Chapter 935 - 844: All is Illusion at the End of the Road
“Elder Song, do we really have to go to the Martial Desolate Realm?”
In the void, Ao Wushuang weakly asked,
“Can we not go?”
At that moment, he wasn’t even afraid of the Forbidden Lord.
But he was really scared of that small mountain village.
After all, it was too sinister.
Hearing this, Song Jiyuan was puzzled, “Brother Ao, you fear neither heaven nor earth, you’ve been through life and death in both Martial Desolate Realm and Sound Desolate without a scratch… Now, it’s just a matter of returning to the Martial Desolate Realm, why are you so hesitant?”
He encouraged,
“You know, if you complete this, you might then become… Elder Ao!”
His words were laden with deep meaning.
To be honest, even Song Jiyuan himself had not anticipated ascending ranks so quickly.
He was very aware that all this was thanks to Ao Wushuang.
This man had great fortune; by simply keeping Ao Wushuang by his side, he was rising to prominence effortlessly.
“Alright…”
Ao Wushuang realized, given his insignificant influence, changing the decision of Ban Explorers was as hard as reaching the heavens.
Moreover, now he still relied on the skeletal remains of the Forbidden Lord from the Ban Explorers to level up.
Ao Wushuang felt that with another piece of bone, the Nine Layers Black Tower in his body could completely transcend into a divine state.
Then, he would see what was truly inside.
“However, Elder Song, you must stick close to me when the time comes; if it’s time to retreat, we absolutely cannot linger in battle!”
Ao Wushuang continued.
He was still counting on Song Jiyuan to bring him opportunities, after all.
Hearing this, Song Jiyuan smiled reassuringly, “Brother Ao, don’t worry, I’ll definitely stay close to you!”
Through these events, he had fully realized that in matters of life and death, one must follow Ao Wushuang’s lead.
Those like Elder Chuanshan who didn’t keep up with Ao Wushuang had all perished.
Moreover, Ao Wushuang’s knack for sensing danger was eerily accurate; Song admired that.
The group soon made their way toward the Martial Desolate Realm.
Shortly after.
In the void, a teleportation array appeared.
They saw an elder carrying a charred box step out of it.
Behind him, there were four real masters guarding him!
“Greetings, Ren Cheng Elder!”
Song Jiyuan stepped forward and respectfully bowed.
The elder was none other than the Inner Sect Elder of Ban Explorers—Rencheng.
An Inner Sect Elder’s status, much higher than an Outer Sect Common Elder like Song Jiyuan, also possessed greater strength.
Rencheng… was a generation’s Spirit King!
This time, Ban Explorers had also given extreme importance to the mission, deploying a Spirit King Level expert with four Quasi-King guards.
Ren Cheng looked at Song Jiyuan and Ao Wushuang, saying,
“Song Jiyuan, Ao Wushuang… I’ve heard of your reputations for a long time.”
“Even within the organization, there’s playful talk saying you two are the contemporary Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick… Hehe, whether true or false, this old man is indeed curious.”
He smiled slightly,
“If you handle this matter well, the organization will definitely not treat the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick unfairly.”
A cold light flashed in his eyes.
To him, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick were just two bottom-dwellers lucky to have survived thus far.
Song Jiyuan was barely at the Sixth Realm while Ao Wushuang was even lower at the Fifth Realm… There had never been such weak elders or leaders in the sect before.
The mission was highly dangerous, and in his view, Ao Wushuang and Song Jiyuan were undoubtedly doomed.
However, Song Jiyuan was overjoyed upon hearing this.
Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick!
He and Ao Wushuang, to earn such praise?
It was going against the heavens.
“Rest assured, Elder, we will do our utmost to serve the organization!”
He spoke with gratitude.
Ren Cheng nodded,
“Very well.”
“The Martial Desolate Realm is just ahead.”
“I am going to activate this divine artifact!”
“Once activated, it won’t be long before one of the ten Evil Corpses appears in the Martial Desolate Realm… At that time, you two, the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick, will have to delve further into danger.”
