Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
According to the plan, the exit should have appeared, but everyone had been too focused on the fight between Murong Long and Jiang Chen and totally forgotten about it.
Now that the spiritual spells had been burnt to ashes, they were all too nervous to keep watching the fight.
Murong Long drew his knife back, standing. The burnt spiritual spell was in his left hand. He was frowning.
If they couldn’t leave this place, everything would be in vain.
No one wanted to be trapped in the small world, but according to the current situation, that was a possibility.
A panic was spreading among them. Everyone was staring at the sky, expecting the appearance of the exit.
Some people even thought Jiang Chen and Murong Long were the ones to blame.
“Let’s wait a little bit longer!”
“Jiang Chen, Murong Long, stop fighting for a moment!”
“Yeah, your fight could be the reason that the exit hasn’t shown up. We can’t rule this possibility out.”
Murong Long wasn’t happy with such an assumption, but even he wasn’t sure about it, so he put his knife back into its sheath.
Jiang Chen dismissed the tactical formation for the moment, but he was still in the dragon armor, in case Murong Long attacked him suddenly.
Half a day passed. Everyone thought time was passing so slowly that a day felt like a year. It was getting dark. Many people were desperate.
At this moment, a figure was flying toward them from far away. He wasn’t flying in a straight line, but fell from time to time and then flew up again, moving from side to side like a drunk.
When he had approached, the crowd found he was badly injured, although he was making great efforts to fly.
Jiang Chen suddenly dashed over to give him a hand.
He was a disciple of the Hero Palace, a member of Li Nanxing’s team.
Li Nanxing hadn’t shown up yet, nor had the exit. Jiang Chen made an assumption based on these facts.
“The Evil Cloud Palace… the Evil Cloud Palace plotted against us. Apprentice Brother Li Nanxing is trapped. I made a huge effort to escape from there…”
Jiang Chen knew who he was. He was called Li Lei, ranked fourth on the Fighting Power List. Covered in blood, he was coughing it up as he spoke.
Thanks to Jiang Chen’s excellent medical skills, he was saved from death.
The others didn’t take it seriously. For them, it was merely a war between the Hero Palace and the Evil Cloud Palace.
They had only one thing on their minds—how to leave there.
“Li Lei, tell me everything!” Jiang Chen said.
Li Lei nodded. He said their team had been attacked by a team from the Evil Cloud Palace, led by Su Xing, that included the top five of the Evil Cloud Palace, except for Green Ghost.
“That isn’t the point. Is the Evil Cloud Palace’s exit open?” asked Jiang Chen.
The frustrated people’s eyes lit up.
“Jiang Chen, what do you mean?” asked Murong Long.
Jiang Chen didn’t want to answer him, but more and more people gathered around him, so he told them what he had learned.
“I know Su Xing wants to eliminate the Hero Palace, but wasn’t his plan sabotaged by Li Nanxing?” Murong Long said, frowning.
“The men of sacrifice at the Venerable level must have been their plan, but it doesn’t mean there isn’t a plan B.”
Jiang Chen was astonished by Murong Long’s stupidity, wondering how he had achieved such a high level.
“Jiang Chen, are you suggesting it’s the Evil Cloud Palace’s fault that the exit hasn’t appeared?” Yin Shuang asked, getting Jiang Chen’s point.
“Probably. Besides, Li Nanxing was lying in wait. Su Xing was using him as bait to make us go there,” Jiang Chen said, nodding.
“Go! We have to go! We can’t stay in the small world for the rest of our lives!” Murong Long said emotionally. Other people’s expressions also suggested that even if it was a trap, they would like to risk their lives and go.
“Could it be a scheme? Why don’t we wait a little bit longer?”
Some people didn’t think it was safe. They wanted to wait. The exit might have appeared at any minute.
“When those of the Evil Cloud Palace have all gone, the exit there will disappear, too. Do you want to be trapped here for the rest of your life? Murongs, follow me!” Murong Long shouted, waving his arm. He set off, carrying Li Lei with him.
Some strong teams agreed with him and also followed.
“Jiang Chen?” Some were still waiting for Jiang Chen’s reply.
After all, he was the only one who could compete with Murong Long.
“Of course we must go, but we can’t go as unprepared as he is.” Jiang Chen didn’t want to keep waiting there, either.
“He isn’t unprepared. He’s too strong to feel afraid. Do you still remember how he behaved in front of the men of sacrifice?” said Zhang Yu.
What he had said dawned on Jiang Chen and those who had been at the temporary imperial palace.
“The Evil Cloud Palace will threaten to trap people here to force them to stand on their side, won’t they?”
“They’ll also force us to kill the disciples of the Hero Palace to prove our loyalty.”
“What should we do?”
The disciples of the Hero Palace present all gathered around Jiang Chen instantly, because compared to the others, they didn’t have any choice. The Evil Cloud Palace would kill them for sure.
The others could defect to the Evil Cloud Palace to protect themselves.
Glancing at the crowd, Jiang Chen said, “Everyone has a choice. I won’t force you to do anything. The disciples of the Hero Palace will go to Apprentice Brother Li Nanxing’s rescue for sure. We’ll have a battle against them. You’d better take a stand now rather than wait until then to choose your camp. Those who would like to go to the rescue can stay here.”
“This guy is pretty forceful,” Yin Jue whispered into his sister’s ear.
Excluding those from the Hero Palace, there were hundreds of people. They kept looking at each other, hesitant.
If they chose to support the Hero Palace, they would have to fight against the Evil Cloud Palace. If they were with the Evil Cloud Palace, they would have to face a desperate fight, too.
They were analyzing the odds of the two rationally.
Then they realized the key of the result of the fight would actually lie in Murong Long.
Whichever side he was on, that side would be at an advantage.
Judging from Murong Long’s temperament and his hatred for Jiang Chen, they supposed he would definitely support Su Xing from the Evil Cloud Palace.
As a result, the majority of the remaining hundreds of people left.
They didn’t have much time to hesitate. Since they needed Li Lei to lead the way, those people flew away in the next minute.
“Don’t worry. I’ve left a mark on Li Lei. We’ll be able to catch up with them following the mark.”
Looking at the ten-odd people remaining there, plus the disciples of the Hero Palace, they had even less people than those who had left, not to mention compared to the Evil Cloud Palace.
“Before entering this place, we were resolute that we would keep the Evil Cloud Palace at a distance. If we choose to support them now, it’ll be too humiliating. I certainly won’t do that,” Yin Jue aired his attitude first.
“The Evil Cloud Palace can’t accept others’ surrendering without receiving anything. I would rather master my own fate than give it to others!” said Zhang Yu.
“Jiang Chen, we’ll follow you!” The disciples of the Hero Palace also placed their hope in Jiang Chen.
Most people agreed with them. Jiang Chen had become the center of attention.
“There’s certainly a huge gap between us and the Evil Cloud Palace. Our average fighting power is less than even half of theirs, and the strongest men are on their side, too.”
What he had said depressed the people there, but in his next breath, he said, “That being said, if you trust me, I’ll help you overcome the gap and lead you to the victory!”
“We trust you,” Yin Shuang said before anyone else.
