184 Elder, Please Come Ou (1/2)
”Master, you’re finally awake!”
There was a hint of bitterness He Feng’s voice. He already did not know how to express himself. He was shocked awake when he sensed death looming dangerously over him and immediately discovered that something was wrong with Su Ming. It was as if he had lost his soul, and his body was falling rapidly. Before long, he would crash and his body would turn to smithereens.
Su Ming was unaware of his surroundings, so it was only natural that he did not know fear, but He Feng was conscious. He could only watch Su Ming’s body fall, watch himself dying together with Su Ming, and he could do nothing about it. He could not control Su Ming’s body, and neither could he leave it. The power outside that was suppressing his Qi would also bring about destructive harm to him.
He was truly afraid. This sort of torture where he had to walk to his own death and could do nothing about it made him mad. He called out to Su Ming in panic, had even started cursing him without bothering to sugarcoat his words by the end when he sank into despair.
Yet when he saw that Su Ming was awake, He Feng suddenly became afraid again. That fear was no longer due to possibility of death, but due to the possibility of Su Ming having heard his words just now. If he did, then he might be in serious trouble.
”Mas… Master? What did you hear just now? I was just worried about your safety…” He Feng quickly explained himself cautiously, worried that Su Ming would punish him because of that.
Su Ming ignored He Feng. His body was falling rapidly. All sorts of thoughts flashed through his mind, and eventually, a faint glint appeared in his eyes. Immediately, the souls of Wings of Moon spread out from within his body. Yet the moment they came out, a mighty pressure fell upon him instantly, trapping the souls of Wings of the Moon within his body, causing them to be unable to come out.
‘I can’t circulate my Qi, and the souls of Wings of the Moon can’t leave my body either… This is the only way now!’
Su Ming activated the Branding Art in his mind, and a green light flashed at the center of his brows before the small virescent sword charged out.
The small sword was also not faring very well under the pressure of the place when it appeared. It swayed as if it could not bear the pressure, but when Su Ming gathered all the power of the Branding Art on the sword, it immediately stabilized, and with a flash, it dashed underneath Su Ming’s feet to support him, allowing him to step on the blade.
Due to the force of the fall, the moment his feet landed on the blade, Su Ming felt as if he was crushed. The small sword only managed to dissipate some of the force, the rest was all gathered in his body. Banging sounds reverberated within him, and Su Ming’s face immediately turned pale. He coughed out a mouthful of blood, and the small sword abruptly sank hundreds of feet before it slowly came to a halt.
Su Ming was gasping as he stood on the small sword. He lifted his head swiftly and looked at the dark sky above him. He saw lighting flashing in the sky. During the short instance when the world was bright, he saw the faint and indistinct Chain swaying above him.
”I haven’t finished challenging the Chain!” Su Ming mumbled.
He was wearing a black robe, but the hood had flown off when he was falling so he lifted it back up to cover his head once more. He then loosened the robes around his feet so that he could hide what was lifting him up.
The small virescent sword slowly rose up under his will, supporting his body from the depths of the canyons as he gradually floated upwards.
He returned!
Within Han Mountain City, as time trickled by and innumerable thunders rumbled in the sky, occasionally, lightning would slice through the air and light up the area. It also illuminated the Chain that was under the scrutiny of everyone in Han Mountain City. Similarly, the faces of the crowd standing in the city waiting were also illuminated when lightning flashed in the sky.
No one felt impatient. All of them knew clearly in their hearts that there was only one explanation to the strange sight of the stone pillars not sinking.
The challenge of the Chains of Han Mountain had not ended. The challenger did not fail!
However, they might know the reason behind it, but the people could not help but be skeptical due to everything that had happened that day.
”Is… he really not dead?”
”It’s been a long time since then. If he’s really not dead, then why hasn’t he appeared?”
”Puqiang Tribe should have sent someone to look for his corpse. I wonder how they fared…”
The low sounds of discussions broke the silence. It had been too long. Even if the people knew the reason as to why the stone pillars had not sunk, their uncertainty grew stronger as time passed by.
The Elder of Tranquil East had a grave expression on his face as he stood at the edge of Tranquil East Mountain. He kept his gaze fixed on the Canyon. Behind him, Fang Shen and Han Cang Zi, who stood a little further away, were doing the same.
”This has never happened before… Is he really not dead?”
Soon, an hour passed by. An hour usually passed by quickly for people, but now, to these people, this hour seemed to be passing by so slowly it was as if time had been lengthened by several fold.
On Puqiang Mountain, the thin and dried up Elder sucked in a deep breath, and the grave expression on his face gradually relaxed.
”It has been over an hour, perhaps something is wrong with the Chains of Han Mountain, and not because the person… hasn’t died… What do you think?”
The Elder of Puqiang Tribe’s final sentence was directed towards the man who looked like a mountain of flesh and stood by his side.
The man hesitated for a moment, looked at the sky, then looked at the canyons before he spoke slowly. ”It has been quite some time. There’s a high chance that this person is dead… The tribe members who went down to look should have also…”
He did not manage to finish speaking. Suddenly, his body lurched forward and he stared fixedly at the canyons. He… saw it!
He was not the only one. Beside him, the expression of Puqiang Tribe’s Elder also changed. It was as if there was anger roaring with the might of a windstorm and giant waves within his body, ready to erupt forth at any moment as he stared into the canyons. He saw it!
Besides the two of them, the other people on Puqiang Mountain also trembled and looked into the canyons. Their expressions changed drastically because of what they saw!
They saw it!