Even after the old man's figure had disappeared, my consciousness was still wandering. I stood there in a daze. I didn't know how long it had been before my mind gradually recovered, and I came back to life.
Before today, I had seen many people with high cultivation, such as the sacrificial evil spirit, Celestial Master Zhang, and the others. However, it was the first time I had seen the white-clothed old man change the color of heaven and earth.
After I recovered my intelligence, the first word that came to my mind was' Immortal '.
In a flash, the powerful monster was killed, and Wang Can's body was taken away.
Such a method and such a strange phenomenon couldn't have been done by an Immortal.
Compared to what I had felt just now, I hadn't felt so helpless when President Li and Celestial Master Zhang attacked me at the same time.
Under that kind of pressure, I couldn't even think about resisting. I felt like I was facing the power of heaven and earth.
I couldn't guess his identity, but before he appeared, the Primal Chaos aura on the Pangu Axe had changed. I could infer that this old man had something to do with the Pangu Axe. Could he be the weapon spirit of the Pangu Axe?
Although a divine weapon could recognize its master, it was still incredible that the weapon spirit would appear and take away the body when its master died. Besides that, I couldn't guess his identity, so I had to let it go.
I stood in place and circulated the spiritual power in my body twice. After that, I gathered my thoughts and regained my calm. I lowered my head and looked around.
Wang Can was killed, and the murderer was executed. His body was taken away by the white-clothed old man. After a series of shocks, the anger and sadness in my heart calmed down. In the end, I just sighed and stopped thinking about this matter.
The corpses of the people who had been killed were scattered around. They were the people of the Witchcraft Alliance who had come with Wang Can.
Since I was here, I couldn't just ignore them. After calming down, I started to collect their scattered corpses.
Although Xiang Liu's bag could carry a lot of things, it couldn't hold so many corpses. After gathering all the corpses, I had to put them together and find a place to bury them. After checking their identities, I would think about how to transport them back to the city.
It wasn't easy to put the scattered corpses back together. I carefully identified the aura of each person, and it took me half an hour to put all the corpses together. Then, I dug a big pit nearby and carefully buried each corpse.
Since this place was the border of the Monster Territory, I was worried that the Monster Territory would discover the traces of the corpses. So, I urged my spiritual power to create a strong gust of wind to blow the sand and plants on the surface of the wasteland to cover the traces of the graves.
After doing all that, I turned around to look at the Monster Territory's barrier and was ready to leave. However, as soon as I lifted my foot, black clouds suddenly appeared in the sky above the Monster Territory's barrier. Under the black clouds, the wind and sand swept. Almost in a flash, the wild ancient energy behind the Monster Territory's barrier burst out, pushing the Monster Territory's barrier through my body and forward for an unknown distance.
I didn't have time to react. In the next second, I was in the middle of the wild ancient energy. The Monster Territory's barrier was everywhere, and I didn't know where the Monster Territory's barrier was.
At this moment, an aged, sorrowful, and furious shout resounded from afar in the sky.
"Who killed my son?"
This voice carried a supreme might that could destroy the world, and it was even more shocking to me than the white-clothed old man from before.
Within the thick Monster Territory, I felt a sweetness in my throat and spat out a mouthful of blood. The meridians in my body shook, and in an instant, my Heaven Veins completely shattered. My spiritual power wasn't able to resist it, and after barely maintaining the stability of my Fate Palace, it collapsed and disappeared.
As the spiritual power in my body dissipated, I couldn't stabilize my body in the sky that was full of sand. I was swept into the gale, and my remaining consciousness gradually blurred.
At the last second before my consciousness disappeared, I could faintly see an incomparably large black figure in the sky. It flashed past my head, and the black clouds that covered the sky rapidly moved forward.
At the same time, the old and sorrowful voice from before entered my ears again. However, this time, it seemed to be extremely far away from me.
"... Who... Killed... My son!?"
Along with this voice, my consciousness finally fell into boundless darkness.
I didn't know how much time had passed, but when I regained consciousness, I opened my eyes and saw only sand.
My head was dizzy, and I was in a perplexed state. I stared at the sand in front of me. After a long time, my memory slowly recovered, and I recalled everything that had happened.
It was obvious that I was currently in a barren desert, and the air was filled with an ancient and barbaric aura. Under the violent sandstorm, I hadn't been swept out of the Monster race's territory. From the changes in the scenery before me, it seemed that the sandstorm had brought me to a deeper part of the Monster race's territory.
As I recalled the world-destroying pressure that I had experienced, I was still terrified. After a long time, I calmed down and started to inspect my body's situation.
