Chapter 2226
by“You don’t need to worry about his safety. This old man won’t harm a hair on his head. It’s just that there is one thing that requires his strength.” The old man patiently explained to Gao Xueting. After speaking, he looked at the palace again and said, “Your several disciples are still inside. Although their souls don’t have much damage, they have after all suffered some shocks. It’s best to take them away from this place as soon as possible and let them rest well.”
“Thank you for the reminder, senior！” Gao Xueting said quickly.
“Hmm.” The old man nodded faintly, then turned his gaze to Yang Kai and said amiably, “Little friend, come with me！”
After saying that, he waved his hand, and Yang Kai immediately felt a gentle force wrap around him, involuntarily flying to the side of the old man. Then, following behind him, he quickly galloped in a certain direction.
Gao Xueting opened her mouth, as if she still wanted to say something, but where were the old man and Yang Kai in front of her eyes? They actually disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Gazing at the direction where the two disappeared, Gao Xueting’s beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Although she also knew that with the old man’s heaven-defying cultivation and strength, there was no need to lie to her at all. If the old man really had any hostility, he could crush her into powder with just a flick of a finger. But the fact that he took Yang Kai away so inexplicably still made Gao Xueting a little uneasy. She didn’t know what kind of power the old man wanted to borrow from Yang Kai and what kind of thing he was going to do.
After thinking for a while, she knew that she was powerless to solve this matter. She couldn’t even track the old man’s whereabouts. She could only go to the palace first, rescue Xia Sheng and the others, and then use a secret technique to send a message to Wen Zishan, asking him to find a way to take back the souls and spiritual bodies of the few people outside.
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All the way at full speed, the wind whistled in his ears, and the ground was quickly receding.
Yang Kai’s expression was solemn.
The old man beside him was the first Great Emperor-level powerhouse he had ever encountered！ Before this, he had only heard of the existence of Great Emperors and had never seen one with his own eyes.
Of course… Yang Yan might be a Great Emperor, but that was only a possibility.
However, even if Yang Yan was a Great Emperor, when she was with Yang Kai, her strength wasn’t very high. Only after she returned to the Star Boundary would her cultivation gradually recover.
He had never truly witnessed the means of a Great Emperor.
But today, he finally got to fulfill this long-cherished wish.
Granny You’s desperate strike at the Third-Order Emperor Senior Realm level was like a gentle breeze in front of this old man. It wasn’t worth mentioning.
And at this moment, as he was taking Yang Kai on the road, he was actually dozens of times faster than when Yang Kai used his Spatial Movement Technique to teleport…
Yang Kai couldn’t even observe the scenery of the places they passed through.
His heart was deeply shocked, and he finally understood the height of a Great Emperor, which was simply beyond the reach of ordinary martial artists.
Along the way, Yang Kai remained silent. He didn’t ask the old man what exactly he wanted him to do because even if he asked now, it would be meaningless. He would naturally find out when the time came.
Since the other party had no ill intentions, he naturally didn’t need to think about escaping. He just silently sensed the Emperor’s Will and Emperor’s Prestige emanating from the other party to temper his own will.
He didn’t speak, and the old man didn’t seem to have the intention of taking the initiative to speak either. He just buried his head and rushed on the road. From time to time, some complicated expressions would appear on his face.
Suddenly, after one day. The old man brought Yang Kai to a valley.
After arriving here, the old man slowed down.
Yang Kai looked around and found that the valley was obscured by a thick fog. Once inside, he couldn’t see his hand in front of him, and this thick fog was obviously not ordinary thick fog, because even with his spiritual sense probing into it, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, disappearing without a trace.
A moment later, the two landed on a flat ground in the valley.
The gentle force that had been wrapped up Yang Kai slowly dissipated.
After regaining his freedom, Yang Kai looked around.
Soon, he discovered that this place seemed to be the only area in the valley that was not shrouded in thick fog. The area was not large. As far as the eye could see, there was only a simple wooden house, and in front of the wooden house, there were twenty or thirty graves. In front of each grave, a wooden plaque was erected, engraved with the name of a person.
Yang Kai was shocked.
Although he knew that there must be no corpses in these graves, and perhaps there was nothing at all, when he saw these graves, he had a feeling that many earth-shattering big shots were lying here.
His gaze swept over those names one by one, but he didn’t recognize a single one.
Those names were written in a flamboyant style. Every stroke and every line of writing was like flowing clouds and running water implies the Heavenly Dao, making his heart tremble when he saw them.
“How may I address you, little friend？” The old man suddenly spoke up, looking at Yang Kai with a kind gaze and asking.
Yang Kai quickly clasped his fists and reported his name.
“So it’s Young Friend Yang. Nice to meet you！” The old man nodded slightly.
Yang Kai said solemnly, “Dare I ask senior’s respected name？”
The old man was silent for a moment and then said, “This old man is Tian Yan！”
Yang Kai saluted again with a serious expression.
