Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 403 Piao Xueyan

Chapter 403: Chapter 403 Piao Xueyan

Yunlai Empire’s Imperial City, twice as large as the Imperial Palace, housed more than double the population of the Imperial Palace, where a massacre had occurred. However, at this moment, the usually bustling Imperial City had plunged into total panic.

Above the Imperial City, a rolling, eerie gray fog enveloped the entire city. At the city gates and the Space Transmission Array Altar, masses of citizens and Martial Artists had gathered.

But they discovered as if cursed, under the influence of a mysterious invisible force, the city seemed surrounded by invisible barriers at all sides, preventing anyone trying to leave or fly out from escaping.

Furthermore, the Space Transmission Array Altar, affected by that same mysterious force, could no longer operate normally. It had become a one-way array, with other cities’ transmission arrays able to send people into the Imperial City, but the city’s own array had lost its transmission capabilities.

"This Yunlai Empire indeed seems to be an ominous one. Just a few months ago, there were rumors of a strange fog swirling above their Imperial Palace, followed by millions dying unexpectedly. Now.. now that they’ve occupied our Imperial City, and we have this strange fog as well, are the citizens of our city going to fall into disaster too?"

"Alas, our Imperial City has really faced too many disasters this year! Some time ago there was a Mad Demon that almost razed the city, nearly massacring us all. Now, this ominous gray fog has appeared, and an unknown force has blockaded the entire city. We can’t even escape now."

"Why is this ominous fog that has befallen us from the cursed empire specifically engulfing our Imperial City? You must realize, the citizens here are mostly from the former Heavenly Mist Empire. We are innocent!"

Besides the panic, resentful lamentations filled the Imperial City. Many civilians believed that the mysterious fog was brought upon them by the inauspicious Yunlai Empire.

"Hiss!" Just then, within the Imperial City, a Martial Artist looking at the gray fog engulfing the city gasped in alarm, "This.. This is the gray fog found in the Death Forbidden Land! Yes, it’s exactly the same! I’ve seen it from afar when I was near the Death Forbidden Land. Could it be! Is our Imperial City going to become the next Death Forbidden Land?"

"What!"

"What!"

"What!"

The area erupted in shock upon hearing the Martial Artist’s words. Death Forbidden Land, once part of the now-defunct Heavenly Mist Empire, was a place where no one who entered had ever come out alive – just the thought of it sent shivers down the spine.

It was said that the Death Forbidden Land, long ago, was a thriving place until something unknown happened, causing all its inhabitants to die. Any person entering thereafter was never heard from again, leading to its designation as a Forbidden Land by the former Heavenly Mist Empire, and it earned the grim moniker: Death Forbidden Land!

A Forbidden Land symbolizing death!

At the heart of the Imperial City stood the grandest and tallest structure, the Imperial Palace!

Escorted by civil and military officials, Long Chen stood atop the palace’s tower, gazing up at the gray fog covering the heavens and earth. While the citizens were oblivious to the fog’s origin, Long Chen and the officials knew that it had appeared that very morning due to a woman in white who had the appearance of a fairy descending to earth.

During this morning’s court, seated high upon the Golden Throne Hall, a white figure had burst in through the ceiling, standing bold in the middle of the Golden Throne Hall, demanding to see Shi Feng!

Before nightfall, Shi Feng must appear, or else every living being in the Imperial City will be turned to ash and smoke.

After that woman left, a grayish-white fog began to slowly spread over the Imperial City, growing thicker by the moment. At the imperial court, someone recognized the departing woman—it was Piao Xueyan, the Sect Master of the Floating Void Sect!

The person who recognized her was none other than the Kirin King, who had just attended the imperial morning council.

The Floating Void Sect and its Sect Master Piao Xueyan were once renowned across the Heavenly Mist Empire and its neighboring countries.

Yet, such a famous sect was annihilated upon Shi Feng’s arrival. The Floating Void Sect was set ablaze, not sparing a single soul!

The missing Sect Master of the Floating Void Sect, Piao Xueyan, had returned. Even the Kirin King, who had reached the One-star Martial Venerable Realm under the Martial Arts Sword Intent left by Shi Feng, could not fathom her current Martial Arts Cultivation.

She had somehow used a Secret Technique to seal the entire city. Above the Imperial City, a peculiar grayish-white fog gathered, and many had seen it slowly pressing downwards. Though its descent was gradual, it was indeed encroaching.

At this rate, the grayish-white fog would envelop the city by nightfall. Even the Kirin King sensed that he would struggle to withstand the eerie and mysterious force within it.

What kind of serendipity had Piao Xueyan stumbled upon!

"Could it be... the Death Forbidden Land!"

A shock ran through the Kirin King as he considered the rumors of Piao Xueyan venturing into the Death Forbidden Land. He had never entered the forbidden land himself, but legends described it as being shrouded in a grayish-white fog.

"Piao Xueyan might have entered the Death Forbidden Land, found fortune within, and managed to return!" A look of disbelief crossed the Kirin King’s face. If that were true, Piao Xueyan would be the first person in three hundred years to come back from the Death Forbidden Land alive!

Of course, the Kirin King was unaware that there was another who had emerged from the Death Forbidden Land—the Heavenly Demon Supreme!

Crisis often comes hand in hand with opportunity. The Heavenly Demon Supreme was fortunate to return alive from the Death Forbidden Land, bringing with him a damaged Emperor Artifact, the Dark Divine Shuttle.

Piao Xueyan’s gains seemed even greater! Not only had her Martial Arts ascended to an advanced Realm, but she had also mastered a mysterious and unfathomable Secret Technique. The grayish-white, mysterious and eerie fog enveloped the Imperial City!

"The sky is about to darken," murmured the Kirin King as he looked up.

"The sky is about to darken," echoed Long Chen and all the civil and military officials, their expressions filled with worry as they gazed into the void.

"Young Master Feng! When will you arrive? If you don’t come soon, the entire Imperial City will be doomed!" Long Chen’s face showed a look of urgency. He placed all his hopes on Shi Feng, and the Jade Scroll had been crushed. Nearly half a day had passed, but Shi Feng was yet to appear!

The Kirin King looked at Emperor Long Chen beside him. When Long Chen crushed the Jade Scroll, he had reassured the officials that the War God Shi Feng would surely arrive quickly. The Kirin King wondered, despite the young man’s monstrous abilities, could he contend with the now returned and devilish Piao Xueyan?