Chapter 1176 - A Catastrophic Object, Evil in the Desert Palace (1/2)

When they saw the tragic scene of the person having mercury pour into his mouth, quite a number of people in the hall could not bear to continue watching the sight, so they turned their faces away.

Bi Xuan might have wanted to help, but when he thought about the possible dangers lurking in the moat, in the end, he did not take action. He could only watch his subordinate being drowned by mercury, and only a few bubbles were left.

The old zither player sighed in a lamenting manner and gave Bi Xuan a pitying look. “He is already dead. Martial Paragon, please don’t take this to heart.”

“I won’t let their deaths be in vain.” A hint of pain flashed in Bi Xuan’s eyes. He said, “It’s just a mercury moat. It’s a joke if whoever made this thinks he can use this to make me give up.”

“It’s good that you can turn your grief into fighting spirit, but there are many strange things about this moat. I believe that there are other peculiar things in it, and we might need to take some time to form a plan if we want to jump over the moat,” the old zither player suggested.

Before he finished speaking, Dongfang Bubai spoke with a cold huff, “If that’s the case, you can stay here and take your time to make your plans. We’ve been companions all this way, and I will be taking my leave first.”

Once he finished speaking, he flung his arms, and the people saw three embroidery needles fly out of Dongfang Bubai’s sleeves. They shot into the stone pillars by the sides.

The flying needles sank into the stone pillars quietly, and only three red threads connected them to Dongfang Bubai’s hands.

His expression remained the same. He brought out another three embroidery needles and threw them toward the golden palace.

The people’s gazes turned bright.

Dongfang Bubai’s Needle Tide, which was in Sunflower Manual, was different from the other normal hidden weapon methods. The qi required was gentle and could last longer. The flying needles were also light, so they could easily reach distances many hidden weapons could not. They could absolutely connect the hall with the palace across them.

However, while there were people who thought that Dongfang Bubai’s method was good, there were also people who had derision appear on their faces.

They had run into many traps and ingenious mechanisms along the way. Many of the elites in Myth Realm had died because of this. If Dongfang Bubai could pass through it safely with just a few threads, then the creator of the desert palace might seem to have made a toy, despite the fact that he had spent so much money creating this mercury moat.

Thousand-faced Human Fox bent his back and stood behind Happy. While he sent private messages to Happy, he watched Dongfang Bubai throw his flying needles over with narrowed eyes.

Just as he expected, something unexpected happened.

Once the flying needles passed by the mercury moat, they safely reached the palace across them.

However, just when the flying needles were about to pierce into the golden Qilins outside the palace, the flying needles shot through them in a bizarre fashion, as if they had landed on nothing.

“This is…”

“What’s going on?”

Even though they were far away, the group could still tell that the flying needles did not sink into the golden Qilins. Instead, they shot through as if they were not there.

Dongfang Bubai’s expression changed slightly.

He flicked his wrists, and the flying needles which had pierced through the golden Qilins shot back out of the Qilins’ bodies before they came back to Dongfang Bubai’s hands completely undamaged.

Boom!

The elites instantly burst into a ruckus.

The flying needles were not dragged back based on the trajectory they used to get there. Instead, they shot through another part of the golden Qilins and came back.

“They’re fake.”

“…”

This time, Dongfang Bubai was not the only one who understood. The other people in the hall also understood what was going on with the mercury moat.

Martial Paragon Bi Xuan took a step forward with a dark expression. While the others in the dao of paragon watched with contemplative expressions, he jumped to the air above the mercury moat.

Whoosh!

He jumped approximately 65 feet over the mercury moat.

Then, in a very profound manner, they returned to the hall like a swallow returning to its next.

At the instant he landed, the people in the hall could see that Bi Xuan’s expression had already turned really dark.

“How was it?”

“It’s fake, just as we expected! The palace is fake, and it’s just a mirage that is formed above the mercury river. Also, I couldn’t see a shore.” Bi Xuan practically hissed his answer when he heard the old zither player’s question. He confirmed the people’s judgment regarding the golden palace.

Right after he finished talking, the people’s faces turned pale.

They had been working for a long time, and after experiencing countless life and death situations, they finally survived Great Sky Force Formation, and yet, they ended up still being in the trap.

“How could this be?”