Chapter 93: Rune Power First Revealed, Arriving in the Huang Domain!

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

Mengchen, the Tianhu girl, and Heizi walked through the stone forest, their footsteps crunching against the gravel and emitting a series of sounds.

As they ventured deeper, there was still no sign of any living creatures.

Mengchen was quite puzzled by this; he furrowed his brows slightly and muttered in a low voice:

"This is truly strange. What kind of place is this? We've walked for so long and haven't even seen a ghost."

"Nothing to be done. You chose this path yourself, so you figure it out!" The Tianhu girl spread her hands, looking as if the matter had nothing to do with her.

Now that she had no personal freedom to speak of, unable to escape or hide, her current mindset was simply to go with the flow. As for where they had arrived, it was all the same to her; there was no difference or distinction.

"We can only walk and see," Heizi said, looking left and right. It was constantly paying attention to the surroundings, checking to see if any living creatures would appear.

"That's all we can do. We can't go back to the sea, can we?" After saying this, Mengchen and the others continued forward.

Here, jagged rocks stood one after another, and there was not a trace of vegetation in the vicinity. Some of the strange rocks even towered high into the clouds, looking exceptionally astonishing.

This stone forest was vast; they had walked for a long time and were still within it, with no end in sight.

Suddenly, the ground beneath their feet trembled slightly for an instant, which Mengchen caught.

He turned his head to look at the Tianhu girl and Heizi, saying with a suspicious look: "Did you notice? The ground seemed to tremble slightly just now."

"Yes! I felt it too!" Heizi replied, its gaze becoming slightly grave as it looked around.

The Tianhu girl also nodded in response, her expression also becoming serious.

Through confirmation, Mengchen knew that this sudden tremor of the ground must have a reason; it was definitely not groundless.

Quietly, the ground trembled slightly again, feeling much more obvious than the last time.

This made the three of them even more astonished. Could it be that there was something strange about this stone forest? Immediately, Mengchen activated his Supreme Bone technique, and golden Runes appeared in his eyes, shining brilliantly.

He looked out, golden light shooting from his eyes, and everything nearby was clearly captured in his vision.

This was a capability of his Supreme Bone technique, the Trace of Heavenly Dao, similar to the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, capable of discerning every detail of the surroundings and seeing through all illusions.

After a circular sweep, Mengchen finally discerned the reason for the ground's tremor: beneath a tall boulder ahead, there was a stone monster that had gained sentience.

The stone monster was massive, roughly over a hundred meters tall, and its entire body was hidden underground. At this moment, it seemed to be sleeping, and the reason for the ground's tremor was precisely due to its heartbeat and breathing.

After careful sensing, Mengchen determined the stone monster's cultivation was at the Great Perfection of the Rune Realm. Although its realm was higher than his, it was not enough to pose a threat to them.

Now, he had reached the middle stage of the Rune Realm, and the Undying Scripture Runes inscribed within his body gave Mengchen a feeling of being invincible below the Array Formation Realm. At the same time, he believed that even if he encountered a cultivator of the Array Formation Realm, he would certainly have the strength to fight.

Therefore, facing this stone monster at the Great Perfection of the Rune Realm ahead, Mengchen was not afraid in the slightest.

Afterwards, after informing the Tianhu girl and Heizi of what he had seen, he walked with them toward the location of the stone monster.

Having walked for so long, they had finally encountered a living creature; how could they not go up and inquire about what place this was?

As they gradually approached, the ground tremors became more and more frequent, and the magnitude of the shaking also continued to increase.

Suddenly, a strange rock towering into the sky ahead trembled violently. In the ground beneath it, a pair of scarlet blood-red pupils suddenly opened and brightened. Following this, a terrifying aura rapidly spread, whipping up a sky full of sand and stone, blurring their vision.

"Who dares to disturb my cultivation? Are you tired of living?" A dull, thick voice spread out.

Following that, the previously violently trembling rock shattered in an instant. With a "Boom!", a behemoth jumped out from underground into the high air and landed fiercely in front of the three of them, then used its two scarlet blood-red pupils to unleash a death stare at the three people before it.

Facing the stone monster's death stare, the three showed no fear.

Mengchen even stepped forward three paces and asked in a gentle tone: "Fellow Daoist, we have no ill intent. You need not look at us this way. We have come here to ask you: what place is this? Is it still the Huangyu?"

"Hmph! This is nowhere; it is the grave of ants like you! There is a path to Heaven, yet you do not take it; there is no gate to Hell, yet you break in. Die!" Upon hearing this, the stone monster did not say another word and immediately let out a cold shout.

