Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 599 - 050 Desperate Heaven Abyss

In just a moment, the calm space twisted, and a pitiful figure fled from the vortex of the void, their face filled with fear.

Several people had previously entered that space, but now only one remained.

Moreover, the clothes of this black-clad person were mostly torn, revealing a pale, shriveled face akin to the bark of an ancient tree; their black hair had turned completely white.

Filled with a sense of aging and impending doom.

Everyone who entered the space before, though not overflowing with vitality, was brimming with Blood Qi, quite unlike the near-death appearance of the old man now exuding a sense of decline and demise.

It was as if their vitality and lifespan had been stripped away.

Mysterious and terrifying!

The figure glanced behind them, eyes filled with fear, not daring to linger any longer. Dragging their broken body, they fled into the distance, leaving the eerie area shrouded in mist to slowly close and heal as if nothing had ever happened...

...

Liangzhou,

Located in the region north of the Northern Domain, where Spiritual Qi is relatively scarce compared to the rest of the Northern Domain; the land's resources are also lacking. In winter, the climate becomes extremely cold and dry, coupled with poor soil yield, making Liangzhou the most desolate continent within the Northern Domain.

The harsh natural environment has made the local customs extremely robust.

Surviving the desolate desert and frigid tundra plains, naturally they would not be easily provoked.

In previous years, prominent figures in the Northern Domain's Cultivation Realm often included momentarily famous individuals born locally in Liangzhou.

Though Liangzhou is remote with scant Spiritual Qi resources,

it is not entirely desolate. Some special areas with unique outputs still attract many Martial Artists to explore and seize opportunities for breakthroughs.

For instance,

to the west of Liangzhou lies the vast Western Wilderness Desert, an enormous region. Even a Cultivator in the Void Realm would take an epic effort of ten days to half a month to penetrate its depths.

Ordinary Low Tier Martial Artists, unprepared, would face not only the dangers within the desert but the crisis of dehydration sufficient to kill.

Moreover, within this untamed desert, myriad lethal sand scorpions and bone-eating ants emerge endlessly, along with powerful and sly Sand Beasts that rely on the desert's underground freshwater or the oases to attack and hunt any beings daring to traverse their territory.

In the sandstorm that fills the skies, there are also elusive sand bandits, extremely dangerous.

This is a cruel world of survival of the fittest, where the weak are prey to the strong!

The resources produced in the Western Wilderness Desert are not many, and coupled with the numerous dangers within, one would expect few Martial Artists, apart from the local residents, to venture into such a barren area.

However,

the Western Wilderness Desert is different. Many Loose Cultivator Martial Artists adventure here year-round, and Martial Artists from neighboring continents also come here seeking opportunities.

It could even be said that the Western Wilderness Desert is practically the only area into which Martial Artists from nearby continents would expend great effort to venture.

Because,

within the depths of the Western Wilderness Desert lies a very famous Secret Realm—Desperate Heaven Abyss!

It's a massive black chasm, stretching hundreds to thousands of kilometers across the desert, like a great, torn scar on the earth.

Pitch-black darkness extends from the crack, engulfing everything within, even seemingly swallowing the Divine Soul.

The reason Desperate Heaven Abyss is the most renowned Secret Realm within Liangzhou is not due to its bizarre and strange appearance.

On this astronomical Heaven Abyss crack, at certain unique points, one can jump into a very special Secret Realm.

This special Secret Realm is exceptionally vast.

The Martial Artists of the Cultivation Realm have been developing it for countless years but have yet to fully explore its entirety.

Moreover, the abundant output from within sustains almost half of the Cultivation Realm in Liangzhou!

Desperate Celestial Essence, that is an exceedingly mysterious world.

For in that area, flight is forbidden.

Once within the realm of Desperate Heaven Abyss, everyone, whether in the Sea of Qi Realm or the Celestial Human Realm, experiences a wondrous restriction that strips them of their ability to fly. Those who dare to forcibly fly are consumed by the Abyss.

According to legend,

once a Celestial Being of immense power, passing by Liangzhou, took an interest in this place and intended to explore.

However, due to the pride befitting a celestial lord, the Celestial Being forced their way over Desperate Heaven Abyss, and everyone present witnessed the Desperate Celestial Essence producing a vast, overwhelming pull. The enormous pitch-black chasm engulfed the celestial lord in one gulp.

After that, there was no further news of the celestial lord!

For many years, Desperate Heaven Abyss has stood in the Western Wilderness Desert. Martial Artists frequently risk their lives testing the edge of death, only to be consumed by the abyss, leaving no trace.

Flight in Desperate Heaven Abyss has become a taboo.

As for the origin of Desperate Heaven Abyss, it's rumored to have formed during a primeval collapse in the sky, with meteors creating the abyss, and the rift leading to the Secret Realm named Meteor Celestial Mansion.

Of course, this is merely the legend passed down among people; the truth remains unknown to anyone.

"This trade route almost cuts through eight hundred miles of wind and sand with no supplies, and we must guard against worms beneath the desert and elusive sand bandits; these aren't even the worst. If you encounter a swarm of desert man-eating ants, there's no path in heaven or earth to escape..."

On the desolate desert trade route, a long caravan crawled like ants across the vast desert.

The entire caravan consisted of hundreds of people.

The sand camel beasts in the convoy, each like a small hill, formed a line of eighteen, creating a great sense of oppression standing before people.

Yet even such a large convoy in ordinary places felt insignificant as ants before this desolate, endless, sand-drifting desert.

Within the convoy, seasoned old Mercenaries sat on camel beasts drinking heavily, boasting to the tender young faces in the team about their past experiences.

With that old Mercenary's boasting, the young Mercenaries before him looked tense one moment and relieved the next, clearly novices barely out of their nest.

"Old Liang, fooled them into sharing drinks again? Haha, young ones, don't be deceived by that old trickster; if danger arrives, he'll be the first to run!"

"Get out, get out, what kind of bird droppings dare to mock me!"

In the convoy, teasing and laughter mingled,

this was one of the few entertainments for the men traveling the desert in this barren land.