Su Ming's expression was calm as he moved through the group of meteors. He would occasionally cast a glance at his fingertips, where the God Ascension Nectar was hidden. Without the protection of the thirteen warships, the presence of the God Ascension Nectar could no longer be hidden.
Fortunately, once he chased away the Waves of Tears, Su Ming had continuously melted the God Ascension Nectar on the warships, causing the presence to dissipate quite a bit. It might still be around, but if Su Ming used his power to suppress and seal it, he could reduce the presence to its lowest level.
However, if he brought out his full power, he would be unable to avoid the presence of the God Ascension Nectar spreading out. However, the thin man had revealed Tian Xie Zi's whereabouts just then, and Su Ming would not be at ease if he let an outsider do this, which was why he had personally ventured out.
He had been chasing after the man for half a month, but he had not lured any ferocious beasts to this place. Su Ming gradually relaxed. He wanted to slowly wear down the thin man's will, and in the end, he would use the Soul Catcher Art to find clues about his Master.
After half a month of pursuit, another three days passed, and Su Ming left the group of meteors. What appeared before him was a vast galaxy. There was an endless amount of dust in it, and there were even fragments that looked like they belonged to planets that had shattered.
There was a broken ground, rotting ancient trees, and a gray, broken skeleton …
The galaxy was like an ocean, and these broken things were a part of it.
The starry sky here was not pitch-black, but gray. An ancient feeling would appear in the heart of anyone who saw this starry sky for the first time.
It was difficult to wipe it away.
It was ancient, ancient, and even had a hint of savagery to it. Aside from that, there was only silence.
There was no end to it. The darkness in the distance was hidden in gray. If anyone looked at it for an extended period of time, they would be unable to help but feel an oppressive feeling rise in them, making it difficult for them to breathe. In fact, even the speed of their heartbeats would slowly slow down until they would rot away along with the galaxy.
The galaxy was too big, which was why even if a living creature appeared in this place, it would be difficult for it to break the silence. In the distance, there was a black creature that had the body of a snake and the head of a tiger on a shattered stone that was several tens of thousands of feet big. Its body was wrapped around the stone, and in its mouth was a ferocious beast in the shape of a dragon.
Its purple eyes stared coldly at the unwelcome guest who had walked out of the group of meteors — Su Ming.
Su Ming looked around him and sensed an ancient presence crashing into his face. This was the periphery of Divine Essence Star Ocean. This place … was a place where cultivators rarely came. It was just a step away from being known as a forbidden ground.
There was a person crouching on a gigantic, broken skeleton in the distance. That person was the thin man who had chased after Su Ming. He was crouching on the ground, and his gaze was cold as he stared at Su Ming.
A scimitar had appeared in his left hand. The scimitar was gray, and it was made of bone.
As for his right hand, it was currently pressed against the bone beneath him. His five fingers carried some sort of strange knocking motion. Every time he knocked, the color of the bone would fade a little.
"Divine Essence Star Ocean …" Su Ming mumbled softly. As he looked around him, he suddenly felt that even though this was the first time he saw everything here, he did not find it unfamiliar.
This didn't mean that he had been here before or in some unknown period of time. It was just that he felt a sense of deja vu towards the wilderness, the vicissitudes, and the primeval nature of this place.
It was the same for Yin Death Land …
"Hiss!" A piercing sound tumbled out of the thin man's mouth. He crouched on the skeleton and lifted the bone blade in his left hand horizontally. As the hissing sound reverberated in the air, the galaxy immediately looked as if it had become different.
The broken stones pointed their tips at Su Ming without him realizing it, and all sorts of venomous insects that could survive in the galaxy crawled out of the rotting ancient trees.
The skeletons floating in the galaxy also seemed to possess some sort of intelligence at that moment. A barely discernible hostility rose from them, and it refused to disappear.
In fact, the ferocious beast with the body of a snake and the head of a tiger on the shattered stone swallowed the creature in its mouth in one gulp, and hostility appeared in its purple eyes.
This was rejection. It was the rejection from the entire Divine Essence Star Ocean towards the people from the outside world. It was a power that could not be described with words. If the entire Divine Essence Star Ocean was a will, then this will's indifference and rejection towards all outsiders would be the power of rejection.
When outsiders came here, they would have to face all the hostility from the entire Divine Essence Star Ocean, regardless of whether it was the universe or all the lives in it. This hostility was born from rejection, and it could turn into a Curse!
Right then, Su Ming's arrival was like a lantern in the darkness. It might not seem strange, but to Divine Essence Star Ocean, it was incredibly clear, and it did not fit in.
This was also the thin man's plan. He had clearly known since a long time ago that all outsiders who came to Divine Essence Star Ocean would be rejected. This power of rejection did not exist beyond the meteors, and neither would it appear within them. However, once they moved through the meteors and stepped into the periphery of Divine Essence Star Ocean, it would instantly appear.
