Chapter 678

Xiao Feng followed the line of officials' skeletons forward, arriving before one of the corpses.

This corpse was a middle-aged man with long hair, wearing a junhou crown and splendid robes, still standing when he died, hands clasped respectfully, as if reporting something to the emperor.

As Xiao Feng approached, a faint wind stirred.

When the wind blew, his clothes instantly weathered and vanished, revealing a clean body.

Xiao Feng had no interest in the man's body, but seeing the corpse intact and lifelike, he couldn't help exclaiming, "What a powerful living being!"

To the left and right of the middle-aged man were three other officials equally powerful, their Li Ti also undecayed.

Two men and one woman among them.

One was an elder in civil official robes; another a youth in military uniform; the woman also wore military attire, but more splendid, likely a rank higher.

Having seen the four powerful figures, Xiao Feng could confirm they were ancient people of Eastern civilization, though unrelated to Blue Star, their ethnic culture was similar.

No one knows how these people died, their state utterly different from that of the Westerners outside.

If the Westerners died of old age, then these people suffered "sudden death"!

In life they were each doing their own things, while outside on the plaza were servants, palace maids, and guards, bustling about.

Those on the hall were civil and military officials holding a morning audience with the emperor.

Then an unknown force struck, instantly killing them all!

In this killing process, not even their bodies were harmed; rather, in an instant their lives were taken and their souls destroyed!

Even these four, at least divine-god-level powerhouses, showed no movement of resistance nor any expression of pain.

This shows they died extremely hastily, even without realizing they were dead!

What kind of power could take the lives of so many powerhouses in an instant, while they offered no resistance and felt nothing?

Xiao Feng was extremely curious!

But it seemed no one could tell him the answer.

In the hall, there was also another presence, whose corpse was completely intact.

That was the emperor seated on the imperial throne!

Xiao Feng climbed the steps, walked out from the officials' line, and climbed up to where the emperor was.

Ming Hall.

The imperial throne above was magnificent, though eroded by time and lost its former brilliance, yet one could still see it inlaid with countless gems, carved with ancient exotic beasts, extremely luxurious.

The emperor seated on the throne appeared not old, about thirty or forty, wearing a tall crown, dark splendid robes, a fine beard, giving an aura of majesty without anger.

His corpse was more lively and vivid than the four officials ahead, his eyes even flashing with sharp light!

Were it not for the complete lack of breath and pulse, Xiao Feng might even have mistaken him for still alive.

"This emperor is at least a divine-god-level being..."

Xiao Feng thought to himself.

To the emperor's left and right lay the corpses of palace maids and servants, fallen to the ground with some bones broken, evidently weaker in strength.

This vast court hall now shows no trace of former grandeur, only deathly stillness and eeriness.

"Master, I've found some bones over here."

At that moment, He Er Na's voice came to Xiao Feng's mind.

"What kind of bones?" Xiao Feng asked her.

The goddess replied: "They look like a group of hunters who died suddenly during a hunt. One of them still has an uncorrupted corpse, his Li Ti extremely tough, possibly a divine-god-level powerhouse!"

Xiao Feng pondered.

He Er Na is now far from him, the palace not even visible, at least a hundred li away.

Even at such a distance, there are also people who suffered sudden death, making it all the more intriguing.

How exactly did these people of the court and the countryside die?

If it were merely a group of ordinary people dying this way, it would still be understandable, after all a divine god could do it, destroying their souls in an instant with sheer will.

Yet among them are not lacking divine-god-level, even sovereign-level powerhouses!

Who is so badass, needing no energy attack, instantly slaying everyone's souls in a flash?

Could it be a terrifying existence above level 2000 taking action?

Xiao Feng couldn't help but consider a possibility.

He could determine that the emperor in this palace was a sovereign-level powerhouse.

The threshold for a sovereign is level 1000, with an estimated ceiling around level 1500.

To silently eliminate such a powerhouse, one would definitely need at least level 2000, perhaps even

stronger!

And why would such a powerhouse destroy this place?

Xiao Feng recounted to He Er Na everything he had encountered.

The two exchanged thoughts, both feeling it extremely strange.

He Er Na said: "As you say, Master, this world was already annihilated in the primordial ages. Some people from the Yuan Su Shen Yu accidentally tore open a spatial passage and came here… perhaps they gained some benefits, so they didn't rush to leave. But later the entrance was sealed, and they ended up dying of old age here."

Xiao Feng thought the same.

He added: "The layout here hasn't changed much; after they entered, they likely didn't wreak large-scale destruction. From this we infer that obtaining those benefits may have required first respecting this environment. Otherwise, among a large crowd there would surely be someone with hyperactivity wanting to cause damage."

The people of Yuan Su Shen Yu likely arrived here tens of thousands of years ago.

As for the original inhabitants of this place, they had already perished in an even more distant past.

He and He Er Na are already the third batch, perhaps even the fourth, to have come here!

"Master, what about the chaos tree seed?" He Er Na asked.

Xiao Feng frowned slightly.

Even thinking with your feet, you know the Chaos Tree seed is not a product of Wind Spirit Island; it was taken out of this world.

He said: "The Chaos Tree's grade is too high; you can't recognize its effect. Moreover, none of those corpses are Divine Lord level, so you definitely can't recognize them either—thus it's not really related to them. I think… either the seed was directly flushed out when the space passage appeared, or it was forcibly thrown out by some expert before the passage was last sealed."

The passage in and out of this world isn't fixed, so he can't determine whose hand threw the Chaos Tree seed onto Wind Spirit Island.

Both guesses could happen; as for the specifics, it's hard to predict.

He Er Na said: "Perhaps there is a possibility…… The locals here were killed precisely because they obtained the Chaos Tree seed! An extremely powerful being came to slaughter them to seize the seed. And in the instant when all beings perished, a local expert tore open the space passage, transferred the seed out, and it appeared on Wind Spirit Island. After countless years passed, someone inadvertently discovered the existence of the space passage, came to explore, obtained some divine artifacts left by the locals, and then attracted more people to come. But the Chaos Tree seed looks too ordinary, so they didn't notice it, and thus only after I appeared did they pick it up."

【There are two more chapters to be updated tonight】

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