Chapter 1139: A Brand New World (1/2)

Nie Tian expression grew grim. “Your master? I can’t believe the head of the lightning element sect is also...”

“Not just my sect. There are people like us in the four great sects as well.” Han Sen said sincerely.

He had first met Nie Tian in the Bloody Grave Mountain Range.

Since he hadn’t awakened his lightning bloodline back then, and neither had he learned about this grand secret, he had found hybrids like Nie Tian repulsive.

However, things were different now.

Now that he had learned this shocking secret from his master, he took it for granted that since Nie Tian was a hybrid like him, he wouldn’t be able to escape his fate as part of the coming new era.

Therefore, he held nothing back from him.

Nie Tian was flabbergasted. “There are people like you and your master in the four great sects now?!”

“Times are indeed going to change,” Dong Li muttered, her flickering eyes fixed on the secret portal. “I wonder how many like him have come out of that place and blended into the human domains over the years. Perhaps most of them only haven’t displayed remarkable talent yet because they’re waiting for their bloodlines to be awakened.

“But once their bloodlines are awakened, their prominent talent and strength will definitely set them apart from regular cultivators.

“And I bet people are secretly making efforts so that this grand scheme will pan out...”

Her words suddenly reminded Nie Tian of the secret force Yuan Jiuchuan the Thunder Devil had told them about.

That force, which consisted of crooked human sects like the Heavenly Corpse Sect, the Nether Spirit Society, and the Death Curse Sect, was every bit as strong as any of the four great sects. It might very well be behind all this.

“It even has rogue Phantasms, Demons, Fiends, and other outsiders as its members.”

As his train of thought came to this point, he was more and more convinced that that secret force was responsible for this hybrid scheme.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

At this moment, the portal Pei Qiqi and Zhao Shanling had entered suddenly started to emanate unusual spatial fluctuations.

Many passing dashing lights were sucked into it.

The secret portal started to expand.

PHEW! PHEW!

Zhao Shanling and Pei Qiqi charged out of it successively.

Zhao Shanling was covered in blood. Face pale, he shouted upon charging out of the expanding portal, “We need to leave now!”

Pei Qiqi seemed to be in a better condition than him, as there wasn’t any blood on her. However, her eyes were bereft of their usual glitter.

She fixed Han Sen with a bewildered stare. “Who’s this, Nie Tian?”

“A hybrid.” Nie Tian told her the truth. “He was hoping to go in there to seek further bloodline upgrades when I stopped him.”

Zhao Shanling took a deep breath and said with a panicked look in his eyes, “Forget about him. We’re done exploring this place. Let’s get out of here!”

“Let’s go!” Pei Qiqi also urged him.

Nie Tian shot a glance at Han Sen.

Meeting his eyes, Han Sen hastily exclaimed in a terrified voice, “We’re both hybrids, and I’ve told you everything you want to know!”

Nie Tian nodded and said, “Whatever. A man like you can never surpass me. I guess it doesn’t matter whether you’re dead or alive.”

Immediately afterwards, the wisps of blood-colored aura that had been suppressing Han Sen’s bloodline flew out of him and returned to Nie Tian.

Zhao Shanling and Pei Qiqi flew off in the opposite direction of the depths of the strange clouds. Nie Tian and Dong Li hastily followed along.

BZZZ! BZZZ!

After they left, the secret portal fluctuated even more violently.

Strange lights shot out of it as it continued to expand.

Standing in front of the portal, Han Sen was apprehensive about the unusual changes, and didn’t dare to enter it rashly.

After a long while...