Chapter 712 - 698 My Luck Is Coming
Under unclear underground conditions, it was obviously inconvenient to rashly lead the team in. It would be much more convenient for just a few people to enter. Of course, taking Cao Tian and Chu Huaimin along, everyone could see that the lord was intentionally cultivating these two.
The city was not large, in fact, because the outer areas had been mostly destroyed. Even many parts had been buried under the underground sands, leaving only the outline of the central city walls. But from these outlines, the past grandeur of the city was faintly discernible.
Following the main street, Ye Feng's figure swiftly swept forward, with Hong Qingyan, Yu Feiyu, and others closely following behind.
Only when they reached the center did it seem more like a plaza. The plaza was not large, but there were about a dozen people scattered around standing there.
A total of eighteen people, each tall and muscular with white fur on their bodies and mostly yellow, curly hair—a typical sign of the Wizard Alliance's men.
"So it's the Wizard Alliance's men!" Ye Feng immediately gestured with his hand, signaling for everyone to hide around the street corner.
At that moment, everyone fully concealed their auras. The realms of the dozen or so people on the plaza were not high, so for a while, they did not notice anything.
"My lord, it seems that these dozen or so members of the Wizard Alliance are on watch here. The real elite experts must have gone deep underground. Given this, there may indeed be something strange about this underground, perhaps even treasures!" Sima Zhantian communicated telepathically.
Ye Feng nodded in agreement with Sima Zhantian's words. Earlier, he had roughly sensed the underground with his spiritual power and felt there were quite a number of strong individuals below, even not ruling out the possibility of a Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm.
"My lord, what should we do now?" Leng Wuming asked.
Ye Feng pondered for a moment before gesturing with his hand, "Wait here for now; I'll be right back!"
Without waiting for Sima Zhantian and the others to speak, Ye Feng's figure flickered and disappeared into thin air on the spot. The next moment he appeared right in front of the Wizard Alliance men in the plaza.
"Fall down for me!" Ye Feng's eyes suddenly shot out sharp beams of light as, in that moment, the Mental Power Nucleus in his Sea of Consciousness spun at high speed.
Spiritual power swept out like a tidal wave. In an instant, the dozen or so members of the Wizard Alliance couldn't withstand his spirit pressure and fell down one by one.
Seeing this scene, Sima Zhantian and the others could not help but marvel because they had not felt any fluctuations of spiritual power in their lord's body. Yet, suddenly, the dozen or so Wizard Alliance members had fallen, wondering what method their lord had used.
Of course, Sima Zhantian and the others did not ask; after all, it was not appropriate. It wasn't until Ye Feng waved at them that everyone swept over.
Only then did everyone discover that in a corner of the plaza there was a stairway passage leading directly underground. It seemed these people were indeed stationed here on purpose. It was just that Ye Feng had acted too quickly and without any spiritual power fluctuations or noise. The dozen or so Wizard Alliance members did not have time to make any noise or send a message before they lost consciousness.
Therefore, the strong members of the Wizard Alliance below naturally could not detect anything.
"Let's go, down we go!" After checking with his spiritual power, Ye Feng found that the secret passage went deep and was very long; even his spiritual power could not detect the end. However, he had ascertained that there were no immediate dangers below; it looked as if the Wizard Alliance's strong members had already entered the depths.
Immediately, everyone followed Ye Feng into the passageway. The passageway was dark but not damp. Only after going down did they realize that this was the true ancient city.
The ancient city was built of rather rough stone and was very grand in scale. Even the roads were cobbled, the streets wide, and one could faintly make out the shops on either side of the streets. Evidently, this city must have been bustling and illustrious once upon a time, but for some unknown reason, it later declined.
Seeing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but nod secretly, "It seems this part of the underground city must have sunk below due to some reason. It's precisely because it sank that it has been preserved quite intact!"
Hong Qingyan then said, "If that's the case, this city might not have been discovered by anyone before. It's probably only been uncovered by the Wizard Alliance recently. In other words, the items inside may not have been touched by anyone."
Hearing this, Sima Zhantian's eyes suddenly lit up and he blurted out, "Doesn't that mean this underground ancient city might indeed contain treasures?"
Ye Feng gave a slight nod, "Judging from the structure and materials of the ancient city, at the very least it's over two thousand years old, and it might even be a city from the Ancient Era. There might indeed be treasures inside, let's continue deeper and see!"
It goes without saying Ye Feng was also rarely curious, not knowing what kind of treasures might be inside such a city.
As they delved deeper, the darkness became more profound. Fortunately, at their level of cultivation, the darkness did not affect them, and it seemed almost the same as daylight. The air, however, became more stifling and oppressive.
They continued along the ancient street until they reached the end, where a tall city wall blocked their path. Next to the wall there was a gate—an extremely majestic one, with two animal sculptures on either side, unknown what creatures they were supposed to be.
"These sculptures look like lions, but not entirely. They seem more like Qilins, if anything." Leng Wuming mused.
Ye Feng raised his brows, "Judging from these sculptures and the city gates, this should be the City Lord's Mansion of this city. Even if it's not the City Lord's Mansion, it's still the most central place!"
Of course, Ye Feng did not say the second half of his thoughts out loud—if there were truly any treasures in this underground ancient city, they would only be in the City Lord's Mansion.
In fact, having reached this point, Ye Feng's spiritual power had already sensed several powerful auras deep within the City Lord's Mansion. It seemed the Wizard Alliance's experts had already found this place first, but it was unclear if they had gotten their hands on anything.
