As the black moon centipede fled in panic at high altitude, the great mage Bai Yuanzi also nervously watched the strange beast below. Suddenly, he froze.
Zong Ling, Tong San, Qing Shi, Kong Youyue, Ji Rong, and Si Chen all froze as well.
Because, when the strange beast transformed from Xiang Pangyun slammed Dongbo Xueying out of Blackwind Cliff, and Dongbo Xueying was involuntarily swept by the fierce wind toward the whirlwind, suddenly, Dongbo Xueying let out a roar that shook the heavens and earth. His body leaned back, and a short spear appeared in his right hand. Flames suddenly burst forth from his entire body, and even the surroundings were filled with dazzling flames, forming a vast, beautiful fiery lotus.
Dongbo Xueying was like a flame deity.
The short spear was thrown, transforming into a meteor!
One, two, three.
Each short spear could not be stopped by the strange beast, piercing its vital points and killing it on the spot. The once powerful wings drooped, and the massive body no longer resisted the wind, also being swept toward the black wind whirlpool.
"It's dead! The strange beast is dead!" The mage Bai Yuanzi was overjoyed and also stunned.
"Quick, quick, go save Xueying, go save him." Zong Ling, who had experienced life and death many times, knew time was of the essence and reacted the fastest. Qing Shi immediately followed, shouting, "Quick, save my brother, teacher, quick, save my brother."
"Oh!" Bai Yuanzi immediately reacted.
Whoosh.
He rode the black moon centipede, making a sharp turn and then diving down at supersonic speed. Although the distance was over a kilometer, it was easy to approach.
However, Dongbo Xueying had already been swept into the center of the black wind whirlpool, being carried downward.
"It's too late," Bai Yuanzi shook his head, "Even if we could make it in time, the black moon centipede wouldn't dare get too close." At this moment, he didn't say it, but everyone knew it was too late to save him. They could only do their best.
"Is Dongbo Xueying going to die?" Kong Youyue's thoughts were complex. She had never imagined that Dongbo Xueying could be so powerful, even killing Xiang Pangyun after he revealed his beast form!
Ji Rong's eyes lit up with a hint of madness: "He's going to die? Good, it's better that he dies! The only one who could stop me from being with Qing Shi is him. Now that he's dead, I believe it won't be long before Qing Shi will be with me again! The treasures left by this supreme expert... I will definitely get them and offer them to the great god."
...
Watching the black moon centipede diving down.
"Brother." Dongbo Xueying saw the massive corpse of the four-legged black-armored beast beside him, and his heart stirred. A steel hook and rope appeared in his hand, and he immediately threw it with all his might!
Whoosh.
How great was his strength? Even in the black wind whirlpool, the steel hook turned into a blur and quickly wrapped around the corpse of the four-legged black-armored beast, looping around its neck twice. This rope, left over from the storage ring of the divine envoy, was incredibly strong. With a sudden pull, the massive corpse of the four-legged black-armored beast rapidly descended, and Dongbo Xueying ascended.
Swoosh, he instantly landed on the corpse of the beast.
Standing on the corpse of the four-legged beast, feeling the surrounding wind, Dongbo Xueying's legs suddenly exerted force, and his entire body was enveloped in flames!
Boom!
He shot up into the sky!
However, the force of the black wind whirlpool was too strong, and Dongbo Xueying's speed rapidly decreased. Even with the assistance of the flame power, he only managed to leap over fifty meters before starting to descend.
...
The black moon centipede dived down at high speed, stopping just a few hundred meters from the black wind whirlpool, too far to dare approach.
"Get closer," Qing Shi said anxiously.
"I can't get any closer. The wind is too strong, and if I get any closer, my black moon centipede won't be able to withstand it," Bai Yuanzi said. The surrounding wind was howling, and the force of the wind here was already making the black moon centipede struggle. If it got any closer, the black moon centipede would likely be unable to escape the wind and would also be swept away.
Qing Shi, Zong Ling, and the others on the back of the centipede anxiously watched the distant black wind whirlpool.
Whoosh.
In the center of the whirlpool, the corpse of the four-legged beast suddenly sank, and a fiery figure shot up into the sky, surrounded by a sea of red flames, striving to weaken the force of the wind.
"Brother!" Qing Shi shouted, tears streaming down his face.
