Chapter Fifty-Two: In Grave Trouble (Part One)

On the way back, Yun Shuang kept secretly observing her little girl. She noticed that apart from losing control for a moment right after Jiang Xiao left, the girl quickly returned to her usual self—smiling and playing as if nothing had happened. With this, Yun Shuang finally let out a silent sigh of relief. If the girl had insisted on having Commander Jiang, she truly wouldn’t have known what to do. After all, she couldn’t very well tie him up and bring him back.

Before the sun set, they returned to Changsheng Village without incident. However, as soon as they entered the village—

Roy, only half-listening to Glory’s endless chatter, was already scanning the summit of the mountain with his sharp gaze. They were now close to the uppermost crater, yet several perilous stone barriers remained, daunting and seemingly insurmountable.

With a low shout, I pulled the Blood Soul Wind-Chasing Horse around, heading straight toward the sound of the roar.

Thus, as Lei Tianxing pursued Li Zhaoyuan, his hands continually formed seals, casting spell after spell to strike at Li Zhaoyuan. Although these spells were less than a tenth as powerful as the earlier Heaven-Splitting Axe Shadow, they made up for it in sheer quantity.

Fighting monsters here was far more comfortable than on the previous map with the red snakes. The walls in this area were lined with evenly spaced torches—whether this was a hint or merely a random arrangement by the system was anyone’s guess.

Ding Taorong’s teeth were chattering with fear. She felt the strength draining from Qin Yuefeng’s hand, her mind a chaotic blur. “Brother Qin, you mustn’t… Brother Qin… Ji Mu! Ji Mu!” Suddenly the name flashed in her mind—the source of everything; and she clung to it as if to a lifeline.

Under countless watching eyes, Shi Yi finally realized he could no longer hold out. For someone as proud as he was, this was no small matter; to face it calmly required a steel-like mind.

The rotation speed of the Holy City of the Void reached the speed of light, allowing Shi Yi to synchronize perfectly with it and slip inside.

As for Elune, her expression remained cold and indifferent. Yet the moment her eyes met Roy’s, she turned away a little too quickly, a rare hint of blush flickering across her face.

The words of the Scarlet Blood Yama left him momentarily stunned, then he bowed his head in deep thought.

Chaos erupted. On Wang Gu’s side, tens of thousands were thrown into confusion. Watching his lines crumble before his eyes, Wang Gu was dumbfounded. Seated atop his horse, he was still considering sending more troops to block Chen Nuo’s counterattack when, in that very moment, disaster struck his own rear lines.

There was no mention of the other three human cultivators from that time, but Yun Yu surmised it was because he alone had unleashed his soul power to observe the clash between the three great demon cultivators, while the other three neither possessed this ability nor attempted such a feat.

Long after the words were spoken, no figure appeared, nor was there an echo. The crowd grew puzzled, each lost in thought.

“But if he’s satisfied, why is the smoke black?” Zhong Shen asked in confusion, clearly feeling wronged on Mu Rongfeng’s behalf.

Zhang Dali recognized Ran Fei’s voice, but his appearance was completely different, leaving him perplexed. When Ran Fei removed his mask, revealing his true face, everyone was amazed. Yet when they asked the mysterious man’s name, he only smiled.

As the first guardian of the Azure Cloud Tower, Yuan Mei bore an immense responsibility.

Sensing that Xiangli Yufei seemed to know something, Xiangli Wu’s face betrayed a trace of confusion as he turned to look at her.

“What does he want with Birdstorm?” Ever since seeing the corpse, Sakura had been suspicious.

Every six months, all disciples of the Divine Stone Sect were required to gather at the main training grounds on Redstone Peak to test their cultivation progress. Resources for further training would then be allocated according to their results.

Qingshui nodded. Staying here any longer would indeed be a waste of time. With a flick of his hand, he opened a portal, leading the group in search of the location of Yellow Spring City.