Chapter 207 The Golden-Winged Roc and the Long-Armed Ape Thunder
Swamp, Rebirth Ground.
The Crimson Kite Domain Lord, who had been meditating, suddenly opened his eyes, frowning deeply. "He was a first-level Domain Lord, and he's dead! What happened to him outside?"
"Could it be that person who killed him?"
The Crimson Kite Domain Lord shook his head. "That's impossible, absolutely not him. He must have met with some misfortune outside. Could there be a mythical immortal spirit outside?"
"It's not impossible. There are many ancient immortal spirits here. It's perfectly normal for there to be even more terrifying creatures outside. His luck was just too bad, what a pity."
He withdrew his gaze, stroked his white beard, and instructed his disciple to bring Elder Zi Yan here.
"Ye Fan and Li Ming, do you know what's going on?" The Crimson Kite Domain Lord looked at the woman.
To be honest, he didn't really like her. This woman gave him a strange feeling, even though she only seemed to be at the first-level Domain Lord realm.
"What happened to them?" Elder Zi Yan asked, clearly unaware that Ye Fan and Li Ming had already slipped away.
"Did they act strangely during their work?"
"No." Elder Ziyan thought for a moment and said.
"You may leave now."
"Yes." Elder Ziyan slowly took her leave. She immediately went to find Li Ming and Ye Fan, but found none. She only found Hei Huang, Duan De, and Xiao Nannan. "Where did they go?"
Their unanimous answer was that they went to relieve themselves.
Elder Ziyan was full of doubt. Could it be that the things she gave Li Ming were too varied, causing him to have an upset stomach? Upon closer thought, that was indeed possible.
However, she felt that something was off about this.
Because just now, the Crimson Kite Domain Lord had spoken with her, and the Crimson Kite Domain Lord must have kept something from her.
What kind of fancy things was this old man up to?
The more Elder Ziyan thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.
She suspected that the Crimson Kite Domain Lord must know something. Could it be that this old man himself knew something wrong with his soul? Logically, that was impossible; he had hidden it extremely well and had never exposed it.
“Ye Fan, Li Ming, Lord Chi Yuan…”
Elder Zi Yan pondered. The three of them must know something. She couldn't ask the old man about this; she could only look for Ye Fan and Li Ming.
But she couldn't find any trace of them.
“Where are they?”
…
Lei Ze, outside the Reincarnation Ground.
Ye Fan looked at Li Ming's body, stained with blood: “Uncle Li, are you really alright?”
Li Ming shook his head: “These are minor problems, don't worry about them, they'll be fine in a bit.”
His body could already regenerate and repair itself, and its recovery ability was exceptionally strong; there was nothing to worry about.
“After stepping into the Dao Domain, your physical strength has become this strong?”
“Of course. Didn't you see me fighting the Daoist boy in hemp robes? He could continuously regenerate from a drop of blood. Similarly, I can too. At my level, my divine essence and divine soul are exceptionally powerful, transcending the level of the physical body.”
“Oh.” Ye Fan nodded, lost in thought.
Li Ming changed his clothes and, while searching for the Golden-Winged Roc and the Long-Armed Ape, began practicing the divine arts of the Divine Race, which he had obtained from the Daoist Boy in Hemp Robes.
【Opening Heaven】, 【Heavenly Punishment】, and 【The Sword of Heavenly Punishment Slashes Down to Earth】
were the Daoist Boy's three great divine arts.
Li Ming thought they were all valuable, and he shouldn't miss the chance
to learn them. He had to master them.
Half an hour passed in a flash.
Li Ming had basically mastered the three great divine arts.
At this time, his divine power and physical condition were completely restored. He changed his clothes again and continued on his way with Ye Fan.
"Where exactly is this place? Why is there so much lightning in the sky?" Ye Fan looked at the sky, where lightning roared constantly.
"Thunder Marsh."
"Is it the Thunder Marsh from the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Ye Fan asked curiously.
"I don't know, that's the name anyway. It's a forbidden area. Because the Reincarnation Disc destroyed many lives, energy from an unknown source caused the forbidden area to revive. That Golden-Winged Roc and the Long-Armed Ape might be the awakened great demons," Li Ming slowly explained. Ye
Fan listened as he walked, and indeed saw many spirit beasts along the way. They looked very powerful, but the moment they saw him, they all ran away.
