Chapter 6201 The Worst-Case Scenario
When the giant whirlpool appeared, everyone tensed up, including Long Chen.
This world had too many blank spots in its history. Truth and falsehood had long since been tangled, with black and white twisted beyond recognition.
The heaven region’s battlefield was one of the only places where remnants of the primal chaos era remained untouched. If the truth were buried anywhere, it would be here.
Everyone knew there had been a great tribulation back then.
But the cause? The truth?
No one knew.
The ten thousand races pointed fingers at the human race. But whether that accusation was justified, or just slander etched into history by victors… perhaps the answer lay behind that gate.
The whirlpool trembled. Long Chen could feel it—the energy of the heaven region’s battlefield slowly weaving itself into the laws of the nine heavens. The veil between two worlds was loosening.
Suddenly, the whirlpool blew apart, transforming into a transparent gate with countless figures on it.
Those figures included the human race, the demon race, the Spirit race, the devil race, and more. They were packed together within the gate. Seeing everyone in the passageways, they seemed to be trying to say something.
At this moment, a strange fluctuation came from the space ahead of Long Chen. He instinctively took a step forward.
Then, an invisible spatial energy wrapped around him, and he vanished.
“The passageway’s open! Quick, get in!” exclaimed someone.
All the experts of the various pathways charged forward madly.
At this moment, motes of light appeared on the two sides of the scales hanging above the heaven region’s battlefield. Every mote represented a person.
In just moments, the count rose to the millions.
From the dragon race’s path, all hundred thousand chosen elites vanished in a breath.
Other paths weren’t as efficient, and some experts were still scrambling. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the spatial gate snapped shut.
They roared resentfully, but the pathway had closed before them.
At this moment, new groups of people appeared on the pathways. From the Dragon Domain’s side, the Domain Protector and the elders appeared. The same was true of the other pathways.
They could only enter after the gate was sealed.
According to legend, the victors of the previous opening could observe the battlefield from afar, using essence blood talismans to track their disciples. But the nine heavens had never been granted such a privilege.
Because they had never won.
The story was whispered among survivors—those few who returned from past trials. They claimed the right to see belonged only to the victors.
“Domain Protector, which cycle of the battlefield is this?” one patriarch asked solemnly.
“The thirty-sixth,” replied the Domain Protector, a bitter expression appearing on his face.
He continued, “Of the past thirty-five cycles, the nine heavens have not won once. There were five cycles where we almost succeeded—cycles one, three, five, seven, and nine. But in the end, they ended in bitter failure.
“After that, victory grew further and further from our grasp. Back then, the battlefield stayed open for over three years. The longest lasted a full decade. But ever since the tenth cycle, the opening time has shortened. Last time, it was only open for twenty-nine days.”
“Why?” a young disciple blurted.
There were still many young divine sprouts watching from the sealed pathway. They weren’t allowed to enter, but they’d come anyway.
The Domain Protector helplessly answered, “Because the other side has won so many times, and they get extra time within the battlefield after every victory. They’ve built traps over generations. At first, it was subtle. But now? They have many methods to deal with the experts of the nine heavens. The heaven region’s battlefield is practically their backyard.”
When they heard that, their hearts sank.
One disciple couldn’t help but ask, “Does Lord Long Chen know this?”
The Domain Protector glanced at this disciple and shook his head.
“Child, this question of yours is so immature. Of course, Lord Long Chen knew of it. As for why he didn’t want you and the others to enter, we don’t understand either. But he definitely has his reasons. We just need to watch how things unfold.”
These disciples fell silent, not daring to say anything else. However, they were still unhappy with this decision.
Suddenly—
“The scales are moving!”
A cry of alarm cut through the silence.
“But… that’s way too fast!”
Everyone was shocked. How long had it been? How could there be such large-scale battles?
Everyone had been scattered at random. With such chaotic placement, the battles should have been one-on-one skirmishes at most.
But—
“The scales are leaning toward the other side!”
Gasps erupted.
The hearts of the nine heavens’ onlookers sank. That speed was unnatural.
“This is impossible, unless… Unless people are intentionally getting themselves killed!”
“Intentionally?”
The Domain Protector’s expression darkened. His normally steady hands clenched.
“…Lord Long Chen… did you already foresee this?”
…
A palmstrike tore through the sky, smashing in a massive winged lifeform’s head.
Long Chen’s figure appeared. He then grabbed the corpse and tossed it into the primal chaos space.
“That’s one hundred and seventy-three…”
He was just turning to leave when something made him pause. The golden scales were already tipping—sharply.
Long Chen suddenly paused, his eyes cold.
“It seems the worst-case scenario is happening!”
With a sigh as cold as the void, he pulled out the violet crystal heavenly eye and peered into the distance.
…
Elsewhere in the heaven region’s battlefield, screams echoed. Millions of cultivators from the nine heavens crammed into the same zone, surrounded by many flame devils.
The flame devils were unstoppable; they were all hundred-flame divine sprouts.
Against that overwhelming force, the ordinary divine sprouts and Sovereign sprouts from the nine heavens were nothing but lambs to the slaughter. They shouted in terror.
“It’s a trap! They intentionally let us into the heaven region’s battlefield using these transportation talismans to get us killed! Damn it all!” shouted someone.
In front of these flame devils, they had no ability to resist.
Space rippled again as more figures blinked into the killing field. Bewildered and disoriented, they were instantly cleaved apart before they could even raise a defense.
Above, the golden scales continued to tip.
The leader of the flame devils stood calmly at the edge of the massacre, watching the slaughter with a twisted grin.
“Brothers, work hard. I want these idiots of the nine heavens to be cleaned up within three days! Then we’ll be able to search for treasure freely!”
Just then, the void quivered. This time, a black-robed man appeared.
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