Chapter 282: Anomaly in Yongzhou County

In Chaoxi Town, one of the thirty-two families, it was the territory of the Ge family.

Under the cover of night, this small town was anything but calm.

News of someone from the outside world arriving spread rapidly. In a world where no one from the outside world had arrived for over a century, this was undoubtedly a major event.

At first, many people doubted the news, but with the intervention of the Ge family, it confirmed the identity of the outsider.

"Capture him! Don't let him escape!"

"He possesses the Xuan-level Yaojing bloodline! He has Xuan-level Yaojing and bloodline!"

On the streets, an ordinary-looking young man was fleeing in panic, with a large number of martial artists chasing him several hundred meters behind.

Soon, the fugitive and his pursuers left the small town.

No one noticed that in a narrow alley, two people on a carriage silently watched everything.

"What are you planning to do, young master?" Chen Ying asked curiously, not understanding why Su Nan was doing this.

"I've told you, but you wouldn't understand. Just keep driving," Su Nan replied calmly.

Chen Ying pursed her lips, no longer asking, and continued to drive the carriage in the direction of the Grand Xu Nation's royal city.

Two hours later.

The carriage stopped, and Chen Ying looked at the old man blocking the road ahead with a grim expression, her expression serious.

"Chen Daohai, did you kill Old Huang?" the old man questioned.

"Old Huang?" Su Nan stepped out of the carriage and looked at the old man, saying, "If you're referring to the old man who wanted to protect the Ma family, then yes, I killed him."

"Is it really you who killed him?" The old man's face changed, and Su Nan's direct admission was completely unexpected.

Then, he felt a sinking feeling in his heart. Both he and Old Huang were at the early stage of Xuan level, but compared to Old Huang, who had only achieved mastery in bloodline, he had already reached bloodline perfection. However, even with this advantage, he found it extremely difficult to kill Old Huang.

Su Nan, on the other hand, had killed Old Huang, and the difference in strength between them was evident.

"Chen Daohai, you killed our Li family's elder. Today, you must give me an explanation." Realizing that he might not be Su Nan's match, the old man's attitude softened, but he wasn't overly fearful. After all, he had the backing of the Li family!

"Explanation? What kind of explanation do you want? How about I send you to meet that Old Huang?" Su Nan retorted.

"You..." The old man was furious. "Ignorant junior, do you really think you can do as you please just because you've broken through to the Xuan level? Today, I'll make you understand that there are always stronger individuals beyond you, and there are heavens beyond the heavens!"

The old man's figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Su Nan, throwing a punch to strike him down.

Su Nan didn't evade or dodge. With a calm expression, he extended his hand and directly grabbed the old man's fist.

At this moment, the old man's fist was immobilized and couldn't move a fraction of an inch, even if he wanted to retract it.

The old man understood instantly; Su Nan's strength far surpassed his own!

Before he could react further, a ball of flames suddenly rose from Su Nan's hand.

Without waiting for the old man's response, the flames spread, enveloping him and turning him into a human torch.

"Ah!" The old man screamed, struggling to extinguish the flames on his body.

However, not only was the flame's temperature extremely high, it also consumed his bloodline power. As his bloodline power was burned away, the flames burned even more fiercely.

In just a breath's time, all the bloodline power in his body was depleted.

Devoid of bloodline power, he couldn't withstand the scorching heat of the flames, and in the end, he turned into ashes under the blaze.

"Congratulations, you have completed the daily task 'Resisting the Li Family's Pursuit,' and received 30 points of Yao Power."

"Current available Yao Power: 146 points."

With the task completed, Su Nan acted as if nothing had happened and returned to the carriage.

Chen Ying watched all of this in astonishment, her eyes showing a mix of shock and anticipation. She had known that her young master had the ability to kill martial artists of the same level, but she never expected that he could so easily kill a Xuan-level powerhouse.

In Chen Ying's eyes, Su Nan had become a late-stage Xuan-level or even a peak Xuan-level powerhouse at this moment.

