Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Shen Ye: "..."

Their expressions did not seem fake.

So—

The previous City Lord, at that moment, didn't tell everyone he was forced to teleport away?

Then I will also—

Shen Ye straightened his chest and said coldly:

"For a battle of this level, none of you are qualified to intervene, you might as well just defend well here."

"—I will go alone!"

The words were not yet finished.

Swoosh—

He vanished from the spot.

All the professionals stood, their eyes red, emitting an aura of determined battle spirit.

"Defend with all your might!"

"Alright!"

They shouted in unison.

On the other side.

Shen Ye appeared on a broad arena.

This was a floating arena suspended in the depths of endless darkness.

On the other side of the arena, a monster had long been standing, waiting for his arrival.

Shen Ye didn't look at the opponent but was thinking of something else.

The Destruction Tribulation doesn't care about Black Flame City.

So it told him personally that it didn't matter.

But this king-level battle should be imperative.

Then—

The significance of this battle should be more important than a city.

King...

A battle between the World Kings?

Shen Ye sighed and looked across.

"New City Lord of Black Flame City, I've never seen you before, aren't you planning to introduce yourself?"

The monster said in a mocking tone.

"Haven't you been hunting me down all along—you should know all the things I've done." Shen Ye said.

"Indeed, you took out that brain nest and killed my newly recruited servant." The monster said.

The monster stepped out of the darkness.

It looked like a blond-haired man with vertical pupils—

Surprisingly, it was no different from a human!

"No need to be surprised, the new species 'human' has already left 'grace,' and I've obtained some humans, so recently I've been familiarizing myself with the human body structure to see if I could gain anything." The blond man observed his expression and said.

"Is there any benefit to dressing up as a human?" Shen Ye asked.

"Now, the human appearance is in vogue—after all, it's the newest race, everyone wants to try and see what it's like to be human." The blond man said.

He spoke calmly, but mist appeared under his feet.

Strength.

Strength manifested as a mist.

What abilities does this monster possess?

"The servant you talked about, is it Augustus?"

Shen Ye asked while thinking.

"Yes—it was a very rare thing, and I was planning to study it to gain some secrets from the Truth World."

"But it seems you've obtained it."

"If you return it to me, I can leave you an intact corpse."

The blond man said.

Shen Ye remained silent.

No wonder this guy was chasing me.

I took out his minion and disrupted his plans to enter the Truth World.

To be honest, the Withering Staff ranks second among Truth Creations.

As the consciousness of the Withering Staff, Augustus indeed has high research value.

This monster can already take human form.

If it also studies Augustus' strength, perhaps—

It could appear as human in the Truth World?

Shen Ye thought about this possibility and felt a chill down his spine.

Luckily, I did that thing in advance—

Augustus' body was offered to the Destruction Tribulation!

Between two evils, choose the lesser.

Rather than letting this monster that can withstand the Destruction Camp appear in the Truth World, it's better to just face a Destruction Tribulation."

However—

I have no information on this monster.

What it can do, what it's good at, whether it has weaknesses, whether its combat style is technique or close combat.

All were unknown.

"What are you thinking? Why don't you respond to me?"

The blond man asked.

"How many human leaders have you defeated?" Shen Ye asked.

"Oh, that, I don't remember, how many could there be? About a few hundred, after all, humans are such fragile beings." The blond man said.

"So you can kill me anytime." Shen Ye said.

"Of course, I can kill you anytime without any effort." The blond man laughed.

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed.

"Are you scared?" The blond man asked eagerly.

"Of course, I have been most afraid of monsters since I was young, wishing to carry a brick when walking at night, afraid of encountering a monster." Shen Ye said.

No information!

If a battle is not supported by sufficient information, it can only be a fight to the death and try.

And this guy has never been defeated.

Even the Destruction Tribulation abandoned the city being attacked by it.

Must...

Handle it carefully.

Shen Ye thought silently.

Meanwhile.

On the other side.

In the Dharma Aspect.

In a certain county town, suburb.

An abandoned temple.

The Old Blind Man lay on the dust-covered ground, letting ants crawl over him, without moving at all.

He seemed to be dead.

Suddenly.

The Old Blind Man opened his eyes, scratching his stomach as he slowly sat up.

A person appeared in front of him.

The blond man.

"Is it you?"

The Old Blind Man said in astonishment.

"Yes, I came to take a look—to see what's so amazing about this knife." The blond man said.

The Old Blind Man scrutinized the blond man, and his cloudy eyes turned sharp.

"Even you were turned into a human?"

He asked in a probing tone.

"Not so," the blond man replied, "now human appearance is in vogue—after all, it's the newest race, everyone wants to try and see what it's like to be human."

The Old Blind Man nodded slightly.

Yes.

This was the reality.

Although he didn't know how much time had passed outside, when he left, many beings were indeed trying to become human.

"How could you possibly be defeated by him."

The Old Blind Man said in disbelief, his eyes fixed on the other.