Realm-Hopping Martial Master

Chapter 1169: Chapter 626: Venerable Duan Yue! Crisis and Opportunity! (Part 2)

"I’m leaving too. If you encounter any danger, be sure to let me know."

Zhan Yun flashed Jiang Shu a smile and then floated away with his people.

"Brother Dao, you and I are in the same group. If I come across any peril I can’t handle, I hope you can lend a hand. Yu Sha will definitely repay you."

The handsome young man with wings on his back approached Jiang Shu and spoke softly, very friendly.

In the Ancient Battle Soul Path, if it weren’t for Jiang Shu, Yu Sha would probably have perished inside.

Despite his pride, he was someone who repaid kindness, and a few days ago had sent a massive amount of cultivation resources. Unfortunately, Jiang Shu had already left at that time, so he sent the things to the Jiuyu Commerce Alliance.

He also said that from then on, matters of the Jiuyu Commerce Alliance would be matters of the Feathered People’s clan.

"Naturally."

"However, unless it’s a life-or-death crisis, I won’t take action."

Someone who knows gratitude surely won’t end up badly.

Jiang Shu was happy to befriend these geniuses with profound backgrounds, especially since Yu Sha’s disposition was indeed excellent, so he nodded in agreement.

If someday, a genius from Xuanxing really enters this Star Ruins Realm.

The more forces he befriends, the greater his fame, and Xuanxing will be safer.

The Elder named "Duan Yue" smiled as he stroked his beard, watching without speaking.

Jiang Shu’s arrival indeed breathed new life into the War Alliance.

The crowd dispersed like droplets merging into this shattered mythological world.

After advancing for about an hour.

They traversed a plain covered with massive colorful crystal clusters, the air buzzing due to the high energy levels.

Then they leapt over a broken Rainbow Bridge, beneath which was an unfathomably deep vortex in the Void, and at the edge of a twisted forest, they were attacked by a strange group of creatures shining with metallic luster, resembling giant flying ants.

These flying ants had incredibly sharp mandibles, capable of piercing ordinary Treasure Armor, moved as fast as lightning, and their numbers were astonishing.

Fortunately, their level wasn’t high, roughly equivalent to the Peak of Ninth Realm, and under Venerable Duan Yue’s precise protective barrier and the cooperation of Jiang Shu’s disciples, they were quickly eradicated.

However, the air was permeated with a metallic burning acidity, seemingly capable of eroding Cultivators’ flesh.

"I’ve never seen these before."

A War Alliance disciple scrutinized the flying ant creatures in amazement,

"Could it be something created by the Saint?"

"Upon reaching the Saint Realm, do they have the ability to create all things, what’s the difference with becoming Immortal?"

The Saint is mysterious; almost no one knows how they’re superior to the Venerable beyond the Time Law.

For these people, it was their first time witnessing and encountering the Saint’s power firsthand, opening their eyes wide and leaving them astonished.

The road ahead is long and wide, no one knows how big this Little World truly is.

Jiang Shu led the way while Venerable Duan Yue followed from afar, encountering many eye-opening species on this journey and discovering numerous opportunities.

The Human Clan geniuses accompanying Jiang Shu, under his protection, each showed their skills and seized various opportunities.

Some geniuses even directly refined these opportunities, matching several years of hard cultivation in a short time.

They even said that if they could cultivate here for a year, they could at least advance one small Realm.

Jiang Shu also casually obtained many opportunities.

Though he couldn’t use these things now, he could gift them to the members of the Jiuyu Commerce Alliance.

His foundation was ultimately there, and their Realm and cultivation levels growing stronger would benefit Jiang Shu greatly.

Suddenly, Jiang Shu halted his steps, furrowing his brow slightly.

The Shui Huan Gloves slightly heated up, signaling not a strong external threat, but the Creation Law seed deep within the Spirit Platform fluctuated ever so gently.

It pointed towards a seemingly inconspicuous mountain fold wrapped in massive tree roots diagonally in front.

