Ding Ning walked and walked. In this dark place, he did not know how long he had walked.
Along the way was the same barren land without any signs of life. The feeling of loneliness made him want to go crazy.
Even though he was strong-willed and intelligent, walking in this lifeless place still made him feel irritated. The feeling of loneliness was infinitely magnified.
Fortunately, he still had a pet. He released the Red-haired Hou as a companion, which was a comfort to his soul. His irritated mood improved.
After riding on the Red-haired Hou for a long time, the landscape gradually changed. It was no longer flat, and mountains and valleys appeared.
Although it was still lifeless, he finally saw a different scenery. Ding Ning became slightly more spirited and directly entered the mountains.
The mountains were very large, and he could not see the end. But they were all bare, without even a stream. There was still no sign of life.
As Ding Ning walked in the deathly silent mountains, an indescribable sense of oppression made him feel suffocated.
Suddenly, an indistinct building appeared on the top of a mountain in front of him. He immediately became spirited, and urged the Red-haired Hou to go straight to that mountain.
When he reached the top of the mountain, Ding Ning found that it was not a building, but a large building that occupied a large area of the ground.
The primitive and rough architectural style, and the walls carved with various symbols and images, made Ding Ning immediately think of the ancient buildings outside the ancestral mausoleum.
But compared to the ancient buildings, the buildings here were even older and extremely dilapidated. Most of the roofs and stone beams of the palaces had collapsed. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were ruins.
The ground and buildings were covered in a thick layer of dust. No one knew how long it had been since anyone had come and gone.
Ding Ning tried to find out the identity of the person who built this group of palaces, but unfortunately, because it was too long ago, the only dozens of animal skin books had decayed into ashes under the corrosion of time, and he could not find any clues at all.
Ding Ning did not give up and searched all the ruins. The result was still disappointing as expected.
However, he also judged from the various ancient carvings found in the palaces that this group of palaces had at least tens of thousands of years of history.
After leaving the palaces, Ding Ning quickly found the ruins of a second, third, fourth … ninth palace complex.
Unfortunately, just like the first palace complex, these eight palace complexes did not leave any useful clues for him. The only conclusion he could draw was that the people who lived in these nine palace complexes left at almost the same time, and brought almost all the things in the palaces with them.
"It should be a collective migration." Ding Ning thought, but he still felt puzzled. "What kind of terrible danger did the people living here encounter that made them willing to abandon their base and leave at the same time?"
Thinking of this, an idea suddenly flashed in Ding Ning's mind. Could it be a water source?
The more Ding Ning thought about it, the more likely it was. Whether it was a demon or a human, they could not avoid drinking water. Even if a God State Strongman did not need to eat, he could not live without water.
Moreover, he clearly remembered that there was a dried-up river in the mountains, which meant that there must have been water here in the past, but it had long since dried up.
In addition, he hadn't seen a single drop of water along the way, so he was immediately sure of this judgment.
What was the reason that caused this place to suddenly lose its water source and forced the creatures in the buildings to leave?
Ding Ning frowned and couldn't figure it out. "Did a drought demon appear here?"
But he soon denied this idea. Although the appearance of a drought demon would cause a drought, it would not cause such a large area to lose all vitality.
With a head full of questions, Ding Ning continued to move forward. After walking for about a day, he passed through the mountains and did not find any more buildings. It seemed that in this mountain range, only the nine mountains had been inhabited.
Out of this vast mountain range, there was a dead forest in front of him. The towering ancient trees, which should have been luxuriant and leafy, had all withered at this moment. The red-haired Hou only slightly stamped its feet, and the nearby ancient trees turned into powder with rustling sounds.
This further confirmed Ding Ning's guess that this was an extremely serious drought. Even a large area of the forest could not survive, which showed how serious the water shortage was.
Continuing to move forward, after passing through the forest, there was another flat field. However, compared with the land when he first came in, the ground here had a large area of dry cracks. The cracks crisscrossed on the endless field like ferocious bloody mouths.
Ding Ning secretly raised his vigilance and let the red-haired Hou continue to move forward along the flat land in case any monsters appeared.
But it turned out that he was thinking too much. In this land without water, even insects and ants could not survive, let alone monsters.
Carefully walking through the dry plain, Ding Ning found that the more he went forward, the more severe the drought was. The dry cracks on the ground had begun to show signs of desertification.
"Is there a big desert in front?" Ding Ning muttered with a wry smile. Suddenly, he wondered if he had gone in the wrong direction. Perhaps he should change his direction.
However, he had already walked so far, and he was unwilling to turn back now. Besides, he also wanted to know why this place was so dry, so he chose to move forward.
As he expected, before he walked out of the plain, the desertification on the ground became more and more serious. As he walked, the ground was full of yellow gravel.
Even for the Red-haired Hou, it was extremely strenuous for it to walk in this thick layer of gravel.
Ding Ning simply put away the red-haired Hou, spread his wings, and flew forward.
With the speed of the kun peng, he flew into the air and found that his speed was far less than usual. Only then did he suddenly realize that he seemed to have overlooked something.
