Chapter 1809: The Survivors of the Ancient State

The construction of the Chaos Secret Realm is in full swing, with five cities breaking ground simultaneously, and many players of the artisan profession are planning new habitats.

Xiao Feng returned to the game, and the offline time had actually only passed two hours.

Xiao Mi was still waiting eagerly for him, and as soon as she saw him return, she happily ran to his side.

"Let's go, continue looking for those stone tablets." Xiao Feng brought her, summoned He Xianzi over, immediately opened the secret realm exit, and reappeared at the ruins of the War Ancient State in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield.

This place is vast; the area he has already explored rivals the initial territories of several divine realms.

He took out the Dao Ancestor's Arrow.

This arrow is now over a meter long, gradually becoming complete, lacking only a small final portion of its shaft.

Xiao Feng infused it with divine power, and it whooshed out, continuing to search for the bodily parts he had left in each ancient city.

"Big brother, if this arrow were completed, wouldn't it be very powerful?" He Xianzi asked him.

"I'm not sure either; it's definitely not an ordinary item, but I can't determine what kind of object it is. If it's a weapon, it must be very strong." Xiao Feng said.

The Dao Ancestor's Arrow possesses extraordinary power.

But having only the arrow without a bow seems not quite right.

Soon, they arrived above another ancient city ruin.

This is a plateau where ice and snow cover the city, with a depth exceeding 30 meters, and it is bitterly cold year-round.

The Wan Hua Ling Zhu was unusable this time, so Xiao Feng switched to using the Venerable Holy Weapon, the Star Furnace, releasing intense heat to melt the snow.

For a moment, streams formed on the plateau, converging into rivers that flowed toward the lowlands; however, once outside the Star Furnace's heat range, they quickly froze and condensed into ice lakes.

After melting a portion of the area, Xiao Feng found the stone tablet he wanted to see.

As usual, he opened the way with Heart Sword, and with one strike shattered the Suppressing Domain Curse Stone Tablet.

Boom~

In a tremendous roar, the stone tablet shattered, and the city suffered damage to many areas.

The remains of countless commoners were released, falling throughout the city, retaining their appearance from life.

Some walked the streets, some received guests at home, some washed clothes and cooked, and some were cultivating, and so on……

But without exception, upon appearing they all collapsed into skeletons, even the clothing and fabric on their bodies turning to dust.

Whenever Xiao Mi saw such a scene, her face filled with sorrow, as if she had returned to antiquity, witnessing the scene of her ancestors being slain by foreign powerhouses.

Hum~

The arrow vibrated, absorbing the damaged remnants, and repaired another portion.

"This is the seventh city, right?" Xiao Feng asked.

Xiao Mi nodded: "The ancestors killed by the stone tablets already number over a hundred million."

Xiao Feng sighed: "This is only those slain by the stone tablets; the number of cities in the War Ancient State far exceeds this, and many remains we haven't discovered are still buried deep underground."

He was extremely curious about the course of that great war, and if Chen Jie hadn't fallen into a deep sleep, he would have wanted to investigate it thoroughly.

However, asking her later would not be a problem.

"Come on, next stop!"

Xiao Feng continued to infuse divine power into the arrow.

Now this arrow is over 1.3 meters long, about to be fully restored.

Whoosh~

It flashed by in an instant, and He Xianzi hurriedly brought Xiao Feng and Xiao Mi in pursuit.

After more than an hour, they arrived above a ruined city.

This time, the city was not buried; it was directly visible on the ground.

The city had lain deserted for countless years, its buildings hardly discernible; only some traces remained on the edge of the city walls, like extended earthen mounds, weathered until they almost became a yellow earth ridge.

Nearby, some small animals lived, all lacking strength and of low cultivation.

At the city's center, Xiao Feng and his two companions found the stone tablet they sought.

Whoosh~

A wind blew by, sending a chilling chill.

Xiao Feng condensed Heart Sword, preparing to strike.

At that moment, he suddenly heard a voice: "Save…… me……"

"Huh?" Xiao Feng perked up his ears.

Xiao Mi and He Xianzi waited at a distance for his action, being too far away to hear.

"Save…… save…… me……"

That voice appeared again, coming from the direction of the stone tablet!

"Who is speaking?" Xiao Feng asked.

From upon the stone tablet came a response: "I…… am…… inside…… the…… stone…… tablet……, destroy…… it……, let…… me…… come…… out……"

That voice was extremely hoarse, like the sound of a bellows being pulled.

"Alright, I'll let you out right away."

Xiao Feng instantly understood; it must be a powerful being sealed within the stone tablet speaking to him.

He was already intending to destroy the stone tablet, so there was naturally no problem.

However, the fact that this speaker could remain alive after being suppressed by the Suppressing Domain Curse for so many years, and still send out a voice, suggests that his strength at his peak must have been extremely terrifying!

The other party should be an ancient human powerhouse; Xiao Feng felt no danger and directly acted.

Swish!

Boom~

Heart Sword flashed, still as invincibly mighty as ever.

In a tremendous roar, the stone tablet shattered, and streams of light flew out, scattering to every position in the city ruins.

This expanse of Chengshi ruins, already overgrown with vegetation, instantly turned into a bone-strewn land.

The rifts in the void converged, and the energy storm quickly dissipated.

"Master." Xiao Mi flew back.

Xiao Feng looked toward where the stone tablet had been.

Only to see, at the bottom of the pit smashed out by the stone tablet, a withered, corpse-like humanoid creature slowly crawled up.

"Master! He… he's still alive!" Xiao Mi exclaimed.

Xiao Feng glanced at the opponent's information.

【Ancient State·Marquis Xia Yu】

Level: 2500 (Venerable)

HP: 1 zi/12960 zi

Note: Killing same-faction NPCs yields no Qi Luck or prestige.

Indeed, only a Venerable-level existence could endure the Dao Ancestor's domain-sealing curse and survive to this day.

Although this Marquis Xia Yu is still alive, he is also on the verge of death.

Xiao Feng circulated the Law of Life, trying to inject some vitality into him, but found it completely useless.

"Thank you, little friend…"

Marquis Xia Yu said in a dry, hoarse voice, seeing Xiao Feng's good intentions.

"You, you are…"

Xiao Mi looked at the corpse-like Marquis Xia Yu, not finding him ferocious or terrifying, but feeling a hint of closeness.

Upon seeing her, Marquis Xia Yu tried to reveal a hint of a smile on his rotting face.

But this smile tugged at the rotting flesh on his face, and a whole chunk of flesh at the apple-cheek area fell off.

He Xianzi's eyelids twitched as she watched, and she took small steps to hide behind Xiao Feng.

Marquis Xia Yu looked at Xiao Mi and asked, "Child, are you a descendant of Marquis Changyang?"

"Marquis Changyang? Who is that?"

Xiao Feng was puzzled, only able to guess that anyone bearing the title "Hou" must be a Venerable.

Xiao Mi himself didn't know either, uncertainly replying, "Senior, my inherited memories have largely been lost; I can't recall the ancient events, only knowing that my ancestor was once a general of the War Ancient State."

"That's it, this aura won't be wrong. Marquis Changyang and I were old friends back then; we both followed His Majesty, campaigning east and west, fighting foreign tribes, defeating strong foes, invincible wherever we went. Only, later…"

Marquis Xia Yu said, sighing.

He seemed very fatigued, sitting at the bottom of the pit, lacking even the strength to crawl out.