The crowd followed their gaze.
In the distance, the rolling mountains began to tremble!
The peaks were a thousandzhang away.
The tremor was visible even from such a distance, indicating the immense scale of the movement!
As they spoke, a mountain peak collapsed!
Right before everyone's eyes, it turned into dust!
A mountain that massive, vanished just like that!!!
Soon, a second, a third, a fourth…
The peaks seemed to trigger a chain reaction, collapsing one after another!
Mid-air, dark clouds had gathered at some unknown time.
The thick cloud layer stretched for thousands of miles.
Black as ink!
The clear daytime instantly turned into night!
Muffled thunder rumbled from above the clouds!
Everyone’s face changed!
This scene was far too familiar!
This was the precursor to tribulation lightning!
They had initially thought some powerful beings were fighting a monstrous beast, but it turned out someone was undergoing tribulation?!
Normally, there was a preparation period between the appearance of tribulation clouds and the descent of tribulation lightning.
But this tribulation lightning was clearly taking an unconventional path.
"Crack—!"
The tribulation clouds hadn't even fully formed when the lightning impatiently descended!
And it wasn't just one bolt!
But over a hundred!
Each bolt was tens ofzhang thick!
It was practically a sea of lightning!
"Holy cow!"
Everyone cried out in unison!
Among them were sect leaders at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
Even from this distance, they felt immense fear!
They couldn't imagine the terrifying consequences if this lightning sea struck them!
Their bodies would surely be beyond saving!
There wouldn't even be a speck left!
"Roar—!"
"Roar—!"
"Roar—!"
A series of beast roars echoed from the deepest part of the forest.
Even from this distance, they were incredibly high-pitched and resonant!
Judging by the sound, it was a type they had never encountered before.
But that wasn't the main point.
The main point was that this single beast roar was already unbearable!
"Pfft, pfft, pfft—!"
Everyone's faces changed, and they all spat out a large mouthful of blood!
A single, extremely distant beast roar had injured them!
Everyone immediately turned tail and fled as if their lives depended on it!
They had no idea what realm the roaring beasts were.
But judging by the power, killing them would be as easy as playing!
If those beasts had roared beside them, they would have already perished!
If they continued to spectate, it would cost them their lives!
In the blink of an eye, everyone had vanished!
Even after escaping back to their sects, they could still faintly hear the beast roars!
At this moment, distance seemed to be forgotten.
The Imperial City was thousands of miles away from the Beast Forest.
Yet the power of the roars seemed to have diminished in no way!
As soon as the sects returned, they saw a large number of their disciples had fainted.
"Gather everyone and activate the sect protection formation!"
While they were busy hiding in their sects like turtles, the anomalies in the Beast Forest continued.
Trees within a radius of several hundred miles were uprooted and shredded by the gale force winds!
Cracks several feet long split open in the ground.
They were pitch black, with no bottom in sight.
The surrounding mountains had almost entirely collapsed.
The nearby rivers had completely dried up!
The tribulation clouds in the sky continued to condense, and waves of cloud descended incessantly.
The scope of the cloud sea now covered almost everything within sight!
Intermittent beast roars continued to emanate from the deepest part of the forest.
The sounds, initially filled with anger, gradually turned to panic…
As if those terrifying beasts had sensed something even more terrifying…
Later, the beast roars were completely drowned out by the thunder…
At this moment, an area of several hundred miles was torn apart!
All that remained was debris and darkness, like a scene of apocalypse!
And Liang Rujing stood there, staring blankly at the edge of a large crater.
That's right.
She had never left, not from the beginning.
Or rather…
She couldn't!
Under normal circumstances, in such an environment, a mere Foundation Establishment realm nobody like her would have been torn to shreds long ago.
Yet, strangely, she remained unharmed!
A vacuum zone of about one zhang had formed around her.
As if she had been isolated from the apocalyptic scene.
Unbeknownst to her, a tall, ethereal female figure had appeared behind her.