Wind. Not only was there no water here, but there was also no wind.
Thinking back carefully, it seemed that since he entered this world, he had not noticed the existence of wind.
But he had been paying attention to the lack of water and had ignored this.
If the speed of the kun peng had not reached the limit with the help of the wind element, he probably would not have thought of this.
No, it seemed that not only was there no wind and water, but there was also no metal and fire, only earth and wood.
As for thunder, fog, and other elements, he was not sure. Anyway, he did not sense them.
However, he felt that there should be none. After all, wind, thunder, cloud, rain, ice, and other elements evolved from the five elements.
A serious lack of water in the five elements would inevitably cause disorder, resulting in a series of adverse consequences.
Was it the imbalance of the five elements? Or was it caused by humans?
Ding Ning showed a thoughtful expression and continued to fly forward.
He didn't know how long he flew, but when he was starting to feel tired, he finally passed through the vast desert.
Looking at the towering glaciers at the end of the desert, Ding Ning was dumbfounded.
Water shortage in the five elements? How could there be glaciers? Was this glacier the culprit?
Also, there seemed to be something wrong with this glacier. Even if his vision was limited, it was impossible for him to see such a large glacier when he was right in front of it.
It was as if the glacier did not exist before and only appeared out of thin air when he was right in front of it. It was extremely abrupt.
Ding Ning's curiosity was aroused. He flapped his wings and flew toward the glacier.
"Bang!"
A soft sound made him dizzy. A layer of ripples appeared between the glacier and the desert, and it took a long time for everything to return to normal.
"A super-large barrier?"
Ding Ning rubbed his forehead and exclaimed as realization dawned on him.
A barrier was a very special kind of tactical formation. Strictly speaking, it could not be simply classified as a tactical formation. It had an inexplicable relationship with the Sealing Technique and the Talisman Taoism. It could be considered a special combination of the three kinds of Taoism.
It was because of its uniqueness that Ding Ning was so shocked.
Even a genius like him, who was proficient in the three kinds of Taoism, could only set up a small-scale barrier.
It should be noted that a barrier required a very deep understanding of the Law of Space. The larger the barrier, the more difficult it was to set up.
Ding Ning suspected that even the Mysterious Fairy of the Ninth Heaven might not be able to set up a large-scale barrier, let alone a super-large one.
It should be noted that this thing was equivalent to sealing an entire space. It could trap, defend, and isolate. It was extraordinarily difficult.
Even the Mysterious Fairy of the Ninth Heaven, a peak divine tactical formation master, could not set up a barrier of this level, but a super-large barrier had appeared in this strange place. How could he not be surprised?
Who was it? Who could set up a barrier of this level? Could it be Ming Di?
Ding Ning's heart suddenly trembled. He recalled that the Mysterious Fairy of the Ninth Heaven had said that in the Three Realms, only one person was more skilled than him in the art of tactical formations. That was Ming Di.
Could it be that Ming Di had been here before? And he had even set up this super-large barrier?
No, that was impossible. If he could set up a barrier like this, the Yin Yang World's passageway might not be able to trap him. Why would he go through so much trouble to use him to open the Yin Yang passageway?
In fact, he still did not understand. The Yin Yang World's passageway did not seem difficult to open. It could be broken with a single slash of his fang. Why would Ming Di go through so much trouble to use him to open the passageway?
He still did not feel that there was anything special about him. The only thing special about him was his Three Supreme Bloodline. But whether it was the Three Supreme Bloodline or not, it did not seem to have anything to do with opening the Yin Yang World's passageway.
Ding Ning's mind was in a mess. He could not figure out what was going on no matter how hard he racked his brains, so he decided not to think too much about it.
He carefully studied the barrier in front of him, not understanding the purpose of setting it up.
"Could it be to make this land lose balance of the five elements?"
Ding Ning muttered to himself, his eyes filled with confusion.
"That's right, that is indeed the case."
The sudden voice behind him scared Ding Ning out of his wits. He leapt forward in shock, but he had forgotten that there was a barrier in front of him and was rebounded back.
Turning his head, he looked at the smiling Ming Di as if he was facing a great enemy. The corners of his eyes twitched violently as he swallowed dryly. "You … when did you get here?"
"I've been here for a while. I arrived the first time you hit the barrier."
Ming Di looked at Ding Ning with a half-smile.
Ding Ning's hair stood on end. Although his divine and spiritual senses were suppressed here, Ming Di had been able to appear behind him without him noticing. This made him realize once again the vast difference between him and a great emperor.
"Don't be so nervous. If I really wanted to harm you, do you think you would be able to resist?"
Ming Di chuckled at the sight of his nervous expression.
Ding Ning did not relax at all because of his words. His eyes darted around as he tried to think of a way to escape.
Although he had been desperately absorbing King Huai's life energy during the battle between the three emperors, he was well aware of Ming Di's ambitions. He did not think that Ming Di would have any good intentions towards him.
"You want to escape? You won't stand a chance in front of me. Besides, I said that I wouldn't harm you, so I definitely won't. "
Ming Di spoke casually, his tone brimming with confidence.
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