"You didn't have to tell them," she couldn't help but complain softly, "If you didn't want to say, you could have kept it to yourself!"

She had no idea that Su Nan was indeed at the early stage of Xuan level.

The two continued on their journey.

The second family elder's death was quickly noticed by the Li family.

"Old Huang has disappeared, and now Old Yu has also lost contact! This is definitely not a coincidence. It seems they have both encountered misfortune!"

Even though they didn't want to admit it, they understood the implications when the old man lost contact.

"This shouldn't be. Even if that Chen Daohai had a stroke of luck and broke through to the Xuan level, he's only at the early stage of Xuan level. How did he manage to defeat Old Huang and Old Yu one after another?"

"Could he have obtained some extremely powerful treasure?"

"That's the only possibility. Otherwise, there's no way to explain it!"

In the room, several elders fell into silence, their eyes showing excitement and hope.

A treasure that could easily kill two martial artists far superior to oneself at the same level. If they obtained it, their strength would increase significantly.

"If he is indeed an outsider, how did he cross the Death Sands? Has the power of the Death Sands disappeared?"

"It hasn't. Our people have gone to the Death Sands, and the power that turns people into sand still exists."

The elder in his sixties who had spoken earlier said, "Should I go and capture him?"

"Wait for now. Let's see how the Grand Xu King Clan and the Five Great Clans react. If he is truly an outsider, the Five Great Clans and the Grand Xu King Clan will surely take action."

...

Grand Xu King City.

As the location of the Grand Xu Nation's royal palace, this city was far superior to the small towns.

With the moon setting and the sun rising, the eastern horizon turned red.

After traveling all night, Su Nan finally arrived here.

In reality, it is now evening at six o'clock, and there are only a little over two hours left until the start of the third day of the Twelve Constellations.

"Time really passes quickly," Su Nan sighed. Ever since he started practicing the Great Sun Golden Body Sutra, half of his day was spent on repairing his physical body. This made him miss the days when he could refresh his state.

If the game still allowed him to refresh his state, he could end the practice of the Great Sun Golden Body Sutra just before the game refreshes, using the game to restore his body. He wouldn't have to waste so much time and energy as he does now.

Just as he had foreseen, as soon as he arrived in Daxu Royal City, the soldiers of the Daxu Kingdom spotted him, and a group of guards quickly intercepted him.

"Chen Family Master, the ancient divine key you obtained is an item our Daxu Kingdom lost in the past. Please return it," a man in armor, wielding a long blade, led a dozen guards and stopped Chen Ying's carriage.

This scene immediately attracted the attention of many martial artists around.

"Chen Family Master? Is it Chen Dao Hai, the head of the Chen family?"

"It's him! And the one driving the carriage is Chen Family Master's daughter, Chen Ying. Why have they come to the royal city?"

"I heard that Chen Family Master killed an elder from the Li family, and now the Li family is searching for him everywhere!"

People were curious and didn't understand what Su Nan was trying to do by coming to Daxu Royal City.

"Sir, what should we do?" Chen Ying asked with a serious expression, speaking softly.

The current leader of the guards was only at the Spirit Level, and he naturally couldn't stop Su Nan. However, the problem was that behind them was the most powerful force in this world, the Daxu Kingdom. If they were to confront them, Chen Ying was very worried that it would lead to retaliation from the Daxu Kingdom.

Su Nan stepped out of the carriage, looked at the guards blocking their way, and said, "Did the Daxu Kingdom's lord send you here? Go back and tell him that if he wants what I have, he should come and take it himself."

Upon hearing this, the leader of the guards' expression darkened. "Chen Family Master, it is indeed an order from our lord. We hope that you can cooperate."

"What if I don't cooperate?"

"In that case, we'll have to offend you!" The leader of the guards gave the order, and immediately, a dozen guards behind him surrounded Su Nan's carriage, ready to take action against him.

