Chương 262: Getting into the city

"Infinite… Immortal… Soul… Formula!" Long Feng's soul power instantly surged, even breaking past the limit of the spirit realm. The sudden surge of soul power startled even Long Feng. He didn't expect that constantly tempering his soul with the Immortal Soul Formula would have such a great effect when he used it. The wave of soul power was beyond his control and spread throughout the area. All the wild beasts instantly froze for a while minute, regardless of their strength.

Even the geniuses, including their peak spirit realm leader all froze. For that minute, they felt as though their souls had been detached from their bodies, completely taking away their ability to move. But Long Feng quickly drew back his soul power and concentrated it only on the strongest wild beasts at the eight and ninth spirit level. He didn't aim to kill them or anything too shocking. Just to isolate their souls from their body for a short while until the group of youths got past them.

The remaining youths stood still, staring at each other in confusion.

"Young master… what was that just now?" Someone asked hesitantly. They were already dealing with more than enough. If that power that could freeze them all came from another wild beast, then they would simply stand still and wait for death.

"Don't overthink it! Keep going!" The peak spirit level youth was much more acute. His senses were naturally a tier above the other's. He could've sworn that the energy earlier was a soul power, but he also couldn't believe that. Not even spirit layered soul cultivators were supposed to be that strong. That power earlier had completely reached the equivalent of the Imperial realm. It could be his imagination. Maybe it was just a flaw in this mystic realm. That was more believable.

No matter what it was, they didn't have the leisure to think about it right now. They were standing in the dead center of hundreds of wild beasts. Under the orders of their leader, the group rapidly focused and began to rush forward again. The wild beasts around them seemed to still be in a daze. After all, wild beasts had very weak souls to compliment their strong bodies. Unless it was a rare spirit beast specie that could cultivate the soul, then all wild and spirit beasts had weak souls.

Long Feng's soul power hadn't hurt them but it made all of them dazed, unable to instantly recover as the youths had done.

"Young master, they're not fighting back at all!" A rank eight spirit realm youth shouted hoarsely. His voice was a mixture of happiness, relief and worry. The peak spirit realm youth had naturally noticed this long ago. His expression was solemn as he wondered what could have happened. Wild beasts certainly wouldn't have pitied then and decided to let them go. He could sense the three peak spirit level beasts; they had stopped moving, seemingly no longer bothered with them.

Been the rank eight spirit level beasts had froze where they stood, their blood red eyes blank.

"Keep going!" The city gate was right before them already. He couldn't let anything happen that would disrupt their attention. The group rushed towards the city gate. Finally, they all arrived before it with pale faces. The huge gates slowly parted open just wide enough for them all to pass. Right behind them, Long Feng walked in as well with a bit pale face. Stalling three peak spirit level beasts and several rank eights was a burden on his soul even with the Infinite Immortal Soul Formula.

But then again, the effects had surpassed his expectations by far. Normal spirit layered soul power was at beats comparable to peak spirit level warriors. Only with very rare encounters could it compare to weak Imperials. But his soul cultivation was still at the second heaven of the spirit layer and it was already comparable to rank one Imperials. This was undoubtedly due to the Immortal Soul Formula which Wu Kong gave him.

The moment they stepped through the gates, Long Feng's soul power suppression on the beasts was forcefully severed, causing his expression to pale even more. The author's narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. At the same time, the wild beasts outside all began to roar in rage. What made Long Feng and the other youths to be gobsmacked was that each beast's aura swelled to another level. Almost fifty rank seven spirit level beasts became rank eights!

And the thirteen rank eight spirit level beasts all reached rank nine! Thirteen rank nine spirit level beasts! The leader of the group felt his knees turning to jelly. Luckily, they had made it past safely. It turned out that both failing to break through the beasts and succeeding would cause them to rise in strength. Three powerful auras spread out, attracting the attention of many geniuses in the surrounding area.

"Damn it! Another city again?" Someone exclaimed. He had just escaped from a city that had five imperial level beasts guarding it and now the Northwest City he was heading towards had three?

"Three new Imperial beasts. At this rate not even the overlord continent's geniuses would be able to face the wild beasts if they grow stronger!" The wild beasts of the supreme heaven mystic realm were getting stronger and stronger at a scary pace. A few hours ago, there was no imperial level beast and even peak spirit level were rare. But the more were killed, the more they returned stronger. And now, before the first day was even over, Imperial level beasts numbered over ten.

If this continued, then by the next day or the third, then not even the Overlord continent's geniuses would dare to roam around on their own.

"Go!" The peak spirit realm youth urged the others and they rushed into the city. The huge gates slowly closed behind them on their own. Long Feng walked behind them, staring at the impressive metal gates and walls around them. This defense was certainly strong. It couldn't be ordinary metal otherwise the wild beasts would have torn it down long ago. As they emerged inside the city, they were greeted by a large but nearly empty city filled with metallic buildings that looked similar to each other.

Save for a few dozen of youths who had rushed in at the beginning before the beasts gathered, there was no one else in this city. The appearance of a new group had attracted the attention of the geniuses within the city. They weren't very strong, none of them being at the Imperial realm. But there were two other peak spirit realm geniuses already in the city. Long Feng quietly moved away, keeping himself under his concealment. It was good that there was no Imperial here otherwise they might've sensed his presence.

He wouldn't reveal himself here yet. That would be yet a different story of how he survived the beast horde and entered the city without anyone from the group seeing him.

