Tao Long and the others disembarked from the plane one by one. After leaving the airport, they boarded five business cars that had already been waiting in advance and drove off in a certain direction.

The Celestial Kingdom is, after all, the most developed nation on White Mountain Star. Every major city has an airport, and the destination of Tao Long and his group this time was Wanming City, just over two hours’ drive from the airport.

The group continued to rest with their eyes closed.

The business cars gradually came to a relatively deserted highway.

At a certain moment.

Tao Long suddenly opened his eyes.

The other members also opened their eyes one after another.

“Shi Guangzhong, Pang Mi, let’s go!”

Tao Long pressed his earpiece and whispered.

After speaking, he directly opened the car door and stepped out of the speeding car in one step.

At the same time, a large amount of black substance surged over his body, forming a pair of black wings that lifted his body up, riding the strong wind, and flew straight into the sky.

In another car, a young man also flew out. Under the influence of telekinesis, he flew in a certain direction.

In the middle car, a young man with long hair skillfully flipped onto the car roof, watching alertly and observing the surroundings.

At this moment.

Perhaps realizing that they had been exposed, the people hiding in ambush decisively made a move. Several small rockets flew out from behind a hillside, and on the other side, machine guns began to fire wildly.

Unfortunately.

In the face of the elite combat team of the Dawn Association with everyone having unlocked their genetic locks, these attacks had already been forewarned.

Tao Long faced the dozen or so rockets head-on and flew towards them, proactively making the black wings incredibly large.

Although the team members were not afraid of death, if the cars were destroyed, it would take them a long time to reach their destination.

The opponents had likely arranged these people to intercept them to buy time for themselves to respond.

“Boom!!”

The rockets slammed into the black wings, exploding one after another with a roar. The powerful shock wave caused Tao Long’s figure to wobble, almost losing control and falling from the sky.

On the other side, the telekinesis superpower user Shi Guangzhong also used telekinesis to block most of the attacks and almost got knocked down.

As for the few rockets and bullets that were missed, they posed no threat at all to the light blade superpower user Pang Mi on the car roof.

Sitting cross-legged on the car roof, his hands spread out to the sides, with ten fingers outward.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!”

Numerous small light blades shot out from his fingertips, faster than a machine gun’s bullets.

In an instant, several rockets were shot down.

Even the few bullets that got through couldn’t affect the car body.

After withstanding a wave of attacks, Tao Long and Shi Guangzhong flew near the ambushers and quickly killed all ten or so of them.

Three minutes later.

The two caught up with the five business cars that hadn’t slowed down, and the group continued on their journey as if the ambush had never happened.

As for the issue of identity exposure, they didn’t care at all; otherwise, they would have donned the Thousand-Change Masks when they set out.

The Nirvana Association of the past required every field agent to have a Thousand-Change Mask to ensure their identity wasn’t exposed.

But now.

Members of the Dawn Association on missions rarely wore masks except for a few secret missions.

They intended to hit their opponents openly and show the strength of the Dawn Association.

As for whether the opponents would flee, they were not at all worried. After all, the Judgement Council had been around for so long; if they fled hastily just because the Dawn Association set out, it would be a major blow to the credibility of the Judgement Council and the entire Divine Realm.

So.

They set out openly.

To righteously crush the seven divine envoys.

To show the heads of the twelve families, the eight major conglomerates, and other forces who truly is the mightiest organization in this world!

After this wave of attacks.

They encountered no further obstacles.

They arrived unimpeded at a luxurious villa estate on the outskirts of an inconspicuous small city, right at the city’s edge.

The Judgement Council organized by the seven divine envoys…

It’s right here!

…

Meanwhile.

In Haoyue City, far away, the finals of the White Mountain Star Advanced Martial Arts Tournament were being held grandly.

In the past, the full name of the tournament was the White Mountain Star Martial Arts Tournament, held every four years, with over forty editions, meaning it had been ongoing for nearly two hundred years.

Ever since the concept of the genetic lock emerged three years ago, martial arts worldwide were overturned, with various cultivation techniques emerging one after another, and martial artists’ average strength growing ever more powerful.

Thus, the High Martial Alliance formally proposed a new event, renaming the tournament to the White Mountain Star Advanced Martial Arts Tournament.

Only the word ‘Advanced’ was added.

But the tournament was almost brand new.

Whether it was the competition system, participant strength, or event popularity and prizes.

All were vastly different from before.

This was the first White Mountain Star Advanced Martial Arts Tournament after the global martial arts craze.

More than half of the world was watching.

Most importantly, Su Xin, who hadn’t appeared for quite some time, officially showed up at the finals.

Of course, he was sitting in the guest seat.

Next to him was a special judge invited by the tournament organizers.

Su Xin appeared quite animated, occasionally commenting on the battles in the ring, with many cameras focusing more on him than the fight scenes themselves.

On the internet and TV, many media outlets had already reported Su Xin’s appearance at the high martial arts tournament finals, attracting widespread attention.

The twelve ancient families scattered worldwide, though not as powerful as before, couldn’t possibly be unaware of such sensational news.

They used their intelligence channels to report the news to the divine envoys at the first opportunity.

…

The Celestial Kingdom, Wanming City.

The seven divine envoys learned that Su Xin was participating in the high martial arts tournament finals far away, and upon hearing of the Dawn Association’s eighteen-member team’s arrival, they sought orders from the higher gods —

Confront them head-on.

If Su Xin exhibited any unusual behavior, they would immediately transport them back to the Divine Realm.

So what was there to fear?

The seven divine envoys prepared to fight readily.

After compiling intelligence for so long, they knew that while Su Xin’s instant teleportation ability was strong, it should only work for places he was familiar with, taking a few minutes to reach unfamiliar locations.

In that time, they could very well return to the Divine Realm using the guiding divine light.

Of course, there was definitely risk involved.

But they also knew facing a direct assault from the Dawn Association and fleeing without a fight would disgrace the Divine Realm. Afterwards, neither the twelve families nor any other forces would trust or follow them.

If so, the Mortal World would be beyond the reach of the Divine Realm for good.

Therefore, they must face the battle.

…

Outside the luxurious villa estate.

After Tao Long and the others got out of the car, the five business cars roared away in succession.

Seven figures also emerged from inside.

The leader was Chief Divine Envoy Jiang Shandong.

“Is it just you, the divine envoys?”

Tao Long scrutinized the group with disdain, seemingly not taking the seven of them seriously at all, rudely sneering:

“You call yourselves divine envoys? Those seven above you dare call themselves gods? How arrogant and ignorant, without any self-awareness.”

“Just don’t cry and run back when we beat you later… haha!”

“Hmph! Ignorant!”

Jiang Shandong snorted angrily.

He knew this wasn’t the time for nonsense, so instead of saying much else, he called to his companions and struck.

“Die for me!”

He raised his right hand.

Densely packed white threads surged from his palm like countless finger-thick tentacles, extending forward and flying chaotically toward the opponent.

The other six people also moved at the same time.

Each possessing their own unique abilities, the scene was extraordinarily dazzling, like a grand fireworks display.

But within this dazzling fireworks display, there lay danger beyond ordinary people’s resistance.

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