Chapter 760: The Sick Old Man

The various powerhouses were deeply shaken.

This was the hidden existence who helped them construct the Other Shore Golden Bridge, allowing them to arrive at this Terror battlefield—a terrifying mighty figure—and now, was even he about to manifest within this battlefield?

"Oh? Interesting. You, this latecomer, I actually cannot see through you. Then let me see exactly how much weight you carry."

The voice spoke in surprise, then relaxed and laughed heartily.

As the words fell, the resurrected corpses around them went wild again, strengthened by an unknown number of times; every wisp of baleful aura and deathly aura leaking from them seemed enough to instantly kill everyone present!

"Put away these meaningless test segments."

Li Heng shook his head, and the Heavens Great Sun behind him trembled slightly; these terrifying corpses instantly ignited without fire, turning to ash in an instant, not dragging things out at all.

If he still had his previous strength, then so be it; he would have obediently accepted the test of this voice, as one can only do so when one's fists are not as big as another's.

But now, after harvesting Source Power in the Ending Battlefield and experiencing rapid growth in strength and breakthrough after breakthrough in his realm, if he were still to follow the rules, he would have cultivated in vain.

At this moment, he was going to skip the level!

"Eh? That's not right, you latecomer!"

The voice spoke in surprise again, and subsequently, countless corpses appeared on the battlefield once more, countless times stronger than before; the aura of every single corpse seemed capable of overturning the Great Void.

"A boring game of stacking power."

Li Heng shook his head.

Following that, these strengthened corpses turned into ashes once again.

"Do not use the routines you use on others on me. I came to this Initial Land on purpose. Who are you? Could it be that you are also one of the Dao Lords?"

"As it happens, I am acquainted with that Zhongjie Daozhu, Changqing."

Li Heng spoke calmly, not afraid of leaking information and thereby causing other hidden dangers. In any case, he had already probed it just now; although this battlefield was dangerous, it was still within his range of response, and what he had here was not his true self, so there was no need to be overly wary.

That voice fell silent, seemingly in thought.

Those powerhouses, seeing such a scene, gasped in succession. They had already tried their best to imagine Li Heng's power; after all, being able to construct the Other Shore Golden Bridge and help everyone reach the Initial Land, which they could not reach otherwise, meant his strength and realm were certainly terrifying beyond imagination.

But until now, they discovered they had still underestimated this mighty figure, or perhaps this mighty figure was beyond their imagination! But what kind of realm was it that lay beyond their imagination? Amidst their shock, they were also filled with confusion.

"I can indeed feel a bit of the aura of ending. However, I am very curious; you are not a Dao Lord, so why would Ending actually be willing to tell you its true name?"

The voice finally sounded, appearing very surprised.

"Forget it, how about this: if you are not afraid, you are welcome to come to my place."

The mist shrouding the battlefield began to recede to both sides, forming a straight path. However, at the end of that path, it was still filled with endless mist, unclear and full of the Unknown.

"And why would I not dare?"

Li Heng smiled calmly and strode into the path.

The various powerhouses remaining in place looked at each other in dismay.

This terrifying mighty figure had left, so what should they do? If there were other dangers in the battlefield, wouldn't they be dead for sure? Some powerhouses gathered their courage and also wanted to step onto this path, but the next moment they were directly repelled and pushed away.

"You group of latecomers are too weak; you are not qualified to see me."

"However, for the sake of this mysterious latecomer, I will allow you to wander here for a while. As for what you can harvest, that depends on your own fate."

"But you must remember, greed is insatiable; if you stay in this place for too long and do not return, then it is none of my business if you encounter any Forbidden Object."

The voice sounded, warning the powerhouses, and then vanished.

Walking on this path, as the distance slowly closed, Li Heng could already see clearly what was at the end of the road.

It was a very small courtyard with the door wide open, and a figure sat on a stool inside the courtyard waiting for him; the figure raised a cup, seemingly inviting him to drink together.

But that was also a small, lonely grave, covered with yellow soil, with two candles stuck on either side; the flames on them flickered and jumped unsteadily, as if they would extinguish the next moment.

Li Heng was unimpressed and chose a result.

He stepped into that courtyard and saw this figure clearly; it was a frail, elderly man, but the fire of life upon him had already been extinguished, and he should have been buried in the yellow soil.

"May I ask how to address you, fellow Daoist?"

Li Heng spoke calmly.

"Fellow Daoist?"

The old man became surprised, sipped the tea in his hand, and thought for a moment, "No wonder Ending would tell you its true name; it seems you are even more powerful than I estimated?"

"As for how to address me? Actually, this is not important. After all, as you have seen, I am but a dead man. When a person dies, all things are Emptiness; names and such are not important."

Li Heng shook his head and laughed aloud.

"I am not blind; those two candles are still burning."

"You can actually see that scene? But since you can see it, you should also know that candles eventually burn out, and at that time, it is still death; dying early or dying late, it is all death."

The old man was surprised at first, then sighed.

"How about this, you can just call me the Sick Old Man."

Li Heng nodded, too lazy to dwell on this point.

"My name is Li Heng; you can call me Li Daoren. I have come to this Initial Land today, besides looking for that Dao Lord who was once called Freedom and is now called Destiny, I also want to see what happened here in the past that could cause a Dao Lord to fall here."

"It seems Fellow Daoist Li knows many things, even knowing about Destiny. However, is this behavior too dangerous? Although you are very powerful, forgive me for being blunt, you are still very far from being a Dao Lord."

The Sick Old Man shook his head.

"And what of it? Nowadays, there will be no true Dao Lords in the Great Void. Even if you all sublimate to the extreme and briefly return to the Dao Lord Realm, I have ways to deal with it."

Li Heng said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you have great courage; I like that."

"But you must know, while having great courage is a good thing, it also adds countless risks, so people with great courage usually die very early. Just like what you said just now, there are indeed Dao Lords who fell here, but it is not just one who fell, but two!"

The Sick Old Man said in a deep voice, staring at Li Heng.

He wanted to see panic and shock in Li Heng's expression.

But unfortunately, he did not see it.

Li Heng's expression was as calm as water, and he nodded.

"I naturally know this, or rather, I could have guessed it from the start. If I am not mistaken, that corpse whose blood flowed to form the Time-Space Mother River is a certain Dao Lord..."