Chapter 145: Crisis Approaches (1/2)

On an enormous meteor within the icy river of stars, a fat man from the Realm of Earth Sieve had a cunning grin on his face as he let out a vicious laugh.

There were three bracelets of holding in his chubby, short-fingered left hand. He was transferring each and every item inside of them into his own bracelet of holding.

Lying right next to him were three gray-garbed people, who, from the way they were dressed, were clearly Qi warriors from the Grayvale sect.

Two of them were in the late Heaven stage and one was in the early Greater Heaven stage.

All three of them had their heads separated from their bodies and their severed parts were scattered on the brown surface of the meteor. From the look of it, they had died not long ago.

The fat man from the Realm of Earth Sieve was named Jia Peng. After he transferred all the items into his own bracelet of holding, he shook his head, and his small, round eyes flickered with a disdainful, cold look. “Killed another three.

“It’s hard to believe that the Grayvale sect is one of the seven major sects of the Realm of Flame Heaven. They’re so surprisingly weak.

“I’m afraid a sect this weak can only survive in the Realm of Flame Heaven. If such a weak sect were in the Realm of Earth Sieve, it would have long since been annihilated.

“That Hell sect clearly has the power to wipe out the other six sects and take over the entire Realm of Flame Heaven, but they chose not to. It seems that they’re merely using the other six sects as playmates for their juniors.

“Apparently, only trial takers from the Hell sect will be strong enough to interest me.

“…”

He muttered to himself while releasing a wisp of his psychic awareness to scan his surroundings for signs of life.

“Okay, it’s done. I’ve already finished off everyone on this meteor. It’s time to move to another one.”

With these words, his ball-like, fat body suddenly shot up into the air and headed towards a nearby meteor.

It seemed that he had absolute confidence in his own strength. It was as if he was not scared of exposing himself by jumping so high into the air.

In his eyes, only those foreign cultivators who he knew quite well would be considered as worthy opponents for him.

The few of them had already reached a mutual understanding before they traveled to the Realm of Flame Heaven.

The elders of the sects that they belonged to had already spoken privately with each other. They viewed the Realm of Flame Heaven as their target, and prepared to gradually carve up the Realm of Flame Heaven after the demons’ invasion.

Their sect elders had even come up with a detailed plan regarding how to divide their territories in the Realm of Flame Heaven in the future.

This was also why they dared to behave so recklessly and even bring out their future intentions with the Realm of Flame Heaven before they stepped into the Heaven Gate.

In their eyes, the opening of the Heaven Gate had actually heralded the doom of the seven major sects of the Realm of Flame Heaven.

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On the prismatic meteor.

After hearing Zheng Bin’s words, Nie Tian had a serious expression on his face as he cautiously examined the enormous meteors in the distance.

A distant, hexagon-shaped meteor that was much bigger than the one they were standing on was the limit of his sight.

A vague figure that he couldn’t catch a clear glimpse of, suddenly shot into the sky.

That figure was Jia Peng!

Nie Tian’s expression slightly flickered. “Over there! Someone just jumped into the air. By acting so recklessly, he clearly isn’t afraid of being noticed by those who are lurking in the dark. He must be very confident about himself. If I’m not mistaken, that man… is a cultivator from another realm.”

Confusion is written all over Zheng Bin’s face. “Where? I don’t see anything.”

Nie Tian carefully pointed toward the meteor and explained to Zheng Bin, “There. That hexagonal meteor. How can you not see it?”

“I can only vaguely see the outline of that meteor, but I don’t see anyone leaping into the air.”Zheng Bin shook his head before suddenly coming to a realization. “Your eyesight must reach farther than mine.”

Nie Tian was taken aback by his words.

Since he had always been different from the children he grew up with, adding on that he had been tempered by Hua Mu, it was only natural that his vision, hearing, and probing ability surpassed Zheng Bin’s.

What he could hear, see, and sense, might not be achievable to Zheng Bin.

“That man is wandering around. I bet he is searching for people like us.” Nie Tian’s face turned grim while his eyes were still fixed on the fat man. He continued, “Sooner or later, he’ll come to our meteor to search after finishing searching the other ones.

“Every foreign trial takers has a cultivation base of the Greater Heaven stage. As long as they release their psychic awareness to search for us, we won’t be able to hide, no matter what we do.

“The moment he comes, we’ll be exposed, and have nowhere to retreat to.” Nie Tian replied in a deep voice.