Chapter 1162 1122: The Storm Before the Great Battle

"Chen Fei of Jiangnan?"

As the days passed, Chen Fei's name had deeply etched itself into the minds of many cultivators in the Giant Spirit Secret Realm.

Moreover, they were more concerned with the wild proclamation Chen Fei had made that day! Within ten days, wait for you for another ten days?

To know that this was not said to ordinary people but to the White Snake Sect! They are one of the top-level 'Two Sects, Three Sects' in the Giant Spirit Secret Realm, and it's believed no one in the White Snake Sect could swallow this anger...

Subsequently, the development of events unfolded as everyone speculated.

There were sightings of three members of the 'Five Ghosts' of the White Snake Sect: Green Ghost Granny Cui, Yellow Ghost Li Baizhou, and the recognized strongest in combat among the Five Ghosts, Red Scorpion Daoist, arriving on this earth.

"The White Snake Sect actually sent out Five Ghost-level figures?"

"Even Scorpion Daoist came, if I remember correctly, that guy was already at the peak of the Third Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm ten years ago..."

"Tsk tsk, it seems the White Snake Sect is truly embarrassed and irritated this time! Five Ghost-level characters are entirely invincible here on Earth."

"I also heard that the Two Hex Brothers of the White Bone Sect mysteriously disappeared. If I had to guess..."

"Most likely. Duan Qianlei's senior master is one of the five Head Elders of the White Bone Sect, Daoist Moqiong! The Hee Clan's Two Brothers are Daoist Moqiong's eldest and second disciples... Dealing with people from the White Bone Sect is not easy. Haha."

"It's just a matter of whether that guy dares to accept the fight? To have frightened off one of the thirteen protectors of the White Snake Sect, Ma Jinlong, that guy should be at least at the True Person Realm Third Heavenly Layer. It's just a pity..."

"Pity? Overestimating oneself, what's there to pity? Rather, I heard that guy came back from the Cultivation World, haha, believing that returning from the Cultivation World makes him more formidable than cultivators of the Giant Spirit Secret Realm? Naive, ridiculous..."

...

Such discussions kept appearing among the cultivators of the Giant Spirit Secret Realm.

So news spread very quickly.

"Haha, they still came, unwilling to give up?" Holding the news brought back by the Flying Leopard, Chen Fei casually crumpled the paper into a ball, threw it into the trash, muttered and shook his head.

The Third Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm, even the peak of the Third Heavenly Layer, indeed matched somewhat closely with his previous guess. But indeed he was somewhat surprised, who would have thought that the world within a world hidden on Earth, the so-called Giant Spirit Secret Realm, would have such a foundation?

From the data Flying Leopard brought back, it seemed the Five Ghosts the White Snake Sect sent this time were surpassed by the Twin Demons, the Sect Hierarch and Vice Sect Hierarch... even an old monster hidden in the shadows.

And just these Five Ghosts surprisingly were at the True Person Realm Third Heavenly Layer, even the peak of the Third Heavenly Layer, then what about the Twin Demons? Fourth Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm? The Sect Hierarch and Vice Sect Hierarch? Fourth Heavenly Layer peak, or perhaps... Fifth Heavenly Layer!?

"If it truly is so, then it seems I should still be cautious. Fifth Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm doesn't matter, but if a peak Fifth Heavenly Layer, or even a Half-Step Yuan Pill appears, that would be troublesome... With my current strength, I am a bit lacking to handle a Half-Step Yuan Pill."

Chen Fei rubbed his head. Yet his eyes carried a hint of eagerness.

Initially, to be honest, he did not pay much attention to the Giant Spirit Secret Realm.

Just think about it, no matter what, he had personally killed figures of the Fifth Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm before, a mere pile of rats hiding in the world within a world, what was there to care about?

But the deeper he interacted with the cultivators of the Giant Spirit Secret Realm, he felt more and more delightful surprises.

A world within a world hidden on Earth might now seemingly possess a presence at the Fifth Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm, even a Half-Step Yuan Pill!

Forget about him, even if Zhen Jingkong came, he definitely would find it hard to believe. After all, those with such strength would effortlessly disregard missiles, armies, yet why choose to remain tucked away in the Giant Spirit Secret Realm?

"It seems there are hidden secrets in that Giant Spirit Secret Realm!" Chen Fei narrowed his eyes and spoke resolutely.

He wasn't stupid, rather very smart. To not see anything with this much would truly be a waste of his years.

Yet the more that's the case, the more it piqued his interest. With his current strength, at the Three Heavenly Layers of Foundation Establishment True Person Realm, wielding the Octagonal Mystic Tower and Wind Rain Thunder Lightning Map, he could unhesitatingly battle against the Fifth Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm!

If he could take a step further to reach the peak of the Third Heavenly Layer, even masters of the peak Fifth Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm arriving wouldn't frighten him. And now, to further, he indeed was close, it was just within reach.

"If so, then let's play. If I, Chen Fei, can't even handle a world within a world, back in Ghost Wolf City, wouldn't I be laughed at?"

Chen Fei slightly squinted his eyes, his gaze revealing extreme sharpness and an overwhelming bold spirit.

"Dear..." At this moment, Pei Wanning arrived, holding a scroll-like item in her hand.

And on that scroll, Chen Fei sensed something unusual.

"What's this?" Chen Fei asked.

