Dragon-Blooded War God

No one expected Long Chen to erupt with this much power at the brink of defeat!

Boom!

He was thrown back by the gigantic blast. The force of the quadruple Emperor Seals successfully held Feng Qing’s Three Thousand Hand Seals back, allowing Long Chen to retreat unharmed!

Feng Qing did not manage to gain any advantage after this exchange. He had used his best technique too!

By then, Long Chen had already retreated to Bai Lan’s side, while Feng Qing had also been pushed back by the Emperor Seals to Wu Lian’s side.

This signified the end of the duel. It was a draw.

This was shocking to everyone.

“How could this young man have improved so quickly?! He’s only at the Ninth Earthly Martial Stage, yet he can fend off a Heavenly Martial Realm expert!”

“What an inhuman prodigy. I now understand why Wu Guangyu was defeated, even killed, by him …”

The Heavenly Martial Realm experts watching them started hushed discussions.

This was a huge blow to Feng Qing. He had tried his best to suppress Long Chen using his domain, and he initially thought that the Three Thousand Hand Seals would at least heavily injure Long Chen, if not outright kill him. He had not expected the brat to come out unharmed.

“Again!” Feng Qing roared from humiliation and rage, charging forward once more.

Behind him, Wu Lian said curtly, “Leave it.” She had only uttered one sentence softly, but Feng Qing had no choice but to stop and stand respectfully behind the woman. No one knew what Wu Lian was thinking right now. Her white-lotus-like eyes were fixed on Long Chen. After a long time, she said, “This teenager’s combat abilities are comparable to a Heavenly Martial Realm expert. He has the right to enter the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm. I, Wu Lian, have no complaints about him entering.”

Letting Feng Qing fight again would be a complete waste of time. If Long Chen could retreat unharmed once, then he could do it countless times. Therefore, Wu Lian did not drag this on any longer to try killing Long Chen here. However, she hadn’t vented her anger yet and still wanted to kill him as soon as possible.

Although she could not kill him now, she would have many chances after they entered the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm.

The Five Elements Alliance and the Long-Bearded Guest were all eyeing them to take advantage of this matter too. Fighting Bai Lan here would yield no benefits.

After she spoke, Wu Lian walked towards Confounding City, passing the other people. The Five Elements Alliance members looked at each other, then huffed coldly and followed her. The Long-Bearded Guest, who worked alone, walked over to Long Chen and snickered. “You’re quite strong, brat. You even fended off Feng Qing. Look at that old man’s face, tsk tsk …”

“Long Chen, let’s go.” Bai Lan did not seem to like the nosy Long-Bearded Guest very much. Then, he and Lei Ji went toward Confounding City together, leaving the Long-Bearded Guest behind. There was a flash of coldness in the old man’s mischievous gaze.

“The Five Emperors’ treasure is mine. The Ten Thousand Nations Territory is also mine …” The Long-Bearded Guest laughed coldly, then he followed them.

The group of ten people went toward the center of Confounding City.

Previously, the Purple-Blooded Jiao Dragon had said that the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm would open on this day. There were five Emperor Keys, and each allowed two people to enter.

Long Chen was relying on the Long-Bearded Guest’s extra slot.

“Long Chen, you will share a key with your Uncle Lei later. I will share with the Long-Bearded Guest, just in case he decides to pull something,” whispered Bai Lan as they approached the center of Confounding City.

“Is the Long-Bearded Guest a bad person?” asked Long Chen.

To be honest, he had quite a good impression of the Long-Bearded Guest.

“There’s no such thing as a good or bad person here. In front of the Five Emperors’ treasure, the only ones you can trust are Lei Ji and I. We’ve been brothers for more than a hundred years,” Bai Lan said solemnly.

Long Chen nodded.

Indeed. Sometimes, there was a need to put your guard up against the people around you, or a tragedy could happen. The Bai family of Baiyang Town had taught him this memorable lesson. If it wasn’t for the Bai family, he would not be here today.

As the group moved along, Long Chen was back to the previous place where he first saw the five-colored altar appear. That place was still empty and the altar was not there. Perhaps it was not time yet.

Other people did not know what was going on, so they stood separately around this place, looking around.

“Lord Zi Xue said it would be today, and this place. He said we would be able to unlock the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm using the Five Emperor Keys. So where is the entrance?”

Bai Lan looked down, searching for the entrance.

“Yeah, where is it? Is it possible that we’ve been tricked?” Lei Ji looked around in all directions.

