Broken Mountain City was a medium sized city located outside the Myriad Beasts Plain. However, in terms of prosperity, it was even more flourishing than many large cities of the North Region.
The reason for this was precisely because it occupied a crucial transportation route leading into the Myriad Beasts Plain. Every day, countless people and goods flowed through this place, gathering and dispersing here, which had resulted in the current prosperity of the city.
Such an important location naturally could not exist independently. Standing behind it was one of the three major forces of the Northwestern Region, the Ice Cloud Valley.
Although the Northwestern Region of the North Region did not possess any top tier forces, its fame was not inferior in the slightest. The reason lay in the fact that the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range was located here. At present, the one controlling the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range was the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion, a first rate force of the Northern Region and also one of the three major forces of the Northwestern Region. The remaining one was the Lengyue Manor, which had previously had some encounters with Liu Bai.
Setting aside the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion and the Lengyue Manor for the moment, just speaking of the Ice Cloud Valley alone, its Valley Master, the Ice Cloud Sovereign, was a renowned powerhouse of the Northern Region. On the surface, he was known as an Eighth-Grade Sovereign. However, it had been decades since anyone had seen him make a move, so no one knew his true level of cultivation.
As early as ten years ago, there were rumors that this Ice Cloud Sovereign had already broken through to the Ninth-Grade Sovereign realm. Unfortunately, over so many years, no one had dared to verify it.
Although the bounty order issued by the three great Beast Emperors had caused a huge uproar, it still had not reached the level where it could alarm an existence like the Ice Cloud Sovereign. However, many of the Ice Cloud Valley's subordinate forces bordered the Myriad Beasts Plain, with some even located within its territory. As such, many high level figures of Ice Cloud Valley were aware of this matter.
The pursuit operation carried out by their subordinates was also backed by orders from higher ups. The one responsible was one of the four great elders of Ice Cloud Valley, Bing He, a Seventh-Grade Sovereign powerhouse whose strength was not inferior to the Asura King.
Originally, facing Liu Bai who had left behind no information whatsoever, these people truly could not find any clues at all. They could only resort to the clumsiest method of investigating every unfamiliar face that entered the Myriad Beasts Plain. Moreover, this person was definitely extremely strong.
At the beginning, the targets chosen were all Fifth-Grade Sovereigns or above, because anyone with insufficient cultivation could not possibly wipe out the Golden Crystal Beast King and so many subordinates.
Later, it was learned that the culprit had used spiritual arrays to attack, so the targets were further narrowed down to powerful spiritual array masters. Even so, there were still no results.
Just as everyone was about to give up, images of the culprit suddenly began circulating everywhere, along with rather convincing evidence. From that point on, matters became much simpler.
By directly spreading this image, they quickly found the location of the suspected culprit.
Obviously, these people did not care whether the other party was truly the culprit or merely suspected. As long as the person matched the image they had seen, it was enough.
In the end, they only needed to hand someone over to the three Beast Emperors as an explanation. Whether it was true or false did not matter at all. As long as the threat of the beast tide could be eliminated, capturing a random person to hand over was sufficient. No one would care.
Of course, this person was not so easy to capture.
At the very least, with the strength currently present in Broken Mountain City, it was not an easy task. After all, the other party was a genuine Fourth-Grade Sovereign, while the strongest expert in Broken Mountain City at present was only a Third-Grade Sovereign.
Following the normal procedure, they should have reported the information and requested experts from Ice Cloud Valley to make a decision.
However, the City Lord of Broken Mountain City clearly wanted to seize the credit. He was also worried that the other party might sense something amiss and flee immediately. Thus, the City Lord ultimately made a decision to activate the city protecting array to trap the culprit.
Naturally, if he could personally capture the person, that would be even better. That way, all the credit would belong to him alone.
Driven by this mindset, the City Lord of Broken Mountain City directly made a move against Liu Bai and his group.
At this moment, Broken Mountain City was completely enveloped by a golden barrier of light. From the outside, it looked like an inverted golden bowl.
In order not to alert the enemy, the City Lord did not even evacuate the half of the city where Liu Bai's inn was located. He directly activated the grand array and launched an attack.
With just that single strike, the entire inn was instantly reduced to ashes. Even all people and buildings within a hundred meter radius were swept away, leaving behind only a massive pit.
