Doomsday Roulette

When Yuan Shang saw Ye Zhongming, his emotions were incredibly complex.

Once, he was the 'landlord' here, while Ye Zhongming was merely an outsider. Although he had brought powerful people with him at that time, he was still on equal footing with Ye Zhongming.

But he didn't know when it started; Ye Zhongming, who occupied Cloud Summit Villa, rapidly rose to power with some people, becoming the largest force in the vicinity almost overnight, firmly controlling the narrative.

Ying City and the surrounding towns centered around it all fell within his sphere of influence.

Even Ling Shan City, a county-level city that wasn't very close to Ying City, was deeply affected by Cloud Summit Villa, with forces from the villa continuously infiltrating.

If nothing went wrong with Cloud Summit this time, perhaps in less than half a year, this place would become someone's private hunting ground.

At first, Yuan Shang, out of pride, felt unwilling to let others completely control the narrative after collaborating with Cloud Summit twice, so he chose to expand around him, even creating a false death to avoid drawing Cloud Summit's attention. The effect was quite good. But when Lu Yi led Cloud Summit's large caravan to radiate their influence, his business plummeted.

What he had, Cloud Summit had too, and it was cheaper. What he didn't have, Cloud Summit had, making it impossible for him to compete.

In this situation, he could only retreat farther and farther away.

At one point, he even believed he would never return to Cloud Summit Villa's sphere of influence again.

However, when news of Cloud Summit's impending downfall reached his ears a few days ago, he was moved. He didn’t want to give up the enormous market of the closest city, Ying City, so he brought people back to check the situation. He came to the Iron Tower House today because there was more news here.

Who would have thought he would run into Ye Zhongming!

Could it be that he had not been inside Cloud Summit Villa all along? Or had he escaped through some means?

Before Yuan Shang could think further, he felt his body being lifted.

Among those who returned with Ye Zhongming to Earth, although King Zun and the others did not come, they all sent capable assistants, each of whom was a level-six warrior.

Walking out of the black hole, they were thoroughly shocked by the scenery outside.

Even though the sky was overcast, they saw thick clouds, which were far brighter than the Blue Secret Realm. They witnessed wilderness overgrown with weeds, saw fertile land, and smelled the fresh air.

They felt the surrounding environment was teeming with life.

This was completely different from the lifelessness of the Blue Secret Realm.

In just a few seconds, they believed this was another world, a place a thousand times better than the Blue Secret Realm!

For Ye Zhongming, who brought them here, these people were completely convinced from the bottom of their hearts and felt a sense of worship.

This was not hard to understand; if an alien suddenly appeared and brought an Earthling to the world of Avatar, the Earthling would probably have the same feeling.

Of course, this feeling was most pronounced at first, and would gradually diminish over time; what it would ultimately become depended on the 'alien’s' performance.

After Ye Zhongming walked out and looked around, he heard someone call his name. Turning his head, he recognized it was Yuan Shang, the captain of the Black-clad Caravan. Ye Zhongming had almost forgotten about this person.

He waved his hand, and immediately two level-six experts among the posthumous children went over to lift Yuan Shang from the pile of stones. With Yuan Shang's current status as a five-star evolver, he had no courage to resist under the pressure of the two level-six experts.

"Where is this?"

Ye Zhongming asked directly.

Yuan Shang smiled wryly, knowing that he had no standing in their eyes and didn’t even get to ask, "How come you are here?"

"This is the outskirts of Ling Shan City."