Lord Came Back From The Battlefield

Just like in the previous book, as soon as everyone entered the beam of light, they felt a powerful suction pulling them toward the Eight Trigrams Diagram.

Before long, they found themselves in a pitch-black passage where they couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces.

After about half an hour, the group arrived in an unfamiliar space. The light was dim, and apart from some scattered rocks, there were trees they couldn’t name.

As expected, spiritual power was severely impaired here, just like in other secret realms they had visited.

“So this is the Five Elements Realm? It’s quite serene!” Black Tortoise scanned the surroundings.

“Everyone, stay alert!” Billy said as he led the group forward.

They had barely walked four or five hundred meters when a powerful aura swept towards them.

“Fall back!” Billy stepped forward, drawing his kylin blade which emitted a cold gleam.

A loud crash echoed as a wave of energy surged, forcing Billy back several steps.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

Just as he steadied himself, a second wave of energy approached with even greater force.

Billy frowned and unleashed his full strength, sending out another blade light.

As before, the loud crash was followed by Billy retreating twenty or thirty steps, his breath unsteady.

Without activating his bloodline power or hidden cards, his strike was comparable to a fourth-rank Heaven Dao Realm’s strength.

“Hmm?” A surprised voice came from the darkness ahead.

As the voice fell silent, a third attack roared out, distorting the void and howling with wind.

“Show yourself!” Billy advanced instead of retreating, using his Heavenly Fury Slash to counterattack.

Another loud crash resounded as a powerful wave of energy erupted, reducing the surrounding rocks and trees to dust.

Billy steadied himself after retreating four or five steps, his eyes fixed ahead.

“Such strength at such a young age is quite surprising. This star domain hasn’t seen a genius like you in many years!”

An old man’s figure appeared before them, though it was just a phantom.

Even without activating his bloodline power, Billy’s Heavenly Fury Slash could kill a seventh-rank Heaven Dao Realm opponent. Yet this phantom easily withstood his attack, indicating the true strength of its owner.

“Who are you?” Billy asked, looking at the figure.

From the start, he hadn’t sensed any killing intent from the figure, so he hadn’t used all his hidden cards.

“Turning the tables on me?” the phantom elder responded. “You intrude on my territory and ask who I am?”

“Your territory?” Billy was slightly taken aback. “Are you the City of the Dead’s lord?”

“City of the Dead?” The phantom elder was also puzzled.

“A thousand years ago, wasn’t this star domain’s Domain Lord’s Mansion called City of the Dead?” Casey approached with the others.

“Heh, that name must have been given by your descendants,” the phantom elder chuckled. “City of the Dead is quite fitting!”

“What was its original name?” Azure Dragon asked.

“It doesn’t matter anymore; it’s all in the past,” the phantom elder replied.

“Were you really the lord back then?” Azure Dragon pressed.

“Of course not! I don’t have what it takes to be a lord,” the phantom elder continued.

“This city was sealed by an array a thousand years ago. To enter the Five Elements Realm, you need five Five Elements Magic Stones. It seems you went through a lot to get here.”

After a brief pause, he continued, “So tell me, why did you go through so much trouble to come here?”

“Are there many treasures here?” Stout asked before anyone else could respond.

“If that’s why you’re here, you’ll be disappointed,” the phantom elder replied calmly.

“The precious treasures of the City Lord’s Mansion were destroyed long ago. Only what’s left in that warehouse you passed remains.”

“Really? Did we come all this way for nothing?” Stout pouted.

“If there’s nothing else, please leave!” The phantom elder waved his hand and turned to leave.

“Senior, what happened here all those years ago? Why did this city become City of the Dead? Who did it?” Harleen asked.

“It’s an old story, not worth mentioning,” the elder waved his hand again. “Leave now; this is not a place for you to linger.”

“Senior, do you know about ‘Star Domain Chasm’?” Harleen asked again.

“Hmm?” The phantom elder was slightly taken aback. “How do you know about Star Domain Chasm?”

“We’ve only heard about it but know very little. Could you enlighten us?” Billy replied.

“You want to go to the mid-tier star domain?” The elder asked back.

“My two closest relatives should be in the mid-tier star domain, so I want to find them…” Billy responded.

“You’d better drop that idea!” The elder interrupted him directly.

“Why?” Billy asked.

“First, you can’t get there,” the elder replied. “Second, with your current strength, you wouldn’t survive three months in the mid-tier star domain.”

“What do you mean? People in the mid-tier star domain won’t kill us on sight, will they? We won’t provoke them,” Judge replied.

“If I’m not mistaken, you have a Sacred Object in your body, one of the top three Sacred Objects?” The elder ignored Judge and turned to Billy abruptly.

“Indeed,” Billy responded after a slight hesitation.

“For it to recognize you as its master, your fortune must be astounding,” the elder mused. “But fortune and misfortune are intertwined; it may not be a good thing for you.”

“Especially if you go to the mid-tier star domain; this Sacred Object will be a fatal liability.”

“In this low-tier star domain, your skills might not cause much trouble. But in the mid-tier star domain, you’d be average at best.”

“Are people in the mid-tier star domain really that strong?” Soul Chaser asked.

“Do you know the strength of City of the Dead back then?” The elder asked in return.

“No,” Soul Chaser shook his head. “But there should have been Entering Emptiness Realm experts, right?”

“Entering Emptiness Realm? Heh,” the elder chuckled lightly.

“Back then, at least four city lords and four sect leaders in this star domain were at late-stage Entering Emptiness Realm.”

“And our Domain Lord’s Mansion could suppress them all. What do you think our strength was?”

“Are you saying Domain Lord’s Mansion had Perfection Emptiness Realm experts?” Soul Chaser asked again.

“Our lord was a genuine first-rank Perfection Emptiness Realm expert and the strongest in this star domain back then,” the elder nodded.

Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

This low-tier star domain had once produced a Perfection Emptiness Realm expert?!