Chapter 511: Remains of Bonebrutes (1/2)

Chapter 511: Remains of Bonebrutes

Since members of the Dong Clan and the Water Moon Chamber of Commerce were right ahead, it wasn’t convenient for Nie Tian to take out all of the branches and put them in a formation.

After learning that they were as tough as metal and could even be used as weapons in battle, he put them away and went on to practice cultivation with fire-attributed materials.

Two hours passed...

Their Lightning Shuttle followed those from the Dong Clan and the Water Moon Chamber of Commerce to another floating continent, where Qi warriors from the Cao Clan, the Gu Clan, and the Pill Pavilion Sect were gathered.

Unlike the last one, this floating continent was smaller, and there didn’t seem to be any spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth on it.

Gu Haofeng from the Gu Clan rushed over to Dong Li the moment her Rainbow Lightning landed and said excitedly, “Come and see what we’ve found!”

Not a single blade of grass could be seen on the barren and open land.

After the Lightning Shuttle landed, Pei Qiqi and Nie Tian followed the others to the location where the other three forces from the Realm of a Hundred Battles were gathered.

It was a cluster of dilapidated buildings that seemed to have been home to Bonebrutes.

Most of the buildings, which were built with gray bones, had already collapsed, with only two of them still standing.

The remains of a number of Bonebrutes were scattered around. After what could be tens of thousands of years, the remains were already bereft of any energy. A mere touch would reduce them to ashes.

Gu Yue, Cai Zhaoji, and Zhong Pu were the three Profound realm experts from the Gu Clan, the Cao Clan, and the Pill Pavilion Sect. All of them were at the late Profound realm.

After everyone gathered to their location, their gazes landed on Pei Qiqi and Nie Tian.

Under their inquiring gazes, Dong Tuodi said lightly, “We saw people from the Poison Sect chasing after them, so we brought them here with us.”

“She is Master Zhen’s disciple,” Qin Yi explained.

Gu Yue and the other experts seemed to be aware of Qin Yi’s deep friendship with Zhen Huilan, and thus didn’t say anything as Qin Yi stated Pei Qiqi’s identity.

As for Nie Tian, since no one introduced him to them, they took it that he was a junior of the Tool Sect, and didn’t attach much importance to him.

All of the Worldly realm and Greater Heaven stage members of the Cao Clan, Gu Clan, and Pill Pavilion Sect also focused their curious gazes on Pei Qiqi. None of them paid any attention to Nie Tian.

Nie Tian was slightly worried as he noticed that Gu Han from the Gu Clan and Shen Zhong from the Pill Pavilion Sect were also among the crowd.

They had traveled together when they had gone to the Realm of Dark Underworld to explore the ‘Phantasm relic’. He was worried that these two Worldly realm experts would see through his disguise and ask him about the Spirit Pearl.

Cao Zhaoji led Dong Tuodi and Qin Yi as they went around the dilapidated buildings to a few gigantic footprints. Pointing at them, he said in a low voice, “Look at those footprints. They seem to belong to some kind of humongous beast.”

Out of curiosity, Nie Tian and the others also followed them over and saw the gigantic footprints.

Each of them were about six hundred square meters large. The footprints showed three toes, and the hard ground sank very deep at the toe areas.

“We’ve examined the remains of the Bonebrutes in the vicinity,” said Cao Zhaoji. “They seem to have been killed by whatever enormous beast left these footprints. It seems that this place used to be a Bonebrute settlement. A large beast suddenly charged into it and killed most of the residents.”

Gu Yue was the only female among the five Profound realm experts, and seemed to be in her forties. Eyebrows slightly furrowed, she said, “It’s a pity that, after so many years of erosion, the Bonebrutes’ remains have lost all of their energy and become useless. We’ve searched every inch of this place, and failed to discover any valuable tools or spiritual materials. And we couldn’t find the enormous beast that ravaged this settlement.”

Standing by Pei Qiqi, Nie Tian listened to the narration of the Profound realm experts, and reached his own opinion.

He believed that the incident had taken place during the ‘final war’, where a large creature from the bottom continent rushed into this Bonebrute settlement, causing the deaths of many Bonebrute residents.

After the incident, the survivors packed all of their valuables and left this place.

It was only natural that Dong Tuodi and Qin Yi, who had just come, would want to conduct their own search.

After hearing Cao Zhaoji and Gu Yue’s analysis, they nodded appreciatively and split up to conduct a thorough search of this floating continent.

Many members of the Dong Clan and the Water Moon Chamber of Commerce also spread out to search in different areas.

Since those from the Cao Clan, the Gu Clan, and the Pill Pavilion Sect had already searched every corner of this floating continent and found nothing, some members stayed put.

Nie Tian and Pei Qiqi also stayed in place instead of going search with the others.

In Nie Tian’s eyes, if there actually were any secrets in this place, he would be in no position to uncover them.

Cao Zhaoji, Gu Yue, and Zhong Pu, three Profound realm experts, had already conducted a thorough search of this continent. Now, Dong Tuodi and Qin Yi were doing their own search to be sure. How would he be able to compete with these five?

Dong Li suddenly came over and said to Nie Tian, “Walk with me, Mu Han. I’ve got something to show you.”

With these words, she walked away, beckoning for Nie Tian to follow her.

“Umm, okay.” Completely confused, Nie Tian followed her away.

Off to the side, Qin Yan shot a glance at Pei Qiqi and asked with a faint smile, “Aren’t you going with them?”

Still expressionless, Pei Qiqi didn’t show the slightest interest in talking.