CHAPTER 1213: CHAPTER 796: BROKEN SWORD FRAGMENTS

This is a mountain range.

The tallest peaks are at least five to six thousand meters high, standing tall in every direction.

But strangely, the mountains here have all been severed in one direction.

Every mountain’s cut is smooth and slants downward, forming a neat row, sliced right across the waist.

Even after being cut, they remain five to six thousand meters high; one can only imagine how towering they were in the past.

At the foot of these peaks, rocks are strewn everywhere, the severed mountain tops colliding with each other in a chaotic mess.

The entire area is filled with battle scars; even getting slightly closer feels as if countless powerful sword energies are hidden amid the rocks and woods, ready to strike out and deliver a fatal blow to intruders at any moment!

When Xiang Beifei arrived here, his first impression was one of awe!

Familiar sword marks, familiar sword momentum, familiar sword Qi.

Wufeng’s fierceness is scattered in every corner here, domineering and powerful!

Every severed edge here looks fresh, as if it had just been sliced, as if the battle had occurred merely a half-hour ago.

"Is this the sword mark left by Grandpa?"

Xiang Beifei looked at the battlefield before him.

The battlefield is desolate; even though there are no longer any figures, he can vaguely make out the intense scenes of past battles from every scar, a proud loneliness of a powerful swordsman overlooking the world.

One man, one sword, unstoppable!

"Wufeng, stronger than I had imagined."

Upon seeing these severed mountains, a hint of gravity appeared in Hai Fuyu’s blue eyes.

The battle from decades ago existed only in the mouths of others; strong or weak, it was up to others to define. But experiencing it firsthand reveals that others’ words were true.

Anyone with decent eyesight can sense the terror of that battle from the scars here.

At their level of battle, as soon as they strike, it’s like heaven collapsing and earth shattering, enough to destroy everything.

And these mountains were not the battle’s center; they were on the outskirts, tens of thousands of miles away, yet still severed—truly shocking!

As for the deeper area ahead, it has already been leveled, with no towering peaks left, only low slopes and deep pits; that is the center of the battleground. All the mountains were destroyed, becoming a vast plain, and the ground even shows cracks stretching for kilometers.

Xiang Beifei, sensing Wufeng in the Spirit Gathering Book, finds Wufeng slightly agitated, eager to rush out from the Spirit Gathering Book to the area tens of thousands of miles away to search for its fragments.

The broken blade of Wufeng lies at the center there.

Xiang Beifei chose not to let Wufeng out because he could perceive that within the battle zone, more than a dozen powerful presences are lurking.

These individuals are formidable, all lying in wait here, setting various traps, waiting for the real Wufeng to arrive.

It doesn’t take much thought to know these are Dao Palace Ancestral Dao Realm experts; they surely have their own ancestral artifacts, and letting Wufeng emerge would alert them to unwanted attention.

"What should we do?" Luo Shanyou asked.

Coming here, without understanding the situation, it’s impossible to hunt other Dao Palace elders as before.

Even though each elder is separated by thousands of miles, any action will surely attract the attention of other Dao Palace experts, leading to a siege by more than a dozen Ancestral Dao Realm experts.

Although Xiang Beifei temporarily possesses the thunderous power of the Heavenly Thunder Venerable, giving him Ancestral Dao Realm cultivation, handling over a dozen Ancestral Dao Realm experts is clearly unrealistic.

On their side, even with Luo Shanyou who just acquired Daoist Qingde’s power, making three Ancestral Dao Realm experts, three against over a dozen is still inadequate.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Xiang Beifei asked Hai Fuyu.

"My suggestions?"

Standing calmly in the air, Hai Fuyu looked at the devastated land ahead and then said, "Leave this place."

"Leave? We’re here to find Wufeng’s fragments!" Xiaohei said.

"If it were like earlier where an artifact guards each person, we could hunt them one by one, but with the current situation, the three of us alone have no chance, especially since I’m not fully recovered. Frankly, I can’t fight late-stage Ancestral Dao Realm."

Hai Fuyu speaks sincerely, without beating around the bush; what is, is.

"Xiao Bei, how about we reconsider for the long term?" Li Qianluo also said.

She is now the weakest in the team, and once a battle of Ancestral Dao Realm level breaks out, she can hardly intervene.

Luo Shanyou also said, "Yes, knowing this place is enough. Where there’s life, there’s hope. When your cultivation is higher, we can come up with a plan to return. You should know, Common Valley won’t close, the ancestral artifacts are the keys."

"I understand, don’t worry, I won’t act recklessly. But I need to see the situation, at least to find out where Wufeng’s severed sword is. How about this, you stay here, and I’ll go in alone." Xiang Beifei said.

"No."

Hai Fuyu was the first to oppose.

He glanced at Xiang Beifei and said, "I can’t let you throw your life away."

Zhai Kong beside him grumbled, "Hmph, since when do you care about his safety? Crocodile tears?"

"Not really crocodile tears; if he gets caught by those guys, whether dead or alive doesn’t matter, but the Yu Divine Stele being consumed would be a big issue. I don’t want to become a puppet under that crowd again." Hai Fuyu said lazily.