Negotiation
"You want to kill me, unless you first put away this Domain. But once you do that, the participants currently dead in this Domain will truly die, unable to achieve Resurrection.
Those currently in this Domain are all the young prodigies of this era. Once they die, it will be a devastating blow to current humanity. You will have absolutely no future to speak of...
Will you do this?"
Kongwang was after all a figure from a thousand years ago, knowing the Path of the Physician like the back of his hand. With one sentence, he broke down Mr. Han's current dilemma. The latter's expression instantly darkened.
The changes in the Wuji Domain had already caused the upper echelons of humanity to suffer heavy casualties in Combat Power. This struggle for the Heaven-Reaching Star Position was originally the Five Great Realms' huge gamble on the next generation... If these people all died here, they would lose both their present and future simultaneously.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Mr. Han spoke in a deep voice.
"I know that even if trapped here, you still have means to contact the outside world." Kongwang spoke calmly. "Notify the representatives of the Five Great Realms... I want to negotiate with them here."
"Negotiation??"
"Yes."
"After a thousand years, you are the first person to walk out of the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path, and also the embodiment of the 'Yin' in the world... With your identity, as long as you report according to the procedure, it's not impossible to directly have a face-to-face meeting with the representatives of the Five Great Realms... Why make such a huge commotion?" Mr. Han found it bizarre. "What exactly do you want to negotiate with them about??"
"You don't need to care about this." Kongwang glanced at the pitch-black night sky above his head,
"I'll give them five minutes... After five minutes, I want them to arrive at the periphery of [Transcendence of Calamity], otherwise, I will kill everyone here."
Mr. Han frowned tightly. He glanced at the large bowl covering the sky above the Old District. After thinking briefly, he still agreed.
"... Alright, I agree."
Subsequently, Mr. Han used his Walkie-talkie to transmit Kongwang's exact words out.
Kongwang slowly walked to the edge of the Clock Tower, his lowered eyelids overlooking this urban area in the dark night, as well as the six towering starlight divine pillars in the distance. It was unknown what he was thinking.
...
Tianshu Domain.
At a Crossroads, the numbers on the traffic lights flickered silently. 9 of Spades stood by the roadside with his hands in his pockets. A train whistled past on the tracks ahead.
9 of Spades looked down at his wristwatch, deep in thought.
"The struggle for the Heaven-Reaching Star Position should almost be over... I wonder how the situation is?"
Regarding his failure to sneak into this struggle, 9 of Spades also felt somewhat regretful. Although he had no interest in the Heaven-Reaching Star Position, he had a premonition that with the intervention of those guys, this struggle should become quite interesting.
As the color of the traffic light changed, 9 of Spades followed the crowd forward;
Just then, as if sensing something, he suddenly turned his head to look behind him, only to see densely packed figures whistling out from the Tower to Heaven, charging howling towards a certain direction.
This grand scene not only attracted 9 of Spades but also made the residents of the Tianshu Domain incomparably surprised. They pointed at those whistling streaks of light and began to converse in bewilderment.
9 of Spades' eyes narrowed slightly.
Something wasn't right.
One had to know, the Tianshu Domain had a strict system. Even Divine Path Possessors generally couldn't fly so casually and ostentatiously... What's more, judging from their Auras, those few people just now were extremely strong. Coupled with the fact that today happened to be the day of the domain meeting, their identities seemed practically on the verge of being revealed.
"To actually interrupt the domain meeting..." 9 of Spades muttered to himself. He looked in the direction of the Old District,
"Could those guys have caused some huge incident again?"
After hesitating for a moment, 9 of Spades still gritted his teeth, turned around, and also rushed towards the direction of the Old District!
...
Five streaks of light cut across the sky above the Tianshu Domain at astonishing speed, finally stopping at the edge of the Old District. Five figures were outlined from them.
The speed of these five people was too fast, so much so that the accompanying personnel behind were left far behind, and had only walked half the journey by now.
Fortunately, at this time, there were already quite a few Tower to Heaven members who originally came to rescue blocked outside the Old District by [Transcendence of Calamity]. Seeing these five people rushing over, they immediately went up to meet them.
"Tower Master!"
"How is the situation inside?" Among the five, the representative of the Tianshu Domain, who was also the current Tower Master of the Tower to Heaven, spoke in a deep voice. "Are those participants alright?"
Concerning the seedlings of humanity's next generation, the five domain representatives all attached extreme importance to it. After receiving the news, they immediately rushed over here.
"Mr. Han's [Kingdom of the Dying] is still being maintained. There shouldn't be any major problems inside for the time being." A Tower to Heaven member spoke.
"What is that Path of Ghosts doing? If he wants to see us, just say it directly. Why must he hide?" The representative of the South Sea Domain coldly snorted, seemingly somewhat displeased.
"However, this bowl is indeed mysterious." The representative of the Hanging Jade Domain was deep in thought. "It has the Aura of the Path of Ghosts, it should be a Dao Foundation artifact... I'm afraid wanting to break it with brute force won't be easy."
Seeing this, a Tower to Heaven member lowered his voice and spoke:
"Tower Master, currently we still don't know what exactly that Path of Ghosts wants to do... Should we activate the 'Star Cluster' left behind by the Lord of Tianshu in advance, to make preparations?"
The Tower Master watched that black bowl covering the Old District. After remaining silent for a moment, he still nodded:
"Mm, go."
"Yes!"
A Tower to Heaven member quickly left.
"What is the 'Star Cluster'?" The representative of the South Sea Domain asked in bewilderment.
"Before the Lord of Tianshu fell into a deep slumber, he once entrusted a portion of his self-consciousness to the stars, suspended above the Tianshu Domain." The Tower Master raised his hand and pointed upwards. "If encountering some unexpected situations, it can be activated to unleash the divine might of the Lord of Tianshu... It is also one of our Tianshu Domain's foundations."
"I see... However, that is only one Path of Ghosts, not a World-Ending invasion. Isn't this commotion a bit too big?"
"The young prodigies of our Five Great Realms are all under this black bowl. No matter what, they cannot be allowed to have any mishaps... If things really come to that step, consuming the 'Star Cluster' once is also worth it."
Just as the crowd was talking, a soul wearing chains silently floated out from under the black bowl.
That wasn't Kongwang himself, only the soul of a participant. But as the chains on its body emitted mysterious faint light, it seemed to have become some kind of medium. Its expression and demeanor were extremely similar to Kongwang, especially its eyes, which had actually also transformed into Yin-Yang pupils!
Seeing this, the five domain representatives stopped conversing with each other, and simultaneously locked their Auras onto that wisp of soul.
"You are 'Kongwang'?" The Tower Master spoke in a deep voice,
"You wanted to see us, now we have come... Can you let those innocent children go?"
"If my demands are completed, I will naturally let them leave." Kongwang's voice floated out from within the soul's body, like a machine without the slightest emotion.
"You made such a huge commotion, what exactly do you want to do?"
Kongwang's Yin-Yang pupils slowly swept past the five people. After pausing for a long time, he slowly spat out four words:
"... Execute the Nine Monarchs."