Chapter 1229: Sudden Changes of the Turtle n


    The only ce Jian Chen could temporarily stay in the sea realm was the Turtle n, so after his conversation with the sea goddess, he headed to the Turtle n’s territory with Nubis.


    The space within the sea realm was much tougher than outside. Saint Kings could not rip open the space there to create Space Gates, so Jian Chen and Nubis could only fly to the Turtle n.


    “Haha, it’s said that the barrier around the sea realm can prevent the entry of foreign Saint Kings, yet I’ve entered the sea realm as a foreign Saint King without any difficulty at all. Probably only the two of us can enjoy such a great treatment,” Nubis could not help butugh freely as they flew.


    “Oh right, Jian Chen, that big fellow is still cultivating in the artifact space. He doesn’t seem to havee to the sea realm before, so you might as well let him out to have a look,” said Nubis again.


    Jian Chen immediately thought of Tie Ta who had always been cultivating within the artifact space. Hesitating slightly, he still ended up calling him out.


    With a sh of golden light, Tie Ta’s burly body appeared by Jian Chen’s side. His skin carried a faint, golden luster as a gentle, golden light shone from his body. It seemed like his skin was made from gold.


    Since Tie Ta’s identity was just far too sensitive on the Tian Yuan Continent, Jian Chen never dared to let him appear in front of others. After all, the war god of the Hundred Races had provoked the Beast God Continent and the Tian Yuan Continent in ancient times. As soon as the news that the war god had returned made its way out, he would not be able to keep Tie Ta safe with his current strength.


    However, the sea realm was different. In ancient times, only the Sea race did not participate in the war, so they did not have any enmity with the war god. To the various experts of the sea realm, perhaps the appearance of the war god would have nothing to do with them, much less lead to any conflicts of interest.


    Exactly because of that, Jian Chen allowed Tie Ta to appear in the sea realm in such a bold fashion without any worry.


    This was the first time Tie Ta hade to the sea realm, so he constantly looked around as soon as he appeared outside the artifact space. He was extremely curious about everything, so he asked Jian Chen and Nubis about everything.


    Jian Chen and Nubis exined everything to Tie Ta as they traveled. They shared everything they knew with him without hiding anything.


    The three of them maintained a straight course as they flew to where the Turtle n was. They flew over manyrge ns, which caused many experts toe up to stop them. However, since they let their presences radiate out without holding back, the aggressive experts immediately became bright red. They would politely sp their hands to the three of them before obediently backing off.


    After flying for several hours, the three of them finally arrived at the Turtle n. However, what they saw was not a prosperous n, but a battleground dyed with blood. Blood had pooled into small streams with many corpses strewn across the ground. Not only were there members of the Turtle n, there were other people as well, but all of the other people wore the same attire. It was possible to tell with a single nce that they belonged to the same organization. Meanwhile, the many, grand structures of the n had been reduced to ruins by the battle as well. Bloody marks were present everywhere.


    Two hundred-meter-wide pits had been dug far away. Between the ruins of the n, several dozen people in the same attire worked arduously as they moved the corpses. They moved all the corpses into the tworge pits to bury them. Hundreds, possibly even thousands, of dead people were already stacked inside.


    Jian Chen and Nubis, who had just arrived, revealed a drastically different expression when they saw this. Only Tie Ta, who was clueless, remainedposed as he observed the ruined territory of the Turtle n.


    Jian Chen hovered several hundred meters in the air as he stared nkly at the horrifyingndscape. His face was filled with shock and disbelief. He had even begun to doubt his eyes at that moment.


    Suddenly, fury surged in Jian Chen’s heart. Great killing intent radiated from him without control, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet, as if it had turned into an ice cavern.


    Jian Chen suddenly vanished from the air. By the time he had appeared, he had already traversed a thousand meters, arriving beside a middle-aged man who was moving corpses. He grabbed the man by the clothes on his chest and loudly demanded, “What’s happened to the Turtle n!? Speak!”


    The middle-aged man was only an Earth Saint Master, so Jian Chen’s vast presence and icy-cold killing intent pressed against his chest like a mountain, making breathing difficult for him. He had almost suffocated, and he instantly paled.


    The middle-aged man understood just how terrifying Jian Chen was. He even felt like he was stared into a death god’s eyes as he looked at Jian Chen’s cold pupils. They seemed like they could suck away his soul at any moment.


    “W- w- warrior, the Turtle n’s been wiped out by the Tao family. I am a member of the Tao family, so I hope you can spare my life on behalf of the n,” the middle-aged man replied to Jian Chen with a trembling voice. His heart was filled with fear. At the same time, he did not forget to bring up the Tao family in attempt to scare off Jian Chen to prevent him from doing anything.