He spoke indifferently, lifting the charred box.
Then, he took out several Origin Stones!
The Origin Stones, radiant and shimmering with bizarre lights, contained dense and pure grey-white qi.
The mere act of taking them out made everyone around already feel a sense of their pores dilating!
“This is… Divine Origin!”
Song Jiyuan exclaimed.
Divine Origin, the highest grade among Origin Stones.
The formation of Divine Origin required hundreds of thousands of years, its contained Primordial Qi was terrifyingly powerful; even within the Ban Explorers, it was a rare item that an Outer Sect Elder like Song Jiyuan couldn’t access.
Now, Ren Cheng had taken out several pieces!
Ren Cheng sneered to himself, thinking that Song Jiyuan and Ao Wushuang, true to being low-lives, had never seen such things.
He injected several pieces of Divine Origin into the charred box.
The charred box quieted momentarily.
Then…
Boom!
A terrifying aura was suddenly released from the box.
It was as if a timeless Sword Intent passed through their bodies, like a dominating murderous intent sweeping over, causing everyone present to involuntarily kneel down!
In the face of such terrifying momentum, nobody could maintain their composure.
Even Ren Cheng, the Spirit King Level master, trembled and knelt down.
He felt as though he was facing a peerless Sword Cultivator from the ancient times when confronted with the charred box!
Terrifying indeed.
Unnoticed by all, only one person quietly stood at the back of the group, his face somewhat dumbfounded.
It was Ao Wushuang.
At that moment, he distinctly felt when the terrifying Sword Intent struck, the first layer of the Nine Layers Black Tower within his Dantian released an inexplicable aura, keeping him… from kneeling down.
“I feel… like I’m about to die.”
“Just from contact with this aura, my soul feels as though it’s been pierced.”
“What exactly is hidden inside this black box?”
Everyone was muttering in fear.
Ren Cheng clenched his teeth fiercely, resisting the fear within his heart as he suddenly hurled the black box toward the Martial Desolate.
The black box streaked through the pitch-black quiet of the universe like a meteor, directly disappearing into the Martial Desolate!
However, the ancient Sword Intent and supreme killing intent from the box still permeated the heavens,
causing everyone in the world to tremble!
…
Outside the Martial Desolate, within a certain void,
“Something’s wrong… What is this aura???”
Wu Jianghe’s face drastically changed; at this moment, he felt the legendary Chaos Sun-Shooting Bow, supposedly a divine weapon, trembling uncontrollably, and he himself was unable to resist, overwhelmed by palpitations!
“It’s coming from the direction of the Martial Desolate…”
Muttering to himself, Wu Jianghe had an inexplicable feeling that the Martial Desolate was not a place to venture into right now.
Damn it, this realm definitely has something eerie!
He had merely walked near the outskirts of the Martial Desolate without even setting foot within it and had already been burdened with a heap of blame.
And now, this terrifying aura appeared…
It seems going there now is not an option; he needs to hide and avoid making a rash move!
Wu Jianghe pondered for a moment and decided to put off the trip to the Martial Desolate, waiting for Ji Wudan and the others to arrive first.
…
At the same time, a terrifying Sword Intent spread throughout the Four Domains Eight Desolations, even startling the True Ancestor World.
“How strong this Sword Intent is… It’s ultimate!”
“Yes, the ultimate thought that resonates through the heavens, this kind of terrifying Sword Intent that pervades the entire world, only an Ultimate Being can achieve this!”
“Is the Sword Intent coming from the Martial Desolate? Could it be that the elder of the Dugu Family from the Sacrificial Temple has gone to the Martial Desolate??”
The world was shocked, buzzing with discussions.
Many suspected that this formidable sword strike was very likely related to the Dugu Clan, one of the Nine Eternal Ancient Clans.
The Dugu Clan, known for its ancient foundations with links even to The Era of the Ancient White Mist.
This clan… possesses exceedingly powerful sword techniques!
The elder, Dugu, who was an Ultimate Being, controlled the Nine Laws with his sword, intimidating the heavens.
However, this speculation was soon dismissed.