There, space fluctuations were unusually chaotic, yet inside, it faintly emitted a Dao Rhyme sharply contrasting the entire declining world, appearing like a weak Fixed Star hidden in ice.

He discreetly split a strand of Divine Thought, leveraging the Space Heart Fragment’s power, and under the cover of Venerable Duan Yue’s Light Shield Barrier, cautiously pierced through the chaotic top layer of space for deep exploration.

The feedback returned clearer.

Inside the mountain seemed to be a stable, small spatial node protected by special Laws!

The gentle Dao Rhyme emanated from deep within this node, subtly resonating with his Creation Star Fire deep in the Spirit Platform.

According to experiences from previous times, it likely held some opportunity inside.

Moreover, being able to invoke his Space Heart suggests it’s surely no ordinary thing.

"Venerable."

Jiang Shu looked towards Duan Yue who was vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

"I sense some spatial anomalies near the mountain in front, and would like to approach for a close investigation. It might be some kind of special mineral vein or a sealed relic node."

He deliberately concealed the slight resonance of the Space Heart and Creation Law with the Dao Rhyme, using the spatial anomaly as an excuse.

Venerable Duan Yue, committed to the path of defensive protection, might have strong Perception but was evidently less sensitive to the Creation Law compared to Jiang Shu with the fire seed.

Venerable Duan Yue followed Jiang Shu’s direction, his turbid eyes flashed shrewdly, focusing mainly on the chaos of the top layer space and potential macro traps.

In his perception, that area had chaotic spatial energy, like a spilled paint palette, easily leading one astray, but didn’t sense any particularly strong energy sources or fatal threats.

Considering that the purpose of this journey was to uncover Treasures and nodes in the Saint’s Relics, it seemed reasonable that Jiang Shu, his asset, discovered something.

"Hmm... It’s certainly chaotic, like a pile of collapsed residual spatial fragments."

"Jiang Shu, are you sure you have a feeling?"

Venerable Duan Yue spoke cautiously.

"I trust your Cultivation, but don’t easily venture deeper into the chaotic zone."

"I will support you here, the three of you advance forward to inspect the margins."

"Remember, only perceive at the edge, withdraw if there’s any issue, do not enter hastily!"

He pointed to two talented disciples from affiliated families, saying,

"Join him, and take care of each other."

"Yes, Venerable!"

The two disciples responded promptly.

They are rising stars from affiliated families, reasonably strong within the Tenth Realm, but insufficient in this place, eagerly seeking treasures but cautious and prudent.

Given their lower cultivation levels, they clearly couldn’t compete with Jiang Shu.

Venerable Duan Yue knew well that Jiang Shu, due to his ties with Jiuyu Commerce Alliance, was reluctant to wholly commit to the War Alliance, hence also sought to curry favor through these matters.

This opportunity was sensed by Jiang Shu; if Yu Sha were to go and seize it first, it would be hard to explain.

Thus, as Venerable Duan Yue expanded a larger stable area of Light Shield as a support point, Jiang Shu and those two disciples proceeded towards the distorted mountain wall.

Spatial fluctuations’ chaos intensified, light refracted oddly here, footsteps seemingly on rock yet as if treading on cotton, feeling insubstantial.

As they approached within tens of meters of the mountain wall fold perceived as having a stable node, a sudden change occurred!

The two disciples cautiously explored in sync at Jiang Shu’s sides, and the floating light-shaded ground abruptly gave way!

"Ah!"

Two cries almost simultaneously echoed!

This wasn’t the first time such an event happened since they entered this Little World.

It wasn’t the rock beneath collapsing, rather the Gravity Law of that space unexpectedly failing, like an invisible trap triggered.

The two instantly lost gravity, their bodies uncontrollably pulled towards another rapidly spinning spatial rift on the mountain wall.

The rift resembled a vacuum cleaner’s mouth, bursting with powerful chaotic attraction.

"Hold steady!"

"Suppress!"

Venerable Duan Yue roared powerfully, a burst of light emitted from his hand, majestic lightning flashing, like a mighty five-fingered mountain, suddenly smashed down.