Chapter 449: The Great Bronze Bell
Long Qilin, however, was overjoyed. Carrying Qin Mu out of the city, he ran with all his might, truly swift as the wind and lightning, far faster than he had been in the desert. Though he could sometimes be quite thoughtful, he was ultimately not as perceptive as someone like Ge Ke. Hearing Qin Mu tell the Ancestor’s son with his own mouth that the Ancestor was not dead but had become a god, this big fatty was elated and redoubled his efforts.
Qin Mu felt a bit reluctant to deceive him.
“In the misty sea outside the Realm of the Dead, the skeleton poling the boat should be Lingjing Daoren,” Qin Mu thought to himself. “If he is Lingjing Daoren, then the Ancestor is most likely also in the Realm of the Dead. The Village Chief gave me eight Fengdu coins. I must enter Fengdu again and get to the bottom of this!”
He took out the Western Lands geography map that Ge Ke had given him, unfolded it, and looked around. After a moment, he finally found the locations of True Heaven Palace and Fangxiu City. He looked up to determine his own position and immediately pointed out the path for Long Qilin, heading southwest.
Ahead of them, a great mountain blocked the road. The mountain had a peculiar shape, like a giant standing there, with two drooping peaks growing from its shoulders. But strangely, these two peaks suddenly became thick and round near the bottom, like two large bells resting on the ground.
The post road split here, passing between the two bells and winding around the main body of this strange mountain.
As Long Qilin arrived here, Qin Mu looked up and saw a woman in a black dress and black skirt, her figure graceful and ethereal, drifting up the mountain. She landed on the head of that strange mountain, where a golden, shining placard hung, as if stamped onto the mountain peak.
Qin Mu’s pupils contracted sharply as he saw the woman peeling the placard off the mountaintop!
“Not good! Fatty Long, charge through!”
The moment he said this, the great mountain suddenly rumbled and shook. The massive body lifted its foot, pulling thick, heavy rocks from the ground, as if uprooting a mountain peak from the earth!
Knowing this was bad, Qin Mu’s Wuyou Sword unsheathed behind him and shot straight towards the woman on the mountaintop with a *shua* sound!
Capture the leader first to defeat the bandits. This mountain giant must be sustained by some expert’s magical power, awakening the mountain’s spirit. If he killed this woman, he should be able to stop the mountain’s transformation process!
The woman looked back and sneered, “You killed a disciple of my Yu family. Even if you were the Jade Emperor himself, you’ll be buried with him!”
The mountain giant pulled out one leg and stomped it on the ground, sending dirt flying everywhere. Then it forcefully pulled out the other leg before slowly standing up.
When the mountain giant stood, clouds were at its waist. The two bell-shaped secondary peaks were also lifted up, their rocks falling off with a *pusuosuo* sound. Huge boulders rained down from the sky, quickly piling up on the road.
As the mountain giant rose, the woman on it also ascended. Wuyou Sword immediately spun around, transforming into the Drilling Sword Style and shooting straight into the sky.
The Yu family woman on the mountain giant’s head also sensed danger. She let out a soft shout, and a series of flying rings shot out. She slapped her hand, and countless rings flew down to trap the stabbing Wuyou Sword!
*Ding ding ding ding*—a dense, rain-like series of explosions rang out. The flying rings looped around Wuyou Sword, rapidly shrinking, only to be shattered by the spinning sword.
Her cultivation was not weak, but the Western Lands’ techniques focused not on strengthening oneself but on borrowing the power of heaven and earth to fight. Compared to cultivators of the same realm from Yankang Kingdom, her personal combat strength was much weaker, and compared to Qin Mu, the Demon Lord of the Heavenly Demon Sect who had fought his way through countless battles, she was far inferior.
Wuyou Sword was a divine sword, incredibly sharp. It shattered countless flying rings without losing any momentum, rising from below, piercing through the woman’s chin and out the top of her head.
A flash of blood appeared on the mountaintop.
Qin Mu recalled Wuyou Sword. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that most of the rocks on the two secondary peaks had fallen off, revealing bronze-colored bell bodies. These peaks were actually bells, not real mountains—just bells covered with a layer of rock!
Qin Mu had seen many large spirit weapons, but these were all at the town-suppressing level!
Although Western Lands’ spirit weapons were not as exquisite as Yankang’s, town-suppressing treasures were extraordinary. They were forged by Divine Bridge experts over a lifetime of effort, with immense power.
“The placard on the mountaintop must be a seal, sealing this mountain giant! This mountain giant has likely been alive for a long time, sealed here by its master and used as a heavy treasure to guard the family!”
Qin Mu’s eyelids twitched. He knew this was bad. The mountain giant lifted the two great bells, swung them, and without any hesitation, smashed them together. The bell mouths were aimed directly at Qin Mu!
The mountain giant hadn’t been awakened; it had been sealed. This mountain giant had always been alive. The Yu family had sealed it here, and when needed, they would unseal it and activate this terrifying giant!
*Guang—*
The two giant bronze bells collided, and rolling soundwaves surged forward. Where they passed, the road was layered and folded, rolling towards Long Qilin.
But the most threatening thing was not the torn-up road, but the bell sound itself—the deafening roar of two town-suppressing treasures colliding!
