Chapter 720

Chapter 720: Small Sword Fairy City

In a rundown small fairy city in West Sky State.

The small fairy city didn’t even have the most basic teleportation formation, and its spiritual energy density was much lower than that of the central continent.

At this moment, the century-old grand ceremony for recruiting disciples from three sects was being held in the fairy city.

In the arena, children under twelve with spirit roots from the entire fairy city and nearby mortal kingdoms had gathered.

A Void Refinement stage elder looked at the group of children, and a hint of pity flashed in his eyes.

"A chaotic era is about to begin. We in West Sky State have already detected the presence of the beast race. A great battle is on the horizon, and I pity these children—who knows how many of them will survive," the Void Refinement stage elder said.

"It’s said that three beast kings have come from the neighboring state, planning to settle in our West Sky State. I wonder if our Great Ascension Masters can hold them off," another Void Refinement stage elder from a different sect said with concern.

"Don’t worry about that. The Elder Council will send messengers."

"As long as we can defend ourselves, the Elder Council will free up their hands and surely send respected elders to deal with the situation," he added.

"I hope so."

At that moment, the three suddenly looked up at the sky.

"Why does the spiritual energy in the sky feel off? There’s also a hint of spatial fluctuations."

The three Void Refinement stage elders grew alert.

They immediately halted the disciple selection process below and activated the defensive formations in the arena, directing everyone to take shelter inside.

The three Void Refinement stage elders focused on the sky, ready for anything.

Just then, a bright light flashed across the sky.

Then everyone felt darkness envelop them—the entire fairy city was covered by a massive landmass that had suddenly appeared in the sky.

Day turned to night in an instant.

"A flying island—I wonder if it’s the beast race or our human race’s forces up there," the Void Refinement stage elder said, gazing at the sky.

By this time, Hidden Spirit Island had completed its teleportation, opening its core world and releasing all disciples, elders, and the beast race from the demon division.

"West Sky State, Small Sword Fairy City has arrived. Should we head to the designated drop-off point?" Grapes asked.

"I sent you to teleport, and you just fly straight to the fairy city to work—what’s going on?"

"Send Ziyuan to explain things in the fairy city," Xu Fan said.

He watched the scene in the light curtain and noticed that the cultivators in the fairy city were in chaos.

Countless beams of light shot up from the fairy city, all fleeing toward the outskirts.

"Fellow cultivators of Small Sword Fairy City, don’t panic. Our sect needs some time to rest and won’t disturb your lives," Qiu Ziyuan’s voice echoed across the sky above Small Sword Fairy City.

Then, Hidden Spirit Island flew toward the designated drop-off point.

At that moment, the fleeing cultivators, realizing it wasn’t the beast race, all returned to Small Sword Fairy City.

"To think such a massive island could be teleported. This sect must be extraordinary."

"I think it must be a top-tier sect from the central continent. Should we notify the sect leaders to pay a visit?"

"This is important. Let’s head back to the sect to report. As for the disciple recruitment ceremony, we’ll leave it to our disciples."

The Void Refinement Stage Elders from the three sects discussed briefly, gave their instructions, and then quickly returned to their respective sects.

A hundred miles east of Small Sword Fairy City, Hidden Spirit Island gradually settled among the mountains.

It fit perfectly, as if it had always been there naturally.

At this moment, Xu Fan felt a bit uneasy; he sensed a power within him calling for the thunder calamity, but he had been holding it back, not releasing it.

Once the Hidden Spirit Sect stabilized, Xu Fan teleported directly to the designated Overcoming Tribulations point.

He chose not to do it within the sect because he feared that if the thunder calamity was too powerful, it might damage the foundation of Hidden Spirit Island, which would be counterproductive.

Tens of thousands of miles away from Hidden Spirit Island, within a defensive formation, half of the Hidden Spirit Sect’s puppet forces were already stationed there.

All the beasts within a thousand-mile radius had been cleared out to ensure Xu Fan could undergo the Overcoming Tribulations without any interference.

As Xu Fan arrived at the center of the defensive formation, he immediately released the pent-up power within him.

A pillar of blood light shot up from Xu Fan’s body, piercing through the clouds high above, instantly breaking through the layers at ten thousand meters.

As the power within Xu Fan poured into the sky, the clouds began to gather slowly for the thunder calamity.

The sky darkened, and countless calamity clouds started to form.

The wind howled, and the deep rumble of thunder echoed continuously.

The blood light within the calamity clouds reflected over a thousand miles, turning the once open wilderness into a scene resembling the apocalypse.

"Calamity clouds spanning a thousand miles; I wonder if they’ll expand further," Xu Fan said casually, looking at the sky.

The Overcoming Tribulations stage calamity clouds had their own scale; the weakest covered a hundred miles, while the strongest could reach ten thousand miles.

According to the records in the Grapes database, the legendary Upper Zun had calamity clouds covering seventy thousand miles.

At this moment, the calamity clouds were still expanding, trending toward the scale of ten thousand miles.

The power gathering in the sky increased, and the rumbles of thunder grew louder.

Within the calamity clouds, a faint figure of a lightning dragon moved.

The almost imperceptible sound of a dragon’s roar occasionally reached Xu Fan’s ears.

Xu Fan squinted at the sky, noticing what seemed to be a pair of eyes watching him within the flickering calamity clouds.

"The thunder calamity is taking shape; it seems the ten thousand-mile calamity clouds are inevitable," Xu Fan said, looking at the sky and wondering if he should strike at the lightning dragon early.

"Master, the range of the calamity clouds has reached ten thousand miles, and it seems to be expanding," Grapes reported.

"Grapes, if my Overcoming Tribulations excessively impacts Small Sword Fairy City, send some puppets to form a defensive formation for protection," Xu Fan instructed.

"Understood, Master."

At that moment, a massive dragon made entirely of lightning suddenly emerged from the calamity clouds.

The lightning dragon, a thousand feet long, fixed its authoritative eyes on Xu Fan within the defensive formation.

"What are you staring at?" Xu Fan said, unafraid, looking back at the lightning dragon.

In the lightning dragon’s imposing gaze, a peculiar glimmer appeared, one of appreciation, as if admiring a perfect piece of art.

Xu Fan and the lightning dragon shared a gaze, but suddenly he felt an urge.

He thought about launching an attack at this lightning dragon to see if he could weaken the thunder calamity.

Just then, a second lightning dragon emerged in the sky, maintaining the same posture as the first, also gazing at Xu Fan.

"A second lightning dragon! Grapes, has anyone encountered this during their Overcoming Tribulations in the database?" Xu Fan asked.

"There have been instances of other abnormal entities formed from thunder calamities, but usually, there is only one," Grapes replied.

"Master, the signal here is weakening; the force field created by the calamity clouds is beginning to interfere with my signals. It’s expected that once your thunder calamity begins, the signal will be interrupted."

"It’s fine; this level of thunder calamity can’t harm me."

"With a sixty percent success rate, how could it eliminate me?" Xu Fan said with a smile.

At that moment, a third lightning dragon emerged from the first.