Chapter 1090: Chapter 735: Human Race Status
Xiang Beifei followed Luo Shanyou into the Formation, while Duan Guyan continued guarding it. Before their eyes, the stars spun and shifted, no longer the void, but a transformed scene. Snowflakes danced everywhere, the air plummeted, extremely cold and gloomy.
These snowflakes drifted all around in the air but upon closer inspection, they were not ordinary snowflakes. They appeared black, distributed densely and in an orderly fashion, sometimes flashing with the light of formation lines, covering the outer layer of the Formation.
Xiang Beifei sensed the dancing snowflakes briefly, then frowned and said, "There’s something wrong with this snow. How can you dare to use snowflakes condensed from the Ruishui River to protect this place?"
The Ruishui River possesses terrifyingly cold energy; just a glance at the most powerful Ruishui River would freeze a person. Although the snowflakes here are only condensed from a tiny fraction of the Ruishui River, they also carry significant corrosive power. Prolonged exposure in this environment will suppress one’s cultivation.
Luo Shanyou remained silent for a moment and then said, "We have no other choice."
Li Qianluo leaned close to Xiang Beifei’s ear and whispered, "The situation for the Human Race is more difficult than you imagine; it’s a struggle at every step. As I’ve told you, the Human Race can’t use breath soil to resist the void’s devouring power, so they must find other means, and the Ruishui River is one of them."
Xiang Beifei pressed his lips together, understanding.
The Ruishui River and breath soil are on the same level, both able to resist the void’s devouring power. However, the innate cold quality of the Ruishui River is not something common races can withstand.
The humans, due to the fall of Wu Hou, had no choice but to withdraw from all milestones. Without using breath soil, their options were limited.
Luo Shanyou led them through the snowflake formation, entering inside, where they immediately saw a small city.
A city with no soil.
Everywhere was red wood; whether houses or roads, everything was built from bright red wood, as if they had come to a city of Redwood.
The construction of this city was no different from other cities in the Edge Corner Airspace, with various intersections crisscrossing, but it was definitely the simplest void city Xiang Beifei had ever seen, bar none!
Other cities in the Edge Corner Airspace, at least, would meticulously polish the roads, carve the eaves, hang lanterns, and display various elaborately crafted decorations. However, the city before them appeared very simple.
The houses were squarely erected, simply built with wooden boards, and the roads were uneven, with life facilities reduced to the extreme, without extra decorations, like a primitive tribe.
But, bizarrely, these wooden houses had slices of red leaves growing on them, as if blood flowed within.
The city’s area was only a few hundred acres, yet it looked extremely crowded, with limited living space for people. Four or five people resided in a small room of ten square meters.
The whole city appeared extremely oppressive!
"Here live over three thousand people of the Human Race, including one Inquiry Dao Realm master, three Immortal Realm, eleven Heavenly Connection Realm, and the rest below Heavenly Connection Realm. Currently, I am the person in charge of Wu Hou."
Luo Shanyou explained to Xiang Beifei as they descended into the crowded small city.
"Is the Human Race in the Edge Corner Airspace only three thousand left?"
"Not exactly. Currently, we can confirm there are about sixteen thousand people in the Edge Corner Airspace. The rest are distributed in different places to prevent the Dao Palace from discovering and annihilating us, so they are scattered, divided into five places," Luo Shanyou said solemnly.
Sixteen thousand people!
In the whole Edge Corner Airspace, only sixteen thousand people of the Human Race remain!
Xiang Beifei felt heavy-hearted; the Human Race was once a major race in the Edge Corner Airspace with billions of people, but now, due to the Dao Palace’s extermination, only sixteen thousand remain!
The Dao Palace’s brutal extermination is truly infuriating!
They landed on the Wooden City. At this moment, Erha suddenly realized something; it poked its head out of Xiang Beifei’s pocket, nudging him with its horns, conveying some information.
Xiang Beifei’s eyes glinted with gravity as he asked, "Senior, is the wood here being nourished with blood?"
Luo Shanyou nodded, "Yes, this is called Redwood. After we retreated from the milestones, we had to find something to resist the void’s power. Breath soil couldn’t be used, so we had to find another solution. The Ruishui River’s corrosiveness is too strong; we couldn’t survive. Source fire is the same, as humans would be burned. When we thought it through, only Bintie and Jianmu were left. But Rushou Remains’ Bintie was too hard; we couldn’t obtain it, so we turned to Jianmu."
"Jianmu!"
Xiang Beifei exclaimed in surprise as he lowered his head to look at the puzzled Erha scratching its head.
[Dou Constellation: Jianmu]
Erha originated from the Dou Constellation; it could be said to be a spirit of Jianmu!
He should have realized earlier; the five-element trees, and one of the Five Elements Tribes, the Ju Mang Tribe, controlled the strongest wood, Jianmu!
"But this doesn’t look like Jianmu."
Xiang Beifei pointed at those red woods.
The Erha in his pocket was the genuine Jianmu, entirely green, though a little stupid, yet its ability to control wood was authentic. He had long suspected this fool Erha came from the Ju Mang Tribe.
Luo Shanyou sighed and said, "We went through immense hardships to find a piece of Jianmu left by the Ju Mang Tribe, but Jianmu is not easy to control, just like breath soil cannot be directly stimulated. The only way — is to use blood! Combined with a special formation, it allows them to grow."