Chapter 876 Time Reversal
Li Mu hesitated for a moment.
He was wondering if he should fly over or push open this Sky Gate made of stone in front of him.
“Logically speaking, immortal pract.i.tioners can even fly over stone walls and gates that are tens of thousands of meters high. This gate is a building inside the immortal palace. n.o.body knows if it is forbidden to fly over it.
“If the fairy in yellow were here, I could ask her about that.”
After thinking for a while, Li Mu stepped forward to push the gate open.
Unexpectedly, before his fingers touched the gate, a creaking sound like that made by rotten wood was heard, and the gate opened by itself.
Li Mu was a little shocked. Four golden chains of Broadsword Intent looking like four small golden dragons appeared around him, protecting him.
He had no idea if it was a false feeling, but when the gate opened, he vaguely felt that the patterns of ancient mythical animals densely distributed on the panels of the gate suddenly opened their eyes. However, when he looked at them carefully, he found that nothing had happened.
He walked through the stone gate.
The stupid dog followed behind him.
The dog squinted at the patterns of ancient mythical animals on the stone gate, drooling.
The originally lifelike patterns of ancient mythical animals suddenly lost their vigor and became listless.
“There seems to be a drill ground inside.”
Li Mu saw a big square in front of him after he came to the city wall.
On two sides of the square, there were more than a dozen two-story stone barracks and some four-level weapon racks with engraved cloud patterns. All kinds of rough weapons made of white stone, such as broadswords, spears, swords, axes, halberds, hooks, and tridents, were placed on the weapon racks.
There were also drumbeats, flagpoles, generals’ tables, and other things.
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This place was obviously a military drill ground.
However, most of the barracks had collapsed.
Dead bodies were scattered haphazardly on the drill ground.
Some had turned into mummies, and some had been reduced to white skeletons. Broken limbs and bones were scattered everywhere. Obviously, a sudden attack took place here. The warriors of the ancient Celestial Court in this camp had fought a life-and-death battle with their enemy, but they had suffered heavy losses, and at least thousands of them had died in the battle.
The soldiers of the ancient Celestial Court were mostly human beings, so their remains were the same as those of humans. The intruders were also similar to humans, but their remains were different from those of humans.
Li Mu had some clues.
“What kind of creatures are the intruders?”
He was not sure about that.
“Could they be the legendary Extraterritorial Demons?”
He remembered that before he entered the immortal palace, the people of immortal sects once said that there might be some Extraterritorial Demons who hadn’t died in the immortal palace.
The killing intent that hadn’t disappeared still permeated the air.
Strange gusts of wind swirled in the drill ground, as if ghosts were marching.
Li Mu was on his guard.
He went deep into the drill ground.
In the innermost part of the drill ground, he saw a high platform similar to an execution platform. It was constructed of white jade and was about twenty meters high. There was a half-destroyed guillotine on it, but the cutting blade was gone.
“What the h.e.l.l is this?”
Li Mu was taken aback by what he saw after he stepped onto the execution platform.
A man in rusty armor was nailed to the floor of the execution platform by a bloodstained long spear that pierced through his chest. His hands and his feet were also nailed to the floor by four short swords, and his limbs were spread out. Obviously, he had been tortured to death here.
He was a general of the ancient Celestial Court.
Judging by the degree of corrosion of his armor, he should have been dead for a very long time, but the strange thing was that his body was complete and well preserved. His face looked fresh, his skin was smooth, and the blood on his wounds was still glowing with faint red light, as if it would start flowing at any time. He looked as if he had just died.
Li Mu approached the corpse cautiously, as if it would suddenly come back to life and jump up.
However, he was sure about one thing. There was no trace of life left in the corpse, and it was as cold as stone.
“He should be the general with the highest-ranking champion in this camp. It’s a pity that he’s been killed here.”
Li Mu sympathized with the dead man.
Standing on the execution platform, Li Mu could see the corpses and remains of the intruders piled up like hills. It could be imagined that when the invaders frantically besieged this place, the general killed them, but he failed to survive the battle and died in the end.
“According to what the chief of the Yellow Dragon Tribe said, the Myriad Beasts Ring was originally stored on this platform… Where is the exact location?”
Li Mu carefully observed the execution platform.
Soon, he noticed that there was a flying dragon carved on each of the stone pillars on both sides of the guillotine on the execution platform. The two flying dragons were lifelike. The one on the left held a ring that looked very similar to the Myriad Beasts Ring in its mouth, while there was nothing in the mouth of the other on the right.
“There’s a groove for the Myriad Beasts Ring. My guess seems right. The Myriad Beasts Ring of the Yellow Dragon Tribe should be placed in the mouth of this flying dragon.” Li Mu guessed.
He took out the Myriad Beasts Ring and slowly pressed it into the groove in the mouth of the flying dragon on the right.
Clink!
The sound of the ring fitting into the groove was heard.
As expected, the Myriad Beasts Ring fitted perfectly into the mouth of the flying dragon on the right.
