Chapter 864
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Chapter 864 Strange Path
Facing the charge of the giant rhinoceros, the group of young cultivators let out cries of alarm, continuously using their qi to fly up into the air.
The horns of the two rhinoceroses crashed into the stone path, producing a tremendous roaring sound.
But the stone path remained sturdy, showing no signs of being penetrated.
“Boom!”
The giant rhinoceros stepped back a few paces, then charged forward fiercely again from mid-air.
But its target wasn’t the cultivators in the air; it was still the stone-paved path to heaven.
This scene appeared quite strange.
“These two rhinoceroses seem to be just illusions?”
Since Fang Yu was standing far away, his view was more comprehensive.
After observing the movement patterns of these two rhinoceroses for nearly ten seconds, Fang Yu confirmed that these two rhinoceroses were indeed illusions, repeatedly performing the same actions.
First, they would step back, retreat to the air beside the path, then raise their thick hind legs, charge forward violently, and crash their horns into the stone path, producing a tremendous roaring sound.
Each movement was exactly the same.
Their target wasn’t those cultivators at all, but this stone path.
But even if they were just illusions, why would these two rhinoceroses attack a stationary inanimate object?
Fang Yu frowned slightly, pondering.
At this moment, those cultivators flying in mid-air also noticed that the target of these two giant rhinoceroses wasn’t them.
They breathed a sigh of relief, didn’t think too much about it, and flew rapidly toward the front.
“Boom… Boom… Boom!”
The two rhinoceroses continued to maintain the same rhythm, crashing into the stone path.
Red Lotus looked puzzled and turned to look at Fang Yu.
“Don’t look at me, I don’t know what’s going on either,” Fang Yu answered without turning his head.
After speaking, Fang Yu ran forward.
Red Lotus frowned, her delicate eyebrows knitting together, and followed him.
…
Soon, Fang Yu arrived at the section of the path with the two rhinoceroses.
He stood right at the spot where the two rhinoceroses were charging.
Red Lotus stopped behind him, her beautiful eyes wide open, staring at Fang Yu.
The two rhinoceroses stepped back, then with their horns raised, charged fiercely toward where Fang Yu was standing!
Fang Yu stood still, not moving at all.
“Bang!”
The next second, the horns of both rhinoceroses crashed into Fang Yu’s body, producing a muffled sound!
Red Lotus covered her mouth, her face filled with shock.
These two rhinoceroses actually existed in reality, not illusions!
Their horns had truly crashed into Fang Yu’s body!
If it were anyone else, this single strike would have been enough to pierce through their intestines.
Fang Yu stepped back a few paces, returning to Red Lotus’s side.
“So they are real objects…” Fang Yu looked down at the small hole in his upper garment made by the horn, his brows slightly furrowed.
These two rhinoceroses in front of him kept attacking the same position at the same rate, with the same movements.
“Are these materialized illusions?” Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking to himself.
“Are you… alright?” Red Lotus looked at Fang Yu and asked.
Fang Yu came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, “I’m fine.”
“…What is that little dog on your shoulder?” Red Lotus shifted her gaze to the Void Devourer on Fang Yu’s shoulder and asked curiously.
“This is a poor stray dog I picked up, now it’s my pet,” Fang Yu said.
“Pet?” Red Lotus widened her eyes, staring at the Void Devourer, feeling that something was off about this little black dog.
But she couldn’t quite put her finger on what exactly was wrong.
“Woof!”
The Void Devourer also seemed to be sizing up Red Lotus, barking softly and wagging its tail.
“Stop looking, let’s move forward,” Fang Yu said. “If we go too slowly, and there’s something good ahead, it won’t be our turn to get it.”
“I didn’t come here expecting to get anything good,” Red Lotus said. “I just came following my intuition…”
Fang Yu recalled how Red Lotus had similarly sensed some kind of guidance before, which led to the opening of the Spirit Void.
Inside the Spirit Void, Fang Yu had obtained the power of the Phoenix, which allowed him to break through to the ten thousandth layer of Qi Refinement at once.
This time, Red Lotus had sensed a calling again.
