The closer we got to the center, the more people there were. However, each team was silent at this time, with deep worry revealed in their eyes. As for the competition, they no longer took it seriously.
After flying for half a day, a dark stone wall appeared in front of everyone in Lingxiao Sect. This was Black Mountain. Because the lush forest and the poisonous miasma on the top of the forest blocked the view, the mountain was like a stone wall blocking everyone's way.
At this time, many monks had gathered sparsely at the foot of the Black Mountain, but no one acted rashly. After all, no one knew what the situation was on the Black Mountain.
The disciples of the three major sects in Ping An Domain also gathered together at this time. A white-haired old man stepped forward and said to an old woman among the three sects’ disciples: “Elder Qi, you from the Shenyin Sect must give us an explanation for this matter! We all came here to participate in the exchange meeting, but in the end we were put in such a dangerous situation!”
The rest of the people present also looked at the old woman unkindly.
The old woman smiled bitterly and said, "Everyone, we are just here to participate in the trial. We know nothing about the situation in front of us!"
"Hmph~ You don't know? We haven't seen that big shot you keep talking about from beginning to end. Besides, as for that black nail, it looks like it was nailed in the Dark Forest at least thousands of years ago. You're not going to tell me that big shot planned this competition thousands of years ago?" The old man snorted coldly.
The old woman was silent.
"Qi Jing, you are so brave! Are you questioning our three sects? If you have the guts, go talk to our sect leader. Why are you yelling at us here?" a middle-aged man shouted.
"You Gu Luomen are not good people either, you are all birds of a feather! Now that things have come to this, do you think I will still be afraid of you?" Qi Jing said.
"You're looking for death!" The middle-aged man drew his sword and pointed it at the old man.
Qi Jing was not afraid at all and did not retreat even a single step.
The middle-aged man looked at the angry crowd, but in the end he did not take any action.
"Everyone should calm down. Now is not the time to start an internal conflict. Since the senior asked us to go to the Black Mountain, let's go." A tall man next to the middle-aged man gently pressed the sword in the middle-aged man's hand and persuaded him.
"Then you go ahead!" Qi Jing said disdainfully.
The tall man stopped talking immediately.
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Looking at the noisy crowd at the foot of the mountain, Li Luoyi shook his head and said to Zheng Yunxia: "Sect Master, what should we do now?"
Before Zheng Yunxia could speak, Bai Ziling smiled helplessly and said, "Haha, it has come to this. Sooner or later, we will have to go up the mountain. Do we have any choice?"
Zheng Yunxia nodded, obviously agreeing with Bai Ziling's opinion, and then said to everyone in Danxia Sect: "Dear disciples, follow me up the mountain!" Then she jumped up from the cliff of Black Mountain and flew towards the top of the mountain. The reason for this was that a small area close to Black Mountain seemed to be isolated by something, and there was no poisonous miasma.
Bai Ziling also said to everyone in Lingxiao Sect: "Follow!"
"People from Danxia Sect, they are going up the mountain!"
"That local tyrant sect has also caught up!"
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The monks at the foot of the mountain exclaimed.
Soon, the people from Lingxiao Sect passed through the top of the forest and disappeared from the sight of the monks at the foot of the mountain.
"Hmph! I'll settle accounts with you three major sects later!" Qi Jing left a harsh word to the people of the three major sects, and also said to the disciples behind him: "Everyone, go up the mountain!"
Seeing this, most of the people from other sects did not hesitate any more and flew towards the top of the mountain. Soon, only a few people from other sects were still waiting at the foot of the mountain. After all, the collapse of the poisonous miasma had not spread here yet, and they still held out a glimmer of hope.
After passing the top of the dark forest, the view suddenly became clear. The Lingxiao Sect members, who had not seen the sun for several days, could hardly open their eyes due to the glaring sunlight.
Looking at the endless dark forest, everyone sighed.
"So much high-quality wood can be sold for a lot of money!" Zhang Jingxuan said with emotion.
Everyone was speechless. What time is it now? Are you still thinking about this?
"Bang~" Zheng Yunxia threw a punch, but was blocked by a transparent barrier.
"Sure enough, that person would not leave such a big loophole!" Zheng Yunxia smiled bitterly. She had originally believed that once she got out of the top of the forest, the sky would be high and free for birds to fly freely, but now this only glimmer of hope was shattered.
Helplessly, everyone had to continue flying towards the top of the mountain.
The Black Mountain is very high. If you look at it from a distance, it looks like a straight pillar piercing the clouds. The higher you fly, the stronger the sense of oppression it gives you. After passing through layer after layer of clouds, everyone finally saw the end of the mountain top. After adjusting their emotions, they sped up and rushed straight up.
As soon as they reached the top of the mountain, everyone was stunned. They saw that the top of the black mountain, which covered hundreds of square kilometers, seemed to have been polished by something. It was bare and looked like a calm lake, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, and nothing else.
At this moment, people from other sects also flew up one after another and were also shocked by the scene before them. However, what puzzled everyone was that until now they had not seen anyone on the top of the mountain except them.
In addition, they found that the sky above the Black Mountain was also blocked by a dome-like barrier. When the last group of monks flew up from the bottom of the mountain, everyone was completely dumbfounded, because even the gap between the cliffs where they had just come up was now filled with poisonous miasma. In this situation, they could neither go down nor go out, and everyone began to become anxious again.
In this fear of the unknown, not only did the monks who came up the mountain from all around gather together, but even Zhongli, who escaped from Wu Dong that day, was there, with a few remaining monks from his alliance, looking at Ling Xiao Zong and others with a gloomy face. Without Wu Dong, he was still confident that he could deal with Ling Xiao Zong and Danxia Zong.
However, the people from Lingxiao Sect ignored him. After all, they didn't know what the situation was, so they should focus on preserving their strength.
"Damn Shenyin Sect, what the hell are you playing at? Even if I die today, I will kill you first!" Qi Jing said angrily, and then he took out his magic weapon, ready to fight with the people from Shenyin Sect. The disciples behind him and the sects in the alliance also took out their weapons.
The people from the three sects were also angry at this time. They had always been high and mighty in the Ping'an Region. When had they ever been bullied like this? If their sect's leader, great elder and other high-ranking officials had not come today, would these cultivators dare to do this to them?
Thinking of this, they could no longer tolerate it and drew their swords.
"Sorry for waiting. Now we enter the settlement part of the competition. Please show us your black nails!" Everyone looked towards the source of the voice with vigilance. They saw that at some point in time, at the center of the platform, a skinny old man was looking at everyone with a faint smile.
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