Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 767 - 217: Deities Who Eat Humans! An Eighth-Rank True God of the Heavenly Court’s Department of Thunder, Tiger Immortal Officer! (10,000 words. Subscription requested)_1
But having taken only a few steps towards Wuxia Mountain, Fan Wu’s shoes had completely disintegrated. For the average person with tender soles, even a light brush against the grass, sharp as blades, could easily lead to severe bleeding; one might fear their very footpads would be sliced off.
However, when Fan Wu’s feet came into contact with these blade-like weeds, they remained completely unharmed.
The strange grass didn’t cause Fan Wu any pain, he didn’t even feel a tickle.
Compared to his physical body, the potency of what were considered weeds here was simply too low!
And so, Fan Wu strode firmly deeper into Wuxia Mountain with each step.
He left Yun Jiuqing and the others behind, exchanging glances where they stood.
They, too, wanted to follow, but venturing blindly into this area invited certain injury at the least.
They could perhaps rely on the power of talismans to temporarily make their bodies invulnerable to knives and spears, but talismans were ultimately consumable items.
Yun Jiuqing and his companions didn’t know how long they would need to stay if they ventured in. If their stay required only a few sticks of incense, then the talismans they had prepared should suffice, barring any unforeseen incidents.
But if something unexpected happened, and they ended up staying longer than a few incense sticks’ time, then things would become troublesome—how to exit would be a problem they couldn’t solve.
Besides, in this area overgrown with wild grass and strewn with fallen branches, bringing the Destiny Coffin was impossible.
It was equally impossible to lead in Old Blue Ox.
If they left the Destiny Coffin and Old Blue Ox behind, what would they do in case of danger?
No need to mention the Destiny Coffin; Daoist Priest Fan seemed to attach great importance to Old Blue Ox. If something happened to Old Blue Ox, they couldn’t guarantee that Daoist Priest Fan wouldn’t be angry.
After much consideration, they decided to stay and wait for Daoist Fan Wu to come out.
This was indeed the best course of action.
Watching Fan Wu’s figure grow distant, Liu Feng crouched down curiously and carefully plucked a blade of wild grass, then used it to gently slice his robe.
Ripping sound—
"Hiss!!" Liu Feng couldn’t help drawing a sharp breath as he found the edge of the grass blade to be even sharper than a typical knife.
"If someone knew of the magic in this place and wasn’t afraid of being eaten by that Mountain King, one could pick these wild grasses and sell them as blades to make a fortune," said Yun Jiuqing, lightening the mood around them.
Make a fortune with this? Liu Feng regarded the grass leaf in his hand curiously. Thinking it over, there really might be people who needed such things! If there truly were blades so soft yet so sharp, just selling them to those in the martial world could bring in significant profit.
After all, many in the martial world needed such inconspicuous hidden weapons.
But how did the conversation drift to this?
"I think we may need to distance ourselves from this place," Xing Fengzi eventually steered the conversation back to the main issue: "If... that man-eating entity is truly formidable, the closer we get to Wuxia Mountain, the greater the impact of the aftershocks we’ll face."
This statement made Liu Feng and Yun Jiuqing involuntarily shiver in unison.
Clearly... both remembered incidents where they were almost hit by the aftershocks of Daoist Priest Fan’s battles with other terrifying entities and barely escaped with their lives.
...
Meanwhile.
Wuxia Mountain.
In its depths.
Though it was still broad daylight, deep within Wuxia Mountain, the atmosphere was as gloomy and sinister as night. Occasional breezes whispered through the treetops with a rustling sound that did not resemble the friction between leaves, but rather the clattering of bones against each other.
If... someone looked up at the trees, they would be shocked to find skeletons hanging from them!
The vast majority were human skeletons, with only a few belonging to livestock.
This view was truly horrifying!
If someone of faint heart witnessed such a scene, they would certainly be scared sick.
"Great King, in two days it will be the night of the full moon. Which county town shall we plunder this time?" In the depths of Wuxia Mountain, a fawning voice echoed from a massive cave.
The one who spoke those words was none other than an aggrieved evil spirit!
Yet this spirit behaved in an utterly servile manner, its tone excessively obsequious, and even its posture was that of kneeling on both knees.
Just like a lowly servant, it resembled a hound groveling on the ground, wagging its tail incessantly.
"Hah! Let it be Wuxia County! The Great King has not had his fill there for quite some time," responded a voice filled with authority: "Having not indulged in Wuxia County for such a long while, the people there may have forgotten the fame of their king."
After issuing this statement, the creature laughed wildly: "Hahaha! I still remember the so-called Holy Fire Guards were from Wuxia County."
