Chapter 1044: Chapter 712: Infighting
Lan Keju was suddenly struck down by the golden-armored man!
No one could react in time, let alone save Lan Keju, because the golden-armored men were too fast, giving no one a chance.
Not only that, but the statues of the golden-armored men in the courtyard seemed to have come to life. They didn’t just charge at Lan Keju; the remaining statues were also slashing towards them.
The golden axes flashed with a chilling gleam, fierce and terrifying, no longer the ordinary statues they had appeared to be before. Instead, they were filled with endless killing intent. This strong spiritual power fluctuation was enough to pose a threat to everyone!
Xiang Beifei no longer had time to care for anyone else, as one of the statues was fixated on him, its soul-stirring axe descending towards his head.
This force was powerful enough to kill Lan Keju in the Inquiry Dao Realm, so he dared not underestimate it.
Whoosh!
Xiang Beifei immediately plummeted downwards, his toes tapping on the broken bridge, swiftly flipping his body to the other side of the Black Iron Bridge.
Boom!
The long axe slammed fiercely into the Black Iron Bridge!
But the Black Iron Bridge remained undamaged, not even trembling, completely absorbing the might of the axe’s assault.
"This thing really can withstand it."
Xiang Beifei had been keeping an eye out since earlier and began thinking about how to evade when he saw the golden-armored statues.
The golden-armored man, seeing that his axe missed, landed on the Black Iron Bridge, stomping fiercely. The originally solid Black Iron Bridge immediately began to melt and spread, resembling pools of iron fluid drifting and coiling towards Xiang Beifei!
Yet when he looked for Xiang Beifei again, he found no trace of him!
The golden-armored man let out a low growl, seemingly angered by the loss of his target, emanating a piercing killing intent as he cleared the Black Iron Bridge, searching for Xiang Beifei’s figure.
But Xiang Beifei had mysteriously vanished!
It was as if he had melted into thin air, disappearing most abruptly!
He searched for a while and still found nothing, unwillingly growling low before charging at the others.
In reality, Xiang Beifei had not gone anywhere. He transformed his form, clinging tightly to the underside of the Black Iron Bridge, using the Yin and Yang vitality to disguise himself as part of the Black Iron Bridge.
Yin and Yang vitality could mimic any aura. While Xiang Beifei couldn’t do anything about the Black Iron Bridge’s formation, he could at least disguise his aura as that of the bridge.
The golden-armored man wasn’t a real person, according to Xiang Beifei’s estimation; it was at most a person condensed by a formation, lacking strong recognition capabilities.
The facts proved his assumptions correct.
Taking advantage of the golden-armored man’s departure, Xiang Beifei immediately leapt to the side of another black bridge, escaping the area with a few leaps. At this moment, he saw a massive mountain peak not far away, just behind the village that had scattered earlier.
On that mountain peak was a huge pass that seemed to lead inside.
He quickly flew towards that mountain peak, but midway he glimpsed Diviner panicking and running to the side, with a golden-armored man seeming to have spotted him and lurching forward.
The massive axe, accompanied by thunderous momentum, was about to strike Diviner. He looked utterly flustered, with his late Immortality cultivation unable to withstand this terrifying aura.
Whoosh!
Xing Meng agilely leaped past from the side, having hidden his strength all along. When facing the golden-armored man, unlike Lan Keju, he was able to deftly dodge under the pursuit of the giant axe.
Diviner also caught sight of Xing Meng and urgently shouted, "Daoist Xing Meng..."
"Burden."
Although Xing Meng had a way to escape the golden-armored man’s pursuit, he showed no intention of assisting Diviner entangled by the golden-armored man. He merely glanced coldly at Diviner before turning to fly towards the mountain peak’s pass.
Xing Meng wouldn’t care about Diviner’s life or death.
Disappointment flickered in Diviner’s eyes.
Xiang Beifei hesitated for a moment but still swooped over, grabbing Diviner and attaching Yin and Yang vitality onto him, then flipped to the underside of another Black Iron Bridge, evading the golden-armored man.
The golden-armored man lost his target, roared, and turned towards another area.
"Are you alright?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Daoist Mu, thank you, thank you. That golden-armored man is truly terrifying, I don’t know what kind of being it is." Diviner wiped away sweat, having returned from the brink of death, still in fear.
"Go to that mountain peak."
Xiang Beifei peeked out, seeing the golden-armored man leave, immediately darting out, leveraging a piece of a crossing black bridge, and then ran towards Xing Meng’s direction.
Diviner kept following behind Xiang Beifei, and in no time, the two of them fell onto the mountainside.
This mountain peak wasn’t soil; it was still composed of black iron. But if one ignored this fact, its shape was no different from a real mountain, even having some strange plants growing on it.
These plants grew in the black iron, as if they thrived on the special metallic nutrients within, displaying various colors—red branches, purple leaves, resembling unusual iron trees. Some of the iron trees bore silver-white fruits, appearing particularly exotic.
When Xiang Beifei and they arrived here, Xing Meng and Xifeng seemed to be already waiting here. Xifeng glanced at Xiang Beifei and Diviner without speaking, while Xing Meng acted as if he didn’t see Diviner.
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