"The third level of the Heavenly Martial Fist Art is like a heavenly book. If I want to break through, I'll have to spend a lot of time and effort. The path of cultivation is incomparably difficult. In the past, I had the Blood Refinement Technique and the Martial God Stele Diagram, but now I don't have them.
In terms of cultivation, Long Chen was still at the peak. However, breaking through to the next level was his weakness.
Others could cultivate for hundreds or even thousands of years, but for Lingxi, he couldn't wait any longer.
"Haste makes waste. My speed is already faster than others, let's take it slow."
Long Chen adjusted his state of mind and continued moving forward. He could already feel that he was getting closer to a place where people lived.
At that time, he would be able to ask them about this place.
About an hour later, Long Chen's Spirit-Devouring Demon Eyes saw about a dozen people heading in his direction. He halted his steps and waited for them to arrive.
"We're here."
With a few swishing sounds, a few people appeared nearby and instantly discovered him.
"There's someone here, quickly surround him." A young voice sounded.
Long Chen realized that something was wrong. These youths had just appeared, yet they had surrounded him without saying anything. Every one of them had a bloodthirsty and excited look in their eyes. Their gazes were like that of a wild wolf.
"En." While they were sizing up Long Chen, Long Chen was also sizing them up.
These were a few tall and muscular youths with tanned skin. Judging from their faces, they shouldn't be too old. Their voices were also rather young, but their bodies were abnormally sturdy. Their muscles were like those of wild beasts, filled with explosive power. Judging from their eyes, although they weren't old, they had already killed many people.
These were the people of the Imperial Domain.
From their bodies, Long Chen could see the cruel rules of competition.
These youths were led by a slightly handsome man. At this moment, the people beside him asked, "Xiong Jun, should we kill this guy?"
"Let's kill him. He isn't strong, but he should have many good things."
The other youths said anxiously.
They looked up and down at Long Chen with greedy eyes.
They'd just met each other, and these youths were obviously not bandits, yet they could kill them as soon as they met. This obviously showed that this was probably the prevailing practice in the Imperial Region.
There were countless experts in the Imperial Region, and the competition there was extremely intense. Only by making even more people die would the survivors be able to live well.
At that moment, the young man named Xiong Jun clicked his tongue, looked at Long Chen for a while, then said, "A little guy who just entered the Heaven realm actually dares to walk around outside. He deserves to die. Brothers, let's chop him up together, then take away his Emperor Crystals and treasures."
As soon as his words fell, the others impatiently began to move. All of their muscles bulged and a gray rune flashed on their skin. Clearly, they cultivated the same type of Body Tempering Battle Skill.
"A few immature young men. Every single person's strength is actually above the Heaven realm, and the young man in the lead has the strength of the 4th level of the Heaven realm."
This was far from Long Chen's true shock.
The Imperial Region couldn't be this terrifying, right? When Long Chen first arrived here, the few youths he'd randomly encountered were actually strong enough to instantly kill all the experts in the Myriad Kingdoms Domain.
This could be said to be a terrifying fact.
"Under the nourishment of the dense Sovereign Spiritual Qi, they've almost completed the tempering and nourishment of their bodies as soon as they were born, automatically forming eighteen Martial Meridians and nine apertures. It's relatively common for them to surpass the Earth Martial Realm and reach the Heaven Martial Realm at this age. In the Imperial Region, the lifespan of humans is very long, at least two to three hundred years old. They're actually around forty years old. In their clan, they're still considered adults at this age."
This was Kitten's explanation.
"Forty years old and still underage? What a freak." Long Chen couldn't help but curse in his heart.
At this moment, the dozen or so underage experts swarmed towards Long Chen.
They seemed to be young men, but Long Chen's age wasn't even half of theirs. Of course, Long Chen didn't mind them for being old. In the eyes of the people of the Imperial Region, they were indeed still in the stage of teenagers.
They called themselves the upper human race, and the people of the Myriad Kingdoms Domain called them the lower human race. This wasn't without reason.
"Stop!"
At this moment, a sweet voice rang out. The youths seemed to have recognized who it was. After exchanging glances, they struggled for a moment, but eventually retreated. However, they still surrounded Long Chen.
A gentle young woman walked out from the forest. She seemed to be in the same group as Long Chen. She was tall and slender, about the same height as Long Chen. Her figure was smooth and exquisite, and her wheat-colored skin was astonishingly elastic.
This woman had exquisite facial features. She was also a rare beauty. Just like these youths, she emitted a wild aura from head to toe. She was like a leopard, filled with explosive power.
However, this woman's eyes were incomparably gentle. It could be seen that her personality wasn't as wild as her appearance. On the contrary, she was very gentle.
