The road is vague

Chapter 279 The Survivor

Those currently catching the Rainbow Bird on the Jianmu tree are all true disciples of various sects in the State of Lu.

These true disciples already have a basic understanding of the Mountain and Sea Realm and possess a certain worldview.

However, most people outside the realm of mountains and seas are still in a state of ignorance.

Zunlong and Shi Shanchang, who were secretly investigating the Misty Peacock Clan, couldn't help but exchange a glance.

His face immediately turned extremely ugly.

"Did the Peacock Clan succeed?"

As true disciples of the Longevity Temple, their understanding of the world beyond the Mountain and Sea Realm far surpasses that of disciples from other sects.

The two knew that beyond the realm of mountains and seas, there were countless unknown worlds.

In some worlds, there are humans, while in others, there are only alien creatures, filled with primitive cruelty.

The Mountain and Sea Realm has now entered the Dharma-ending Age, resulting in a very limited understanding of the surrounding world. Due to the enormous crisis lurking within the Mountain and Sea Realm, the surrounding world regards it as a monstrous flood and a source of darkness and chaos, completely blocking any communication with it.

This has led to the Shan Hai Jie region being in a relatively self-enclosed environment.

Fortunately, in a diverse world, communication between different worlds is not limited to brute force to open up spatial and temporal channels to the surrounding worlds.

They can also connect with other unknown worlds observing the dark void through some unique weak points in the spatial barrier. Furthermore, some incomparably powerful worlds can forcibly tear apart the basic order of other worlds by driving heavenly treasures or other inconceivable means.

Ancient texts record that every contact with the unknown world would be fraught with danger.

No one knows whether the observer lurking in the shadows harbors malicious intent.

But no matter what!
Throwing a large number of Nine Nether Soul Stones into the Jianmu Tree, a naturally multi-dimensional divine tree, is undoubtedly an extremely foolish act.

It's equivalent to broadcasting the location of your world's weak points into the dark and unknown void, which will inevitably attract a large number of malicious creatures from the unknown world.

Before coming here, the two received a secret order to prevent the Misty Clan from approaching the Jianmu Tree.

It's too late now.

Centered on the Jianmu tree, the gravity in all directions suddenly increases.

Besides the disciples of various sects who were standing by the Jianmu tree, the disciples who were secretly watching from afar, as well as the native creatures in the nearby forest, all fell to the ground, lying on the ground like soft snakes, emitting painful howls.

Suddenly, a huge creature resembling a centipede appeared in the weak spot of space near the Jianmu tree.

Like a cobra, it raised its front half, reaching a height of about ten zhang, revealing its abdomen covered with constantly rotating eyes, which were unscrupulously releasing greed, brutality, and undisguised dark desires. Every one of its eyes was looking towards the Mountain and Sea Realm, towards the human cultivators who had collapsed and trembled under its terrifying pressure.

The difference in their levels of understanding is beyond description.

"Hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph!"

It emitted a chilling, eerie laugh. Although it wasn't in the language of humans from the Mountain and Sea Realm, the resonant spiritual fluctuations were enough for everyone present to understand it.

"I thought it would be some powerful world, daring to openly proclaim the weakness in its world barrier. Turns out you are just a group of weak, ugly, arrogant, and ignorant creatures. You will soon be destroyed because of your ignorance, but before you are wiped out, I can at least taste you."

Say it.

This creature from an unknown world was preparing to break through the barrier of the interface and cross over into the Mountain and Sea Realm, or rather, the Realm of Seizing Heaven.

But at this moment!
This terrifying creature, which had only just come into contact with the order of the world of mountains and seas, suddenly froze.

"what is that?"

Its voice trembled slightly, and countless eyes on its abdomen gazed toward a certain place, yet no one else could see anything.

"No! Let me go! You monster!!"

It let out a hysterical scream and struggled violently. Then, under the watchful eyes of countless cultivators nearby, it rapidly aged and decayed.

This process is very short.

The seemingly powerful creatures of this unknown world were like empty shells, their essence drained and then spat out into the void by something unseen.

Such a scene.

This immediately left the disciples from various nearby sects speechless.

However, the number of Nine Nether Soul Stones that had just been invested into the Jianmu Tree was simply too much.

Therefore, the beings spying on the Mountain and Sea Realm were not just that one. Apart from a very few who were skilled in perception and vaguely sensed the danger and chose to retreat, the vast majority chose to continue their reckless advance.

Some disciples who were watching nearby chose to flee quickly, while others remained standing there, bewildered.

"Don't even move!"

Zunlong and Shi Shanchang appeared at the top of the Jianmu tree and dissuaded several disciples from various sects in Lu State who were preparing to flee.

"They have no idea of ​​the dangers of the Mountain and Sea Realm. Moreover, this is the Realm of Heaven's Deprivation. Any creature with spiritual pressure above the Golden Core stage will surely die if it enters. We are protected by the spatial barrier of the Jianmu Tree, making this the safest place."

Trapped by these true disciples, the Rainbow Bird ceased its struggle, its eyes darting about in a human-like manner, seemingly lost in thought.

While the two were talking, several more people not only did not flee, but instead came to the Jianmu tree to take refuge.

They undoubtedly made the wisest choice.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud...

Muran.

Within a radius of several miles, all living things suddenly exploded and died, like popcorn, exploding into countless clumps of blood out of thin air.

The earth trembled violently.

