913 Abnormalities of the Third Eye (1/2)
The nine-headed phoenix flew off the ship, and with its wings stretched through the sky, it protected the whole ship and withstood this blow head-on. It was Qi Xiayu channeling her magic power from the Primordial Realm, saving them.
Everyone who had flown upwards on the ship bumped into the wings of the nine-headed phoenix, which were extremely soft and gentle, and thus they didn't get injured from the fall.
The pulses from the Heaven Bell were getting stronger, and the phoenix ship was now flying unsteadily, barging ahead through the Blood Rust Zone.
The ship brushed past pieces of land, even crashing against the destroyed stars and into a piece of land. On the ancient broken pieces of land in the Blood Rust Zone, the prehistoric ruins suddenly lit up, and rays of light shone brilliantly. Then, a sight that caused everyone's scalp to turn numb emerged before their eyes.
On the countless lands, within the innumerous ruins, rays of light burst out, and apparitions of terrifying ancient gods appeared and floated up from within those lands!
The length of the Blood Rust Zone was shocking, and it was entirely filled with dark red bodies of stars and broken land. Yet, at this moment, it was dotted with bright lights that lit up the whole stretch.
The apparition of the nine-headed phoenix was trying its best to control the phoenix ship and navigate through the area while avoiding the oncoming terrifying attacks. From the beak of one of the phoenix's heads came Qi Xiayu's angry voice. ”The Blood Rust Zone is dangerous beyond measure! In the celestial heavens, it's even considered a restricted area! Who caused this huge problem?”
The more than six thousand gods onboard the ship all turned in unison to look towards Qin Mu. They raised their hands one by one and pointed at him.
Yan'er also lifted a wing to point at Qin Mu.
The dragon qilin hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he didn't point at Qin Mu.
However, the tiny Earth Count walked out of his ear-hole to raise a hand and point at Qin Mu. With a solemn expression, he mooed.
The dragon qilin hurriedly shushed him. ”You can't speak nonsense. The spirit pills are all forged by Cult Master. If you point nonsensically, Cult Master won't feed you.”
The tiny Earth Count put down his hand, turning around and walking back into the ear-hole with a lowered head, looking as though he had done something wrong.
Qin Mu instantly felt like he had just been isolated. He stood there without a change in expression, but he felt uneasy in his heart, fearing that he would be thrown out of the ship by the enraged crowd.
”Celestial Venerable Mu, I will only help you out this once. Don't expect me to save you again next time!”
The nine-headed phoenix apparition pushed the phoenix ship to its limits. However, the Blood Rust Zone was now like a pot of porridge that was spilling over, and from within the innumerous imposing rays of light emerged gods and devils of various shapes and sizes that bore some resemblance to the ancient gods. They all reached their hands out, nearly making the Blood Rust Zone overflow as they grabbed towards the phoenix ship!
The people on the ship all looked for something that they could hold on to so that they wouldn't be thrown off of the phoenix ship that was now tossing and turning about.
The apparition of the nine-headed phoenix controlled the ship to weave through at high speeds. However, the Blood Rust Zone was a long stretch where the starry sky extended endlessly, so it was unable to fly out of the area in a short period.
Also, the figures in mid-air above the sacrificial altars on the lands were disrupting the Blood Rust Zone. They had alarmed more sacrificial altars in the ruins up ahead, so there were more and more ancient god spirit bodies flying towards them from the front.
These ancient god spirit bodies could be considered to have remarkable abilities. The various divine arts they were executing were exactly the Great Dao divine arts of the ancient gods, which were extremely powerful.
If it was a one-on-one match, Qi Xiayu would be fearless even if she was controlling the phoenix ship from the Primordial Realm. However, there were simply too many ancient god spirit bodies for her to handle.
She could only drive the phoenix ship with all her might, narrowly avoiding the attacks from these massive spirit bodies and doing all she could to protect the safety of all those on board and escape this area.
The phoenix ship weaved upwards and downwards, and when it was really unable to dodge in time, it would shrink in size to take the ancient god spirit bodies head-on, traveling through the spirit bodies in an act of incomparable courage.
