C624 Mysterious Ancestral Land Gate Four Chapters in a Row

After a short while, Lee Yuanye and Xuan Qixing reappeared before everyone.

To their disappointment, Xuan Qixing still carried the massive mountain on his back. The shackles on Xuan Qixing were so formidable that even Woo Zhengyang from the Star World couldn't break them!

"No worries! We're used to it. But have you all really thought this through? Once you go, there's no turning back!"

"Sir, we've made up our minds!"

"Alright, then the Great Desolate Ancient Clan will pave the way for you!"

With that, Xuan Qixing soared into the sky, approaching the hundred or so clan members.

Another short while later...

"Roar!"

The collective roar of over a hundred people echoed to the heavens, as if releasing the pent-up fury of millennia. Then, one by one, they took to the sky, with mountains hovering in the air.

These mountains were no longer their shackles; they were their very bodies, tearing through everything as they surged into the Myriad Desolate Mountain!

Woo Zhengyang, Lee Yuanye, and the others, following Xuan Qixing's lead, put away the Invincible Cannon Car and flew on their swords, trailing behind the Great Desolate Ancient Clan.

Before long, they reached a dimly lit area. Behind the Great Desolate Ancient Clan's camp lay a vast open space—or rather, a massive battlefield!

As soon as they entered this area, the overwhelming stench of blood was suffocating. Countless layers of demonic beast skeletons were piled high, and the battlefield's soil had been stained a dark, purplish-black by the blood.

"What's going on here?" Woo Zhengyang asked Xuan Qixing.

"Sigh! I've mentioned before, the Human Ancestral Land isn't what it used to be. The forces behind the scenes can't approach directly, but they have other ways to wreak havoc. Who knows what they've done there over the millennia? Various demonic beasts have been emerging from it, causing chaos everywhere. The beasts in the Myriad Desolate Mountain are from there."

Woo Zhengyang finally understood why the people of the Great Desolate Ancient Clan had been diligently training here for thousands of years. They weren't just trying to survive; they were protecting this world all along!

"Speaking of demonic beasts, we were attacked by them on our way here. But after one wave of futile attacks, they seemed to vanish without a trace."

"That must be someone controlling those beasts!"

"Someone?"

"After discovering that demonic beasts kept appearing from the Ancestral Land, our clan stationed here. While we can't completely destroy all the beasts, we can eliminate most of them, especially the king-level ones that have taken form. Even though they're just at the king level, their power is immense due to the unique nature of this world. If they got out, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"However, there was one time when a particularly cunning beast appeared as an ordinary one. By the time we realized it, it had already escaped. I've tracked it down multiple times since, but it always manages to slip away."

"Are you saying there's a shape-shifting demon king in these Myriad Desolate Mountains?" Woo Zhengyang asked, his heart racing.

This time, they had the Invincible Cannon Car, so there was no need to worry. But Woo Zhengyang had been to the Myriad Desolate Mountains several times before. If he had encountered that demon king back then, it would have been disastrous.

"There is indeed a demon king, but that creature is extremely cautious and rarely shows itself. Just like this time, when it dealt with you, it didn't make an appearance, did it?"

As they spoke, the group had already crossed the battlefield, and the members of the Great Desolate Ancient Clan all stopped in their tracks.

Woo Zhengyang and his companions moved past the Great Desolate Ancient Clan and saw a bamboo forest ahead, with clusters of green bamboo swaying gently in the wind.

"This is the ancestral land!"

"This is the ancestral land?" Woo Zhengyang and the others found it hard to believe. The bamboo forest in front of them looked so ordinary.

"It's all just a facade. Once you're ready, go in. But remember, no matter what happens, don't act impulsively. Stay behind us!"

With that, Xuan Qixing signaled for the members of the Great Desolate Ancient Clan to enter the bamboo forest.

A peculiar scene unfolded. As the first few members of the Great Desolate Ancient Clan stepped forward, they and the mountains on their backs shrank several times. With the second step, they shrank even more, and the once towering peaks were now about the same height as the bamboo ahead.

As they took the third step, the mountain peak only reached Woo Zhengyang and his companions' knees, and their shadows were barely visible. By the fourth step, the people of the Great Desolate Ancient Clan, along with the mountain, had shrunk to a mere dot. By the fifth step, no shadows could be seen at all...

"What the..."

Woo Zhengyang and the others were dumbfounded. They had entered many small worlds before and understood their uniqueness. However, no matter the nature of a small world, each was a self-contained universe, isolated from the outside. Like the Star World, which now exists as a small crystal pendant, the inner and outer worlds are independent. Even if the exterior is tiny, the internal space remains unchanged, and entering it is instantaneous. It’s impossible for people to shrink in size.

Yet, just moments ago, they watched as the people of the Great Desolate Ancient Clan gradually became smaller and smaller.

"Isn't it amazing? You might think this is a small world, but it’s not!" Xuan Qixing explained.

"Then what is it..."

"It's nothing special. The bamboo forest is just a bamboo forest, and the ground is just the ground. However, the earth beneath the bamboo forest isn’t as it appears."

Pointing casually to a spot, Xuan Qixing continued, "Take that area, for instance. It looks like an ordinary piece of land, but in reality, it might be a range of mountains or an endless desert."

"And look over there, it's just a freshly fallen bamboo leaf. Yet, that single leaf might be an obstacle we can't overcome for days."

"Whoa, if we're underneath, and a leaf falls, won't it just crush us?" Lee Yuanye said, looking worried.

"Not quite. Once we're inside, we'll be so small that it won't hit us. We'll just be buried underneath, and it'll take us a few days to get out," Woo Zhengyang replied, speechless at the thought of being buried by a bamboo leaf and having to walk for days to see daylight again.

"So, you're saying that anything approaching that bamboo grove shrinks infinitely, becoming invisible to us. And once we're inside, we'll interact with everything at that tiny size?"

"Exactly! So, this bamboo grove, which doesn't look that big from here, becomes an entire world to us once we're inside—a vast, enormous world."

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