Chapter 313: Mo Hao, An Astonishingly High Heavenly Fate Value
"Very well, bring in the next group!" the man in black armor declared, gesturing for the second batch to advance.
In a systematic fashion, two thousand individuals were divided into ten groups, entering the passage in a sequential order.
After each group's entry, a review for casualties would be conducted to assess if a trap lay in wait on the other side.
Mo Hao was allocated to the second-to-last group.
Though labeled as a 'waste' because of his reliance on medicinal pills to reach his current strength, Mo Hao had still ascended to the Transcendence realm, giving him a certain degree of usefulness.
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Near the Moon Plucking Heavenly Sect on the Immortal Martial Continent, Jiang Chen hid himself in the sky, keeping watch over the spatial channel and the groups of cultivators that had just emerged.
'Villain's Eye!' With a mere thought, his gaze systematically scanned each individual, and panels of information appeared one by one.
Among these cultivators, astonishingly, many were classified as supporting characters.
'Supporting characters have shown up!' Jiang Chen reflected. 'It seems I've been ensnared in a protagonist's plot once more!'
'I wonder how unpredictable this protagonist will turn out to be.' With a gleam in his eye, he continued to scrutinize the people below. They were arriving in increasing numbers, and surely, the protagonist would expose himself sooner or later!
Simultaneously, Zhu Zhihai, a cultivator of the Dao Palace realm under Jiang Chen's command, advanced, his face a mix of shock and caution. He challenged, "Who goes there!? How dare you intrude upon the Immortal Martial Continent? Are you a spy of the demon race!?"
'That acting, not bad at all,' Jiang Chen acknowledged with a slight nod, his eyes still fixed on the scene below.
"Is this the Immortal Martial Continent?" A questioning voice emerged from the crowd.
"These dozens of people, are they natives of the Immortal Martial Continent?"
"I never thought the Immortal Martial Continent would remain free from complete domination by the demon race. That's fortunate indeed!"Follow current novels at novelhall.com)
One by one, the cultivators from the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star gazed at Zhu Zhihai with elation, their hearts finally finding some ease.
Their most dire fear had been the possibility of stumbling into a demon race ambush upon arrivala predicament where even pleas for assistance would fall on deaf ears.
Simultaneously, wave after wave of cultivators from the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star continued to appear.
Mo Hao's group had at last reached the Immortal Martial Continent!
'Is this the Immortal Martial Continent?' Mo Hao surveyed his surroundings. 'A faint demonic aura lingers here. It appears the demon race has indeed invaded!'
'But there are native cultivators present, so the demon race hasn't seized control of the Immortal Martial Continent as thoroughly as we anticipated.'
'This is welcome news! With natives, demon race members, and those who scorn me all around, there are plenty of people to impress and ample opportunities to prove myself. I can aspire to grow stronger more quickly!' He felt a surge of satisfaction.
"Transcendence realm cultivators!" One of them murmured in disbelief.
"And there are five of them!"
"More than fifty are in the Dao Palace realm!"
"Who are they to wield such might?"
"They shouldn't be foes... After all, they're human, just like us."
"But we can't be certain, for appearances can be deceiving!"
"What does Lord Jiang Chen think?"
It would be dishonest to say that Zhu Zhihai and his companions weren't filled with apprehension.
If not for the reassuring knowledge that Jiang Chen was present to support them, they might have been teetering on the brink of panic.
At this moment, Jiang Chen's voice echoed within the minds of Zhu Zhihai and the others, a sound transmission enabled by the secret arts he'd learned. "Everyone, be at ease."
"These cultivators are from the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star."
"Although they hail from a different place, in the face of the demon race, they are our allies."
"Of course, should they dare to overstep, I will ensure they experience the sting of death."
Currently, his regular combat prowess had approached the level of the Middle-stage Transcendence realm.
Together with the unique sound transmission secret arts of Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning, the message he relayed to Zhu Zhihai and his companions would elude detection by the Transcendence realm cultivators present.
Of course, Jiang Chen continued to watch Mo Hao's reactions throughout this. Observing that Mo Hao displayed no signs of recognition, he tentatively concluded that Mo Hao hadn't intercepted his sound transmission.
By now, the two thousand cultivators who had arrived from the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star had begun to acclimate themselves to their new surroundings. Their attention refocused on Zhu Zhihai and his group, who seemed less intimidating by comparison.
"You, who exactly are you all? Why have you come to our Immortal Martial Continent?" Guided by Jiang Chen's instructions, Zhu Zhihai inhaled deeply and called out with authority. "And this 'native' term you keep using, can't you speak like regular people?"
"My apologies!" A cultivator from the visiting group stepped forward, his tone somewhat frivolous. "We hail from the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star. Your Immortal Martial Continent is considered a warland within the domain of the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star."
"The demon race has invaded the Immortal Martial Continent, and so we've come to assist," another cultivator from the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star added.
"What is the present situation between the Immortal Martial Continent and the invading demon race army? How much territory have the demons claimed?"
"Um, how many Transcendence realm powerhouses does the demon race have here? What's the situation on your side?"
The remaining cultivators from the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star continued to interrogate in a haphazard fashion, each tossing out their own queries, revealing a conspicuous lack of discipline and coordination.