Lu Li had been in closed-door cultivation for a year without any incident. He had lost track of time. Lord Gu would take care of anything. What was there to worry about with his limited abilities?
Ahead of them was the Dragon-rocky Mountain. Lu Li had no idea that many people on the flying beasts were getting nervous. The two lords were checking with psychic power along the way.
Lu Li had been studying the soul skill in the Land of Illusion. He had made some progress during the year.
The soul skill should be powerful. It was an offensive skill and Lu Li was interested in it.
The mountains at the Dragon-rocky Mountain were strange. The stones here were all like dragon scales and they were very hard.
There were no flowers or trees here, only bare red stones. Looking down from the sky, it was as if there were dragons crouching down there.
There were many caves in the Dragon-rocky Mountain and they were all huge ones. Many beasts were hiding in the caves. This place had always been a paradise for beasts. Many powerful beasts would gather here.
It was said that the reason why there were so many powerful beasts here was because there was a Holy Dragon Spring under the caves. The beasts could grow stronger by drinking the Holy Dragon Spring.
Therefore, this place had been attracting many beasts to gather here. The beasts would grow stronger after drinking the Holy Dragon Spring.
Occasionally, there would be Beast Upheaval. The beasts would come out from the underground and kill each other in a frenzy.
No one could explain why such a thing had happened.
It was night time when the flying beasts arrived at the Dragon-rocky Mountain. The 12 blood moons were in the sky, lighting up the land. The cold light spread over the land, reflecting the red glow, which made the land even more strange and mysterious.
The 12 blood moons had no effect on Lu Li. The shield on the flying beasts had isolated the demonic energy of the moons. Otherwise, Lu Li and the others wouldn't even need to cultivate. They would be fighting each other at midnight …
The Endless Ruins of Gods had some ways to deal with the demonic energy of the moons. Many forces knew how to set up professional runes to resist the demonic energy of the moons. Lu Li and the others didn't feel anything on the back of the flying beasts.
Somehow, the flying beast had no effect on the moons. However, the beast became agitated as it flew into the Dragon-rocky Mountain.
It would look down from time to time as if it was eager to go into the caves and drink the Holy Dragon Spring.
"Take a detour and fly to the east!"
After flying for more than two hours, Lord Gu suddenly spoke. A Fifth Tribulation Expert immediately controlled the ferocious beast to take a detour.
Lord Gu had always been quietly investigating. He was sure that there was a powerful vicious beast in front of them.
"Fly right!"
Lord Gu continued to give orders, and the flying ferocious beasts kept changing directions. The martial artists on the ground waited for a while before relaxing slightly.
It had been more than two hours since they had entered the Dragonrocky Mountain Range, but they had not encountered a single powerful ferocious beast. It looked like they would be able to cross this place without any mishaps.
When riding on the Heavenly Will Pavilion's flying ferocious beasts, the Heavenly Will Pavilion would warn them that the Dragonrocky Mountain Range was very dangerous. If anything happened, they would not be responsible.
However, other than here, the Heavenly Will Pavilion would be responsible for anything that happened.
The few empires near the Dragon-rocky Mountain Range had been fighting for the past few years. There was a lot of killing going on and they didn't care about the Heaven's Will Pavilion.
Furthermore, the detour would take up an additional three to six months of time. The experts from the Heavenly Will Pavilion were not happy about this.
Of course, although there were many powerful ferocious beasts in the Dragon-rocky Mountain Range, many flying ferocious beasts would basically be safe as long as they chose a good route. Unless they encountered a rare Beast Tide, they could only blame it on their bad luck.
Clearly, everyone's luck was pretty good. The journey was very peaceful. They didn't encounter a single ferocious beast the entire night, much less a Beast Tide.
They had already crossed more than half of the Dragon-rocky Mountain Range. They just needed another six hours to fly out of the Dragon-rocky Mountain Range.
The blood moon set, and the sky turned pitch-black. It was almost dawn, and this was the darkest moment before dawn.
The surroundings were silent. Other than the sound of the flying ferocious beasts flapping their wings, there was no other sound.
"Everyone, our luck seems to be a little bad!"
At that moment, Lord Gu suddenly smiled bitterly and sighed. "We might have encountered a rare Beast Tide in a hundred years."
"What?"
There was an uproar within the light barrier. Countless people suddenly stood up and looked around in horror. Many people also used their Spiritual Perception to scan the surroundings.
However, there was no movement in the surroundings. They couldn't even see a single ferocious beast, much less a Beast Tide.
"As a matter of fact, I already felt something was wrong when we were halfway there."
Lord Gu stood up. A saber appeared in his hand as he explained, "It has been too peaceful along the way. We haven't run into a single powerful beast.
I did sense something along the way, but those beasts are too quiet.
Something must be wrong. We might be in big trouble. "
"If something like this really happens, you must remember … scatter and run. We will go back to distract the beasts while you run out of the Dragon-rocky Mountain as fast as you can. As long as you can get out, you will be safe.
If we can survive, we will take you on. If we die, wait outside the mountain. Someone from the Heaven's Will Pavilion will come and pick you up. "
"Boom!"
Right at that moment, a mountain in the distance suddenly exploded. Following that, a ray of golden light shot up to the sky. An earth-shattering roar came out, piercing through the sky.
"Eh?"
Lu Li came back to his senses. Out of instinct, he turned around. What he saw made his heart tremble. A huge golden ape rushed up to the sky, pounding its chest with its fists and roaring angrily.
The fangs were golden as well, reflecting a cold glare. A surge of suffocating qi and energy spread out, violent and cruel. Lu Li and the others felt their souls were trembling.
"Boom!"
Another huge explosion occurred on the left, and a silver-white centipede with ten thousand legs rushed out. It spat out black smoke from its mouth, covering half the sky.
"Boom!"
A mountain behind them also burst out. A human-shaped beast with red fur and only one vertical eye roared into the sky. That roar was so deafening that Lu Li and the others felt their eardrums bleed.
"Run!"
Lord Gu shouted. Then a surge of qi and energy spread out from him. The saber in his hand glowed and a horrifying qi and energy came out. He shouted and took the initiative to run back with the other three.
"Buzzing!"
A warrior of the Fifth Tribulation put the flying beast into his Interspatial Ring. Then he waved his hand and said, "The Beast Upheaval is coming. Fly close to the ground and run for your lives. As long as we can get out of the Dragon-rocky Mountain, we can survive."
"Whoosh!"
The 10 warriors of the Fifth Tribulation took the lead and dashed down. Many others came to their senses and followed suit.
Lu Li didn't know what had happened. He was stunned and stood on the spot.
"Silly boy, what are you waiting for? Run with them.
Your qi and energy are weak. It is best for you to run when you are in the crowd. "
Blood Evil Emperor's voice came. Lu Li released the Heaven Armor at once and rushed down.
The 1000 warriors were divided into more than a dozen teams. They knew very well that if all of them were to stay together, none of them would survive.
Lu Li chose to go with a team in the middle. There was a powerful warrior of the Lord Realm in this team. At the very least, this team could give them a chance to escape.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"