Chapter 4787: Hardbreaking the Mysterious Desert

Thunderous roars continued, faintly mixed with the clang of blades. Lightning, blade gleams, and sword lights intertwined, and waves of energy rolled.

A phantom lightning bolt hovered above Wang Mengbin's head, and a phantom long saber hovered above Wang Yidao's head—these were their Foundation Daos.

"You have condensed your Foundation Daos!" Tai exclaimed in surprise.

An earth-shattering thunderclap resonated from the sky, and an immensely thick pillar of lightning descended from above, striking Tai precisely.

This was the Law of Thunder Source; its destructive power was considerable.

A few small cracks appeared on the chaos battle armor covering Tai's body, but these cracks quickly vanished as if they had never been there.

A ball of silver lightning lit up above Tai's head, and Wang Mengbin appeared, swinging his halberd to strike the chaos battle armor, producing a dull clang of metal on metal.

As time passed, Tai accumulated more and more injuries, and its recovery speed became progressively slower.

After a short while, Tai's body was covered in wounds, and the surface of its chaos battle armor was riddled with cracks.

A giant silver brick descended from the sky, crashing towards Tai.

Tai swung a golden longsword, striking the giant silver brick.

The golden longsword collided with the giant silver brick, producing a dull clang of metal and sending sparks flying in all directions.

Its body sank, with a significant portion embedded in the ground, and dust and smoke billowed. A golden long saber flew towards it, and Tai quickly swung another golden longsword to meet it.

With a *clank*, the golden longsword blocked the golden long saber.

A halberd wreathed in lightning shot forth, striking Tai. Like the last straw that broke the camel's back, the chaos battle armor shattered into pieces.

The halberd pierced into Tai's chest, and blood flowed incessantly.

Wang Mengbin let out a cold snort, and the halberd's lightning glow intensified immediately, engulfing Tai's figure.

Tai's body was split in two, sliced in half by the halberd.

As its spirit left its body, a small, shimmering silver pagoda appeared, emitting a stream of silver light that enveloped Tai's spirit and drew it into the silver pagoda.

Wang Yidao placed Tai's corpse into a storage bracelet, then took it out again.

"Oh, it's not an illusion; it's a real Chaos Beast," Wang Yidao murmured softly.

"How can a Dao Ancestor-level Chaos Beast be here too? Is it trapped here, or does it live here?" Wang Mengbin wondered.

He pondered for a moment, then formed a hand seal, and the silver light barrier dissipated, transforming into a silver orb that vanished into his sleeve.

"I will interrogate its spirit; you harvest the Dao Condensation Golden Vein Fruit," Wang Mengbin instructed.

The small silver pagoda was called the Heavenly Thunder Immortal Locking Pagoda, a low-grade Dao Artifact. It possessed an interrogation function that could trap an enemy's nascent soul or spirit in an illusion, making it easy to extract information.

"Alright," Wang Yidao agreed, walking towards the Dao Condensation Golden Vein Fruit tree.

Wang Mengbin formed a hand seal, and the Heavenly Thunder Immortal Locking Pagoda emitted dazzling silver light and expanded rapidly in size. He then flew into it.

Wang Yidao approached the Dao Condensation Golden Vein Fruit tree, carefully picked nine Dao Condensation Golden Vein Fruits, and placed them into individual jade boxes.

He took out formation flags and a formation disk and began setting up a formation.

Before departing, Wang Changsheng had brought multiple sets of formations and several low-grade Dao Artifacts, distributing them to Wang Qingshan and others for emergencies, and they had indeed proven useful.

Wang Yidao activated the formation, and with the assistance of the low-grade Dao Artifacts, transplanted the Dao Condensation Golden Vein Fruit tree.

At this moment, Wang Mengbin also flew out of the Heavenly Thunder Immortal Locking Pagoda, his expression solemn.

"The Wu family has someone connected to the Chaos Beasts," Wang Mengbin said with a frown. "No wonder Chaos Beasts are appearing here."

"Who is the Chaos Beast's mole?" Wang Yidao asked.

"It's not clear," Wang Mengbin said. "It only knows that someone within the Wu family is connected to the Chaos Beasts and that this person provided them with intelligence. Five Dao Ancestors have entered: one human, Cai Ling, and four ten-colored Chaos Beasts—Xia, Wei, Tai, and He."

This was not good news. Since they could encounter Tai, Wang Changsheng and the others might also encounter Chaos Beasts.

"Are they difficult to deal with?" Wang Yidao asked.

"Wei and Xia have both opened up six Laws of Source," Wang Mengbin said. "Wei possesses a Supreme Law of Source, but Xia does not."

He took out a shimmering silver Immortal Transmission Mirror and infused it with a hand seal, but the mirror showed no reaction.

"Still can't reach the Old Ancestors," Wang Mengbin said. "I hope they don't encounter Wei!" He put away the Heavenly Thunder Immortal Locking Pagoda and walked forward with Wang Yidao, disappearing into the dense forest.

Across a vast plain, a massive golden light shot into the sky, shaking the earth and mountains.

Wei stood beside a giant pit. A tall man in golden robes was impaled through the abdomen by a thick black iron chain, hanging from Wei's chest like an ornament.

"Hmph, if you don't confess, I'll make you wish you were dead later," Wei sneered, then strode forward, leaving the area.

Across a stretch of white, snow-covered mountains, cold winds blew, and snowflakes fluttered.

From deep within the mountains, a series of massive explosions could be heard; listening closely, one could distinguish the dull clanging of metal on metal.

In a hidden underground cave, Wang Qingshan controlled nine shimmering immortal flying swords, attacking an ice wall.

A series of *clang-clang* sounds of metal striking stone rang out, sparks flew, and some blue-white ore was chipped off and rolled onto the ground.

Wang Qingshan picked up a piece of blue-white ore, examined it carefully, his expression excited.

"Heavenly Frost Snow Jade, an excellent material for refining ice-attribute Dao Artifacts," Wang Qingshan murmured to himself. There was actually a Heavenly Frost Snow Jade ore vein here, though its specific reserves were unknown.

He changed his sword art, and the nine flying swords immediately glowed brighter, striking the stone wall.

"Harvest more Heavenly Frost Snow Jade," Wang Qingshan muttered to himself, "Ninth Uncle can use it to refine ice-attribute Dao Artifacts."

Fifth-tier immortal ore veins were very rare in the Immortal Realm. Since he had rarely encountered one, he decided to mine more of the raw Heavenly Frost Snow Jade.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stood on a green lotus platform, looking solemnly at the yellow desert before them, where strong winds blew in gusts and yellow sand danced in the wind.

They had no map, so they could only keep moving forward, hoping to reach the core area soon.

Wang Ruyan activated her Li Fire True Pupils and said with a frown, "This desert is rather peculiar; I can't see through it. There's a high probability of powerful restrictions here."

Wang Changsheng frowned deeply. Without a map, they could only wander aimlessly.

As Wang Ruyan said, this desert might have powerful restrictions, and logically, they should avoid it. But who could guarantee that crossing this yellow desert would lead them to the core area?

The most rational choice was to avoid this desert, but in that case, they might wander around the periphery for an unknown amount of time before escaping.

"We've come through so many places already," Wang Changsheng said. "There's no reason to shy away now. Let's press on! I hope crossing this desert will lead us into the core area."

He formed a hand seal, and the green lotus platform flew forward.

As soon as they entered the desert, a fierce gale immediately rose, and countless yellow grains of sand shot into the sky, rushing directly towards them.

They all took action to block the attacks of the yellow sand.

For a time, explosions resounded continuously, and waves of energy rolled.