As the body of the supreme treasure was torn apart, Progenitor Long Hai and Flame Fiends' Progenitor were the first to be forced out. They turned into two long arcs that landed by the side, and their expressions were incredibly sour.
Xu Hui was next. She was also swept out of the body of the supreme treasure in an incredibly pathetic manner. Xuan Shang and his group were the last to appear in the area, and Su Ming was also forced out of the body of the supreme treasure.
At the same time, the body of the supreme treasure melted and turned into a red jade the size of a palm. It floated in midair and did not move.
Xuan Shang's face immediately turned pale. During that instant, he noticed that his connection with the body of the supreme treasure had disappeared. In other words, at that moment, for some unknown reason, the body of the supreme treasure had become an item without a master!
If he could notice this, then the others in the area could naturally as well.
At that moment, as Su Ming's body was torn apart, Zi Long and Huang Mei immediately turned their heads around. When they saw so many people appearing in an instant, their gazes focused.
Zi Long did not speak. He turned his head around and continued walking towards the mountain. Huang Mei's expression changed. In the end, the ghost of a smile appeared on his face, along with a hint of derision and anger.
"So, you got a treasure from somewhere. You were only able to enter the fifth kiln after you put your pieces together. I've been deceived by you for a long time. I wonder which one of you is the main soul of this supreme treasure!"
Xuan Shang and his group were panicking at that moment. This had happened too suddenly, causing them to be completely unprepared for it. When they heard Huang Mei's words, their hearts trembled. No one knew whether it was intentional or whether it was instinctive, but they immediately cast their gazes towards the calm Su Ming.
As they looked over, Huang Mei's gaze immediately fell on Su Ming. He cast him a few scrutinizing glances, then let out a cold harrumph. Derision flashed briefly in his eyes, but at the same time, a freezing glare appeared in them.
He was an Almighty, but he had been deceived by a group of puny cultivators. When he remembered how he had lost the bet and how he had been prepared to pay a price to draw them to his side, he felt that this was a form of humiliation!
"It would have been fine if you could have continued putting on an act, but you just had to have your body split apart here. Useless thing!" Huang Mei laughed coldly. He turned around and no longer spared Su Ming a glance. With great difficulty, he walked towards the mountain.
At this moment, Zhu You Cai was walking at the forefront, followed by Zi Long and Huang Mei. However, the three of them were extremely far away from the top of the mountain, and the same was true for each other because they were not walking the same path.
Zhu You Cai was moving forward in a straight line, while Zi Long and Huang Mei had split up and taken another path after they fell from the sky.
"You heard the old man's words just now. Since the body of the supreme treasure has already been split apart, there is no need for it to fuse back together. Everything will depend on your own serendipity." When Su Ming spoke calmly, he turned his head around and cast a glance at Xu Hui.
Xu Hui smiled at Su Ming, putting on an expression that said he did not need to worry.
Su Ming nodded and no longer bothered himself with the crowd. He took a step forward. The others wanted the Mountain Shifter Art, and Su Ming desired it as well. He had already noticed that as his level of cultivation increased, he lacked Enchanted Treasures, but what he lacked even more … were divine abilities!
It would be easier for him to deal with those whose levels of cultivation were lower than his, but if he had to deal with those who were at the same level of cultivation as him or even those who were stronger than him, then Su Ming would not have many powerful divine abilities that he could bring out.
The ones he had learned previously were either not powerful enough or were incredibly profound and could not be of any use within a short period of time. Right then, he was in a great hurry to obtain this Art … It was just as the old man had said, the Mountain Shifter Art that could shake even Almighties!
Aside from that, Su Ming calculated the number of people once more, and he found … that there was still one person missing!
Just who was the one missing? Where was he? Su Ming believed that he was not the only one who had guessed this. The others were definitely thinking about it as well.
Since he could not understand it, Su Ming buried this matter at the bottom of his heart and lifted his head to look at the top of the mountain. He took a step forward, and as he continued moving forward, the mighty pressure from the mountain became stronger. This mighty pressure was not a power that could make a person break down, but one that could dissolve their cultivation bases and turn powerful warriors into mortals.
It was clearly even more difficult for mortals to walk up this mountain.
Time trickled by. The others behind Su Ming also chose to walk up the mountain. Xuan Shang and the other three leaned against each other and walked with great difficulty. Xu Hui was panting harshly, but she was also gritting her teeth and moving forward.
Since Long Hai and Huo Kui were Nascent Divinities, it was much more convenient for them to move forward compared to the others. In fact, the mighty pressure from the mountain was much weaker against them.
Because of it, the two of them were much faster than the others. Even though they were the last to take a step forward, they were already at the same level as Su Ming, and they were only several hundreds of feet away from Zhu You Cai.
As time passed, everyone climbed up the mountain and continued climbing towards the top of the endless mountain. Huo Kui and Progenitor Long Hai had already surpassed Zhu You Cai and became the people closest to the top of the mountain among all the people.
Their expressions were different, but both of them were filled with excitement. They continued climbing down, as if they could see the stone platform and iron scroll at the top of the mountain waiting for their arrival.
