Southern Territory.

In a dense jungle.

Jesse River sat cross-legged, levitating more than a meter above the ground.

Not far away, there was a massive King Kong bear.

Unlike before, Jesse River was now enveloped in a layer of white light, with pages floating in front of him, resembling a book of illustrations.

His eyes were slightly closed, and his fingers kept trembling.

It appeared as if he was manipulating a formation.

"Strange, why can’t I see anything?" Jesse River opened his eyes, and the book-like illustrations in front of him suddenly vanished.

"Let’s try again."

He muttered to himself.

But just at this moment, a face appeared before him.

It was an illusory face; he couldn’t make out its features.

"If you don’t want to die, stop lingering in front of me."

With just one sentence, that person made Jesse River break out in a cold sweat.

He felt a fear emanating from his soul.

This was very unusual!

Under the heavens, even Julius Reed couldn’t possibly bring him such shock.

After pondering for a moment, Jesse River took out his phone and called back Long Wu.

In this world, there are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies.

In the realm of top-tier powerhouses, there are only interests.

Idealists died long ago, without even leaving ashes.

Those who survive and sit in high positions, how could there be saints among them?

"So, do you have an answer?" Long Wu’s tone was slightly anxious.

It seemed knowing this answer was particularly important to her.

"I’m sorry, I can’t take on this deal." Jesse River replied quite honestly, "This is someone I can’t discern the depth of. As a friend, I give you some advice: leave the Boulevard Mountains."

"I understand."

Long Wu hung up the phone.

"This woman is really peculiar," Jesse River helplessly spread his hands and turned around to walk forward.

Strangely, as he walked up to the King Kong bear, his body suddenly became phantom-like and gradually disappeared.

At this moment, the King Kong bear slowly opened its eyes.

"The Boulevard Mountains, huh? There aren’t many who can threaten me. I’d like to see who is so arrogant."

The King Kong bear leaped into the air and vanished.

Outside the Boulevard Mountains.

Long Wu wore a grim expression.

"Empress, how is it?" Long Kun was already able to walk on his own. With the powerful resources of the Long family and his strong martial arts foundation, he had recovered about seventy to eighty percent in the past few days and would be fully recovered with two more days of rest.

Black Dragon’s situation, however, was much worse. He had been stabbed through the body by Julius Reed, and coupled with the psychological trauma, it would take time to recover.

A battle where one’s dignity was utterly lost is difficult for anyone to shake off.

"This time, I must kill Piran Wilson!"

Long Kun clenched his fist and spoke firmly.

He had the capability; last time he underestimated the enemy and advanced alone.

Long Kun’s greatest strength was his ability to fight in union with Black Dragon, something others couldn’t possess.

Besides, during his recovery in Mont for thousands of years, he had greatly improved many of his cultivation techniques.

"Last time, he used my move to seriously injure Black Dragon, and now I want to experience it firsthand."

Long Kun clasped his hands behind his back, looking up and saying, "When do we take action?"

"Jesse River is very cunning. He told me that the two martial artists on the Boulevard Mountains are extremely formidable and advised me not to provoke them." Long Wu sneered, shaking her head, "But anyone would know that Jesse River and Julius Reed are closely connected. And I personally sealed Julius Reed within the Nine Provinces Tomb, even intending to kill him."

"Do you think Jesse River would genuinely cooperate with me?"

She looked at Long Kun, seeking his opinion.

"Everyone is in it for the benefits. You can’t seriously think Jesse River and Julius Reed have a good relationship, right? Now everyone knows, you, the Empress, have appeared in the world, and the previous Trent Marsh has vanished."

Long Kun remained confident, still optimistic despite his previous defeat.

Life is just a series of ups and downs, ups and downs.

Nothing is a big deal.

"Jesse River is different; his relationship with Julius Reed is not ordinary. You should go rest first; let me think about it for a while."

Long Wu waved her hand, but before Long Kun could leave, a female officer came running in from outside, shouting loudly, "Empress, something’s wrong!"

"Speak!" Long Wu did not blame the female officer for her panic. She knew the character of those around her, ensuring it must be something urgent; otherwise, the female officer would never act that way.

"Inside the Nine Provinces Tomb, neither Trent Marsh nor Julius Reed can be found..." the female officer said, panting heavily.

"It seems I was right in my guess." Long Wu squinted her eyes, clenched her right hand into a fist, and lightly placed it against the wall, "Could it be that the two people on the Boulevard Mountains are Trent Marsh and Julius Reed?"

"The Nine Provinces Tomb! That’s the Nine Provinces Tomb! How could they just run out!" Long Kun had participated in these schemes back in the day, knowing exactly how formidable the Nine Provinces Tomb is.

Being trapped there meant only death, escape was impossible!

"There’s no time to discuss possibilities now. What we need to do is find out if those people on the Boulevard Mountains are indeed Julius Reed and Trent Marsh..." Long Wu hadn’t finished her sentence when another female officer rushed in from outside.

"Empress, another problem! There’s a group outside, and they’re very formidable." The second female officer was even more flustered, pointing behind her, fear still evident in her eyes.

"Speak slowly." Long Wu felt a shock in her heart but maintained her composure. Everyone else could panic, but she could not.

"Please go and have a look; many of our people have been killed." The female officer gasped heavily as she spoke.

"Let’s go!" Long Wu’s body had mostly recovered, and her informants had sent no intelligence, indicating the visitors were not people of Caldwell’s family.

If it’s not Caldwell’s family, why should the Long family, with their numerous powerful individuals here, fear so-called formidable people?

Soon, the group reached the perimeter of the base.

Upon stepping out, Long Wu immediately caught the stench of blood in the air.

Several martial artists from the Long family were just killed, and as a master retaliated, a shadow from the crowd struck him down.

"Trent Marsh?" Long Wu was extremely surprised to see the shadow land.

She had just finished investigating Trent Marsh, finding he was not in the Nine Provinces Tomb, and yet he showed up?

Trent Marsh looked up, removed a flask from his waist, and took a sip of wine.

"Old friends meet, care for a drink?" He tossed the flask over.

Long Wu did not stand on ceremony, opened the cap, took two sips, and returned it to Trent Marsh.

"Shall we make a move?"

Long Kun asked.

Upon receiving the news, more people from the Long family gathered, while in front of them stood only a dozen people.

If a fight broke out, Long Kun was confident he could kill Trent Marsh among others.

"No rush." Long Wu shook her head; since Trent Marsh dared to come so boldly, it showed he was prepared.

"I’m truly surprised you’re still alive." Long Wu, dressed in a yellow phoenix robe and wearing a laurel crown; this was her attire during her time with the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance.

"I’m surprised too. Perhaps it is fate." Trent Marsh waved a hand, and the people behind him raised a banner.

"Do you recognize this banner?" Trent Marsh pointed to a scorpion flag, "The Gaochang Maze, left by Fourth Brother to deal with you."