Chapter 255: The Terrifying Relic

This is Su Ping's second exploration of Mu Zi Yu.

After summoning Valkyrie Kong, he let her act freely in this Evil Domain, focusing primarily on Secret Realms.

Fire Knight Alwin, meanwhile, was controlled personally by Su Ping to investigate the former towns and Market strongholds deep within this area.

Although Fire Knight Alwin still only possesses Second Tier strength equivalent to Foundation Establishment.

Fortunately, his Indomitable Will resists the intrusion of Evil Qi, and the flames in his hands possess the ability to purify Evil Spirits.

He has the power to save his own life when facing most of the Evil Spirits in this region.

And if he encounters a large number of Evil Spirits besieging him, or one with great strength and special abilities, he can also use the Purple Light Fox Curse to fight back.

The Purple Light Fox Curse now released by the Third Tier Fox-Faced Shrine Maiden Sakura, who has been upgraded to the Third Tier, also possesses Third Tier strength; the Heavenly Thunder she releases, when striking the Evil Spirits, often wipes out a large swath in a single blow.

Su Ping found this earthen building town by following the map provided by an Immortal City aristocratic family.

According to the description, this place is an important processing and wholesale point for prairie goods.

Quite a few small families have also settled here.

Su Ping's goal is the heritage and hidden books within the earthen buildings.

He had not expected, however, that there would still be mortals and Qi Refining cultivators alive in this Evil Domain!

Although, under his Divine Sense, the condition of these people is quite poor.

Su Ping also heard the request from the person kneeling below.

Information regarding the Wood Heart Sect surfaced in his mind.

It seems to be a small sect attached to an Immortal Sect, with relations connected to a certain Inner Sect Disciple of that Immortal Sect.

It appears the former sect leader once saved that disciple, and thus they obtained care and relevant channels.

Mu Feng saw the other party just looking at him, yet remaining silent.

Feeling somewhat anxious, he hurriedly added:

"The Wood Heart Sect's heritage includes thousands of secret methods for pills using medicinal herbs as the main ingredient!"

"There are also three cultivation heart methods, which are of great benefit to planting Spirit Objects after practicing them!"

Speaking to this point, Mu Feng looked at Fire Knight Alwin, who remained unmoved, and gritted his teeth, saying:

"Mu Feng also has a treasure map to offer, containing the locations and data of seventy-two Secret Realms within a thousand-mile radius!"

At this, Mu Feng could not help but circulate his Dharma Power, raising his voice.

Then, Mu Feng suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

Immediately, the ground he was kneeling on suddenly caved in.

It transformed into a giant mouth.

Just as this giant mouth was about to snap shut!

The Fire Knight manifested a phantom giant hand to grab the other's neck, lifted Mu Feng out as if he were a chick, and then threw him to the side.

He frowned slightly, scanned the surrounding earthen buildings that were twenty or thirty meters high, and said:

"An Evil Spirit in the form of a building?"

"Ye... yes, Immortal Master, these earthen buildings have all turned into Evil Spirits!"

"We people are all kept in captivity inside; every day we have to worry about being eaten by this Evil Spirit!"

Mu Feng hurriedly nodded frantically like a chick pecking at rice.

It seemed that Su Ping's rescue of the person had just angered the Evil Spirit overlord of this region.

The earthen buildings shook one after another, accompanied by a series of strange cries.

Faces like those of monsters emerged on the walls and on the gates.

When their gaze locked onto Fire Knight Alwin, barbed tongues shot out one after another.

At the same time, the ground caved in; this time, instead of a giant mouth, pairs of dark yellow hands made of soil, like those of earth wolves, reached out and grabbed toward Fire Knight Alwin and Mu Feng.

The people in the earthen buildings were all alarmed, and at this moment, they also turned their eyes toward Fire Knight Alwin.

Two cultivators in one of the earthen buildings quietly took out an Array Disk.

Then, they were somewhat disappointed:

"Why is it only Foundation Establishment cultivation?"

"Foundation Establishment cultivation is likely no match for this large Evil Spirit!"

"Sigh, being able to escape would be good luck; I hope the other party can escape and then bring their sect elders back to save us."

"Easier said than done; as for us, every one of us is a pauper. Would a sect elder really be willing to run over specifically to save us?"

As the cultivators said this, they were about to smile bitterly.

But they suddenly discovered that this red-haired cultivator was incredibly formidable!

And even though it was clearly only Foundation Establishment cultivation, the flames released by that great sword were actually so overbearing!

The earthen building walls, which had astonishing defensive power, could actually be struck to a depth of one or two inches, and it was difficult for them to recover!

They had also seen those arms reaching out from the ground; at that time, the only Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator in the earthen building—

Had used all his means but failed to destroy even one arm, and instead was crushed to death by a giant hand!

But now, as the red-haired male cultivator swung his great sword with both hands, he released a winding Fire Phoenix.

In one stroke, it burned all those arms dry and cracked them.

"Slash!"

After Su Ping controlled the Fire Knight to unleash his ultimate move, he forced back more offensives, then grabbed Mu Feng and retreated rapidly to a thousand meters away.

He threw a Fox God Amulet and stuck it onto Mu Feng's hand, instructing him to place it against his heart.

The Fire Knight swung his great sword again, using the move Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plains, directly shattering the earth dragon formed by the many more arms lunging from the earthen building!

It appeared he had the upper hand.

Su Ping, however, knew that relying solely on Fire Knight Alwin would not be enough to take down the earthen building Evil Spirit before them.

It was unknown what fortuitous timing or geography these dozen-plus earthen buildings had relied upon to all transform into large-scale Evil Spirits simultaneously.