“The Western Lands’ clans are this ferocious! Fatty Long, don’t move!”
Qin Mu couldn’t help but admire it. His primordial energy exploded, and countless runic symbols and marks flew around him, wrapping him and Long Qilin together. The annihilating soundwaves struck, but just before the destructive waves reached Long Qilin, the runic symbols formed a teleportation array. The teleportation technique activated, and Qin Mu and Long Qilin vanished together.
The next moment, Long Qilin and Qin Mu appeared about a *li* away. If Qin Mu had activated the teleportation technique alone, he could have teleported twenty or thirty *li*. With one person, he could manage over ten *li*. But carrying a behemoth like Long Qilin, a single *li* was his limit.
However, a *li* was too short a distance for the mountain giant. This giant could probably cover over ten *li* in a single stride!
Qin Mu looked back and saw the post road they had just been on fly up, fluttering violently like a ribbon in the wind, before shattering in the violent soundwaves.
The soundwaves from the two bronze bells destroyed over twenty *li* of road, pulverizing everything in their path!
“The mountain giant has no magical power, yet just by striking the bells with pure strength, it has such terrifying power. Truly impressive.”
Qin Mu couldn’t help but admire it. Long Qilin immediately started running at full speed. Behind them, the colossal mountain giant turned its body and took a step. Qin Mu suddenly felt a dark cloud pressing down from above. He looked up and saw the mountain giant’s huge foot already above their heads.
Long Qilin’s speed skyrocketed. In a few bounds, he surpassed the speed of sound. This fatty’s speed could increase so dramatically that even Qin Mu was startled. He wondered what miraculous elixir Long Fatty had eaten to become so much faster than before!
In this critical moment, Long Qilin couldn’t care about how to trick his meal provider into improving his diet later. He only focused on fleeing. His speed was astonishing.
*Honglong!*
Behind them, the mountain giant’s foot came down, stomping a lake-sized crater into the ground. The giant’s other hand swung the great bronze bell forward.
Long Qilin ran like mad. The bell landed behind them, but its power was terrifying. The soundwaves traveled through the ground, three to five times faster than through the air.
Behind them, the ground exploded with a *pili-pala* sound, a terrifying scene. The soundwaves chased Long Qilin and sent him flying into the air with a single boom.
Long Qilin quickly conjured fire clouds under his feet and ran on them. Behind him, the mountain giant swung the other great bronze bell with its other hand, while the bell that had just struck the ground was lifted up and smashed together with the falling bell!
*Guang—*
The bells rang long. Where they collided, the soundwave ripples compressed the air into a solid state. The vibrations traveled even faster through this solid-like air.
Qin Mu’s hair stood on end. He quickly turned around, took out the Taiyin Jade Eye, and a beam of light shot out, slicing straight into the oncoming soundwaves.
*Weng.*
The annihilating soundwaves were split in two by the light from the jade eye. Two terrifying waves of force brushed past Long Qilin, their violent vibrations making Qin Mu’s scalp tingle and sending chills down his spine.
If those soundwaves had hit them, he, Xiong Qi’er, and Long Qilin would have been shattered into countless pieces, ceasing to exist.
“The Western Lands still has some depth, but this kind of depth is detrimental to cultivation.”
Qin Mu looked back. The mountain giant’s left shoulder had collapsed halfway from being cut by the Taiyin Jade Eye’s light. Long Qilin was getting farther and farther away from the mountain giant. At this distance, the giant’s soundwaves could no longer reach them.
Just then, the mountain giant suddenly crouched down. Seeing this, Qin Mu’s heart shook violently. The mountain giant suddenly started running, at an unbelievable speed!
“My god... No, this mountain giant must be controlled by someone. Otherwise, how could it fixate on me and Long Qilin and chase us so relentlessly?”
Qin Mu came to his senses. The Yu family woman who had unsealed the placard had already been killed by him. The one controlling the mountain giant couldn’t be her. This person must be hiding nearby, and their cultivation should be extremely high. Otherwise, how could they control such a massive mountain giant?
Just as he thought this, a sword light suddenly flew across the sky. Then a human head fell from midair, followed by several body parts tumbling down from the clouds. It was an old woman with silver hair and white teeth, still holding a staff that had been cut in two.
Qin Mu was stunned for a moment. He looked at the mountain giant and saw it suddenly freeze, no longer pursuing.
It must have been this white-haired old woman secretly controlling the mountain giant to attack them. Otherwise, why would the mountain giant, just awakened, immediately try to kill Qin Mu?
“Fatty Long, stop!”
Long Qilin quickly stopped, confused. Qin Mu activated his Fire Dawn Heavenly Eye and looked at the mountain giant. He saw a figure standing on the giant’s head, vaguely resembling Ge Ke.
The sword light flew back from the clouds and circled twice around the person on the mountaintop.
That figure bowed to him in farewell: “Safe journey!”
Qin Mu also bowed in return: “Thank you for your kind words.”
He saw the figure wave a banner, cover himself with it, and suddenly disappear from the mountain.
“A teleportation banner. The Ancestor gave him a teleportation banner.”
Qin Mu smiled. “He is like the Ancestor—outwardly indifferent to fame and fortune, but actually very warm-hearted. Ge Ke, truly the Ancestor’s son. Fatty Long, the Ancestor has an heir.”