Everyone mulled over this issue, and after searching for some time, Bai Lan turned to ask, “Long Chen, what do you think?”

“Maybe it isn’t time yet. We shall see in two hours, at noon,” said Long Chen with a smile.

He was thinking about the Prismatic Key.

How were the Five Emperor Keys related to the Prismatic Key? How was his Prismatic Key related to the Five Emperors’ treasure?

He could not figure out the answer.

The Five Emperor Keys were all monochromatic, but the Prismatic Key had five colors. Did it contain some secret?

Would it be possible for me to unlock the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm with just one Prismatic Key?

Long Chen quickly denied this possibility, and he could not try it anyway. With everyone else present, who would let Long Chen enter alone?

“Makes sense.” Bai Lan nodded, then he waited patiently like Long Chen.

Time passed quickly.

As the group waited, the tension in the air grew thicker.

The three major factions were present, with the addition of the Long-Bearded Guest. In front of the Five Emperors’ treasure, they were as friendly as fire and water.

They wondered what treasure the Divine Martial Realm masters from the Ten Thousand Nations Territory’s legends would leave behind.

It did not matter what it was. Once they retrieved the treasure, they would be able to build the strongest faction in the Ten Thousand Nations Territory with time, uniting the whole territory. Maybe becoming the next Divine Martial Realm master would no longer be a dream.

Everyone yearned for the treasure.

Very soon, noon arrived.

Everyone’s gazes were on the empty piece of land. The five-colored altar appeared once again. It was shining with five colors rotating around a core like a fan, each color taking up one-fifth. All five colors spun with a dream-like glow.

“Let’s go,” said Bai Lan. Then he approached the five-colored altar. Very quickly, the ten of them stopped next to the altar.

“What do we do?” someone asked.

“Take out your keys,” said Wu Lian. She took out an Emperor Key from her storage ring. Feng Qing quickly stood next to her, as if afraid she would abandon him.

The other people all took out their Emperor Keys.

Bai Lan placed his key in Lei Ji’s hands, told him to be careful, then stood next to the Long-Bearded Guest. He then said with a smile, “Brother Long-Beard, I’ll be using the Yellow Emperor Key’s slot.”

“Sure, sure. It doesn’t matter if it’s you or little Long Chen. It’s all the same, all the same,” said the Long-Bearded Guest with a smile. His smile was strangely bright.

All five Emperor Keys were gathered.

“Next, I guess we need to enter our respective sections. Step into the color matching the key in your hand,” someone said.

Everyone understood.

This was a critical moment, and no one knew what was going to happen. Therefore, it was unlikely for anyone to harm the others. None of them dared pull any tricks either, as it would be a death wish.

After hearing the suggestion, they all looked at each other and then went up the altar. Long Chen followed Lei Ji and stepped into the azure section.

Everyone stepped on the altar at almost the same time.

Long Chen sensed two gentle rays of light enveloping him and Lei Ji coming from the Azure Emperor Key. It was the same for the others. They were bathed in the Five Emperor Keys’ light. Then he started to spin along with the altar until very soon, the five-colored light covered them all and the whole altar erupted with light. It spun faster and faster, then suddenly, it was as if it had flung them into another world.

Whoosh …

Long Chen heard wind howling in his ears, then his mind went momentarily blank. When he woke up, a chilling, deathly aura surrounded him.

He sensed that he had already left the Dragon Continent in just a short moment, arriving in a new world. This was a small miniverse, the legendary Five Emperors’ Secret Realm.

Before he even opened his eyes, he was sure that this was the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm.

Two people quickly flew to Long Chen’s side. They were Bai Lan and Lei Ji. After arriving in the secret realm, they hurriedly huddled together with Long Chen to prevent accidents.

“This is …” Bai Lan and Lei Ji, as well as the others, all looked around them and drew in sharp breaths.

The deathly Qi raised goosebumps all over Long Chen. He opened his eyes and looked around him, also drawing in a sharp breath.

First, the sky. The sky was completely gray, and the gray-black cloud layer hung very low. It felt like it was just above their heads. The air was heavy, and there was not a single sound to be heard. Everything was so quiet that it was terrifying. Other than the sound of each other breathing, no one could hear a thing.

Gray shadows twirled across the land.

Gray gusts of howling wind blew past them, bringing with them the scent of bones and rotten flesh. When a chilling gust swept past them, they felt chills run up their spines.

Suddenly, all eyes turned from the dark skies to the land before them!