NOVPUBXu Zimo slightly furrowed his brows as he watched this scene.
The might of the Divine Vein Realm emitted from the mummies.
"What’s going on here?" Xu Zimo looked at the three people beside him and asked.
"We don’t know either," explained a disciple in a yellow robe among the three.
"We came here as a team and had just reached the desert when we encountered the mummies.
In the end, only the three of us survived."
"There are many mummies in this desert, and they seem to be patrolling through it," another disciple said.
"We can neither get in nor out, we’re completely trapped here."
Xu Zimo frowned in thought.
These three are probably just disciples from some second-rate powers.
They knew him also because of the previous conflict with the Cloud Imperial Sect.
However, what troubled him was that there were many mummies.
If each one possessed the cultivation level of the Divine Vein Realm, he could only rely on Bai Meng and Chaos himself. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
His current cultivation was barely enough to deal with one Divine Vein Realm, but definitely not so many.
Xu Zimo looked up and saw that the desert was vast and empty.
It was hard to find a place to hide, having a huge rock was already considered good.
If he were to continue forward, should he encounter mummies, he might not even find anything to hide behind.
"Saint Heir Xu, do you have a way to contact the Holy Sect to get them to save us?" the young man beside him asked hopefully.
"No, and even the Sect sent people at the Saint Vein Realm; even if they came, it would be useless," Xu Zimo shook his head and said.
"Then aren’t we doomed?" a youth beside him said in despair.
"One of the Ten Great Forbidden Lands, didn’t you guys think it through before coming in?" Xu Zimo looked at them and said.
"There’s no such thing as a free lunch in the world.
Alright, you guys continue hiding; I’m setting off."
Xu Zimo said as he stood up and started walking forward step by step.
He did not know where the previous mummy had patrolled off to.
"Has he gone mad?" a youth watched Xu Zimo’s departing figure and said in astonishment.
"If he encounters a mummy, he is bound to die."
......
Walking in the desert, a fine rain began to drift from the sky.
Xu Zimo took a deep breath and couldn’t help to quicken his pace slightly.
The air here always made one feel pressured.
After a while, a thick fog began to appear up ahead.
The road ahead was not clear; the fog covered everything.
From within the fog, Xu Zimo faintly heard the sounds of ghastly roars.
Then, several figures slowly emerged from the mist.
There were three mummies.
Three Divine Vein Realm mummies.
Their appearances were no longer distinguishable; their skin and bones had all solidified together.
They were rigid, and their skin was covered with many cracks.
They opened their mouths and hissed at Xu Zimo.
The thick mucus in their mouths was dense, like some kind of sticky malt candy.
When the three mummies charged at Xu Zimo,
they moved extremely fast, and their claws were very sharp.
Xu Zimo did not dare to be careless and directly summoned Chaos.
The massive body of Chaos descended into mid-air.
With a swipe of its claw, it sent the three mummies flying.
But the mummies had extremely strong defenses and weren’t hurt at all.
After they got up, they roared angrily and charged at Xu Zimo again.
"A pointless struggle," Xu Zimo said lightly as he jumped onto Chaos’s head.
"Run towards the central location at top speed; don’t bother with these mummies."
The Chaos creature let out a roar, two pairs of blood-red wings as thin as cicada’s wings unfurled behind it, blocking out the sun.
Here, a force prevented flying, so flight was impossible.
But the Chaos creature’s speed was extremely fast, and with the boost from its wings, it quickly left the desiccated corpses far behind.
It entered into the fog.
With every distance covered, Xu Zimei could hear howling sounds.
The fog obscured everything in front of him; although Xu Zimei couldn’t see clearly, he could still roughly sense what was around him.
The number of desiccated corpses was likely not small.
With so many at the Divine Vein Realm, forcibly barging through would only lead to being torn apart here.
Chaos continued to run forward,
Xu Zimei did not entangle with them, killing these corpses was pointless.
As the fog around thinned, the end of the fog seemed near.
It was then that a black aurora shot through the air towards them.
The aurora struck Chaos in the back.
With a "booming" sound, a strange Spiritual Energy began to fluctuate.
A blood hole appeared in the Chaos creature’s back, and its massive body collapsed.
Xu Zimei looked up and saw three more desiccated corpses guarding the exit of the fog.
These three corpses were different from the others; they were shrouded in black gas.
In the location of their eyes, two clusters of black fog were rising.
What was more horrifying was the aura of the Immortal Ascension Boundary was slowly fluctuating from their bodies.
"How can this be," Xu Zimei squinted his eyes.
There were creatures of the Immortal Realm here, which was beyond his expectation.
In that era, the highest cultivation of those contesting for Destiny was the peak of the Divine Vein Realm.
They were preparing for Entering Taoism; it was unlikely for anyone to choose Stepping into Immortality.
Even if they died and became desiccated corpses, it should not be at the Immortal Ascension Boundary.
Although the path of immortality is not as esteemed as the path of Taoism, it’s not so easy to step onto either.
Many people spend their entire lives trapped in the Divine Vein Realm, with no hope in sight.
…
"Forget it, there’s no need to waste time anyway," Xu Zimei muttered.
He directly summoned Bai Meng.
Majestic Demonic Qi surged around them.
Bai Meng, looking at the three corpses before him, slowly said, "Master, I sense an evil presence emanating from them."
"I should have guessed," Xu Zimei narrowed his eyes.
"It seems Hell Turbid Qi has already awakened."
Bai Meng said no more, with a sweep of his hand.
Vast Demonic Qi coalesced in midair, several demonic faces formed of Qi lunged towards the three corpses to consume them.
The sinister faces devoured the corpses.
The corpses resisted desperately.
Demonic Qi tangled and clashed with the evil presence.
Bai Meng frowned slightly, "What is this thing that can briefly suppress my Demonic Qi?
Thankfully these entities are too weak, it would not be so easy to say if they were of the same realm."
With another sweep of Bai Meng’s hand, a burst of demonic fire suddenly shot out from the devouring faces.
The demonic fire burned everything clean, reducing the corpses to ash without leaving even a trace.
…
"The very first strand of mutated Turbid Qi in the world naturally won’t be simple," Xu Zimei said with a light laugh.
"There might be some trouble ahead, looks like a tough battle is looming."
After killing the three corpses, Xu Zimei took Chaos back, allowing it to heal in the True Fate World.
Thanks to the Tree of Life, wounds could heal almost instantly.
Of course, powerful as the Tree of Life is,
it could create a plant system, help living beings heal, and even bestow longevity.
But it could not grant eternal life, nor could it resurrect those who had already perished.
