Perfect World: The First Dao Body in the Chaotic Era!

Li Dao stood atop the Refining Furnace, his robes fluttering, while the surrounding scenery rushed past him.

"Senior brother, why does your treasure seem to have gotten even stronger?" Shi Hao sat cross-legged on the Refining God Furnace, sensing a terrifying Dao essence emanating from it.

Li Dao smiled slightly. Inside the Refining God Furnace, Tianhuang recuperated and repaired himself while continuously tempering the Refining God Furnace.

"Feeding with divine gold and precious materials."

Upon hearing this, Shi Hao couldn't help but show envy in his eyes. He hadn't encountered any divine iron that suited his taste for so long, and seeing this Divine Refining Furnace gave him the idea of ​​forging his own weapon.

Swish swish swish—

Just as the two were rushing forward, a huge shadow enveloped them. Li Dao glanced to the side.

A massive ship, entirely made of crimson gold and exuding a terrifying golden crow aura, sailed alongside them.

It was a large ship forged from the bones of a golden crow, which had the advantage of being on this sea of ​​lava. Before its shadow could even fall, it had already engulfed the two of them.

Li Dao saw the Golden Crow Clan's Venerable One coldly watching him from the large ship, his eyes filled with both fear and killing intent.

Li Dao looked back, showing no sign of backing down.

The Golden Crow Venerable snorted coldly, turned his head away, and ordered the Golden Crow Ship to speed up, easily overtaking them.

"Kid, you're on my turf now, so keep your head down!"

Li Dao remained expressionless upon hearing this, watching the large ship slowly disappear from sight without saying anything more. Shi Hao, however, scoffed, saying:

"Tch, all talk and no action. If they were tough, they should have just rammed it with their ship. Then they could have taken that big ship."

Li Dao's lips twitched, and he said in a low voice:

"That Golden Crow Ship is indeed a treasure. Kill those Golden Crows and it's yours. I have high hopes for you."

Hearing Li Dao's teasing, Shi Hao scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly:

"Give me some more time, and dealing with a few chicks will be a piece of cake."

However, just as the two were talking, several ghost ships crashed into them.

Those were large ships exuding a chilling aura, filled with corpses from ancient times. For some reason, their bones had not decayed and had survived to this day.

"Ooh-woo—" A cold wind howled, and the ghost ship froze wherever it passed over the scorching sea of ​​lava, with faint sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

"They're coming towards us! It seems they were lured here by that Golden Crow ship!"

Shi Hao looked back and saw that wherever the Golden Crow Ship had passed, the ghost ships were all involuntarily gathering in this direction, and several groups of people behind him were entangled by the ghost ships.

Boom! Boom!

Terrifying aftershocks of battle erupted intermittently, making the entire sea of ​​lava bustling with activity.

"That explains why those Golden Crows were so easy to talk to; they had this trick up their sleeve."

Li Dao saw that the approaching ghost ships were shrouded in black mist, and many figures were vaguely moving about, holding swords and knives, and streaks of cold light flew out and slashed towards the two of them.

"This is a curse; the corpses do not decay but transform into ghost soldiers."

Besides that cold light, beneath the magma lay countless skeletons, their densely packed hands reaching out as if a myriad of ghosts from the netherworld were devouring them.

"Disperse!"

Li Dao flicked his sleeve, and a terrifying chill burst forth, with wisps of crimson killing intent hidden within the chill, rapidly spreading outwards from him.

ka ka ka-

The incoming attack was corroded by the cold light and shattered before it even reached Li Dao.

The skeletons that crawled up from the seabed of magma were also frozen, turning the area around Li Dao into a dead zone, with the protruding skeletons frozen in place.

It felt as if we had truly arrived in a living hell.

The area around Li Dao suddenly transformed into a forbidden zone. Anything that dared to approach was frozen in place and then shattered by his murderous intent.

Upon seeing this, Shi Hao's heart skipped a beat. Looking at the Venerables struggling in the endless sea of ​​white bones behind him, he was amazed by Li Dao's strength.

"cut!"

With a flick of his wrist, the bone knife appeared in his hand, and he slashed horizontally, cleaving the three ghost ships that were slowly closing in in two as a cold light flashed, sending them plummeting into the sea of ​​lava.

With the road ahead clear, Li Dao steered the Refining God Furnace forward, but the chill that enveloped him had not yet dissipated, and the magma in his path was frozen solid.

The skeletons on the seabed were sealed directly at the bottom of the magma, which caused great suffering to the Venerables who followed Li Dao.

As soon as the ice melted, piles of white bones came rushing in and they were immediately submerged in the bones.

"Damn it! There are piles of bones hidden under this ice, and they just melted as soon as we arrived. Which despicable bastard did this?!"

The Purple-Gold Rat was furious. It had been leading the pack and closely following Li Dao, but unexpectedly its speed was greatly reduced, and the Venerable behind it caught up.

The hatred in their hearts for Li Dao directly surpassed that for the Golden Crow Clan who stirred up the magma sea in their large ship.

However, the most frustrated were the group of noble ladies and geniuses from the upper realm. Their strength was the lowest to begin with, and if they hadn't had such treasures with them, they would have been buried in the sea of ​​lava long ago.

"I should have followed Shi Hao. If things continue like this, everything will be divided up by the time we arrive," Lan Yu complained to Hong Huang.

Xuanming's face darkened as he listened to Lan Yue's words. He wanted to say something but could only hold back. If he hadn't refused Shi Hao's request to board the ship, they wouldn't be in this situation.

He already harbored hatred for Shi Hao, and as for Li Dao, he was someone he couldn't afford to offend.

