Chapter 1572: Four Symbols Death Ground
"Lu Yao, a person from Sword Mountain, actually came to the Four Symbols Region!" At this moment, a voice came from not far away, causing Ruoxie and the others to cast their gazes in that direction. Lu Yao was precisely the young man who had mocked Ruoxie and Lin Feng.
"You've arrived too!" Lu Yao's expression froze when he saw the other party, clearly recognizing them. They and Sword Mountain belonged to powers from the same region, and they had also come to the Four Symbols Region to try their luck. It seemed the storm stirred up by the Wuji Heavenly Emperor's Palace was still brewing. As long as the Wuji Heavenly Emperor's Palace remained hidden, people would keep coming to search for it.
"Didn't Sword Mountain send any Martial Emperor-level experts?" That person glanced at Lu Yao and Ruoxie and the others. Apart from Lin Feng, the four of them, including Lu Yao, were all at the Ninth Layer of the Sovereign Martial Realm, with no Martial Emperor present.
"We came down the mountain to train on our own. As for whether Sword Mountain has sent any Martial Emperor-level people, I don't know." Lu Yao had no reason to lie. News of the Wuji Heavenly Emperor's Palace had been circulating for a while. Even if it was known to be in the Four Symbols Region, finding it depended on individual luck. There was no need for a powerful sect to mobilize its entire force to search. Those who wanted to go could go on their own, treating it as part of their training journey.
Moreover, if you suggested mobilizing the entire sect's power to search for the Imperial Palace, who would the opportunity belong to if it were found? Such an opportunity, if they had to hand it over to the sect, would essentially mean betraying it.
"It seems Brother Lu Yao is in the same boat as us. Now that we're in the Four Symbols Region, I see many Martial Emperor-level experts here. How about we travel together? That way, we can look out for each other and not be too isolated. What do you think?" That person had a three-person team—two men and one woman—all at the Ninth Layer of the Sovereign Martial Realm. Like Sword Mountain, they belonged to an Imperial-level power, so their strength was naturally not weak. But with so many experts in the Four Symbols Region, forming such interest-based alliances was normal.
"What do you think, Junior Sister? Should the three of us join them? Ruoxie, do you want to come along?" Lu Yao asked the young woman beside him, then looked at Ruoxie. As for Lin Feng, he ignored him.
However, to Lu Yao's embarrassment, his junior sister cast her gaze toward Ruoxie again, paying him no attention.
"The two of us are enough," Ruoxie said, showing no intention of forming an alliance. Lu Yao snorted coldly. Ruoxie was always cold by nature, and now, out in the world, he was still so aloof, never giving him any face.
"Junior Sister, since others don't appreciate your company, let's go," Lu Yao said to the young woman. Ruoxie's "two of us" naturally referred to himself and Lin Feng, which made Lu Yao sneer inwardly. Two people from small worlds, with unremarkable strength, yet daring to be so arrogant and look down on everyone.
"Mind if I join you two?" The young woman's gaze, however, remained fixed on Lin Feng and Ruoxie, her eyes narrowing into slits, giving her a somewhat playful air, much like a child. As Lin Feng and Ruoxie had just said, although she was also at the peak of the Sovereign Martial Realm, her temperament was still very young, perhaps a bit like Xiao Ya.
"Come along," Lin Feng said, glancing at Ruoxie with a smile. This guy Ruoxie was indeed a bit too cold. The young woman seemed quite nice, and if she could become a pair with Ruoxie, that would be wonderful.
Ruoxie was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "Alright!"
The young woman winked at Lin Feng and said with a smile, "Your sword is very beautiful. What sword is that?"
"The sword's name is Celestial Fate Sword!" Lin Feng replied. Meanwhile, Lu Yao, hearing their conversation, grew even colder. He snorted and walked over to the other three with another Sword Mountain disciple to form an alliance, casting a cold glance at Lin Feng and the others.
"Lin Feng, where do you plan to look for clues?" Ruoxie asked Lin Feng. Since they had come to the Four Symbols Region, it was naturally to try their luck at finding the Wuji Heavenly Emperor's Palace. But the Four Symbols Region was vast and boundless. People had turned it over without finding anything, and without any leads, finding the Imperial Palace was as difficult as reaching the heavens.
"The vast Four Symbols Region—how hard it is to find the Imperial Palace. We'll rely on luck. I heard there's a death ground in the Four Symbols Region. Ruoxie, how about we go take a look?" Lin Feng said with a smile. He didn't mention that the Imperial Palace might be in that death ground. Even if he did, it wouldn't help, as he didn't know how to enter it, and neither did Ruoxie. So, they would first go to the death ground and see.
"I've also heard there's a Four Symbols Death Ground nearby, extremely dangerous. Even Imperial-level experts dare not step inside, or they'll never return," the young woman beside Ruoxie nodded in agreement. She was also curious about the Four Symbols Death Ground, which could even deter Great Emperor-level experts, showing how terrifying it was.
