"The Four Ends Martial Lord?"
Wang Chong stared blankly at the figure across from him.
The figure standing across from him was none other than the Four Ends Martial Lord, who had been the first to enter the cavern. While everyone else was still hesitating and worried about the dangers that might be hidden in the cavern, only the Four Ends Martial Lord entered without hesitation.
Along the way, Wang Chong had encountered the Black Yin Ancestor and other martial artists of the martial arts world, but he had never seen this solitary and highly respected Four Ends Martial Lord.
But Wang Chong had never imagined that he would see him here.
The Four Ends Martial Lord stood tall and mighty, clad in shining armor and a cape that flapped in the wind behind him. These were his signature symbols, and there were few in the entire martial arts world who possessed such a mighty bearing.
"Martial Lord?"
Wang Chong slowed down his pace and passed through the ghastly fire cavern toward the Four Ends Martial Lord.
But the Four Ends Martial Lord didn't seem to hear Wang Chong's words. He remained motionless, seemingly in thought or perhaps observing something. Wang Chong couldn't see the Four Ends Martial Lord's face, so he couldn't tell what he was doing.
One step, two steps … Wang Chong was getting closer and closer to the Four Ends Martial Lord, but aside from the flapping of his cape, the Four Ends Martial Lord remained motionless.
Wang Chong frowned, vaguely sensing that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
"Martial Lord?"
Finally, Wang Chong walked up to the Four Ends Martial Lord. With just a glance, Wang Chong's body trembled and his face paled.
Standing at the entrance of the passage, the Four Ends Martial Lord looked ahead. His eyes were wide open and his veins were bulging, but his face was deathly pale. Wang Chong couldn't sense any vitality from him.
Swoosh!
Wang Chong's expression changed. He took a step forward and extended a finger to the Four Ends Martial Lord's nose. It was cold to the touch, and he couldn't feel any signs of breathing or life.
What shocked Wang Chong even more was that when he probed the Four Ends Martial Lord's body with his Stellar Energy, he discovered that all the meridians in his body were broken, as if someone had used an extremely powerful external force to break all the meridians.
"How is this possible?"
At this moment, even Wang Chong felt a great shock that he had never felt before, and he took several steps back.
He was well aware of the Four Ends Martial Lord's strength, and this person had an extremely high reputation in the world of sects. Although there was still a gap between him and the leader of the Zhengqi League, Song Yuanyi, who cultivated the Eternal Spring Mantra, it was definitely not too far off. In the world of sects, they were experts on the same level.
Moreover, the first time this person had appeared before Wang Chong, he had been riding a horse, his body exuding a powerful Stellar Energy of extreme Yang and unyielding Yang. It had even transformed into roiling flames that seemed to set the air ablaze.
If his Stellar Energy hadn't been refined to the Transformative realm, he wouldn't have been able to produce such an effect.
Even Wang Chong found this person troublesome and not easy to deal with.
But Wang Chong could never have imagined that the Four Ends Martial Lord, a martial artist of extreme Yang and seemingly fearless and courageous, would die here. And from the condition of his body, someone had used an even more powerful Yang energy to shatter his meridians.
This was simply inconceivable!
"Just who killed the Four Ends Martial Lord?"
At this moment, Wang Chong's mind was in turmoil, countless thoughts flitting through his mind.
He turned his head and followed the Four Ends Martial Lord's gaze. There was only endless darkness and the blue mist that had surged out at some point. He couldn't see anything else. But for some reason, Wang Chong suddenly felt an intense sense of nervousness.
No matter what, someone who could kill the Four Ends Martial Lord with a powerful Yang energy was no ordinary person!
"Buzz!"
In the blink of an eye, Wang Chong sent a vast stream of Psychic Energy into the passage, where the blue mist was pervading.
But not even Wang Chong could have imagined that this action would lead to unimaginable consequences.
"Buzz!"
In Wang Chong's eyes, two cold and emotionless glints suddenly appeared in the blue mist.
"Who's there?!"
Wang Chong's heart chilled as an intense sense of danger welled up in his heart.
At almost the same time, there was a flash of light. A tall black silhouette suddenly appeared in front of Wang Chong with inconceivable speed.
And the moment this person appeared, an enormous energy, extremely Yang and fierce, erupted like lava from a volcano. In that moment, Wang Chong felt like the entire world was burning.
This scorching energy was even more terrifying than the Four Ends Martial Lord's Blazing Sun Divine Art. Wang Chong even felt like a blazing sun had appeared in front of him.
The entire passage was illuminated as if it were daytime.
"Not good!"
The moment this person appeared, the sense of danger in Wang Chong's heart multiplied. His skin and hair seemed to be greatly stimulated, goosebumps popping up all over his body as the intense sensation of death swallowed him whole.
"Great Yin Yang Art!"
