shocked when she first encountered these three Emperor-tier peaks. Now, another one? This was clearly the heavens condemning the Abyss Clan!
"Damn it, if only Xing Wu were here..."
The red-haired woman's brows furrowed. At this critical juncture of survival, she couldn't help but think of that monster who had risen like a legend in the Abyss Clan back then.
She mused that if that person and her monstrous sister hadn't ascended to the Heavenly Domain, the position of the Abyss Clan Leader wouldn't have fallen to her, and they wouldn't be in this situation, unable to fight back against these invaders...
"Alas, if that guy were truly that divine, he would have shown up to save the day by now..."
The red-haired woman knew very well that this was just a fleeting thought, even perhaps self-mockery.
But unexpectedly, as soon as she thought this, two figures appeared from the distance and instantly materialized above the plaza.
And one of those figures was none other than Xing Wu, whom she had just been thinking of!
At the same time, a playful female voice descended from the sky.
"It's been ten thousand years, and you've actually reached such a state of disarray."
Without a doubt, this voice came from Xing Wu.
She stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Ye Yun in the air, her expression slightly mocking as she looked at the red-haired woman suppressed by the formation.
Seeing the newcomers, the red-haired woman was taken aback for a moment.
"You... when did you come back?"
"Well, not too long ago."
Xing Wu smiled at her faintly.
Then, she glanced at the three Emperor-tier peaks not far away.
"However, judging by the situation, it doesn't seem like the time for pleasantries. Let's settle these three first, and then we can chat at our leisure."
Her arrogant words displeased the three Emperor-tier peak cultivators.
The man in red looked in Xing Wu's direction and snorted.
"Woman, you are just as arrogant as that fellow."
By "that fellow," he clearly meant the red-haired woman within the formation.
The man in white beside him immediately chimed in.
"Indeed, that guy was quite arrogant before, and now he's obediently going to become our nourishment?"
Hearing this, Xing Wu chuckled.
"You'll likely be disappointed. I'm not the same as that weakling."
"Heh heh, what a bold statement..."
The last man in blue sneered, a murderous glint already visible in his eyes.
They could clearly see that this woman's cultivation had not yet reached Emperor-tier peak, roughly around the seventh or eighth level of Emperor-tier.
However, the person beside her...
The man in red stared at Ye Yun, finding that he was emitting a faint sense of threat.
But with the three of them, all Emperor-tier peaks, they had no reason to worry unless they encountered a super-expert beyond the Emperor-tier. At worst, they could fight to a draw.
Thus, he raised an eyebrow and said.
"Emperor-tier peak... it seems you are the ruler of this great world?"
Ye Yun did not answer his question. He glanced at the three of them, then directly retorted.
"The three of you, are you outsiders?"