“You people of the Wengu Tribe are annoying as usual!” a sinister voice said.

Not far away, ten figures around five zhang tall appeared. They were lifeless skeletons covered in white light in loose black robes.

“The Ancient Taboo actually sent someone here? Their auras are weird, they seem lifeless, yet they did not have any presence of the dead either, as if they are still alive.”

Qin Nan wore a stern look.

The situation was a little out of his expectations.

“You were respectable when you were alive, yet you have cast aside your dignity instead. How pitiful.”

Gu Feng said disdainfully, “Besides, isn’t the Ancient Taboo underestimating us if it only sent the few of you here…”

Before he could finish, a burst of laughter occurred, “The two kids from the Wengu Tribe, show me what you got then!”

Following it, a blood-colored figure suddenly stepped out from the rift. His muscular upper body was covered in scars. He had the skin of a beast wrapping around his waist, while half of his face was covered by pitch-black chains.

A strong murderous intent burst out from his body and soared into the sky. His hands swung at Gu Feng and Gu Xiaoyao like a pair of deadly claws.

“Zang Gu? You’ve sided with the Ancient Taboo?”

Gu Feng, Gu Xiaoyao, and some of the Exceptional Geniuses were stunned.

Zang Gu was the disciple of a Master Realm cultivator, a factionless Exceptional Genius. He had a mysterious object in his body. He would occasionally lose control of himself and kill everyone nearby.

“How could the Ancient Taboo possibly convince me to side with them? I’m just satisfied with the Ancient Taboo’s plan. It’s been more than ten years since I last taste the blood of an Exceptional Genius, HAHAHA!”

Zang Gu burst out laughing. His laughter sent chills down the spines of the cultivators.

The man was beyond savage.

“The Ancient Taboo is involved and Zang Gu is here too. It’s getting pretty interesting!”

“Senior Brother, we can’t afford to wait any further. If we stay put, Meng Jinxian wouldn’t bother showing his true strength!”

Some cultivators with extraordinary backgrounds in the remote corners of the city and rooms inside the palaces were startled.

“Alright, let’s move out!”

They immediately unleashed their auras and headed toward the sacred mountain in the form of colorful rays. They executed powerful attacks at the barrier.

“It’s the people from the Sky Taihuang Sect!”

“The Xinyuan Tribe and Da’e Tribe are here too!”

The cultivators in the city exclaimed.

Even Qin Nan was shocked.

He knew some of the factions might be planning to hide behind the scenes to reap the benefits in the end, but he did not expect so many of them were actually holding back and waiting patiently.

BANG BANG BANG!

A series of deafening explosions took place.

The sacred mountain was devoured by the wisps of blinding Dao glow.

If someone unaware of what was going on saw it, they might a.s.sume two formidable factions were at war with one another.

“Almost everyone is here. Cultivator Jin Xian, I believe it’s time,” Jiang Ni said as he calmly scanned his surroundings.

“Not yet! The barrier is enchanted by the five purple moons. If we don’t break the entire barrier down at once, it won’t do us any good!” Meng Jinxian disagreed decisively.

“Hehe, it’s going to take quite a while to break the barrier down. Fine, I’ll lend a hand too.”

Eerie laughter appeared from the rift. A young man with a pale face carrying a light red ancient coffin on his back showed up not far away from the barrier.

“Yin Yi? A demon like you is here too?”

Tang Tianjun was shocked. His eyes flickered with disgust.

In addition to him, Meng Jinxian, Lu Gufeng, Jiang Ni, and the rest of the Exceptional Geniuses frowned too. Similarly, their eyes were filled with disgust.

Yin Yi was the son of a demon lord. He too was an Exceptional Genius, a vicious, cunning man who had a fetish for the corpses of Exceptional Geniuses.

“How could I possibly miss out on such a gathering? Art of Heavenly Demon!”

Yin Yi did not seem to be bothered by the crowd’s reaction. He swung his skinny hand fiercely into the air. The blood-red coffin on his back suddenly released a boundless deathly aura that soared into the sky.

In just three seconds, the deathly aura established the Realm of the Dead across the place. The atmosphere turned chilly all of a sudden.

It shrouded half of the purple moonlight from the moons.

The barrier encapsulating the sacred mountain shuddered. The tiny cracks on its surface enlarged significantly.

Jiang Ni, Lu Gufeng, and the rest of the Exceptional Geniuses immediately executed their killing arts at the barrier.

“Acc.u.mulating the force of the Eight Trigrams, the force of the formation, Heaven-Digging Hammer!”

Meng Jinxian took hold of the opportunity to perform a hand seal, absorbing the overwhelming energy of the formation into his body. A blinding immortal ray burst out of his chest and rose into the sky.

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An ancient hammer with a mysterious presence slammed onto the barrier.

BANG!

Following a shocking blast, the barrier shattered into tiny crystalline pieces. A series of explosions took place, blasting the tiny crystals into wisps of light dots.

Meanwhile, a strong immortal intent surged in all directions like strong tides of the ocean.

Everyone immediately sensed the mysterious aura of the Tree of Wonderful Fruit.

“The barrier is destroyed!”

“Meng Jinxian did come prepared!”

“So that’s the Tree of Wonderful Fruit? Even the branches and leaves are going to give us great benefits if we refine them, let alone the Fruits of the Heavens and Earth!”

The cultivators in the Wonderful Fruit City were startled.

“Go, secure the Fruits of the Heavens and Earth!”

Meng Jinxian, Lu Qingyin, Zhu Yan, the Eleventh Young Master, Ling Xunxue, the rest of the Exceptional Geniuses, and the cultivators of the formidable factions fixed their eyes on the Fruits of the Heavens and Earth while unleas.h.i.+ng powerful auras.

Jiang Ni, Lu Gufeng, Tang Tianjun, and Gu Feng, Gu Xiaoyao, and the people who were in the middle of a fight with Zang Gu and people sent by the Ancient Taboo reacted too.

The collapse of the barrier marked the end of their cooperation. They were no longer allies, but enemies!

The Fruits of the Heavens and Earth were right before them. The fruits were going to give them a great advantage over the others since they would increase the odds of achieving the perfect stage of the Dao Realm!

Whoosh whoosh whoos.h.!.+

Everyone was on the move. Strong gusts swept across the place like immortal swords, resulting in a magnificent sight!

“d.a.m.n it, there’s no point for us to stay here. Time to go.”

The Eight Brilliance Demon Emperor could feel his heart bleeding upon seeing it.

However, as he was about to turn around when the Exceptional Geniuses, Peerless Geniuses, and the cultivators almost reached the sacred mountain…

A strong battle intent suddenly soared into the sky together with a figure. It quickly secured three Fruits of the Heavens and Earth from the Tree of Wonderful Fruit.

“Who’s there?”

Everyone was startled.

Even Jiang Ni and the others blurted out in astonishment too.

There was already someone on the sacred mountain?

How did he reach the sacred mountain before them?

“I guess there’s no point hiding if Cultivator Jiang has asked so.”

Qin Nan stood on top of the sacred mountain, below the Tree of Wonderful Fruit. He fearlessly took off his mask with a calm smile.

“I’m Qin Nan of the Sky Taihuang Sect.”