Entering the city, countless powerful figures looked at Long Chen with eyes full of wariness. No one dared to provoke him anymore, all keeping their distance.
Wherever Long Chen passed, everyone avoided him; he was like a plague, with no one daring to approach him.
In fact, what people feared was not Long Chen, but the Ice Soul behind him. The Ice Soul's aura alone made countless powerful beings tremble.
Although the Ice Soul had been continuously drained of its source power for billions of years and was now weakened, she was still the eighth-ranked Ice Soul Divine Flame on the Heavenly Fire List, the king of heavenly fire. At her peak, a single thought could destroy heaven and earth, and the nobility deep within her soul was enough to suppress all living beings.
As long as no Divine Sovereign realm expert attacks her, no one knows her true strength. As for those young prodigies, they don't even dare to look at her. Long Chen has fought for years, and this time he has borrowed his might for a moment.
Long Chen's expression remained extremely grim, his gaze seeming ready to kill at any moment. Everyone kept their distance.
The appearance of the Ice Soul shook the entire arena; even Divine Venerable-level experts dared not attack Long Chen, let alone anyone else.
When Long Chen entered Seven Star City, more than a dozen pairs of eyes inside turned to Bing Po. These were all Divine Venerable realm experts, their eyes filled with wariness.
However, seeing that Long Chen did not act rashly, they all remained silent and unmoved. Among these Divine Venerable-level experts, the human warriors were the most uneasy, fearing Long Chen would kill recklessly here. If a fight broke out, the city would be ruined.
However, what made them feel fortunate was that, although Long Chen's face was frighteningly gloomy, he hadn't done anything out of line. For a moment, countless powerful figures secretly warned their disciples not to provoke Long Chen.
"Why are you so angry?" Bing Po asked.
"Watching these people forget history, forget hatred, forget how their ancestors died so tragically.
Now he colludes with these people who killed their ancestors, submissive and obsequious, wishing they could kneel and lick their shoes—how could I not be furious? Long Chen gritted his teeth and said.
Long Chen had always firmly believed that everything he saw in Ziyan Tiandu was real—it was a microcosm of history.
Moreover, Long Chen was oppressed and slaughtered by the demons, blood clans, beast clans, and evil factions on the Tianwu Continent. The history of the human race was a history of humiliation and blood and tears.
Therefore, Long Chen hated these races deeply, but in this world, traitors are hated even more than enemies.
Although Long Chen had seen many human traitors, after entering the Three Thousand Worlds, his hatred for such people was especially strong, wishing he could kill them all.
Damn it, his current abilities are limited, not yet enough to match a Divine Venerable realm expert. Otherwise, Long Chen would have directly overturned this Seven Star City.
"This is both a strength and a weakness for your human race. Other races engrave hatred into their bones and souls.
And your human memories cannot be passed down; most of them require learning after birth.
The benefit is that you don't have to carry the heavy burden of hatred to survive, making life easier and more pleasant.
The downside is that once the scar heals, the pain is forgotten; history repeats itself, repeating itself in cycles, as if humans can never break this cycle.
This is the most fatal weakness of the human race. As long as you don't break this vicious cycle, you humans will always survive in the middle and lower tiers of the myriad races.
No matter how powerful or glorious your human race once was, no matter how high you once stood tall, if you don't break the vicious cycle, no matter how glorious the era, it will only be short-lived and cannot last.
After that great war in the ancient era, the human race had completely declined. Not only had they lost faith, but they had also lost their dignity. Nowadays, humans have little pride left. If you want to regain human dignity, it's extremely difficult! Bing Po said calmly.
"Difficult doesn't mean it's impossible. It's rare and precious. As long as I, Long Chen, don't die, I will eventually break the existing rules and build a world I want." Long Chen said firmly.
"Why are you so persistent?" Bing Po asked.
Long Chen suddenly stopped, turned to look at Bing Po, and looked into her eyes:
"If I had never seen the light, I could have endured the darkness. But since I have, I can no longer tolerate the chaos of this world."
When the whole world is dark, then light becomes a kind of sin. In the past, when faced with the world's doubts, I once wavered: why did I feel out of place with this world? Was it my fault, or was this world wrong?
Because of this, I once fell into inner division and self-denial. Fortunately, I met Aunt Gong, who made my heart completely firm. She gave me a golden lotus and illuminated the path ahead.
Now I understand—I was not wrong, and neither is this world. Since no one is wrong, let strength speak for itself. Bing
Po looked into Long Chen's eyes, their gem-like beauty and ripples slightly. She nodded but said nothing.
It was unclear whether her nod was in agreement with Long Chen's words, or because she thought his courage was admirable, giving off an unfathomable sense of profound depth.
After Long Chen entered the city, many people were afraid of him and tried to avoid him. However, seeing that although Long Chen looked grim, he didn't deliberately cause trouble for anyone, they gradually relaxed, and order slowly returned to its original state within the city.
Long Chen arrived at the city center, which was bustling with visitors. Since no one dared to attack him, and Bing Po had returned to the chaotic space, she feared that if time dragged on, clues would be discovered.
Seven Star City is a large city, where both local and foreign powerhouses gather here, where many treasures can be bought.
However, most transactions here were barter-for-bar, rarely settled with money. People exchanged idle items in their hands for what they needed.
Long Chen also used some pills to exchange for some fire-element spirit stones to help Bing Po recover. This time, Bing Po's appearance scared off a bunch of Divine Venerable experts, so Long Chen couldn't let her act for nothing, so he bought her something to make it up to her.
Unfortunately, fire-type treasures are rare, and Long Chen's pills are rare treasures here. Many people envy them, but besides fire-type treasures, Long Chen currently has nothing else he needs, so others are jealous and helpless.
Here, Long Chen bought several new maps, which were roughly the same as those given by the Luo clan members. However, the Luo clan's maps were relatively old, with some marked spots that weren't very precise.
Moreover, in some places, the races have changed, many territories have changed hands, and many forbidden lands have appeared.
There was also a place in the city that specialized in selling information. Long Chen spent hundreds of thousands of Immortal King Crystals to buy the most comprehensive information. This information contained information about the distribution, strength, number of strong individuals, and the strength of the prodigies across the three thousand worlds. This gave Long Chen some understanding of the local land of the Three Thousand Worlds, and spending hundreds of thousands of Immortal King Crystals was quite worthwhile.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud explosion erupted outside the city, startling everyone.
"Someone is fighting again?"
People inside the city surged toward the city gate. Long Chen rushed over and happened to see more than eighty corpses lying side by side. A long-haired man holding a long sword splattered with fresh blood, murderous intent surging in his eyes, and thunder symbols wrapped around him.
When Long Chen saw the man clearly, he was overjoyed.