"To the Sixth Land?"
Huanzong paused for a moment, then a look of excitement appeared on his face: "You mean..."
They were all smart people, and a single hint was enough for them to understand what needed to be done.
"I understand."
Huanzong nodded and said in a deep voice, "The sky in the Sixth Land should change too."
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Huanzong's eyes.
The Lord of Light beside him also understood and nodded.
But he still added, "However, we are both severely injured now. What if we become prey to others..."
That's right, this point needed to be mentioned.
The line between hunter and prey could easily be reversed.
The dao wounds on both of them were severe. If discovered by a ninth-rank expert in the Sixth Land, who intended to kill them and seize their dao spirits, they would be in danger.
And such a thing was highly likely to happen.
"I understand."
Having said that, Chen Fan called Evil Lord over and said, "Evil Lord, you've heard what was just said. Would you be willing to accompany the two seniors?"
One could not use a commanding tone with Evil Lord.
The other party was not his subordinate.
Evil Lord did not answer immediately, looking at Chen Fan and frowning, "I need to kill people..."
"No problem."
Chen Fan didn't need to agree.
Huanzong made the decision himself: "In the Sixth Land, there will be plenty of people for you to kill."
As long as the two of them returned, a great battle was bound to erupt in the Sixth Land.
Regardless of the identities of the two who had infiltrated, this battle was destined to happen.
Plundering, slaughter, and seizing opportunities.
"Good."
Evil Lord agreed.
Although his killing intent had been released once against Yin Si Dao Master, it was still in a state of fullness.
Only through extensive killing could his killing intent be appeased.
"Then it's settled."
Huanzong nodded, smiling at Chen Fan, and clasped his fists, "City Lord Chen, after the matter in the Sixth Land is resolved, we will come to find you. At that time, we will trouble City Lord Chen."
It seemed the two had already made up their minds.
"Alright."
Chen Fan did not refuse.
He knew they would choose this path when he considered the possibility of them recovering from their dao wounds.
Treasures that could perfectly restore dao wounds were not that easy to find.
"Let's go."
Huanzong wasted no more words.
With the help of Evil Lord, the three of them quickly concealed their tracks and headed towards the Sixth Land.
...
All of this was done in secret.
No one noticed.
The battle ahead continued!
Boom.
Dark Lord's condition was very bad.
His physical body was shattered time and time again, his dao spirit was severely wounded, and the dark dao had permeated his entire body.
If this continued, he would surely die.
"Hahaha."
The mountain lord, who stood tall and mighty, laughed heartily, "Dark Lord, the tables have turned. Do you remember how you made things difficult for this mountain lord back then?"
In the past, when the Seventh Land was first divided, the then Dark Lord had almost driven the mountain lord to the desolate lands.
If the mountain lord had not also had great opportunities and eventually caught up in cultivation through heaven-defying luck, he would have been secretly killed by the Dark Lord long ago.
And today, the mountain lord's revenge had arrived.
"Hmph."
Dark Lord snorted coldly, "Not killing you back then was my biggest mistake."
"No, no, no."
Yunhai Dao Master responded to him.
He did not agree with Dark Lord's words and said coldly, "Your biggest strategic mistake was not hiding yourself well."
He continued, "Since you've become someone else's pawn, just lie low. Stirring up trouble, do you really think this Dao Master is blind?"
"You secretly killed those who condensed dao spirits, do you think this Dao Master didn't know?"
As soon as his voice fell, Yunhai suddenly shouted, "Pohai, come out..."
Buzz.
In the distance, a figure slowly emerged.
A sixth-rank Heavenly Emperor, not yet a Great Emperor.
In this battlefield where ninth-rank experts roamed and Great Emperors were everywhere, a sixth-rank... was simply insignificant.
Anyone could easily blow him away like dust and ashes.
Yet, even so, this person had still come.
"Heh."
The man's lips curled upwards, looking charmingly at the Dark Lord, whose expression had drastically changed.
His voice slowly spread, "Dark Lord, I didn't expect I was still alive, did I?"
Dark Lord: "..."
Although he was merely a small sixth-rank Heavenly Emperor, he made Dark Lord's expression grim.
What had happened?
"Everyone."
Pohai's voice slowly spread, "My name is Pohai. I was originally a cultivator under Dark Lord. Because my cultivation of the dark dao mutated, I was targeted by Dark Lord and eventually devoured. But what he didn't know was that my dark dao was a phantom body."
"I have two bodies, one dead and one alive. Everything experienced by the dead body is perceived by the living body."
"And this Dark Lord, when he was devouring me, was entertaining a strange ninth-rank expert. At first, I didn't know the other party's identity, but later I heard his name... Lie Dao."
"This name, I believe everyone is familiar with it, right?"
Lie Dao.
Of course, they were familiar.
In the past, the Upper Nine Heavens had sent people to slaughter the Lower Ten Lands, and the most ruthless among them was Lie Dao.
The name Lie Dao was a nightmare in the eyes of cultivators from the Lower Ten Lands.
"Dark Lord..."
For a moment, all eyes turned to Dark Lord.
They were all at the Great Emperor realm. Whether something was true or false might not be discernible from Pohai's words, but they could see Dark Lord's expression.
"You..."
For a moment, everyone's expression changed.
Their gazes towards Dark Lord were filled with doubt and anger.
Dark Lord was actually from the Upper Nine Heavens?
"Hmph."
But then, Dark Lord snorted coldly, "A mere sixth-rank. If this Dao Master wanted to kill him, do you really think he could escape? Think with your brains..."
Boom.
As soon as his words fell, a violent roar suddenly erupted in the distance.
In the Great Emperor battlefield, a powerful subordinate of Dark Lord instantly withdrew from the battle.
With a look of hatred fixed on Dark Lord, he said in a deep voice, "Dark Lord, so you really are from the Upper Nine Heavens."
"En?"
Everyone looked at Zhuan Lun with confusion.
What did he mean?
No one could be 100% sure that Dark Lord was from the Upper Nine Heavens yet.
Why were you, Zhuan Lun, so certain?
"Hmph."
Zhuan Lun, at the peak of the eighth rank and having condensed a dao spirit, had a grim expression. "Because I recognize Pohai, and I know about the phantom body dao he cultivates. Others may not believe it, but I do..."
"Whoosh."
The scene immediately descended into chaos.
For a moment, the powerful subordinates of the Dark Realm began to retreat one after another.
Even more people, like Zhuan Lun, directly withdrew from the battlefield.
They were firm supporters of Zhuan Lun. About a third of the powerful members of the Dark Realm had already left the battlefield.
Although the remaining people were still resisting, they no longer had the same confidence. Soon, more and more people began to withdraw from the battlefield.
The mountain lord and the Great Emperors under Yun Hai did not pursue. They let go of anyone who wanted to withdraw.
Dark Lord was the biggest boss.
"You guys..."
Dark Lord's expression changed wildly, "You listened to slander, and you actually..."
"Jie jie."
Suddenly, an evil laughter echoed across the battlefield.
A strange black shadow, as if descending through a rift in space-time, appeared abruptly behind Yunhai Dao Master.
Chik.
A distorted light instantly erupted.
Killing intent filled the cosmos.