"This… he would not have been blasted to death directly, right?" The City Lord of Po Mountain City held a massive earth yellow mountain splitting axe as he looked at the ground below and could not help but mutter.
As for those innocents who had been dragged into it, they could only blame their bad luck. Who told them to be there at such a time.
Beside the City Lord stood a middle aged man wearing a green scholar robe. His expression was calm and refined, showing not the slightest ripple over the wronged souls that had just died beneath his feet. Hearing the City Lord's words, he chuckled softly and said, "My lord, rest assured. It is said that this person is a genuine Fourth-Grade Sovereign. Our city protecting array is only a Mid-Level Earth-Grade array. Unless it is unleashed at full power, a single strike will not be able to kill him."
As if to prove the scholar's words, the moment his voice fell, a streak of five colored light emerged from the dust.
Very soon, the completely unharmed figures of Liu Bai and the other two appeared before everyone, a sight that clearly exceeded all expectations.
"Not injured at all?" The City Lord of
Broken Mountain City and the scholar were both shocked, their expressions changing drastically at the same time.
"City Lord, this person is dangerous. Quickly attack with full force!"
The City Lord had naturally already thought of this. He immediately formed seals with his hands, preparing to activate the grand array once more.
This time, he had steeled himself, intending to mobilize all the spiritual energy of the array to unleash a fatal strike. He wanted to see if this fellow could still block it.
However, after repeatedly changing seals, the array in the sky showed no reaction at all. Even when he took out the core that controlled the city protecting array and continuously poured vast amounts of spiritual energy into it, the array still did not respond in the slightest.
At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out beside his ear.
"Stop wasting your effort. This array has already been broken."
"What do you mean broken?" The City Lord asked subconsciously.
In the next instant, he froze.
Because he saw that the golden barrier that had originally enveloped the city was rapidly descending. Very quickly, the entire city protecting array completely vanished.
"Broken…"
"The city protecting array was actually broken?"
The City Lord muttered twice in a daze, then looked toward Liu Bai, who was being protected by the Innate Five Spirit Disk, with a face full of shock.
"It was you? How is that possible? How could you break the city protecting array of Broken Mountain City in such a short time?"
Even if the other party had relied on overwhelming cultivation to violently destroy the array, he could have accepted it. But for his greatest reliance to disappear so inexplicably like this left him utterly unable to believe it.
A trace of mocking laughter curled at the corner of Liu Bai's lips. He had no intention of answering the other party's question.
After all, he had already condensed a True Heart Eye. Any array that did not exceed the limits of his array path realm could be seen through at a glance. He could directly locate the weakest point of the array. Breaking an array was simply effortless.
This City Lord of Broken Mountain City was simply too slow witted. Just knowing that Liu Bai had used an array to wipe out the Golden Crystal Beast King and all its subordinates should have told him that Liu Bai was a true expert in the path of arrays.
Unfortunately, it was already too late to say anything now. With the array broken, a mere Fourth-Grade Sovereign could not stop Liu Bai's steps.
Liu Bai narrowed his eyes, his heart pounding violently. An invisible sound wave then spread toward the City Lord of Broken Mountain City and those beside him.
The City Lord and the scholar only heard a faint sound like thunder ringing in their ears. In the next moment, the City Lord spat out a mouthful of blood as spiritual energy surged back into his heart, already suffering severe injuries.
As for the weaker scholar, his fate was even worse. His entire meridians were directly destroyed by the erupting spiritual energy, turning him into a cripple in an instant.
The sudden change terrified everyone.
The City Lord hurriedly shouted, "A misunderstanding, this friend, it is all a misunderstanding. I am the City Lord of Broken Mountain City and belong to the subordinate forces of Ice Cloud Valley. Please give me some face…"
Before the word face could even be finished, the five streaks of lightning raised by Liu Bai's hand had already blasted out.
The two men, already severely injured, had no way to withstand Liu Bai's Five Element Divine Thunder. They were instantly reduced to piles of charred remains beneath the thunderous strike.
Only at this moment did Zhan Taiyun and Hong San finally come back to their senses. When they looked at Liu Bai again, it was as if they were gazing upon a true god.
"My lord, you are truly too powerful!" Hong San's aged face was filled with shock as words of praise poured endlessly from his mouth.