"Brought by Wang Dashan. Said the enemy sent it."

Pei Wanning handed the scroll to Chen Fei, pouting her lips, "Dear, why don't we return to Ghost Wolf City, gather some people, and directly flatten that Giant Spirit Secret Realm? A mere world within a world, do they really think they can stir up any storms?"

Though now she was very gentle beside Chen Fei, like a little woman, do not forget, she was once a genius who rose from the brutal eliminations akin to mountains of corpses and seas of bones!

Recognized as the icy goddess of Ghost Wolf City.

A woman, and such an unbelievably beautiful one, in these years attaining True Person Realm unharmed, it's absolutely certain she is no simple character!

To put it bluntly, the lives in Pei Wanning's hands might be ten times more than Chen Fei's.

So Pei Wanning would not be soft-hearted when facing the enemy.

In the Cultivation World, soft-hearted women die early!

"What, you don't believe me?" Chen Fei smiled upon hearing this and said.

"Not at all, how could I~" Pei Wanning rolled her eyes at Chen Fei, playfully pouting. She wouldn't be fooled by Chen Fei's words now; it's happened several times already. Hmph~ still trying to deceive me?

"You little rascal..."

Chen Fei reached out and tapped Pei Wanning's cute nose, smiling lightly, "It's not yet the time to call for reinforcements. But in that Giant Spirit Secret Realm... there must be some secrets hidden... forget it, we'll talk about it later. For now, let's look at this thing."

Chen Fei raised his hand to open the scroll, and in an instant, his eyes focused. A faint cool color emerged.

Kill!

On that scroll, written in bold iron hook strokes was a large word, "Kill!" Every stroke of the word was like the flash of a sharp knife, as if substantial, filled with coldness, transmitting a chilling killing intent.

If an ordinary person saw this word, they would undoubtedly be scared out of their wits. Even their eyes might go blind.

But this level of intensity, in the eyes of Chen Fei and Pei Wanning, could be entirely ignored as if it were nothing.

Yet even so, this word, "Kill," was a blatant provocation!

There is absolutely no doubt about this.

"Husband..." Pei Wanning's eyes turned cold, her delicate face tensed up, and she couldn't help but speak.

"It's fine." Chen Fei waved his hand, and with a whoosh, the scroll was burned to ashes by flames.

"Having the courage to come is one thing; sending this word of 'Kill' comes from arrogance. Yet, courage and arrogance both need strength to back them up. I wonder if they truly have it."

Chen Fei's black eyes, clear as glazed pottery, shimmered with dead stillness, and then he suddenly laughed and murmured.

"Very well, let's play then. Maybe I can take this opportunity to step further, and when the time comes, I'll be even more assured..."

After saying this, Chen Fei took out his phone and dialed Wang Dashan's number.

"Chief Instructor." The call connected, and Wang Dashan's respectful voice came through.

"Tell them for me, in three days, at Emerald Lake, I'll be waiting for them. They better not be late..."

Chen Fei said with a smile.

"Yes! Chief Instructor... please be careful." Wang Dashan said slowly, and then ended the call.

The next day, the entire circle of Cultivators of the Giant Spirit Secret Realm in Jiangnan was in utter uproar.

"Three days, no, two days from now, at Emerald Lake... is this really going to be a battle!?"

"Fight! Fight! Isn't that Chen Fei of Jiangnan supposed to be pretty amazing? If he's really that good, then try killing the Five Ghosts of the White Snake Sect, and the Two Hex Brothers this time? Hahaha... I say, his doomsday has come!"

"But no matter what, that guy dares to wait here for the revenge of the White Snake Sect and the White Bone Sect, such spirit; he really counts as a figure."

"Is that so? So what? I still want to see him dead. What makes him think that just because he returned from the Cultivation World, he can rule over us Cultivators of the Giant Spirit Secret Realm? It's not that easy. Just die already..."

"Let's head out! Just two days left, if we leave now, we can still make it."

"A battle of True Persons? No, this counts as a battle of True Person Kings now, right? There's no telling who will live and who will die, and I must see for myself, or I'll regret it forever..."

...

Countless people were heading towards Jiangnan, towards Northern Mountain, towards Chengyang.

Another day passed, and the Provincial Public Security Bureau, the Provincial Tourism Bureau... all major upper echelons jointly ordered the blockade of Emerald Lake in Chengyang County, prohibiting ordinary people from entering.

At noon that day, dark clouds covered the sky, the world turned dim, and a small wooden boat swayed across Emerald Lake.

On the boat's bow sat two elderly men, their appearances very similar, wearing straw raincoats and hats, causing quite a stir among the few who saw their faces.

"Gasp! It's them, I'm not mistaken... The Two Hex Brothers of the White Bone Sect, they've really come?"

"What a terrifying aura. I feel like I can't even dare to look directly at them, or I'll go blind?"

"This is absolutely not the realm of the Third Heavenly Layer of Foundation Establishment True Person Realm... gasp! Could it be..."

"I heard that since they killed Cang Lang last time, they've been in seclusion at the White Bone Sect's Thousand Bones Mountain until now for so many years, so maybe, it's possible!?"

...

Their whispered astonishment, the heavy atmosphere pressing down like a towering mountain upon their chests, suffocating them.

It was now one day and one night until the great battle!