Facing Su Nan, who was far superior in realm, the guards didn't show any fear. Perhaps in their eyes, Su Nan wouldn't dare to take action. For thousands of years, anyone who dared to resist orders from the Daxu Kingdom had died! They died terribly!

Su Nan shook his head and didn't waste any more words. He attacked directly.

After a few breaths, all the guards were killed.

They still didn't understand why Su Nan dared to take action against them.

"Wow! Chen Dao Hai is crazy! He even dares to kill people from the Daxu Kingdom!"

"He's done for! The Daxu Kingdom's lord will definitely not let him go!"

Killing guards sent by the Daxu Kingdom, how was this any different from openly defying the Daxu Kingdom's lord?

Seeing Su Nan show such disrespect to the Daxu Kingdom's lord, many people were gloating, as if they had already seen Su Nan being killed by the Daxu Kingdom's lord.

"Sir, what should we do?" Chen Ying looked worried.

"Don't worry, I have a plan," Su Nan said calmly.

Seeing him like this, Chen Ying opened her mouth to say something but ultimately didn't. At this point, all she could do was hope that her young master truly had the strength of a Peak Xuan Level.

After entering the royal city, Su Nan found an inn to stay in.

He didn't immediately go to the Five Great Families. Without resolving the issue with the Daxu Kingdom's lord, going to the Five Great Families would not yield any results.

According to the foreseen information, the Daxu Kingdom's lord wouldn't immediately come looking for trouble. After giving some instructions to Chen Ying, Su Nan chose to temporarily log out of the game.

In reality,

The sun had set, and Su Nan felt a bit dazed.

He had entered the game at this time yesterday, and now, at the same time today, he was logging out. Unknowingly, he had spent a whole day and night in the game.

He picked up his phone, and several missed calls were prominently displayed.

Without exception, they were all calls from Wang Zhong.

After some thought, Su Nan decided to call him back.

The call was connected, and immediately, Wang Zhong's inquiry came through, "Nan Ge, did you just log out of the game?"

"Yeah, I got too engrossed in the game and just logged out."

"Let me tell you some good news. I'm now also a Constellation Guardian!" Wang Zhong said triumphantly.

Su Nan replied with a hint of annoyance, "I knew it. You called me just to show off, didn't you?"

Caught in his intention, Wang Zhong didn't feel embarrassed and chuckled, "Hehe, my luck was good yesterday. I killed a Constellation Guardian, and now I have over three thousand points. I'm already in the top thousand rankings. But it's a pity that I didn't get a Constellation Artifact."

"You're really something."

Hearing this, Wang Zhong didn't know whether to take it as a humble response or a way of showing off. He sighed and said, "There are too many powerful individuals this time, and even Miss Bai Mengmeng barely squeezed into the top one hundred."

The rankings this time included all players from the twelve regions. Those who could enter the top hundred in such a situation were all ranked in the top ten in their respective regions.

"Nan Ge, if you hadn't met me, I'm sure I could have helped you soar as well."

"I wonder which battlefield we'll be assigned to today..."

Wang Zhong continued to chatter on, and Su Nan silently listened, occasionally adding a few words.

It wasn't until five or six minutes later that the two hung up the call.

Afterward, Su Nan opened the forum and started reading.

On the forum, the most discussed topic was undoubtedly the Twelve Constellations.

Next was the real-world monsters, a matter that concerned the survival of the entire human race in reality. Everyone was not taking it lightly.

Su Nan roughly browsed through the discussions but didn't find anything that interested him.

Just as he was about to log out of the game, a post suddenly caught his attention.

"Anomaly in Yongzhou Prefecture!"

With just a few words in the title, it attracted the attention of many players.

He clicked on the post and saw a game screenshot.

The perspective of the screenshot seemed to be from the top of a mountain, and you could clearly see a huge phantom appearing in the distant sky on the horizon.

The phantom was very faint, like wisps of smoke, and was not

 very clear.

You could vaguely see that the phantom had a human-shaped silhouette, and behind it were six pairs of enormous wings.

(End of this chapter)