Chapter 2543

The sound of the wind whistled past his ears. Baha flew at full speed, and after a while, it shook off the Taba behind them.

After leaving the ruins area, Baha didn't stop until it flew over the suspension bridge, at which point it lowered its altitude.

The nearly two-kilometer-long suspension bridge swayed slowly in the wind. Su Xiao let go of Baha's claws and landed in front of the suspension bridge.

At this time, Su Xiao had arrived at the other side of the suspension bridge. He was waiting for the Taba to chase him. As long as they chased, this suspension bridge was the only way.

Through preliminary exploration, Su Xiao understood the terrain of the first half of the God Village. After passing through the gate of the God Village, one would enter the Earth Palace, which was the place guarded by the Wolf God.

Outside the Earth Palace was a large wilderness where there were many wild animals. The Taba would hunt and pick fruits here, and the blind old man's small wooden house was in this wilderness.

Past this wilderness was the abyss, which divided the God Village into two. To pass through the abyss, besides flying, one could only take a two-kilometer-long suspension bridge.

After passing through the suspension bridge was a ruin. The architecture of the ruins had a very Taba style; the Taba liked to make ornaments in the image of aquatic creatures.

Earth Palace -> Blind Man's Wooden House -> Abyss Suspension Bridge -> Taba Ruins.

Su Xiao stood in front of the suspension bridge, one hand pressed on the bridge deck. If the Taba chased him, he could use this suspension bridge as a geographical advantage to kill a small portion of the Taba that came to pursue him.

After waiting for a few minutes, no vibration came from the suspension bridge, which meant one thing: the Taba were very rational before being completely eroded by the Source, knowing that this suspension bridge was a place of no return.

The reason the Taba were imprisoned in the God Village was not because they were stupid, but because they trusted their former allies, the Tower Forest and the Holy Guard, too much. Or rather, it was possible they were intentionally imprisoned in the God Village.

The 【Source】 was right inside the God Village. The Taba seemed to be imprisoned, but in fact, they could fully utilize the environment of the God Village, which was isolated from the outside world, to slowly develop the 【Source】. The Wolf God was one of their achievements.

Even if the Wolf God was a failed product, making the power of the Source and the energy of the gods coexist was a very difficult thing to accomplish. More importantly, the Wolf God was rational and not completely driven by the power of the Source.

The current situation was neither good nor bad for Su Xiao. Amu and Liu were captured, and there should be no danger in the short term. Su Xiao could understand the Taba capturing Liu, but capturing Amu alive made him somewhat unable to understand.

Recalling the appearance of the Wolf God, Su Xiao thought that the Taba were likely trying to integrate the power of the Source into Amu's body, attempting to see if the combination of the power of the Source and ice energy could solve the problem of being eroded by the Source.

"Baha, detect the surrounding situation."

Su Xiao was not too worried about the power of the Source being integrated into Amu's body because Amu had an elemental physique. Wanting to integrate the power of the Source into Amu's body was not something that could be done in a short time; there would be no problems within a few days.

The Taba were not scientists; they were martial artists. Researching the Source was to solve the problem of being eroded by the Source.

Through Baha's scouting, Su Xiao learned that the Taba in the ruins had already retreated and were not guarding the other end of the suspension bridge. The Taba had already seen that Baha could fly, so they didn't do anything meaningless.

Upon learning this news, Su Xiao leaped up, grabbed Baha's claws, and Baha flew toward the other side of the abyss.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had already followed those hundreds of Taba, with the main tracking target being the leader of the Qin. First, he had to find the Taba's gathering place; Amu was likely imprisoned there.

After Baha bypassed the suspension bridge, it flew past the right side of the ruins on the other side of the abyss, tracking the coordinates left by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang along the way.

After passing the ruins, Su Xiao had Baha lower its altitude. Flying in the Taba's territory was dangerous. Once targeted by a Ni-type Taba, Baha wouldn't be able to handle a few arrows.

After landing, Su Xiao arrived at a canyon. The Taba ahead had just passed through here not long ago.

Walking in the canyon with a one-line-sky terrain, the mountains on both sides were covered with vegetation. The sound of eagle shrieks came from ahead. Just as they walked out of the canyon, the sunlight became a bit blinding.

A large expanse of towering buildings appeared ahead. There were hundreds of these buildings, each very magnificent and also looking very ancient.

These towering buildings were built on a boundless lake, with water vapor rising around them, and many water birds inhabiting the area.

What was puzzling was that these towering buildings were piled with giant stones between them, using the giant stones as filler to connect these hundreds of buildings into one, with iron bars several meters wide and giant rivets reinforcing the surroundings.

Careful observation would reveal that these originally magnificent buildings had been used as foundations, with suspension bridges connecting these buildings to the surrounding mountains to cross the lake.

【You have arrived at the Heavenly Palace (originally the God Village).】

Su Xiao stood on the rock wall by the lake, looking up at the towering buildings ahead that reached into the clouds.