"Let's go, let's get in there!" Ye Feng no longer hesitated and immediately stepped through the half-buried gateway into the compound.
The estate was equally vast, with what appeared to be a martial arts training plaza in front of them. Various treasure weapons were laid out on the ground, but their grades were not high — after all, they were merely items for visitors, and had corroded over the long passage of time.
Naturally, no one was interested in those things. Bypassing the martial arts training plaza and crossing a gallery, they then entered the backyard.
By that time, everyone could clearly hear the sounds of fighting and cold shouting from inside.
Ye Feng's gaze sharpened; he sensed two familiar auras. It was Xiao Rulong and Chi Jark!
"How are these two guys here too!" Ye Feng couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.
"Who did you say is here, my lord?" Sima Zhantian asked.
Ye Feng did not answer his question as he had already sensed that Xiao Rulong and Chi Jark were being besieged by three powerhouses of the Wizard Alliance.
The three powerhouses of the Wizard Alliance consisted of one Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm and two at the level of Great Perfection in the Golden Core Realm. No matter how strong Xiao Rulong's and Chi Jark's talents were, they were completely overwhelmed by these three Wizard Alliance experts and were already in a perilous state.
"I'll rush over first; the rest of you, follow quickly!" Ye Feng knew the situation was critical and after saying this, his figure swept up and shot forward.
They would need to go through a narrow portal ahead which looked more like the door to a treasure vault; in other words, the vault of the City Lord's Mansion should be inside this portal. Since it was a treasure vault, its name suggested it was a place where treasures were stored.
In other words, the reason Xiao Rulong and Chi Jark were in conflict with the people from the Wizard Alliance was likely because they had found some treasure in the vault.
With a whoosh, Ye Feng leaped through the portal and into the treasure vault.
The vault wasn't large — just over a hundred square meters — and five powerhouses were fighting...
"Grusen, you lot are shameless! It's clear that we discovered this treasure vault first and got our hands on these three treasures before you did. Yet you have the gall to follow us and attack us in secret. Do you have no spirit of agreement at all?" Chi Jark roared furiously through clenched teeth.
Being attacked on both sides by two Experts of the Golden Core Realm at the apogee of their strength, he brandished his Silver Dragon Battle Armor and Silver Dragon Spear fiercely to resist but was gradually losing ground. If things continued like this, defeat was just a matter of time, especially since he was trapped in a corner with no chance of escape.
"Bullshit about spirit of agreement. Today, as long as we kill the two of you, who will know we did it? You two may be prodigies from Xuanyuan Nation's Ancient Clan, but you have become arrogant, acting alone. How else could we have found such an opportunity?" The Yin-Yang Realm Great Power named Grusen bared his teeth and coldly sneered.
Xiao Rulong also shouted angrily: "Damn it, it took us more than two months to find this city based on some fragmented records from the Ancient Era. We were hoping to find some treasures, and we didn't expect to be targeted by these Wizard Alliance dogs. It's our own fault for being careless!"
Xiao Rulong's palm strikes were mighty, but facing a Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm, even though it was just a One Seal Level Yin-Yang Mirror Great Power, he was still unable to cope with the dangerous situation.
Grusen, still smiling coldly with bared teeth, said: "Exactly. If there's anyone to blame, it's just that you two have been too stupid and careless. As top-ranked talents from Xuanyuan Nation, you've long been on the must-kill list of our Wizard Alliance. Naturally, we pay extra attention to you. Today, you should resign yourselves to your fate. Even your communication talismans can't be sent out from here, so no one will come to save you!"
"After we finish you two off and take the treasures, we'll then go after that Ye Feng kid, and by the same token, we'll get rid of that surnamed Ye as well, so that Xuanyuan Nation will have no one to follow up with and in the future, there will be nothing that can threaten our Wizard Alliance."
Just then, Ye Feng's figure precisely broke in and he stood directly in front of everyone, his mouth curling into a smile as he said, "What's this? Why drag me into your conversation all of a sudden?"
The three powerhouses from the Wizard Alliance were shocked because they now realized someone had broken in, and by the time they noticed it, the person was already before them, at an inconceivably fast speed.
But when Grusen saw who had arrived, he also grinned and said: "Well, well, I thought I didn't know who was coming, but it turns out to be you, kid. Just in time for today, we'll take care of all three of you together and save ourselves a lot of trouble!"
Upon recognizing Ye Feng, Xiao Rulong and Chi Jark both shouted out in joy, saying, "Brother Ye, how did you get here? This is great, we should be saved now, shouldn't we?"
The two were clearly aware of Ye Feng's combat power. With him joining in, even if they couldn't overpower the three Wizard Alliance experts, they should be able to hold their own, or at least have a chance to escape.
"Saved? Truly stupid and naive, you think with this kid's rescue, you can contend with the three of us? Ridiculous!" The other two Golden Core Realm experts of the Wizard Alliance said with a cold sneer in their voices.
Although they had heard about Ye Feng's performance at the Great Wall of Heaven and knew that this kid from Xuanyuan Nation was extremely powerful, they had not participated in the battle, so they simply didn't believe that this kid, not yet thirty years old from Xuanyuan Nation, could contend with or even crush a Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm.
Therefore, upon seeing Ye Feng break in, after their initial surprise, joy quickly spread across the faces of the three Wizard Alliance powerhouses.
"They say you, kid, have mastered the Dao Technique to freely enter and exit the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm. Great, it seems today the heavens are helping me, too. Looks like my luck is about to turn!"
Grusen, the Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm, immediately abandoned Xiao Rulong and pounced towards Ye Feng.