Following that, its whole body was wrapped in black light with surging Runes, and it swung its massive stone arm to smash down.

"It seems you won't talk properly!"

Mengchen's expression became serious, and his whole body erupted with brilliant divine light, with faint red-gold patterns occasionally revealing themselves on his skin. In an instant, the Runes within his body flickered, divine radiance surging to the heavens. He raised his fist and struck out, intending to use the full power of the Rune Realm to clash head-on.

"Bang!!!"

The two fists collided, light waves exploded, and hundreds of strange rocks nearby shattered and collapsed, causing the heaven and earth here to shake violently.

"A tiny bald human, actually able to block my punch!" The stone monster was somewhat surprised. Its punch had at least nearly a million jin of force, yet it was blocked by a small, thin human youth.

"If you have the ability, take another punch from me!"

Immediately, its voice was cold and grim. It retracted its fist to gather strength, then smashed out another punch. The power of this punch was clearly a large margin stronger than the previous one.

"No... you have it backwards. It should be you taking a punch from me," Mengchen said with a slight upturn of his lips.

Following that, the red-gold light on his right arm flared brilliantly. The inscribed Undying Scripture Runes were pushed to the limit, and he threw a punch, causing the heaven and earth to tremble.

"Boom!"

The two fists collided again. The stone monster's massive stone fist and arm instantly cracked like glass, and the huge impact caused it to stagger and retreat several dozen meters.

In contrast, Mengchen looked completely relaxed, having received not the slightest influence or impact.

This scene left the Tianhu girl and Heizi looking shocked.

They had not expected that Mengchen, relying solely on his pure physical body, could repel a stone monster two minor realms higher than himself.

How formidable must this physical body be to have such a performance? Could this be the terrifying aspect of the Undying Scripture? Merely inscribing its Runes was already this frightening; if one were to truly cultivate it, wouldn't the physical body be even more terrifying...

"How is this possible!" The stone monster exclaimed loudly, its gaze toward Mengchen becoming fearful.

Hearing the stone monster's exclamation, Mengchen remained calm and unhurried, saying: "This is all your own doing. I said I had no ill intent and only wanted to ask what place this is, yet you insisted on attacking."

In truth, facing the performance just now, Mengchen himself was also very surprised.

Regarding the first strike, he had not expected that after inscribing the Undying Scripture Runes, his physical body would have such a terrifying boost. Merely activating a portion of the Undying Scripture Runes on his right arm had already produced such an astonishing performance. If all the Runes in his body were activated, wouldn't it be heaven-defying? He feared that even a cultivator of the Array Formation Realm might not be able to block his full-power punch!

Subsequently, Mengchen asked again: "Alright, can we talk properly now? Please tell me, what place is this? Is it still the Huangyu?"

Hearing this, the stone monster looked at its own cracked arm and fell into deep thought.

After this brief exchange, it had already begun to feel wary of the bald youth before it.

If they were to fight fully, the result would likely be more than it could bear, so it was better to send them away as soon as possible.

Thus, the stone monster's attitude changed drastically, its tone becoming easygoing as it said: "This is Shijieshan in the Huang Domain!"

"Huang Domain!"

Mengchen, the Tianhu girl, and Heizi were instantly shocked upon hearing this, not expecting that they had unknowingly walked out of the Huangyu.

"I wonder if you, fellow Daoist, might have a map of the Huang Domain?" Mengchen asked again.

Being in an unfamiliar place, continuing on would only result in bumping around like a headless fly; it would be better to get a map. At the very least, there would be no need to keep asking people everywhere like this.

The stone monster shook its head, then turned and pointed ahead, saying, "I do not have one, but one thousand li away, there is a city; there will certainly be the map you need there."

"Good! Then we shall not disturb you further, fellow Daoist."

Having said that, Mengchen and the other two walked toward the place the stone monster had pointed out.

Watching the three leave, the stone monster let out a sigh of relief, then hid itself back underground.

With a goal in mind, Mengchen and the other two spread their Kunpeng wings, and before long, they saw an extraordinarily massive city that seemed endless at a glance.

The Kunpeng Precious Technique would cause a sensation no matter where it appeared, so to avoid unnecessary trouble, they retracted their Kunpeng wings as they were about to arrive and chose to walk into the massive city on foot.

It is a bit late today; the first chapter is presented first, and I am going to prepare the second chapter immediately.

(End of this chapter)