Former Interstellar Mercenary In Urban Cultivation World-Chapter 1375: Sealed Paths and Hidden Schemes

"What was it like more than a year ago?" Yin Xia asked curiously.

Across from him, his martial nephew had a black line slide down his face. "Elder, I’ve already told you this before. If you keep just drinking and not listening, I’ll have no choice but to report this matter to the Grand Elder."

Only then did Yin Xia set down his wine jug and sigh. "Wigilia Han, I only drank a little wine. Do you really need to complain to the Grand Elder? Back when you were little, you were so adorable. Now that you’ve grown up, why have you become just like everyone else?"

"Everyone grows up eventually," Wigilia Han said helplessly, shaking his head. "Elder, do you still want to hear the rest?"

Yin Xia said, "You just said that more than a year ago, Ashwood Hollow City was not the same. What happened?"

"More than a year ago, Ashwood Hollow City often saw battles erupting. It was being guarded by cultivators of the Immortal Realm’s Five Elemental Immortals’ lineage. But after a major war broke out about a year ago, the Five Elemental Immortals’ cultivators rarely appeared anymore. Since then, the devils only occasionally attacked Ashwood Hollow City without launching any large-scale warfare. It’s odd — and this situation has persisted until now."

Yin Xia straightened up and asked, "What do you think is the reason?"

Wigilia Han replied, "I suspect it’s connected to the devils sending a thousand-strong army this time."

Yin Xia pondered for a moment. "It’s not like the devils haven’t dispatched a thousand-strong army before. What’s your evidence this time?"

"This devil army — their weakest members are at the Lord Level. Eighty percent are Great Lords, and there are four or five King level devils among them. Although their numbers aren’t large, their combined strength is enough to match that of a mid-sized city."

Yin Xia finally realized the gravity of the situation.

"It seems the devils are brewing some sinister scheme. Miststone City alone can’t dispatch enough forces at once. Here’s what we’ll do — I’ll contact a few nearby cities to see if we can gather reinforcements. Meanwhile, you head to Ashwood Hollow City to investigate."

"Yes, Elder."

In the Northeastern Territory, at the mouth of the Devil Passage.

Amalia placed the Five Elemental Pearl at the passage’s entrance. freёwebnoѵel.com

The pearl had already been refined by her, and streams of world power continually radiated from it.

Wealth had been right — once the process began, Amalia immediately understood what it meant to correct the rules.

During her arduous cultivation in the Nether Ghost Abyss Realm, she had seen the lines of rules that composed the world.

Later, at the Path of All Immortals, she had seen them again.

Now, she was vastly different from her past self — she could see the lines of rules suspended in the air at any time.

At the passage’s entrance, the lines of rules appeared like a tangled mess of threads, crisscrossing densely.

These lines of rules were the very foundation of spatial stability and solidity.

Once they became chaotic, the spatial anomalies would naturally arise.

Amalia turned back, and in her eyes, a whole world unfolded.

In the Oryeong Mountains, the lines of rules wound around one another in a snarl; the space was chaotic and unstable — no wonder it was so easily torn apart here.

Because the space here was inherently fragile, the devils had the opportunity to break through and create a passage.

Still, the space was not something easily broken.

Even the devils didn’t dare to cause too much disturbance.

That was why after two years of effort, they had only managed to create this narrow passageway.

This passage was so small that powerful devil generals couldn’t even pass through.

Their strength would resonate with the space, likely causing spatial turbulence — making it extremely dangerous, even deadly.

The world power leaking from the Five Elemental Pearl was pulled along by Amalia, tugging at the two edges of the spatial rift.

Visible to the naked eye, the crack immediately shrank a little.

The world power left behind by the Fragment of the Immortal Realm was of a much higher grade.

After all it was from the Upper World, whereas the Mystic Void Continent was merely a Lower World.

Using the power of the Upper World to seal the Upper World itself turned out to be easier than Amalia had anticipated — far easier than she had imagined.

Amalia turned around and glanced at the people guarding the surroundings.

"Elder Yeom, I remember you said before that the main peaks of the Oryeong Mountains could lead into the Devil Battlefield. Where is the entrance? I haven’t seen anyone coming or going."

Yeom Hwaryeon replied, "Miss Amalia, to be honest, the entrance has been sealed for more than a year now."

"Who sealed it?"

"Our former Chief. After discovering that the Oryeong Mountains had been invaded by devils, he sent people into the Devil Battlefield, originally planning to notify other cities. But every time someone was sent out, they never returned. Once, a powerful devil almost broke through. Realizing something was wrong, the Chief had no choice but to seal the entrance. He originally intended to investigate the situation thoroughly before reopening it — unfortunately, before he could do so, he was assassinated."

Yeom Hwaryeon sighed deeply.

After the Chief’s death, there had been a vote to decide whether or not to reopen the entrance, but most had voted against it.

They didn’t want the entrance opened again.

At that time, he had thought the other tribes were merely cowardly and afraid of death.

Only now did he realize the truth — Geumho Seungjae and Toyun Kangmin had already fallen under the devils’ influence.

Under their subtle manipulations, the others had also refused to reopen the entrance.

Amalia nodded, understanding clearly.

The devils’ real goal was the precious Five Elemental Pearl.

If word leaked out, it would almost certainly attract human powerhouses.

Thus, the devils had deliberately blocked the entrance.

No matter what happened in the Oryeong Mountains, no one would seek help through the Devil Battlefield.