Could there be another divine beast-level inheritance inside?
Although he already had two divine beast origins, human desire is endless.
Just thinking about this possibility made Fang Yu excited.
So, he summoned that strand of Mysterious Qi, transforming it into the Emperor’s War Chariot.
Fang Yu sat in the chariot and looked at Red Lotus outside, asking, “If you want a ride, come on up. It’s free.”
Red Lotus stared at the golden chariot in front of her, momentarily dazed.
Hearing Fang Yu’s words, she turned to look at the endless road ahead, then walked toward the chariot and got in.
“Let’s go.”
With a thought from Fang Yu, the chariot rose into the air and charged forward.
“This chariot… is it your magical artifact?” Red Lotus sat in the chariot, amazed by the luxurious decorations and comfortable feeling inside.
In the current era, vehicle-type magical treasures were already rare.
Something like Fang Yu’s Emperor’s War Chariot was even more unseen.
“This was given to me by a friend,” Fang Yu said. “Specifically for exploring these ruins, it’s very useful.”
“…Oh.” Red Lotus nodded slightly, not saying anything more.
Under Fang Yu’s control, the Emperor’s War Chariot moved extremely fast, easily catching up with a large group of young cultivators ahead.
This group of talented cultivators from various great families were exerting themselves, releasing true qi, rushing forward with all their might.
Since there were no restrictions inside this ruin, nor was there any pressure like in other ruins… the entire road was filled with cultivators rushing forward, like a marathon, starting to test their endurance.
Whoever had profound cultivation and could maintain an extremely fast speed would be at the front.
All the cultivators were gritting their teeth, rushing forward desperately, unwilling to be a step slower than others.
They knew clearly that there was only one road inside this ruin, and whoever ran faster would have an advantage.
“Whoosh!”
Just as this group of cultivators was rushing forward with all their might, a golden light streaked across the sky above them.
Hearing the sound breaking through the air, they looked up, only to see a faint golden afterimage lingering in the sky.
What was… that thing?
The cultivators widened their eyes, looking at the golden light that had instantly pulled far ahead, their expressions shocked.
…
Fang Yu drove the chariot, flying faster and faster.
During the flight, Fang Yu discovered… that at regular intervals, on both sides of the path to heaven below, there would appear giant creatures, like the rhinoceroses seen earlier, as well as extinct war horses, and even ape-men, continuously attacking this road.
These scenes made Fang Yu increasingly puzzled.
What did this all mean?
Why were the illusions of these creatures constantly attacking this path to heaven?
Did they want to destroy the path? Why?
This place was an ancient ruin… everything existing here should have been left by some faction from that era.
In the first ancient ruin, there was the Prison Demon Coffin and the inverted Spinning Top Mountain.
And this time… there was this path to heaven, along with various illusions of ancient creatures constantly attacking it…
“Last time, facing the Spinning Top Mountain, I needed to think in reverse to find the Fate-Ending Flower… so this time, will I get the inheritance by simply following this path forward? It can’t be that simple.”
“These illusions of creatures constantly attacking the path must have a meaning for their existence.”
“Since they don’t attack people walking on the path, nor can they cause substantial damage to the path, it means… their existence is just a hint left by the person who created this place for later visitors.”
As the Emperor’s War Chariot charged forward, Fang Yu fell into deep thought.
At this point, the path to heaven had begun to spiral forward.
“So both sides of this road are the same…” Red Lotus poked her head out and muttered to herself.
“What?”
Fang Yu came back to his senses and also looked down.
Indeed, as the path spiraled forward, one could see that the back of the path was also paved with stones.
Even the sides were exactly the same.
As far as the naked eye could see… the entire road didn’t seem to be flat, but rather rod-shaped.
On each section of the road, various illusions of ancient creatures would still appear, attacking this rod-shaped path.
“Fifteen thousand years ago, this time point… I think I’ve seen related records in some book?”
Fang Yu rubbed his chin, trying to recall carefully.
Ahead, four cultivators wearing white and gold robes were rapidly flying forward.
These four people were the four talents sent by the Wang family this time.
