The booming sounds lasted for about twenty breaths before they slowly calmed down. Then, the distortions in space caused by the impact in the area gradually returned to normal.
The mountain was still a mountain. Not a single spot on it was damaged. The two circles of light were still around, and they were shining with a dazzling light.
Su Ming … had disappeared. Perhaps more accurately speaking, his body had disappeared, but there was an endless amount of blood on the ground, and the crimson Rune was still around.
The square formed by the six squares shone with a blood-red light. The skeletal hand in it had also disappeared … to turn into the ferocious spirit with the tuft of white fur. He was kneeling on one knee in the Rune, unmoving.
His eyes were closed, and there was fatigue on his face. Not a single ripple of aura could be sensed from him, making him look like a dead person.
Time passed quickly. In just the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, the ferocious spirit with the tuft of white fur opened his eyes. A brilliant light shone in them, and he lowered his head to look at his body.
After a long while, when he lifted his head, he lifted his right hand and pushed it against the ground. His body immediately trembled violently, and all the blood in the Rune floated up and charged towards his body. As it fused into him, the ferocious spirit with the tuft of white fur started changing rapidly.
His body slowly shrank, and the shriveled boils on his body shrank. A large amount of black smoke spread out from them. His hair gradually grew longer, and when all the blood in the area fused into his body, he returned to the height of a normal person. His body also recovered completely, and he no longer looked as ferocious as before.
He was dressed in a white robe, and when he lifted his head again, what was revealed … was Su Ming's face!
There was no surprise on Old Ya Mu's face in the fog above him. Clearly, he had long since seen what would happen. However, his expression was dark, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. He did not completely Possess the ferocious spirit with the tuft of white fur. Instead, once he obtained the memories related to the Seven Seals Rune, he devoured his soul and gave up on his body.
He only used the ferocious spirit's physical power to reform his body.
The strength of the Seven Seals Rune made Su Ming feel lingering fear in his heart, which was why he was in a hurry to obtain this Art, and the only way to do so was to devour the ferocious spirit's memories while he was Possessing him.
This was the Abyss Builders' inborn ability. However, if it was not because Su Ming had opened a crack in the ferocious spirit's cultivation heart with his previous words, then his Possession would have definitely been much more difficult.
At that moment, Su Ming exhaled and looked at his right palm. Once he lifted it, he pressed it against the blood-red Rune before him. The instant his hand touched the Rune, it shone and gradually dimmed. When it disappeared without a trace, Su Ming lifted his head once again and looked at the fog above him.
The fog was indistinct, and Su Ming could not see clearly, but at that moment, a crack appeared at the center of his brows. The Malicious Eye swiftly revealed itself, and the fog in the sky was instantly magnified several times in his eyes. Through the layers of cracks, in just the span of a few breaths, Su Ming saw Old Ya Mu in the fog, and he also saw the dark expression on the old man's face.
Su Ming looked at Old Ya Mu, and the old man was also looking at Su Ming. Their gazes met in an invisible manner through the fog.
"I won," Su Ming said faintly.
Old Ya Mu fell silent. After a moment, he lifted his right hand and swung his arm. Immediately, the mountain beneath him roared. As it swayed violently, Su Ming lowered his head and immediately noticed that a huge vortex had appeared at the top of the inverted mountain. As it rotated with loud bangs, it continued growing larger.
In the blink of an eye, a mountain appeared beneath the whirlpool!
It was a mountain that was exactly the same as the one Su Ming was standing on!
The mountain was standing upright, and its two peaks touched the mountain where Su Ming was. This scene looked like the shape of a funnel. Su Ming also saw Zhu You Cai climbing at the forefront of the mountain under the vortex, and behind him were Reverend Zi Long and Huang Mei.
Besides these three people, Su Ming also saw the old Flame Fiends and Long Hai, as well as Xuan Shang, Hua Yu, and Hua Yu … as well as Xu Hui!
Almost at the same time Su Ming saw the crowd, they saw an upside-down mountain appear before their eyes as the mountain swayed violently. As the vortex in the world roared, an upside-down mountain appeared before their eyes, and within that mountain … was Su Ming!
"He's not dead!" Xuan Shang, Hua Yu, and Hua Yu immediately sucked in a sharp breath. At the instant they saw Su Ming, their hearts trembled.
Tears fell from Xu Hui's eyes. She stared at Su Ming in a daze, who had appeared on the inverted mountain above her. It was as if she was looking at him for the rest of her life.
Progenitor Long Hai's expression remained the same, but his heart let out a thump. However, he knew that even if he did not take action to save Su Ming, Su Ming would not pursue the matter too much. After all, with his level of cultivation, Su Ming would definitely value him greatly. When he thought of this, even though he was slightly anxious, his expression did not change.
The eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor sparkled. He was incredibly nervous. He understood Su Ming better than Long Hai, and at that moment, he could not help but feel regret.
When Zi Long saw Su Ming, his expression remained the same. However, his pupils shrank slightly, because he noticed that Su Ming … was the closest to the top of the two mountains!
When Zhu You Cai saw Su Ming, a hint of a smile appeared briefly on his face, but it soon disappeared, and he returned to his ugly self.
