Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Five – This Is … … (2/2)

“Yes.”

———

Zuo Mo looked in front of him at the sky that seemed to be dyed with blood and suddenly had a bad feeling. Gongsun Cha, Xie Shan, and the others also had serious expressions. Anyone could see that something wasn’t right.

“This isn’t Buddhist Flower Jie!” Zuo Mo said darkly.

Sky Water Jie didn’t have a transportation formation connected directly to Cloud Sea Jie, so they had to first arrive in Buddhist Flower Jie. There was a clear description of Buddhist Flower Jie in Zuo Mo’s jie map. Buddhist Flower Jie’s seasons were all like spring, and the climate was mild.

But what was in front of them … …

The air was filled with a stern killing energy. The sky was tinted with a strange red. Nothing grew on the soil beneath their feet.

Zuo Mo reacted the quickest. He looked below him and his expression changed. “Not good, someone did something to the transportation formation!” The transportation formation under their feet was damaged and incomplete. It clearly had been many years since someone had used it. Many places had been worn away.

Everyone’s expression changed. Travelling among the jie, this was the most frightening scenario. If they suddenly landed in a strange and barren jie, there usually would be one ending, being trapped there until they died.

“Pu, do you know where this is?” Zuo Mo held one last thread of hope in his heart.

“No. You have to be careful. This place … … isn’t right!” Pu Yao’s voice held a rare gravity. Zuo Mo’s heart continuously sank.

Damn it! Without any thought, Zuo Mo could generally guess who had done this. However, there was no meaning in determining who had been working from the shadows at the moment.

Zuo Mo couldn’t help but be nervous as it was the first time he had landed in a situation like this. In the past, no matter if it was Little Mountain Jie or Sky Water Jie, he had never been so nervous no matter how terrible the situation was. He didn’t know what was up ahead. Were there people? Were there dangers?

He didn’t know anything.

Ignorance was the terror in the deepest part of his heart.

Nervousness and insecurity spread among the people. Zuo Mo forced himself to calm down. He knew he couldn’t panic right now. He inhaled deeply and tried to make his voice calmer. “We will go forward. Everyone, prepare to battle at any time.”

Zuo Mo’s efforts were not wasted. Everyone saw that he kept his composure, and it was as though they found their spines. Their restlessness instantly disappeared greatly. At this time, Shu Long and Gongsun Cha also reacted, and quickly calmed down.

The troop methodically started to move. The five slave transporting boats rose into the sky again and started to fly forward.

As they kept on flying, everyone’s expressions became even heavier.

Desolate, a desolation that made everyone feel hopeless. After flying more than a hundred li, they hadn’t seen anything that was living. The ground was burnt black but held a hint of blood red. There was nothing growing. All the mountain peaks were bare and free of any life.

Zuo Mo’s mind suddenly moved. He channelled his ling power, and his expression changed again. He turned and said to Gongsun Cha, “Get them to save their ling power, the ling energy here is too thin.”

Hearing this, Gongsun Cha’s expression shifted slightly. He knew what this meant. The Vermillion Bird Camp xiuzhe that had spread out quickly came back to the slave transporting boats.

Now that the situation was so terrible, Zuo Mo actually completely calmed down. He said to Shu Long, “You try. See what effects this place has on you guys.”

Shu Long hurried to activate his mo skill. He quickly had a joyful expression. “Daren, this place is very suitable for us to use mo skills, it almost … … almost … …” He didn’t know how to explain it.

“The black fiendish energy here is very heavy,” Pu Yao opened again, “and it has benefits for Shu Long and the others.”

“Black fiendish energy?” Zuo Mo ‘s mind moved.

“En, a type of special fiendish energy. They mostly appear on battlefields. This place is probably an old battle field. However… …” Pu Yao suddenly stopped.

“However what?” Zuo Mo asked impatiently.

“Such strong black fiendish energy means two things. One is that this place should have been a battlefield in the past, a battlefield that is very vast, and was the site of colossal battles. The other is time. It will take a long time to create such thick black fiendish energy.”

“How long?”

“Over ten thousand years!”

Hiss, Zuo Mo uncontrollably inhaled.

Ten thousand years … …

“An ancient battlefield from ten thousand years ago … …” Zuo Mo murmured to himself. The desolate scene in front of him became even more vast and desolate! Xie Shan and Shu Long beside him changed expression upon hearing this. Xie Shan even gave an expression of disbelief.

“But … …” Pu Yao stopped in his words.

“But what?” Zuo Mo suddenly shook and blurted.

“If this really is a battlefield, then a world-shaking and great battle was fought here. Such significant battles can be counted on the fingers. It is impossible that I do not know it!” Pu Yao said gravely, “But this place doesn’t match the descriptions of any battlefield that I know of.”

Zuo Mo’s face was ashen white upon hearing this. Coldness crept up his heart, and his limbs.

Translator Ramblings: Zuo Mo falls prey to his ignorance and a whole new unexplored map is in front of him now. This is the end of the transitory arc in Sky Water Jie.You can also consider this little arc the conclusion to the major one before this and see it as a showcase for what Zuo Mo and the others have accomplished. But he’s had too much of a smooth sailing after killing Clear Sky Old Forefather and a (major) setback is a good thing to cut Zuo Mo down to size. He fell prey to his ignorance about formations and his lack of understanding of his enemies.

Also, Lil’ Cliffy is back!