Chapter 875 - Demon Race’s Appearance

“Are they all dead?”

Long Chen was stunned when he saw the traces of the Five Emperors disappearing in front of him. Then the scene in front of him slowly disappeared until he was standing in the lonely, dark corridor again.

The Five Emperor Seals in his palm were glittering brilliantly like gems. Long Chen saw the image of the Five Emperors inside the seals.

Those images were the Five Emperors themselves. As they’d said, they would accompany Long Chen on his journey for a long time. The Five Emperors were gone from this world, but their powers remained inside the Five Emperor Seals. It was the only way for them to leave their mark on this world.

“So every time I use the Five Emperor Palm, I will be able to use their powers and increase my essence by ten times ...”

Long Chen was sad that the Five Emperors were gone. Even though he had only spoken with them for a short time, he was touched by their passion and mission. Those who were willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others were always the one that had to be treasured.

“Never mind. I will have to stop thinking about them now. They’ve given me a mission, and I must accomplish it to repay them.”

Long Chen checked his body as well as the Five Emperor Palm.

“I can fight someone one stage above me with my Dragon Soul Transformation. The Sword Root increases my power further by one stage. The Five Emperor Palm will raise it by another stage. That means that right now, I can defeat someone at the Fifth Heavenly Martial Realm. This is an incredible increase to my strength. I’m certain that I will feel much safer in the Three Royal Territory now.”

It was already difficult for regular people to fight someone one stage above them in the Heavenly Martial Realm. Long Chen was a monster that could fight someone three stages above him. No one else in history could achieve his feats.

Even the Sword Warriors at the apex could only increase their strength by fifteen times at most.

Long Chen had obtained a tremendous boon from this adventure.

He was the final winner this time. Not only had his strength increased greatly, he had even obtained all of the treasures. He had reached the Second Heavenly Martial Stage and obtained the Yin Yang Sword Root from Feng Yangzi. He then obtained the Emperor’s Manual, the Emperor Vanquishers, the Five Emperor Palm, and even the mysterious True Martial Overlord Soul from the Five Emperors.

These would become his greatest sources of strength in the Three Royal Territory.

“As long as I can pass the next obstacle, I will be able to find the method to reach the Three Royal Territory in peace.”

The next obstacle was naturally the six demons. Long Chen needed to feign ignorance and let the Long-Bearded Guest become the bait.

Just then, footsteps came down from the tunnel. It was Bai Lan and Ancestor Jin. They noticed that Long Chen hadn't returned and decided to check what was going on. Bai Lan originally left Ancestor Jin alone, but the latter didn’t want to be alone. And because he had been crippled by Long Chen, Bai Lan could easily control him.

“Long Chen, why are you here?” Bai Lan was surprised.

Long Chen smiled bitterly. “The Long-Bearded Guest was too cunning. He now has the treasure and I can’t break through the barrier.”

“What?” Bai Lan was in disbelief. He was certain that Long Chen could chase after the Long-Bearded Guest. He never thought the latter would end up taking the treasure. He and Ancestor Jin couldn’t just let this go.

They weren’t far from the room, so Long Chen led them there. Looking through the barrier, they saw that the Long-Bearded Guest was indeed trying to open the chest.

He chuckled when he saw Long Chen and the others. “You three ... How about you come in here and help me unseal this? Hahaha ...”

“Long Beard! Don’t you dare get cocky. You have the treasure, but you can’t open it right now. Do you think you can escape us?” Bai Lan threatened him.

Bai Lan didn’t mind giving the treasure to Long Chen, but he refused to let the Long-Bearded Guest take it.

Ancestor Jin refused to let the Long-Bearded Guest take it too. Long Chen was young, but he was the strongest individual in the Ten Thousand Nations Territory, so Ancestor Jin had to treat him well right now.

Ancestor Jin huffed, “Long Beard, give us the chest or we will kill you.”

The Long-Bearded Guest looked up fearlessly since the barrier was still in place. “Why? Does the leader of the Five Elements Alliance want me to hand it over for nothing? Just you wait.”

