My Chaotic City

Chapter 1229 Sky-Treading Peak

The shape of Tatian Peak is like a giant dragon rising against the sky. The mountain is majestic and the rocks are strange and fierce, but there are exotic flowers and plants everywhere, and insects and butterflies are flying around, making this place like a paradise.

NPCs such as Yun Tianjun, Limping Immortal, Calabash Immortal, and Wogua Immortal also followed Xiao Anonymous and his group. However, as they approached the Sky-Stepping Peak, Yun Tianjun and Limping Immortal, both beings from the Eternal Other Shore, became somewhat uneasy.

"When did such a place appear in the Eternal Beyond?" Huang Tianjun frowned, then suddenly slapped his forehead. "I remember now. My master seemed to have mentioned that there is a forbidden area in the Eternal Beyond, the only place with color, which hides the secrets of ascending to heaven. It must be that mountain."

The lame immortal nodded: "Now that you mention it, I remember too. Master Yun Tian also said that the Nine Dragon Coffin faces the Nine Dragons, which is a Heaven-Stepping Peak. In reality, people come to worship this mountain and collect corpses here. The mountain has seven colors because it contains many elixirs of immortality, but this Heaven-Stepping Peak is extremely dangerous..."

The two of them were talking about the secrets of the Eternal Other Shore, which ordinary NPCs wouldn't know.

Xiao and the other anonymous players didn't care much, mainly because the treasure hunt along the way was so enjoyable, it felt like they were entering a treasure mountain. This was also because they had been having a smooth run of success recently and were too confident.

Before long, the group arrived at the foot of the mountain. There was a mountain path leading up to it, and at the beginning of the path stood a stone tablet with four lines inscribed on it. Xiao Anming walked up to it and read aloud: "A magnificent path leads to the heavens, a sword buries the bones of immortals. I come from another day, and with a flick of my finger, I sever eternity! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent poem, excellent lines, excellent spirit! This is the style of sword immortals!"

He exclaimed in admiration, adding, "I don't know who left these four lines of poetry, but from now on, they will be my opening lines."

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the void: "I am the master of this mountain, the True Lord of Heavenly Steps. There are my secret treasures and divine artifacts in the mountain. Those who are destined will obtain them."

Xiao Anonymous and the others looked around, but could only hear the voice and not see the person, so they all thought that the plot had been triggered.

Only Ye Putong remained calm as he watched the players' figures ahead.

Others may not know, but he saw it clearly: the shout from that so-called True Monarch of the Sky was just that guy pretending to shout it.

After shouting, the man made faces at Xiao Anonymous and the others.

"What's this guy up to? Is he plotting something?"

Ye Putong pondered silently, pretending not to see, and secretly made arrangements around the person. He had the methods of the Quantum Lord and Dr. Shang. He had a special move called "Quantum Lord's Observation Room", which could use technological weapons to forcibly reduce the target to a quantum state and capture it.

However, this special move requires prior planning and time to activate the technological weapon, so it is very time-consuming and not suitable for use in battle. The current situation is quite suitable for it.

Lin Yiren, completely unaware that someone had discovered him, continued to shout in a pretentious manner: "The magnificent path to heaven, where swords bury the bones of immortals, I am the True Lord of Heavenly Ascent! In these countless ages, I await only those with destiny! Come, come, step onto the mountain path, come before me, and I will bestow upon you your opportunities and fortune!"

To be honest, Lin Yiren's voice had a rather weathered feel to it, and his shout really did sound like a message from a certain super NPC.

Everyone was quite intrigued. Nanbo Wan pointed to the path to heaven behind the stone tablet and asked, "Brother Xiao, are we going up the mountain?"

Xiao Anonymous thought for a moment and said, "What do we players have to fear? Let's go up the mountain! Let's go see that True Monarch of the Sky-Stepping Realm!"

"Alright, let's go up the mountain then!"

"Let's go up the mountain!"

Everyone was eager to get started and embarked on the mountain climbing journey.

Lin Yiren, now permanently invisible, was overjoyed. He stood at the entrance of the mountain path, making faces at the group climbing the mountain, thinking to himself, "These idiots actually dared to come up the mountain. With a little trick, I'll kill them!"

