Chapter 2998: Layers of Mist

“Be careful!” Tong Yao exclaimed immediately, and then the racing car in front of her transformed into a mecha, flying towards the man.

Boom!

A loud noise echoed, and the mecha shattered into pieces upon contact, leaving Tong Yao stunned.

Even the Ultra Combat Robot couldn’t achieve this! Just how powerful is this guy!

It seems she’s always underestimated this guy’s strength.

However, Ye Luo simply didn’t care, casually waved his palm, and instantly, a primordial aura emanated.

Despite his casual demeanor, he actually employed the Chaos Body!

The next moment, two forces intertwined in the air.

“You!”

The man cried out in surprise, his body like a broken kite, crashing directly into a black-brown rock, which then exploded into pieces, showing just how immense his impact force was.

Yet, he immediately crawled out from the pile of rocks, suffering only minor injuries.

His body’s toughness surprised even Ye Luo slightly.

“Get lost!” Ye Luo said coldly.

“You’re asking for death! You’ll regret this!”

With just that attack, the young man realized he was no match for Ye Luo, though his eyes were already blood-red.

“You’re asking for death!” Ye Luo said, squinting his eyes.

Returning the young man’s words unchanged.

The young man stared at Ye Luo for a while and then directly descended the mountain.

“Wait!” Ye Luo suddenly shouted.

“Changed your mind?” the young cultivator turned back and asked disdainfully.

“I have no interest in taking your life, but you lost this race!” Ye Luo replied indifferently.

The young cultivator paused before nodding with a bitter smile, “Indeed, I lost!”

Tong Yao was a bit puzzled; what was Ye Luo up to?

Initially, she intended for Ye Luo to race and teach those guys a lesson! But now, things had escalated beyond her control!

She didn’t care much about this mountain, more was her interest in the track on it, as for what the mountain held, what did it matter to her?

Many years ago, it was the only place in the city where people were allowed to go.

However, seemingly, no one had ever crossed this mountain range and no one knew what existed beyond it, within the city, this was a taboo! But no one could clearly explain the origin of this taboo.

“What do we do next?” Tong Yao asked blankly.

Ye Luo smiled, “Interested in climbing the mountain with me?”

Even though the mountain was extremely mysterious, Tong Yao didn’t feel it was dangerous, the various surrounding attributes of power perfectly neutralized each other, creating tranquility. Even ordinary people felt no discomfort, only a sense of heaviness.

Nevertheless, Tong Yao felt a nameless sense of oppression, yet she still nodded slowly.

Ye Luo smiled and, using mana, enveloped them both, instantly removing all pressure from Tong Yao, improving her mood significantly.

Going further up, the road disappears, Ye Luo’s prior opening of a route wasn’t for driving up the mountain, but merely to attract the cultivator’s attention.

He always felt that the cultivator wasn’t simple; perhaps these cultivators had ties to the mountain.

In theory, the energy currency they earned from racing was sufficient for their cultivation, yet they persisted for decades, indicating some intrigue.

But they hadn’t gone far when suddenly two figures appeared before them.

These were two elders, their aura bursting forth, clearly they had entered the realm of Martial Emperor.

“Young man, this is as far as you go!” one elder sighed.

“Is there some secret on this mountain?” Ye Luo smiled and asked.

He had realized that though these two elders were slightly stronger than the previous young man, they were limited in strength, and could hardly stop Ye Luo.

“Young man, I know you’re powerful! But if you go up, you may not come down!” the elder directly stated.

Understanding this, Ye Luo’s expression turned serious.

After a long moment, he shook his head with a smile, “If that’s the case, then we’ll go down!”

He enveloped Tong Yao with mana and descended swiftly.

“Are we just letting him leave like this?”

The other elder glancing at Ye Luo’s silhouette frowned.

“It’s a special time now, we can’t afford more trouble! This young man is not simple!” the other elder replied.

Both proceeded to the position on the track, only then did Ye Luo slightly relax.

He decided to descend because he had detected many strong figures lurking around, though he could safely leave, he was unsure if he could protect Tong Yao.

Moreover, curiosity alone drove him to want to reach the peak, there was no need to fight with these people fiercely!

But upon reaching the foot of the mountain, they were stunned to find the cultivators had vanished, and most of the other noblemen had dispersed, indicating the race had ended.

“Let’s go, you ruined what could have been a great mood!” Tong Yao said helplessly.

In fact, what happened here was beyond his expectations.

Nonetheless, he looked back at the mountain, his curiosity remained.

Suddenly, he asked, “Where are major city events recorded?”

Tong Yao paused, “Every enterprise has records, but only pertaining to their business activities. Truly detailed records are kept in the official archives!”

Of course, ‘official’ means the true rulers of the city, though in recent years, their status in the city is surpassed by Zhongzhou Group and Tong Yao Group.

Returning to Tong Yao Group, Ye Luo immediately began searching through records of past major events.

Just as Tong Yao said, the records were all about the group’s happenings, other matters were undocumented.

Therefore, he turned his sights onto the archives.

However, the archives aren’t accessible to everyone, at least Ye Luo’s current identity wouldn’t suffice.

The upper echelon is highly sensitive towards the identity of cultivators, with no cultivator among them whatsoever.

In fact, their attitude differs from these enterprises! Large companies like Zhongzhou Group and Tong Yao Group actually accept cultivators! Firstly, they enjoy researching the powers of cultivators, and secondly, the involvement of cultivators compensates for many inherent deficiencies of these companies.

For example, in terms of combat power, cultivators are much cheaper than the cost of mechas.