Because, in the ancestral land of the Dugu Clan, Sword State, there were warships from the Dugu Clan launching toward the Martial Desolate.
“In the Martial Desolate, it was not people from the Dugu Family, but rather a type of extremely powerful forbidden artifact of the Sword Dao that had revived, and the Dugu Family was moved to send someone to investigate!”
Hearing this, people were even more shocked.
…
At the same time,
One of the Four Domains Eight Desolations—Sword Desolate.
In a bustling marketplace,
inside a tavern, a scholarly-looking man, thoroughly inebriated, his clothes washed white and looking disheveled, collapsed on the table, still drinking.
Exceptionally bizarre was that in front of him, a coffin was set down!
The man, drunk, lifted his glass and laughed as he looked at the coffin,
“Throughout history, swordsmen have all been lonely… only Yin Mou’s name remains… alas, equally lonely… hahaha…”
He drank voraciously.
However, just at this moment,
a mysteriously fierce Sword Intent and killing intent swept across the heavens,
Even in the bustling marketplace filled with many cultivators, every cultivator present was startled.
“What a strong aura… it’s the Sword Dao!”
“How could there be such a strong Sword Dao in the world? It seems to have reached the ultimate…”
“What has happened…”
Many were perplexed and uncertain.
At this moment, beside the thoroughly drunk man, the coffin started to shudder slightly, as though it was going to shake,
alarming the surrounding people who all quickly backed away.
But the man simply raised his hand, patted the coffin, smiled as he stood up, and said:
“Interesting… don’t worry, I’ll take you to see.”
Saying this, he hoisted the coffin onto his back.
Then, with regal audacity, he walked out from the ruckus.
But, while walking through the most crowded part of the crowd, he suddenly vanished.
The next moment, outside the Sword Desolate in the void, a man with a coffin on his back appeared.
“Martial Desolate… don’t worry, we’ll arrive soon.”
“If you can wake up by then, you might still be able to have a battle with me… haha!”
He seemed quite pleased, his figure disappearing once again from the spot.
…
Simultaneously, in the Martial Desolate,
The world was greatly shaken.
The terrifying killing intent, Sword Intent, was extremely dense.
People were terrified.
In the World-Stabilizing Pavilion,
“Pavilion Master… a black box has landed on the highest peak at the Northern Border—Wuji Peak.”
“Within a radius of Ten Thousand Li, no one can approach it, the Sword Intent and killing intent are too intense!”
“That fearsome killing intent has swept across a Ten Thousand Li territory, using the Ten Thousand Li land as a canvas, it left behind a line of words formed by crisscrossing Sword Qi.”
“At the end of the road is all illusion, I sever it with one sword!!”
Han He reported to Yu Linglong, saying:
“This sentence… is inscrutable!”
“Han He has already had someone sketch the general shape of each character using a retention crystal from afar, please review it, Pavilion Master.”
He handed a crystal to Yu Linglong.
On the crystal, the background of the land appeared blurred, like a piece of coarse rice paper.
On the land as coarse as rice paper, there clearly was a line of words, Sword Qi formidable and supreme.
“At the end of the road is all illusion, I sever it with one sword!”
These words, as if they were meant for all the world to see, so the retention crystal, surprisingly, did not burst directly!
Otherwise, such a level of words, filled with horrifying Sword Dao, could cause even a master to go mad at a mere glance; how could a mere retention crystal retain their image?
Looking at the inscription in the crystal, Yu Linglong pondered and said:
“Being inscrutable… is quite normal, that kind of thing has already transcended common understanding, definitely related to some ancient secrets from ages past.”
She didn’t dwell much on what “At the end of the road is all illusion, I sever it with one sword” implied.
Because she knew, this was not something her level could clearly comprehend.
“What had to come… has finally arrived.”
“Ban Explorers… this organization is too mysterious, the things in their hands are definitely not simple.”
“We’re heading to Deadman Wilderness!”
She prepared to directly search for Wu Xiaokun and others.
The Martial Honor once said, they… were not afraid of trouble!