High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

"..."

After hearing about what had happened to Chen Mo recently, Song Bin blushed.

"Well, the ice cave might be related to our actions down there..."

Chen Mo was stunned and looked at Song Bin with a blank expression.

"Actually, there has always been a group of people in our Great Xia Dynasty guarding the Sea of ​​End and the Land of Return to Nothingness."

"This is also the biggest reason why there are only one or two human warriors in the Great Xia Dynasty. After reaching the human warrior level, they have to enter the middle layer of the abyss to guard the abyss rift from the Ruins of Return to the outside world."

"No, wait a minute!"

Song Bin was about to begin his explanation when Chen Mo interrupted him. Although he was a little annoyed, he didn't say anything.

"Uncle Song, you said there's a deep rift in our Great Xia that leads directly to the Land of Return to Nothingness?"

"Yes, it's located just below the Purple Gold Hall. The outside is guarded by the Three Elders, while the inside is guarded by Elder Ying and us martial arts practitioners."

"But there are only seven martial arts practitioners under the age of six hundred, and I am one of them."

Song Bin sighed. The human race is still too weak.

"So, the three elders are responsible for sitting on top of the nuclear bomb, and that old man Ying is responsible for holding the nuclear bomb from below?"

Chen Mo swallowed hard; he couldn't even imagine what it would be like once this abyssal rift was breached.

"Show some respect. Old Master Ying is over two thousand years old and is still the former dean of your Grandmaster Academy."

Song Bin gently tapped Chen Mo's forehead. This kid is always so disrespectful.

"Huh?" Chen Mo's eyes widened in surprise. Why did Song Bin and Old Man Geng say different things?

"I heard the old director just suddenly died?"

"It's been so long since we heard anything; the higher-ups all think the old man has just died."

"You... please stop using the word 'crunch,' it makes me want to laugh."

Song Bin chuckled, quickly suppressing his emotions.

"The reason there has been no news for so long is simple: Old Master Ying and the Tenth Prince had a fight."

"Because the Great Xia Dragon Vein was used, the Dragon Vein is now weak and naturally unable to send messages to the outside world."

"The old man himself was also seriously injured, the kind of injury that won't heal in a short time..."

"If it weren't for the internal discord among the Ten Kings, the old dean would probably have really died on the spot."

"....."

"It's all your fault, you've led me astray."

Song Bin's face darkened. How could he be so unreliable?

"No, aren't there several Heavenly Martial Realm experts among the Ten Kings?"

"The old dean can take on several Heavenly Martial Realm cultivators by himself?"

"Holy crap, is this old guy Deng really that good?"

Chen Mo rubbed his hands together, never expecting that the old dean of the Grandmaster Academy was actually the most powerful man in the entire Great Xia Dynasty.

"I told you to show some respect, they're our elders!"

Song Bin punched Chen Mo in the forehead, but the impact made his own bones feel numb and weak.

"I'm not entirely sure what exactly happened, since I haven't been here long."

"When the time comes, you and I will go to the Land of Return to Nothingness together. If you have any questions, just ask the seniors there."

"Don't count on the old dean. The old man is guarding the Sea of ​​Ending alone and doesn't have time to deal with us."

"Oh..." Chen Mo nodded. It seemed that Song Bin probably didn't know about the Abyss Mother Tree either.

It seems we still need to find the World Tree located in the cold coniferous forest and see if the replica World Tree has the same effects as the Abyss Mother Tree.

"Uncle Song, do you know someone named Cheng Fei?"

"Cheng Fei..." Song Bin frowned, searching for the name in his brain, which only knew how to fight.

"I think I do know him. He seems to be the vice president of a martial arts academy in Xishan Province, right?"

"But then I heard he died, in a battle?"

"Yes, I found him." Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed Cheng Fei hadn't lied to him.

"?" Song Bin's eyes were full of question marks.

"No, I remember when Cheng Fei died—no, when she fell into the Path of No Return—she was only in the Demon Subduing Realm, right?"

"How did he get here...?"

"I get it, he's been assimilated by the Abyss, right?"

Song Bin frowned, seemingly pondering how to deal with Cheng Fei, who had been assimilated.

"If you didn't kill him, it means you somewhat approve of him."

"Then I won't kill him. After all, he was just trying to survive, and he has never done anything to betray the Great Xia or the human race."

Seeing that Chen Mo remained silent, Song Bin also stopped speaking.

"Damn! I forgot about him!"

Chen Mo suddenly stood up, spread his wings, and flew towards the place where he had thrown Cheng Fei.

......

A few hours later, night fell.

Unlike the deep abyss, the God's Tomb actually has sunrise and sunset.

I just don't know if there are four seasons.

While adjusting his state, Song Bin opened his eyes and looked up at the sky, only to see Chen Mo carrying a dry, emaciated figure as he descended.

"What's wrong with him?"

Song Bin frowned. Even if it had been assimilated, it shouldn't look like a dried-up corpse, right?

"I... was..."

Cheng Fei tried to speak, but his almost mummy-like body could only produce hoarse, strange sounds.

"Forehead..."

Chen Mo scratched his face somewhat awkwardly and explained the life-snatching tropical rainforest.

"By the way, where is Quetzalcoatl?"

"Here!"

Quetzalcoatl emerged from the snow beside him, carrying the sleeping Funi on his back.

"What's wrong with him?"

Chen Mo pointed at the dry and withered Cheng Fei. Could it be that this girl was drained of her life force by the forest?

"Forehead....."

This time it was Quetzalcoatl's turn to be embarrassed, and Chen Mo also felt some restlessness in his storage space.

Only after releasing the bizarre zoo he had tamed did Quetzalcoatl speak.

"I thought it was Yom Kax's power, but I didn't expect it to be this gentleman's."

"We'll give it back to him now..."

After saying this, Quetzalcoatl spat out a ball of pale purple life force, and the other fake gods also spat out some life force to varying degrees.

With vitality returning to her body, the parched Cheng Fei finally returned to normal.

"I almost lost my life..."