After Tian Yan responded, he pointed to the dozens of graves in front and said, “Does Young Friend Yang know who these people are？”
Yang Kai said with a solemn expression, “Although I don’t recognize the name of any one of them, I know that these seniors must have all been some earth-shattering great figures, with peerless cultivation and extraordinary abilities.”
“Hehe…” Tian Yan smiled slightly. “That’s not a bad answer. Then do you know… how they died？”
Yang Kai shook his head blankly.
Actually, he was also thinking about this question at the moment. Tian Yan, such a peerless powerhouse, seemed to have been guarding this place all along, and that simple wooden house was obviously where Tian Yan usually meditated and rested.
For a cemetery to be guarded by an existence of the Great Emperor level like Tian Yan all the time, these dead powerhouses must not be nobodies.
But… since they are not nobodies, who could have killed them？ Could it be that Tian Yan did it himself？ Yang Kai didn’t think the old man looked like a bloodthirsty person either.
Tian Yan said, “A long time ago in this world, martial arts were also prosperous. Powerhouses at the Third-Order Emperor Senior Realm level emerged in an endless stream. Various sects and factions flourished, and a hundred schools of thought contended…”
He didn’t answer the previous question but suddenly recalled the past.
Yang Kai didn’t dare to interrupt him and quickly assumed a focused look to listen.
“In those days, this old man was only at the Third-Order Emperor Senior Realm, with the same cultivation level as that woman you met today,” Tian Yan continued. Yang Kai knew that he was referring to Granny You.
“Although this world is very different from the outside world, since it exists, it has its own trajectory and laws. Many powerhouses explored the path to greater strength under the trajectory and laws of the world’s power, seeking common ground while reserving differences. It could be considered a happy scene…” A look of reminiscence emerged in Tian Yan’s eyes.
Hearing this, Yang Kai suddenly had a not-so-good feeling and always felt that there would be a big turning point or something later.
Sure enough, Tian Yan added, “However, the appearance of one thing caused a great change in this world！”
“What thing?” Yang Kai asked in surprise. He really couldn’t think of what it could be that actually caused the entire world to change, and those powerhouses buried here were obviously also dead because of that thing.
In other words, that thing had the power to exterminate a world！
Tian Yan looked at him meaningfully and said unhurriedly, “A group of bugs！”
Yang Kai’s complexion changed, and the words that Yi Quan had said to him suddenly came to his mind. He couldn’t help but exclaim, “Soul-devouring Insects？”
When he was in the Heavenly Monster Mountain, Yi Quan had told Yang Kai that in the world of the Divine Wanderer Mirror, it had once almost suffered a disaster of destruction because of the Soul-devouring Insects. He had warned him that if he had the opportunity to enter the Divine Wanderer World next time, before he could completely control the Soul-devouring Insects, he must never bring them in, and when he left, he must never leave them here.
Yang Kai clearly remembered the serious expression and solemn tone when Yi Quan said these words.
Combined with Yi Quan’s words, Yang Kai suddenly realized what the thing in the old man’s mouth was.
“That’s right！” Tian Yan nodded seriously. “That group of insects, no one knows where they came from. At the beginning, they were very weak, and not many people paid attention to them. However, their characteristics and their restraint on this world made them quickly become stronger in the continuous killing and devouring. Wherever they passed, there was devastation and wailing everywhere. All the living beings with their own will were devoured by them, and no one could resist…”
“One family after another was wiped out, and one city after another was devoured. In just a few short years, their growth was unbelievable.” When Tian Yan said these words, a hint of haze flashed in his eyes. “By the time the powerhouses in this world realized that something was wrong, this group of insects had already grown to a level that no one could suppress！”
Yang Kai’s expression changed slightly.
As the master of the Soul Eater Insects and the possessor of such a batch of special insects, Yang Kai understood better than anyone else the restraint and lethality of the Soul Eater Insects to this world.
He himself had also envisaged that if given a certain amount of time, in this world, they would surely grow into beings that dominated everything.
However… this was just a imagine and Yang Kai didn’t know if it would really succeed if it was actually implemented. From Tian Yan’s mouth, Yang Kai learned that this assumption had really happened.
Even without experiencing that scene back then, Yang Kai could almost imagine the tragic scene. Wherever the Soul Eater Insects passed, there was a deathly silence, and there was no longer the breath of living beings.
“They were too powerful, and their restraint on the living beings in this world was too obvious. Moreover, they could continuously devour the souls of the strong to strengthen themselves and become stronger and stronger.” Tian Yan took a deep breath and continued, “So almost all the strong at that time united together, for themselves and for this world, and launched a life-and-death battle with the Soul Eater Insects！”
Yang Kai’s whole body was inexplicably filled with excitement. Although Tian Yan didn’t describe the scene of that battle, in front of his eyes, there seemed to be a spectacular scene of dozens of Emperor Venerable Realm powerhouses fearlessly facing death each displaying their magical powers and besieging the cloud of Soul Eater Insects.
That battle must have made the heavens and the earth lose their colors.
That battle must have made the sun and the moon lose their luster.
That battle was doomed… to be forgotten by the world.
Because after that battle… one after another, the powerful experts turned into empty tombs with only their respective names recorded on them!
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