Chapter 568 - Destruction of the Great City (2/2)
However, she was much smarter than Zhang Fan. She had already noted down all the sword techniques and compiled them into a sword scripture, so she could study them progressively later and use the special laws of heaven and earth in the Sage Battlefield to improve her Qi cultivation. That was the priority.
A long time had pa.s.sed and she was worried about Ding Hao’s safety every day.
It was hard to imagine the dangers in the ancient westbound road.
Over the past few days, many masters had retreated from the city, bringing with them shocking news.
The great geniuses of the past were all killed like mere weeds.
Many sects had been completely annihilated, including several supreme masters in the Demon Royal level. Some of the masters who had barely escaped were also covered in wounds. They would tremble with fear at the mention of the words ‘ancient westbound road’.
If Ding Hao had not warned her and Zhang Fan again and again about not entering the ancient westbound road, maybe she would have entered it without hesitation to find him.
Day after day of waiting was like tens of millions of years of torment.
If it hadn’t been for the tedious and complicated cultivation, Li Yiruo would really have gone crazy.
Every day, she would stand at the peak of the Sword Tower to gaze in the direction of the ancient westbound road. That was the most expected and tormenting moment for her.
Every day after dusk, she would be looking in that direction, hoping that under the golden sunlight, the figure would slowly walk out of the ancient road with a smile on his face. Unfortunately, she was disappointed every day. She watched how the sun set and darkness engulfed the earth, but there had been no miracle.
It was the final day of the Sage Battlefield.
She wondered whether Senior Brother Hao had finished his journey on the ancient westbound road, found the mysterious ruins, and the divine materials and precious medicines for refining the Mysterious Elixir of Magic Horns.
Li Yiruo sunk in thought.
Unknowingly, the sun was about to set, leaving only half of it hanging in the sky.
“This is the last day. Brother Hao, why haven’t you come back?” Li Yiruo was anxious.
Right at this moment…
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
After a series of loud bangs, heaven and earth started shaking, and the magnificent Highest Heaven began to tremble.
Buildings after buildings began to collapse under the violent shaking. The ground cracked open and revealed the heaven below. Countless people ran out of the buildings in a panic…
“What’s going on?”
Li Yiruo looked bewildered.
It shouldn’t be like this, even if the time for leaving the Sage Battlefield was up.
The great city of the Highest Heaven had existed in this world for ages, and the Sage Battlefield had opened and closed countless times. If every time it rocked this violently, the huge city would have been destroyed long before.
Time went by, but this violent shaking did not stop. On the contrary, it was getting more and more intense.
Buildings kept falling in the distance.
Even the Eight Forbidden Lands nearby showed signs of collapse, and the Seventh Heaven was in chaos.
“Oh no, teacher Ximen…” Li Yiruo’s face changed, and she immediately rushed to the second floor of the Sword Tower. She entered the bedroom; Ximen Qianxue, who was lying in bed, frowned slightly. She seemed to have noticed the change.
“We must leave this place!” Li Yiruo packed up the things in the room as quickly as she could, and then rushed downstairs with Ximen Qianxue in her arms.
“What is happening?”
“Fairy Li, the Heaven Sabre – Peerless Sword Tower is about to collapse. We must get out of here as soon as possible!”
On the first floor of the Sword Tower, Tian Neng, Ai Qing, and the others had already packed up everything.
Zhang Fan rushed out of the Saber Tower with his Triumph Saber. They ran out of the Heaven Sabre – Peerless Sword Tower together. Right at that moment, a light s.h.i.+eld above their heads was shattered. This strong outermost cover that had guarded the Highest Heaven for tens of thousands of years had finally been broken. The cold air came toward them, and snowflakes poured in through the crack of the protective cover.
At the same time, the ground under their feet had completely collapsed. Pieces of the ground had fallen to the heaven below them.
“Let’s get out of here…!” Zhang Fan shouted. He waved his Triumph Saber; the saber light acted as a s.h.i.+eld, blocking the countless ma.s.sive stones.
In the distance, a figure flashed over. It was Shen Buhui.
“This place is about to be destroyed. The entire Highest Heaven is collapsing; this ancient city is finished…” Shen Buhui shrieked as he carried a large bag on his back. “Everything below the Sixth Heaven has been destroyed. I’m here to warn you all to not pa.s.s through the central transmission door and leave directly through the sky!”
It was out of everyone’s expectations.
Everything happened too quickly. In the blink of an eye, a great city which had existed for tens of thousands of years and withstood countless attacks, fell apart.
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