Published: November 30, -0001
Many of the guards were silent, not speaking, but there were some who were conversing, appearing quite relaxed.
"Whenever a member of the Ji family comes in to prepare for the baptism, we have to come over and patrol together," said one patrol team while walking and chatting.
"In fact, we are here to catch anyone who tries to escape. The real monitoring... is not us, but that thing." One of the guards pointed to something above.
"You mean the Void Restriction?"
"Of course, this Void Restriction guards the entire ancient castle. If someone dares to leave the castle, the Void Restriction will easily detect it, and then we just need to act." Some of the patrolling guards were quite at ease.
Trying to sneak out? Impossible!
Even if one were to forcefully escape, it would depend on their strength. Those with the strength to escape would find the guards a death sentence.
Suddenly—
A hazy light illuminated the sky outside the ancient castle; the brilliant glow trembled twice, and all the patrolling guards were immediately alerted.
"Someone is trying to escape!"
Dozens of armored guards in cloaks rushed towards the area where the disturbance occurred, and they clearly spotted three figures appearing in the void—
Ji Hongchen from the Ji family, along with two cloaked guards from the ancient castle.
"Damn it, how has the restriction of the Ji family's ancestral land become so much stronger? Just how many restrictions have those Demon Tribe members set up here?"
One of them was Qin Chen, who looked up at the brilliant seven-colored restriction around him, feeling bitter.
There was no escaping now!
Qin Chen initially wanted to silently break through the restriction outside the ancient castle and leave quietly, but when he attempted to crack the restriction secretly, he discovered that it was far too complex.
Previously, the restriction of the Ji family's ancestral land was not difficult for him; he was confident he could break it silently in a short time, but who would have known that the Demon Tribe had layered additional restrictions after that.
Restrictions upon restrictions, it was too cumbersome.
If Qin Chen had enough time, perhaps he could break through these restrictions one by one, but to do so in such a short time was far too difficult for him, especially since he had yet to breakthrough to the Martial God level.
At this moment, a vast number of Ji family guards were flying over, densely packed, all staring down from above.
"Ji Hongchen?" Upon seeing Ji Hongchen, the guards were momentarily stunned, then one of them shouted, "Why have you triggered the Void Restriction?"
Qin Chen looked at the group of guards in front of him; their auras were not very strong, many were only early Nineth Level Martial Gods, but some were mid-stage Martial Gods. The key point was their overwhelming numbers.
"A group of Nineth Level Martial Gods!" Qin Chen thought to himself, feeling bitter.
Forcing an escape was not feasible.
Even if he could break through the encirclement, it would quickly alert the powerful elders inside the ancient castle. He could defeat a mid-stage peak Martial God now, but he wasn't confident against a late-stage Martial God powerhouse.
"I, Ji Hongchen of the Ji family, acting on the orders of the elder, have urgent matters to attend to and must leave immediately. I did not wish to disturb you; now please step aside and let me leave the ancestral land first," Ji Hongchen declared loudly.
However, the leading guard coldly replied, "Lord Ji Hongchen, you are also a strong member of the Ji family and naturally know the rules of the ancestral land. Unless we receive orders, we cannot allow any outsiders to leave."
"I have urgent matters!" Ji Hongchen said angrily, producing a token, "This is the elder's token!"
"Sorry, Lord Ji Hongchen, but this is not a travel token for leaving the ancestral land. Please wait a moment; we have already sent someone to inform the elder. If the elder truly has a command, we will let you leave once we have his word," one of the guards stated.