"Xueying!" Zong Ling and Tong San were also anxious, but they had no way to help.
Dongbo Xueying, enveloped in flames, looked up at Qing Shi, Zong Ling, and Tong San on the back of the black moon centipede in the distant sky.
His body had already started to descend uncontrollably.
"Qing Shi! Live well, don't let me down!" Dongbo Xueying's voice was deep and resonant, echoing through the heavens. He was most worried about his brother, fearing that his death would cause his brother to collapse and never recover, which he did not want to see.
"Hahaha, don't worry, I, Dongbo Xueying, won't die so easily."
"Even if I fall into the Blackwind Abyss, I will come back alive!"
Dongbo Xueying's voice was full of confidence and determination.
His gaze swept over the others on the back of the black moon centipede, and he suddenly saw Ji Rong, his heart jolting. Ji Rong, suspected by Longshan Tower of being a follower of the evil god, was now on the back of the black moon centipede, getting close to his brother?
"Qing Shi, remember, don't be with this Ji Rong! Mage Bai Yuanzi, make her leave my Snowstone Mountain tomorrow, and forbid her from ever stepping foot on my Snowstone Mountain again." Dongbo Xueying said firmly.
Ji Rong, on the back of the centipede, was stunned.
Qing Shi's elder brother gave her no chance at all.
"Lord, rest assured," Mage Bai Yuanzi immediately promised, admiring and respecting such a heroic figure.
"Haha, thank you." Dongbo Xueying remained spirited, "When I return from the Blackwind Abyss, I will definitely have a drink with you, Mage."
"I will always be waiting!" Bai Yuanzi said loudly.
As they spoke.
Dongbo Xueying's body continued to descend, and in the black wind whirlpool, the fiery figure became increasingly difficult to see. Although it was hard to see, as he descended, he looked at his brother Qing Shi, a smile on his face.
The wind continued to howl.
There was no other sound in the world.
The black-clothed youth in the flames had completely fallen into the depths of the black wind whirlpool, out of sight.
Qing Shi's body trembled, his hand reaching out, trying to grab something... the figure of his brother in the flames seemed to still be in front of him.
This kind of pain, he had never experienced before.
His life felt as if it were being torn apart!
"Brother!!!" Qing Shi let out a heart-wrenching cry, "Come back, come back, come back! I will listen to you, I will listen to you, I won't scold you anymore, I won't be angry with you anymore. Come back, come back!!!"
Zong Ling and Tong San held Qing Shi on either side, tears streaming down their faces as well.
After more than twenty years together.
Dongbo Xueying was like their own child to them. How could they not be heartbroken? But they had experienced more life and death, so they hadn't completely broken down.
"Xueying, rest assured, Tong San and I will take good care of Qing Shi," Zong Ling said to himself.
Tong San, holding Qing Shi, said, "Qing Shi, your brother is a genius, his strength far exceeds our imagination. Even if he falls into the Blackwind Abyss, he will definitely come back, he will."
Mages Bai Yuanzi and Si Chen sighed.
They all knew that Dongbo Xueying's final words of certainty about returning were just to give his brother some hope, to prevent him from doing something foolish.
"Remarkable," Bai Yuanzi sighed, "At just twenty-two years old, he killed Xiang Pangyun even after he revealed his true beast form and became even stronger! In the end, he could even summon the power of the elements... he must have reached the Realm of All Things, right?"
"The legendary Realm of All Things, in the vast Longshan Empire, including those over a hundred years old, there are fewer than fifty who have reached it," Mage Si Chen also sighed, "Once one reaches the Realm of All Things, they are guaranteed to be among the top fifty! Even our ancestors would be powerless against Dongbo Xueying at this moment. Just like Xiang Pangyun, although his strength increased dramatically after revealing his true form, he was still directly killed by the short spears."
"Such strength is enough to kill a pseudo-transcendent!" Mage Bai Yuanzi sighed.
"Such a genius, the Longshan Empire can only produce one every hundred years or so," Mage Si Chen no longer had any thoughts of comparing himself to Dongbo Xueying, only admiration and regret.
At twenty-two years old, mastering the unity of heaven and man is rare in the Longshan Empire, but there are still a dozen or so.
But at twenty-two years old, reaching the Realm of All Things.
Indeed, it is a rarity that only appears once or twice every hundred years, a true prodigy.
