Yi Chengsheng could be considered the representative of these Wild Soldier descendants in the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm.
When he spoke those words, the Ancient Wasteland Survivors on the floating city heard them, and the twelve thousand martial artists from the human world hiding in the forests outside the city heard them too.
The Ancient Wasteland Survivors found it perfectly reasonable.
The matter of the Blood Moon wasn't too big a secret here; anyone with status knew about it, only the common folk weren't fully aware.
But even the common folk didn't think their City Lord was wrong now.
Only because—the Path to Immortality only allowed one person to ascend per year.
There were so damn many people from the outside world, and so damn many with talent.
If everyone wanted to use the Path to Immortality, what if they themselves, or their relatives, had a chance to take the path? They'd have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Month of the Horse just for their turn.
By the time their turn came around, they'd probably be dead of old age.
The human world martial artists, however, were burning with righteous indignation.
They felt that the people inside the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm had lost their minds.
For the sake of the Path to Immortality, they turned their blades against their own kind, suppressed the development of their race, and destroyed the foundations of the mother realm.
"This group of people is absolutely insane!"
"Sick in the head! I'm ashamed to be in the same species!"
"Completely lacking in any sense of the big picture, ptooey!"
The martial artists pointed at the Ancient Wasteland Survivors and cursed them out.
Originally, the people from the human world had felt at least a little moral guilt—that they were charging in to take something from people who were living just fine, and that made those with strong morals a bit uncomfortable.
Now, there was absolutely no such concern left.
The real situation was this: a group of selfish bastards had hogged the Path to Immortality, which rightfully belonged to everyone, and had continuously slaughtered the human race's prodigies and persecuted the Great Dao Immortal Artifacts.
What kind of people were they?
Enemies!
At the same time, Da Chun's voice rang out in Chen Yi's mind.
"Yi Brother, I remember now."
"Remember what?"
"How I ended up like this."
Da Chun told Chen Yi that a long, long time ago—he couldn't recall the exact era anymore.
The five Great Dao Immortal Artifacts had stood at the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth positions among the Seven Luminaries of the human world, guarding their respective territories, suppressing natural disasters, and calming the negative energy in people's hearts.
Occasionally, they would leave their posts and wander into the mortal world, meeting those geniuses and heroes, cooperating with them to write legendary tales.
Until one day, the Heaven and Earth Sword disappeared.
Silently, without leaving a single trace.
As the only one among the five Great Dao Immortal Artifacts of the human world that specialized in killing, the destructive power of the Heaven and Earth Sword, if wielded by a strong enough master, was so great that even if the Nine Provinces Cauldron and the other three joined forces, they couldn't withstand it.
The Qiankun Mirror and the other two thought that the Heaven and Earth Sword might have gone traveling in the human world, hiding its aura. But the Nine Provinces Cauldron sensed something was wrong.
Then, later on, the Artifact Spirit of the Mountain River Armor was cruelly killed.
The Nine Provinces Cauldron confirmed that someone was hunting the Great Dao Immortal Artifacts.
Not all five Great Dao Immortal Artifacts could be destroyed. If they were, the human world would be finished.
Now, there was absolutely no such concern left.
To avoid putting all their eggs in one basket, the Nine Provinces Cauldron chose to separate its spirit and vessel, burying the vessel deep underground while the spirit reincarnated as a human.
To the human world, the Nine Provinces Cauldron had not disappeared.
But to those who wanted to find it, it was nowhere to be found.
However, some unexpected events happened later.
During his prime, the Great Demon had stirred up chaos across the human world. He had broken into the Starry Domains and stolen the Sun Moon Tower.
A mysterious figure, wielding the long-lost Heaven and Earth Sword, had shattered the Qiankun Mirror.
The descendants of the reincarnated Nine Provinces Cauldron were brutally massacred, leaving only Da Chun and the Chen siblings.
"So that's how it is..."
After listening to Da Chun's account, all the fragmented information about the persecution of the Great Dao Immortal Artifacts from the past came together, forming a complete picture.
Chen Yi's voice echoed through the surroundings.
"Ancient Wasteland Survivors!
At this point, there's nothing left to discuss!
For the public good, the Blood Moon is the enemy of the entire human world!
For personal reasons, we came here today to take back the Path to Immortality!"
Yi Chengsheng burst out laughing.