"Jun 'er, why did you kill people again?"
The woman who seemed to be about the same age as Long Chen walked over. Her movements were swift, but her tone was very light.
"Sister, you're meddling in other people's business again. There's something wrong with this brat's head. He's only in the Sky realm, yet he dares to move around here alone. Isn't he simply seeking death? Rather than dying in the hands of others, he'd rather die in our hands. The things in his hands won't go to waste," the youth called Xiong Jun said arrogantly and disdainfully as he looked at Long Chen.
"Nonsense. You're not allowed to do this in the future. Killing the innocent, bullying the weak and fearing the strong are not the actions of a hero. You can't become the hero of our Barbarian Bear Tribe like this." The woman said with a somewhat reproachful tone.
She lightly dissuaded the others, then gently looked at Long Chen and said with a bit of apology, "Big brother, I'm really sorry. My brother was too impetuous and scared you. I'm called Xiong Wan 'er."
Long Chen blushed with shame. This young woman was definitely older than him, but she called him big brother …
"No worries."
There were many questions in Long Chen's heart. This tall beauty called Xiong Wan 'er might be someone he could talk to. So, he quickly said, "I'm called Long Chen."
"Who wants to know your name? You dare to have any ideas on my sister? Believe it or not, I'll beat you into a meat patty." Xiong Jun waved his huge fist and coldly looked at Long Chen.
"Shut up."
Xiong Wan 'er glared at him, then apologetically looked at Long Chen and said, "My brother has been very wild since he was young. I'm really sorry. But big brother Long Chen, you're too daring. You're only in the first level of the Heaven Martial Realm, yet you dare to walk around here. Looking at your clothes, you should be from Redwater City, right? It's dangerous to be alone. Why don't you come with us to Redwater City?"
Although Long Chen didn't know where Scarlet Water City was, if there was a city, he would definitely know a lot of things, including the way to the Sword Spirit Imperial District. Long Chen was just about to pretend to be someone from Scarlet Water City and have Xiong Wan 'er take him there when the young man called Xiong Jun's face darkened.
"Sister, you're too impetuous. How can you let a random guy join our team? Even if he doesn't harm us, he'll definitely become our burden if we encounter enemies. I, Xiong Jun, will be the first to refuse if you let him join us."
"Yeah, I won't either."
"Me too."
Xiong Wan 'er's face was a bit unsightly, but there was nothing she could do.
"It's fine. I'll go back to Redwater City myself. Goodbye, everyone."
Long Chen didn't want to embarrass Xiong Wan 'er. After saying that, he found a direction and decisively left.
"That guy is strange," murmured Xiong Wan 'er.
"Hmph, he's simply courting death. Sister, let's ignore him. It's more important to go to Redwater City. If that 'Netherworld Soldier' who came to Redwater City leaves, I won't have many chances in my lifetime," said Xiong Jun.
"Alright."
They reorganized themselves and continued in the direction of Redwater City. After they left, Long Chen came out from the darkness and said with a faint smile, "If I follow these people, I'll be able to reach Redwater City."
He had the Spirit-Devouring Monstrous Eyes, so he was able to follow them without being discovered.
Among them, the weakest was in the second level of the Heaven Martial Realm, so they maintained the speed of the second level of the Heaven Martial Realm. With Long Chen's speed, he could barely keep up with them.
"Just a few youngsters are in the Heaven Martial Realm. The True Martial Imperial Domain is really abnormal …"
The impact of these youths on Long Chen was indeed quite great.
Moreover, he knew that the competition in the Imperial Domain was even crueler than the competition in the Archaic Cemetery.
Following the youngsters, Long Chen headed for Redwater City. He had a feeling that they were leaving the forest.
About two to four hours later, Long Chen stopped and smiled helplessly, because he discovered that there was another group of people blocking the way of the Barbarian Bear Tribe.
Soon, the two sides started fighting.
Their strength was clearly stronger than the Barbarian Bear Tribe. If this continued, all the youngsters would die, and the Redwater City that Long Chen wanted to go to would be ruined.
Moreover, Xiong Wan'er was a pretty good person. Long Chen wasn't willing to watch her die in front of his eyes. As he thought of this, he moved his body and headed towards the place where the fight was taking place. This fight was undoubtedly very fierce. In just a short while, two youths had their internal organs shattered. They spat out blood and fell to the ground, staining the ground with their blood.
"Sister, leave quickly."
The youngster called Xiong Jun. The unwilling roar of the youngster was heard.
"I'll save you." It was the girl's voice.
"What a tender girl. If you serve us well today, we'll let your brother go. How about it?"
"Behave. The more obedient you are, the less people we'll kill."