Lu Li changed his looks, twice along the way. In the end, he became a strong middle-aged man wearing armor. Apart from his face, there was no flesh on his body.
He did not ride the chariot anymore. Instead, he flew on his own and used the Trace of Dao to sense the surroundings.
Once he sensed any noise, he would hide or take a detour.
Though the Heaven Frigid Palace was not a major force, Lu Li decided to be careful. Those who underestimated heroes would not end well. They might die miserably.
Lu Li flew for three and a half days. He ran into people often but he avoided them all in advance.
He found a small island with a big city on it. The city occupied a small half of the island. It could be said to be a very large city.
Lu Li did not go in rashly. Instead, he circled around the island. He saw many battleships and people going in and out. He flew down and arrived at the city.
"City of Ivory!"
He asked around and was relieved. This was the territory of Prefecture of Nature, one of the four forces in the Frigid Sea.
The city had nothing to do with the Heaven Frigid Palace. Master of the Heaven Frigid Palace would not dare to make a move even if he came here.
Entering the city cost one billion divine stones. Lu Li paid the divine stones and entered the city.
He was even more relieved after he walked around the city. He was in a better mood when he learned that the City of Ivory also had a city with battleships.
Flying alone was prone to accidents. Undoubtedly, it would be safer and more comfortable to ride on the battleships of major forces. He did not lack divine stones. Why would he take the risk?
The only thing that bothered him was that the first battleship had just departed two days ago and the following ones would depart in a month. Therefore, Lu Li had to stay in the city for a month.
Normally, this would not be a problem. However, the Heaven Frigid Palace might be hunting him down. Lu Li was worried.
Back when he was at the Silver Scorching Sea, he lived in the city as well. In the end, the Wu Family took action in the city as well.
That being said, the Heaven Frigid Palace was not as powerful as the Wu Family and there were no Soul Chasers here. Lu Li was relieved.
Lu Li found a tavern to cultivate. At the same time, he built some runes so that Blood Fairy could keep an eye on him.
Half a month passed. Everything had been peaceful. Nothing happened, which put Lu Li's mind at ease.
"Master, something is wrong in the city!"
Nineteen days later, Blood Fairy sent a message, which made Lu Li's heart skip a beat.
If something happened again, it would be a headache.
He hurriedly used his Divine Telekinesis to investigate and soon, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.
It wasn't that someone wanted to attack him, but that countless people in the city were flying towards the northwest. In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of people had flown out.
There were many people in this city, and there were many experts as well. The population was estimated to be over five million, and from the looks of it, hundreds of thousands of people would fly out.
Because there were still many people in the castle continuously rising into the sky, flying towards the northwest.
"Let's go out and have a look!"
Lu Li was curious. What was going on with so many people flying out?
Lu Li walked out of the castle and asked a waiter a few questions.
The waiter understood some of the situation and replied, "It's said that there is a heavenly phenomenon thousands of miles away in the northwest. It's said that there are auspicious clouds covering the sky and seawater hitting the sky. Countless sea beasts are gathering there. It's very likely that a great treasure has appeared!"
"Great treasure?"
Lu Li curled his lips in disbelief. How could there be abnormal phenomena in heaven and earth when a treasure appeared?
Would a supreme expert break through?
Or would there be a Lord Realm or a Great Emperor Realm warrior?
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh ~"
More and more warriors were flying out from the city. Lu Li decided to go and have a look. With so many people flying over, nobody would notice him unless they were going to fight for the treasure.
He was just going to have a look, not to fight for anything. Nobody would notice a warrior at the initial stage of the Fourth Tribulation, right?
Lu Li flew up and followed a group of people to the northwest.
This group of people formed a long line and flew towards the northwest in a mighty manner. Many people were discussing as they flew.
Lu Li listened attentively to the discussions. Most of what they said was basically just rumors. Nobody had been there yet. They were just listening to the information sent back by the scouts.
Many people spoke in a methodical manner. They said that some people saw a shocking phenomenon in the sea over there. Heaven and earth were illuminated by divine light, and waves of strange fragrance wafted out.
Lu Li was dubious about the rumors. He followed them. It didn't take him long to cover the distance of thousands of miles.
He could see from the distance that there were many people gathered there and he could not hear any exclamations.
"Um …"
Lu Li looked into the distance. There were auspicious clouds and rays of light. When the rays of light fell down, the seawater was tumbling up.
Even though he was far away, he could smell the strange fragrance coming from the sea.
Lu Li turned to the area where people were gathered. There was a huge whirlpool in the middle of the sea. It looked like the mouth of a huge beast that was going to devour everything.
Lu Li looked around. He noticed that many people had come, about two or three hundred thousand in total. Many powerful warriors were here. Fifth Tribulation Warriors could be seen everywhere. Lu Li even suspected that some of the old demons were at the lord level.
Everyone's eyes looked towards the huge whirlpool, because the strange fragrance came from the whirlpool, and the divine light above also shot into the whirlpool. If there was a strange treasure appearing, it would definitely fly out from the whirlpool.
"Why didn't anyone go down to check?"
Lu Li was confused. But he understood after he took a closer look.
The whirlpool was surrounded by cold currents. Those cold currents were moving along with the whirlpool. Many cold currents were sucked into the bottom of the sea.
"Well … there are powerful beasts down there!"
Lu Li's expressions changed. The seawater restricted psychic power. Lu Li's psychic power could only cover an area with a radius of several hundred miles. That being said, he could feel the suffocating energy coming from the bottom of the sea.
The water was still tumbling. Average sea beasts would not be able to make such big waves.
Lu Li was curious. There must be something strange going on with such a phenomenon and so many powerful beasts.
But he did not know what it was exactly.
Lu Li did not intend to take the treasures. He was just here to enjoy the show. There were so many people here, all kinds of people. A warrior at the initial stage of the fourth tribulation would not attract any attention. As long as he did not go for the treasures, who would pay attention to him?
"Splash, splash, splash ~"
The whirlpool was growing turbulent. Rays of divine light entered the whirlpool. The strange fragrance in the air was growing stronger.
Right at that moment, a surge of divine energy spread out from the bottom of the sea. The divine energy enveloped everyone, making their souls tremble.
"Oh no —"
Everyone felt uneasy. Lu Li sensed something was wrong at once. He said to himself that he could not stay here any longer. He mobilized divine energy and flew back.
However!
A surge of suction force came from the whirlpool, affecting everyone.
Lu Li and many others who were trying to run were all dragged into the whirlpool by the strong force.