Chapter 681: Chapter 376 Arrival and the Unexpected

A reprimand arose.

The stillness was profound.

Even though the disappearance of Long Aotian was of great significance, even concerning the future of the entire Spiritual Martial World,

It caused a sense of urgency among his friends and family members.

But as the Spiritual Martial King, the highest and only ruler of this world,

His authority,

nobody dared to defy.

“It seems that I have been too lenient with you all, to the point that your characters have become so fragile,”

His expression was stern.

His sharp and pressing gaze swept across the people below.

Decapitated heads quickly lowered, no one dared to meet his eyes.

“When encountering problems, you do nothing but think of solutions but just wail and cry here.”

“If one day I am no longer here, entrusting the Wu Dynasty to you lot, wouldn’t it be destroyed within a few thousand years?”

The sound of his voice fell.

A series of thudding sounds merged together.

The people showed faces of horror and all knelt down at once.

“Long live the King, for thousands of generations!”

If the disappearance of Long Aotian was a bolt from the blue for them,

Then… if the Spiritual Martial King were no more

It would be a cataclysmic calamity.

No one even dared to think about it, thus they quickly knelt to plead for forgiveness.

Seeing their wretched state,

The Spiritual Martial King’s brow furrowed tightly, he sighed silently in his heart.

His younger generation, due to their environment of excessive peace and privilege, had become impossible to rely upon in difficult times.

Over the years,

he had been looking forward to Long Aotian, who had shown a semblance of his own past charisma.

Now,

he was imprisoned and missing.

No matter whether he chose to save him or not, he would be laying a hidden danger for the future of the entire Spiritual Martial World.

Could it be…

that he really must seek help from the Resistance Army?

Although the Resistance Army seemed sincere and displayed great earnestness,

But the moment he thought

this incident might have been orchestrated by them,

the Spiritual Martial King became unwilling.

“Get out.”

After a brief moment,

he waved his hand impatiently, dismissing the people below.

Upon hearing this,

many people hesitated to speak.

But once the Spiritual Martial King had spoken,

nobody dared disobey.

Eventually,

the sound of scattered footsteps gradually faded away.

Within the huge bedroom, the Spiritual Martial King was suddenly left alone.

“Ah—”

A deep sigh.

The old man, who stood at the pinnacle of all creatures in the Spiritual Martial World, now seemed even more lonesome.

“Sir.”

A figure in a kneeling position silently appeared at the bottom of the staircase.

“The Resistance Army has sent a message, claiming that there’s no time to lose.”

“They hope… that we can give them a rough response today.”

The person was dressed in black Force attire, wearing an Evil Spirit Mask.

He was You Ren, known as the Black Envoy, one of the Four Great Martial Divines under the Spiritual Martial King.

As he spoke,

a bone-chilling coldness emanated from him, causing the temperature in the Grand Hall to plummet.

“This is unbearable,”

the Spiritual Martial King declared word by word, his eyes overflowing with murderous intent.

No sooner had his grandson disappeared than the Resistance Army repeatedly urged him to respond to the alliance matters.

So unapologetic,

their ulterior motives clearly exposed.

They clearly believed that they had him cornered.

If he had another way, it might be fine,

but unfortunately,

he really had no other option.

Silence, for a moment, enveloped the Grand Hall.

The Spiritual Martial King did not respond,

and You Ren did not press, simply waiting quietly.

After a while,

“Agree to their terms,”

“Two days from now, hold the meeting here,”

the Spiritual Martial King finally spoke again,

his voice had lost its prior authority and instead carried an unmistakeable fatigue.

“Yes,”

You Ren bowed his head in acknowledgment.

As a subordinate who had followed the Spiritual Martial King for tens of thousands of years, he never questioned the other’s decisions.

Whatever the other wanted him to do, he would do,

without a word of complaint.

As the sound of his voice faded,

You Ren’s figure quietly vanished, just as it had appeared.

After he left,

the Spiritual Martial King slowly closed his eyes.

His fingers trembled slightly as a luminescent aura emerged around him.

What he was doing now was trying to locate the whereabouts of Long Aotian.

Although he was prepared to agree to the Resistance Army’s terms,

the meeting was two days away,

and until the final moment, he would not give up on seeking other methods.

Once he locked onto Long Aotian’s position,

he would try to contact people he knew.

Perhaps, just perhaps,

someone would indeed be willing to help him.

Even though the Spiritual Martial King knew this possibility was slim,

for him at this moment,

even a single straw was worth grasping tightly.

——————

Shortly afterwards,

in the Spiritual Martial World,

at the remote Wu Dynasty Border, in the Deer Bull Mountain Range.

This range of mountains stretched for thousands of miles, rarely touched by humans.

Perpetual silence shrouded the area, seldom disturbed.

But today,

in a certain part of the mountain forest, an unprecedented change took place.

The air rippled like water disturbed, sending out waves of distortion.

Then abruptly,

a black spot appeared and rapidly expanded, visible to the naked eye.

An alien aura from beyond this world descended through the Black Hole.

Causing the surrounding beasts to flee swiftly.

And then,

a foot stepped through the Black Hole,

as a figure materialized out of thin air.

“Is this the Spiritual Martial World?”

A voice followed,

Chen Sheng looked around, and found that, for the present, it was not much different from his home.

After briefly sensing his surroundings, he stopped paying attention.

Next,

he began to ponder how to meet the Spiritual Martial King.

Should he ask for directions, or…

Hm?

He seemed to sense something.

Chen Sheng suddenly looked up, towards a certain point in the skyline.

At the same time,

in a border village thousands of kilometers away,

a huge fireball crossed the sky, heading straight for the Deer Bull Mountain Range.

Strangely enough,

though it radiated intense high temperatures,

the fireball did not cause any damage to the environment below it as it passed.

It appeared that its boundless Strength was confined within itself.

Along its path,

countless residents of towns and villages saw this phenomenon without a trace of fear; instead, they shouted excitedly towards the sky,

“It’s Martial God Lie Yan!”