Zi Long's expression was dark, but he gritted his teeth and persevered. Zhu You Cai frowned, then shook his head in hesitation. He did not speak. As for Huang Mei, a cold sneer appeared at the corners of his lips.
He did not believe that there would be such a flaw in this place that would allow the Nascent Divinities to have an even smoother journey.
At that moment, for some unknown reason, the mountain shuddered. With it, the entire mountain looked as if it was swaying, and a powerful rebound spread out.
Su Ming's body swayed. At that moment, he had a strong feeling that the mountain he was climbing was not a mountain, but a living, ferocious beast. As it swayed, he had a feeling that he was about to be flung off.
As his expression changed, Su Ming gripped the mountain rock tightly. His fingers had already turned white, but his grip was incredibly firm. Even though his cultivation base had disappeared and he had become like a mortal, he … was no stranger to climbing mountains.
He had grown up in Dark Mountain Tribe, and before he practiced the Ways of the Berserkers, the mountain had been his playground, which was why his reaction was incredibly quick. Once he gripped the mountain rock, he stuck his body to the wall and simply allowed the mountain to sway, but he did not budge.
If he could do this, then perhaps the others could do the same, but the expressions of Long Hai and Huo Kui, who were right in front of him, changed drastically. They noticed that as the mountain swayed, their Nascent Divinities were rapidly withering away. This discovery made them immediately let go of the rock, and their bodies charged towards the ground. In an instant, they became the last. When the mountain no longer swayed, they continued climbing with some hesitation.
However, this was just the first wave of swaying!
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the second wave of swaying arrived. This time, it was several times stronger than the previous wave. The mountain swayed, and muffled booming sounds reverberated in the air. All the people who were climbing the mountain instantly stopped. Their faces were livid with rage, and they gripped the mountain rock tightly. When the swaying lasted for several breaths before it disappeared, they continued climbing.
If they continued like this, then this mountain … would not be too difficult.
However … when the group climbed to about three-tenths of the mountain's height, the ground beneath them suddenly changed. The ground disappeared in an instant, and booming sounds reverberated in the air, causing all the people to lower their heads to look at it. Their pupils shrank, and it was especially so for Xuan Shang and his group. Their expressions changed drastically.
There was no longer any ground beneath them, only a dark abyss. It was filled with the aura of death, and there was also a vortex spinning with loud rumbling sounds. It looked incredibly terrifying.
If they still had their cultivation bases, they would not be bothered by it, but now that their cultivation bases had disappeared, they were like mortals. Once they fell …
As the group fell into deep thought, the third wave of swaying came.
This time, the swaying was even stronger than before, and it did not last for just a few breaths. Instead, it lasted for nearly twenty breaths. Nian Yin was the one who was the most injured among Xuan Shang and the other three. The mountain rock he held in his hands immediately shattered, and he charged towards the vortex beneath him.
His face was pale, and right when he let out a shrill scream of pain, his body sank into the dark vortex in the abyss beneath him. A few sounds of chewing and screams of pain came from within before they came to an abrupt stop.
Su Ming was not the only one who saw this. Even Zi Long and Huang Mei felt their skins crawl, and they stared at the abyss beneath them.
"There are eleven people left." An ancient voice slowly spread out from the distant summit. That voice might still be old, but when it landed in the group's ears, there was an endless aloofness to it.
"Senior, you said that no one has ever come here before. It's clear that we need a fortuitous encounter to come to this dimension. If we all die in the abyss, then who will come to learn your Mountain Shifter Art? You will have to wait for another ten thousand years!" Huang Mei immediately said.
"Did I say that? I must have remembered wrongly. Before all of you, there were others who came here, but … none of them were fated. "The old man's calm voice came from the summit.
The yellow-browed man was rendered speechless for a long time upon hearing this.
He was not the only one. The others also fell silent. The old man's words and the cultivators' deaths turned into a shadow that enveloped the mountain and everyone's hearts.
In the midst of this silence, Zhu You Cai quietly lifted his hand and continued climbing. Zi Long and Huang Mei also continued moving towards the summit in silence. This was their only goal.
At that moment, Xu Hui was also moving above Xuan Shang and the other two. She gritted her teeth and moved upwards bit by bit. The feeling of her cultivation base disappearing and turning into a mortal made her remember everything that had happened to her when she was young.
Suddenly, the fourth wave of swaying descended with a bang with an intensity that far surpassed that of the previous ones. The mountain swayed as if it was about to collapse, and it was also at the instant Xu Hui lifted her right hand, prepared to grab a mountain rock.
However, the mountain's swaying caused her to grab air. As her body trembled, she was flung outwards and charged towards the vortex that had buried Nian Yin.
Below her were Xuan Shang and the other two. If Xuan Shang extended his hand, he would have the chance to grab Xu Hui, but he hesitated for a moment, and because of it, Xu Hui's body had already closed in on the vortex.
Xu Hui's expression was calm. She looked at Su Ming on the summit, sighed softly, and closed her eyes.
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