I'm not just human!

Xia Fa gripped the hilt of the knife and suddenly felt an irresistible urge to put it down, gently stroking it and examining it closely.

The blade of the horse-slaying sword trembled slightly, conveying intimacy and joy. Although it was also the first time it had met Xia Fa, it was as intimate as an old friend of many years.

This horse-slaying sword is made entirely of an unidentified black metal, with the hilt and blade being a single piece, separated only by the guard. Overall, it looks ancient, powerful, and imposing.

The back of the blade is three fingers thick, and the blade itself is as wide as two palms.

One can imagine how heavy this enormous horse-slaying sword must be. In comparison, the back of the Baal Blade is only a finger's width, and even the blade is only half the size of a palm.

Unlike Baal's Blade, this horse-slaying sword has no runes on its blade. Instead, the back of the blade is covered with intricate runes, numbering nearly ten thousand at a glance.

The blade is straight, but near the tip, it tapers into an astonishing curve, making this horse-slaying sword not only extremely suitable for chopping but also extremely suitable for piercing.

Xia Fa turned the hilt of the knife, watching the fleeting, cold glint of light on the blade, his expression of delight growing more pronounced.

Even the black raindrops in the sky deliberately avoided the sword as they fell.

"I wonder what its effects and costs are as a sealing artifact..."

Xia Fa liked it more and more as he looked at it, and couldn't help but murmur to himself, deciding to explore it using divination methods when he got back.

But at that moment, an astonishing change occurred on this horse-slaying sword!

Chapter 68 Folding Knife

The three-meter-long sword is broad, thick, and ancient in style.

At that moment, a secret inscription suddenly lit up on the back of its three-finger-wide blade!

Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred of the tens of thousands of secret inscriptions on the back of the blade lit up one after another, from the back of the blade near the guard all the way to the tip, forming an arc like a constellation.

Xia Fa was still unclear about what was happening, but suddenly, he saw that the huge and heavy horse-slaying sword... began to shrink rapidly!

Dark light erupted from the blade in interwoven rings, flickering like breathing. In the blink of an eye, the blade shrank from three meters long to the size of a palm!

At first glance, it looks like a horse-slaying sword has been transformed into a folding knife.

After a brief moment of astonishment, a strange look appeared on Xia Fa's face, and he couldn't help but examine the folding knife.

The blade, resembling shark teeth, is covered with exquisite feather patterns.

There is a cavity near the guard on the back of the blade, and there is an iron bead inside the cavity.

The handle is made of ebony with growth rings, and there is a ring at the end that a finger can just fit through.

"This……"

To be honest, when Xia Fa first got this horse-slaying sword, he even considered getting it a scabbard so he could carry it on his back.

After all, he couldn't just casually carry a three-meter-long sword, nor would it be convenient to sling it around his waist. In crowded places, a slight turn of his head could probably sweep down a large number of people.

But now, this great sword has been transformed into a palm-sized folding knife, which is so convenient!

What's even more ingenious is that anyone could feel the extremely powerful and terrifying force emanating from this horse-slaying sword. Even a novice Fungus-level superhuman could tell at a glance that it must be an extremely powerful sealed artifact.

However, when the horse-slaying sword is transformed into a folding sword, at first glance it looks no different from an ordinary folding sword, except that it is more exquisite, like a masterpiece made by a master swordsmith.

Xia Fa couldn't resist playing with it, threading his fingers through the clasp and giving it a gentle turn.

He twirled the folding knife around his index finger, and the steel ball inside the hollow part of the blade made a soft, pleasant tinkling sound.

"good……"

Xia Fa pulled his hand back, gripping the folding knife firmly in his hand.

He could feel that as long as he poured that burning sensation into it, the folding knife would swell up again and transform into that huge, heavy horse-slaying sword.

It must be said that sometimes, this ability can even have the effect of a surprise attack.

After the horse-slaying sword was transformed into a folding sword, the blade no longer vibrated, as if it had been sealed. However, Xia Fa could still feel a faint sense of intimacy emanating from the hilt.

Although Xia Fa still doesn't understand what he is, or to put it more politely, what kind of "being" he is.

But he also guessed that the reason why the sword was so close to him was probably related to his true identity.

Casually toying with his folding knife, Xia Fa turned around, looked up, and gazed at the mithril gate that seemed to come from ancient times.

The towering Mithril Gate, reaching a height of a thousand meters, exudes a profound sense of antiquity, as if it had stood there since the birth of the world. The seemingly chaotic inscriptions carved upon it instilled a sense of dread in Xia Fa.

Not to mention the outer god who was bound at the door and had already been beheaded...

What lies behind this ancient mithril door?

The moment curiosity welled up in his heart, Xia Fa couldn't help but shiver.

Because, deep down, his spiritual intuition had a very strong premonition of danger regarding his sudden curiosity!

It was as if this was something he couldn't possibly understand in his current state!