Using this repulsive force, he was able to defeat those with a higher cultivation base than him. In fact, he could even remember using this method to turn the heads of outsiders into his own wealth a few times.
At that moment, the thin man's expression was cold and dark. Just as he was about to take action …
Su Ming cast the thin man a glance, and their gazes met through the galaxy.
At the instant their gazes met, the thin man bared his teeth at Su Ming. When he did so, there was a hint of ferociousness in his expression. Compared to the thin man's hostility, Su Ming's expression was calm. He smiled faintly. He could sense the rejection in this place, and he could guess the thin man's thoughts.
Su Ming did not say anything else. He lifted his head and untied the ribbon binding his hair with his right hand, letting it fall over his shoulders. Ripples appeared on the Sacred Constellation Robe on his body, and as it changed, it turned into something that looked like beast skin.
His skin was no longer yellowish white, but had gradually turned slightly brownish black. His face was no longer handsome, but filled with determination. He lifted his right hand and slowly touched his face. Under the thin man's stunned gaze, Su Ming slowly drew a bloody line between his nose and his eyes with his fingernail!
Blood flowed out of the wound. Once Su Ming wiped it away … a scar that he had left when he was in the land of Berserkers appeared on his face.
Su Ming lifted his head.
At the instant he did so, the thin man's expression changed drastically in the distance. Disbelief appeared on his face once again. In fact, this time, his expression far surpassed that of when Su Ming had spoken the Shamans' language.
His body shuddered violently, because at that moment, Su Ming … no longer gave him the feeling that he was a person from the world outside. In fact, even his presence had completely changed. It turned … into an ancient, savage, primitive, and ancient presence. It turned … into a presence that might still be slightly different from that of Divine Essence Star Ocean, but it was clearly of the same origin!
This was something he could not understand. This was something that had appeared in his mind, causing him to be unable to accept it for a period of time. In fact, if he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would definitely not believe that this person was someone from the world outside.
It did not matter whether it was his appearance, his presence, or even his soul, all of them gave off a strong feeling that they came from the same origin as Divine Essence Star Ocean. This sort of change was difficult for him to accept.
In his memories, he had seen people from the world outside disguising themselves as the cultivators from Divine Essence Star Ocean. However, no matter how similar their disguises were, even if they could not tell the difference based on their language, the unique presence from Divine Essence Star Ocean could not be grasped.
That presence was the key to identifying them.
Yet at that moment, the presence on Su Ming's body was so thick that it was even purer than that of a person born in Divine Essence Star Ocean!
In the galaxy, the shattered stones that had their tips pointed at Su Ming gradually relaxed. They no longer did so, but drifted about in the galaxy as they usually did.
The venomous insects that crawled out of the rotting ancient trees also disappeared at that moment. As long as no one came to provoke them, they would not come out. At that moment, all of them crawled back into the rotten trees and disappeared without a trace.
The faint hostility from the broken skeletons had also completely disappeared, as if the spirits that had gathered on them had once again fallen into a deep slumber.
As for the ferocious beast with the body of a snake and the head of a tiger coiled around the shattered stones, it opened its mouth. The murderous aura on its body disappeared, replaced by a lackadaisical expression. It lay down on the shattered stones again and closed its eyes to digest the food in its body.
It was as if it could sense that the hostility between Su Ming and the thin man was an internal conflict within Divine Essence Star Ocean. As long as he did not take the initiative to provoke it, it would not interfere.
The feeling of repulsion from the galaxy around them also disappeared without a trace at that moment …
"Which tribe are you from?!" The thin man glared at Su Ming, then suddenly opened his mouth and said his first words to Su Ming.
His voice was incredibly cold, just like his person, and he spoke in the language of the Shamans.
Su Ming stood there. Just as he was about to speak, the thin man's eyes suddenly darkened. He leaped forward and closed in on Su Ming in an instant. The blade of the scimitar in his left hand was pointed outwards, and it sliced through Su Ming's neck with a freezing glare in the air.
It was so quick that even though the blade was made of bone, it still stirred up the sound of air being sliced apart, as if it could slice through space itself. If anyone was touched by it, then forget about a normal physical body, even those with a certain level of sturdiness would not be able to avoid being injured.
However … at the instant the sharp blade touched Su Ming's neck, a sound that sounded like metal clashing against metal rang out.
The thin man's expression changed drastically. Without any hesitation, he turned around and went behind Su Ming. With his right hand that was not holding onto the bone blade, he pushed his palm towards Su Ming's back.
"Dark Mountain Tribe." Su Ming did not stop speaking. When he said those words flatly, he took a step back, and his back immediately crashed into the thin man.
With a bang, the thin man coughed up blood. The bone blade in his hand shattered, and his right hand trembled. As his expression changed, he threw his head back and roared.
As he roared, the air around him immediately distorted, and a gigantic illusory figure manifested behind him. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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