Chapter 422 - 205: Gravity vs. Telekinesis! Did I Say You Could Enter?
Chapter 422: Chapter 205: Gravity vs. Telekinesis! Did I Say You Could Enter?
Just then, Lin Ye suddenly noticed that something was wrong with Zhang Daoxuan beside him.
His face was pale, and a fine sheen of cold sweat had even broken out on his forehead.
Lin Ye turned his head and asked in a low voice, "What’s wrong?"
Zhang Daoxuan didn’t answer right away. His gaze was fixed on the perfectly aligned ranks of Kunlun in the distance, as if he had seen something that deeply unsettled him.
His body was trembling slightly, uncontrollably.
"I see... my brother."
After a long moment, Zhang Daoxuan uttered those few words in a voice that was almost a mumble, like someone talking in their sleep.
"Your brother?"
Dongfang Zhen, who was standing nearby, also heard him. He followed Zhang Daoxuan’s gaze, confused. "Your brother is in Kunlun? Isn’t that a good thing? You can get him to go easy on you later!"
The moment he finished speaking, Lin Ye clearly felt Zhang Daoxuan’s body jolt violently.
It was a fear that came from the depths of his soul.
It was as if the very phrase "go easy on you" had struck a forbidden chord he was most desperate to avoid.
"You don’t understand... what kind of person he really is."
Zhang Daoxuan’s voice was hoarse. He slowly lowered his head and clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white from the force.
"He was the runner-up in last year’s national unified martial arts college entrance exam."
"His Martial Arts Spirituality is... Telekinesis."
Dongfang Zhen froze for a moment, his mind racing to recall the name, then blurted out, "Last year’s runner-up... Zhang Daoming?! He’s your brother?"
In his mind, Lin Ye was also beginning to piece things together.
The Zhang Family of Ninghai was a renowned clan of Sword Control users.
Zhang Daoxuan’s brother had awakened the profound, unfathomable, and infinitely potential "Telekinesis."
Meanwhile, Zhang Daoxuan himself only had the relatively common "Gold Attribute Affinity."
In a family that prided itself on its Sword Dao lineage, the difference in the caliber of these two talents was destined to make Zhang Daoxuan be seen as inferior.
Just then, a figure broke away from the Kunlun ranks and slowly walked toward them.
The man wasn’t wearing any Exoskeleton Armor, just a simple black Kunlun combat uniform.
He was tall and slender with handsome features, but his eyes were so deep they were unsettling, as if they could see into the deepest secrets of a person’s heart.
He walked casually, yet an invisible, oppressive aura washed over them.
He stopped in front of Zhang Daoxuan, looking down at his pale-faced younger brother.
"How are you still so weak..."
"Is your hatred for me still not enough?"
Zhang Daoming’s voice was calm, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
The corner of Lin Ye’s mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.
He really wanted to ask Zhang Daoxuan if his brother’s last name was Uchiha in a past life.
Zhang Daoxuan snapped his head up. His eyes, which had always seemed somewhat placid, now burned with unprecedented rage and killing intent.
He gritted his teeth, glaring as if at a mortal enemy.
Both Dongfang Zhen and Lin Ye were a little shaken.
It was the first time they had ever seen Zhang Daoxuan display such intense emotions.
Zhang Daoming let out a soft snort and looked away from his brother, as if even a single extra glance was a waste of time.
His gaze shifted to Lin Ye, filled with a sense of scrutiny.
At that exact moment, Min Yutang also walked over, a triumphant, cold sneer on his face, and stood beside Zhang Daoming.
"You must be Lin Ye, right?"
Min Yutang’s eyes swept over Lin Ye, full of undisguised malice. "You’d better be careful once you get inside."
"The rules may say the referees will ensure you don’t die, but the environment inside the Celestial Abyss Rift is complex and the alien races are fierce. If you were to, say, accidentally lose an arm or a leg and end up with a lifelong disability... well, you never know."
A blatant threat.
Lin Ye’s expression didn’t change, but inwardly, he already understood.
’Min Yutang has arranged for someone to target me inside the rift.’
’Is it this Zhang Daoming?’
Lin Ye’s mind raced.
A sliver of killing intent quietly surfaced in his heart.
’If I’m just overthinking this, then I’ll let it go.’
’But if Min Yutang really has arranged for someone—be it this Zhang Daoming or some other random nobody—to try anything funny with me inside the rift... then no matter who it is, I won’t hesitate to completely obliterate them.’
He held grudges.
What’s more, Lin Ye never let a grudge linger. If he could settle a score on the spot, he would.
Just as the atmosphere grew to its most tense—
"Look at the sky!"
A shocked cry rang out from a nearby camp, instantly shattering the silence.
Immediately after, a wave of uproarious clamor swept through the entire encampment!
Everyone instinctively looked up.
High up in the vast expanse of the sky, the faint white trace that had been there before was now erupting in an incomparably brilliant purple radiance!
The purple light expanded wildly outward like a living thing, dyeing the surrounding clouds an eerie color!
The entire sky looked as if a massive wound had been torn open, a gateway to an unknown world!
The rift was about to open!
...
「Yanjing, Kunlun Sub-Palace.」
Inside a massive conference room large enough to hold hundreds, cold metal and Obsidian formed the main color palette, making the space feel all the more vast and austere.
Lv Yongze wore a gentle smile as he shook hands with a middle-aged man in front of him, who was dressed in a standard-issue black Kunlun robe.
The man’s name was Xiao Yuanshan. He had a refined face, but the eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses were sharp enough to pierce a person’s soul.
He was also a revered Emissary of the Kunlun Martial Hall.
"Mr. Lv, it’s been a while. I trust you’ve been well," Xiao Yuanshan said with a warm smile and a gentle voice.