156 Wastelands Wall 2 (1/2)
Li Yang's group of three people and one wolf quickly made their way through the ruined city by following the chubby man's directions. They also used the symbols that the various groups that entered the ruins left behind, they kept track of where there had already been groups as well as where there were signs of active Deathcloud Warriors.
The group stopped for a few seconds when they reached the spot where Li Yang encountered the people from the Shadow Emperor sect, their gazes moving between Li Yang and the bloody smudge on the wall that was still dripping as they looked at it. Faced with their questioning gazes, Li Yang could only shrug his shoulders in defense.
”Forgot how squishy they were.”
Zhao Feng tried, and then quickly failed, to hold back a small laughter when he heard Li Yang's shoddy defense. Fang Ying simply gave a nod of her head and removed her eyes from the bloodstain, the group quickly continuing their journey.
They moved slowly during the first day, but after not seeing even the smallest sign of any Deathcloud Warriors they decided to pick up their pace a bit. Their speed was quite a bit faster than that of the groups that usually entered these ruins so rather than spend the usual two weeks, they managed to leave the ruins only four days after they encountered the chubby man's group.
The area beyond the ruins looked much the same as it did on the side where they first appeared, a barren wasteland covered with cracks due to how brittle the earth was. A road went from the ruins and cut a straight path through the barren wasteland, leading to a distant city surrounded by a massive stone wall.
It was as if a deity had drawn a line in the earth a few steps away from the city, the barren wasteland simply ended and gave way to fresh grass and tall trees. There were even some trees that stood on both sides of the invisible border, one half long withered while the other half was still growing strong.
The faded yellow wall surrounding the city had four surprisingly small gates carved into its front, each gate was only about two meters tall and one meter wide. The wall was about 200 meters high, so the gates looked like no more than ants, especially since Li Yang and the others were still rather far away from the city.
The group quickly followed the road and headed for the city, curiously inspecting the wasteland around them, a few faint tremors running through the ground. Over the last four days, they had started to feel what the chubby man was talking about, it felt like the wasteland itself was slowly sapping away their strength. It seemed like he hadn't been exaggerating when he said that any life would wither away within at most three months in the wasteland.
They quickly approached the city, Li Yang honestly feeling somewhat disappointed that they hadn't gotten to see a single Deathcloud Warrior. They managed to spot several thousand guards stationed on top of the wall as they got closer, the guards seemed to be divided into three different groups, with two of those groups wearing the robes of the Shadow Emperor sect and the Earth Rendering Empire.
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The last group wore robes that were a strange half white and half black, with a small touch of golden, the different colors on the robe forming the image of a cloud and sun torn in two. Since the two other groups were identified, Li Yang and the others guessed that this group belonged to the third great faction in this universe, the Heaven Devastator sect.
The group reached the gates to the city after walking for a few hours, a guard opening the door from the inside after receiving the clear from the guards atop the wall. One didn't have to go through a lengthy process to enter the city, you just had to be alive and then the gates would be opened for you. They walked through the small gates one by one and entered the city, the armor-clad guard that opened the gate closing it behind them again. He, strangely enough, didn't use an array to lock the door, he used a normal lock as well as a wooden beam to bar the gate.
The city that stretched out in front of them after they walked through the gate looked almost like a puzzle that had been taken apart. All the buildings were completely square in shape, and although the buildings closer to the center of the city were larger than most, all the buildings looked like they could be stacked together to form a single massive fortress.