Before my consciousness disappeared, I felt that the Heaven Veins in my body had shattered, and I had lost all of my spiritual power. I had only barely managed to protect my Fate Palace. After inspecting my body, I realized that the situation hadn't gotten better, but it hadn't gotten worse either.
The Shaman Qi and Dao Qi didn't have a Heaven Veins in their body, and had almost completely disappeared. Only a tiny bit of it was left in my body. Although my Fate Palace was protected, it was severely damaged. I couldn't sense the existence of my Sun God, and I couldn't activate its power.
Only a bit of my spiritual sense remained, but it didn't have any power. I could only inspect the situation within a few kilometers of my body.
Under such circumstances, I couldn't heal my injuries on my own, and could only rely on external help.
Moreover, my injuries this time were even more serious than when I had been crippled by the Lu family. Even if I had the Saliva of True Dragon, I wasn't sure if I could restore my Heaven Veins.
For the time being, I couldn't worry about that. In any case, I had managed to keep my life, so I had nothing to complain about. I was currently in the Monster race's territory, and investigating my surroundings was more important than recovering from my injuries.
Fortunately, my fleshly body still had some strength left, and I struggled to sit up. I looked around and confirmed that I was in a barren desert.
I was currently under a sand dune, and the items in the Xiang Liu Bag were scattered all around me. I didn't know why.
Apart from these items, there was nothing else around me except yellow sand.
I didn't know why the items in the Xiang Liu Bag had fallen out, but I remembered that when the Mountain and Sea Realm had opened, the jade bracelet had transformed into the Gate of the Mountain and Sea Realm. Tong Tong had no place to reside in, so she had stayed in the Xiang Liu Bag. Where was she now?
I searched the Xiang Liu Bag, then used my spiritual sense to scan the surroundings, but I couldn't find anything.
What had happened?
Could it be that when I was unconscious, I encountered the Demonic race, and she appeared and was taken away by them? Or did she lead them away?
I made wild guesses in my mind, but I couldn't find any answers. After a moment, I thought of the Spirit Snake, and quickly called out to the Spirit Snake in the totem on my back. However, there was no trace of the Spirit Snake.
After examining my body, I had thought of temporarily relying on Tong Tong and the Spirit Snake to help me. But now, it seemed that not only was I unable to rely on them, but I had also temporarily lost track of them.
I silently sat on the ground, my mind constantly making conjectures.
After a long time, I stood up with great difficulty and carefully examined my body, as well as the items scattered on the ground. I couldn't find any valuable clues, and my mood became increasingly gloomy.
If my previous conjecture was correct, then Tong Tong and the Spirit Snake must have encountered some unexpected situation while I was unconscious. Given their state of mind, there was no way they wouldn't have left behind some clues to give me a hint.
According to the current situation, it was highly possible that they had lost track of them under the pressure of the ancient voice.
At that time, I couldn't even protect myself with my cultivation, so I naturally couldn't care about them. It was highly possible that something happened that I didn't notice at all.
After understanding this fact, my mood became increasingly gloomy. After a long time, I forcefully gathered my courage and started to save myself.
At that moment, I couldn't use my cultivation, so I could only temporarily find a safe place to stay.
After losing the protection of my cultivation, I would need water and food. The desert in front of me wasn't suitable for survival, so I had to leave this place.
In the desert, besides the yellow sand that filled the sky, there was only the scorching sun in the sky.
I stared at the sun until I felt dizzy, and I couldn't determine the direction. However, under the scorching sun, I could feel that my strength was rapidly depleting.
Thus, I quickly made a decision to randomly choose a direction to explore. If I stayed here, I could only quietly wait for my strength to be exhausted.
After walking for an hour, I stopped on a sand dune. My throat felt as though it was on fire, and even my ability to swallow had disappeared.
Every time I took in a breath, I felt as though countless grains of sand were rubbing against my mouth. It was extremely difficult to breathe.
However, I didn't stop because I had exhausted my strength. It was because there was a sound coming from the other side of the sand dune. From the continuous sound, it was obvious that it was approaching this place.
I became more spirited. When the voice came closer, I carefully peeked out from the sand dune. I saw a monster with a dog's head and a human's body on the other side of the sand dune. He was riding an ugly monster beast as he walked towards me.
The sound that I had heard earlier should have come from his mouth. From his appearance, it seemed that he was singing.
It was obvious that this was the half-beast human that Duo Ji had mentioned. At the moment, I had lost almost all of my cultivation, and with the remaining bit of spiritual power, I couldn't fight at all. My entire body was on the verge of collapse. If I was discovered by this half-beast human, it would be difficult for me to escape.