Chapter 570 - 354: Chaos Rises Again. No One is Born a Slave.

Chapter 570: Chapter 354: Chaos Rises Again. No One is Born a Slave.

This group of Holy Sons and Holy Daughters disguised themselves and slipped into the Underground City. They were all Saint Tier, possessing powerful abilities. Taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield, infiltrating the Underground City was a simple matter for them.

To their surprise, this Underground City also had humans who looked just like them—with black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin. Before long, they had blended in, lying low in Chinatown and adopting popular American hairstyles and clothing.

They were amazed to discover that this world had all sorts of Cultivation Techniques. Many of the secret arts from their own Sects—some only accessible to Inner Sect Disciples or even True Disciples—were readily available here.

"They actually have the complete version of the Ice Crystal Peach Blossom Spell?" Luo Feifei’s so-called master, Su Xuanji, was shocked. Back in the Cyan Spirit Star Realm, on her home planet, only the Ice Soul Sect possessed this Cultivation Technique. She herself had obtained it as an inheritance from the ruins of an Ancient Great Power Cave Mansion. With this technique, she had founded her own sect and cultivated a great many followers to exploit.

Well, the introductory versions were readily available, and the advanced versions were also easy to obtain. As long as you didn’t commit crimes or engage in wanton murder and arson, you could get them after passing a review. However, since most of the Extraordinary Beings here were below Tier Six, only Cultivation Techniques from Tiers one to twelve were in circulation. Anything from Tiers thirteen to eighteen, or Above Saint Tier, was nowhere to be seen.

If they could, they were eager to study the Breathing Techniques and ultimate skills of other Sects.

Then there were the many magical "electronic products" and the incredible thing called the internet.

After all, these people were Holy Sons and Holy Daughters, all-powerful Saint Tier figures. Their ability to learn was extremely strong. Not only did they quickly master a simple language like English, but they also learned to use various electronic products and surf the internet.

As for Chinese, they already understood it. It was merely a matter of converting from traditional to simplified characters and from classical speech to Mandarin.

They discovered that this planet had countless Underground Cities. And not long ago, it had actually had a Sun. These weren’t native-born Demons but humans of a new world. Relying solely on technology, even ordinary people could fly high into the sky.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Great Power here was the birthplace of Breathing Techniques. And someone named Li Xiang was actually a Saint Tier as well.

They speculated that the Eastern Great Power of this star system must also be a branch from the Cyan Spirit Star Realm; they just didn’t know which senior had come here to spread their lineage. That Li Xiang was likely a descendant, or perhaps had received that senior’s true inheritance.

This particular Underground City in the United States was chaotic and poorly managed. It had been discovered by Exotic Beasts and attacked several times. Gradually, its stockpile of high-powered weapons was depleted, and the production capacity of its armories couldn’t keep up at all.

Even back in the era of peace, the Beautiful Country’s manufacturing industry had been hollowed out. Manufacturing was too hard, too tiring, and too slow to make money. How could it compare to the fast cash from playing the financial markets? Thus, finance became the core business of America’s elite. The bosses behind Wall Street were the true Supreme Emperors.

The military-industrial complex was even more rotten to the core; a single coffee cup could be quoted at 1,280 US Dollars.

That coffee cup was nothing. There were even more outrageous examples. For instance, a metal washer sold on a certain Chinese online shopping site for 7.89 RMB was procured by the US military for a staggering 90,000 US Dollars—a markup of over 110,000 times. Then there was the small refrigerator for nearly 17,000 US Dollars, and the 6 million US Dollars for nine Italian goats... When auditors went to investigate the books, their plane was shot down en route by "terrorists," and everyone on board was killed.

Yes, this kind of practice was common in ancient China. Any ordinary Chinese person could see through the shady dealings behind it at a glance.

Now, with the Underground City’s high-powered weapons all used up and ordinary firearms largely ineffective against Exotic Beasts of Tier Six and above, tens of thousands of Space Exotic Beasts—most of them Tier Six or higher—were attacking again. Panic gripped everyone in the city, and order instantly collapsed. Many people grabbed guns and went on a rampage of robbery, murder, and arson... indulging in a final, frenzied celebration.

"It’s time for us to make our move and turn the tide!"

"Exactly. This is our chance. We need a city like this to establish a foothold and provide cover."

And so, the group of Holy Sons and Holy Daughters appeared as if from nowhere. They staunchly defended the entrance to the Underground City, repelling several waves of Exotic Beast attacks and even slaying a few Saint Tier beasts.

Soon, using forceful methods, they suppressed the chaos in the city and became the true rulers behind the scenes of this Underground City.

To conceal their identities, they installed a puppet mayor.

This Underground City was magnificent in scale and was known as Los Santos. When the Apocalypse descended, it originally had a population of around 18 million. Now, after constant warfare, the collapse of order, and with countless people dead or having fled, only about three million remained.

But even so, this was still more than the combined population of the three Mortal Realms under the Ice Soul Sect’s jurisdiction.

With such a solid foundation, Su Xuanji once again began to freely teach the Rapid Version and High Tier versions of the Ice Crystal Peach Blossom Spell. She took on many disciples and even established a new Ice Soul Sect—an Earth branch.

The version she taught was faster to practice in Cultivation than Li Xiang’s complete version. Furthermore, it included High Tier techniques that led directly to the Saint Tier, so countless people flocked to it.

In just a month or two, the aura of the Ice Crystal Peach Blossom Spell began to rise up all across Los Santos. One district even formed a dense, cold mist, a spectacle countless times more magnificent than the hundred or so people at the main Sect. Su Xuanji couldn’t help but feel immensely pleased with herself. ’With this foundation,’ she thought, ’reaching the Meteor Divine Tribulation Realm is just around the corner.’ She was so happy she almost forgot about returning home, and began to look down on the Ice Soul Sect’s meager assets.