"Hmph, not bad."
Although Xing Jue's attack surprised Bai Ye, he was still ranked second on the Universal Ranking. Although the golden hand was terrifying, he did not take it seriously.
"Break!"
He suddenly opened the fan in his hand and waved his arm. A gust of wind came out and a crescent-shaped blade cut the golden hand. In the blink of an eye, the golden hand was neutralized.
"Swoosh."
After neutralizing Xing Jue's Infinite Palm Technique, Bai Ye did not stop. He waved the fan in his hand again and wanted to attack Xing Jue.
"Pa."
But at that moment, another folding fan suddenly appeared in front of Bai Ye, blocking his next attack. It was Lu Yuan.
"Brother Bai, stop." Lu Yuan said solemnly. As he spoke, he gave Bai Ye a look as if he was hinting at something.
"Bai Ye, do you want to f * cking die?"
"Brother Beard is my friend. If you dare to attack him, I will kill you." At that moment, Wu Yuan also caught up and wanted to attack Bai Ye without saying a word.
"You?" Bai Ye was still angry and worried that he had nowhere to vent his anger. Now that Wu Yuan was shouting, how could he be afraid? He pushed Lu Yuan away and pointed his spear at Wu Yuan.
"All of you, attack! Is this the time to kill each other?"
However, just as the two of them were about to exchange blows, another fierce shout sounded, and the Ethereal Summit Elder appeared beside them. At the same time, Yao Ting, Kong Guang, Yi Changfeng, and the others also arrived.
After all, that person from Ethereal Summit was an Inherited Elder. Although he wasn't as powerful as Bai Ye, his status was much higher than Bai Ye's. As soon as he spoke, Bai Ye and Wu Yuan, who were eager to fight, stopped. However, their eyes were still filled with murderous intent.
"Elder, the Heaven Key is an important item to open the square. How can it fall into the hands of outsiders?" Bai Ye said to the elder unwillingly.
"Bai Ye, if it wasn't for the big bearded man setting up the formation, we would all have died at the hands of that magical beast. You are simply repaying kindness with enmity." Yao Ting spoke up, her tone extremely sharp.
"That's right. As expected, there isn't a single good person in the Heavenly Law Peak. Could it be that everything in the world belongs to your Mount Wuzhi? What kind of logic is that?" Wu Yuan retorted with extreme dissatisfaction.
Facing Yao Ting and Wu Yuan's tit for tat, Bai Ye wanted to refute, but just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Lu Yuan again. Then, Bai Ye actually stopped refuting.
Instead, he glanced at Xing Jue and the other two with eyes full of killing intent and said nothing.
"Humph!" Seeing this, Xing Jue only snorted coldly and did not say anything.
Bai Ye did not continue to attack. Xing Jue could guess the reason. Lu Yuan must have secretly told him something.
The two of them were classic hypocrites. Most likely, they did not attack Xing Jue now because they wanted to use Xing Jue's barrier techniques to deal with the difficult things behind.
After all, they did not know what kind of predicament they would face later on. Perhaps there were still powerful magical beasts like before. If they killed Xing Jue now, they would most likely not be able to pass.
However, once all the dangers were resolved, Xing Jue did not need to think too much to guess what would happen next.
At that moment, the elder from Ethereal Peak stepped forward and spoke in a very gentle manner, "Young friend, you are proficient in such a mysterious barrier technique. May I know who your master is and how should I address you?"
Although she looked to be in her forties and was still a standard beauty, her actual age was unknown. She might even be over a hundred years old. Therefore, it was not an exaggeration for her to address Xing Jue as a young friend.
"Master is used to living a carefree life and does not like to be disturbed by others. Therefore, he did not allow me to say his name."
"As for me, those who know me call me Big Beard." Although the elder from Ethereal Peak was rather polite, Xing Jue naturally would not reveal his identity. Therefore, he only gave a perfunctory reply.
After the elder from Ethereal Peak, even Kong Guang from Zen Ji Peak and Yi Changfeng from Reincarnation Peak stepped forward and took the initiative to speak to Xing Jue. They all wanted to get closer to Xing Jue.
Although Xing Jue's strength and status were not as high as theirs, the barrier techniques that Xing Jue had displayed previously had truly widened their horizons. He was already worthy of being roped in.
After the tense atmosphere was temporarily relieved, the group continued forward. The hall was very deep, but the group moved very quickly. As they moved forward, they soon encountered a giant mid-level Martial God level demonic beast in the depths of the hall.
With the previous experience, it was much easier to deal with this demonic beast. After using the same method to kill this demonic beast, it actually condensed into a black Earth Key.
However, with the previous lesson, no one ran away this time. Instead, they stared at the demonic beast. When the key was successfully condensed, the group fought over it together. In the end, the Earth Key actually fell into Lu Yuan's hands.
Along the way, other than the two giant demonic beasts, there were also many small demonic beasts. However, these demonic beasts were relatively weak, so Xing Jue and the others easily killed them.
After a full two hours of walking, Xing Jue and the others finally reached the end of the hall and arrived at the so-called Inheritance Plaza.
