Chapter 284: People Arriving from All Sides!

Time quickly passed by more than half an hour. Just as the people from the Xian’ai Sect were getting a little anxious, over a dozen streaks of Divine Light Rainbows swept over from the distant sky.

Before long, the Thousand Words Pavilion arrived, leading disciples from two other allied sects, and landed together at the edge of the ruins.

“It really is a ruin! The Thousand Words Pavilion truly wasn’t lying!”

“Strange, where are the people from the Xian’ai Sect? Thousand Words Pavilion, didn’t you say they were here?”

The chief disciple of the Thousand Words Pavilion also found it strange, but at the moment, his eyes were full of the ruins, and he replied casually,

“Perhaps they couldn’t open the ruins and went to seek reinforcements.”

Everyone thought that made sense. The restrictions on ruins certainly couldn’t be opened so easily; they probably had to find help.

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s start right away. Once it’s opened, the three sects will split it equally!”

“Alright! Let’s move quickly.”

But at that moment, several dozen more Divine Light Rainbows swept in from afar again!

The people from the Thousand Words Pavilion turned pale the moment they saw them.

“Damn it, the people from the Red Star Divine Palace are here too, and it looks like they’ve brought quite a few helpers!”

“What a pity…”

The people from the Red Star Divine Palace descended swiftly on one side of the ruins with the helpers they had brought.

“Hmph, Thousand Words Pavilion… you move quickly indeed. Don’t tell me you were planning to keep this treasure all to yourselves!”

“Cut the nonsense. Treasures belong to those capable of claiming them!”

“What’s the point of talking to them? Let’s just make a move!”

The two sides immediately began cursing at each other. There was only this one treasure, and naturally, the things inside were limited. The fewer shares to split, the better.

Now, with both sides combined, there were over thirty people present. Naturally, neither side wanted the other to take a share.

“Oh? Looks like we’re late. Didn’t expect someone to get here even earlier than us.”

At that moment, five more people landed at the scene. The crowd’s pupils shrank instantly upon seeing them.

“People from the Yellow Sea Sword Tomb!”

“You want to meddle in this too?”

The disciples from the Yellow Sea Sword Tomb laughed heartily at the sight.

“Didn’t you just say that treasures belong to those capable of claiming them? From my point of view, you’re all incapable.”

The disciples of the Red Star Divine Palace immediately snorted coldly.

“Yellow Sea Sword Tomb, your strength is indeed formidable, but don’t forget that our numbers here are several times greater than yours. Do you really think we’re afraid of you?”

“That may not be the case. If it comes to it, we’ll just rely on our own means.”

With that, the situation instantly became complicated. It had turned into a three-way standoff, with no one daring to act rashly.

And this was exactly the result Gu Fan wanted. The longer the delay, the more people would be drawn by the treasure aura soaring into the sky.

By then, he could deal with more of them all at once, saving himself the trouble.

“Is this Yellow Sea Sword Tomb really that strong? They arrive and can already intimidate both sides from acting rashly?”

Gu Fan observed the situation as he asked.

He Qing nodded at his words.

“A very strong sect. Their sword cultivators excel at killing, and their strikes always draw blood.”

“The sect itself is one of the top second-tier powers of the Eastern Region. In overall strength, they might even be slightly stronger than our Xian’ai Sect.”

Gu Fan smacked his lips after hearing this, feeling a bit emotional.

“Our sect is really neither here nor there.”

Everyone gave an awkward laugh and said nothing.

At that moment, the senior brother asked,

“Are we still not making a move?”

“No rush!”

Gu Fan shook his head. This was still too few people. His goal was to wait until there were at least around fifty before launching a harvest in one go. Otherwise, not only would it waste time, but the gains wouldn’t be worth it.

And so, the three factions stood in opposition near the ruins in the distance, each wary of being ambushed, so no one dared to act first.

Meanwhile, Gu Fan’s group quietly crouched nearby, in no hurry at all.

Finally, after a while, another wave of people arrived.

A total of eight people—it seemed they were from a fairly powerful sect as well.

Once they arrived at the scene, the situation instantly evolved into a fourth faction.

“These are disciples of the World Tower.”

“World Tower?”

Seeing Gu Fan’s puzzled look, He Qing, the walking encyclopedia of the Sacred Domain, explained once more,

“The World Tower is a force with influence in both the Eastern Region and the Western Region. They deal in information. It’s said that as long as you can pay the price, there’s nothing they don’t know.”

“That exaggerated?”

“It’s not quite that mystical, but within the Sacred Domain, if you want to gather information, they’re the ones to find.”

Gu Fan nodded, committing the name to memory.

Could it be that Mao Chang was a disciple of this faction?

While they were talking, some commotion seemed to break out among the four factions gathered at the ruins.

A disciple from the Yellow Sea Sword Tomb suddenly unleashed a terrifying yellow sword qi, slashing it fiercely against the restriction.

The restriction trembled, but showed no sign of breaking.

“What are you doing! Yellow Sea Sword Tomb, do you mean to become our enemy?”

The people from the Thousand Words Pavilion and the Red Star Divine Palace immediately shouted, clearly angered by Yellow Sea Sword Tomb’s actions.

“Doing nothing—what, are we supposed to just stand here like fools with you?”

“Hahaha, that’s right. I say we break the restriction directly, and afterward, everyone grabs whatever treasure they can by their own means!”

The disciples from the World Tower also laughed in agreement.

“Hmph! In that case, why not fight it out first? The losers can get out of here and stop being an eyesore!”

“Exactly what I was thinking!”

In the next instant, the four factions clashed. The battle broke out so suddenly that even Gu Fan didn’t react before over forty people were already engaged in combat.

The scene became instantly chaotic, sword qi and spells flying in all directions.

From time to time, screams rang out as people withdrew from the fight—or didn’t even have the chance before dying on the spot.

“Are we still not making a move?”

Gu Fan frowned, then finally raised his hand and shook his head.

“Don’t rush. I feel there are still other forces lurking nearby. Let’s wait a little longer!”

And so, the people of the Xian’ai Sect quietly watched the battle rage on.

Sure enough, after a short while, a group of figures appeared, descending from the sky.

There were about ten of them, all clad in black robes that completely covered their bodies.

The moment they entered, the battle stopped. Everyone who saw them wore cautious expressions.

Even the normally arrogant disciples of the Yellow Sea Sword Tomb became fully guarded.

“The Black Demon Clan—damn it, those lunatics got drawn here too!”

The appearance of the Black Demon Clan put everyone on high alert, because their combat style was notoriously brutal.

They cultivated a kind of demonic body with an extremely powerful regenerative ability.

In battle, they frequently lost arms or legs, but they didn’t care in the slightest—because that was part of their way of fighting.

They could use severed limbs as terrifying weapons; once a limb was cut off, the detached part would instantly explode with devastating force.

Sometimes, in the middle of a fight, a Black Demon Clan member would even cut off a piece of their own flesh to use it as an attack.

A living human bomb!

Not only were their attacks powerful, but they also healed frighteningly fast…

At this moment, the leader of the Black Demon Clan, hidden beneath his black robe, laughed loudly,

“What luck! We actually stumbled upon an ancient ruin! Looks like the Xuan Yu Immortal Sect really went all out for this trial.”

“Hehe, I doubt they even knew there was a ruin here.”

“Haha, just look at that Dao aura spreading out—there must be plenty of good things inside!”

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