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With that, he opened up the small world and released the Divine Martial Sect's Young Master and old servant. At the same time, he also returned the divine weapons that he had plundered.
After another round of thanks, Lei Ao was left alone in the forest sipping his tea.
Old Wolf and the Celestial Worm Grandmaster had wandered off somewhere. Lei Ao was bored, so he went to find Liu Yun and ask him about the movements of the other sects in the Divine Origin Realm.
Logically speaking, each of them should've been nervous if they had lost a Polar Divine Weapon, but they still hadn't contacted each other. This caused Lei to be extremely puzzled.
"Lei Ao, wait a moment. Put all these to the side first, and then fly towards the south. Since we're too far away, I'll have the Underworld Gate give you guidance along the way. Hurry and go."
Liu Yun's anxious voice caught Lei Ao's attention. "Did something happen? What's in the south? "
"Hurry, let's hurry as we speak. We won't make it if we're late."
"Alright then." Lei Ao wanted to go find the old wolf and the Sky Worm Grandmaster, but he didn't expect that they would also receive the news about the Underworld Gate and return early. The three of them then flew at full speed towards the south.
Flowing Cloud's voice was heavy as he said, "Listen to Lei Ao. The Floating Mist Valley in the south of the Divine Origin Realm is open. You must enter as soon as possible and prevent anyone from snatching anything from the valley."
Soon after, Liu Yun told Lei Ao the origins of the Floating Mist Valley.
About seven thousand years ago, the Realm of Divine Origin was not just a place of scattered sand. There was a sect called Floating Mist Valley that could dominate the other sects and unify the outskirts of the Realm of Divine Origin. At that time, the Floating Mist Valley had more than twenty Earth Stage experts, and among them, there were five who were at the Earth Stage Peak Rank.
It was a pity that 6000 years ago, after the Floating Mist Valley had kept its young disciples, all the other experts at the peak of the Martial Saint Realm and above entered the reverse tunnel. It was unknown if those experts had already died or not.
As a result, the Floating Mist Valley, which had been strong for tens of thousands of years, began to decline. After losing its hegemon, the Divine Origin Realm experienced a period of war for hundreds of years.
In just one night, the Floating Mist Valley collapsed. Countless disciples of the younger generation died, and the various sects took over the entire Floating Mist Valley. Only the highest divine peak remained.
It was said that the mountain was guarded by a deity. It was not because the other sects did not want to attack the mountain, but rather that the mountain was covered with formations. Rushing in would result in heavy casualties.
After the various sects received a large amount of treasures from the Floating Mist Valley, they all had their own ulterior motives, hiddenly conserving their strength, and left the Floating Mist Valley one by one.
Afterwards, there was the most chaotic period of time in the Divine Origin Realm. After hundreds of years, only then were a few sects able to stand out. The Divine Martial Sect was one of them.
After this calamity, the Floating Mist Valley suddenly closed up. The remaining clansmen did not leave the valley, and during this period of time, they suddenly opened up.
What Lei Ao was curious about was what kind of sect this Floating Mist Valley was, why did it get so much attention from Liu Yun? After a moment of confusion, he asked.
"The Floating Mist Valley is the old home of the Celestial race ?" Flowing Cloud said with a heavy voice, "That was after the Celestial People of the Heaven Realm split up and one of them moved to the God Realm to settle down. Six thousand years ago, Floating Cloud Valley entered the reverse passage.
Flowing Cloud was currently in charge of all sorts of battles in the Hell's Gate headquarters in the Reverse Channels. He knew quite a bit about the powers in the Reverse Channels, and so he couldn't hide the unique aura of the Celestial race from her.
However, she did not come into contact with the other party. She knew that the matters of the Floating Mist Valley had also come from the Hell sect's intelligence reports.
No matter what, regardless of whether there were any descendants of the Celestial Race in the Floating Mist Valley, she did not want this place to be ruined.
With regards to her request, Lei Ao agreed without any hesitation. Previously, he had always been taken care of by Liu Yun, so he should have given her a reward.
The Floating Mist Valley was located in the southern part of the Divine Origin Realm and was already the end of the God Realm. Less than a thousand kilometers behind was the barrier of two realms.
As the journey was long, Lei Ao and the rest continued to use Greater Teleportation and occasionally saw groups of practitioners flying together. Their target was the same as them.
