Chapter 182: Blacksteel City

In an open field in Wind Moon City, ten martial warriors stood before Ethan. The ten martial warriors gave off a dangerous vibe as if they were death itself. Even Ethan was petrified standing before these men.

The grass within a ten metre radius around these men was completely dead and even those at the periphery were wilting already.

Small lights of energy floated into their bodies from the dead grass.

"So this is the Death Gods' Legion" Ethan felt awed. It was like he was standing before mythical beings.

It was not his fault entirely for such a line of thoughts. The ten martial warriors before him were all at the second tier of Acquisition realm. Moreover, each of them could easily fight an ordinary third tier of Acquisition realm expert to a standstill.

Their battle strength was mind boggling.

Ethan reasoned, even if Lu Zheng had the Vermillion Bird Race's Regal Bloodline, he was only at the third tier of Void Passage realm. His individual strength was lacking to compare with any of the ten men before him.

"Hey Ethan, how long do you plan to gawk? Let's go already" A burly man called Sleeping Thunder said.

"Hmm" Ethan nodded. In his heart, he muttered: "Lu Zheng, you will pay for the embarrassment you caused me!"

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Blacksteel Association was a powerful force with strength on par with Provinces. The force's upper echelons were made entirely of artificers and alchemists that had devoted their lives to refining artifacts and pills.

Even so, no other force dared to ignore the strength it controlled. This was because the head of Blacksteel Association was Blacksteel Ancestor, a paramount god of the hairyman race.

Blacksteel Association was a force of alchemists and artificers. It was the main producer of all the talismans, artifacts, formations and pills for the various superpowers. It was a very important part of Western Plains and directly controlled the strengths of the other superpowers.

For this simple reason, no one dared to attack Blacksteel Association. Who didn't want a constant supply of artifacts and pills?

If any force went against Blacksteel Association, the other forces may even band against it. Not even demonic path martial practitioners dared to face Blacksteel Association.

Moreover, in the shadows of Blacksteel Association lurked a very powerful fate path Dao Formation realm expert. Even if enemies planned secretly, their plans would be exposed before they even began.

As a result, Blacksteel Association, the Province with the weakest battle strength in all of Western Plains was ironically the strongest Province in Western Plains, and the richest too.

Meanwhile, just before the massive gates of Blacksteel Association's main headquarters, space tore to reveal a spatial passage. From it, Lu Zheng walked out and gazed at his surroundings.

Hundreds of people bustled to and fro and didn't even seem to have noticed his presence. It was like people walking out of spatial passages was a norm for them. Only a few females turned to gaze at him before turning away with a faint blush.

Lu Zheng smiled and walked into the gates where numerous guards stood. The guards all wore the same uniforms and all sorts of artifacts designed their bodies. Even the armour they wore was made of unique cultivation materials.

Despite all being at the Sky realm, the guards did not show any fear when they searched Lu Zheng. No one could harm them within Blacksteel City.

Lu Zheng soon left them before gazing around. The inside of Blacksteel City was impossibly large and numerous people walked around like they had important businesses to attend to. The walls of the gates were filled with pictures of wanted criminals. They were all demonic path martial practitioners.

Lu Zheng smiled and shook his head. The sight was very nostalgic.

In his past life, he spent most of his life in Western Plain's Blacksteel Association under the wings of an artificer. In all his lifetime, Blacksteel Association was where he had spent most of his time.

Lu Zheng gazed at the far distance at a colossal figure. That was where he was headed.

"Lu Zheng!" A familiar voice called.

Lu Zheng was stunned. He did not expect anyone here to know him.

When he turned around, he was surprised to see a beautiful figure running towards him: "Zuo Xiuzhen? What are you doing here?"

Zuo Xiuzhen's face bubbled with excitement: "What do you mean? Don't you know that today is Blacksteel City's most famous event? The Blacksteel Decennial Refinement Competition is today"

Lu Zheng was surprised: "That event is today?"