The next day, when the first ray of sunlight tore through the night sky and shone on the ancient land of the Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range, the Spiritual Energy in this region seemed to have started to boil.
Countless whizzing sounds of wind resounded from outside the mountain range as they streaked across the horizon like locusts, heading towards the location of the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient City from every direction.
Clearly, the news of the opening of the Dragon-Phoenix Haven had already spread to everyone's ears in just a short night.
Mu Chen and Cai Xiao stood on a towering roof as they looked at the massive crowd that was akin to black clouds. They couldn't help exclaiming out. The allure of the Dragon-Phoenix Haven was too great. Probably all the slightly powerful younger generations in the Northern Region had gathered here. The scale of it was something that would leave others speechless.
As the sunlight shone down from the horizon, everyone's gazes were blazing as they looked into the distance. Above the mountain range, space was constantly fluctuating like water. Vaguely, there seemed to be a boundless aura being emitted, spreading out between the heavens and earth.
That was the location of the Dragon-Phoenix Haven's opening.
Time slowly flowed. When the blazing sun hung high in the sky, the human population in this region had already reached a terrifying level. Spiritual Energy ripples rippled, causing the space in this region to become a little distorted.
Buzz!
Suddenly, the Spiritual Energy between the heavens and earth became like boiling water as it started to turn violent. Boundless Spiritual Energy gathered in the sky above the ancient mountain range. Vaguely, one could see the boundless Spiritual Energy transforming into Spiritual Energy waves that covered the skies and earth as they surged.
The space in that region started to distort under the surging Spiritual Energy.
Countless people looked at this scene with blazing gazes as their hearts raced.
When the space in that region distorted to the limit, a massive beam of light slowly appeared and tore apart space, bit by bit.
Endless light surged out from the torn space.
In that instant, there was a draconic roar and phoenix cry that resounded from ancient times that resounded between the heavens and earth.
That draconic roar was something that Mu Chen had never heard before. That draconic roar seemed to contain a might that could even surpass the heavens and earth.
It made others tremble.
"The Dragon-Phoenix Haven has opened!"
An ecstatic and trembling shout suddenly resounded in the boiling world, and then it directly ignited the extremely fiery atmosphere in the world.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Countless people's eyes turned red at this instant. In the next instant, numerous Spiritual Energies burst forth as light figures tore through the heavens and earth.
Sharp whooshing sounds formed into sonic booms that resounded in this region. In the end, those silhouettes were like locusts as they charged into the torn space.
Clearly, this world was in an uproar because of that.
Mu Chen involuntarily let out a sigh of admiration as he watched this majestic scene. Soon after, he looked towards Cai Xiao and said, "Let's get moving."
Cai Xiao nodded lightly.
The two of them moved.
They had also turned into streaks of light and flew out, merging into the vast current of light and charged into the space that resounded with the draconic roar and phoenix cry.
In that instant when they charged into the Dragon-Phoenix Haven, Cai Xiao suddenly held onto Mu Chen's hand. The cold jade-like sensation made the latter slightly stunned. But before he could even speak, the surrounding spatial fluctuations suddenly became chaotic.
Space started to distort.
However, the blurriness brought about by the distortions quickly disappeared. Mu Chen also felt that his feet had landed on solid ground. The surrounding scenery turned from blurry to clear.
He slowly opened his eyes and was startled. The scenery around him had changed drastically.
The undulating mountains had disappeared, replaced with a dark-red grassland.
They were currently on a hill in the grassland.
A gentle breeze that brought along an ancient scent blew over, causing the dark-red grassland to sway as if it was an ocean of blood that was surging.
Looking at it, it gave others a slightly terrifying feeling.
Buzz! Buzz!
At this moment, the space above the grassland was constantly fluctuating as silhouettes appeared in a flash. Clearly, they were those that had passed through the spatial crack and entered the Dragon-Phoenix Haven.
But judging from the looks of it, when they passed through the spatial crack, they would be randomly sent away by the chaotic spatial fluctuations. This was also the reason why Cai Xiao held onto his hand at that time, so that the two of them wouldn't be separated.
Along with the appearance of those silhouettes, the initially quiet dark-red grassland swiftly became noisy. Innumerable people were looking at this foreign land with blazing curiosity in their eyes. Thereafter, there were some that couldn't hold themselves back and flew towards the distance.
Looking at the dark-red grassland, Mu Chen slightly knitted his brows as he vaguely felt a little uneasy.
Buzz!
Just when that smear of uneasiness surged in Mu Chen's heart, the dark-red grass on this dark-red grassland suddenly flew up, before disintegrating in the air, turning into countless dark-red bloody mists. Those bloody mists swept towards the dozens of figures that had taken the lead.
Boom!
Those dozens of experts swiftly reacted as the Spiritual Energy in their bodies exploded in an attempt to shatter the dark-red blood mist. However, when the two came in contact, the boundless Spiritual Energy couldn't obstruct the blood mist in the slightest. As the dark-red blood mist swept past, they didn't even have the chance to let out a shriek before they were reduced to white bones that fell from the sky.
