“A forbidden zone has appeared. The overlord forces from every province will surely rush here at once. Hurry outside and report this!”
Ji Lian also quickly shouted to the crowd on the periphery.
The people from their Ji family could not be relied upon. With such a major event occurring, only by informing the family head and mobilising the strongest forces could they hope to assault the so-called pinnacle of martial arts.
The pinnacle of martial arts was elusive and intangible. No one knew exactly what realm it entailed or how powerful it truly was.
Yet nowadays, no one could break through to Martial Emperor. The opportunity here might allow someone to step into the Martial Emperor realm in future.
Once someone reached Martial Emperor, they could stand at the continent’s peak and rule over it.
Their faction would then become the continent’s sole supreme power. That allure was simply too great.
It would definitely attract every force on the continent, every Martial Saint expert.
By then, even their Yang Province overlord faction would be unable to hold the ground. Even if all Yang Province forces joined together, they still could not guard it.
Right now, their only advantage was that the forbidden zone had appeared in Yang Province, so they could charge in first.
Of course, because it was one of the continent’s forbidden zones, they had originally did not believe this place could fully restrain them.
Now it seemed that if no one attacked from outside, both of their Martial Saints were very likely to perish here.
As soon as Ji Lian spoke, the crowd on the periphery prepared to turn and leave hurriedly. However, at that moment, an elder from the Ji family at the ninth level of Martial Emperor flew over and cried out in alarm, “The void rift has already sealed.”
Upon hearing this, everyone was greatly shocked. Sealed? Then how could they get out?
Even Lin Xiao could not help deeply furrowing his brows.
A continent forbidden zone appeared only once every thousand years. Now that it had sealed, would they have to wait another full millennium before it reappeared?
Moreover, legend said that every thousand years, a different forbidden zone appeared. In other words, if they had to wait for Death White Rock to appear again among the nine great forbidden zones, would that not mean waiting nine thousand years?
Then every one of them would simply grow old and die here.
“That antlered youth and the tree demon said earlier that the timing was not yet right. Could it be that this is only a temporary manifestation of the forbidden zone, not its true emergence?”
Lin Xiao wondered silently.
At this thought, a slight relief rose in his heart. This possibility seemed far more likely.
Otherwise, a forbidden zone that appeared only once every millennium would vanish after just a day or two. How could other forces arrive in time? How could it cause upheaval across the continent?
Those tree demons and the antlered youth, king of spirit beast, should not have spoken wrongly.
When it truly reappeared, experts like the Canglong Sect Master would arrive, and he would have a chance to escape.
In the face of such a grand event, the Ji family head would hardly tear face with Canglong Sect over a junior like him.
“The void rift is about to close. The Great Elder ordered me to come and report, but unfortunately, shortly after I entered the void rift, it sealed itself.”
The ninth-level Martial Emperor expert from the Ji family said to Ji Lian.
Everyone’s expressions immediately darkened.
“You are all thinking too much!”
At this moment, Lin Xiao spoke to the people from both the Ji family and the Sacred Heaven Sect. “Even if it had not sealed, all of you would still die here.”
The hearts of the Ji family and Sacred Heaven Sect members sank.
Indeed, even if the void rift had not closed, even if Lin Xiao had not acted, those who had not reached Martial Saint realm would soon be worn to death by the power of time.
“Everyone, attack these stones and rescue us. Only then will you have a chance to live!”
At that moment, Zhan Meng shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, the ninth-level Martial Emperor from the Ji family led the others to unleash attacks on the rock layer ahead. They no longer cared about whether they should interfere in the affairs of the three great factions.
Only by rescuing the Martial Saints could they have any hope of leaving, because this place had completely exceeded their expectations.
Only now did they understand why the bizarre Ten Directions Giant Fiend had appeared, and why the Ten Directions Giant Fiend had ultimately retreated.
So this was one of the legendary nine great forbidden zones of the continent. In such a forbidden zone, anything was possible.
When waves of vast power rushed into the rock layer area, they were greatly reduced. The force that actually struck the rocks only managed to shatter some of them.
After the group attacked for a long time, they merely broke through one row of rocks, less than one metre deep.
In that small cleared section, the power of time vanished, and people from both factions fell out.
However, their bodies, now aged or reverted to childhood, showed no further change.
By now, the crowd on the periphery was attacking almost in despair.
After watching for a while, Lin Xiao decided to take action himself. Although there was no possibility of rescuing the two Martial Saints and the experts from both factions.
To avoid complications, it was still best to deal with them first.
“Everyone, I shall send you on your way.”
With that, Lin Xiao first approached Ji Lian.
Martial Saints posed the greatest threat, so he would eliminate the Martial Saints first.
“Hmph. If you could kill us, you would have done so already. All this effort is wasted.”
Ji Lian snorted coldly.
He dismissed Lin Xiao’s claim that he would kill him. Lin Xiao could only talk big and cause superficial flesh wounds at most.
A Martial Saint’s body could never be breached by the opponent.
“Is that so?”
At that moment, a red scale appeared in Lin Xiao’s hand. He carefully pinched the scale and slashed it toward Ji Lian’s throat.
“Chi!”
The scale was hard and razor-sharp. With a forceful slash, Lin Xiao actually cut a slight wound on Ji Lian’s throat.
This scale was none other than the Black Tortoise Poison Scale that Lin Xiao had obtained from Wen Ruo long ago.
The Black Tortoise Poison Scale came from the Black Tortoise Poison Scale Fish, said to be the descendant of the divine beast Black Tortoise and the Poison Scale Fish. It possessed Black Tortoise bloodline. The hardness and toxicity of its scales were rumoured to be capable of poisoning even Martial Saints to death.
That was why Lin Xiao’s confidence in killing Martial Saints.
As soon as the scale appeared, it indeed broke through the Martial Saint’s skin. The Black Tortoise Poison Scale contained deadly poison. Breaking the skin was enough.
Now he only needed to wait and see whether the poison’s power lived up to the legends.
Shock filled Ji Lian’s face. What was that thing in Lin Xiao’s hand that could actually cut his skin?
What Ji Lian could not see was that the tiny wound had already turned black, then began turning purple, clear signs of poisoning.
However, Ji Lian did feel intense pain spreading from his throat.
“This, what is this thing?”
Ji Lian asked in disbelief.
Lin Xiao smiled smugly and said, “This is called the Black Tortoise Poison Scale. It is said that the deadly poison within can kill even Martial Saints!”
“What!”
Ji Lian’s expression changed drastically. It could kill even Martial Saints?
Whether it was true or not, the fierce poison was already seeping from his throat into other parts of his body, causing him obvious agony.
Ji Lian hurriedly circulated the energy within his body to block the deadly poison.
Although he could not project energy outside, circulating it inside his body was still possible.
However, the moment he circulated his energy to resist the poison, the poison spread even faster. It penetrated his energy and merged into other parts of his body.
Vital energy was completely unable to stop that deadly poison.
“Heh heh. The more you circulate your energy, the faster you die!”
Lin Xiao smiled with satisfaction, then flew toward Zhan Meng.
Ji Lian’s expression darkened.
“You, what do you want?”
Seeing Lin Xiao flying toward him, Zhan Meng panicked.
He did not know what the Black Tortoise Poison Scale was, but seeing Ji Lian’s state, if he were cut as well, he would surely fare no better.