Ye Fan knew they weren't afraid of him, but of Uncle Li.
Uncle Li was indeed amazing, challenging beyond his realm and killing such a powerful god-like figure.
In the blink of an eye, another hour had passed.
Li Ming stopped and looked at the sky, saying, "Where do these two great demons live? How come we haven't found any trace of them after searching for so long?"
The Thunder Swamp was boundless, and no one knew what was inside, but no matter how they searched, they found no clues about them.
These two behemoths couldn't have just disappeared into thin air.
Ye Fan also looked up at the sky.
Both of them looked helpless and clueless.
They complained for a moment, but could only continue on their way, because there was no other way.
And at this moment...
In a corner of the Thunder Reincarnation Disc, Shao Siming, Huang Muyu, and the village elder were communicating telepathically, their hands also busy, slowly pushing the millstone with many others, crushing the creature that looked like a phoenix on it.
"Grandma, I heard that Elder Ziyan has been cooking for Li Ming lately, and the key is that he hasn't refused. I suspect he and Elder Ziyan are having an affair?" Shao Siming said.
"I've heard that too," Huang Muyu replied.
"It can't be that bad. I think Elder Ziyan is so ugly, how could Li Ming possibly be interested in her? Based on my speculation, Li Ming must be plotting something." The village elder had seen more of the world and wasn't as superficial as Shao Siming and Huang Muyu. "Some things aren't necessarily true just because you see them."
Shao Siming continued, "Elder Ziyan is so persistent, cooking for him all day long. I think she must have fallen for Li Ming. Grandma, aren't you worried at all?"
"Why should I be worried?"
"Have you forgotten something, Empress?" Shao Siming prompted.
"You mean Xiaoxiao? I trust her judgment. Li Ming must have his reasons for doing this, so don't be suspicious. Besides, Elder Ziyan is old and ugly. If I were a man, how could I possibly be interested in her?"
“That’s right, how can she compare to the Empress?” Shao Siming breathed a sigh of relief. “Grandma, have you noticed how weak we’ve been these past few days? Our life force is slowly draining away. I think if we don’t leave soon, we won’t last much longer.”
“Don’t worry, Li Ming will break through this stalemate soon,” the village chief said.
“Let’s hope so.”
Shao Siming and Huang Muyu looked up at the sky. They were too weak to resist and could only place their hopes on Li Ming.
…
“Uncle Li, where is this Golden-Winged Roc?”
Ye Fan had searched with Li Ming for a while, but they couldn’t find it. They were too tired to move. This thing seemed to live in another dimension.Li Ming sighed, "I don't know either. Could it be that these things aren't in Thunder Swamp? If they were, with my divine sense, I couldn't possibly have missed a single clue."
The Golden-Winged Roc and the Long-Armed Ape were beings of different levels, exceptionally powerful. Finding either one could potentially open the domain of the Reincarnation Ground.
But they found nothing.
They asked many spirit beasts living in Thunder Swamp, but none of them knew their whereabouts.
"They couldn't have left Thunder Swamp; they must still be there, just hiding somewhere." Li Ming and Ye Fan continued searching for another day, until both were so exhausted they sat down on the ground, too tired to move.
Their exhaustion wasn't physical, but mental.
The mental exhaustion was far more intense than the physical. Both sat on the ground, listless, gazing weakly at the sky.
Above, lightning crackled and split, branching and swirling.
"Do you think they might live deep within the Thunder Sea?" Li Ming and Ye Fan spoke almost simultaneously. This was something they had overlooked; if they didn't live on the ground, perhaps they were in the Thunder Sea.
Clearly, they were of the same mind. They had both
considered this.
“Let’s go into the sea of lightning and take a look,” Li Ming said.
“Uncle Li, with my strength, I’m afraid I’ll be reduced to ashes if I go in,” Ye Fan said. Although he was from the Ancient Holy Land and had a strong physical body, this level of lightning was a devastating divine punishment for him.
“I’ll take you in.” Li Ming’s divine power surged out, enveloping himself and Ye Fan. They
soared into the sky.
The lightning above immediately sensed the appearance of a different power. Humanoid lightning flashed and roared, trying to annihilate them.
Li Ming’s divine power spread out, and chaotic mist swirled around it, forcing the lightning back and even annihilating it.
