Chapter 679: Forced to Show Up (1/2)

Chapter 679: Forced to Show Up

Dong Wangling was dragged back to Desolate City.

By this time, powerful experts from all over the Domain of the Falling Stars had gathered in Desolate City. People from the Heaven Expanse Sect, the Poison Sect, and the Spirit God Sect, which had decided to submit to the Divine Flame Sect, had been invited to stay in the former Tool Sect’s headquarters.People from all the other sects had been forced to stay in Desolate City.

Before, the Spirit Condor and Zhao Shanling had both set up secret inter-realm teleportation portals in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation.

However, the Lei Clan had taken Zhao Shanling’s inter-realm teleportation portal away soon after their arrival. After learning about this, the Spirit Condor secretly withdrew their inter-realm teleportation portal from the Realm of Unbounded Desolation.

Because of this, experts from the major sects would have to enter and leave the Realm of Unbounded Desolation through the inter-realm teleportation portal in Desolate City.

Dong Wangling was cursing loudly in a towering stone pavilion, berating the Lei Clan for being domineering and unreasonable.

Li Muyang, Xing Huanyue, Qian Buhui, Gu Yuan, and Cao Mou, however, remained in silence, their eyebrows furrowed.

Wu Ji was also sitting among these Soul realm experts.

He also frowned deeply, failing to come up with a way to save Nie Donghai and Nie Qian.

Soon after he had been ‘invited’ to Desolate City by the Lei Clan, Zhao Shanling had shown up and engaged in a fierce battle with people from the Lei Clan.

He hadn’t given it much thought back then.

He hadn’t expected that the Lei Clan would send people to the Realm of Flame Heaven through the inter-realm teleportation portal the Tool Sect had set up on that volcano immediately after their battle with Zhao Shanling, and ‘invite’ Nie Donghai and Nie Qian to their stronghold from that green bamboo forest.

By the time he had learned about the Lei Clan’s actions, it had already been too late.

With three late Soul realm experts and Lei Zhenyu there to protect the Lei Clan, neither Wu Ji nor the other experts dared to make a rash move.

“Tell us the truth, Big Brother Dong,” Cao Mou said. “Is Nie Tian currently in the Domain of the Falling Stars or not?”

Wu Ji, who had remained silent since the beginning, fixed his eyes on Dong Wangling, waiting for his answer.

Dong Wangling, who was stamping with fury, took a deep breath to calm himself before saying, “He’s in the Spirit Condor’s headquarters right now.”

Taken aback, Cao Mou said, “If that’s the case, that means Zhao Shanling actually said those words to help Nie Tian. He hopes that Nie Tian won’t give himself up and that the Lei Clan will believe his words and release the hostages.”

“But the Lei Clan didn’t fall for it,” Li Muyang from the Yang Sect said in a low voice.

Gu Yuan let out a sigh and chimed in, “The Lei Clan is in a dominant position right now. The powerful experts from the Divine Flame Sect will arrive soon. By that time, even if all of the sects in the Domain of the Falling Stars unite as one, we still won’t be able to contend against them. If we attack the Lei Clan now, we’ll only bring calamity to ourselves and our sects. It’s even possible that the Lei Clan is only holding those three hostage to provoke us to fight them, so that they can get us all at once. Then, they would be able to rule the Domain of the Falling Stars without any further resistance.”

Upon hearing these words, everyone’s heart grew even heavier. They all wracked their minds for a feasible plan, but failed to find one.

With a sigh, Qian Buhui from the Pill Pavilion Sect said, “If there were any chance of success, no matter how slim, I’d be willing to try. After all, Nie Tian has helped us so much. However, the Lei Clan and the Divine Flame Sect are like two mountains that are weighing on our chests.” With these words, Qian Buhui turned to Dong Wangling and Wu Ji, an apologetic expression appearing on his face. “I can’t think of a way that we’ll be able to defeat them.”

Wu Ji nodded. “I understand.”

Dong Wangling sighed weakly, not knowing whether these experts didn’t want to help, or they actually thought there was no way they would win.

“Ten days…” Xing Huanyue said in a low voice. “The Lei Clan only gave us ten days. Will Nie Tian come?”

“He will! I know it!” Li Muyang said with great determination.

“I don’t know what I want him to do,” Dong Wangling said with a bitter expression. “If he comes, his grandfather, aunt, and Little Li will be safe, I suppose. After all, the Lei Clan won’t have a reason to kill them. But if he does come, I’m afraid he won’t be able to hold onto his fragmentary star marks. Even his life will be in the Lei Clan’s hands.”

The other experts also knew perfectly well what Nie Tian would face if he dared to show up in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation.

“We still have ten days,” Wu Ji said, his face grim. “I hope something will happen to turn the situation around.”

“I’m afraid that’s not very likely,” Gu Yuan said with a frustrated tone. “The Lei Clan and the Divine Flame Sect are far too powerful for us to handle.”

Days passed without anything happening...

Word of the Lei Clan holding Nie Donghai, Nie Qian, and Dong Li hostage and using them to force Nie Tian to show himself spread to every corner of the Domain of the Falling Stars.