It turned out that he was completely focused on the Floating Mist Valley, and he didn't know where they got the news that the Floating Mist Valley was going to open up. They had already sent their sect's experts out, so they didn't have the time to bother about the Supreme Dao Divine Weapons that Lei Ao had taken away.
In the present Divine Origin Realm, there were many sects. Almost all of them had benefited greatly from the attacks on the Floating Mist Valley, which was why the current situation had developed to this point.
After the plundering from thousands of years ago, there were probably not many Heaven Clan members left in the Floating Mist Valley. If she were to be attacked again, she might face the threat of being destroyed.
Along the way, Old Wolf said to Lei Ao, "Brat, have you thought about it yet? If you really make a move, then you'll be going against the entire Divine Origin Realm."
"There's nothing to think about. This time, don't hide it. If you don't listen, just start killing." Lei Ao's eyes narrowed as his killing intent began to seep out.
"Ancestor! I live in free and unfettered land, and when I meet you, I'll just talk a bunch of crap." Patriarch Skysilkworm was extremely unwilling.
Lei Ao immediately glared at them, "Shut up. The reason we can find those berserk beasts is all because Flowing Cloud used the influence of the Underworld Sect. Now that she's in trouble, you guys should go find those berserk beasts yourselves."
"This damn fat bug is so narrow-minded, I, Mister Wolf, am very willing to help. Don't call him if there's any more berserk beasts in the future."
Old Wolf carefully calculated and knew that Lei Ao would soon be in closed door cultivation to refine his spiritual roots. If he lacked Lei Ao as a middleman, it would be hard to say whether or not the Underworld Sect would still be willing to help find some vicious beasts.
The old man wasn't stupid, and said angrily, "Who's narrow-minded? Did I say I'm not going?!" "You bitch, don't stir up trouble all day."
"Who's the bitch? You f * cking don't want to live anymore. " The old wolf was about to retort when his expression suddenly changed, and his flying figure stopped with a creak.
"What's wrong?" Lei Ao was shocked, but stopped as well.
"There's a dark aura." The old wolf faced the south, sniffing the air, his face looked more and more serious, "There are quite a few of them."
"Are you sure? Why would the dark tribes come here? And there are quite a few of them? " Lei Ao was extremely surprised. If the dark clan had time to wander around, they would send people to deal with him.
"Could this be a conspiracy?" The old ancestor said, "Maybe the dark clan deliberately let out this news to lure you people over and then capture them all in one fell swoop."
"Don't draw your conclusion yet." Lei Ao said to Old Wolf, "Can you be sure how many Dark Clans there are?"
Belgarath sniffed the air again and said, "We can't be sure. They must be hiding in a spell, concealing their auras. We can't tell from the smell."
"This is troublesome." Lei Ao frowned. The Sky Worm Ancestor said, "It's no trouble at all. In which direction? Leave it to me."
"You have a way?" Lei Ao shouted in surprise.
"Of course there is. Why don't you see who I am?" The old ancestor spat out the silk, following the directions given by the old wolf. The silk flew close to the ground, invisible to the naked eye.
"This is even more useful than the silkworm." Lei Ao laughed involuntarily, and then found a place to hide, waiting for the news.
Half an hour later, the old man frowned. "There is a formation, and the silk won't be able to seep through."
"Can you increase your power?" Lei Ao asked.
"Then wouldn't we be exposed?"
"Then what should we do?"
"It's fine, I'll take care of it myself." The old man shrunk his body to the size of a needle and shot out with a 'sou' sound.
"There's no problem with this guy, right? Oh right, Old Wolf, what's the strength of those dark races?" Lei Ao was a bit worried.
"How did you know? It's said that it's isolated by a formation." Old Wolf rolled his eyes and said, "Don't worry about those dead insects. With his current strength, unless a Heaven Stage powerhouse personally comes after him, no one will be able to break through that layer of defense."
Thousands of meters away from where Lei Ao was hiding, in the same forest, dozens of dark warriors were hiding in a dark corner.
The positions of these people were extremely clever, they stood at the edges of the array, and were focused on looking at the sect disciples flying past in the sky.
However, what they didn't know was that beneath their feet, a silkworm as thick as a pinky finger had stealthily crawled out from the soil. Under the cover of the withered leaves on the ground, it was crawling towards them.
Of course, this was the ancestor of the Sky Worm Tribe. After breaking through the enemy's formation from underground, he had been circling around these dark-kind people, completely restraining his strength. Although his movements were slow, it was still hidden from everyone's eyes and ears.
