Chapter 489: Chapter 464: The Dao Book Leaked
A giant ape landed not far away, standing over twenty meters tall, its body covered with a hard shell, yet flames constantly coursed over it.
It wielded a twenty-meter long staff that glowed red-hot like an iron rod.
"Outsider Immortals daring to enter the Cangyan Mysterious Land, you’re courting death,"
the giant ape roared, traversing a hundred li in a step, swinging its staff like a mountain, smashing it toward Lu Yan.
Lu Yan swung his Thunder Sword, harnessing the Thunder Fire Rule to clash with the giant ape, and, leveraging the force, pulled Shen Yinuo as they flew back in rapid retreat.
But to their left and right, two more terrible presences descended.
Still Immortal Third Layer beings.
A fire-red butterfly, excessively large, with a wingspan over ten meters—larger even than a huge eagle—flapped its wings, bringing forth a sea of flames that filled the sky.
The other was a Flame Flood Dragon with a serpentine body, its claws treading the void, reaching for Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo.
Shen Yinuo brought forth the Great Sun Melting Furnace, suffused with bloodlight, and blocked the butterfly.
Lu Yan brandished his sword to compete with the Flame Flood Dragon, but the giant ape was attacking again, nearly sending Lu Yan flying with a strike of its staff.
Facing three Immortal Third Layer beast clan powerhouses, they were completely at a disadvantage.
Not to mention the Immortal First Layer and Second Layer beast clan.
The two could only attempt to break out together, but after several exchanges they were forced back again.
"We must break through quickly, delay is bad news. If a beast of the Immortal Fourth Layer shows up, we’ll be in trouble,"
Lu Yan thought furiously, then launched a Soul Attack with the Thunder Bell and the Big Tree Phantom Image, managing to ward off the Flame Flood Dragon. Just as they attempted to break free, a long cry echoed, and a massive eagle bearing a sky of flames swooped down, blocking their path.
Another Immortal Third Layer beast clan member.
"Kill!"
Four powerful beasts, from all directions, closed in for the kill.
Suddenly, in mid-air, dense symbols emerged, transforming into four enormous sky-reaching swords that stabbed down at the four Immortal Third Layer beasts.
"Formation Patterns, it’s Mr. World,"
Lu Yan’s spirits lifted.
The four powerful beasts could not afford to focus on Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo, pooling their strength to counter the swords falling from the sky.
After four thunderous booms, the giant swords crumbled, but in the sky, an Eight Diagrams Map appeared.
Spinning rapidly, the map covered a hundred li radius, with endless patterns on it.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
From the Eight Diagrams Map, countless Sword Lights shot out towards the beasts.
"Lu Yan, let’s go!"
Outside the Eight Diagrams Map, Mr. World’s figure emerged.
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo seized the opportunity to break through, meeting up with Mr. World.
"My formation can hold them off for a while; let’s leave this secret realm first,"
Mr. World said, leading the way toward the exit.
On the way, they encountered several waves of attacks from the beast clan, but all were held off by Mr. World.
"Senior, has your cultivation level entered the Immortal Third Layer?"
Lu Yan, invigorated, noticed that Mr. World’s cultivation had improved since their last parting.
"You kid, you’re even more surprising to me. It was just the Spiritual God of the Seventh Transformation before, scarcely a year has passed, and you’ve become immortal. This speed makes even me step aside,"
Mr. World said in rare modesty.
"I had no choice but to make a breakthrough,"
Lu Yan sighed.
With Mr. World’s assistance, they successfully reached the exit and left the Cangyan Mysterious Land.
"Now that you’ve rescued the girl, what are your plans?"
Mr. World asked.
Lu Yan didn’t answer but instead turned to ask Shen Yinuo, "Yinuo, having endured the Heavenly Tribulation, were you able to remove the Blood Soul Gu Mother from the Skull Fire Mountain’s Master?"
The Heavenly Tribulation refines both the physical body and the Primordial Spirit completely, allowing the body and spirit to fully conform to rules and become an immortal body.
Logically, impurities within the Primordial Spirit should be completely removed by the tribulation.
But Shen Yinuo shook her head, saying, "This Blood Soul Gu Mother is extremely stubborn. Although part of it was refined by the tribulation, a small portion remains, entwined with the Primordial Spirit. However, I feel it is no longer a threat to me, and I can leave the Desolate Land, but the Skull Fire Mountain’s Master can probably trace me through the remaining Blood Soul Gu Mother."
"It seems we’ll need to kill the Skull Fire Mountain’s Master to eliminate the threat once and for all,"
Lu Yan sighed slightly, then said to Mr. World, "As long as the Skull Fire Mountain’s Master lives, Yinuo’s danger persists, and since he can track Yinuo, we can’t return to Da Wu yet."
"Frankly, even without the Skull Fire Mountain’s Master, we couldn’t return to Da Wu,"
Mr. World said, his face turning rather grim as if recalling something troubling.
"Senior, what happened?"
Lu Yan asked.
"Let’s leave this place first before discussing, follow me,"
Mr. World led the way, flying northward.
Only after flying out for more than a hundred thousand li did they stop on a mountain peak.
After a long silence, Mr. World finally said, "Min Luo has betrayed us."
"Min Luo Demon Lord? What happened? Senior, didn’t you place a Soul Ban inside his Primordial Spirit?"
Lu Yan’s face changed as he spoke.
"It’s precisely because of the Soul Ban, he wanted to free himself from my control, so his only option was to kill me to gain his freedom,"
"To collect information for me was his excuse while he secretly allied with the Demon Clan of the Desolate Land. The powerhouse of the Demon Clan used some method to suppress the Soul Ban, causing it to become uncontrollable, then they ambushed me. Luckily, I was cautious and my formations cunning, allowing me to break out of the encirclement, but Pang Luo, that boy, was killed by the hands of the Demon Clan."
