Huddled in the cave, one would ultimately starve to death.
Since he had decided to seek a way out, Dongber Xueying quietly leaped down from the cave that morning and began to investigate.
"Whoosh." Dongber Xueying was agile and nimble, with the power of heaven and earth assisting him, every move was silent.
"Cannot get close to that mysterious palace, the guards are too strict. Even the weakest black-armored soldier is difficult to deal with!" Dongber Xueying thought. The black-armored soldiers seemed stronger than Xiang Pangyun. Of course, now that he had reached the 'Myriad Realms' stage, his strength had greatly increased, and he could easily slaughter Xiang Pangyun. However, when it came to fighting the black-armored soldiers... the outcome was still uncertain!
He had no confidence even against the weakest, let alone the powerful guards.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
Silently, he moved away from the palace, carefully exploring other parts of the Blackwind Valley.
The Blackwind Valley was very vast, over ten miles wide at its widest point, and about seven or eight miles at its narrowest.
"These are just weeds and moss, it seems no one has been here for tens of thousands of years." Dongber Xueying observed as he walked, suddenly noticing a huge crack in the ground ahead. Two cracks intersected, one of which was about three to four meters wide and extended far into the distance, estimated to be about twenty to thirty miles long.
The other crack was only one to two meters wide and about five to six miles long, but it extended to the valley wall, tearing a huge wound in the mountain wall, which was nearly a hundred meters deep and extended upward beyond the Blackwind layer.
"These two cracks?" Dongber Xueying felt a chill. Having reached the Myriad Realms stage, he could fully sense the terrifying sharp and evil aura from the cracks.
"They were split by a weapon! These two cracks were split by a weapon!" Dongber Xueying was instantly certain.
He walked to the edge of the crack and looked down.
At first glance...
The ground crack was pitch black and bottomless, but it clearly widened as it went deeper.
"And it was split from deep underground!" Dongber Xueying immediately made a judgment based on the traces, "The power was immense, directly piercing from underground all the way to the valley floor, leaving a crack twenty to thirty miles long on the valley floor."
Once he deduced this, Dongber Xueying's expression changed.
Heaven!
This was a strike from underground, and the residual power alone caused a crack twenty to thirty miles long. How terrifying was this power? It meant that those towering mountains thousands of meters high could be split in half with a single wave of the hand by such a powerful being! Even a human city could be completely destroyed with one strike!
This kind of strength was simply inconceivable. He and Xiang Pangyun had fought for so long on Snowstone Peak, only destroying some large rocks, trees, and the edges of the cliff. The peak itself remained undamaged.
This showed the gap.
His current strength, compared to such a powerful being, felt like an ant compared to a dragon!
"Could this be the battle traces left by a Transcendent Being?" Dongber Xueying thought, "No wonder in the legends, some powerful Transcendent Beings could drink with deities, and even deities feared them."
He and Xiang Pangyun were far from having the qualifications to make deities take them seriously.
Pseudo-Transcendent Beings were not worth mentioning.
"Is a true Transcendent Being really this strong?" Dongber Xueying couldn't believe it. He knew too little about Transcendent Beings, almost entirely relying on legends. The *Xuanbing Spear Technique* described them very briefly, only mentioning methods to become Transcendent. As for what happened after becoming Transcendent... it didn't say at all.
What would it be like after becoming Transcendent?
He didn't know.
Because Transcendent Beings were so rare, ordinary people rarely encountered them! Once a Transcendent Being appeared in a place, the Longshan Tower would immediately issue urgent warnings to all parties, advising them to keep their heads down and not offend the Transcendent Being. If they did, their entire family would be ruined. Even the Si family and the Muyang family with their Pseudo-Transcendent Beings would be trembling in fear before a true Transcendent Being.
"This kind of strength should be at the pinnacle among Transcendent Beings." Dongber Xueying thought to himself.
...
