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On this day, halfway through your journey and before even leaving the Northern Region, your vision suddenly turned entirely red.

This was the Signal Light automatically activating when you encountered danger.

"It's all red?"

You looked in all directions, and surprisingly, everything was a uniform deep red!

This meant...

You were surrounded!

Strike first to gain the upper hand!

"Night Parade of a Hundred Demons!"

With a wave of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, thousands of demon souls surged out, howling and trampling in all directions with you at the center!

"Demon Pot Flame!"

The Demon Refining Pot spewed out eerie, low-temperature green flames, controlling the battlefield first!

Holding the Purple Gold Iron Rod, you used it like a sword, sweeping out a wave of astral energy that slashed into the lush tall grass.

"Cowards! Come out!"

Stepping with the Seven Divine Steps of the Starry Sky, you soared directly into mid-air with a series of sonic booms.

After unleashing your divine sense at full power, you discovered some hard-to-detect shadows.

These shadows were slowly standing up from the wild grass that was taller than a person.

With nothing beneath their feet, they gradually floated into mid-air.

Ten people, all in the Martial King Realm!

These ten Martial Kings wore identical dark red light armor and matching black masks. On the forehead of each mask was a bloody crescent moon pattern.

Seeing the pattern on their masks, you immediately thought of a certain organization.

"Are you from the Blood Moon organization?"

One of the Martial Kings sneered.

"To think that in a backwater place like the Five Regions, a mere Spirit Condensation Realm ant would know of our Blood Moon."

Another Martial King spoke indifferently.

"He is no mere Spirit Condensation Realm ant. He is the great hero who saved the Five Regions, a big shot who has connections with all the powerful figures holding authority in the Five Regions."

The other Martial Kings laughed playfully.

"Right, right, right, a big shot, a big shot..."

"Without his protective umbrella around him, can this big shot still act so mighty?"

"Hahaha!"

At this moment, you understood.

The incident at the Southern Border Empress Temple was orchestrated by the people of Blood Moon.

The sea monster in the Northern Sea that lured away your eldest brother was likely Blood Moon's doing as well.

They were coming for you, so they first drew away all the experts by your side.

You silently crushed a piece of jade.

This stone could send a distress signal to your eldest brother thousands of miles away.

So, did the people of Blood Moon come to hunt you down because they discovered you were the orphan of Luoding Village and wanted to exterminate you?

If that was the case, wouldn't Shen Qingshan's family also be in danger right now?

You knew that in your current state, you were no match for ten Martial Kings.

They were not demons, nor were they in soul form, so your two bug-level golden combat traits could not take effect.

The only way out right now was to hide inside the Jiuzhou Cauldron and wait for your eldest brother to save you!

Without any hesitation, you had the Ten Thousand Souls Banner emit thick black smoke to provide cover, and at the fastest speed, you took out the Jiuzhou Cauldron, preparing to enter the small world within it.

"Crack!"

A strange sound echoed beneath your feet.

You looked down and saw that at some point, strange runic symbols had appeared on the ground beneath your feet.

These symbols glowed with an eerie green light, flickering on and off.

"What is this?"

The next instant, you realized something was wrong.

"Da Chun?"

The Jiuzhou Cauldron was out, but you couldn't enter the small world inside it.

The connection between you and Da Chun had been severed!

No matter how you called out, Da Chun did not respond.

One of the opponents gently waved his hand, and the black smoke created by the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was dispersed.

The Shen Family Ancestor's soul slave, who had been hiding in the black smoke preparing to ambush them, was thus exposed.

Several Martial Kings joined forces and sealed him using a bunch of strange runes.

Because of the backlash from his possession attempt, the Shen Family Ancestor's soul could only exert the combat power of the Martial King Realm. Being just a soul body, he was naturally at a disadvantage against normal Martial Kings.

Therefore, he flopped again.

These people spoke with contempt, conversing as if there was no one else around.

"Just as Brother Meng Yi predicted, this guy would definitely take out the Jiuzhou Cauldron to hide inside upon seeing us."

"Good thing we were prepared in advance, otherwise letting him hide inside and fly around randomly would be quite troublesome."

"Little Brother Long Jiu, kill this guy surnamed Chen, and we should take the cauldron and leave."

"Hahaha! Thank you, older brothers, for letting me have a piece of the credit!"

Blood Moon wasn't coming for you.

They were here to get the Jiuzhou Cauldron!

It must be that the battle with the demons exposed the Jiuzhou Cauldron, which attracted them.

In the Five Regions, you weren't afraid of the Jiuzhou Cauldron being coveted by others because all the big shots were somewhat related to you.

You never expected that hands from outside the Five Regions would reach over!

Although you had a resounding reputation in the Five Regions, these Martial Kings of the Blood Moon organization didn't take you seriously at all.

Some of them were casting spells on the Jiuzhou Cauldron, and you saw more weird runes landing on it, wrapping it up tightly.

Under the suppression of these runes, the massive Jiuzhou Cauldron was forced to shrink.

At the same time, the Martial King called Long Jiu had already raised his hand towards you.

"What Great Hero Chen? Just a guy with connections, fishing for fame and compliments, living up to a false reputation! Come, let me see how you, this great hero, will block my palm strike!"

The opponent's carelessness gave you the opportunity to use the Trait Slingshot.

This Long Jiu could have stopped you in time, but he underestimated his enemy, not believing you could pose a threat to him.

The enemy was too strong, and it was a matter of life and death, so you didn't hold back and directly pulled out an Epic-tier trait!

You used the Trait Slingshot to fire the Epic-tier trait Sudden Inspiration!

Seeing a cluster of text flying towards him, Long Jiu frowned slightly and slapped it away dismissively.

"What is this mess? Cannot withstand a single blow!"

If he had dodged it, there really would have been nothing you could do, but he just had to slap it with his hand.

And so, it hit the target.

Long Jiu raised his hand, still aiming at you.

"Is this trait useless..."

You were just preparing to fire the second trait.

Suddenly, Long Jiu pointed his little hand to the sky, and a yellow lightbulb appeared above his forehead.

"Eh? If I kill all nine of you and bring back the Jiuzhou Cauldron by myself, wouldn't all the credit belong to me alone?"

Those nine Martial Kings didn't even react for a moment, wondering what this guy was talking about.

That was until Long Jiu threw a punch at the Martial King closest to him, punching right through the other party's shoulder!

"Long Jiu! What are you doing?!"

Long Jiu acted as if he had lost his mind and began frantically attacking his teammates.

"Hahaha! The credit is all mine! Mine!!"

The killer known as Meng Yi reacted the fastest.

"It's the guy surnamed Chen's doing! Watch out for his slingshot!"

At this time, you had just fired the second trait.

But having received Meng Yi's warning, they all began to dodge your attacks.

"It's no use..."

[Given the disparity in cultivation realms, it is incredibly difficult for you to hit these Martial Kings flying around in the sky with a slingshot.]

[Three of the nine Martial Kings broke off to join forces against the crazed Long Jiu, while Meng Yi and the other five paused their retrieval of the Nine Provinces Cauldron and turned their attention to you.]

[The six Martial Kings completely surround you.]

["Boy, you have quite a few treasures on you. A Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator controlling a Martial King—even in the Great Wasteland, such a technique is unheard of. What a pity, this treasure is about to change hands!"]

[Just as Meng Yi was about to strike, you pulled out another item.]

[A golden statue of the Empress!]

["If you have anything to say, go tell it to my wife!"]