Chapter 1708: Entering the Sunset Ancient City
Buzz! Buzz!
The Sunset Gate trembled lightly.
A mournful and ancient sound echoed through heaven and earth, carrying the grandeur of a battle horn that had endured countless ages.
The Sunset Ancient City was finally about to open.
The Hall Master of the Blazing Sun Hall, the Hall Master of the Void Heaven Hall, and Saint Lady Bi Luo all tensed at the same time.
"Remember this. If you encounter a danger inside that you absolutely cannot overcome, do not fight it head-on. Find a safe place and hide for the month. Once the Sunset Ancient City closes, you will be safely transported back out."
The Hall Master of the Blazing Sun Hall swept his gaze across the disciples before finally stopping on Shi Haoxuan.
"Haoxuan, especially you."
Shi Haoxuan gave a perfunctory nod and followed the main group toward the Sunset Gate.
As the Sunset Gate rose to the height of the Tenth Sunset Gate, dazzling light burst forth.
A nine-colored radiance spread outward like a magnificent carpet.
Then, led by Shi Haoxuan and Ling Feng, the hundred strongest geniuses of the Sunset Heaven Selection stepped onto the rainbow-colored pathway and entered the Sunset Gate one after another.
With the entry of the hundred most outstanding geniuses of the Dongling Region, the grandest and most spectacular Sunset Heaven Selection in the past thousand years finally came to a perfect conclusion.
This generation's Sunset Heaven Selection had brought countless shocks and had given rise to legends that would be nearly impossible to surpass throughout generations of the Dongling Region.
Geniuses had emerged in endless numbers.
Powerhouses had gathered from every direction.
Most of all, the final battle between Ling Feng and Shi Haoxuan had shaken the heavens and the earth, establishing a peak never before seen.
For future generations to surpass them would be easier said than done.
The two of them would remain blazing suns whose brilliance countless eras could never erase.
Beyond that, Tuoba Yan's Profound Yin Physique and Yu Linglong's Earth Spirit Guardian had likewise left an unforgettable impression on everyone who witnessed them.
As they gazed at the Sunset Gate rising slowly into the sky amid streams of azure light, breaking through Longxiao Sacred Mountain and ascending into the boundless starry heavens, none of them could calm their emotions for a long time.
If these hundred supreme prodigies of the Dongling Region managed to return alive from the Sunset Ancient City, just how much would their strength increase?
One month.
The answer would reveal itself in only one month.
The various small sects and lesser factions departed like a receding tide.
The events that followed no longer concerned them.
Having been away from their sects for too long, they needed to return and oversee their own territories. Remaining here indefinitely was simply impossible.
In the end, only some of the upper echelons of the three great sacred lands remained, along with the ten Divine Generals responsible for guarding Longxiao Sacred Mountain.
...
The moment he stepped through the Sunset Gate, Ling Feng found himself swallowed by darkness.
The experience was similar to the secret realm portals he had entered before, except this journey felt unusually long.
According to the transportation rules of the Sunset Gate, everyone who entered the Sunset Ancient City would arrive in a different location.
Each person would be randomly sent to any of the opened levels.
This time, the Sunset Gate of the Dongling Region had opened all the way to the Tenth Sunset Gate, meaning ten levels of the Sunset Ancient City had become accessible.
If one's luck was good enough, it was entirely possible to be transported directly to the tenth level.
Time passed.
Ling Feng had no idea how long he remained within the passage.
At last, light returned to his vision.
A powerful force hurled him out of the transportation tunnel.
With a swift turn in midair, Ling Feng landed steadily on the ground.
The familiar sensation of standing firmly on solid earth again filled him with relief.
"So this is the space inside the Sunset Ancient City?"
Ling Feng surveyed his surroundings and could not help frowning.
Wasn't this supposed to be an ancient city?
Instead of ancient streets and buildings, all he could see was endless yellow sand stretching as far as the eye could reach.
It was a boundless desert.
Ling Feng rubbed the bridge of his nose and muttered to himself,
"There are no desert regions within the first five levels according to the maps. It looks like I've been sent somewhere above the fifth level. Given my fortune power, the highest probability should be the tenth level."
After a moment's thought, he casually picked a direction and began moving forward.
Perhaps he would encounter other cultivators from the Dongling Region along the way.
Or perhaps he would run into the geniuses from other regions that the Hall Masters had warned them about.
Of course, the most important objective remained searching for the ancient inheritances hidden within the Sunset Ancient City.
After all, they only had a single month inside this place.
A month sounded long, but in truth, it would pass in the blink of an eye.
...
Half an hour later.
Somewhere within the desert.
After killing a sand rat, Ling Feng landed atop a rocky outcrop and swept his gaze across the surrounding landscape.