The bronze chariot turned in the air, changing direction.
It flew toward Great Wasteland City.
The Hundred Breaks Mountains were five hundred thousand miles away, but Great Wasteland City was only five hundred thousand miles away, which meant it would take much less time to reach.
Half a day later,
on the ground,
a small city appeared in the distance.
“Is that Great Wasteland City ahead?”
Beichen Heng sat by the window, looking down outside, his eyes calm and unruffled.
The Tianyin Imperial City was dozens of times larger than this.
Having seen the grandeur of prosperous cities, looking at this small one now failed to stir his interest. If it weren't for the Heavenly Mechanism Tower being here, he wouldn't even bother glancing at it.
“Indeed.”
The general nodded.
“I wonder what kind of person is in that Heavenly Mechanism Tower, someone who can stir up such great turmoil behind the scenes. Without even showing their face, they've already caused three Sacred Lands to almost go to war.”
A slight smile curved Beichen Heng's lips, his eyes filled with curiosity.
A person like this appearing in the Tianyin Empire was a person he had no reason not to meet.
In a certain sense,
if the Saint-level opportunity indeed came from the Heavenly Mechanism Tower's master, its value was far beyond a mere opportunity.
If...
he could recruit that person,
perhaps the throne of the Tianyin Divine Emperor might be within his grasp.
Thinking of the situation he would soon face, Beichen Heng felt an even stronger sense of urgency. He didn't have much time. If this dragged on, death was inevitable!
Not death at the hands of others,
but rather...
death at the hands of his own father!
“Your Highness, should I notify the Lord of Great Wasteland City in advance to have him come out and welcome us?”
The general asked.
“No need.”
Beichen Heng waved his hand, saying,
“Let's go straight to the Heavenly Mechanism Tower. I'm very curious about the true nature of the opportunity in the Hundred Breaks Mountains, and I also want to know if the Heavenly Mechanism Tower's master is as mysterious and unfathomable as I've imagined!”
“Understood!”
The general respectfully responded.
“Boom!!”
The massive white jade qilin, pulling the bronze chariot, crushed the void with a deafening roar as it streaked through the sky.
As they approached the Great Wasteland City,
“Buzz!”
The void twisted.
A crimson light shot up into the sky, instantly flooding the surroundings with blinding brilliance, dispelling the darkness.
Lines of intricate formation patterns swirled through the air,
emitting a terrifying aura of death.
At the same time,
“Clang! Clang! Clang!”
Thousands of longswords materialized, each several meters long, glowing with a crimson hue. They filled the heavens,
and the overwhelming killing intent drowned the entire sky.
Anyone who saw it would be struck with fear, unable to stop themselves from fleeing.
The murderous aura surged like the sun, stretching endlessly. Sword light flickered, reaching into the Nine Heavens.
Suddenly, a streak of sword light slashed down diagonally from the heavens.
Wherever it passed, thunder and lightning raged, shaking the skies!
“Swish!”
A sound like fabric tearing filled the air.
The white jade qilin that pulled the chariot had no resistance. It was cleaved in two, and even the flagpole at the front of the bronze chariot was sliced in half.
“This is bad!”
The general's face changed drastically as he glanced at the scene outside in horror, exclaiming,
“Your Highness, we must leave quickly! This is a formation!”
“What?”
Beichen Heng's face also turned grim. He stepped out of the chariot, standing in the void, his hair flying in the wind. Looking at the world filled with killing intent, he said in a deep voice,
“...We can't leave!”
“This is a killing formation, and it looks like a Saint-level killing formation. It seems to have been simplified, but it's still enough to kill a Saint Lord!”
“What?!”
The general was utterly shocked.
How could the formerly insignificant Great Wasteland City possess a Saint-level formation?
Many medium and large cities didn't have such terrifying formations, let alone something at the Saint-level. Although this formation appeared to be a simplified version...
Who could say if the person who set it up had the complete version?
“Your Highness, run ahead. I'll cover you!”
The general took a deep breath, a longsword appearing in his hand, its cold light flashing as a powerful aura surged from his body.
“Useless.”
Beichen Heng shook his head and said,
“If it was as simple as coming and going as we pleased, would it still be a formation?”
“Right now, we either break the formation or wait for the one who set it up to notice something's wrong and let us go. Otherwise, with just the two of us, we're doomed.”
Unlike humans, formations could continue to exert killing intent as long as there was enough spiritual energy.
And once a person enters the formation, if they can't break it, once their true essence is depleted, they can only become fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of their enemies.
“Clang!”
At this moment,
the sword light poured down in a thousand beams, the crimson glow staining the earth like a river of blood, connecting the heavens and the earth.
The power of this attack was overwhelmingly terrifying, surpassing even the Saint Lord level. There was a faint aura of a Saint hidden within it.
“This is... is this how we die?”
The general swallowed nervously, his face as white as a sheet. His master, a Saint Lord, might be able to survive this kind of power.
But he was not a Saint Lord.
Under this strike, there was no escape!
In the past, wherever they went, they flew through the air, never expecting a small city like Great Wasteland City to possess such a terrifying formation.
And if such a powerful formation exists, why has Great Wasteland City remained so inconspicuous all this time?
In his final moments,
the general's mind raced through countless thoughts.
“It seems... I underestimated this killing formation!”
Beichen Heng's face was equally pale. Although the formation had been simplified, only parts of its full power had been removed. The remaining killing intent was still horrifying!
Even he could not hold out for much longer.
Perhaps before the one who set up the formation notices,
he would already have fallen!
“Is this how we die?”
Beichen Heng let out a bitter smile.
He wasn't planning to resist. Thinking of the future challenges he would face, a sense of resignation filled his heart.
If he could not escape his father's control,
then death might not be such a bad thing.
Just as the sword light descended upon him,
all the sword beams suddenly froze in mid-air.
Countless longswords vanished into the void, the formation dissipated, and the world returned to clarity.
From within the city lord's manor,
a loud voice rang out.
“Great Wasteland City forbids flight! Who dares to defy the city's ban?”
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