This appears to be a terrifying creature far more powerful than the previous ones, emanating a despair-inducing aura.

It possesses skin that resembles magma, and with every breath and every pulsation of its crystal core, it influences the changes in the earth's veins and the fluctuations of the continental plates, resembling a walking doomsday volcano.

He merely extended an arm from the void, which contained all chaos and the unknown, into the Heavenly Realm, plunging the surrounding area into apocalypse.

Everything except the Jianmu Divine Tree was burning fiercely. The flames spread rapidly, burning farther and farther, and the earth was quickly covered in ashes.

It seems to want to transform the entire Realm of Heaven into a scorching, high-temperature world filled with volcanoes and lava, a world of flames where countless fire elemental spirits leap with joy.

The twenty-odd people who survived by hiding in the Jianmu tree also collapsed.

They stared in horror at this dreamlike existence, their minds blank.

I don’t know how long it took.

When they regained consciousness, they were shocked to see a giant hand on the ground, which appeared to be a small mountain formed from cooled high-temperature magma.

A branch of the Jianmu tree fell to the side.

Although no one clearly saw what happened beforehand, almost everyone made some guesses immediately.

That terrifying creature, which defies description, seemed to have broken off a branch of the Jianmu tree, thus breaching a weak point in the world's barrier, and deliberately severed its arm to escape.
"Attack!"

From the other end of the Jianmu tree came a voice that seemed invincible and unstoppable.

He exuded an indomitable and ruthless fighting spirit.

"You are all the most powerful vanguard warriors in the Ziwei Realm. Any enemy that stands in your way will be destroyed. Before this world is purged, you will make their men kneel in despair, make their wives and daughters scream in terror, make their proud civilization become history, and make them forever remember the glory of the Ziwei Realm proving the Dao with force in history..."

This was actually a group of human cultivators, who surged towards the Heavenly Realm in overwhelming numbers.

Their numbers seemed endless, like locusts swarming across the land, one after another. Even the weakest of them seemed to have reached the Golden Core stage, possessing a relatively long lifespan.

After entering the Realm of Heaven through the Jianmu Tree, these people instinctively sought out rebels and rushed in all directions.

However, one after another, piece by piece, they were attacked by something unknown, enveloped in darkness, and quickly melted away and disappeared.

There were no screams, no bloodshed, no fighting.

But the terrifying silence made the people looking down from beside the Jianmu tree feel as if they had entered a hell on earth.

It seems that some unseen, terrifying thing is feasting and enjoying a gluttonous feast.

Even though these were all true disciples of various sects in the State of Lu, they couldn't help but turn pale and huddle on the Jianmu tree, trembling with fear.

I don’t know how long it took.

A man clad in golden armor, wielding a long spear, entered the Realm of Heavenly Conquest.

He brandished his golden spear, shielding the few dozen soldiers remaining beside him from an unknown attack and bringing a glimmer of hope.

But there was only a trace.

He looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground, being rapidly devoured by that terrifying thing, his eyes filled with despair, but he did not flinch in the slightest.

He held a long spear, pointing it straight to the sky.

"I am Wang Zhen, the First Marshal of the Ziwei Realm's Vanguard Army, who once conquered two world continents. My bravery is unparalleled throughout history!"

He transformed into a golden streak of light, leading the remaining few dozen people, and charged forward without hesitation, eventually disappearing into the darkness.

grunt.

Zunlong and Shi Shanchang heard the sound of swallowing behind them.

"Look, it looks like someone is still alive over there."

The two looked over upon hearing this.

Sure enough, there were two survivors amidst the billowing ashes.

They knelt on the ground, wailing in despair. After witnessing everyone being swallowed by darkness, the two were almost driven mad; fear had completely destroyed their will.

The reason they survived was simply because they had not yet advanced to the Golden Core stage.

Upon seeing this, Zunlong and Shi Shanchang acted decisively, capturing the two people from Ziwei Star and rescuing them onto the Jianmu Tree.

Next.

There are also many unknown creatures of various shapes and sizes, each exuding an astonishing, terrifying, and despairing pressure. However, without exception, once these creatures enter the Realm of Stealing Heaven, they will all die.

It seems that only the lava giant who lost an arm to survive is the sole survivor.

Time passes little by little.

The Heavenly Realm is like a bottomless abyss.

No matter how many people there were, or how powerful they were, one after another, they were completely devoured by the Heavenly Realm.

I do not know how long it has been.

As the Nine Nether Soul Stones were gradually depleted, the Jianmu Tree ceased emitting unusual spatial vibrations, and the malicious creatures from various worlds, each with different purposes, who had attempted to enter the Heavenly Realm, finally stopped.

The Heavenly Realm remains unchanged; everything that just happened seems like a dream.

Zunlong, Shi Shanchang, and many other true disciples from various sects in the State of Lu stared blankly at all of this, their brows furrowing in dismay.

"How could it become like this!"

What exactly happened here?

"These two people who claim to be from the Ziwei Realm seem to have come from the Jianmu Tree. They are from outside the realm. Why can't I remember anything about them? There's definitely something fishy about this. We must bring them back to the Changsheng Temple!"

"Hahaha! This broken branch from the Jianmu tree is mine..."

After a brief moment of stunned silence, everyone forgot everything that had just happened.

Those who vanished into the darkness seemed to have never existed, leaving only devastation and ashes from endless flames, with craters and fissures everywhere, telling the story of what once happened here.

(End of this chapter)