Chapter 597: Turmoil Outside the Demon Gate

“What’s going on?”
“There are so many people… Huh, it’s the Snow Eagle Group!”
The crowd behind them suddenly became restless. When Kai Xin turned around, he immediately noticed that players who were fighting monsters to level up were being drawn to a well-equipped team.
The group, numbering around a hundred, marched in from outside with great momentum, moving swiftly toward the entrance of the Heavenly Demon Gate. It seemed they were preparing to carry out some major team mission inside!
“…”
Kai Xin frowned immediately.
The Heavenly Demon Gate only had an open front hall. With less than a hundred disciples at the Liberation Realm and a group of followers, such a large force wasn’t necessary.
“It seems the news about the Heavenly Demon Secret Caves has been leaked,” Kai Xin sneered. Though he didn’t know who it was, it was clearly aimed at the Mu Family due to their attempt to purchase the Heavenly Demon Token.
With this in mind, Kai Xin blended in among the players undetected and followed the group toward the entrance of the Heavenly Demon Gate!
The people guarding the entrance wore the same gang insignia as the Snow Eagle Group. Upon hearing the news, they rushed forward. A man holding the Guardian Divine Sword stepped forward and spoke, “Snow Wolf! What’s going on? You’ve brought out the best members of Group One and Group Two. Such a big effort—could there be some operation inside?”
“Let’s go in and discuss it.”
The leader of this group was a white-haired man with dyed white hair and eyebrows, looking extremely cold and standing out sharply among the group. His voice was low. With a wave of his hand, the entire group passed through the Heavenly Demon Gate one after another!
Such a mysterious move naturally attracted even more attention from the numerous players following behind. Many with strong equipment were very interested in the Snow Eagle Group’s mission and followed closely, in groups of three or five.
“Stop!”
The man with the Guardian Divine Sword noticed this immediately. His brows tightened, and the rest of the group blocked the entrance…
Since the Heavenly Demon Gate was located in the mountains, once the entrance was blocked, even the best light-speed skills were useless.
“I’m sorry, everyone. It’s a gang mission, so we’ll have to disturb you for a while. It will reopen in an hour.” His words were polite. If it were a more domineering group, they would ignore others and simply order them to leave.
But since these people were interested in the Snow Eagle Group’s mission, how could they be dismissed with just a few words?

“How come has the Tianmo Sect become your Snow Eagle Group’s private territory? Can you close it whenever you want and open it whenever you want? I haven’t heard that it’s under your Snow Eagle Group’s control.”
“That’s right!”
“The orders of your sect leader only apply to you. If I want to go in, do you still plan to stop me?”
“…”
Although the Snow Eagle Group was quite strong, there were also many experts who frequented the Tianmo Sect. Each of them had backing from certain gangs or factions, giving them confidence.
“Don’t let them delay this mission.”
Xue Lang, who led the main force, had been standing by observing. Seeing a group of experts blocking the entrance, his eyes narrowed slightly. “You block here, and I’ll guard inside. Just make sure they can’t get in.”
This time, he didn’t deliberately lower his voice!
The faces of the experts at the entrance changed.
The Snow Eagle Group was fairly strong, but if they really sent someone to guard the entrance, unless they had a cultivation level as high as Kai Xin’s, few would be able to pass unharmed.
Just then…
A cold voice rang out arrogantly from outside: “Heh! What boldness! Today, I’m going to see if your Snow Eagle Group can stop me and the people from the Six Veins Divine Sword and Lingxiao Palace!”
As soon as those words were spoken, the faces of the Snow Eagle Group members turned pale.
Looking back, another group marched through the crowd toward the entrance of the Tianmo Sect. At the head was Hao Tian, the heir of the Six Veins Divine Sword, who had become famous at the martial arts conference!
After the conference, Hao Tian joined one of the four top gangs, Lingxiao Palace, becoming the top expert after Qin Qing. This relieved Lingxiao Palace’s embarrassment of lacking a top expert and stabilized its position as a top gang.
Compared to Lingxiao Palace, the Snow Eagle Group seemed far too weak. Moreover, with Hao Tian leading the team and a group of Lingxiao Palace experts behind him, the Snow Eagle Group members lost all confidence.
Blocking the entrance might work against scattered experts or gangs of similar strength, but it was clearly not suitable against Lingxiao Palace. They might even reach your headquarters!
Hao Tian enjoyed this feeling. Seeing the Snow Eagle Group members too angry to speak, he walked slowly toward Xue Lang and said slowly, “Tell your people inside to come out. Lingxiao Palace has the place reserved. We’ll enter in ten minutes. If there are anyone inside, kill them without hesitation!”
“You…”

“How can we just leave? We arrived first. What Lingxiao Palace is doing is unfair!” Xue Lang suppressed the urge to draw his sword and said through gritted teeth, “We’ve prepared for this mission for a long time. We can’t let everything go to waste just because of your words! Otherwise, our Xueying Group won’t be able to survive anymore.”
“What does that have to do with me?”
“I heard that the master of the Qin Palace in Lingxiao Palace never abuses his power or bullies others; he always gives an explanation for everything he does. Could it be that once Haotian joins Lingxiao Palace, its principles are thrown out the window?”
Although Haotian was a bit domineering, he wouldn’t act recklessly when it came to Lingxiao Palace’s reputation.
He turned his gaze and said, “Heh, easy enough. If you want an explanation, fine.” His eyes fell on one of the people beside Xue Lang, “I don’t like you. Why not imitate someone else? Try adopting a cheerful look. Hmph, it annoys me just to see it.”
“…”
The faces of the Xueying Group members changed—Haotian was clearly trying to frame them.
But Haotian had no intention of wasting more words with them. His tone turned harsh, “There are eight minutes left before evacuation.” Nearby, those who had been gloating at the Xueying Group now looked even angrier as it seemed Lingxiao Palace was about to take control of the situation.
“As expected of the third strongest in the world. Brother Haotian’s temper is truly extraordinary. But this seems like not the place for Lingxiao Palace to act recklessly. If the Mu family enters, I wonder if they’ll also fall under that ‘kill without hesitation’ rule.”
Suddenly, a calm voice came from outside the crowd.
Haotian’s expression changed;
Everyone present turned around, and the crowd parted automatically.
However, there was no grand entrance—only a man and a woman standing there, walking over steadily.
“The Marquis of Ten Thousand Poisons!”
“The Marquis of the Wind God!”
Surprised gasps quickly spread through the crowd.
One crisis after another!
The members of the Xueying Group were completely speechless. They stepped aside at the entrance, looking at their companion holding the Sacred Sword of Protection, thinking that this kid had indeed guessed right—the Mu family had also arrived!