Besides the scattered islands, there were only three pieces of land left in the Land of South Morning of the past. These three pieces of land might be desolate, but they were the regions of the Land of South Morning that were relatively intact after the Catastrophe of the Eastern Wastelands!
Three incredibly large protective Runes enveloped these three pieces of land. From the distance, it would not be too appropriate to call them lands, because they were not connected to each other. Instead, they were spread out, forming a triangular shape. Black seawater roared between them.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe them as islands.
Su Ming stood on the Dead Sea. The clouds tumbled about in the sky, and there was a slightly complicated look on his face. He looked at the surface of the sea under his feet, and he could vaguely see a shadow under the surface of the sea …
That shadow looked like a dragon's head. This place … was Sky Mist Barrier in the past, but it was now submerged by seawater. If it was not because the terrain of this place was incredibly high to begin with and the mountain range where the barrier was located, then even if it was submerged, Sky Mist's dragon head would not be visible.
Twenty something years ago, as a Berserker, Su Ming had fought against the Shamans in this place. In this place, he had obtained the refinement of his will. In this place, he had become a Divine General of Bone Sacrifice, and it was also in this place that he had to run into the land of the Shamans to avoid danger.
Yet now, this place had turned into a vast expanse of land. The place had changed, and the people had changed. It could only make people sigh and search for indistinct traces of the past.
Compared to the complicated feelings and sentiments in Su Ming's heart, the bald crane behind him was rolling its eyes. It was wholeheartedly thinking of a way to leave this place. It was incredibly terrified of Su Ming and knew that if it could not find a way to escape, then it would never be able to see the light of day in its life.
'Darn it all, I'm a wise and mighty man, and I have a noble status. How could this puny Berserker Brat speak to me so rudely? Heh heh.' When the bald crane saw Su Ming turning his head around, it immediately shuddered in fear and quickly put on a fawning look on its face. It even flapped its wings a few times like a little chick.
When it noticed that Su Ming was not looking at it but was looking into the distance, it started mumbling in its heart once again.
"I have to escape as soon as possible. How nice would it be to be free? With my divine abilities, I can have as many concubines as I want and as many subordinates as I want. Sigh, it's a pity for that Mo Luo. Back then, I spent a lot of effort to make him believe me."
Su Ming did not care about the bald crane's thoughts. He stared at the ocean beneath him, and after a long while, he averted his gaze. His eyes gradually calmed down, and with a step forward, he turned into a long arc and walked forward. The bald crane hesitated for a moment, but Su Ming's cold harrumph immediately reached its ears.
As it let out a cold harrumph, the bald crane shuddered. It might be unwilling to do so, but its face was brimming with happiness.
"My Lord, wait for me. You see, I don't have much fur on me and I can't fly very fast. How about … I wait for you here?"
Su Ming did not continue paying attention to it. He might have thought that there was something mysterious about the black crane, but his desire to return to the ninth summit was incredibly strong, that was why he did not pay too much attention to it.
Besides, there was no enmity between him and the black crane. With Su Ming's personality, he would not make things too difficult for it. If it left just like that, Su Ming would not stop it either.
When the bald crane saw that Su Ming was ignoring it and flying further into the distance, it widened its eyes and slowly retreated. It wondered in its heart, 'Could it be that this person has shown kindness and is no longer paying attention to me?'
'That's not right!' The bald crane's footsteps came to a halt. Once it flapped its wings a few times, it lifted its claw and scratched the featherless parts of its body.
'He's testing me. If I really run away, then he'll have a pretext to deal with me. Ah, ah, ah, Su Ming, what a cunning fellow. I won't fall for it. Heh heh, the more you act like this, the more I can't run away. I'm so smart, and you want to scheme against me, you puny Berserker Brat?' The bald crane immediately flapped its wings and quickly chased after Su Ming. As it flew, it felt incredibly smug that it had not fallen into Su Ming's trap.
The colors of the protective screens of light covering the three islands in the Land of South Morning were different. The screen of light in the middle was black and looked dull, as if there was an endless amount of black mist surrounding the land. It exuded a ghastly air, causing all those who had not even gotten close to it to feel a chill spreading out from it.
The land on the left of the sea that was several tens of thousands of lis away from the black island was surrounded by golden light. That light spilled out in all directions, and it could be seen from the distance. The last island was located to the right of the black island. That place was filled with blue light, and as that light flowed, it looked as if there were ripples spreading out in the world.
Su Ming flew past the Sky Mist Barrier of the past and looked at the vast surface of the sea, then at the world in the distance. He held a jade slip in his hand, and the locations of the three great islands of the Land of South Morning were clearly marked on the map within.
However, since the three islands had been sealed off for years and rarely anyone came out, it was difficult to determine which of the forces of power in the Land of South Morning were in the past.
However, Zong Ze had his own judgment and had made some marks on the map.
Based on Zong Ze's judgment, the island shining with golden light should have been opened up by Western Sea Clan during the disaster. They were using their power to fight against the disaster.