The ancient gods once used this as a center to rule the entire continent. They enslaved the human race and built towering buildings here to show their status as gods. After all, they were once monsters, and there were some things they were never willing to admit, nor would they allow anyone to mention, so they had to be above everything, and even their dwellings had to be high and mighty.

After the ancient gods were defeated, this became the Taba's territory, but these architectural styles did not conform to the Taba's aesthetic, so they filled the gaps in these buildings with giant stones and built their own dwellings above these magnificent buildings.

Su Xiao looked around, seeing no Taba guarding the area. The scattered suspension bridges around were very messy.

At this time, letting Baha fly up directly was unwise. If it flew to high altitude and encountered a group of Ni-type Taba, that would be a huge joke.

Su Xiao did not immediately rush to the Heavenly Palace above but let Baha continue to scout nearby.

One hour later, Baha returned. It discovered a city on the west side. According to its observation, at least over a hundred thousand Taba lived there, and judging from the nearby roads, this was not the only large city in the God Village.

Baha discovered that the Taba living there were not strong; their skin was pale rather than blue-white, which meant the power of the Source in their bodies was very thin.

It was normal for the Taba to thrive in the Source God Village. Not every Taba was very powerful. The Taba Su Xiao encountered before should be a very small part of the many Taba.

The Taba had risen for hundreds of years. To be feared by the Tower Forest and the Holy Guard, their population would definitely not be small. The Source God Village, this rich land, was very likely the territory obtained by the Taba after winning the war.

Of course, the Taba also had the concept of talent. Whether a Taba had talent could be determined from two aspects: talent in practicing skills and tolerance for the power of the Source.

Those Taba who fought Su Xiao should be one in a hundred, or even one in a thousand. With the richness of the God Village, supporting millions of ordinary Taba would be no problem.

The difference in skin color and physique destined that Su Xiao could not normally explore the Taba's large cities. He even suspected that the Taba were also a faction that could be joined, and a reputation system or the like could also be opened.

Not considering these for now, Su Xiao walked forward along the suspension bridge and soon arrived near the building complex ahead. Viewed from a distance, this building complex looked like a mountain, completely connected together.

A winding stone staircase, fixed with the outer walls of the buildings as a base, spiraled upward. Judging from the wear marks on this 'spiral heavenly ladder', people often walked here.

Walking along the stone staircase, it was not dangerous at first; even if one slipped, one would only fall into the lake below. But as they moved upward, the spiral stone staircase became narrower and narrower, and by the end, it was less than two meters wide.

Su Xiao tilted his head to look down. At this time, he was already a hundred meters high from the lake surface. For him, this height was nothing.

Continuing to move upward, although Amu and Liu were captured, this indirectly improved Su Xiao's infiltration ability. The probability of him and Baha being discovered was not high. As for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, this guy might have already arrived at the Heavenly Palace.

The higher he went, the more Su Xiao could not understand the architecture of this world. He had already moved upward for a thousand meters, and the spiral stone staircase still hadn't reached its end. Even if a large expanse of buildings were connected together as a foundation, at this height, this foundation would definitely collapse.

The problem likely appeared in the lake below. This lake seemed to be connected to the energy of something above, fixing this foundation here. This foundation was like a tree, used to conduct energy.

After moving upward for about 1300 meters, the stone staircase finally reached its end. A flat rock ground appeared ahead, with hundreds of two or three-story pavilions located here, as if built in the sky. The Heavenly Palace had arrived.

In the Heavenly Palace, 'clouds and mist' were ethereal. In fact, these were not clouds but water vapor rising from the lake below, gathered here for some reason.

The sky seemed to have dimmed a bit, and the sunlight was blocked by a layer of water vapor, causing the temperature of the Heavenly Palace to drop by a few degrees.

Heavenly Palace, inside a certain pavilion.

Sss, sss, sss~

The sound of sharpening a blade came. A Taba with long braids was sharpening a short blade with a very narrow edge. She touched the edge with her thumb, and after confirming it was sharp enough, she walked toward the inside of the room.

Liu was hung in mid-air, a bump swollen on her forehead. Looking at the female Taba walking over, her body began to tremble.

"Don't worry, I will finish very quickly. A few days ago, I peeled the skin of a clansman, and it only took me half a moment."

The female Taba pulled at her own facial skin, as if pulling up a piece of cloth. Seeing this scene, Liu felt her scalp tingling, and the blood in her whole body was about to turn cold.

"What a good skin. Among your clansmen, you must be very loved. Don't worry, I will peel it off completely."

The blade in the female Taba's hand spun, the edge resting under Liu's ear. Liu's breathing was about to stop, and tears dripped down her cheeks.

"He, he can disguise himself as anyone."

Liu suddenly spoke. The blade in the female Taba's hand spun again, the end of the hilt grazing Liu's neck.

"His name is Kuku Lin · Bai Ye!"

Hearing Liu's words, a smile appeared on the female Taba's face.

"Continue, what method does he use to disguise himself as others."

What the female Taba didn't notice was that at this moment, behind her, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was holding up a sign, teaching Liu step by step what to say.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang did this at Su Xiao's instruction, in order to enter the Heavenly Palace faster.