Hearing Wutan's exclamation and looking at his expression, Cang Zheng and the others frowned. An inexplicable uneasiness washed over their hearts like a tide.
Cang Zheng said in a deep voice: "What's going on?"
From the time I have been with Wutan until now, I have rarely seen him with this expression. When I think back to the time when he faced the twelve great predecessors of Shura Palace, he was always calm and composed.
However, at this moment, I was so surprised. Is something bad going to happen
Wutan did not answer, closed his eyes again, and opened them after a moment. The unbelievable light in his eyes became stronger and stronger.
After a long silence, Wu Tiancai suppressed his shock and looked at the two of them and said solemnly: "I think we may be lost."
"get lost?"
When the two heard this, they looked extremely strange, and even couldn't help but want to laugh. How could a powerful person in the Divine Transformation Stage get lost
"What I said is true. The soul power I left on Qing Shuxing is getting farther and farther away from us. I also discovered something extremely strange."
Having said this, Wutan suddenly stopped talking, his eyes flickered and he looked hesitant, as if he himself did not dare to believe what he was about to say next.
"This is impossible. Although we are in the mountains and our speed will be slowed down, it shouldn't be that much!" Sikong Yanran shook her head and then looked at Wutan, waiting for what to say next.
Seeing that Wu Tian was still silent, Cang Zheng became impatient and said angrily, "Just tell me! Can you stop keeping me in suspense?"
Looking at the two of them, Wu Tian narrowed his eyes and said, "I feel like there seems to be a mysterious force guiding us invisibly. On the surface, we are moving straight forward, but in fact we are going to the other side."
Wu Tian looked around and said in a deep voice: "If I'm not mistaken, our current location is in the north of the mountain range, and the location of my soul power is in the south."
"Going the other way, how is that possible?" Cang Zheng shook his head, absolutely not believing such a ridiculous statement.
Imagine a person heading south and ending up in the north. How could such a strange thing happen
Not to mention Cang Zheng, even Wutan found it ridiculous.
Suddenly, Sikong Yanran exclaimed: "I know where this is!"
"Where place?" Wutan and the other man both looked over.
Upon hearing this, Sikong Yanran did not answer immediately. Instead, she took out a piece of animal skin, spread it out and looked at it carefully for a while. Finally, she looked at the two of them with a sullen face and said, "My two lords, we are very likely to have entered a Jedi!"
"Jedi?"
Wutan frowned, took the animal skin from Sikong Yanran, and then looked at it. It turned out to be a map. Although it was simply depicted, all the important places in the Dark City were marked.
And the area where they are, according to the map, is the most dangerous place in the Dark City, the Devil's Mountains!
"It is said that there is an extremely strange phenomenon in the Devil Mountain Range. Except for the fierce beasts, no matter who you are or how high your cultivation is, as long as you enter it, you will lose your way."
After Sikong Yanran's explanation, Wutan and the others finally realized that things were worse than they had imagined.
"The sealed devil's soul, if all this was really influenced by him, then is he still alive? How strong is he?" Cang Zheng frowned.
Sikong Yanran shook her head and said, "There is a devil's soul sealed in the Devil Mountain Range. It's just a rumor and not true. But I heard that as long as you are in the Devil Mountain Range, no matter which direction you go, the place you end up in is a place called Devil Mountain, and this Devil Mountain is exactly the place where the devil's soul is sealed in the rumor."
"In that case, don't we have to do nothing but stay where we are and wait to die?" Cang Zheng said with a sad face. This was really not good news.
"Hey! That's not right! The Devil's Mountain Range is very famous in the Dark City. All the restorers know about it. How could the two gentlemen not know about it?" Sikong Yanran looked at the two of them suspiciously and said.
"Haha! I'm so ashamed to talk about this!"
Cang Zheng laughed dryly, looking very embarrassed, and explained to Sikong Yanran: "Li Feng and I are hermits. We have lived in the mountains and forests since we were young. We only walked out of the cave a hundred years ago. We didn't expect that we had just become a guardian in the Ninth City, but we were sent to guard the altar. We didn't come out until a few days ago. As a result, we were both sent to participate in the Shadow Guard Competition. Miss Yanran, don't you think we are unlucky? We haven't enjoyed a day of peace and security."
"So that's how it is." Sikong Yanran suddenly realized.
In order to change the subject, Cang Zheng couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Miss Yanran, don't talk about us! How come you don't know about the Devil Mountain Range? Are you also a hermit?"
"Haha! I'm not a hermit, but it's almost the same." Sikong Yanran smiled and said that, in fact, she was only twenty-five years old, and in the past twenty-five years, she had almost been practicing in seclusion, so she was not very clear about the things in the outside world.
"What? You are only twenty-five years old?" Cang Zheng was extremely surprised.
"Yes!" Sikong Yanran nodded.
After getting Sikong Yanran's affirmation, Cang Zheng came back to his senses after a while, and then stared at her straightly, as if he was looking at a monster. Wutan was the same, looking her up and down, as if he wanted to see through her, which made Sikong Yanran feel creepy all over.
