Chapter 550: Gathering of Powerhouses

About a year has passed since the signs indicating the opening of the Martial Mystery Realm appeared. The exact time and location of its opening have become closely guarded secrets throughout the Divine Realm. With Jin, who had once entered the Martial Mystery Realm, Ye Feng had access to much more information than most other powerful beings in the Divine Realm. At least he didn’t have to search around like a lost fly like many others. He accurately obtained the coordinates where the Martial Mystery Realm would open—in a remote area of the Divine Realm known as the Flowing Sand Waterfall. In fact, “no birds even poop here” would be a more accurate description, as not only were there no humans in the vicinity, but there were also few traces of magical beasts. The area was constantly shrouded in sand and dust, with a bizarre and changeable climate, making it inherently unsuitable for habitation.

The opening of this Martial Mystery Realm took place underground at the Flowing Sand Waterfall, buried beneath layers of sand and dust, which also posed significant interference to the detection of soul power. This was why many people had been searching above Ye Feng and the others these days without finding the right location.

“No wonder it’s said that the emergence of this Martial Mystery Realm follows no pattern,” Ye Feng said with a shake of his head and a smile.

This time, Ye Feng brought many people with him—besides Jin, there were Bai Yiyi and a group of magical beasts, and even Pearl was present. As Jin had said before, anyone, regardless of their cultivation level, could enter this secret realm, including all its main halls and side chambers. The rest depended on strength, but luck also played a role to some extent.

To ensure their safety, Ye Feng even lent out his Refinement Domain to Pearl, with his Lightning and Earth avatars inside—one for main attacks and the other for defense—showing great foresight.

Jin was grouped with Shi Tou and others, while Ye Feng left his Ice avatar in Jin’s Tower of Ten Thousand Beasts as a precaution.

Bai Yiyi and Long Tian formed a duo. With their strength already at the Saint level, as long as no Saint King-class powerhouse appeared, their chances of falling were low.

As for Ye Feng, due to the Martial God Token, he would eventually have to separate from the group, which was why he made such arrangements.

Even before Ye Feng and the others arrived, more than twenty people had already been there, mostly powerful warriors who had reached the Saint level. The weakest among them had reached the peak of the Saint realm, while the two strongest had even attained the Saint Venerable level. As Ye Feng expected, eighteen of these people were strangers to him, and they all seemed to be young. He clearly remembered the appearance of every powerful being in the Divine Realm who had reached the Saint level, but he had never seen these eighteen before. This made him even more certain that they must come from the Saint Realm.

Their behavior also confirmed this, as eighteen of them showed clear hostility upon seeing Ye Feng. However, after seeing the cultivation levels of Pearl and the others who were with Ye Feng, their hostility gradually faded, though their gazes still carried a hint of disdain.

Ye Feng also noticed that these eighteen people did not form one group but two, with each Saint Venerable-level warrior leading their own team. This relieved him a bit, as it was far better than having one group of eighteen. Although he wasn’t afraid, he didn’t want to get entangled with them either.

The other five were native powerful beings from the Divine Realm, all humans, who greeted Ye Feng as soon as they saw him. Nowadays, there were indeed not many in the Divine Realm who didn’t know who Ye Feng was. Although these five had come alone, they had clearly been attacked by the other two teams and formed a temporary group. They also tried to invite Ye Feng to join them, but he politely declined.

The location of the Flowing Sand Waterfall was actually in the central part of the Divine Realm continent, only less than fifteen days’ flight distance from Ye Feng’s Cent City, which was quite close.

After arriving, Ye Feng and his group patiently waited day after day for the secret realm to open. Although there were still over ten days left before the one-year deadline, given the strange history of this secret realm, it wasn’t surprising if it opened earlier or later. This was why Ye Feng had arrived more than ten days in advance.

As time passed, many powerful warriors gathered beneath the Flowing Sand Waterfall. After receiving some clues, those who had been wandering aimlessly finally found the correct coordinates. That’s why the initial group, including Ye Feng, which numbered only about thirty people, grew to over three hundred in the following ten days.

Of these three hundred people, Ye Feng knew almost all of them, except for those eighteen highly powerful individuals. To say he knew them wasn’t entirely accurate; most were just familiar faces, with a few with whom he had done business.

For example, the Sea Emperor of the Endless Abyssal Sea and others, the beast kings of the four forbidden lands, along with more than a dozen powerful individuals, had all engaged in further transactions with Ye Feng after the last auction. Ye Feng could sense that the spiritual cultivation of a few of them had indeed improved. The Sea Emperor and his group also realized the astonishing strength of those two teams of powerful individuals and immediately wanted to recruit Ye Feng. “Mr. Blade, you must have noticed those eighteen people as well, right?” “Mm, they’re not from the Divine Realm,” Ye Feng replied expressionlessly. “You know that?” The Sea Emperor was slightly stunned; he hadn’t expected Ye Feng to already be aware of it. “They came from the upper realms. Among those eighteen, there are even a few whose cultivation is stronger than mine. So, I was thinking, could we work together?” “If even the Sea Emperor, at the level of a Sacred King, isn’t a match for them, adding me won’t make any difference. Besides, I prefer to work alone,” Ye Feng shook his head in refusal and secretly pointed at the four beast kings gathered together. “However, those four probably won’t refuse your invitation.” “Alright, then forget it. If you don’t want to, I won’t force you. But still, thank you for your pills.” After his invitation was rejected, the Sea Emperor turned and walked toward the four beast kings of the forbidden lands. During that time, many other powerful individuals tried to recruit Ye Feng, but he rejected them all. “Everyone seems to be here now, right?” Ye Feng murmured. “It should start in a day or two…” As soon as his words faded, a shaking sound came from not far ahead, as if something huge had fallen to the ground. “It’s starting?” Ye Feng looked ahead with a searching gaze but saw nothing. “In three hours, the Martial Mystery Realm will officially open. For now, follow me closely and don’t act on your own. Once we reach the destination, you can go wherever you want,” Jin transmitted his message to Ye Feng and the others.