"These are the sacrificial spirits and celestial soldiers who perished here in the ancient war. We must hurry and get out of here, or this place will become our graveyard," Xuanming quickly said, trying to divert everyone's attention.

Looking at the endless white bones, even a noble lady and a prodigy from the upper realm had a gloomy and fearful expression.

"We've provoked these things, so let's use our secret treasures quickly, otherwise we'll never be able to kill all these skeletons, and we'll definitely suffer the consequences," Honghuang chimed in.

"Alright." Xuanming could only respond reluctantly. He was the one who brought it up, so he had to take responsibility for resolving it.

With a wave of his hand, a small stone arch bridge appeared instantly. He tossed it forward gently, and it transformed into a rainbow connecting the other side.

Three small boats sailed towards the Rainbow Bridge, leaving the sea of ​​lava behind. The skeletons hesitated to proceed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

As they looked down from mid-air, they saw many Venerable Ones still struggling in the sea of ​​bones, and Xuanming's expression softened somewhat.

"So what if they are not strong enough? This secret treasure is something that even natives of the lower realm might not be able to come into contact with in their entire lives. Even if they are Venerables, they are still natives!"

Chapter 257 The Power of the World

Honghuang and Lanyu exchanged a glance, neither of them saying anything more, while the others also revealed a condescending look in their eyes.

Li Dao and Shi Hao were rapidly advancing on the sea of ​​lava, in an area completely covered by frost.

Li Dao materialized his killing intent, and the effect was quite good, causing extremely powerful damage. He could sense anything carrying killing intent that approached him.

Moreover, anything that gets close will be attacked by the killing intent emanating from him. In the Dragon Valley Illusion, he had truly fought for thousands of years, and the killing intent he had accumulated in his heart was unimaginable.

Shi Hao also enjoyed the feeling of being carried by others. Just sitting there, he had already surpassed others by such a long distance, and he was naturally overjoyed.

With a wave of his hand, a Suanni, its body crackling with electricity, surged between heaven and earth, helping Li Dao clear away the white bones and ghost ships blocking his path.

"Senior brother, look!"

Li Dao looked up and saw a rainbow bridge spanning the sky, and knew that it belonged to those guys from the upper realm.

"The only ones who can use these treasures in the no-fly zone are Honghuang and his group. These guys have a lot of good stuff."

Shi Hao was also amazed and naturally guessed who the owner of the rainbow bridge was.

Li Dao glanced at it briefly before looking away, but the Refining God Furnace moved even faster.

A few more days passed, and the number of skeletons they encountered along the way decreased. Even the ghost ships that used to harass them disappeared, and their destination was not far ahead.

A divine tree, seemingly born at the very beginning of time, stood before us, its precious light shimmering and its radiant glow endlessly emanating from it.

However, the closer they got, the smaller the divine tree, which had originally seemed to pierce through all realms, became. When they got close, it was only about a foot tall, a far cry from the previous strange phenomenon.

On the Rainbow Bridge, Lan Yu and the others followed closely behind the two to the area around the Divine Tree, while the other Venerables, though slightly disheveled, also arrived in quick succession.

However, compared to Li Dao and Shi Hao's ease, the others, panting heavily, were clearly not so relaxed.

"What happened? How did it suddenly turn into a sapling that's barely a foot tall?" someone asked.

"Never mind, I'll go check it out first!"

One of the Venerable Ones made the first move, raising his hand to grab the divine tree. However, just as the Venerable One approached the divine tree, something miraculous happened.

His body shrank continuously until it became as insignificant as dust and disappeared before the divine tree.

The golden light in Li Dao's eyes slowly dimmed, and he said to Shi Hao beside him:

"A mustard seed can contain Mount Sumeru. This place is shrouded in terrifying spatial power. Anyone who gets too close will be shrunk in size."

The others were also startled to see the Venerable One disappear in the blink of an eye, but after Li Dao mentioned it, Shi Hao's worries gradually subsided.

They followed Li Daoyi and entered the Golden Divine Tree one after the other.

Seeing that some people were already rushing ahead, the crowd, who had been hesitant, also joined in.

However, at this moment, the Ironblood Ancient Tree, which was far behind the crowd, suddenly made its move, and its dragon-like branches instantly pierced through the body of a Venerable.

None of the Venerable Ones expected that, just as everyone was relaxing, someone would launch a sneak attack, and a disturbance would immediately break out.

In the blink of an eye, the Venerable One had absorbed everything, leaving not a trace.

"Damn Ironblood Ancient Tree!"

"Kill it!"

Seeing that the Ironblood Ancient Tree had made its move, the others immediately joined the battle, and in an instant, a great battle broke out outside the divine tree.

As for Shi Hao and Li Dao, they entered it much earlier.

Li Dao felt a great sense of wonder. He had only taken one step, but then he saw the divine tree, which was originally no more than a foot long, grow larger and larger in front of him.

Until one leaf was enough to contain countless worlds, and when he turned around, he found that Shi Hao, who had been following closely behind him, had disappeared.

However, he wasn't worried about Shi Hao's safety at all. He knew Shi Hao's combat strength and knew he was more than capable of dealing with those guys.

At this moment, all attention was drawn to the divine tree before them, which emitted a dazzling divine light.

A series of starry rivers encircled the divine tree, its magnificent appearance rivaling even the legendary World Tree.

His figure landed on a huge open space outside the divine tree. The texture under his feet was as thick as the earth, containing indescribable vitality.

Looking up, there seems to be no end in sight; only upon closer inspection do we discover that each leaf holds a star aloft, brimming with the power of the world.

Even though the divine tree was right in front of him, Li Dao felt as if he were separated from it by countless worlds, making it unreachable.