The Inheritance Plaza was circular and very vast. At the very center of the plaza was a sealed stone door. On both sides of the stone door were two keyholes, with the words' Heaven 'and' Earth 'written on them.
"Brother Beard, it looks like we'll have to open this door together," Lu Yuan looked at Xing Jue and said with a faint smile. As he spoke, he took out the Earth Key.
"Mn."
Everyone was present. Furthermore, with Xing Jue's current strength, he was not afraid that Lu Yuan would play any tricks. As such, after taking out his Heaven Key, he walked up to the 'Heaven' character.
When Xing Jue and Lu Yuan inserted the key into the keyhole, the ground beneath their feet began to tremble. The stone door at the center also began to slowly turn. This scene caused the crowd behind them to gather together. They all knew that this was a sign that the stone door was about to open.
* hum *
Indeed, just as they had guessed, after the stone door revolved for a brief moment, the sealed stone door suddenly opened. At the same time, a spirit formation gate appeared before everyone's eyes.
The spirit formation gate was also circular. It was not vertical, but placed at the center of the plaza. As the blue spirit formation rippled, it resembled a small lake sitting there.
However, everyone knew that it was not a lake. Instead, it was very likely to lead to the place where Old Man Yun Gui's lifelong treasures were hidden. In fact, they even felt that the Soul Exalt's world-renowned Exalted Artifact, the Soul Binding Wheel, was also inside.
* whoosh whoosh whoosh … *
The moment the gate appeared, everyone shot towards the spirit formation gate like arrows leaving a bow. They were deeply afraid that if they were a step too late, someone would beat them to it.
Seeing that everyone had already made their move, Xing Jue, who was the closest to the gate, naturally did not hesitate. He took a step forward and prepared to leap into the gate.
"Don't go." However, right at that moment, the Soul Exalt's voice suddenly rang out in Xing Jue's heart.
With the Soul Exalt's reminder, Xing Jue's heart tightened. He hurriedly stopped his steps and swept his sharp gaze towards the spirit formation gate.
* boom *
Sure enough, just as the crowd entered the range of the World Spirit Gate, boundless energy soared into the sky from the World Spirit Gate. Like an erupting volcano, it surged out with strong power and instantly engulfed the people who approached the World Spirit Gate.
"Wuuwaa ~"
The power was so strong that even Xing Jue, who was standing outside the spirit formation gate, was instantly blasted away. He only landed on the ground several thousand meters away. Fortunately, he only received the aftermath of the attack and was not injured.
"Heavens, this is..."
After the power dissipated, when Xing Jue looked towards the spirit formation gate again, his expression couldn't help but greatly change.
At that moment, the ground was a mess. Painful groans could be heard everywhere. Most of the people who rushed into the spirit formation gate were heavily injured, and many of them had already fainted.
Even Bai Ye and the other existences on the World Ranking were not lightly injured. They were using fearful gazes to focus on the spirit formation gate.
That was because, at that moment, there was an old man standing above the spirit formation gate that resembled a blue lake. That old man had a head full of ink-black hair. He wore black clothes and his gaze was filled with killing intent.
The aura he emitted was incomparably terrifying. Like a formless vortex, it swept out and caused the spirit formation below to dance.
"Those who dare to barge into my remnant without a human key, die!"
Just at that moment, that old man suddenly spoke. At the same time, he waved his sleeve, and a boundless black aura surged out.
Like dense black clouds, like thick ink that soared into the sky, it contained terrifying power and emitted a frightening aura. It covered the sky and covered the earth as it surged towards the crowd outside the spirit formation.
"Run! That must be Old Man Yun Gui, the number one expert in the world back then! We are no match for him! Run!"
Someone shouted loudly. In reality, even without his reminder, the crowd could guess what was going on. The person who claimed to have barged into the remnant was most definitely the master of the remnant.
At that moment, the crowd did not dare to be careless in the slightest. They all used their strongest movement techniques and battle skills. There were even people who started to ignite their own souls to use their strongest life-saving methods.
"Ahh ~"
But how terrifying was Old Man Yun Gui? How could he give them the chance to escape? The black aura instantly devoured several dozen people.
All those who were devoured actually disappeared without a trace. Not even a trace of aura was left behind. It was as if he had never appeared here.
"Crap, senior Zhou is …" Xing Jue was even more shocked when he saw this because his senior, Zhou Buran, was amongst the several dozen people who had been devoured earlier.
"Haa ~"
Old Man Yun Gui did not stop after his attack succeeded. He attacked once more, and another boundless black aura surged out. This time, even Wu Yuan, Yao Ting, and the others were devoured by it. The black aura seemed to possess a suction force, and they were unable to resist it at all.
"Soul Exalt, quickly reveal yourself and tell Cloud Ghost to stop."
At this moment, Xing Jue was a little flustered. Zhou Buran, Wu Yuan, and Yao Ting were all his friends. He didn't mind if the others were killed by the Cloud Ghost, but he didn't wish for the three of them to be killed by the Cloud Ghost.
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