"Will, where are you going?" Ye Chen asked, feeling reluctant to part so soon after eting.
Will replied with a mischievous grin, "Don’t worry about , I won’t be leaving this area for the ti being. I’ll be wandering around here, busy with so important matters. Plus, I’m quite interested in the Ancient Divine Domain. Naturally, I’ll make a trip there, but not now. As for the battle to capture Dark Night City, we’ll et again."
Ye Chen nodded and did not stop him, allowing Will to leave.
At that mont, Ye Chen, taking the now-miniaturized Corpse-devouring Worm Emperor, left the intelligence hall and made his way to the gates of Eastern Earth City, which faced Stealing Heaven Plain.
Here, many rchant Groups were gathering, thick as swarming bees, with Floating Boats rising and falling, loaded with valuable goods, preparing to be transported for trade to the towns and nations near Stealing Heaven Plain.
Not all items were about to be loaded into their spatial rings—so things only true experts could carry in their spatial realms.
Just like Black Sky Plain, facing the countless rouges and bandits of Stealing Heaven Plain, at the city gates, day and night, there were nurous rcenary Groups assembling, so with extraordinary reputations in Ten Thousand Domains. Each one was a battle-hardened expert, quite impressive, standing at the gates, waiting for rchant Groups to approach and discuss convoy protection.
Among these rcenary Groups, there were even experts of Half-Saint Rank.
Although this was the Ten Thousand Domain Center, with countless powerful individuals, far more than in other Great Domains, it was not to the extent that Saint Realm experts were as common as cabbages walking the streets. Only powerful forces had such strong individuals, treating them like revered elders and influential figures.
Generally speaking, even a Half-Saint was still a hero among n. Looking across the vast Stealing Heaven Plain, they were formidable figures that nurous bandits would not dare provoke. Only the top rcenary Groups had such people, able to ensure the rchant Group’s safety.
Ye Chen happened to see a rcenary Group recruiting rcenaries, so he went to participate in the entrance trials.
Currently, he didn’t want to draw too much attention. Although he was strong enough to enter Stealing Heaven Plain alone, acting solo was inconvenient and could easily attract the attention of various parties, which would not be conducive to entering Dark Night City.
Once he entered Stealing Heaven Plain, he would proceed towards Dark Night City and slowly figure out how to infiltrate it.
Of course, rcenary Groups wouldn’t just let anyone join, since they traveled through Stealing Heaven Plain year-round, making lucrative sums but also facing high danger with frequent injuries and deaths. Thus, they needed to test the candidates, only taking in the truly skillful.
The minimum requirent was at least the Divinity Transformation Third Layer Heaven.
Ye Chen naturally hid much of his strength. During the entrance trial, he perford decently, showing the Cultivation of Divinity Transformation Sixth Layer Heaven, just one step away from the Seventh Layer’s Super Divinity status. In Stealing Heaven Plain, he was definitely a powerful figure and was successfully recruited into the Sky Tiger rcenary Corps.
Soon enough, rchant Groups approached to negotiate escort prices. After so haggling, a satisfactory agreent was reached. Both parties rested and regrouped in the city, ready to set off.
Stealing Heaven Plain was boundless and majestic, covering millions of miles, much like a desert wasteland in Black Sky Plain, albeit with the occasional oasis dotting the vast wilderness.
The Sky Tiger rcenary Corps had over fifty mbers, not a large number, but each was at least a Divinity Transformation Third Layer Heaven expert with rich combat experience.
The strongest group leader was even a Super Divinity Eighth Layer Heaven expert, a true master. The Sky Tiger rcenary Corps had a modest reputation on Stealing Heaven Plain, escorting a rchant Group of over three hundred people, with Floating Boats laden with full cargos.
Stealing Heaven Plain lived up to its notorious reputation as a hotbed of banditry. On a journey shorter than a thousand miles, they encountered more than ten groups of bandits, whether openly or following in secret.
Had it not been for the fear of the expert rcenaries from the Sky Tiger rcenary Corps, especially their Eighth Layer Heaven group leader, countless bandits would have sward them long ago.
Still, there were bandits that charged at them, but they were easily fended off by the Sky Tiger rcenary Corps, who personally slaughtered two groups of more than fifty people each.
Most of these were at least Demigod Fifth Layer Heaven, with so Fifth Layer Heaven Divinity experts ruling supre. Alas, they were no match for the Sky Tiger rcenary Corps and were easily killed, deterring other hidden bandit gangs.
After all, these gang mbers weren’t foolishly suicidal; they knew when to asure their odds.
Thus, without major incidents, following the trade route, they travelled a full hundred thousand miles into Stealing Heaven Plain.
And along the way, they saw increasingly fewer signs of bandits attacking, yet every mber of the Sky Tiger rcenary Corps remained vigilant, growing more cautious as they ventured deeper into Stealing Heaven Plain.
The deeper they went, the more dangerous it got. The bandits inside were significantly more ferocious and powerful than those lurking on the outskirts.
Half a day later, the rchant Group arrived on a broad and flat road. This was a relatively main route across Stealing Heaven Plain, which could significantly shorten the distance to their destination.
Naturally, the bandits who could intercept and rob on this road were also extraordinarily formidable.
Not long after, the Sky Tiger rcenary Corps encountered another rcenary Group escorting a rchant Group on this comrcial road.
Upon eting, the two group leaders greeted each other warmly and quickly struck a camaraderie. Both rchant Groups beca one, supporting each other.
With a larger group, they were stronger—a concept fully experienced on Stealing Heaven Plain. The other group, the Snow Wolf rcenary Corps, was not too shabby either, with overall strength similar to Sky Tiger rcenary Corps.
Soon, on this main comrcial route, they encountered several more rchant Groups, all rging together. Along the way, more and more rchant Groups joined, reaching a peak of an imnse combined force of ten thousand, forming a lengthy convoy stretching ten miles and setting off into the distance.
However, the real dangers of Stealing Heaven Plain soon beca evident.
So smaller rchant Groups had fallen on the way. Although not wiped out to the last man, their losses were severe.
Many rchant Groups lost their goods and suffered heavy casualties, with blood flowing like rivers and bodies piled up on the roadsides, a truly harrowing sight.
Even those who survived were grievously wounded; so were weeping in loud sorrow, overwheld with sadness.
Seeing this, Ye Chen sighed softly, but he couldn’t change anything.
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