As for the yellow-browed man, he let out a cold harrumph at that moment and moved a little faster. In the face of the mighty pressure in the land, he gritted his teeth and walked towards the top of the mountain.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. The expressions on these people's faces allowed him to see many problems, especially when he remembered that the chain could have brought him and Xu Hui up at the same time, but an accident had happened on the way.
Zhu You Cai's voice had been in that accident, and he had mentioned the yellow-browed man. Because of that, Su Ming could already guess everything. Zhu You Cai had saved Xu Hui, and the yellow-browed man had used some unknown method to stop him.
Su Ming's expression remained the same. He cast a cold glance at the yellow-browed man, and the aloof look in his eyes was the same as when he had looked at the white-robed teenager in the past.
Su Ming did not speak. With one step, he charged towards the top of the mountain. He was so fast that the group could not hope to compare to him when their cultivation bases had disappeared. They could only watch helplessly as Su Ming turned into a long arc and charged towards the top of the mountain.
He was so fast that in the span of a breath, Su Ming had already stepped on the spot where the two mountains came into contact with each other, right between the two mountains!
Su Ming might have seemed calm, but he was already prepared for a fierce battle in his heart. After all, Old Ya Mu's expression had been hostile just then. There was a high possibility that he would remove the mighty pressure on the others at that moment, causing the fight to instantly reach an intense state.
But when Su Ming arrived at the stone platform at the top of the mountain, the others still climbed up slowly. Not a single sign of their cultivation bases being released was shown, and they could only watch helplessly as they stood beside the stone platform.
Zhu You Cai sighed and gave up on moving forward. Reverend Zi Long frowned and cast Su Ming a profound glance before he also chose to give up.
A strong unwillingness to give up appeared on the yellow-browed man's face, but he was still hundreds of feet away from the top of the mountain.
"Hmph, I'm not the sort of person who goes back on his word. Since I promised you that if you can reach the top of the mountain, you will be my scion, I won't try to stop you." Old Ya Mu's voice immediately appeared in Su Ming's mind.
"The two mountains have different opposites. One of them leads to the sky, and the other leads to the earth. It is not enough to gain an epiphany alone. You must gain an epiphany at the same time, and only then will you obtain the true Mountain Shifter Art!
"I didn't create this Art on my own, but inherited it from Mountain Shifter Expanse Cosmos in Dark Dawn's Union. This Art is a supreme evolution of Mountain Shifter Expanse Cosmos' Heavenly Change. It is on the same level as your Abyss Builders' Nine Echelons Sword Styles. They are both Arts formed by nature.
"Learn it, and I will send you to the core of the fifth kiln. Before that, I will definitely not go back on my word regarding the serendipity I promised you!" Old Ya Mu's voice echoed in Su Ming's mind, but as Su Ming listened to it, he had a strange feeling.
It was as if … Old Ya Mu's words were not meant for him. Instead, they were meant for someone else, but his voice was clearly echoing in Su Ming's mind. Su Ming cast his gaze over the other people in the area, but none of them seemed to be able to make Old Ya Mu explain things in such a manner.
"Nine Echelons Sword Styles?" A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. This was the first time he heard of this Art.
"That's what your Abyss Builders' Progenitor created after he gained an epiphany towards the changes in the world in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. He claims to have nine echelons, but at most, I have only seen seven echelons. Even your Abyss Builders' Progenitor believes that you can only reach the remaining echelons in theory.
"You will naturally learn about this in the future. Hurry up and gain an epiphany of my Mountain Shifter Art. Once you learn it, I will have fulfilled my promise, and this projection will be able to leave the fifth kiln."
Old Ya Mu's voice echoed in Su Ming's mind. A glint appeared in his eyes, and he swept his gaze past the two stone platforms beside him. There was an iron book placed on each of them.
At that moment, as Su Ming looked over, light shone on them. Su Ming fell into a moment of pensive silence before he lifted his right hand and placed it on the stone platform above him. At the instant his right hand touched the stone platform, the inverted mountain trembled viciously. Cracks swiftly appeared on its surface, and in the blink of an eye, the mountain started showing signs of crumbling.
At the same time, a loud bang rang out in Su Ming's head. An epiphany towards the universe, the world, and the world surged into his divine sense and filled his entire mind. It turned into an endless amount of memory fragments that stirred up a storm in his heart.
Su Ming saw mountain after mountain in the endless amount of memory fragments in the storm. Among them was Dark Mountain, the ninth summit, and all the mountains Su Ming had seen, walked on, and touched in his life were among the many memories he had of his life.
The mountains were of different heights, and as they swiftly overlapped with each other, an indistinct epiphany gradually rose in Su Ming's heart.
In the eyes of others, Su Ming's hair was dancing in the air at that moment. The air beside him distorted, and mountains continuously manifested. As they swiftly changed, more cracks appeared on the inverted mountain above him, and the signs of it crumbling became stronger.
A mighty pressure that had never appeared on Su Ming's body appeared with a bang, and it immediately caused the hearts of the others to tremble.
It was especially so for Huang Mei. Intense jealousy appeared in his eyes, and as his expression twisted, veins popped up on his face.
"It won't be easy to obtain such a powerful divine ability just like that!" Huang Mei gritted his teeth and struck the gourd on his back with his right hand, then let out a loud shout.
"Treasured gourd, please kill him!"
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