"Ha! New people have finally arrived!" One of the two peak spirit realm warriors exclaimed with a smile. Fighting was not allowed within the cities, so the city was temporarily a safe heaven. One needn't be worried about getting backstabbed by others or attacked by the wild beasts.

"They must've gone through a lot. Those wild beasts outside must have certainly been very welcoming." The other one laughed. The new group merely smiled bitterly and joined the others, spreading out within the city. The outside of the city became more and more chaotic as more cities were breached. The wild beasts became increasingly stronger. By the end of the day, just the rank one Imperial beasts numbered almost twenty, with four of them being at the second Imperial level!

And one fact terrified many geniuses; the Imperial level wild beasts weren't restricted to the city gates or anywhere at all. They could roam around the entire mystic realm and attack whoever they found. Seven geniuses had been killed; not eliminated, genuinely killed by the rank two imperial level beasts. Even the spectators outside were shaken by this.

Although the strongest of those seven was a rank nine spirit realm genius, this was something that had never happened in any hundred continent meeting for years; geniuses dying. Everyone couldn't help but be worried about their geniuses. If they died here, then it would really be unfortunate. At the center of the mystic realm, a single mountain stood tall, reaching the clouds in the sky. This mountain was the very center of this realm and it had an otherworldly beauty.

The peak was covered in snow and the clouds gave it an extra touch of enigma. The natural energy at this mountain alone was so dense that it had condensed into a pool at the peak of the mountain. A true spirit energy pool. It must be known that the profound mist dew Long Feng possessed was a single drop of condensed natural energy. And they bought it at a very high price from the Yi and Hua auction back then. And here wasn't merely drops but a pool filled with profound mist dew!

At the bottom of the mountain, a figure stood staring up with a dark expression. His white robes flapped in the wind and the extreme confidence that radiated from him would keep other geniuses far away. Huang Fang Hao! He stood there at the mountain foot, staring up at the blurry peak. He had wanted to fly to the peak, but a terrifying pressure and thrown him far away. He tried to walk up the mountain but it was still the same situation. He couldn't climb it at all.

Now he stood there with a dark expression on his face. As he stood, three powerful auras rushed over from behind him. Three wild beasts; Gold crown Lions roared furiously and charged at him from behind. Their auras would astonish almost all geniuses in this realm. Two of them were rank two Imperial level beasts while the final one was a rank three Imperial level beast! Rank three! That was rumoured to be the cultivation levels of the seven overlord geniuses!

Huang Fang Hao's brows knitted in a frown as he sensed the approaching beasts.

"Hmph. Courting death!" He snorted coldly, his confidence swelling rapidly. Everyone outside had their attention focused on this very scene. Three Imperial level wild beasts like these could pose a threat even to the seven overlord geniuses. But Huang Fang Hao was immeasurable. No one could tell what exactly was his cultivation level. This was a perfect chance to see him in action and witness his strength.

"A rank three Imperial beast. That should be enough to draw out the strength of this mysterious Huang Fang Hao!" The Yihua clan's Great Elder muttered hopefully.

"Hm. Let's hope so" the Misty Mountain's Master agreed with a solemn expression. Huang Fang Hao didn't even turn around. A ridiculous spear energy erupted from his body, sending ripples across the whole supreme heaven mystic realm. His spear energy was so powerful that everyone in the mystic realm could sense it. It was like Huang Fang Hao had vanished, replaced by an earth piercing spear where he stood.

"What… is that?" Wang Qiang of the Unfettered Valley Overlord Continent looked towards the realm center with a solemn expression. This aura was so piercing that even with the distance between them, he felt as though it was pointed at his forehead. Jin Bao of the Wolf Alliance Overlord Continent punched his fist savagely at the head of a rank one Imperial level wild ape and it's head exploded like a watermelon. He smiled proudly and was about to keep moving when Huang Fang Hao's spear energy surged into the sky.

He instantly froze with a shocked expression.

"Spear… Huang Fang Hao? He's this strong?" Ping Ran of the Drifting Clouds Overlord Continent and Mei Ling of the Mei Clan Overlord Continent both had similar reactions, showing disbelief at Huang Fang Hao's spear energy. Dong Fang wiped his spear and stared at the dozen beasts corpses around him, three of them emitting the auras of rank one Imperial level beasts. He looked calm and indifferent until he sensed Huang Fang Hao's spear energy. His expression immediately changed.

"Huang Fang Hao! How did that bastard get so strong? Just his Dao concept is already this powerful!" He frowned and turned his gaze towards the center of the realm.

"Looks like that arrogant Lei Jie and I won't be able to face him alone!" Lei Jie stood by The Eastern city gate, surrounded by almost a thousand corpses. He had completely slaughtered the entire beast army guarding the gates! And a few of them had reached the Imperial level! He looked calm after the slaughter and was walking away, not bothering to enter the city. Suddenly, he froze and stared at the distant realm center with a grin face.

"Huang Fang Hao! Very good! It'll be boring to defeat you if you weren't at least this strong!" He snorted and kept moving, though his heartbeat had unknowingly sped up. Long Feng also sensed the sudden eruption of spear energy. His sword energy began to surge as though it wanted to reveal itself as well, but he had a solemn expression.

"Who is that? Such powerful spear concept energy! This is far beyond my sword concept. It has reached the very peak of rank nine spear concept!" Long Feng murmured. He didn't expect that someone had completely surpassed his sword concept in this Hundred continent meeting. Peak of rank nine concept; that was a step away from the spear Intent stage!

"Could he be that Huang Fang Hao?"