It hadn't been long before Zhou Sui and Bai Sujie, among others, flashed and transformed into a beam of light, flying towards Fengxi City and disappearing in front of Zhu Longting and the rest.
Once Zhou Sui and his group had completely vanished, Zhu Longting's face became incredibly gloomy.
"How exactly did you handle this?"
"How could such a person appear suddenly?"
Zhu Longting gritted his teeth in anger.
"I'm sorry, Brother Longting, but this might not be our fault."
"If I am not mistaken, that young man must be one of the Ascenders."
"He ascended from the Lower Realm, and that's why he appeared here."
A member of the Zhu family said solemnly.
He had instantly sensed that the aura surrounding Zhou Sui was different from the locals.
Moreover, Ascenders were not a rarity among the human clan, with a few occasionally appearing.
After all, the worlds that could ascend to the Spirit World were numerous.
"Ascenders? Aren't they supposed to appear only at the Ascension Platform?"
Zhu Longting furrowed his brows.
"However, there are some worlds without an Ascension Platform."
"After all, constructing an Ascension Platform isn't a simple task and it's quite expensive."
"So, some God Transformation cultivators from those worlds, wishing to ascend, must create their own space nodes."
"But by doing so, they can't fix the location of their ascension, and they may encounter a void storm on the way."
"At least eighty percent are likely to die during the process of ascension."
"This fellow actually managed to ascend successfully, his luck is indeed very good."
The Zhu family member said with a sigh.
He had specifically studied the group of Ascenders and was aware of many things concerning them.
That's why he knew the formidable aspects of Ascenders.
Being able to stand out from numerous human cultivators and successfully ascend to the Spirit World, each was a genius one in a billion.
Such a figure, having come to the Spirit World, was naturally capable of making a name.
In fact, there were quite a few families of Ascenders among the spiritual world human race, now an important part of the community.
"No way, so you mean to say it was just my bad luck?"
"Just happened to meet an Ascender who messed up my plans."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Longting sank into deep frustration.
He had not expected even the heavens to be obstructing him.
Could it be that he and Bai Sujie were really not fated to be together?!
"It seems that might indeed be the case."
The many members of the Zhu family felt helpless, having planned for this event for a long time.
But who could have anticipated that they would be disrupted by an unexpectedly appearing Ascender?
Such was fate, and there was nothing they could do about it.
"Nonsense, I simply don't believe in fate."
"Even if this is destiny, I will defy it and change it."
"It's only a failure this time, I refuse to believe I will fail again."
"Just wait, I will eventually get this woman."
Zhu Longting gritted his teeth, filled with immense fury.
The more elusive she was, the more he was unwilling to give up.
"Brother Longting, we should hurry and find Elder Jinhai."
"Our family head has already sent us a message urging us."
"It is said that Elder Jinhai and others' Soul Lamps have been extinguished, indicating they've been harmed."
"The family head wants us to find out the cause of their deaths."
A member of the Zhu family urged.
"What's there to find? This is the Thunderclap Mountain Range, a paradise for Desert Beasts."
"Any accident occurring here is quite normal."
"But indeed, we can't let Elder Jinhai and the others die in vain, they are our Zhu family's people."
"I hope the perpetrator hasn't gone far."
With a whoosh, a group of them immediately went to track down the location where Zhu Jinhai and the others had died.
Unfortunately, they were also doomed not to find any clues.
Under the guidance of Bai Sujie and others, Zhou Sui finally arrived in Fengxi City.
What immediately caught their eyes was a massive and vast city wall towering at least thousands of zhang high, akin to a majestic mountain seemingly fused with the earth itself.
At the same time, the length of the city wall was beyond imagination, stretching over a hundred thousand miles.
Humans appeared utterly minuscule in front of such a city wall.
The city wall was densely engraved with layers of Prohibition Arrays, forming a thick barrier armored to the teeth, exuding a terrifying presence.
Even so, the city wall still bore numerous terrible cracks, resembling claws, swords, and indentations, indicating that it had endured countless attacks.
Yet, to this day, it still stood firm.
Besides, it was said that this city had only been established for a thousand years, yet it had already faced countless attacks from Desert Beasts.
One could imagine the difficulties the human clan faced in establishing cities and surviving in the Spirit World.
Every city founded required a vast amount of resources, time, and the blood of countless cultivators.
Yet, this was a necessary endeavor.
Because the population of the human clan continued to increase.
The old cities were very crowded and could not accommodate so many people.
Thus, naturally, new cities were needed to accommodate the large number of new residents.
This can be said to be the inevitable path of development for the human clan.
"This is our human clan's Fengxi City."
"Although it has only been established for a thousand years, its population has already exceeded five billion."
"And the population continues to grow relentlessly."