"Do you think I was wasting my breath on you all this time because I was afraid of you? I was just waiting for my soldiers from the Ancient Wasteland Upper Realm to get here!"
In every direction, the sky was covered with dark clouds.
Those weren't clouds. They were martial artists rushing in from the other four floating cities and all corners of the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm.
From Martial Saints down to Body Refining Realm martial artists, the entire force had been mobilized!
Even their Body Refining Realm martial artists were flying!
Divine Marks were coiled around these people's feet, granting them the ability to fly, and they were flying quite fast!
The Ancient Wasteland Survivors had even brought out their Body Refining Realm fighters, completely overwhelming the human world side in terms of numbers.
The twelve thousand human world martial artists gripped their weapons tightly, standing back-to-back with their brothers, ready to fight to the death.
Yi Chengsheng looked down on everyone, roaring arrogantly.
"Kill them all!! Everyone who came in today must die! They know too much!"
Just as both sides were about to clash, Chen Yi's laughter reached Yi Chengsheng's ears.
"Kid, what's so funny?"
"Well then, do you think I was wasting my breath on you all this time to resolve things peacefully? ALL OF YOU, GET THE HELL DOWN HERE!!"
Chen Yi raised his right hand, and the One-Line-Sky Grand Array activated!
"What's going on? Why have the Divine Marks stopped working?!"
"Ah! I'm falling! Help! Help!"
"I'm only in the Body Refining Realm! I can't survive a fall like this!"
"Martial King sir! Give me a lift, please!!"
"I can't fly either, damn it!!"
The Ancient Wasteland Survivors who had been flying in the air crashed to the ground like raindrops.
Those among them with low cultivation levels were instantly smashed into meat paste on the spot, blooming like flowers, splattering blood everywhere.
Those at mid-level cultivation broke bones and tore ligaments, basically losing all combat effectiveness.
Those at higher levels were mostly unharmed, but it greatly affected their morale. They were all used to flying with Divine Marks, and the sudden failure left them completely baffled.
As for those above the Martial King realm, they discovered that not only had the Divine Marks failed, but even their own ability to fly through the air had been nullified.
On the human world side, only a few Martial Gods had been flying just now; everyone else had been on the ground in the forest.
Shen Yang took a fall, but he was fine.
The Great Demon exploited a glitch, turning himself into a ball of baleful energy, making him immune to the air-banning effect.
Li Wentian stood motionless, still hovering in the air.
Yi Chengsheng and the other four City Lords were out of luck. They flailed and scrambled as they fell from the sky, trying every method they could think of on the way down, but nothing could stop it.
"Air-banning?!"
"It's air-banning! But the power is absurdly strong! It's even affecting Martial Gods!"
"Did that kid cause this? Who the hell is he?! Why isn't there any intel on him?!"
There was no longer any possibility of peace between the human world and the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm.
The moment the Air-Banning Grand Array was activated, Chen Yi immediately ordered the human world martial artists to attack.
Those Ancient Wasteland Survivors who had crashed to the ground, half-dead, were instantly cut down into mincemeat by the human world martial artist squads that rushed out.
With their aerial advantage of flying via Divine Marks gone, the Ancient Wasteland Survivors at this moment were just like the Dragon-Men in the fifth simulation, completely unable to adapt to this change.
But the martial artists below the Martial King realm on the human world side had never been able to fly; fighting on the ground was the method they were most accustomed to.
The difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides was immediately apparent, and the human world side gained the upper hand as soon as the battle began.
On the Martial God-level front, Chen Yi and his group were also in the lead.
Li Wentian and the Great Demon used their aerial advantage to conduct aerial strikes against the five Ancient Wasteland City Lords, making them incredibly annoyed and frustrated.
Hua Wuyan interfered with her strange Witchcraft Dao.
Shen Yang fiddled with his various mechanical contraptions on the side.
Chen Yi charged into the enemy formation, punching the Southern City Lord, kicking the Northern City Lord, smashing the Western City Lord with his cauldron, and sweeping the Eastern City Lord with his banner!
"Blood Moon!! Return my wife's life!!!"
Yi Chengsheng stared at Chen Yi, whose golden hair was standing on end as he transformed into Super One on the spot, and could only look on in utter bewilderment.
"Who the hell are you?! Who killed your wife?!"
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