Ch. 544 - Strange Ancient Site

“Mo Feiyun, Qinglan, Zhan Jun, Bai Yaoyao.”

The four of them introduced themselves and then looked at Xu Zimo.

“Xu Zimo from the True Martial Sacred Ground,” Xu Zimo smiled and asked, “What do you want?”

“We just wanted to get to know you,” Bai Yaoyao smiled. Her long pure white hair gave her a unique presence.

“It’s an honor for me to meet students from Heavenly Dao Academy,” Xu Zimo replied.

“Don’t joke, Young Master Xu. That senior just now is from your True Martial Sacred Ground, right?” Qinglan asked with a smile.

“You could say that,” Xu Zimo replied vaguely.

“Are you here for this ancient site too?” Bai Yaoyao asked. “Why didn’t you go in?”

Xu Zimo immediately understood their intention. They were trying to gather information from him.

He smiled and said, “I just want to let them go in first and see if there’s any danger.”

“What if there isn’t? Wouldn’t that mean you’re just giving away the treasures to others?” Zhan Jun said with a laugh.

“No,” Xu Zimo shrugged. “If there’s no danger and they bring the treasures out, I’ll just rob them.”

Zhan Jun was stunned. He hadn’t expected anyone to say something like that so bluntly.

Not even bothering to pretend.

But thinking about the strength of Xu Zimo’s senior, maybe this method would actually work.

“You’re joking, Young Master Xu,” Zhan Jun said stiffly.

“You people from Heavenly Dao Academy are pretty interesting. Maybe I’ll visit sometime,” Xu Zimo said with a smile.

“An academy isn’t like a sect. I’m afraid you’d have a hard time handling the difference,” Mo Feiyun said coldly.

“In the True Martial Sacred Ground, you’re a chosen one. But in Heavenly Dao Academy, there are countless geniuses. Monsters are everywhere. Even people like us are just ordinary students.”

Hearing this, Xu Zimo laughed lightly and replied, “Yes, very ordinary. I can tell, you’re weak. So weak you’re not even worth my time.”

“You-” Mo Feiyun’s face changed as he glared at Xu Zimo.

He snorted and said, “If you’re so confident, then let’s fight, without the help of our seniors.”

“You want to fight me?” Xu Zimo said with a smile.

“Yes. A fair fight. How about it?” Mo Feiyun asked.

“No thanks. You’re too weak. I’m not interested,” Xu Zimo replied, shaking his head.

“Are you scared?” Mo Feiyun took a deep breath and mocked, “Some people are all talk, living off their ancestors’ glory.”

Before Xu Zimo could reply, a loud explosion came from inside the gate.

The next moment, the elder from Heavenly Dao Academy stumbled out in a mess.

His scholar’s robe was full of holes, and his neatly combed hair was a wild mess covering his face.

“Master!” the students from Heavenly Dao Academy shouted.

“Your master’s out. Aren’t you going to greet him?” Xu Zimo said, grabbing Mo Feiyun by the collar and tossing him over.

“What are you doing?” Mo Feiyun yelled in surprise as he was thrown.

When he landed heavily in front of the elder, Mo Feiyun looked up through the elder’s messy hair and saw his face.

“Mas… master,” Mo Feiyun called out nervously.

The next second, the elder let out a beast-like roar and pounced on Mo Feiyun, biting him.

Screams echoed in the air as Mo Feiyun was torn apart and eaten alive.

The elder devoured him hungrily, not leaving a single piece.

“How did Master become like this…” the others were horrified and almost threw up.

After eating Mo Feiyun, the elder stood up again and looked at everyone with a chilling gaze.

His eyes were blood-red, and black mist swirled faintly around his face.

“Master, it’s us!” Bai Yaoyao and the others shouted.

But the elder only bared his teeth. The aura of someone in the God Meridian Realm surged around him as he charged at them.

“If you beg me, I might consider saving you,” Xu Zimo said with a smile.

“Young Master Xu, please save our master!” Bai Yaoyao pleaded urgently.

“He’s beyond saving. Something has taken over his mind. He’s just a corpse that knows only how to kill, no awareness left,” Xu Zimo shook his head.

He waved his right hand, and the Immortal-Suppression Chain flew out.

Spiritual energy surged from the iron chain as it wrapped tightly around the elder.

This Immortal-Suppression Chain had become even more useful as Xu Zimo’s strength increased.

No matter how hard the elder struggled, it was no use.

He just growled low and thrashed about without consciousness.

“I saved your lives just now. Your Heavenly Dao Academy owes me one,” Xu Zimo said.

“Can our master still be saved?” Bai Yaoyao quickly asked.

“Have your academy send someone strong to clear whatever is clouding his mind. But they need to hurry, or it’ll be too late,” Xu Zimo replied.

“Thank you, Young Master Xu,” Bai Yaoyao and the others thanked him, and began contacting their academy using a special method.

“Shall we go in?” the God Emperor asked Xu Zimo again.

“If this was a normal ancient site, I wouldn’t have bothered. But now, since even someone in the God Meridian Realm couldn’t handle it, things just got interesting,” Xu Zimo nodded.

The God Meridian Realm was one of the highest levels on this continent. There weren’t many places such people couldn’t go.

Together with the God Emperor, Xu Zimo entered the gate. Most of the spiderwebs on the walls had been destroyed.

Their path was now clear. The lighting inside was dim, the air stale and hard to breathe.

Xu Zimo sensed the same strange force he had noticed earlier, but now it was even stronger.

And it was trying to merge with him, to blend into his spiritual energy.

“This power is strange. We’d better keep it out,” the God Emperor said, frowning.

Xu Zimo nodded.

As they went deeper, they began to see corpses on the path.

More precisely, the bodies of spiders, big, eight-legged, and pitch-black.

It seemed the webs had come from these creatures.

After a while, Xu Zimo finally found the first human corpse.

He walked over and crouched down.

The person lying dead before him was none other than the Saber Divine Lord.

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