"Boom!"
Long Chen's black dagger stabbed into the barrier. With a loud explosion, the barrier was pierced, leaving a hole a hundred li thick.
Mo Nian and the others were overjoyed and were about to rush over, but Long Chen stopped them with a single hand.
"Buzz!"
At that moment, the large hole rapidly healed, taking only the blink of an eye.
"Damn, this time is too short, there's no way to break through." Mo Nian's expression changed.
If he was swallowed by the Heavenly Dao confusion halfway through, it would be a disaster—something terrifying might happen.
"Alright, I'll go first. I have the Primordial Demon Secret Technique and enough time to reach the other side.
Xia Chen, give me a formation disk. Get ready for passive teleportation. When I get to the other side, I'll activate the array disk and teleport you over. Yue Xiaoqian said.
"Will it work?" Long Chen was a bit uneasy; if something happened, no one could bear it.
"Trust me," Yue Xiaoqian looked at Long Chen, giving a sweet smile, her face full of confidence.
"Boom!"
Long Chen took a deep breath, swung his dagger again, and stabbed fiercely at the Heavenly Dao misarray. The barrier was pierced once more. This time, Long Chen channeled even greater force than before, thinking he could make the passage even larger and buy Yue Xiaoqian more time.
But unexpectedly, this strike had exactly the same effect as the last one—the passage was still so wide, and the duration was just as short.
"Xiaoqian," Long Chen's
expression changed. He wanted Xiaoqian to give up, but Yue Xiaoqian had already moved. Her body, trailing endless illusions, rushed into the passage.
"Whoosh."
As the passage closed, Long Chen's heart raced wildly, afraid that Yue Xiaoqian hadn't rushed through, because everything was too fast to see clearly.
"Xiaoqian, it's fine. The formation disk has been locked. Everyone, get ready. I'll activate passive teleportation." Xia Chen exclaimed in surprise.
Hearing Yue Xiaoqian rush over, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Earlier, everyone had really been on edge.
"Long Chen, save some strength. I think the reason you can break through the passage isn't because of your strength, but because this dagger has a special capability. The size of the passage has nothing to do with your strength, so don't waste your strength." Mo Nian said.
Long Chen nodded and told everyone to get ready. Once everyone was ready, a teleportation symbol lit up on their bodies, ready to teleport at any time. Only then did Long Chen stab his dagger forward.
"Boom!"
Just as Mo Nian had said, Long Chen didn't use much force in this strike. The Heavenly Dao Confusion shook, and a passage was pierced. Clearly, the force that pierced the passage had nothing to do with Long Chen.
"Whew."
As soon as the passage appeared, Long Chen's vision blurred and he entered a quiet world, where Yue Xiaoqian was waiting for them.
Passing through the Heavenly Dao barrier, Long Chen found that this place, just like the outside world, was littered with bones, but without the swirling wind and sand, the whole world was so silent it was unsettling.
This was a world of death, with no sound. Looking around, endless bones made one's scalp tingle. In the world, all he could hear was his own breathing and heartbeat.
For a moment, no one spoke. The silence here was terrifying, fearing that if they spoke, it would echo endlessly.
"Crack!"
Guo Ran shifted his foot, stepping on a piece of bone, which cracked with a crisp sound.
Normally, it would have been fine, but at this moment, a crisp sound sounded like a thunderclap, startling everyone.
"Sorry, I ...," Guo Ran quickly apologized.
"No need to be nervous, everyone. I come to places like this often; it's very safe." Mo Nian chuckled and comforted everyone.
Long Chen squatted down, picked up the bone that Guo Ran had crushed and cracked, and looked at the patterns on the bone, saying,
"This is the bone of a human powerhouse, probably a large arm bone. The patterns on it have survived for so many years and have survived. This must be a Supreme Bone, its aura not completely erased. In life, it must have been a Divine Venerable realm expert."
A Supreme Divine Sovereign should have enjoyed immense glory in life, but after death, his remains are incomplete. The path of cultivation truly is a road of no return. "
Long Chen couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Supreme-level powerhouses are all born according to the fate of their times. Although Supreme-level prodigies run rampant now, this is all the result of the workings of the Heavenly Dao.
Supreme prodigies are like mushrooms after rain, but if you miss that spring rain, many shoots can't break through the soil.
Among the Divine Venerable-level experts Long Chen encountered, he hardly saw any Supreme-level beings. Currently, only a few like Xia Guhong, Dongfang Zichu, and Weng Taibei remained. Long Chen suspected they were Supreme-level experts. Besides them, only the City Lord of Silvermoon City whom he had previously encountered might be at the Supreme level.
Whether it was Xia Guhong, Dongfang Zichu, Weng Taibei, or the city lord of Silvermoon City, each one was a gigantic in his own right. Which one is not a mighty being who looks down on all beings?
Yet even such a powerful figure could not escape the fate of leaving his remains incomplete, which inevitably stirred a sense of sorrow. On the path of cultivation, what exactly is the end?
"Boss, this is the Wing Demon!"
Guo Ran suddenly saw a massive skeleton in the distance and couldn't help but exclaim. This skeleton was perfectly preserved, and the lingering aura was astonishing.
The winged demon was a zhang tall, with a pair of bone wings on his back. On these wings were intact runes, untouched by time—these were a pair of supreme bone wings, and the winged demon clan expert was also a supreme powerhouse.
It was a well-preserved corpse, its wings spread and it knelt on the ground. On top of its head was a longsword that pierced its skull, clearly killed by this blow.
"Sss!"
Long Chen pulled the longsword from the winged demon's head, its surface covered in rust.
"Buzz!"
Long Chen swung his sword, and the rust on it peeled off, revealing the bright blade within. The sword trembled, the air roared, and traces of killing intent surged.
"What a fine sword,"
Long Chen couldn't help but praise. This was a domain artifact. Although its material couldn't compare to the Minghong Blade, what was rare was that it carried an overwhelming killing intent.
Clearly, it has developed self-awareness and inherited its master's will—a true killing artifact.
Logically, if a divine weapon is not nourished by its master's soul power, it is easy to lose will and eventually decay and perish.
But this longsword survived by absorbing the power of a bone to prevent the erosion of time, like a warrior enduring humiliation and enduring hardship, enduring hardship and tasting gall. That's why Long Chen called it a fine sword.
The longsword buzzed in Long Chen's hand, as if expressing something. Long Chen nodded and said, "
Our Dragon Blood Legion is full of fearless and passionate men. We will surely find you a suitable master."
After Long Chen finished speaking, he put away his longsword. This was the first gain in the Sky-Burial Land—truly, effort brings reward.
"Someone's coming."
Suddenly, Mo Nian, searching not far away, cried out in alarm.