"Such a remarkable figure, just as he was about to shine, has fallen..." Mage Bai Yuanzi sighed, "What a pity, what a pity."
"Yes, if he had lived, he would almost certainly have become a transcendent being," Mage Si Chen also shook his head, "They fought and chased each other for over a hundred miles, making such a commotion. Longshan Tower will surely come to us soon, and once news of this battle spreads... Dongbo Xueying will truly become famous, but it's too late."
"Indeed," Bai Yuanzi nodded. Once the news of this battle spreads, the impact will be unimaginable. Dongbo Xueying, who should have received endless glory and possibly even risen to the highest echelons of the Longshan Empire, will no longer enjoy such honor.
...
Blackwind Abyss.
The wind howled, growing stronger the deeper it went.
Dongbo Xueying was surrounded by flames, summoning the power of the elements to form flames, striving to slow his descent. But he continued to accelerate.
"Too fast, my speed has already broken the sound barrier. If I continue to accelerate... I might really die from the impact at the bottom of the Blackwind Abyss!" Dongbo Xueying was anxious. Suddenly, he saw the corpse of the four-legged black-armored beast below. The beast's body was larger, with huge wings, which clearly provided more resistance as it fell, making its descent slower than Dongbo Xueying's, and he caught up to it.
"Hmm?" Dongbo Xueying's heart stirred, and the flames of the elements immediately enveloped the corpse of the four-legged beast, striving to slow it down.
Meanwhile, he did not use the flames to resist and slow himself down, but instead accelerated!
Whoosh.
Soon, Dongbo Xueying landed on the corpse of the four-legged beast. He sensed a storage bracelet in the scales of the beast's chest and quickly took it, absorbing and sensing it.
The storage bracelet contained many treasures, even food, and a thick stack of gold tickets, jewels, and gold coins...
"No." Dongbo Xueying wanted to find something that could help him during the fall, but found nothing. Clearly, in normal circumstances, a title-level expert would not die from a fall, so neither Xiang Pangyun nor the divine envoy had prepared any items to reduce the impact of a fall.
Dongbo Xueying's gaze fell on the corpse of the four-legged beast.
"The scales of this beast are incredibly hard, and its body is harder than stone and earth, providing little reduction in impact force." Dongbo Xueying flipped his hand, and the Snowfall Divine Spear appeared. The spearhead was flat and sharp, and he quickly cut the wings of the four-legged beast. The scales on the wings no longer had the blood-red glow, reducing their defensive power.
The blood-red glow... was actually a manifestation of the ancient bloodline of the four-legged beast.
Soon, one of the wings was completely cut off. The wing was over ten meters long and very wide, but its actual weight was moderate, indicating an internal hollow structure.
"Puff. Puff. Puff. Puff."
Dongbo Xueying immediately pierced some scales on the wing, allowing him to grab the supporting bones with his hands.
"Life or death, it all depends on this one move." Dongbo Xueying put away the Snowfall Divine Spear, grabbed the holes in the scales with both hands, and held onto a sturdy bone.
The massive wing was raised.
Whoosh!
The wing, over ten meters long and over five meters wide, was raised, and at supersonic speed, the impact of the airflow immediately caused Dongbo Xueying's speed to sharply decrease, detaching him from the corpse of the four-legged beast.
With both hands holding the massive wing, and surrounded by the flames of the elements, his speed slowed, but the wind grew stronger the deeper he went, causing his descent to still break the sound barrier. The wind also swirled, sometimes flipping and rolling him, and he struggled to raise the wing again, fighting for a chance to survive.
"How deep is this Blackwind Abyss? I feel like I've already descended seven or eight kilometers!" Dongbo Xueying sometimes spun and sometimes flipped, continuously falling at high speed.
"Hmm?" Through the black wind, Dongbo Xueying saw a massive black creature coiled on the cliff wall about two miles away. The vague black creature resembled a dragon, but its length was over a kilometer, far exceeding the length of a regular dragon. The massive black creature's golden eyes swept over him.
Dongbo Xueying felt his soul tremble. The gap was so great that it seemed the creature could extinguish him with a single breath. At this moment, Dongbo Xueying understood why all explorers below the transcendent level who entered here in ancient times were doomed to die!
Whoosh.
He fell quickly, instantly losing sight of the massive black creature, continuing to fall into the deeper, darker depths.
(End of this volume)
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