Chapter 149 – Blood Fiend City! Xu Xingchen!

At Ghost Mountain City’s Sky Harbor, countless steel warships were docked.

Today, the Sky Harbor was exceptionally lively, gathering over ninety thousand examinees from Ghost Mountain City.

All these examinees were to board the warships arranged by Ghost Mountain City here, heading to the current examination site in the Southern Brightness Province.

Coupled with the parents who had come to see them off, the entire Sky Harbor was bustling with people.

To maintain order, the city guards of Ghost Mountain City were all mobilized.

Ye Sheng walked through the surging crowd. Alone today, with no one to see him off, he stood out among the other examinees accompanied by their families.

“The Lu family should be here too!” Ye Sheng looked around at the crowd, his gaze flickering slightly.

At this moment, Lu Shushan and Mother Lu should have also come to the Sky Harbor to see Lu Ming off, though he didn’t know where they were.

“Those high school classmates should have arrived as well!”

Ye Sheng smiled, thinking of Jiang Hao, Han Liang, Du Yu, and others.

Even Shangguan Ying, a 4th Revolution Ghost Sect Realm cultivator, would also participate in this Federation Grand Examination.

Ye Sheng lost himself in thought, quietly waiting.

“Young man, here for the Federation Grand Examination too?” a city guard asked with a smile.

Ye Sheng looked at him. The guard was a middle-aged man with a warm smile.

“That’s right. How much longer until the ships depart?” Ye Sheng nodded, his gaze shifting to the massive steel warships docked at the Sky Harbor, which seemed to be making final preparations.

The guard replied, “Soon. The examinees have mostly gathered. After the City Lord and the Upper Echelon appear to give their speeches, we should set off. Time is quite tight!”

“Speeches, huh?” Ye Sheng chuckled. Speeches by the City Lord and the Upper Echelon were an old tradition, never missed in any session.

The content was naturally nothing special—just encouragement and talk of a bright future. He’d heard plenty of that during his student years.

“Good luck, young man. My son is your age and is also taking the exam this year, haha!” The guard patted Ye Sheng’s shoulder proudly. “My son has already reached the 2nd Revolution Ghost Master Realm. If he gets into Fengdu University, it’ll bring honor to our ancestors! I’ll share in the glory too!”

Ye Sheng smiled without discouraging him. The chances of a 2nd Revolution Ghost Master Realm cultivator getting into Fengdu University were very low, unless they had exceptional potential and were discovered by a Fengdu University Mentor.

But such cases were rare!

…

Half an hour later, all the examinees who were coming had arrived.

Ghost Mountain City’s City Lord, Lan Tingxu, along with the Upper Echelon, appeared and stood on a high platform, smiling as they looked out at all the examinees present.

Ye Sheng observed them and, for some reason, noticed that Lan Tingxu and the other Upper Echelon of Ghost Mountain City didn’t look too well. They seemed preoccupied, as if burdened with worries!

Their spirits weren’t high either, as if they were quietly anxious about something.

As for what exactly, Ye Sheng didn’t know.

Soon.

Lan Tingxu began speaking through the microphone. As a seasoned veteran in politics, he quickly adjusted his emotions and delivered an impassioned speech.

He stirred the examinees’ enthusiasm, making them feel as if they had already been admitted to Fengdu University, graduated, and become City Lords or even powerful provincial Inspectors.

“The City Lord’s speech is quite skillful!” the city guard beside Ye Sheng remarked, his face flushed with excitement. Even he felt stirred.

“Indeed!” Ye Sheng smiled.

Then, Lan Tingxu on the high platform waved his hand grandly and shouted, “All examinees, board the ships! May you achieve immediate success! Bring glory to your hometowns!”

“Yes!”

Tens of thousands of examinees roared in unison before beginning to board the ships.

One after another, steel warships roared as their hangar doors opened. Countless examinees filed aboard like ants, pouring into different warships.

“Uncle, goodbye! Your son might really get into Fengdu University.”

Ye Sheng waved to the figure behind him, then merged into the crowd and disappeared.

Over ten minutes later.

Dozens of massive steel warships lifted into the air. These warships were far beyond what Ghost Dragon could compare to, boasting extremely high technological sophistication. They were Ghost Mountain City’s prized treasures, with only these few dozen in existence, yet they were being used this time to transport the examinees.

Dozens of steel warships stood tall in the sky.

Hum—one of them flickered, causing spatial tremors, and vanished from its spot the next moment.

As one disappeared, the others followed suit one after another.

This was spatial jump technology, capable of covering vast distances in an instant.

…

One day later.

Dozens of steel warships emerged from space, sailing into a dark, void-like region.

Inside one of the warships, rows of seats were arranged, filled with young faces chattering animatedly, brimming with vitality.

In a window seat, Ye Sheng gazed outside.

“Brother Ye, we’ve arrived!”

Beside him sat a boy who looked remarkably like Conan, wearing black-framed glasses. He was not tall and was eating an ice pop he had pulled from his Spatial Bracelet.

“Are you that hot?” Ye Sheng glanced at him. Their seats were adjacent, and the boy was quite talkative, quickly striking up a conversation with Ye Sheng.

Xu Xingchen adjusted his black-framed glasses, quickly slurping his ice pop while shrugging. “I eat this when I’m nervous. I can’t do without it!”

“What kind of habit is that?” Ye Sheng was taken aback, having never heard of anyone eating ice pops when nervous in all his years.

“What is this place? Why is it pitch black?” Ye Sheng asked, looking out the window.

Xu Xingchen replied, “This is the Dark Star Domain, a void-like region!

There’s a city here called ‘Blood Fiend City.’ It’s our examination site this time. Didn’t you look into it before coming?”

As he spoke, Xu Xingchen gave Ye Sheng a strange look.

Ye Sheng shook his head. He had devoted all his energy to increasing the Level of his Annihilation-grade Skill, leaving no time for anything else. Combat Power was what truly mattered.

“You’re really something!” Xu Xingchen was speechless. Other examinees, no matter how careless, would at least look into things beforehand. But Ye Sheng hadn’t bothered at all.

How confident was he in himself?

“Blood Fiend City?” Ye Sheng looked at Xu Xingchen.

Xu Xingchen slurped his ice pop and said, “It’s an Aberration city, floating in the Dark Star Domain, shrouded in a thick layer of bloody light.

During the day, the entire city is a ruin—buildings collapsed, streets abandoned.

But when night falls… something miraculous happens…”

Xu Xingchen looked at Ye Sheng, his expression mysterious.

He waited a moment, but when Ye Sheng didn’t respond, he adjusted his black-framed glasses and said helplessly, “When night falls, the entire Blood Fiend City seems to come alive!”

“Come alive? What do you mean?” Ye Sheng frowned at him, regretting not having looked into it earlier.

Xu Xingchen chuckled, having already finished one popsicle. He didn’t rush to answer, instead taking out another popsicle to continue before saying, “Once night falls, the entire Blood Fiend City glimmers with neon lights. Every skyscraper, street, and road appears brand new, with endless streams of vehicles flowing through.

Subways and buses operate normally, and human figures are everywhere. It’s as if the ruined city during the day has nothing to do with the city at night.

However… these figures are not human…”