Chapter 4277 — Moon Shadow Formation
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Wei Zhao, equally at a loss, exchanged a glance with Huang Xiaotao. The wasteland before them stretched so far that no end could be seen at a single glance. Unlikely as he knew it to be, he could not help but harbor the same thought as Cao Shishi: had Chang Daoping led the way so swiftly that he had accidentally brought them charging right out of the Lu Feng Forest?
"How could that be? Listen well—this is the Odor Cultivation City ruins!" Chang Daoping laughed heartily, pointing at the vast empty wasteland before them.
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned, jaws dropping as they cried in astonishment, "What kind of ruins is this? A barren expanse—there is nothing here at all!"
Their earlier excitement vanished in an instant. If this place truly was the legendary Odor Cultivation City ruins, as Chang Daoping claimed, then they were in for the bitterest disappointment.
What treasure could possibly be in this dead, grassless patch of land? Even if there had been something, it would lie plain for all to see—how could it have waited for them to come looking now?
Huang Xiaotao gave Wei Zhao's sleeve a gentle tug, disbelief filling her eyes. Even she was beginning to wonder whether Chang Daoping had deliberately led them to this barren place with some ulterior motive. Perhaps the man even harbored the same vicious designs as Chu Bubai.
However one looked at it, calling this place the Odor Cultivation City ruins was simply absurd—not even a three-year-old child would believe it.
Yet after a brief moment of astonishment, Wei Zhao instead grew calm. A question so obvious at a glance—even if Chang Daoping had ulterior motives, he would not deceive them so blatantly.
At first sight this place seemed utterly barren, as though there was truly nothing at all, but if one probed with spiritual sense, one would discover what seemed to be an enormous wall ahead. Spiritual sense could not penetrate it at all.
There had to be something extraordinary hidden within!
While everyone stood in baffled wonder, Luo Tuoxiang seemed to sense a hint of the trick. A corner of his mouth lifted, eager to show off before the crowd, and he stepped forward to walk on ahead.
"Get back here! Do you want to lose yourself inside and never see the light of day for the rest of your life?" Chang Daoping barked coldly from behind.
"What? Isn't this just an illusion?" Luo Tuoxiang jumped with fright and hastily withdrew his foot. He too could sense that something was unusual about this place. He had assumed it was merely an illusion meant to fool people!
"An illusion?" Chang Daoping gave a cold snort and said mildly, "I told you this is the Odor Cultivation City ruins. Do you think a former great city of the spirit beast clan would resort to such a childish trick as an illusion?"
"Uh..." Luo Tuoxiang shrank his neck, face flushed with embarrassment. At these words, the others finally came to their senses too, and every gaze fell upon Chang Daoping.
"Listen well, all of you. What lies before us is a formation—and not a simple illusion. If you step inside without finding the proper way to break it, you will lose yourself in this wasteland for the rest of your life, never to emerge again. Even if others wished to save you, they could not." Chang Daoping addressed the crowd.
At this, everyone felt a chill of dread. At first glance the desert had seemed unremarkable beyond its sudden appearance, yet such danger lurked within. Of those who did not know the trick of it, nine in ten would surely fall victim.
That this barren land concealed something extraordinary—many indeed could perceive it. But the vast majority would do as Luo Tuoxiang had just done and probe at the formation to break it; and the moment they tried, would they not have thrown themselves away?
Before they had even laid eyes on the Odor Cultivation City ruins, the group was already breaking out in goosebumps. They dared not be careless any longer—this place killed without shedding a drop of blood.