The humanoid lightning was scattered and forked in the air, blooming like fireworks.
But the humanoid lightning continued to attack, like gods descending, unleashing world-destroying power.
Li Ming’s eyes flashed, and two streams of divine power spread out, meeting the lightning. The power of colorless fire suppressed everything and burned it.
Lightning surged forth relentlessly, transforming into a massive blade that slashed down from the sky, its power manifesting as blade light.
Li Ming stretched out his hands and ripped the blade apart with a mighty tear. Stars rained down in the air, scattering droplets that were ultimately pulverized by his divine power.
"Boom..."
The lightning in the sky formed balls of lightning, like rows of blue suns crisscrossing the heavens.
"Is this never going to end?" Li Ming was somewhat annoyed, feeling that the lightning was pushing its luck. His divine power surged forth again, his massive hand covering the sky and tearing apart a piece of heaven and earth.
A crack appeared in space, and the crack was rapidly shrinking.
"Let's go." Li Ming grabbed Ye Fan's shoulder and rushed forward. Inside the crack was a dazzling world, a world surrounded by golden lightning.
Li Ming and Ye Fan looked at each other in disbelief; it was the first time they had ever seen lightning of this color.
"Golden lightning?" Ye Fan was incredulous, looking around at the space.
Lightning was everywhere in the space—golden lightning, a boundless sea of golden lightning.
"So this is what the Sea of Thunder looks like."
Li Ming looked around, finding it incredibly incredible; it was truly amazing.
The place seemed peaceful, but the lightning was far more dangerous, giving Li Ming a feeling that if it were to erupt, it might annihilate a universe.
Li Ming led Ye Fan forward, slowly traversing this golden world, searching carefully.
They hoped to find something, but saw nothing.
This world was so quiet.
Li Ming felt something was wrong.
It was too peaceful.
Although there was rumbling thunder, it was still eerily calm.
"Would a Golden-Winged Roc live in this kind of environment?" Ye Fan asked.
"I don't know." Li Ming shook his head, feeling something was amiss, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it; his only intuition was that it was strange.
Li Ming and Ye Fan continued forward, and after half an hour, apart from the gold, they found nothing else.
But the more they found it, the stranger it seemed.
They wandered around, finding nothing amiss. As they walked, they were about to give up when they spotted a strange bolt of lightning. The lightning contained cracks that moved, like a void rift contracting and expanding.
The thing sped up faster and faster before disappearing completely.
Li Ming reached out and grabbed it. Suddenly, the thing transformed into a towering gate
, a dark, ominous gate shrouded in white mist, exuding an unsettling aura.
Despite their unease, Li Ming and Ye Fan approached the gate, examining it closely. Finally, they re-entered. The gate slammed shut, revealing a vibrant, multicolored space.
This space was utterly silent, devoid of lightning, only illuminated by a rainbow of colors.
Under this glow, Li Ming could clearly see large stones scattered throughout the space, each containing a slumbering monster.
Li Ming saw many familiar mythical beasts from the mountains and seas, some of which contained sealed, enormous humanoid creatures with six arms and a vertical eye between their brows.
"Are these gods?" Ye Fan asked softly.
"Perhaps."
Looking at the stones in this space, Li Ming found it extremely strange, truly absurd.
"These are monsters that have lived for countless years, probably currently dormant. If these monsters were to revive, it would be a devastating blow."
Li Ming and Ye Fan quietly moved forward, intending to leave.
Suddenly, golden light burst forth from the space, as if something had opened its eyes and was looking in their direction. Li Ming and Ye Fan panicked.
They slowly turned around and saw a bird looking at them from within a stone.
It was the Golden-Winged Roc.
Its feathers were entirely golden, bursting forth like suns. It leaped out, opening its beak, flames billowing forth.
Flames filled the space.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a roar resounded, and a gigantic iron rod swept across tens of thousands of miles of space.
A gigantic monkey appeared, seemingly standing at the edge of the sky.
"Sparrow, you're asking for death! I let you off easy last time, but you still dare to attack!" a monkey roared, unable to contain
its anger any longer. "Die!" It swept an iron rod across the sky, its immense divine power surging.
"How dare you call me Sparrow! You're dead!" A golden-winged roc spread its wings, scorching the heavens and boiling the seas.
(End of Chapter)
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