Chapter 1041: Chapter 710: The 9 Great Tribes (2)
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The Diviner looked at Xiang Beifei with great interest and said with a smile, "Daoist Mu, your surname is Mu, I thought you might have some connection with the Ju Mang Tribe."
The Ju Mang Tribe, they obviously practice the Wood Dao!
Xiang Beifei shook his head, "It’s just a coincidence that my surname is Mu."
"I see."
The Diviner looked at Xiang Beifei with a peculiar gaze, nodded slightly, and didn’t ask further.
He still didn’t divine Xiang Beifei.
Xiang Beifei fell into deep thought.
The Rushou Tribe was also the original inhabitants of Edge Corner Airspace, they must have some kind of divine artifact to resist void power, perhaps it’s the metal that forged this black bridge beneath our feet!
The broken bridge, all cast with metal, what if I perceive it with the Metal Dao?
Although Xiang Beifei doesn’t control the Dao of Divination, he has mastered quite a bit of the Dao of Five Elements!
When someone in Jiuzhou awakened their system, what they mastered was the Dao of Five Elements, and someone used it on him.
Xiang Beifei’s eyes lit up with gray light, shining brightly, quickly condensing into a system interface:
[Dao Master: Xiang Beifei]
[Dao Level: Metal Dao]
[Realm: Immortal]
He silently distributed his control of the Metal Dao onto the broken bridge under him, but soon encountered a powerful resistance.
"Such strong defense."
Even after using the Metal Dao, Xiang Beifei found he couldn’t overcome that formidable defensive capability,
If it were breath soil of a Dao Palace, he could simulate and successfully assimilate it using Yin and Yang source energy, but here it was no use, for every part was protected by powerful Spiritual Power that even he couldn’t break.
This relic has been around for a hundred thousand years, yet it hasn’t been overtaken by the Dao Palace for a reason. That powerful realm suppression leaves even Xiang Beifei helpless.
He pondered whether he should employ "Return to the Original State" to erode that power, but after many attempts, he ultimately gave up.
The power on the broken bridge is just too strong, if he reverts, it might take decades, by then everything would wither away.
"Damn it! What are you doing!"
Just then, an angry voice sounded, interrupting Xiang Beifei’s thoughts.
"What’s going on?"
Xiang Beifei and the Diviner both snapped back to their senses.
The voice was very familiar.
Then they realized, it was Lan Keju!
Ye Qiniang quickly rushed over from the other end of the broken bridge, asking, "What happened? What’s wrong with Lan Keju?"
"No idea, we just heard the voice too."
Xiang Beifei turned his head towards the other side of the broken bridge, searching for Lan Keju’s figure.
The broken bridge they were on was long, previously, to investigate where a new path of the broken bridge might appear, Ye Qiniang specifically had everyone spread out in a line.
Because the light was so dim, everyone stayed at least within sight of one person.
Xifeng and Lan Keju went to the frontmost side, meaning the farthest from them now was Xifeng, followed by Lan Keju, Banji, Xing Meng, the Diviner, Xiang Beifei, and Ye Qiniang.
Xiang Beifei could only see Ye Qiniang and the Diviner, unable to see anyone else.
At this moment, the ones who could see Lan Keju should be Xifeng and Banji.
"Banji, what’s happening over there with Lan Keju?" Ye Qiniang raised her voice and shouted.
But at this moment, Lan Keju’s screams rose again.
This time, everyone heard it clearly, the screams of Lan Keju didn’t seem to be coming from the broken bridge but from the black mist beyond it!
"Did he leave the broken bridge?" the Diviner asked.
"Damn it! Didn’t we tell him not to leave the bridge?" Ye Qiniang muttered under her breath.
"His voice is coming from beneath the bridge!"
Xiang Beifei immediately walked to the edge of the broken bridge, peering down.
Everyone was quickly taken aback!
Because fifty meters beneath the bridge, who knows when, another black bridge appeared, slanting across. At this moment, Lan Keju was backing away in shock on that black bridge.
In front of him was a person wearing golden armor, coldly chasing Lan Keju. This golden armored figure had its back to them and was completely covered in armor, making it impossible to make out any specific features.
One of Lan Keju’s arms was missing, bleeding profusely, looking severely injured. Just as Xiang Beifei and the others noticed this scene, the golden armored figure had already reached above Lan Keju, swinging an axe down on him!
The violent axe roared with the sound of wind and thunder, golden light bursting forth, unstoppable!
"Stop!"
Ye Qiniang shouted loudly, leaping out to rescue Lan Keju.
But it was already too late!
Slash!
The spiritual power defense originally protecting Lan Keju appeared as feeble as paper, directly chopped apart by the axe, unable to resist this terrifying and mighty axe, splitting him in two from the top!
Even his spirit and Dao embryo shattered directly!
"No!"
Ye Qiniang cried out, fifty meters was but a blink for her, she raised a powerful red light in her hand, hurling it at the golden armored figure!
Yet, Ye Qiniang paused once more!
Because the moment she struck, the golden armored figure had already disappeared, along with Lan Keju, even the black bridge that suddenly appeared was gone!
Everyone here was highly skilled, but no one noticed how the black bridge vanished, as if it were a bubble that burst and vanished.
"Unforgivable! Unforgivable!"
Ye Qiniang looked both shocked and furious because Lan Keju was also part of the Travel Dao race, he wasn’t at the so-called late Immortal stage, but genuinely at the early Inquiring Dao stage!
Yet, he couldn’t withstand even a single axe from that golden armored person!
"What happened? Why were you calling me just now?"
Just as Ye Qiniang was about to lose her cool, suddenly Lan Keju’s voice came from the left side of Xiang Beifei and the others.
Xiang Beifei and the Diviner both quickly turned their heads, only to find Lan Keju, Xifeng, and Banji coming over from the other end of the bridge they were on, completely unharmed!
"Lan Keju, you...you’re not dead?"
Xing Meng looked startled too, as he had witnessed the bloody scene of Lan Keju being split in half by the armored figure too!
"What do you mean? Are you cursing me to die?"
Lan Keju frowned, staring at Xing Meng.
Ye Qiniang also turned around in shock, flipping immediately from the void, landing on the broken bridge.
"Lan Keju, are you alright?"
"I’m fine, why are you all asking like that?"
Lan Keju seemed confused.
Not only him, but Xifeng and Banji, who came from behind, also looked puzzled.
"Just now, you appeared below the bridge, then..."
The Diviner hesitated, then simply recounted what was seen.
"Nonsense! I never left this bridge, how could I appear under it?" Lan Keju immediately retorted.
"But we all saw you being... attacked by a golden armored person!" Xing Meng said gloomily.
Xifeng frowned, "Impossible, Lan Keju was always within my sight."
"That’s right, I can vouch for it, Lan Keju never left this bridge." Banji confirmed.
Lan Keju was within their view the entire time.
"Are you sure Lan Keju didn’t leave?"
"Of course." Xifeng and Banji both said.
Now Xiang Beifei and the others vaguely felt something was off.
The scene just now was undeniably real, almost a living fact, even Xiang Beifei, who couldn’t be wrong in his perception of the Dao embryo, was perplexed.
Lan Keju’s divine soul Dao embryo was split into pieces!
Yet, the current Lan Keju was still very much alive and kicking.
Why did such a strange thing happen?
Was it an illusion, or...