The Peerless Emperor

Chapter 78: Chapter 79 Arrival

The murderer?

Everyone gazed at Lin Qian with inquiring eyes.

They had arrived only just after the Swift Soldier had died; how could Lin Qian possibly know who the murderer was?

After speaking, Lin Qian suddenly turned around and punched towards the withered tree next to the black ash where the Swift Soldier had disintegrated.

With a punch, thunder roared, and golden-red Thunder Soul Power condensed into a huge fist impression, booming towards the withered tree.@@novelbin@@

As the fist impression approached, the originally still and seemingly dead black wood seemed to come to life.

The black withered branches, like sharp swords, radiated a bloody aura as they stabbed towards Lin Qian’s condensed fist impression.

Puff!

The black withered branches, seemingly fragile and easily breakable, were in fact extremely sharp and incredibly hard.

The blood-smeared branches effortlessly penetrated into Lin Qian’s Thunder Soul Power condensed fist impression.

The black withered branches stabbed into the soul power fist impression, and immediately, the bloody aura rampaged.

After stabbing, the black withered branches didn’t pause, they withdrew and stabbed forth again.

Black and blood colors, like sword shadows, in a blink of an eye, shattered Lin Qian’s Thunder fist impression.

Ye Xin’s face changed, and with a flick of her jade finger, a piercing starlight Sword Qi slashed towards the withered tree.

Facing the Sword Qi that followed the fist impression, the black withered branches of the tree struck out again, similarly slashing at the starlight Sword Qi.

However, unimaginably, Ye Xin’s starlight Sword Qi collided with the withered branches and after a moment of stalemate, fell apart, dispersing into specks of starlight.

As for the black withered branches of the tree, there was only a white scratch, hardly any more damage.

Lin Qian’s expression turned cold, Ye Xin’s expression slightly changed, and the two stood side by side, warily staring at the withered tree in front of them.

Not just the two of them, but Lei Qian and others behind also looked horrified.

Knowing Lin Qian as they did, they were very clear about the strength and power contained in the Thunder fist impression he had formed just now.

Yet, this black withered tree in the Dead Land could actually neutralize Lin Qian’s punch.

Both Liu Yueqian and Zhu Xiaojia of the Divine Sword Sect also knew that their junior sister’s Starlight Sword Qi was immensely powerful, containing the energy of stars within the Soul Power.

That mere withered branches of the tree could completely block Ye Xin’s Sword Qi without a scratch was astonishing indeed.

Especially Liu Yueqian, she clearly remembered, the dense trees seemed abundant in the front during the previous illusionary run.

She hadn’t felt much at the time, but thinking carefully now, Liu Yueqian felt truly frightened.

If it weren’t for Lin Qian finding a way to reach her, she might have already died under these withered branches of the tree.

“I think I understand now why, initially, only two people survived from that group,” Lei Qian muttered, staring at the withered tree.

Ding Zhirong, Zhao Haiming, and others also nodded in agreement.

Throughout the Dead Land, withered trees were everywhere.

Back then, the people from the three Sects and five Schools who entered the Dead Land, unlike Lin Qian who could use artifacts to accurately find his companions’ locations,

could not continuously envelop themselves with Thunder-attributed Soul Power, to avoid being disturbed by evil spirits and illusions.

Thus, at that time the disciples of the three Sects, I’m afraid they encountered far more tragic fates.

They could even imagine, once they entered the Dead Land, they would be separated under the effect of illusions and fog.

And they didn’t know that these seemingly dead trees were actually deadly creatures.

Therefore, there were heavy casualties.

After all, these dry trees, when not moving, literally did not show any signs of life, as if they were really dead.

Lin Qian knew the secret of these dry trees only because of the Swift Soldier who had just died.

Before dying, the Swift Soldier managed to send back scenes and some data to the Heavenly Art Department of Huaxia Empire for analysis.

Earlier, when Lin Qian swung his hand in the Void, it was to let Zhuge Ming pull up those scenes.

And after viewing them, Lin Qian clearly knew that it was the dry tree that had killed the Swift Soldier.

Of course, Ye Xin, unlike Lin Qian, couldn’t see the system interface and could only see him waving in the Void, not understanding why.

After a while, Ye Xin examined a dry tree in front of her, restrained her Soul Power, and turned to Lin Qian, “There’s no need to deal with these dry trees. Along the way, as long as we are careful and try to avoid these dry trees, we should be able to save a lot of trouble.”

Lin Qian silently nodded to Ye Xin’s suggestion, “Indeed, it’s best to be more cautious on the road.”

Then, Lin Qian adjusted their direction and continued towards the Dead Land.

On the following part of the journey, Lin Qian and his companions were much more tense than before, each vigilantly watching their surroundings in case of any incidents.

Since they knew these dry trees could move, everyone was fully alert.

Many of these dry trees were extremely tall and thick, and their dry branches were very long; even if they tried to keep a distance, some parts could still reach them.

They clearly saw before that these black dry branches could easily penetrate Lin Qian’s Thunder Soul Power.

Therefore, they could not rely on Lin Qian’s Soul Power to block all attacks.

Lei Qian and the others knew that Lin Qian’s strength wasn’t just that, and his Soul Power could surely be greatly enhanced.

However, Lin Qian did not do so. According to their guess, it might be because he did not want them to rely entirely on him, but rather on themselves.

As time went by, due to the special nature of the Dead Land, Lin Qian and his companions had to move slowly on foot, and their speed of progress wasn’t very fast.

Moreover, as they delved deeper, the dry trees in the Dead Land seemed to become much more active.

From time to time, from the pale thick fog, black dry branches like straight spears would stab towards them.

Fortunately, Lin Qian and his companions were also on high alert; no matter how fast or tricky these black dry branches attacked, they were always able to block them.

Moreover, there were nine of them, each watching a direction, so it wasn’t too difficult.

“Look!” Suddenly, Lei Qian’s shout rang out, pointing in a direction.

Lin Qian and the others followed the direction Lei Qian was pointing to and suddenly saw a huge shadow looming in the dense fog in the distance.

Seeing that looming shadow, Lin Qian and the others’ eyes lit up, and they quickened their pace.

Gradually, they found that the farther they walked, the more the dense fog thinned, and the scenery ahead opened up considerably.

The bluestone-paved ground was badly damaged, and a series of derelict pavilions and courtyards appeared before them.

The layout of these buildings was both familiar and strange to Lin Qian and his companions, because it was very similar to the residential pattern of the Sect disciples, yet different.

“We have arrived; this should be the place where the disciples of the ancient Sects with Medieval relics used to live.” After looking around, Lin Qian slowly spoke.

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