"During this time, I’ve been dodging east and west, hiding from my pursuers. Under the pressure, my cultivation level actually broke through, and only after shaking off the Demon Clan did I come to find you."
Mr. World said.
"Not good, the Min Luo Demon Lord knows I have the Dao Book; if he informs the Immortal Clan..."
Lu Yan’s face grew increasingly ugly.
The Immortals and Devils Clans hold tremendous power in the Desolate Land, far beyond what Skull Fire Mountain can compare with.
On the Desolate Land, Skull Fire Mountain could only be considered a local tyrant, but the Immortal Clan, they are the peak group of the entire Desolate Land, one of the strongest forces.
If the Immortal Clan learns about the Dao Book, they would probably go insane, come swarming out, and hunt him down.
"This is what I’ve been most worried about. Moreover, to deal with us, the Min Luo Demon Lord will surely make such a move, and he may have already done so. Min Luo knows where Da Wu is located. If we return to Da Wu, we would only involve them. Therefore, we can only stay in the Desolate Land. As long as you are in the Desolate Land, as long as the Dao Book is in the Desolate Land, then Da Wu will be safe."
Mr. World finished speaking, then sighed and said, "It’s all my fault, I should have been merciless back then and ended Min Luo with one palm."
"It’s my fault. I should never have left him alive."
Lu Yan also looked troubled, originally thinking that with his Primordial Spirit under Mr. World’s control, he was completely secure, only to face such a situation.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
The journey to the Desolate Land made Lu Yan realize that Soul Bans are not infallible.
For instance, he refined the Soul Ban left by the master of Skull Fire Mountain.
The Soul Ban left by Mr. World was sealed by the Demon Clan.
He would show no mercy if he encountered similar situations in the future.
"Now is not the time to blame anyone, but to find a way out of this situation. Does the Min Luo Demon Lord know that Lu Yan has gone to Skull Fire Mountain?"
Shen Yinuo said.
Lu Yan and Mr. World nodded at the same time.
If the Min Luo Demon Lord knew that Lu Yan had been to Skull Fire Mountain, then the powerful members of the Immortal Clan would definitely find their way there, and by tracking them through the master of Skull Fire Mountain.
In other words, they didn’t have much time left.
"It looks like there’s only one place we can go now."
Mr. World said.
"Where?"
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo asked in unison.
"The Soldiers’ Cemetery."
Mr. World said.
"The Soldiers’ Cemetery? Why is it suitable for us to go there, and what kind of place is it?"
Lu Yan asked curiously.
"In these last few days, other than cultivating, I often went out to gather information about the Desolate Land, and I gained a rough understanding of its layout and some forbidden areas. The Soldiers’ Cemetery is the largest forbidden area in the Desolate Land. It is said that a large number of broken weapons are buried there, which are remnants of the great battle that occurred over a hundred thousand years ago, and they are of very high grade."
"These broken weapons have merged with the land in some places, creating deadly terrain that slays all who enter. However, it is also a place of opportunity. Some people have found formidable broken weapons inside the Soldiers’ Cemetery, and with them, they have advanced their cultivation considerably, dominated the Desolate Land, and even broken through the barriers of the Immortal Fifth Layer to enter the Origin World."
Mr. World said.
"Do you mean to say that we should enter the Soldiers’ Cemetery and make use of its terrain to fight against the Immortal and Demon Clans?"
Lu Yan said.
"That is one of the reasons."
Mr. World nodded, "Terrain is one of the origins of Formation Patterns. Mastering Formation Patterns means mastering everything. Indeed, we can use the terrain inside to contend with the Immortal and Demon Clans."
"But another reason is that someone in the Soldiers’ Cemetery once spotted the half of a Thunder Sword, specifically the tip, with incredible might but no one could capture it. I suspect that it may be the other half of your Thunder Sword. If you could get it, perhaps you would see a significant increase in strength."
"Half of a Thunder Sword?"
A fire of excitement couldn’t help but burn in Lu Yan’s heart.
"Let’s take a look. If I get close, I will be able to sense it,"
Jin Ming’s voice echoed in his mind.
"Senior, where is the Soldiers’ Cemetery located? Let’s set off at once."
Lu Yan said.
Since there was no turning back, it was time to give it their all.
He was now at the peak of the Immortal First Layer. If his cultivation could take another step forward, stepping into the Immortal Second Layer, and if he could acquire the other half of the Thunder Sword, then he would fear no one on the Desolate Land.
They must keep the news of the Dao Book confined to the Desolate Land; it must not spread to the Origin Continent, or else it would result in a tremendous predicament.
"The Soldiers’ Cemetery is to the north of the Desolate Land. Would you like to heal your injuries first?"
Mr. World said.
"I’ve just broken through immortality, and my injuries have healed during the transformation. Lu Yan, how about you?"
Shen Yinuo said
"My injuries are also no longer serious. There’s no time to lose; we’ll head to the Soldiers’ Cemetery first."
Lu Yan said.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Three figures dashed toward the north.
Cangyan Mysterious Land, the exit.
A figure burst forth, which was none other than the master of Skull Fire Mountain.
The master of Skull Fire Mountain looked extremely wretched, her clothes in tatters, and her aura somewhat wilted.
Only by giving it everything she had could she escape from the clutches of the Flaming Three-Headed Dog.
"Lu Yan, Shen Yinuo, I shall return today’s humiliation a hundredfold."
The master of Skull Fire Mountain’s eyes were filled with a sinister glare, and after swallowing several healing pills, she hastily made her way back to Skull Fire Mountain.
