Chapter 2066: Arrival at the Shores of the Caspian Sea! (1/2)
Whoosh!
The raucous laughter of the Kailong instantly died, the atmosphere turning somber.
The Kailong turned their heads to the speaker, and their chief coldly scanned the group before setting eyes on a scrawny member of his tribe.
This Kailong clearly sensed the strangeness of the mood, and he turned red as his head dropped. He seemed to know that he had misspoken.
”Did you forget the fate of the Ka-er people?
”Do you really think those divine emissaries are so easy to speak to? Any tribe that dared to defy their orders were dust long ago. Do you want our Kailong to suffer the same fate?
”This is the divine emissary's order. All the nomadic tribes of the northern region must participate. We cannot defy it!” the Kailong Chief harshly said.
”Chief, I was wrong,” that Kailong softly said.
”The divine emissary will be here soon. All of you, shut your mouths. None of you are to speak without my permission. Let's go!”
The chief pressed on the flanks of his horse and led his men in the direction of the Caspian Sea.
”Follow them!”
Deep underground, Wang Chong took the faceless man and pursued the Kailong, swiftly heading in the direction of the Caspian Sea.
It was easier for them with the Kailong leading the way.
……
As they advanced, the air grew colder and colder. After ten-some li, the temperature had dropped to zero, and the ground was covered in a thin sheet of white frost. This sheet thickened the closer they got to the Caspian Sea, and the temperature dropped even more.
The Kailong had turned somber, having long since ceased to be in a joking mood. They pressed their bodies against their horses, trying to borrow the heat from their horses to resist the cold.
After another hour of travel, the ice was a finger's length thick, and spread out over the land like a thick carpet. The scent of salt hung heavily in the air.
The scene on the horizon also began to finally change.
Towering pavilions and palaces began to appear in the distance, powerful energies gathered within them.
Wang Chong stuck his head out of the ground and looked around. He could see men in black everywhere, at least three hundred.
”I estimate that these three leaders are at the peak of the Subtle realm, their strength at least on par with the Tianfu Divine Lord. But these people belong to a different faction, and though I've never seen them fight, I sense that they should have some special ability!”
Wang Chong slightly frowned.
He had not seen these three officials the faceless man had spoken of, but he could feel three massive vortices of energy in the region ahead, exerting a powerful pressure on the entire area.
The stronger one's Psychic Energy, the stronger one's senses. As for those who were too weak, like the Kailong, they couldn't sense anything at all.
This is problematic. These three leaders are all Psychic Energy experts, and the range of their Psychic Energy is huge. It won't be easy to escape their senses! Wang Chong quietly said to himself.
These three black-robed leaders were clearly responsible for guarding the perimeter, with Firmament Supreme holding the interior.
If he made too much of a ruckus, he could end up alarming them, or even draw out Firmament Supreme.
Through his Psychic Energy, Wang Chong could also sense that there was some place in the region in front of him that was unleashing powerful ripples of energy through the earth. These ripples seemed to even be able to significantly hinder Divine Embryo 1's Earth Movement technique.
A formation!
Wang Chong's heart sank in realization.
The defenses placed around the teleportation gate by the men in black were far more formidable than he had imagined. Not only had they gathered several hundred experts, along with three peak Subtle realm experts in the Sky, Earth, and Water Officials, they had also laid down a powerful sealing formation.
These people had not sent down these measures to specifically target him, but were probably doing all this purely out of caution. After all, someone at the Grotto Heaven realm could simply use their control of spacetime to directly enter.
But these formations were unquestionably effective against movement techniques like his.
At the very least, it made it impossible for Wang Chong to travel into the interior through the ground.
Wang Chong's brow furrowed.
Gallop!
As he was thinking, the Kailong, who had spotted their destination, urged their horses into an even faster gallop as they rode toward the men in black.
More cries could be heard in other directions as the nomadic tribes converged.