As the Universe Turns - Chapter 331
Chapter 331 Shatter
Three days later, the two of them headed north to Liang Country’s capital, Liang Zhou City. Everything they saw along the way was boundless wilderness. They couldn’t find anyone, let alone villages and shops. However, the scenery in the wilderness was quite strange, causing Xu Hao to wander endlessly all the way.
“Brother Wu Chen, can you feel it? The spiritual energy of the Liang Kingdom is much more abundant than that of the Yi Kingdom.”
Xu Hao said excitedly as he looked at the boundless azure mountain range.
“Mm …”
Xiao Chen only nodded. It seemed that he didn’t even notice what Xu Hao was saying. His divine sense had always been in the distance because he saw many people running towards him.
“Brother Wu Chen, what’s wrong?”
Xu Hao asked when he saw that he was absent-minded again.
“Shh …”
Xiao Chen immediately made a silent gesture and quickly pulled him into the forest beside the road. There were dozens of people coming in front of him. The sound of horse hooves gradually approached, and in the end, it was like a gust of wind. In the blink of an eye, it swept past the two of them, stirring up dust all over the ground.
Xu Hao raised his sleeve and covered his nose and mouth as he coughed twice. He frowned and said, “What are these people doing? Why are they running in such a hurry?”
“I don’t know. Let’s go.”
Xiao Chen slowly stood up. For some unknown reason, his heart was still in a state of turmoil. It was as if he was hanging in the air. He had a faint bad premonition.
At this moment, the two of them continued on their way to Liangzhou City. However, in just a short morning, they had actually seen many people coming towards them, but they had turned their backs on them.
“Strange … where did those people go in a hurry?”
Xu Hao frowned slightly. He turned around and looked at the dust behind him. He said to himself, “We just came from that direction. Why are these people going that way? Where are they going?”
“Let’s go first.”
Xiao Chen’s expression became more serious. The two of them continued on their journey to Liangzhou City. On the second day, a lot of people suddenly arrived in a hurry. They were just like those people from yesterday, as if they were fleeing for their lives.
This time, Xiao Chen stepped forward to stop a person. That person raised his head in panic, “You, what are you going to do …”
Xu Hao quickly walked up and asked with a frown, “Where are you guys going?”
“Go … go where …”
The man was so scared that he didn’t even know where he was going. He asked, “Then, where are you going?”
Xu Hao said, “Nonsense, of course I’m going to Liangzhou City!”
“Liang … Liangzhou City …”
The man’s face turned pale and he muttered, “Why are you still going to Liangzhou City at this time … Liangzhou City has already fallen, and now it is filled with rebels …”
“What are you talking about!”
Xu Hao’s eyes widened as he looked at him in disbelief, “Speak clearly, what exactly is going on?”
That person was probably frightened by his current appearance. He trembled and said, “A few months ago, for some reason, the spiritual energy of the Liang Kingdom began to leak out. Many places collapsed. The Orthodoxy attempted to fill the cracks, but ultimately failed. Now that the Orthodoxy had been destroyed, the Liang King was forced by the rebels to commit suicide on the Golden Royal Palace …”
“How is that possible …”
Xu Haomu staggered back a step. At this moment, his eyes dimmed and his pupils lost focus. This time, even his last hope was gone.
The man looked at the two people in front of him with trembling eyes and said in a trembling voice, “The Liang Kingdom is about to collapse. You two heroes, hurry up and go to the Yi Kingdom to seek refuge …”
“Wait!”
Xu Hao raised his hand and stared blankly at him, “Are you saying that all the people who passed by these past few days have gone to Yi Country to seek refuge?”
“Then what else?”
That person looked at Xu Hao on the left and Xiao Chen on the right. He couldn’t decide where to go for a moment. Anyway, he saw that everyone else was going to seek refuge in Yi Country, so he followed.
Xu Hao shook his head, “You don’t have to go … because we just escaped from there, and the situation there isn’t much better than yours …”
“What …”
That person was also stunned. His eyes became empty and listless. His entire body was like a broken candle in the wind. Even the last glimmer of hope had been shattered. He seemed to have suddenly lost his direction. He didn’t know where to go. Or he could just stand here and wait for the violent spiritual energy to sweep over and shatter his body. Wasn’t that the case with Xu Hao?
Actually, it was no wonder that the two countries were so close, but Xu Hao and this person didn’t know anything about each other. It was only because the Orthodox Church was so powerful that no news could be spread.
“What should we do now …”
Xu Hao turned around and stared blankly at Xiao Chen. At this moment, it was as if he had lost all hope. At this moment, a violent Spiritual Energy suddenly swept over from afar. It was like a huge wave on the surface of the sea. Everywhere it passed, everything was wiped out!
“Rats … get out of the way!”
Xiao Chen instinctively pulled him away, but he was unable to pull the person who wanted to flee to Yi Country away. The person turned around and looked at the violent Spiritual Energy that surged in from all over the world. He stopped running at this moment, his eyes lost their brilliance, and he only laughed foolishly, “Hehe … Hehe …”
In the next instant, that violent Spiritual Energy surged over, instantly engulfing him and annihilating him.
“Wu … Brother Wu Chen …”
Xu Hao was so frightened by the scene in front of him that his entire body trembled like chaff. His face was deathly pale, and he couldn’t regain his senses for a long time. Finally, he realized that when the apocalypse came, he didn’t know where he was going. Perhaps, just like that person just now, it was also a form of relief.
“Where’s the map?”
“Earth … map …”
Xu Hao seemed to see hope again. He hurriedly took out the old map from his sleeve and spread it on the ground. However, this map was broken and incomplete. Right now, there were only the approximate positions of Liang and Yi countries and the surrounding countries on the map.
“Go … go here, go to the Shang Kingdom! No, go … go to the Meng Kingdom! Or go to the Qiu Kingdom …”
Xu Hao pointed at the map and constantly switched between countries. Xiao Chen pondered for a long time before shaking his head, “It’s useless to go to these places.”
“What?”
Xu Hao was stunned. Xiao Chen looked at the dim yellow horizon in the distance. Now that the spiritual energy of the Yi Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom had leaked out, the power of heaven and earth in the vicinity was out of balance. It was hard to guarantee that the other Mortal Realm countries in the vicinity were not like this.
If they rushed over thousands of miles and discovered that the spiritual energy of the Shang Kingdom and the Qiu Kingdom was also leaking out, and the power of heaven and earth was already out of balance, then they would have delayed their best escape time.
“Then … then where are we going now?”
Xu Hao stared blankly at him. The Yi Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom were almost finished. Now, apart from going to the Shang Kingdom and the Qiu Kingdom to seek refuge, where else could they go?
Xiao Chen took a deep breath and looked at the distant dim yellow horizon. At this moment, his gaze suddenly froze and he said, “Go to the Earth-level Cultivation Domain.”