Just then, Ye Putong's [Quantum Lord's Observation Room] was set up. He slowly walked to Lin Yiren's side, no longer pretending not to see him, and suddenly said, "Besides Li Hanqiang, you are the most idiot I have ever met."

"Huh?" Lin Yiren was taken aback, then jumped up. He looked at Ye Putong and asked in a low voice, "You can see me?"

What do you think?

With a thought, Ye Tongpu opened the tortoise shell on his back, from which emerged a small radar. The small radar emitted a pale blue halo, which was aimed directly at Lin Yiren.

Lin Yiren panicked when he realized that the mechanical turtle in front of him could actually see him. Without saying a word, he took off running.

But it was too late. Ye Tong's [Quantum Lord's Observation Room] unleashed its power, instantly distorting space. Lin Yiren, who was permanently invisible, was deformed and suddenly shrunk, eventually being put into a small square box.

The small box floated in mid-air, marked by a thin string, the other end of which was connected to the back of the ancient god model, just like a balloon.

"Wait a minute, I remember now, you're Ye Putong, and I'm an ally! We have a common enemy, Li Hanqiang! Let's team up and fight Li Hanqiang together."

Lin Yiren realized that he could not escape and was completely trapped, which made him panic.

Ye Putong said, "Are you stupid?"

The mountain path widened as they walked, and as they continued, Xiao Anonymous and the others discovered many stone statues along the way. These statues seemed to be real people, each with a different expression, but most of them were already broken.

Before long, the group arrived at the end of the mountain path, where they saw a human-shaped statue sitting cross-legged on the mountaintop.

The humanoid statue had its back to the crowd, with four gleaming longswords floating above its head, and dozens of immortal herbs that had already taken human form around it.

Upon seeing the four longswords, Xiao Anonymous's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "These four longswords..."

Upon hearing this, Nanbowan, who was standing next to Xiao Anonymous, was immediately intrigued and quickly asked, "Boss Xiao, do you recognize these four longswords?"

Guo Yang, Nanbo Tu, and the others also looked at Xiao Anonymous, filled with curiosity.

Xiao, who remained anonymous, let out a deep breath and said, "These four longswords are so cool, I really want them!"

Everyone froze, but Ye Putong was astonished. The more he looked at the four longswords, the more familiar they seemed. Suddenly, he remembered and exclaimed, "Aren't those the Four Swords of Zhuxian from Yipiao Gucheng? What are they here? No, these four swords seem even more powerful. Could it be that Yipiao Gucheng's four swords are fakes!"

Just then, a gust of wind blew by, and Xiao Anonymous and the others all received a system notification: "Ding, affected by the Datong Wind, you will be turned into a stone statue and merged into Mount Tatian!"

In fact, when the system notification sounded, Xiao Anonymous and the others had already begun to petrify uncontrollably, and their vision went black. Not only them, but also NPCs such as Huang Tianjun and Limpy Immortal were affected.

Suddenly, the stone statue surrounded by the elixir of immortality trembled slightly, and swiftly transformed, shedding its stone form to become a person dressed in black with black hair. The person let out a soft exclamation, turning their head to say, "A familiar aura... from the Cloud Sea World, Lingxiao City!"

The man in black suddenly stood up, and the immortality elixir around him cheered and danced around him as if it were a monarch.

In the distance, even more immortality elixirs revived and gathered together.

The man in black then turned around, and with a gentle flick of his sleeve, a breeze arose, softly blowing past Xiao Anonymous and the others.

Xiao Anonymous and the others' bodies were no longer petrified, and their vision brightened again. When they looked ahead at the man in black, they exclaimed in surprise.

"Qiangzai!"

"Brother Qiang!"

"Li Hanqiang!"

"What are you doing here...?"

They could see clearly that the man in black looked exactly like Li Hanqiang, but upon closer inspection, his temperament was completely different from Li Hanqiang's. He appeared cold and ruthless, yet possessed a deep melancholy, as if loneliness could seep from his body.

(End of this chapter)