Chapter 410: The Realm of Dark Underworld (2/2)

“Everyone has been waiting for you.”

“Greetings, Uncle Dong.”

Nie Tian looked around with rapt attention, and discovered that they were in a lush forest.

Under his feet was an inter-realm teleportation portal. While he was glancing around, Han Mu dragged him out of the portal before it sank into the ground and disappeared.

A huge stone plate appeared where the teleportation portal had been.

The stone was covered in grass and dirt, blending in perfectly with the environment and leaving no sign that a teleportation portal had ever existed there.

Amazed, Nie Tian unleashed his psychic awareness to examine that area, but failed to find any trace of the teleportation portal underground.

That was when he realized that this hidden, inter-realm teleportation portal must have been jointly established by the major forces of the Realm of a Hundred Battles.

Only core members of the Dong Clan, the Cao Clan, the Gu Clan, the Pill Pavilion Sect, and the Water Moon Chamber of Commerce would be able to use it.

Even the Flame God Sect and the Spirit God Sect, which were the two most powerful Qi warrior sects in this realm, probably didn’t know about it.

After snapping out of his amazement, Nie Tian’s gaze swept across those who had been waiting by the teleportation portal while Dong Li exchanged greetings with them.

He saw Qin Yan from the Water Moon Chamber of Commerce, who was now surrounded by a handful of Qi warriors from the Water Moon Chamber of Commerce.

Most of them seemed to be at the Greater Heaven stage, just like the Dong Clan members Dong Li had brought.

The only exception was an old woman, who seemed to be at the middle Worldly realm, the same as Dong Mingxuan.

A broad smile appeared on Dong Mingxuan’s dried-up face as he walked over to the old woman’s side. The two of them chatted casually, as if they were old friends.

As for the group from the Gu Clan, their leader was Gu Haofeng, an early Greater Heaven stage Qi warrior, and they also had an early Worldly realm guest elder in their group.

The leader of the group from the Pill Pavilion Sect was the middle Greater Heaven stage Qian Xin, who was the son of the Pill Pavilion Sect’s sectmaster. Dressed in a luxurious alchemist’s robe, he behaved gracefully and with good manners.

Even though their group was the smallest, the Qi warriors around him were the strongest.

To his left and right stood two Worldly realm experts, one at the middle Worldly realm, the other one at the early Worldly realm.

However, the initiator of this operation, Cai Qiushui, wasn’t there. It seemed that he and his team had set out before Dong Li’s arrival.

With a poised expression, Nie Tian watched Dong Li discuss the possibility of them encountering Phantasms with the people from the five major forces in the Realm of a Hundred Battles.

Holding up a fine and detailed map, Qin Yan called out to everyone, “Cai Qiushui showed me where they would be. I’ll lead the way, and we’ll meet him and his team first. Everyone stay together, lest we attract attention from the Flame God Sect and Spirit God Sect.”

The leaders nodded as they reminded their subordinates and clansmen in low voices that they shouldn’t act on their own.

After Qin Yan got ahold of her bearings, she and her men from the Water Moon Chamber of Commerce led the way in front as the five groups of people marched through the dense forest at a fast pace.

Nie Tian, who traveled with the other Dong Clan members, didn’t summon his Heaven Eyes to scan his surroundings.

After all, they had powerful Worldly realm experts like Dong Mingxuan on their team. Their psychic power had already transcended into soul power, and their perception of living beings and soul fluctuations in the vicinity wouldn’t be any less keen than his Heaven Eyes’. Therefore, he didn’t need to worry about that.

Furthermore, as soon as he unleashed his Heaven Eyes, those Worldly realm experts would notice them, and thus be suspicious about his identity.

Over the next few days, Nie Tian marched on with the others and didn’t speak much.

He spent most of his resting time alone, practicing cultivation, and providing the green aura in his heart with flesh power by consuming spirit beast meat he had purchased in the Dong Clan.

Meanwhile, he observed and paid attention to the conversations between Dong Li and the other leaders, and soon found out their personalities, strengths, and relationships with one another.

Eight days later, they found the members from the Cao Clan under Qin Yan’s leadership.

However, they discovered that bodies of dead Qi warriors were scattered around those members from the Cao Clan, as if they had just gone through a fierce battle.

From the way those corpses were dressed, they could tell that they were disciples of the Flame God Sect.

“You’re finally here,” Cao Qiushui said with a smile.

Oddly, as a man, Cao Qiushui was slenderly built, and had the gentle qualities of a woman. “I’m so relieved that you guys are here. People from the Flame God Sect discovered us. Fortunately, it’s no longer a problem now.”