While Dongber Xueying was carefully observing the crack and feeling the astonishing sharp and evil aura, black fog began to surge in almost every part of the Blackwind Valley, and at every ten-mile interval, the black fog quickly condensed into a black-armored soldier.
Similarly, in the air about five to six miles away from Dongber Xueying, black fog condensed into a black-armored soldier.
The black-armored soldier wore a mask, his eyes glowing red, casually scanning the surroundings.
Every day... the entire valley floor was swept once, a rule set by the palace owner long ago. Although the palace owner had been dead for a very long time, this rule had never changed.
"An intruder?" As soon as the black-armored soldier condensed, his eyes, always glowing red, were somewhat blurry, but he still noticed Dongber Xueying standing in the distance.
Whoosh!
The black-armored soldier landed gracefully and then shot toward Dongber Xueying like a streak of light.
Dongber Xueying was observing the crack, with the power of heaven and earth permeating the surroundings, and he was also cautiously alert to the direction of the palace. If there was any movement, he would immediately flee like a startled bird.
"Hmm?" Dongber Xueying's ears twitched, and he suddenly turned his head.
A black-armored soldier was already sprinting toward him, less than a mile away, and at their level, a distance of three to four hundred meters was nothing.
"How could a black-armored soldier suddenly appear?" Dongber Xueying was greatly alarmed, "In a place of Transcendent Beings, I knew there would be some strange things. I have been very careful."
It was too late to hide now.
"I must quickly kill it. The noise of the battle will attract more black-armored soldiers and even stronger guards if it takes too long." A flying snow divine spear appeared in Dongber Xueying's hand, and he stood there watching the black-armored soldier charge over.
"Boom!"
The spear suddenly thrust forward.
Like a flaming meteor, a series of flaming spear shadows pierced toward the black-armored soldier. The black-armored soldier, however, held a black knife in one hand, clanging repeatedly, and his entire body was faintly shrouded in black mist, his arm also condensed with black mist, moving indistinctly, easily blocking the attack.
"Such speed." Dongber Xueying instantly changed his spear technique from fast to powerful!
Boom! The originally furious thrust of the spear suddenly turned into a horizontal sweep, his full strength bursting forth, his bloodline power erupting, the spear carrying the power of fire, drawing a huge arc, the power continuously accumulating. The black-armored soldier coldly held his single knife in front of him.
A loud boom.
The black-armored soldier's body was violently shaken, much of the black mist around him began to dissipate, and his body became blurry.
Seeing this, Dongber Xueying immediately struck twice more, the spear hitting the black-armored soldier continuously, and the black-armored soldier finally disintegrated into black mist and disappeared.
...
At the entrance of the palace.
In addition to the numerous black-armored soldiers, there were other powerful guards. One of them, holding a giant sword and wearing rather ornate armor, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes glowing silver.
Boom!
He suddenly transformed into a black streak of light, streaking across the sky, flying toward Dongber Xueying at an extremely terrifying speed.
Although they were nearly a hundred miles apart, the black streak of light was so fast that it covered more than ten miles in a blink, coming at high speed.
Dongber Xueying had been carefully watching the direction of the palace. After defeating the black-armored soldier, he naturally saw the high-speed black streak of light coming.
Flying through the air?
Among humans, those who could truly fly through the air were definitely Transcendent Beings! As for those with the power of heaven and earth assisting them, or mages using spells, their flight speed was much slower, not even matching that of flying magical beasts! The flight speed of Transcendent Beings was truly terrifying.
Seeing the black streak of light, Dongber Xueying felt a chill, knowing it was not on the same level as him.
"There's no place to run!" Dongber Xueying looked at the huge crack under his feet. He had been curious before, thinking that a powerful Transcendent Being had split such a huge crack from underground, so there must be a battle site deep underground. He had been cautiously considering how to explore it.
"No time to think about it!" Holding the flying snow divine spear, Dongber Xueying leaped down directly!
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