Chapter 352 - 192: Northern Barbarian Masters Gather! The Grotto Heaven War Begins

Chapter 352: Chapter 192: Northern Barbarian Masters Gather! The Grotto Heaven War Begins

"Young Hero Chen, speaking of which, there’s something I still haven’t thanked you for."

Feng Wuji chuckled. "You were the one who resolved the incident with the dark, foggy night on Crouching Dragon Island. You saved many of my people. Rest assured, if a real fight breaks out later, this old man will do everything in my power to protect you!"

"Thank you, Elder Feng!"

Chen Xuan clasped his hands in thanks again.

"It looks like almost everyone is here. Brother Feng, everyone, let’s head to the Yanyun Mountain Range now and see how many people from the Grotto Heavens have arrived."

Chu Shanhe said with a smile.

"Of course. Let’s go."

Feng Wuji nodded with a light chuckle.

The group flew away from the spot, rushing into the distance.

...

「At this very moment.」

The entire Yanyun Mountain Range was still shrouded in a white, surging mist.

In the southern part of the white mist, a large number of masters from the Grotto Heavens had gathered. They conferred in low voices, their gazes fixed on the other side of the Yanyun Mountain Range.

They could clearly see that a black mist was churning over there, thick with a sinister aura, completely different from this area.

It was clearly the encroachment of darkness.

’Have the Northern Barbarian Outer Saints actually drawn out the darkness from that ancient ruin?’

"For them to cause such a huge disturbance, I’m afraid there’s a conspiracy afoot..."

"Conspiracy? Dammit, in all these years, when have their conspiracies ever stopped? Every time, they just lay low for a few years and then start trouble again."

"You can say that again. Whatever conspiracy it is, we have to crush it."

"Speaking of which, that Chen Xuan really has guts. He went and killed that Su Lun of the Six Paths Samsara Body. What a great kill! A fantastic kill!"

"That Su Lun was always a thorn in our side. Now that she’s dead, it’s a huge weight off our minds."

"I heard that Chen Xuan is only twenty... He’s an absolute monster. What kind of constitution do you guys think Chen Xuan has?"

"Who knows?"

Many people discussed amongst themselves, their gazes fixed on the distance.

During this time, they had also tried to use their Spiritual Power to penetrate the darkness.

But they discovered that an Array had also been set up inside the darkness...

Their Spiritual Power was repelled the moment it got close.

The more this happened, the more alarmed they became.

Because they all felt that what the Northern Barbarians were planning this time was no simple matter.

It might surpass anything they had attempted before.

As the crowd continued to observe and discuss, streaks of light flared up in the distance, drawing everyone’s attention.

"Chu Shanhe and the others are here!"

These words made all the masters from the Grotto Heavens turn to look.

Streaks of light flashed by.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen figures appeared before them.

Almost all of the top ten masters from the outside world’s Heavenly Ranking had arrived, along with four or five other high-ranking experts.

Soon, the crowd’s pupils constricted as their eyes fell upon Feng Wuji, their hearts filled with surprise.

Even the second-ranked master on the Heavenly Ranking, who had never liked to meddle in others’ affairs, had shown up...

This guy’s power was even more feared than Chu Shanhe’s.

As their gazes swept over the group, their eyes soon widened again as they noticed an even younger face.

Chen Xuan!

So this was the Chen Xuan whose fame had skyrocketed recently, the one who had killed the practitioner of the Six Paths Samsara Body!

He really was young!

"Elder Feng, Alliance Leader Chu, Young Hero Chen, you’ve arrived."

A master from the Grotto Heavens stepped forward with a smile.

He was Chai Hongyi, the Patriarch of the Chai family from Celestial Treasure Mountain. After returning, he had heard the younger generation of his family speak of Chen Xuan, so he held a favorable impression of him and was the first to step forward and greet him.

Chen Xuan took a moment to glance at the crowd before him and was inwardly surprised.

’The Grotto Heavens really sent a lot of people. They’re packed together, their auras obscure. Each one is like a dark cloud, unfathomable and brimming with killing intent.’

’At least a hundred of them.’

’It seems they’re all quite motivated when it comes to fighting the Northern Barbarians.’

"Great Xia has a total of one hundred and eighty Grotto Heavens, and each Grotto Heaven has an average of three Outer Saints. With only a hundred-some people here, that’s not many."

Chu Shanhe transmitted his voice.

"One hundred and eighty Grotto Heavens?"

Chen Xuan was startled and sent back via voice transmission, "What about the Northern Barbarians?"

"Them? They have about twenty-odd fewer than us, and they have fewer Outer Saint masters as well."

Chu Shanhe smiled faintly, walked over, and asked Chai Hongyi, "How is it? Any movement from the Northern Barbarians?"

The others around him followed.

"We don’t know what they’re up to. We only know that they’ve drawn a large amount of darkness from that ancient ruin, and it’s covering the entire northern part of the Yanyun Mountain Range. We’ve tried to probe it with various methods, but unfortunately, it’s shrouded by an Array, making it difficult to see inside."

Chai Hongyi, Patriarch of the Chai family, said, shaking his head.

"Drawn out the darkness?"

Chu Shanhe’s expression was full of suspicion as he exchanged a glance with Feng Wuji.

"I’ll go take a look!"

Feng Wuji strode forward.

Chen Xuan and Chu Shanhe followed behind him.

The many masters from the Grotto Heavens in the foremost area also focused their gazes on the three of them. Their expressions were inscrutable as they came forward to pay their respects.

A man’s reputation precedes him, like a tree’s shadow.

One was second on the Heavenly Ranking!

The other was Chu Shanhe!

Both were ruthless individuals, each more formidable than the last.

Especially the second-ranked master, whose origins were more mysterious and whose knowledge was vaster. Perhaps he could really see something others couldn’t.

Soon, Feng Wuji stood on a high point of the slope, gazing into the distance.

Chu Shanhe and Chen Xuan stood on his left and right respectively, also looking over.

Chen Xuan’s brow furrowed.

Before them, dark clouds roiled, vast and boundless. They were pitch-black, like an entire sea of churning ink, and an intensely red, baleful aura surged endlessly within.

The black was tinged with red, the red with a hint of purple, the purple so dark it was black, and the black, in turn, glowed red...

Looking down from above, it resembled a colossal, festering scar—pitch-black, squirming, and constantly oozing a dark red, bloody light. This scar also devoured all natural light and Spiritual Power.

"What is that stuff?"