Rebirth: City Sovereign

Different from the sects in the east wing of the North City, as the Top Level Sect in the east wing, the design of the Heavenly God Brilliance Sect's great hall had a very modern and technological feel to it. Within the tall cube structure, countless electronic surveillance equipment and unmanned aerial vehicles surrounded the area.    

Inside the great hall, in a pitch-black space that was surrounded by purple light, a dozen or so cylindrical high platforms were arranged in a circle, rising from the ground. On top of each pillar sat numerous white-haired Heavenly God Brilliance Sect Elders who sat cross-legged on top, their long hair covering their eyes, and their expressions could not be clearly seen.    

Following which, a piece of the ground at the center of the hall slowly caved in and rose. A western man wearing a formal attire with countless bandages wrapped around his right shoulder slowly emerged from the rising ground while kneeling on one knee.    

"Rochester." On the round platform, an elder slowly opened his mouth and read out that man's name.    

The man was the man from the Celestial Sect of Wonders who kidnapped Ye Qingying and her. He was a prodigy of the Heavenly God Brilliance Sect, Rochester.    

"Elder Mi Fei." Rochester was called out, he slowly stood up and said while raising his head.    

The Clan Elder revealed his pair of eyes that were glowing with a gold light, and sized Rochester up before asking.    

"How's your recovery going?"    

Rochester took off the white bandage that was wrapped around his right shoulder, revealing his shoulder that was no longer wounded, and his right chest, as he answered.    

"The cut on my wound has already completely healed. However, I'm afraid I will need another hour to recover my meridians that were injured by the sword Qis."    

"To be able to injure you to such a state, it seems that the White-Clothed Sword Immortal is even more troublesome than what we imagined."    

Hearing the elder's words, the scene of Ye Kai almost slashing his right arm open appeared in his mind once again. Rochester said slowly while clenching his teeth with a gloomy face.    

"He's just a trash of the Mortal Realm. The next time I head over to the Mortal Realm, I'll definitely do my best to kill him."    

The elder nodded and said.    

"That White-Clothed Sword Immortal killed sixty disciples of my Heavenly God Sect. This matter will definitely not end so easily. You don't need to rush to get into the Mortal Realm, you can just listen to the sect's arrangements."    

Rochester replied. Then, as if he had thought of something, he raised his head and asked.    

"Elder."    

"Yes."    

"Regarding the Lee Mengying and Ye Qingying that I caught."    

"The ingredients needed for the Soulcleanse Formation have been prepared. The Soulcleanse Ceremony will be held after the Spirit Hunt."    

When it came to the Spirit Hunt, Elder Mi Fei's expression and tone grew more and more serious.    

"According to the information gathered from the investigations of the members of the sect, there will be many strong Major Sect participating in this year's Spirit Hunt who have not shown their faces for many years."    

"Great Snake Sect's George, Dark Moon Divine Sect's Tucker, and Saint Blood Sect's Mi. These are all the heaven's pride level experts of the West City, and are all the most powerful competitors for this year's Spirit Gathering champions."    

Rochester smiled confidently, and said with a grin.    

"Elder, don't worry. This year's champion of the Spirit Hunt will still be my Heavenly God Brilliance Sect."    

Although the sect's strength that the elders had mentioned was also very strong, Heavenly God Brilliance Sect was a strong Major Sect that everyone knew, and in the end, was still a level higher than these sects. And as the head of the Heavenly God Brilliance Sect, Rochester was naturally confident that he could defeat these people.    

As one of the most important activities of the sect in West District, the Spirit Hunt was not only a stage for the heaven's pride experts in West City to display their skills, it was also an important standard for the ranking of the clan in West City. The Spirit Hunt had already continued for ten years as the champion of the Spirit Hunt, and in the eyes of the elders, this year was no exception either.    

Elder Mi Fei stretched out his right hand and flicked his finger. A black pill that glowed with an ominous purple light flew from his sleeve to Rochester's front.    

"Thank you, Elder Mi Fei!"    

"Go, adjust your meridians." The Spirit Hunt will be held as scheduled tonight. Before that, my body will be restored to its peak state. "    

"Remember, you are the chief of the Heavenly God Brilliance Sect. Your every word and action at the Spirit Hunt represents the image of the Heavenly God Brilliance Sect."    

"Yes, Elder."    

Rochester stood up and walked towards the entrance of the Main Hall of the Heavenly God Sect.    

At the very top of the hall, streams of black immortal energy encircled the place like slithering snakes, tied together with two beautiful women of China with their eyes closed tightly.    

Late night, in the Northwest Desolate Region.    

Logically speaking, as the border between West District and North City, where immortal energy was the densest, this piece of land should be flourishing with plants and filled with vitality. However, this was not the case.    

In the vast expanse of dry land, forget about plants, there wasn't even a single piece of green moss. This was not because this place had been bombed before, but because all of the immortal energy at the border had been completely absorbed by the enormous ravine called Heavenly Ridge in the Northwest Wasteland region.    

Beneath the moonlight, a golden pillar of light rose slowly into the night sky from the deepest part of the Heavenly Ridge. After the light exploded outwards, dozens of figures dressed in all sorts of clothes lined up in a row, and jumped down from the top of the Heavenly Ridge.    

The Spirit Hunt began!    