Based on the direction in which the land was split, the golden island was indeed where Western Sea Clan was located in the past.
As for the black island, Zong Ze could not make any conclusions. He could only deduce that the island shrouded in blue light was under the control of Freezing Sky Clan's Heaven Gate based on some clues.
Su Ming fell into a moment of pensive silence as he held the jade slip in his hand. His eyes sparkled, and he charged towards the blue island on the map. For the next few days, Su Ming charged forward on the surface of the sea.
The bald crane followed behind him. They turned into two long arcs, and wherever they went, besides the endless sea and the ferocious beasts from the Dead Sea that would occasionally appear, no other living creatures could be seen.
It did not matter whether it was night or day. Besides the sounds of the sea roaring, there were not many other sounds, causing the world to be in a state of relative deathly silence.
Eventually, Su Ming saw a hint of blue light in the world before him. As Su Ming got closer, that light grew stronger and thicker. Eventually, a large piece of land appeared before him. A blue screen of light that looked like flowing water shone brightly and dimly. That screen of light was rather thick, and it looked to be about 1,000 feet wide!
It was 1,000 feet thick, and it isolated everything from the world outside, causing the island to look as if it had been separated from the outside world. The moment Su Ming got closer to the protective screen of light, a mighty pressure slowly spread towards him. Su Ming stood there and his gaze fell on the screen of light, but he could not see through it.
This was a powerful defense that could fight against the Catastrophe of the Eastern Wastelands. It might seem to be 1,000 feet thick, but in truth, it was definitely not that. The screen of light's strength and endurance made Su Ming frown slightly when he saw it.
He stood outside the screen of light and lifted his right hand slowly, but at that moment, the bald crane behind him blinked and quickly flapped its wings.
"Don't, sir. I have a way for us to go in. I guarantee success, and we won't be discovered by the people inside. This sort of small matter is too easy for me," the bald crane said smugly from beside Su Ming. The bald crane said smugly from beside Su Ming. When it saw Su Ming looking towards it, it immediately puffed out its chest and slapped its chest a few times with its claws.
"Sir, watch me!" As it spoke, it immediately flew towards the screen of light with all its might. As it lifted its claw, it pressed it on the screen, and with it, its body immediately turned transparent. Soon after, it started shining with a blue light, as if it had fused together with the Rune.
Su Ming focused his gaze on it, and his heart was filled with surprise. He did not expect that the bald crane would have such an ability, but as he continued watching, a strange expression gradually appeared on his face.
Because at that moment, as the bald crane's entire body shone with blue light, its appearance was slowly changing to that of a human, and by the looks of it, it was an old man.
The old man stood outside the Rune, and a thick aura of death spread out from his body. That aura of death surrounded him, causing him to look incredibly bizarre.
He had his eyes closed, and when he opened them slowly, an ancient and gloomy look appeared in his eyes. When Su Ming looked at the human figure that the bald crane had transformed into, his heart trembled. The old man's gaze gave Su Ming an indescribable feeling.
However, that feeling disappeared in an instant, because the expression of the awe-inspiring old man that the bald crane had transformed into changed rapidly. He put on a fawning expression, and there was even a smug look in his eyes. It completely destroyed the old man's awe-inspiring appearance, causing Su Ming to shake his head with a wry smile.
"Good little Rune, do you see who I am? I was the one who placed you here in the past, so open up a crack for me!"
As the bald crane mumbled, it stretched its right hand into the Rune. Immediately, a crack appeared on the screen of light that was one thousand feet thick before Su Ming's eyes without a single sound. That crack shot through the Rune and revealed the land it protected.
A strange expression appeared on Su Ming's face. He could tell that the bald crane had fused with the Rune with its great power of illusion, then used some unknown method to turn the old man into the Rune. There was a high possibility that he was the person who had created the Rune in the past.
With this method, it was as if the bald crane had deceived the Rune, causing it to open up a path on its own.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He cast a glance at the old man that the bald crane had transformed into, then walked forward slowly. Almost at the instant he approached the path opened by the screen of light, his body disappeared. He warped a distance of one thousand feet and appeared within the area protected by the Rune.
Almost at the instant Su Ming disappeared, a thought appeared in the bald crane's head, and the crack in the Rune instantly closed up. It enveloped Su Ming, who had stepped into it, causing the bald crane and Su Ming to be instantly separated by the Rune.
"Haha! How dare you scheme against me, you puny Berserker Child?! How dare you test me?! In the end, you fell into my trap! From now on, you'll be trapped in this Rune! I'm going to enjoy my freedom!" The bald crane laughed smugly. With a single move, it turned back into the seven-colored peacock. Clearly, it liked this look a lot. With a smug look, it flapped its wings, intending to leave.
"Is that so?" An aloof voice suddenly appeared in the bald crane's ears, causing it to be momentarily stunned. A shudder ran through its body, and it immediately turned its head around. It saw Su Ming still standing at the spot where he had disappeared, and he was looking at it coldly.
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