It was just that every collision that occurred caused Qi Xiayu to weaken a little. After all, she didn't come here personally. Controlling the phoenix ship from the Primordial Realm made it difficult for her to react accordingly, and her magic power was also a little weakened. The apparition of the nine-headed phoenix was becoming fainter and fainter.
Finally, when her magic power was almost exhausted, the phoenix ship had, at long last, managed to fly out of that terrifying stretch of the Blood Rust Zone. Everyone on the ship let out sighs of relief.
The apparition of the nine-headed phoenix had almost completely vanished. Evidently, in this attempt to save everyone, Qi Xiayu had used up a lot of energy, and she was greatly exhausted.
”Send him to the celestial heavens, but just dump him before the Southern Heavenly Gate. Then, immediately drive the ship back to me and don't ever let me see him again!” The nine-headed phoenix left this message behind before automatically dissipating.
Qin Mu remained silent with bitterness.
Qi Jiuyi glanced at him. ”Cult Master Qin, I warned you that the Blood Rust Zone was incredibly dangerous, but you didn't believe me. This is a restricted zone. Even existences at the Emperor's Throne Realm won't step in here carelessly, much less, people like us. Men, come and help Cult Master Qin into the hold of the ship to let him rest!”
Several gods came forward. Two of them propped Qin Mu up on both sides, while the others followed behind, escorting Qin Mu into the hold of the ship.
Qi Jiuyi was still uneasy. Worried that he would run out, he ordered his men to apply several layers of seals, saying, ”Cult Master Qin, there are still some dangerous ruins along the way. Just be patient for a few more days. When we reach the celestial heavens, I'll let you out.”
Yan'er asked curiously, ”There are still dangerous areas along the way? How dangerous compared to the Blood Rust Zone?”
Qi Jiuyi replied, ”No less dangerous than here. If we continue ahead for another two days, we will reach the place where Light Emperor fell. Light Emperor died in battle there, so it's extremely dangerous, even surpassing this place.”
Yan'er replied in a serious tone, ”The gods under you won't be able to trap Young Master. Young Master is proficient in all sorts of skills meant for breaking restrictions. Even though the cultivation of the gods under you are higher than his, he can still easily break through the seals that you have put in place. I will have to be the one who seals him, only then will he be unable to break through them.”
With that, she added layers of seals onto the door of the hold to prevent Qin Mu from escaping and causing trouble again.
From within the hold came Qin Mu's upset and angry voice. ”Sister Yan'er, you are mutinous!”
The dragon qilin hurriedly said, ”Cult Master, Sister Yan'er is also doing this for your own good. She is just trying to prevent you from getting into trouble again. Next time, Red Deity won't save us, and at that time, we'll really die!”
Qin Mu raged, saying, ”Fatty Dragon, you are mutinous too. During New Years, I will kill you and make a meal out of you!”
The phoenix ship increased its speed and traveled on.
In the hold of the ship, Qin Mu took out the piece of red creation divine stone. He had yet to carefully inspect this precious treasure after obtaining it.
This creation divine stone wasn't big in size and was likely a broken piece from a complete creation divine stone. Wei Suifeng most likely obtained this treasure after searching through the ruins of the Blood Rust Zone.
Wei Suifeng knew of many secrets. This big senior brother had truly gone through great pains while trying to fulfill the criteria of gaining merits. Therefore, him leaving this piece of the creation divine stone for Qin Mu must have some deep meaning behind it.
Qin Mu placed the creation divine stone at the heart of his brows. He cleared his heart and mind of thoughts, and his consciousness surged towards it. At this very moment, something strange occurred!
The small bump at the heart of his brows suddenly moved abnormally, and a terrifying energy surged through and swept up all of his qi and blood, pushing them towards the heart of his brows!
Qin Mu was startled, and his face turned extremely pale all of a sudden. All of the blood in his body was surging towards the heart of his brows, and in a split second, his entire being became emaciated, and he resembled a shriveled corpse with bones wrapped in skin!
”Crap!”