"Hahaha!" A man with a thick black eye shadow fell head first into the deepest part of the Heavenly Ridge. Countless poisonous snakes flew out from his sleeves as he laughed loudly.    

"This year's champion of the Spirit Hunt, will definitely be me, George!"    

This person was the Chief of the West District Great Serpent Sect, George.    

Behind George, a man with a pitch-black crescent on his forehead frowned as he spoke coldly.    

"Be quiet, George. The Spirit Hunt is held at night, and many Spiritual Beast only come out during the quiet night."    

"With how noisy you are, it's already over before it even started."    

In the past fifty years, the most powerful genius of the Darkmoon Divine Sect, Tucker.    

When George heard Tucker's words, although he couldn't help but grumble a little, he still obediently lowered his voice.    

Above their heads, the man from the Saint Blood sect jabbed a finger through the artery of his right hand, causing streams of blood to shoot out from it. Without saying a word, the man flew towards the direction of Yu Li's position inside the Heavenly Ridge.    

"This Mir guy is still as sulky as ever." George glanced at the Mi Er who had turned into a bloody person and said disdainfully.    

As it was one of the most important activities of the sect in West District, the rules of the Spirit Hunt were actually very simple.    

Every participant in the competition would obtain a long glass container that was like a container for collecting spirit energy. Every time they killed a Spiritual Beast, the participants would condense the spirit energy inside the Spiritual Beast into spirit energy essence and place it inside the container. Once the container was filled with spirit energy essence, the signal device in the container would react and send out a signal, announcing the birth of the champion.    

It was worth mentioning that stealing the spiritual energy collected by others and harming others were not against the rules in the Spiritual Hunt. Therefore, there were also many contestants who were waiting for them in the Spiritual Hunt to be captured and rob others' spiritual energy collection devices.    

How to protect yourself while hunting Spiritual Beast was something that every participant had to consider.    

Dozens of people flew into the middle of Yu Li, and just as they were about to disperse, a mournful howl resounded throughout the entire Heavenly Ridge!    

"Hiss!"    

"F * ck, what's going on?" After George finished speaking, the ground that everyone was stepping on suddenly trembled and split open, and a pitch black python that was a few meters thick fiercely drilled out from underground!    

Looking at the python's huge body, which was completely obscured by the moonlight, all the participants of the Spirit Hunt were stunned.    

"What the hell is this?"    

George said as cold sweat dripped down his forehead and he forced out a stiff smile.    

"I'm afraid that the moment the Heavenly Ridge was formed, this enormous python had fallen asleep underground and was constantly absorbing the rich immortal energy contained within the Heavenly Ridge. It had lived for tens of thousands of years to grow to this state?"    

Although Tucker was also panicking, he still analyzed the situation.    

"But, why did this enormous python only break out of the earth today? Do you feel our presence? "    

Just at this moment, the black python roared at Tianyi again, its thick tail slashing through the air and ferociously swinging out!    

Tens of people simultaneously set up a barrier of immortal qi in front of him.    

"Bam!"    

A sound similar to the shattering of inferior glass rang out. The barrier of immortal energy was struck by the snake tail, and without exception, it was shattered into pieces. One by one, the heaven's pride level cultivators were struck by the snake tail and spat out blood.    

"Spiritual Beast? "I think it's more like a monster!" George stabilised his body in the air and said.    

"Absorbed immortal energy for tens of thousands of years. This giant python's ability is probably even stronger than the peak of the Divine Force. It's comparable to a half-step Earthly Immortal!"    

Tucker's face was grim as he spoke.    

"It wouldn't be too much to call him a monster."    

The appearance of this black python was completely out of everyone's expectations. Before coming to the competition, these people had made ample preparations and even watched the video recording of the Spirit Hunt a few years ago.    

Compared to the giant python in front of him, the Spiritual Beast in the video were as weak as cats and dogs.    

"Let's kill this python first, then we can split up and move!" Tucker shouted in a voice that everyone present could hear.    

"Otherwise, before the Spirit Hunt even starts, we're all going to die!"    

When the others heard that, they were taken aback for a moment, then nodded their heads in agreement.    

"Damn it, it's already so exciting from the start?" Hearing that, George activated the True Qi in his body, his entire being was slowly being covered by the green scales, and he was just about to take action.    

The rest of the heaven's pride experts also had colorful lights radiating from their bodies. Their expressions were also extremely ugly.    

Just as everyone was about to make their move, an earth-shattering golden beam of light suddenly erupted from the ground, piercing straight through the head of the black python!    

"Hiss!"    

Inside the golden pillar of light, a Blonde-Haired Man smiled playfully, and with a flick of his finger, he refined a Magic Formation and took out all of the spirit energy in the giant python's body, turning it into spirit essence, he poured it into the container in his hands, and a large portion of the container was instantly filled.    

It had to be known that although this spirit energy collection device was small, the amount of spirit energy essence it could contain was unimaginable. Until now, the fastest participant to fill a container with spirit energy had also spent an entire night.    

After the initial shock, the Heaven's Pride prodigies all called out the man's name from within the pillar of light.    

"Heavenly God Brilliance Sect Head, Rochester!"    

At this time, thousands of miles away in the Heavenly Ridge Wasteland, a white figure was standing on top of a withered tree.    

"Found you." Ye Kai said coldly.