Urban Invincible Overlord

Yunwu Mountain's Base.

Yang Fei waited until Helian Zhan and his companions completely left the patrolling boundary of the base's perimeter before he retracted his Divine Thought entirely and relaxed his vigilance.

If these four joined forces, in his current state, even the slightest mistake could lead to his demise at their hands.

Without him, Qin Yanyang would likely struggle to hold this place, and Divine Continent would face another internal war.

Fortunately, both sides had motives and exercised restraint.

"Hmph, you brat, you sure took a big risk just now. From what I know of Wang Chunyang and Helian Zhan, they are not ones to fear death. If truly angered, even here, they'd dare to cut you down with one sword," Zhuge Cang's voice came from behind.

Yang Fei smiled at his words, turned to Zhuge Cang, and said, "Seems like Senior still doesn't fully understand them. They appear willing to risk it all, but in reality, they are meticulous and know what they want, so I bet they wouldn't really turn against me at this time."

Zhuge Cang, recalling how they indeed held back and left sheepishly, couldn't help but snort.

He then laughed, feeling very pleased, and said, "But you brat also made my day. Seeing those guys leave with their tails between their legs was a first for me, hahaha..."

He had fallen to this point, though he hated Yang Fei the most, he also harbored deep resentment towards Helian Zhan, Ouyang He, and Wang Chunyang.

Even after re-engaging with Yang Fei these past few days, because of Tong Yunshu, his hatred for Yang Fei seemed to have softened quite a bit.

At this moment, Hu Lizhong rushed over.

He glanced at Zhuge Cang, then gave Yang Fei a knowing look.

Zhuge Cang snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Yang Fei said helplessly, "Old Hu, Elder Zhuge is one of us now. Just say whatever you need to say."

Hu Lizhong's expression changed; he looked at Zhuge Cang in shock, eyes filled with disbelief.

This old guy almost killed us back then and even caused Divine Continent to fall into chaos during that time. He's practically a war criminal of the worst kind, so how has he now become one of us?

Hu Lizhong knew about Zhuge Cang being brought over a few days earlier, thinking Yang Fei just wanted to leverage Zhuge Cang's knowledge on formations and talismans. He didn't expect Yang Fei to pardon Zhuge Cang's crimes and even consider him one of their own.

"Brother Yang, this..."

"No rubbish. Just state your business." Yang Fei understood Hu Lizhong's thoughts and interrupted.

Choked up, Hu Lizhong could only get to the point: "Senior Zhu sent over some people."

Yang Fei's eyes lit up: "How many?"

"Thirty-three," said Hu Lizhong.

"Let's go, quickly!" Yang Fei said eagerly.

He had many things to do next, but talent development was the most crucial.

No strong empire is built by one person alone. He needed to cultivate enough talents for future plans, to ease the burden for Qin Yanyang in the future.

As long as he could cultivate a group of super experts and win their loyalty, even if the existing powerhouses of the Hidden Sect were dissatisfied, Divine Continent would not fear.

With alchemy skills and the Gathering Spirit effect of the Yunwu Mountain Array, Yang Fei believed he could cultivate a large number of Martial Arts experts with ease.

The only thing needed now was time.

He hoped that Heaven and the Penglai Realm would delay waging their war a bit longer.

But recalling that night's Blood Clan invasion, Yang Fei knew that Heaven and the Penglai Realm wouldn't give him the time needed to fully develop.

Outside the valley, inside a simple steel-structured building, thirty-three Hidden Sect experts, who had been imprisoned as criminals after the battle at Qingtian Sect, were waiting anxiously.

They originally belonged to some second and third-tier aristocratic families and sects under the Zhuge family, Duanmu family, and Giant Sword Manor, but within their respective sects and families, they were top-level strong experts.

However, after their defeat at Qingtian Sect, they not only became prisoners but also caused their kin and sects to suffer attacks and plunders from the other five families.

Originally, they thought they would be executed to silence them, but with the collapse of the Hidden Sect Plane looming, Divine Continent wanted to unite the Hidden Sect influence to fend off Heaven and the Penglai Realm, so Qin Yanyang proposed giving them a chance to atone, thus they were only temporarily imprisoned.

Though their lives were spared, even imprisonment was an immense humiliation and torment for them.

Just when they thought their lives would end this way and believed there would be no chance to save their sects and families, Yang Fei sent people to persuade them.

Thirty-three of them, without hesitation, chose to defect to Yang Fei, hoping for a chance and hope for rebirth.

As for the other four who didn't agree, it was because they felt too intertwined with the forces they previously served, believing even surrendering to Yang Fei would not gain forgiveness and reuse. Besides, having been born in Hidden Sect, they still harbored pride towards mundane folks, unwilling to serve under Yang Fei, a mundane person.

As for those present, upon arriving in Jiangbei County, they sensed the spiritual energy here rivaled that of the Hidden Sect Plane, causing secret astonishment.

Later, after explanations from accompanying Military Department members, they learned of the amazing effects of the Yunwu Mountain Array, and as they approached the Yunwu Mountain Base, the spiritual energy grew denser, deeply shocking all thirty-three. It also added a bit more anticipation to Zhu Tianshou's promise made to them on behalf of Yang Fei.

"Do you think Yang Fei will really trust us?"

"Hmph, he just wants to use us first, really."

"Better not dwell on that. Since we've chosen to come, we should choose to trust him."

"That's right, we're here now; we can only follow this path to the end."

"Yes, there's no turning back; this is our only hope."

Thirty-three Late-stage Innate Realm Peak experts spoke one after another, quickly unifying their thoughts.

After the battle at Qingtian Sect, Yang Fei was the only one who gave them a lifeline and hope.

The fact they could leave their guarded place and come here proved Yang Fei's ability to protect them.

Suddenly, one of them had a look of alertness, "He's here."

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Soon, Yang Fei appeared at the entrance.

Everyone looked over in unison.

Faced with thirty-three Late-stage Innate Realm Peak experts all staring at him, Yang Fei's heart tightened.

He realized this feeling was no less than when Helian Zhan and Wang Chunyang were watching him.

Indeed, quantitative changes can lead to qualitative change.

If the number is large enough, even if they haven't achieved the Divine Travel Realm, their Physical Body Realm combat power is not much worse than Divine Travel Realm. If in adequate numbers, they could potentially besiege Divine Travel Realm.

He was secretly delighted, scanning the crowd with sincere smiles, clasping his hands, saying, "Greetings, seniors. I am Yang Fei, I believe you're not unfamiliar with me?"

Someone with a straightforward personality spoke up immediately, "Yang Fei, don't bother with polite talk. Let me ask you, is the promise you had someone make to us true?"