In fact, Xia Fa had thought before that since that unknown being in the form of heavy armored cavalry had killed the Outer God worshipped by these giant jaw beasts, why not simply go inside this ancient mithril gate and take a look?

But now it seems that... there are secrets hidden behind this that are far beyond his imagination.

"Oh right, and those physical entities..."

In fact, the moment he saw the decapitated Outer God and the ancient mithril gate, he thought of the entities that had suddenly gathered in this strange realm.

Did they come here to get through this door? Or for some other purpose?

And were they scared away by that unknown entity that resembled a heavily armored cavalryman?

According to Xia Fa's personal experience, that unknown being resembling a heavily armored cavalryman was stronger than most physical entities.

At least, when the entities cast their gazes at him, he wouldn't immediately be on the verge of losing control.

Since he hadn't seen any of those physical entities in the city yet, Xia Fa thought for a moment and decided to leave it alone for the time being.

So what's next...?

His gaze began to turn to those strange houses and building complexes.

The black rain continued to fall steadily, but the city was still ablaze.

This appears to be a conflict of ranks, and the flames ignited by the unknown being in the form of heavy armored cavalry are clearly not something that the black rain sent down by the beheaded Outer God could extinguish.

The flames will likely not cease until the city is completely reduced to ashes and all the carcasses of the giant jaw beasts turn to dust.

"I just hope the giant jaw beasts eat at the table... otherwise I'll have to make my own table and chairs, and I don't even know if they'll work..." Xia Fa thought, half complaining and half hoping.

Since almost all the houses near the palace complex had been destroyed by that halberd strike, he had no choice but to choose houses further away.

Just as he was about to take a step, the folding knife in his palm suddenly trembled inexplicably, and the sharp tip cut his index finger.

A stinging sensation came, but Xia Fa showed no expression, only watching a drop of bright red blood fall from his fingertip.

He had a strange trust in the sealed artifact, believing it wouldn't harm him. Therefore, he wanted to know even more what the sealed artifact was trying to do.

As his blood droplet fell, it instantly turned the color of obsidian, and then, like a needle falling into a lake, it pierced through the ground beneath his feet and fell straight to the ground.

A muffled hum came from underground, as if a massive ritual array was unfolding around his drop of blood.

Xia Fa had a vague feeling that... even if he left this strange realm, he could always teleport back through that ritual array!

He suddenly understood the purpose of this sealed artifact.

"Are you trying to tell me that once I become stronger, I can actually come back here and explore that mithril door?"

Upon hearing this question, the sealed object seemed to truly understand, and the steel ball inside the hollow cavity of the blade swayed up and down twice, as if nodding in response.

Xia Fa smiled slightly. He really wanted to know what was behind this ancient mithril door, but he was too weak to even get close.

In fact, if it weren't for the strange electric current within his body, he would have already lost control and turned into a monster the moment he saw the Outer God.

The ironclad rule of the transcendent realm—that one must not look directly at a god—takes effect from the moment a demigod reveals his mythical creature form, let alone an Outer God.

Even the body of a decapitated Outer God can easily cause a whale-level superhuman who looks directly at Him to lose control!

"Wait a minute..."

This little incident wouldn't have affected anything, and Xia Fa was preparing to continue looking for a set of tables and chairs.

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow and looked with considerable surprise toward the palace complex, which had long since become an empty plaza.

There it was...

Chapter 69 The Old Guys

At this very moment, in that empty square.

Suddenly, a dazzling white light erupted from the spot where the sealed artifact had just been!

Immediately afterwards, the pebbles and dust on the ground began to swirl around the white light.

The scene was quite strange, but what first welled up in Xia Fa's heart was not astonishment, but rather a memory of... a scene that seemed familiar.

Isn't this the fake exit from that high-risk, eerie realm we were in before?

That thing that should have teleported them out, but instead teleported him into this giant pit within a cluster of civilizations in a bizarre realm!

Even now, Xia Fa doesn't know where his teammates have been teleported to; he can only silently pray that they are safe.

"and many more……"

"This sealed artifact was originally located in the palace built by the giant jaw beasts, and the palace was also dedicated to an outer god..."

"And beneath the surface where the sealed artifact is located, there's an exit that's almost identical to the previous ghost realm?"

Xia Fa suddenly felt as if he had grasped some clue.

This sealed artifact was suppressed, and the sealed artifact itself suppressed what appeared to be the exit of this civilization cluster-type strange domain, and all of this was guarded by an Outer God.

Those are Outer Gods! There are many Outer Gods in the Protoss Realm, always ready to invade the real world!

Only the nine righteous gods can awe them!

But now, He was merely guarding this exit, and he has been beheaded.

"Is this exit hidden so deeply to prevent the giant jaw beasts from leaving, or to prevent outsiders from coming in?"

"If it's the latter, then it must be for the Ancient Mithril Gate..."

Xia Fa took another deep look at the Outer God kneeling on the ground, headless and bound to the Ancient Mithril Gate.

At the same time, he glanced at the massive mithril gate behind him, which seemed to have stood for millions of years and was tightly closed.