What's more, they had united with one another, becoming a single entity.

It was equivalent to the fusion of over a dozen complementary large-scale Evil Spirits.

Furthermore, considering there was a group of survivors inside the opponent.

It was a rare sight, worth calling for reinforcements!

As a thought stirred in Su Ping's heart.

The earthen building Evil Spirit, which had been poised to strike, suddenly felt the sky darken.

And then, with a boom!

The dozen-plus earthen buildings were actually all pressed down into a massive pit in the ground.

Inside the large pit, these earthen buildings began to tilt, collide, and then fuse together.

Mu Feng stared with wide eyes at this sudden change, feeling that under such circumstances, the others inside the earthen buildings were likely in grave danger.

Just as he was about to lament, he suddenly noticed noise appearing behind him.

He hurriedly turned his head, only then seeing the nearly one thousand people from the earthen buildings suddenly appear behind him, each with a dull gaze, clearly having not yet recovered from the sudden change just now.

Mu Feng also hurriedly looked up, finally seeing the white-haired, red-eyed young girl appearing high in the sky.

And upon the first glance, he realized that those miraculous methods from before all came from this miraculous young girl.

"Such a young Golden Core female cultivator!"

"To have such youth and such divine abilities, she is undoubtedly a heaven-gifted talent of an Immortal Sect!"

"The Immortal Sect has not forgotten us miserable people after all!"

Mu Feng whispered with a sob.

But he suddenly heard a light chuckle from a red-haired man:

"Don't thank the wrong person; the one who saved you is a capable general under the command of the Blood God Old Ancestor!"

"If you want to thank someone, go to the overseas islands to seek the Old Ancestor and contribute your efforts to him."

"As for the Immortal Sect?"

"The current Immortal Sect no longer has the spare energy to manage the lives and deaths of you mortals and small-to-medium-sized factions."

"Impossible! How could the Immortal Sect abandon this region? There are vast Spirit Fields here..."

Mu Feng trembled all over, finding it hard to believe upon hearing these words.

Yet he heard another earth-shattering piece of news:

"There is nothing impossible about it; perhaps you are still unaware while here."

"In the current Cultivation World, let alone this Mu Zi Yu,"

"the entire Nanhuang, except for the group the Old Ancestor mercifully brought out, has vanished along with Nanhuang itself."

"Vanished?"

"The entire Nanhuang has vanished? How can this be!"

Mu Feng opened his mouth wide.

In his heart, he did not want to believe it, yet his intuition subconsciously felt that the person opposite had no need to lie to him.

Especially regarding such earth-shattering news that one would immediately know upon contacting outsiders!

Boom!

At the same time, the aftermath of the battle ahead once again drew the attention of Mu Feng and the others.

Inside the large pit, suppressed by the power of space, the collapsed earthen buildings had fused together and transformed into a large mud giant resembling a Transformer.

Yet when such a giant faced Valkyrie Kong, who was not even as large as its little finger.

It threw a punch, but before the fist could even get close to her, it crumbled into fragments with a clatter.

Then, as the white-haired young girl made a shooting gesture with one hand and assumed an aiming posture, she made a few "biubiu" sounds with her mouth.

Large gaps suddenly appeared on the head, waist, and thighs of the giant formed by the earthen buildings.

And then, because there were too many gaps to support it, the giant collapsed back into the large pit once more.

"Finish it directly; don't play around anymore. We still need to send these people to the extraction point."

Su Ping looked at the nearly one thousand people, including Mu Feng.

These people were all veteran spirit farmers in Mu Zi Yu.

After he had opened up Spirit Fields and a Spirit Plantation Garden in the expanding Blood God Secret Realm, he would have ready-made manpower.

With the frequent natural and man-made disasters in the Cultivation World during this period.

He did not know if other factions had realized it.

In any case, Su Ping had already felt the preciousness of manpower.

Su Ping would do his best to save those he could.

Of course, only his best, and provided it did not hinder his own goals.

"Oh, got it!"

Valkyrie Kong replied casually, and then a Golden Light flashed across her eyes.

Immediately!

It was as if the large pit had encountered a gravity cannon attack; with a flash of spatial ripples, the earthen buildings were flattened into a thin layer of mud covering the pit.

Subsequently, a dozen pieces of Mysterious Remains were retrieved and placed into Valkyrie Kong's Storage Bag.

Then Fire Knight Alwin also threw the Storage Bag containing the many ownerless items he had collected to Valkyrie Kong.

Letting her use her divine abilities to take the survivors away from this Evil Domain while also bringing the harvest back.

As for the unburdened Fire Knight.

He utilized this final duration to head toward the location of the ruins and explore them in person.

The ruins of the Ten Directions Sect are located in the central mountain range of Mu Zi Yu.

Because Evil Qi is rampant, the space of those ruins has already been left wide open.

Viewed from the perspective of the Fire Knight, the entrance is situated right at the foot of a high mountain.

It looks just like a natural mountain cave.

This is not Su Ping's first time here either.

He skillfully took a shortcut to reach the cave.

Taking a deep breath, Su Ping had Fire Knight Alwin flash into the cave.

In the blink of an eye, Su Ping saw the scenery inside the ruins.

It was shockingly a karst cave filled with enormous statues of various shapes.

On the ceiling of the karst cave, precious orbs emitted a sinister blue light.

Under the light, one could see countless small and even micro-carved statues at the feet of these enormous statues.

As the Fire Knight appeared, the eyeballs of the statues all moved, looking over in unison.

Then.

Then, Fire Knight Alwin, whom Su Ping was controlling, suddenly lost connection with Su Ping.