    “What! The Turtle n’s been wiped out...” Jian Chen mumbled in a daze as a p of thunder seemed to have exploded in his head. He felt the world spin around him.


    Although he did not have any deep ties with the Turtle n, their grand elder had saved his life before. In order to save him, the grand elder had been killed, and his attachment to the n formed a will after his death. This was more than enough to show just how important the n was to the grand elder.


    Jian Chen no longer had the opportunity to thank the grand elder for saving his life, so all he could do was help him fulfil his final wish, to develop the Turtle n and make them regain their former glory, letting the grand elder die without regrets. Yet now, not only had the Turtle n failed to return to their former glory under his leadership, they had suffered a disaster instead. How was it possible for Jian Chen to not be mad?


    “The Tao family!” Jian Chen clenched his teeth and the killing intent around him had reached a maximum. He struck his hand against the head of the middle-aged man, shattering it into pieces and killing him on the spot.


    The several dozen other people all stopped what they were doing and encircled him. They hade originally to see what was going on, but they immediately shivered inside when they saw Jian Chen smash the man’s head into pieces. They began to back away slowly.


    Jian Chen nced over all the people with his gaze filled with killing intent. He coldly said, “Are you all people of the Tao family? If that’s the case, you can all be buried with with the dead nsmen of the Turtle n.”


    “Warrior, please wait...” At this moment, an old voice filled with fear boomed out. An old man quickly rushed over from afar. He wore the exact same uniform as all the other people.


    The old man was a Saint Ruler, but only at the First Heavenly Layer. Clearly, he had only just broken through, yet he was already sweating bullets. He was horrified by the icy-cold killing intent radiating from Jian Chen.


    “Warrior, an intense battle urred three days ago between the Turtle n and the Tao family, but the Turtle n was not wiped out. All the remaining people have retreated over ten thousand kilometers to the south. We’re only responsible for cleaning up the battlefield,” the old man carefully exined with his head lowered his head. He did not choose to run because he knew that it would all be useless with his strength before Jian Chen.


    Jian Chen immediately expanded his presence after what the old man had said. Indeed, he found quite a few people of the Turtle n ten thousand kilometers to the south. Without any hesitation, he immediately shot into the sky and flew to where the Turtle n had gathered.


    “Big fellow, let’s go!” Nubis yelled to Tie Ta before following Jian Chen.


    The old man sighed a breath of relief after avoiding cmity. He wiped away his cold sweat and turned to the others, “Don’t bother with these corpses anymore. Another great expert has arrived for the Turtle n. Let’s hurry back to the n to report this.”


    ...


    The ce used to be empty, but it had now be the territory of arge n. The n that took up thisnd was the Turtle n.


    The Turtle n had only recently imed this area for themselves. Many structures were newly built, and there were many houses that were still under construction.


    Although people flowed in and out of the n unceasingly, very few people spoke. Every single one of them was filled with sorrow as they silently built their new homes with clenched teeth. Every single one of them possessed a hatred that they could not let go, which caused a miserable atmosphere to loom over the entire n.


    Jian Chen, Nubis, and Tie Ta arrived at the new territory of the Turtle n at the same time. As soon as they touched down, a person building his house noticed them. He immediately recognized Jian Chen and became stunned before rubbing his eyes. His face then became filled with delight and disbelief.


    “It’s the ruler. The ruler’s returned. It’s the ruler who has returned. Fantastic, our ruler has returned...” The person who recognized Jian Chen eximed. His voice was filled with excitement.


    “What! The ruler’s returned? Is that true...”


    “Where? Where has the ruler returned? Has the ruler really returned...”


    “I see him. It really is the ruler. Fantastic, the ruler really has returned...”


    More and more people discovered Jian Chen. They all enthusiastically added their voices to the cries as excitement flooded their faces.


    To all the people of the Turtle n, the ruler was their pir of support. He was the hope of the Turtle n. Even though they had been forced into such a horrible position by the Tao family, they were still filled with confidence because of the ruler. All of them believed that the Turtle n would never fall apart as long as the ruler watched over them.


    This was because every single one of them could remember just how weak the Turtle n had been several years ago. The entire n did not even have a 16th Star expert, yet after the ruler hade, the entire n had undergone an overwhelming change. In just a few years, they expanded from having no 16th Star experts to having at least five 16th Star experts at all times. They had even taken back most of their former crystal mines.


    Although the Turtle n had suffered a severe blow this time, all of them believed that the reason why they had suffered this blow was because the ruler was not present. They would never have suffered defeat if the ruler had been present.