The ethereal figure was about one zhang tall, but its color was too dim to discern its features.
Judging by the outline of its clothing, it was vastly different from the style of the current cultivation world.
This vacuum zone of about one zhang was created by the ethereal figure itself!
Suddenly!
A familiar aura wafted over!
Liang Rujing's eyes snapped open in disbelief, her body trembling with excitement.
It was him!
He was back!
"Ye Fan!" Liang Rujing shouted with all her might towards the center of the storm, "Is that you!"
Unfortunately, there was no response.
Liang Rujing attempted to rush into the center of the storm to investigate.
But her body felt as if it were nailed in place, unable to move even half a step.
…
Somewhere in the cultivation world.
A flying boat was traveling at high speed.
An elderly cultivator leaned against the ship's railing, casting a fishing rod outside the boat.
However, the end of the fishing line was a straight hook.
The old man stared intently outside, his face contorted slightly.
Most striking was his left eye.
It was twitching randomly and erratically…
Behind him stood a large wooden tub.
The tub was about two feet tall, like a bathtub.
But there was no water in the tub; instead, an old man was inside.
The old man squatted in the tub, his hands gripping the rim.
His eyes were fixed forward, not blinking at all.
That's right.
It was those two great masters of mental powers!
Master Xie Yan!
Second Elder!
Beside them stood a one-eyed male cultivator.
Da Fei.
A man who once aspired to be the King of Bandits.
Unfortunately, after the 'treatment' last time, he no longer had such aspirations…
He looked at the two old men subserviently, like a fawning lackey.
"Seniors, you are…?"
Da Fei looked at the Second Elder with confusion and asked cautiously.
Earlier, the two old men had come out with a tub and a fishing rod, and he had no idea what they were trying to do.
"Are you stupid?" The Second Elder glanced at Da Fei with disdain. "Obviously, I am a fish that has been caught!"
Da Fei: ???
"Don't talk to me!" The Second Elder waved his hand impatiently. "If others see you talking to a fish, they'll think you've lost your mind!"
Da Fei: ??????
After a few steps, Da Fei walked over to the Second Elder.
"Senior, are you fishing?" Da Fei made small talk.
The Second Elder turned his head and scrutinized Da Fei from head to toe.
Da Fei felt a chill run down his spine under his gaze.
"Strange, he's not sick?" Master Xie Yan mused, "Why is he suddenly talking nonsense?"
"Remember, I am refining pills," Master Xie Yan reminded him. "Don't say it wrong again in the future, lest people discover your mental faculties are not sharp and capture you."
At this moment, Da Fei felt his worldview was on the verge of collapse…
After being treated by the two old men, he had been bedridden for about half a month.
He had only gotten out of bed today.
Speaking of which, this was his first formal interaction with the two old men.
But now it seemed their minds were not quite right?
Thinking of this, Da Fei quickly shook his head!
Although the treatment process before had been somewhat embarrassing and excruciating, the results were undeniably excellent!
Not only had some old ailments been completely cured, but his cultivation had also broken through!
Especially with the two old men feeding him medicine and giving him acupuncture daily, he felt his body getting stronger by the day!
If it were his past self, he could now take on ten people with one punch!
Da Fei knew that he had encountered true masters!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them his reborn parents!
Although… their tempers seemed a bit peculiar…
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration struck Da Fei!
Generally, such masters didn't like to speak plainly and often spoke in riddles.
This meant their words should never be taken at face value; they must have deeper meanings!
I understand!
The two seniors are trying to enlighten me!
But their meaning seems difficult to comprehend…
Suddenly!
The two old men stopped their actions.
They both looked in one direction!
At this moment, Master Xie Yan's face relaxed completely!
His features returned to normal, and his left eyeball stopped twitching!
His previously hunched back instantly straightened!
In this state, Master Xie Yan had a bit of the charm of an old handsome man.
"He's back!"
Master Xie Yan blurted out.
"Yes."
The Second Elder stood up and murmured, looking into the distance.
"He's completely back!"