The Azure Wood Great World's divine tree had been planted since the birth of the world. It had existed for an unknown period of time, and it was the tree that stabilized the Azure Wood Great World. But such a divine tree was being chopped down by a terrifying giant?
"Hmph! The divine tree has existed for hundreds of millions of years. Although this giant is powerful, he is overestimating himself by attempting to chop down the divine tree! "
Granny Yin said through gritted teeth. In her mind, the divine tree was a god. It was absolutely indestructible.
However, Yi Yun did not think so. Every cleave of the bronze giant caused the world to quake. Although the divine tree did not fall, it was likely injured.
What sort of existence was the bronze giant? How could it be so terrifying?
"The divine tree is indeed close to a god, but even a true god is not indestructible. I wonder if the bronze giant's chopping of the divine tree has anything to do with the collapse of the Azure Wood Great World?"
Yi Yun's words stunned Granny Yin, who was brimming with murderous intent.
There was a connection between the collapse of the Azure Wood Great World and the chopping of the divine tree?
On careful thought, although the Azure Wood Great World had existed for an extremely long period of time, there were many worlds that were older than the Azure Wood Great World. These worlds might not necessarily have a stabilizing tree, but now, the Azure Wood Great World, which had a divine tree rooted down, was collapsing faster than them.
When this thought appeared in Granny Yin's mind, it was like a specter. Granny Yin had spent her entire life in the Azure Wood Manor, so she subconsciously believed that the divine tree was indestructible. This made her automatically ignore the possibility.
Could it be that the reason why the Azure Wood Great World was collapsing was really because of the bronze giant's chopping of the divine tree?
"Granny, what do we do?"
Yue Yingsha clearly realized this as well. She felt a deep sense of helplessness against the bronze giant. What could she do in front of such an existence?
Even if Yue Ziya was reborn, he would probably be of limited use, much less her.
"I might … have seen this bronze giant before," Yi Yun suddenly said. Yi Yun suddenly spoke. His words alarmed Yue Yingsha and Granny Yin greatly.
"You have seen it before?"
"It's unlikely to be the same person, but they are of the same race. I once saw a phantom image of the bronze giant in a ruin."
Back when Yi Yun entered the Pure Yang Sword Palace, he had witnessed the slash of the Pure Yang Sword Palace's owner. The slash had cleaved off a corner of the world, and at the same time, it had cleaved off a bronze giant's head!
This scene left an indelible mark in Yi Yun's heart. However, a phantom image was after all just a phantom image. It was completely different from seeing a bronze giant standing in front of him with his own eyes.
"What relic?" Asked Granny Yin anxiously. Yi Yun had concealed himself in the Pure Yang Sword Palace and only said that he had entered a dilapidated world where he had witnessed the scene of the bronze giant being slain.
Granny Yin was somewhat disappointed when she heard that. It did not provide any valuable information.
"Hmm? That's … "
Yi Yun's heart stirred as he looked at the bronze giant in the sky. The chains around its body suddenly tightened!
"Crash!"
The chains rumbled and tugged at the bronze giant's muscles. The ends of the chains pierced deep into the bronze giant's body.
The bronze giant revealed a pained expression. His veins bulged all over his body, and his muscles bulged as if they had been doused in copper juice.
"Pu! Puff! Puff! "
Dozens of black springs surged into the sky from all directions. Like a whale sucking in water, they gathered towards the bronze giant. Finally, they transformed into countless tiny vortexes in the void that were sucked into the bronze giant's body through its pores.
After absorbing the black springs, the bronze giant seemed to calm down. The dozens of chains that restrained the bronze giant also loosened up.
"It's the water of the River Styx …"
Yi Yun could clearly see that the black rivers that covered the vast plains were called the water of the River Styx by Granny Yin. Previously, it had devoured Marquis Wu Yun and the Immortal Rain Sect separatists. Marquis Wu Yun and company were quite strong, but they were instantly devoured by the River Styx's water. Their flesh and blood were reduced to bones.
"It's indeed the River Styx. These River Styx are scattered across the plains. Every River Styx forms a land of death. Now, all of them have been sucked in by the bronze giant."
Granny Yin made the connection to the countless white bones floating in the black river's tidal waters. She felt an inexplicable chill in her heart. Could those white bones have once been living creatures, but after being engulfed by the black river, their flesh and blood had been devoured, eventually turning into white bones?
"Young Mistress." Granny Yin said with a heavy expression. "I have a feeling that the bronze giant has been imprisoned here by those chains. In order to break free of those chains, he has used the black rivers' water to devour many living creatures that have entered the Door to the 33 Skies!"
"Oh!?" Yue Yingsha's heart palpitated. After hearing Granny Yin's explanation and connecting it to the records in the canon, it was not impossible.
Countless people had died in the Door to the 33 Skies, but on careful thought, all the ways of death were either melting away, rotting to ash, or having one's entire body corroded. All these ways of death had one thing in common — there was nothing left of the corpse.
If the flesh and blood of the martialists that died in the Door to the 33 Skies ended up being devoured by the bronze giants, then many things would seem to make sense.
This guess was just too sensational. When Yi Yun heard it, he felt a tinge of fear.
"Young Mistress, we might be in big trouble. The plains that were enveloped by the gray fog yesterday might be the greatest danger zone in the Door to the 33 Skies. Once we enter, it will probably be very difficult to leave. If not, the patriarch from hundreds of millions of years ago would not have left a tombstone on these plains. That was because he knew that he was doomed …"
The Ten Thousand Fey Empyrean Heaven's Divine Lord was extremely powerful, yet he had acknowledged that he did not have long to live and left behind a tombstone. It was obvious how terrifying the place was.
Upon hearing Granny Yin's words, Yi Yun took a deep breath. If that was the case, the chances of them leaving this place were extremely slim.
"Kid, do you have any ideas?" Granny Yin suddenly asked Yi Yun. Previously, Yi Yun had led them out of the Blood Desert, making Granny Yin look at him in a different light. Now, she was making every possible effort.
"I don't know." Yi Yun shook his head. It would be a lie to say that he was not afraid when faced with unknown danger and a nearly foreseeable death. "Regardless, let's give it a try. There might be a chance of survival …"
"Alright, I'll lead the way."
After Granny Yin said that, she walked straight ahead to lead the way. Being first was naturally the most dangerous. Although Granny Yin's cultivation level was the highest, that bit of strength of hers was unlikely to be of much use on the plains of death.
The sun gradually rose, but the sky turned darker. The bronze giant seemed to disappear into the fog, slowly vanishing from sight.
At some point in time, a drizzle began to fall from the sky. The rain was black in color, identical to the black river's water. It exuded a faint smell of blood that was suffocating.
A pair of eyes the size of bowls slowly appeared in the rain. It silently stared at the trio from behind like a ghost as it approached them bit by bit.
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