"With your current age and strength, even Fang Yi, who ranks first on the Dragon Phoenix Record, is absolutely no match for you. You are undoubtedly the number one among the younger generation of the Northern Region!"
Zhan Taiyun was unable to flatter others as shamelessly as Hong San, but he still agreed with those words. He nodded repeatedly at the side to express his stance.
Liu Bai glanced at the two of them. Although he usually looked down on flatterers, if the one being praised was himself, then he did not mind listening a little.
"Alright, that is enough of the flattery. Let us continue toward the Myriad Beast Plain. I am quite curious to see how many people are waiting for me there…"
Liu Bai narrowed his eyes slightly. His gaze pierced through layers of space, as if he had already seen the depths of the Myriad Beast Plain and the three massive beast silhouettes that suppressed heaven and earth.
Three great Beast Emperors. He wondered how much experience value and beast soul points he would gain if he could slay them.
Of course, that was still quite difficult for the current Liu Bai, since the gap in strength remained enormous. However, with Mandala backing him up, he was not afraid of stirring up trouble.
He also wanted to find out how far those forces that had joined hands with the beast race to hunt him down were willing to go, and whether they would truly cooperate with the spiritual beasts to make a move against him.
Risky thoughts continued to surface in Liu Bai's mind, but Hong San and Zhan Taiyun were nearly frightened out of their wits.
"M my lord, are you really going to continue deeper into the Myriad Beast Plain?"
Was this man foolish or simply too arrogant? At present, within the Myriad Beast Plain, he was the common enemy of both humanity and the beast race. Both sides were desperate to capture him alive and flay him. Under such circumstances, who would willingly walk into the jaws of death?
"What, scared?" Liu Bai asked with a faint smile as he looked at the two of them.
Hong San's expression was somewhat awkward, clearly having his thoughts exposed. He did not dare to deceive Liu Bai and admitted, "A little… but my lord, please rest assured. As long as you give the order, even if it is a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, I am willing to charge in for you!"
Zhan Taiyun was not as slick as Hong San. With a grave expression, he said, "I am willing to act as your vanguard. Even in death, I will have no regrets!"
Since he had already decided to pledge himself to Liu Bai, Zhan Taiyun would not harbor any other intentions. Moreover, if he wanted a chance to take revenge in the future, his only hope lay with Liu Bai. Therefore, his words carried no falsehood at all. He truly was someone who did not fear death.
"Good. Since that is the case, let us depart." With those words, Liu Bai transformed into a streak of light and left Broken Mountain City.
Zhan Taiyun and Hong San exchanged a glance and quickly followed after him.
In truth, not many people knew the truth behind the Broken Mountain City Lord's actions. Those who did were all killed earlier by Liu Bai's Nether Demon Heart Thunder. As a result, the identities of the three would not be fully exposed for the time being.
However, because image recordings existed, Liu Bai would inevitably need to disguise himself next. As for bringing Zhan Taiyun and Hong San along, it was because he wanted them to gather more information for him before they were exposed.
Naturally, if they could determine the specific strength of the human and beast race forces targeting him, that would be even better.
As he ventured deeper into the Myriad Beast Plain, Liu Bai truly came to understand what it meant to be trapped in a dragnet.
All human cultivators active within the Myriad Beast Plain, as well as intelligent spiritual beasts, had almost all memorized Liu Bai's appearance. Wherever he went, there was a possibility of being discovered.
Moreover, due to the threat of the three Beast Emperors, countless human cities and forces within the range of the beast tide were frantically searching for Liu Bai's whereabouts. Numerous Sovereigns had been mobilized, combing through the Myriad Beast Plain inch by inch.
When combined with the spiritual beasts, this force was so terrifying that even if Liu Bai transformed into a tiny ant, they could probably dig him out from the ant nest.
Although Zhan Taiyun and Hong San helped him scout for information and provide early warnings, Liu Bai still nearly got recognized several times.
Fortunately, the strength of those people was not high. When encountering such opponents, a single Nether Demon Heart Thunder was enough. Whether human or beast, all were instantly killed.
However, as time passed, such actions could not escape the notice of those with ulterior motives.
By tracking the locations where those slain individuals vanished, they gradually managed to lock onto the area where Liu Bai was active. It had to be said that there were indeed many clever people in this world.
Once this information was reported upward, it did not take long before experts from both the human side and the beast race gathered rapidly.
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