With no time to think, Wang Chong risked his cultivation defect to summon all the Stellar Energy in his body and use the Great Yin Yang Heaven Creation Art, one of the three supreme techniques of the Great Yin Yang Art.
Rumble!
Raging winds howled and flames shot out. This terrifying energy, even more scorching than the sun, was extremely Yang and fierce, unstoppable, and surged toward Wang Chong.
If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Wang Chong would have found it very difficult to believe that such a power existed in the world that could cultivate Stellar Energy to such a level.
Each grain of Stellar Energy was like golden sand and brimmed with a scorching energy that seemed capable of vaporizing a person. In that moment of extreme danger, Wang Chong suddenly understood why the Four Ends Martial Lord had been shaken to death even with his strength.
In this moment of extreme danger, Wang Chong's keen intuition came into play. As the majestic golden Stellar Energy descended, two completely different energies, one Yin and one Yang, suddenly flashed. Moreover, Yin and Yang combined, rapidly spinning like a millstone.
Under the effect of the Yin and Yang Energies, the menacing and terrifying power was instantly split into two.
Rumble! Half of the energy struck Wang Chong, while the other half brushed past Wang Chong. Under the effect of the Great Yin Yang Heaven Creation Art, it was deflected and struck the cave wall on the other side, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Wang Chong's body was sent flying out of the cave by this supreme Yang energy, his blood and energy in turmoil.
The Great Yin Yang Art could be used both offensively and defensively. When attacking, it could use two opposing energies, one Yin and one Yang, to cause a heaven-shaking explosion and heavily injure the opponent. When defending, it could use the power of Yin and Yang to split the opponent's attack in two, weakening it by half.
But even so, the remaining half of the energy was still extremely powerful. In his current state, Wang Chong found it difficult to bear.
"Just what is this thing? How can it be so powerful!"
As he stared at the figure in the green smoke, a thought flashed through Wang Chong's mind.
In this underground world, Wang Chong had encountered many traps. Rapid Storms, Dragonbeasts, Stellar-Piercing Beetles, Nightmare Beasts, and the unbelievably sharp Darkshadow Spiders.
But the thing before him clearly did not belong to this category, because no monster could use human martial arts.
Even now, Wang Chong had no idea what this thing was.
"Don't move! Seal your pores! Withdraw your aura! "
Just as Wang Chong was preparing to retreat and see what was going on in the cave, a familiar nervous voice rang out in Wang Chong's mind.
"Jili Laozu?!"
Wang Chong's heart trembled as he instantly recognized who it was.
At any other time, Wang Chong wouldn't have stopped just because of someone else's words.
But for some reason, when he heard the nervousness in Jili Laozu's voice, Wang Chong's body involuntarily stopped.
"How could he be here?!"
Wang Chong's heart was in turmoil, and he was taken aback.
Most unbelievable of all was that Jili Laozu's voice had come from inside the tunnel.
"Buzz!"
There was no time to think. As soon as Wang Chong stopped, his surroundings became deathly still. Not even the sound of breathing could be heard.
The entire cave was eerily quiet.
Smoke slowly drifted through the air, and for some reason, that black silhouette that had been preparing to continue its assault on Wang Chong had also strangely stopped.
A stifling tension filled the air as the black figure drew closer and closer to Wang Chong.
As the air currents surged, a wisp of green smoke drifted away, and Wang Chong finally saw the figure in front of him.
It wasn't a monster like the Nightmare Beast or the Poison Spider, but an ordinary human cultivator about seven or eight feet tall.
His long hair hung loosely over his shoulders, and he wore a long silver robe. But unlike the clothes worn by modern cultivators, this person's clothes had an ancient style to them. They were the clothes of the late Sui Dynasty.
Wang Chong's heart trembled as he recognized this person.
The dynasties of the Central Plains had changed, and each dynasty had different characteristics and styles. Wang Chong was born into a family of ministers and generals, so he had some knowledge of the Sui Dynasty. Thus, he could recognize this person at a glance.
As he looked at this person's clothes from the Sui Dynasty, Wang Chong suddenly had a strange feeling.
Wang Chong continued to look up, and in the light of the green flames, Wang Chong was finally able to make out this person's face.
It was a face like that of a corpse, so pale that there was no blood on it. And when Wang Chong saw that person's eyes, the feeling in his heart intensified.
They were empty and lifeless eyes that could never appear on a living person's face.
"A dead person!"
Wang Chong's heart trembled as he suddenly understood.
The air was quiet and bizarre. Wang Chong and that person stared at each other through the corpse of the Four Ends Martial Lord. Only the lifeless eyes of the walking corpse continued to roll around in their sockets.
But when Wang Chong's gaze flitted over the Yin Yang Wuji symbol on his silver robe and the golden compass on his back that was slowly fading away, his mind suddenly jolted as he understood something.
"The Origin Immortal Art successor!"
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