Ruoxie naturally had no objections. Coming down from Sword Mountain to train was meant to broaden their horizons.
All three had already prepared maps of the Four Symbols Region, so they knew exactly which direction to head. When Lu Yao and the others saw Lin Feng's trio flying away on their swords, their brows twitched. "Since we have nothing to do, let's go check out the Four Symbols Death Ground too," Lu Yao said to the young men around him.
The Four Symbols Death Ground was located not far from the former site of the Wuji Heavenly Emperor's Palace, covering a vast area. Its entrance was boundless, shrouded in a hazy mist that obscured what lay inside. It was said that a Great Emperor had once taken a few steps inside and only retreated safely. But if one ventured deeper, they would never return.
Lin Feng and the others now stood outside this death ground, staring at the blurry expanse ahead. Lin Feng's eyes flickered. Before coming, he had deliberately inquired about the Four Symbols Death Ground, but the answers were almost the same: those who entered never came out. It was hard to imagine that the Wuji Heavenly Emperor had managed to place his palace within such a death ground. And since he chose people to come, how could one step inside and find the palace?
In an area outside this death ground, Lin Feng spotted quite a few figures. They seemed uninterested in the death ground, appearing indifferent, but Lin Feng understood that some of them, like him, had received the Wuji Heavenly Emperor's divine thought and knew the Imperial Palace was in the Four Symbols Death Ground. So, they waited here deliberately, hoping for an opportunity to arise.
"Go in!" Lin Feng thought, and instantly, a sword cry rang out. The Celestial Fate Sword shot forth, piercing through the hazy space and stabbing into the death ground.
"Whoosh!" As Lin Feng moved, he immediately felt many gazes fall on him. People around turned their eyes toward him, glancing at Lin Feng. But after a moment, they lost interest. It was just a young man at the Eighth Layer of the Sovereign Martial Realm. Even Martial Emperor-level experts often probed with their weapons, sending them into the death ground and controlling them through a thread of mental connection, but it was useless.
Inside the death ground, the Celestial Fate Sword saw a pitch-black expanse, like a vast, starry sky. It stopped in that starry void, trembling incessantly. Wind power and space power wrapped around it, ready to flee at any moment.
"Chi..." A terrifying storm force swept in, as if trying to swallow the Celestial Fate Sword. The sword hummed and trembled, instantly retreating. Then, in the darkness, streaks of terrifying light, filled with destructive power, shot toward the Celestial Fate Sword, as if to destroy it.
"Come out!" Lin Feng outside shouted softly. Instantly, the Celestial Fate Sword shot back, as if piercing through space itself, breaking through the hazy mist and returning to Lin Feng.
The Celestial Fate Sword hovered before Lin Feng, humming incessantly, as if trembling. On the sword, dazzling light blazed brightly, and wind and space power were extremely strong.
"What a formidable sword!" the young woman beside Ruoxie murmured. This beautiful sword was not as flashy and useless as Lu Yao had thought. It could pierce through the mist and then retreat.
Little did she know that Lin Feng was also thinking how close a call it had been. When the Celestial Fate Sword pierced into that space, he clearly felt his connection to it being severed. Fortunately, the sword's soul was formed from his own soul, making the Celestial Fate Sword like an extension of his limbs, under his control. Otherwise, it might not have returned, destroyed by the storm particles.
People in the distance suddenly turned their gazes back to Lin Feng. A sword belonging to someone at the Eighth Layer of the Sovereign Martial Realm had actually returned. They had seen many Martial Emperor-level experts' weapons go in and never come back.
"Lin Feng, what's inside?" the young woman asked, her eyes sparkling with anticipation. What was in the death ground that made it so terrifying, trapping countless experts who could enter but not leave?
"A gray, starry space, with terrifying storms and destructive particles. Those particles shimmer with a faint light, as if containing some kind of terrible power. I could feel how strong the destructive force was—it could probably destroy even Martial Emperor-level experts," Lin Feng said slowly, making the young woman's beautiful eyes flicker with curiosity. How strange—what was that?
"Legend has it that the Four Symbols Death Ground existed before the Four Symbols Region itself. The name 'Four Symbols Region' came from this death ground. No one knows how many years it has been here, but no one has ever been able to explore it thoroughly. Some even say that the Wuji Heavenly Emperor once used unimaginable divine powers to probe the Four Symbols Death Ground, but no one knows if that's true," the young woman said.
Lin Feng's heart stirred. The Wuji Heavenly Emperor had probed the Four Symbols Death Ground? This rumor might be true. Otherwise, how could the Wuji Heavenly Emperor's Palace be inside the Four Symbols Death Ground?
But for the Wuji Heavenly Emperor to use his divine power to enter and come out alive showed just how terrifying his strength was!
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