This group of dark niggers were like mutes, not a single one of them spoke. Other than finding out the exact strength of the other party, there was no other information that could be obtained from them.
F * ck, it's too embarrassing to run back to report just like that. If that stupid dog made fun of me, I'll just buy tofu and kill myself.
The heavenly silkworm ancestor hesitated. He would never return before finding out if there was anything useful, so he could only continue to circle around this group of people.
Eh? Why was there one lying there?
On the east side of the formation, the hidden Dark Clansman was the strongest amongst them. The strength of the Great Circle of Earth Stage was something that made the old ancestor's heart tremble with fear. Hence, he didn't get too close.
This person should be a leader. Under the tree he was hiding, there was a person leaning against the tree trunk with their body slanted down. Their eyes were tightly shut and their breathing was even, as if they were asleep.
The person sleeping was a woman with fair skin and a slight lack of redness on her face. Although her appearance was not outstanding, her body still faintly emitted an aura that would make one want to get close to her.
This was obviously not a member of the dark race. Judging from the current situation, the Sky Worm Ancestor speculated that the dark clan was the one who captured the Sky Worm Tribe from one of the sects in the Divine Origin Realm, perhaps to lead the way to the Floating Mist Valley.
In order to confirm, the old ancestor quietly approached. When he was about 7 meters away from the dark people, the leader's eyes suddenly narrowed. He withdrew his gaze from the outside of the forest and quickly circled around, scanning his surroundings.
Damn it, he was so alert. The heavenly silkworm ancestor silently cursed, hiding under the leaves and not daring to move.
After a long while, they probably did not discover anything. The leader of the dark tribe relaxed his guard and looked towards the outside of the forest. At the same time, he said, "Is everyone sure?" How many sects have there been? "
"Leader, there are a total of thirty-seven sects. Each sect has more than twenty people, and among them, two have already appeared from the first-rate sects." A dark clansman replied.
"After a period of time, there will be a total of ten first-rate powers in the Divine Origin Realm. I don't believe that they will be able to resist the temptation of the Celestial race's old territory. At that time, more than ninety percent of the Divine Origin Realm's sects will be gathered.
The leader sneered and said, "At that time, as long as we send someone to stir up trouble, for the sake of the Sky Clan's precious resources, these sects will definitely fight to the death. When we are close to death, we can go out to pick up the loot and destroy these people in one fell swoop."
"Leader, although these sects are first-rate, there are actually not many truly strong people. They are simply nothing to fear, so why did the elders send us out?"
The question raised by one of the dark-kind suddenly attracted the attention of all the dark-kind people. The old ancestor couldn't help but prick his ears. He didn't think that he would need to dispatch tens of earth-step dark-kind warriors to deal with a mere sect in the Divine Origin Realm.
"Humph, do you really think that they are against those trash sects?" The leader coldly snorted and said, "Whatever. We're not far from the operation time anyway, so there's no harm in telling you guys. The reason why I hid it from you all was that the damned Gates of Hell are everywhere."
"The Gates of Hell." The dark clansman was shocked, "Leader, do you think there's someone from the Underworld Gate here too?"
"So what if I do? I have already set up a formation, and those people can only stare blankly outside the formation. If they were to make a move, they would definitely alert us. "
The leader smiled and said, "Our true goal in coming to the Divine Origin Realm is to completely destroy the Floating Mist Valley and the remnants of Sky Clan. As for those so-called first-rate sects, they are just sending them away."
"Sky Clan?" The Dark Clansmen were stunned for a moment, then asked: "I heard that before we entered the Heaven Realm, the Heaven Clan broke down because of internal strife with the Heaven Realm Warriors. The remaining people should be very few, is there a need to make such a big fuss over nothing?"
"What fuss? You guys have never fought against the Sky Race on the frontlines before, so of course you wouldn't know how terrifying the Sky Race is." The leader snorted and said, "Among the Three Realms Six Paths, the strongest race is the Sky Race, and they are even stronger than the Battle Tribe from back then. Right now, our greatest obstacle is not the Divine Veins Family, but those Sky Race."
"Sky Clan?" Aren't they just a few dozen people? " All the dark clansmen's faces changed drastically.
"Yeah, it's these dozens of people who stopped the footsteps of millions of my clan members. If it wasn't for them, my clan would have already slaughtered its way into the God Realm and taken the Three Realms Six Daos into our hands."