Finally, Cang Zheng exclaimed: "A 25-year-old master in the Divine Transformation Stage, Miss Yanran, are you really that awesome?"
Wutan nodded. It was the first time he had heard of someone who had reached the Divine Transformation Stage at the age of 25. If he hadn't seen no sign of falsehood on Sikong Yanran's face, he would not have believed it.
"What a terrible monster." Wutan shook his head. Compared with this kind of person, he was really worse than scum.
"Don't worry about this issue. Just think about how to get out of the Devil's Mountains." Sikong Yanran said, and began to change the subject. This kind of look as if looking at a rare monster really made her very uncomfortable.
After calming himself down, Wu Tian pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice, "There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. However, we have no other choice now. We can only go south first and see what happens when the time comes."
"Yes." Cang Zheng and the other man nodded.
After that, the three of them galloped for half an hour. They encountered many ferocious beasts on the way, but basically none of them exceeded the perfect stage. The three of them fought bloody battles one after another, but they were safe.
Until the induction of soul power completely disappeared, Wu Tian stopped again, looked up at the sky, and said with a flickering gaze: "Let's go and take a look in the sky."
The three of them soared into the sky one after another, and to their surprise, they appeared in the sky very smoothly.
Looking at the boundless mountains below, Cang Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Wu Tian, and said sarcastically: "It turns out that it is so easy to escape from the Devil Mountain Range. You didn't even think of this. You don't believe me when I say you are stupid."
"Really? Maybe! Let's go! At full speed, we should be able to catch up."
Wutan looked down and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't be sure. Anyway, it was a very ethereal feeling. He said something vaguely and quickly flew towards the direction where the soul power disappeared.
After another half an hour of rapid driving, Sikong Yanran suddenly stopped and stared down, her brows gradually furrowed. Then she looked at Wu Tian and the other man and hurriedly said, "Gentlemen, please stop for a moment."
Upon hearing this, Wu Tian and the other man looked at each other and came to Sikong Yanran with confusion.
Without waiting for the two to speak, Sikong Yanran pointed to a mountain and said solemnly: "My two lords, I think we have not left the Devil Mountain Range. Look at that mountain. Isn't it very similar to the legendary Devil Mountain?"
As she spoke, she took out the animal skin from her arms and handed it to Wutan and the other man.
When they opened it, their expressions changed drastically. It was just as Sikong Yanran said, the mountain she pointed to was indeed Devil Mountain, located at the northernmost part of the Devil Mountain Range.
Looking at the mountain in front of him, Cang Zheng was more solemn than ever before and said, "It seems to be just as the legend says. We were clearly flying south just now, but we ended up here."
In front of the three people, there was a mountain about a thousand feet high. It was pitch black, as if it had been stained with ink. Among the mountains in the Devil's Mountain Range, it was not very majestic, and could even be said to be very small.
However, this mountain gave Wutan and the other two a feeling beyond their comprehension, as if it was a mountain transformed by a demon king. The gloomy and cold aura hit the minds of the three like a tide, and a sense of fear arose in their hearts.
"I feel like I'll be swallowed up as long as I get close to this so-called Devil's Mountain." Cang Zheng said, with fear in his eyes.
"It seems we are really trapped here." Sikong Yanran sighed.
Devil's Mountain is located at the northernmost point, with an endless ocean behind it. It is said that the end of the ocean is the chaotic zone of the Dark City. There is no life at all, not even air or vitality. It is okay for the three of them to stay there for a day or two with their cultivation.
"All this happened because of Devil Mountain. If we want to escape, we probably have to enter Devil Mountain." Cang Zheng guessed. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he looked at Wu Tian and said hurriedly, "Isn't it said that fierce beasts won't get lost? Why don't we let the little guys lead the way?"
Hearing this, Wutan was inspired and thought that Cang Zheng’s idea might actually work.
Summoning the little guy, the Insect King and the Bird Saint, Wutan briefly explained the matter.
When the little guys heard this, their pupils suddenly shrank, and then they stared at the Devil Mountain for a while. As expected, they all sensed a terrifying aura from this mountain.
"Okay, Grandpa Frog wants to see if the Devil's Mountains are really that weird." The little guy nodded, waved his little paws, and led the way with the Bird Saint and the other four beasts, galloping towards the south.
However, before more than ten breaths had passed, a scene that shocked Wutan and the other two appeared. The five little beasts actually disappeared alive before their eyes.
That’s right! Disappeared! Disappeared without any sign!
The moment before, the five little beasts were still in sight, and were just a hundred feet away. As a result, their figures seemed to have disappeared, and when Wutan and the other two caught up with them, they had disappeared without a trace.
"You bastard, is there really a ghost here?" Cang Zheng said angrily.
"Oh no, after the previous flight, the distance between us and Devil Mountain has shortened a lot!" Sikong Yanran exclaimed.
Wutan and the other man looked hurriedly, their faces suddenly changed, they saw a pitch-black mountain standing a hundred feet ahead of them. The strange changes, the silent atmosphere, and the invisible aura oppressed the three of them to the point where they couldn't breathe!
(End of this chapter)