The noise in the grassland came to an abrupt stop as countless experts had a drastic change in their faces as they watched this scene.
"What's that?" Someone exclaimed in shock.
Staring at the dark-red blood mist, Mu Chen suddenly narrowed his eyes as he realised that the dark-red blood mist wasn't a mist, but innumerable dark-red strange insects.
Those strange insects were only the size of a thumb, but their numbers were shocking. In their path, even Spiritual Energy would be devoured.
All of a sudden, Mu Chen thought of something and abruptly waved his hand. Spiritual Energy swept out towards the dark-red grassland. In the path of his Spiritual Energy, the red grass started to soar and turned into a blood-red insect mist.
Seeing this scene, Mu Chen felt his scalp going numb. How was this a grassland? This was clearly a grassland formed by a sea of insects!
"Quick, let's go!"
Mu Chen grabbed onto Cai Xiao's wrist as his figure soared from the ground. The danger level of the Dragon-Phoenix Haven had far exceeded his expectations. In such a dangerous place, the slightest carelessness would turn them into a pile of bones.
When Mu Chen soared, many young experts in the sky started to flee for their lives. They must have understood that they were extremely unlucky to have been sent to a land of death.
Buzz!
Buzz! The fluctuations caused by the escape of countless people immediately alarmed the innumerable strange insects. The entire scarlet grassland seemed to have come to life as countless dark-red tornadoes appeared and swept towards the escaping figures.
Buzz!
A dark-red sea of insects formed into a tornado as it swiftly swept towards Mu Chen's direction. The earth-shattering scene caused Mu Chen's face to change. Shortly after, he waved his hand and boundless Spiritual Energy swept out.
Boom!
The two forces clashed, but the majority of the Spiritual Energy was devoured by those dark-red strange insects. But after devouring the Spiritual Energy, there were quite a few of them that spontaneously combusted and purple flames could be vaguely seen flickering.
Seeing this scene, Mu Chen's gaze instantly flickered.
"Your Spiritual Energy has fused with a pretty decent flame. Bring it out. Although they can devour Spiritual Energy, they are afraid of flames." Cai Xiao reminded.
Mu Chen nodded his head and with a will of his mind, purple flames spread out from his body and formed into a barrier of fire that enveloped the two of them.
Rustle!
Borrowing the protection of the Undying Flames, Mu Chen charged straight into the sea of insects that were obstructing him. Instantly, the insects that came in contact with the purple flames were reduced to ashes as ear-piercing screeching noises constantly resounded.
As Mu Chen flew at full speed, endless miserable shrieks resounded behind him. God knows how many young experts were drowned by the sea of insects and turned into bones. However, at this moment, Mu Chen was powerless to save them. The moment he was surrounded by the sea of insects, even with the protection of the Undying Flames, he would be exhausted to death sooner or later.
Whoosh!
Under his full speed, Mu Chen flew for nearly a dozen minutes before he flew out of the scarlet grassland and landed on a barren stone mountain. Turning around, he saw a scarlet sea of mist rising from the scarlet grassland as if it was a disaster.
However, aside from them, there were also some figures that miserably escaped. Those people were the same as Mu Chen, their Spiritual Energy had fused with the power of flames. Borrowing this power, they were able to break out of the encirclement of the sea of insects.
"What a heavy casualty."
Mu Chen's face turned grave. Earlier on, there were at least a thousand experts in this grassland. But at this moment, there were probably less than a hundred that managed to escape. The casualty rate made even Mu Chen feel his scalp going numb.
The danger of the Dragon-Phoenix Haven had far exceeded his expectations.
Shaking his head, Mu Chen suppressed the shock in his heart and flicked his finger. Spiritual Energy surged as it formed into a map before him. It was the map that he had obtained from the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion.
However, the map was too vague, so Mu Chen and Luo Yunyang had to probe the surroundings for a long time before they could roughly determine their location.
"We should be in this direction."
Cai Xiao pointed at the bottom-left corner of the map with her slender finger, before she slowly shifted it upwards and pointed at the closest spot on the map. "The location of the Dragon-Phoenix Pool is here, let's head there first."
Only after finding a Dragon-Phoenix Pool, could Cai Xiao make use of its power to find the other Dragon-Phoenix Pools.
Mu Chen nodded his head. There wasn't any hesitation as he waved his sleeve and stored the Spiritual Energy map. Thereafter, he looked towards the southwest direction and deeply inhaled a mouthful of air. Although it was his first time coming to the Dragon-Phoenix Haven, he could imagine how much more dangerous the surroundings of the Dragon-Phoenix Pool would be.
However, it was clearly impossible for him to stop in his tracks out of fear.
"Let's go."
Mu Chen spoke in a soft voice as he soared into the sky and flew in the direction of the Dragon-Phoenix Pool, with Cai Xiao closely following behind him.
(To be continued.
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