Chapter 1929: Chapter 1922: The Figure in the Starry Sky
"Don’t get too cocky!" Gu Weisi glared angrily at Zhang Menglong. If he couldn’t handle even a Divine Cultivator at the peak, he would never be able to hold his head up in his own circle again.
Gu Weisi had learned an extremely powerful secret technique, which was tremendously potent and was executed through the eyes. Even a Martial Artist at the peak of the Dao Realm could be affected by this gaze if unprepared, potentially revealing flaws in battle.
"Demon Eye!" A trace of purple blood vessels appeared in Gu Weisi’s pupils. This secret technique wasn’t exactly cultivated but inherited. Before arriving in the Endless Land, he had killed a very powerful Warcraft whose eyes had mutated, capable of killing with just a look.
He later assimilated this power through certain means, even integrating it into his bloodline.
When this power was unleashed, it formed a powerful pressure field around the opponent, which could immobilize even a typical seventh or eighth-grade Dao Realm Martial Artist. He could tear a person apart with just a gaze!
"Gu Weisi is shameless, using such tactics."
"Yeah, deploying the Demon Eye against a peak Divine Cultivator Warrior is a disgrace, but if Ose doesn’t intervene soon, City Lord Gu Xiao will be in danger."
"To force Gu Weisi into this position, Gu Xiao is indeed a formidable figure."
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When the Demon Eye was unleashed, Zhang Menglong felt enveloped by a powerful force, as if heavy shackles were clasped on his limbs, rendering him immobile, even making breathing difficult.
Next, he felt a sharp pain on the surface of his body, as if an invisible sharp blade was slicing through him, a sensation eerily strange to the extreme.
"Playing with pupil techniques, are we?" Yet, Zhang Menglong remained undisturbed; his eyes displayed complex patterns, "Kaleidoscope Sharingan!"
With the magatama in his eyes beginning to spin, Gu Weisi’s pressure vanished in an instant. To others, Gu Weisi appeared vacant and dazed, as if controlled by something.
This state lasted for almost twenty seconds before Gu Weisi began gasping heavily, even soaking his back in sweat.
He couldn’t believe it; Zhang Menglong’s gaze had just pulled him into an illusory space where he had been ravished by a female Warcraft for three years!
As the illusion technique ended, he felt utterly exhausted, as if drained of all strength.
"Alright, alright," seeing the atmosphere become tense, City Lord Bei Xu immediately stepped in as a mediator.
"I’ll give Mr. Bei Xu some face!" Zhang Menglong said to Gu Weisi, "Don’t think being at the peak of Dao Realm makes you special. If you provoke me, I’ll deal with the peak of Dao Realm all the same!"
Zhang Menglong’s words made them realize that in the gaze contest just now, he might have even gained the upper hand! Just what kind of monster was he, able to suppress a peak Dao Realm Martial Artist!
Though Gu Weisi was unwilling, he felt that even if they continued to be deadlocked, he probably wouldn’t gain much from Zhang Menglong and might as well quit while ahead.
Yet now, looking at Zhang Menglong, Gu Weisi’s gaze was filled with caution, fear, and dread.
"I know many of you think I’m easy to bully," Zhang Menglong warned once more, "but to be honest, I’m not that nice, regardless of your Dao Realm grade, Vic from Fortress City, was a warning!"
Vic, the former City Lord of Luosai Fortress City, was someone whose whereabouts were highly monitored, but there had been no news of him for a long time.
Though rumors suggested he perished in the struggle for Illusion City, this had not been confirmed, since he was neither seen dead nor alive.
But now, Zhang Menglong’s words seemingly confirmed the rumor.
"So Vic really was killed by him!"
"Even with Ose’s help, Vic wasn’t weak; the Illusory God Pill he developed, once swallowed, enhanced one’s combat ability beyond ours temporarily."
"Even with such a trump card, this Gu Xiao couldn’t be brought down, this young man is unfathomable."
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"City Lord Bei Xu, I apologize for not giving you face just now, but some fools insist on provoking me, please forgive me." Zhang Menglong’s words were firm, giving due respect to Bei Xu while taking a jab at Gu Weisi again.
"Now that everyone has no other issues, I’ll move on to the main matter." Bei Xu projected an area, "This is a very special place we’ve discovered recently."
In the scene was a snow-white passage, its diameter approximately several hundred meters, extending skywards like a celestial body.
"What is this place? We’ve explored the Endless Land for so long; there shouldn’t be any geographic mysteries." A city lord asked curiously.
"It is indeed an unexplored area," Bei Xu said, "this place is located at the southernmost end of the Endless Land, beneath a glacier, discovered in a Dao Realm peak Phantom Profound Beast’s lair by one of my subordinates during a hunt.
"Where does this passage lead?" Zhang Menglong also asked with curiosity.
"To a starry sky!" Bei Xu said, "The passage runs almost across the entire Endless Land. It took us a very long time to reach the end. It’s like a stairway to heaven."
"What’s in the starry sky? Is there a path back to the original world?"
"We don’t know, we didn’t dare set foot into that starry sky."
"Didn’t dare?" Everyone was stunned.
Even though Bei Xu wasn’t the strongest among the city lords, he was still a peak Dao Realm powerhouse. What kind of place could instill fear in such a powerhouse?
"We didn’t enter that starry sky. We saw a silhouette within it, and my intuition told me that stepping into that starry sky meant death!" Bei Xu said seriously.
"So eerie?" Dao Realm Martial Artists have very sharp perceptions, particularly of mortal dangers, which are remarkably accurate. If he sensed death, it was mostly assuredly a deadly threat.
"It indeed sounds dangerous!" Zhang Menglong stroked his chin, "So, the reason City Lord Bei Xu assembled us here this time is..."
"I want to join all the peak powers of the Endless Land to explore that starry sky and see what that silhouette really is. Perhaps uncovering the secrets of that starry sky will lead us to a way out of the Endless Land!"
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