“You!” Ancestor Jin was furious.

“Once I open it and inherit the strength of the Five Emperors, I will become the strongest in the Ten Thousand Nations Territory. Hehehe ... Just you wait.”

The ground shook right when the Long-Bearded Guest said that.

Since the Five Emperors had disappeared, their last remaining energy would be used to send everyone out. As expected, an azure light enveloped Long Chen. This was the energy of the Azure Emperor Key.

Long Chen had previously used it to enter the Secret Realm.

But now its goal had been achieved.

As long as Bai Lan and Ancestor Jin thought that the Long-Bearded Guest had obtained the treasure, then everything would work in his favor.

The light barrier flashed rapidly. Long Chen felt himself flying away from the secret realm rapidly and soon found himself back in the center of Confounding City.

There were only nine people left. The only one missing was Feng Qing, who Long Chen had killed. The others were still alive. The Five Emperors had been very lenient towards them.

“Long-Bearded Guest!”

Bai Lan and Ancestor Jin needed to catch the Long-Bearded Guest the moment they exited, but he placed the chest inside his storage ring the moment he exited and escaped. Since they were all at the same stage, none of them could actually catch up to him.

The Long-Bearded Guest was a very careful man, so he had planned out exactly where to go once he got his hands on the Five Emperors’ treasure.

“Catch the Long-Bearded Guest!” Ancestor Jin shouted.

Everyone chased after him. But at that moment, a terrifying pressure fell from the sky. Even Long Chen was barely able to handle it. He knew that the six demons were here, so he quickly pulled Bai Lan down. “Don’t move!”

Everyone looked up at the sky.

High up there were six people in black cloaks. They stood still in the air, while their robes whipped around in the wind.

They didn’t look special, but the auras they emitted were similar to the aura they had felt from the Purple-Blooded Jiao. All six of them flew down at the same time. Their pressure was strong enough to stop someone at the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm, much less the Long-Bearded Guest.

Everyone was shocked and surprised by the sudden appearance of the six people. Even Long Chen dared not leave.

He had expected them, but he feigned surprise. He couldn’t let them know that he knew they would show up.

So they finally appeared.

No one else knew what was happening.

“Who are they?” Lei Ji was shocked as he quickly regrouped with Long Chen and the others. The Five Elements Alliance quickly stood side by side. Only Wu Lian and the Long-Bearded Guest stood alone.

Long Chen took a glance at Wu Lian. Her head was lowered and her veil was back on. She had tidied herself up to make it seem like nothing had happened to her. But only Long Chen felt the deep grudge hidden deep inside her eyes.

She was looking at no one right now, as if nothing mattered to her.

Long Chen didn’t care about what was going through her mind right now. They were enemies to begin with, and being forced to do all those things inside the Secret Realm was nothing compared to her grudge against Long Chen for killing her son.

But unfortunately, Long Chen was much stronger than her now, so she could no longer take revenge.

Wu Guangyu’s death had been his own folly.

Long Chen found that almost everyone in the Ancient Graveyard was here. They stood side by side, with the people from the Nine Great Clans standing at the forefront. Long Chen was with the Demon and Thunder clans, and he was relieved to find that Suxue and the others were still alive. However, the pressure coming from the six demons frightened them a lot.

Wait, where are Xiaolang and Yan’er?

Long Chen had a bad feeling.

Only a fraction of the people who had entered the Ancient Graveyard were still alive, as killing each other was a requirement for exiting. Ten thousand had entered, but now there were only three thousand, and this wasn’t even the final result. Long Chen was certain that everyone would kill each other in order to turn their Ancient Tokens golden.

Only then would they be able to leave this place.

Long Chen clearly knew that everything was within the grasp of the six demons, so even he had to bow down for now.

“Friends from the human race, I know that you don’t recognize us. Let us introduce ourselves. We are the demons from the Desolate Royal Territory. It’s also the strongest territory in the Three Royal Territory! I’m certain that you know what demons are. We are the very same demon race that fought against the Five Emperors in the past! Of course, we are the few that have some spare time on our hands.”