A beam of black light flashed faintly in the Myriad Beasts Ring.
Li Mu took a couple of steps back and breathed a sigh of relief.
“All right. I’ve finally done what the chief of the Yellow Dragon Tribe asked me to do.
“Things went more smoothly than expected.”
Boom!
A loud sound suddenly came from the gate through which Li Mu had pa.s.sed.
Li Mu and the stupid dog immediately looked back.
The gate with the patterns of ancient mythical animals on it suddenly slammed shut.
The light in the entire drill ground suddenly became dim, and the sky, where white clouds drifted, became covered with dark clouds almost in the blink of an eye.
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Gusts of cold wind blew past.
Strange rustling sounds came from the ground.
Li Mu felt like there was an invisible ghost army marching on the ground.
“Woof! Why do I feel that I’ve entered the scene of a horror movie all of a sudden?” The stupid dog sneezed and s.h.i.+vered.
A strange sound suddenly came from behind.
Li Mu looked back, and his heart suddenly started beating wildly.
Surprisingly, the two flying dragons carved on the stone pillars had come to life. They coiled themselves around the stone pillars, wriggling slowly. Their eyes were flas.h.i.+ng with divine light and releasing terrifying vibes.
“What’s going on?
“Is it because I have returned the Myriad Beasts Ring?”
Li Mu found it hard to believe what he had just seen.
Gradually, he realized that the task entrusted to him by the chief of the Yellow Dragon Tribe was probably not as simple as it seemed, and it must be related to some dramatic change. However, he was not sure whether the change was good or bad.
The sky was gloomy.
He could feel some kind of formidable power of laws pressing down on him, making it impossible for him to escape from the military drill ground.
The wind was whistling.
Suddenly, one of the flying dragons raised its head and roared.
“Kill them. General, I’m sorry. I woke up too late…”
A sorrowful voice tinged with regret, self-blame and anger rang out and echoed in the air.
The voice came from the flying dragon on the left.
It soared into the sky, holding the black ring in its mouth.
It opened its mouth and spat out the black ring. As the ring rotated, the three words engraved on the inner side of the ring released a kind of strange and mysterious power. The time seemed reversed, and the s.p.a.ce seemed twisted. Even the beams of light began to swirl within the black ring.
Crack.
A bolt of lightning came from the sky, lighting up the dark s.p.a.ce.
Li Mu saw some figures walking on the drill ground. At that moment, he thought he was seeing things.
Rumble!
Bolts of lightning struck down from the sky one after another.
Rumbling sounds rang out.
Thunder and lightning swept across the entire drill ground.
Li Mu was dazzled by the glaring lights.
He rubbed his eyes.
Then, something even stranger happened.
The lightning, the Sea of Consciousness, the cold wind, and low clouds… Everything disappeared when Li Mu rubbed his eyes. He saw bright sunlight in front of him. The desolate drill ground suddenly became neat and orderly, as if it had just been built.
Battle cries rang out across the drill ground.
Li Mu saw many young warriors in light armor who were divided into two groups. They were practicing and training hard on the drill ground.
The corpses of the intruders had disappeared.
Drumbeats echoed through the air.
In the distance, the drummers were waving flags and directing the soldiers to get in formation.
“Ha-ha, you did a good job.”
Li Mu heard a hearty laugh.
He looked back and saw a general with a kind smile. The general was talking to him just now.
“Isn’t he the man with an undecayed body that I saw on the execution platform? When I saw him, his hands and feet were nailed to the floor by four short swords, and a bloodstained long spear pierced through his chest.”
Li Mu was dumbfounded.
“What on earth is going on?
“All the dead people have come back to life.
“Where are those intruders who have destroyed this military camp?”
“What are you waiting for, kiddo? Hurry up and pa.s.s the order. We’re going to set out in the afternoon and take you to a real battlefield…” The general wearing a suit of bright armor patted Li Mu on the shoulder.
Li Mu felt the pat on his shoulder. This feeling told him that what he saw was not an illusion, but a real formation.
“Why is this happening?”
Li Mu couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard he thought about it.
He felt like time had been reversed to the moment when that fierce battle took place.
However, there was a question. Why did the general talk to Li Mu?
Even if time had really been reversed, Li Mu shouldn’t be at the scene of a battle that took place thousands of years ago. Moreover, the general seemed to have known Li Mu for a long time.
For a moment, Li Mu didn’t know what to say.
The general said, “Kiddo, what are you thinking about? You…”
Before his voice died away…
Boom!
A loud sound rang out.
Then, battle cries came from the gate of the drill ground.
Boom!
The gate of the drill ground was pushed open from the other side.
Countless black figures rushed through the gate, waving their weapons amidst the battle cries.
“Enemy attack.”
A soldier on the drill ground shouted loudly.
A war broke out without any sign.
Li Mu saw that tens of soldiers were caught off guard and killed on the spot.
The face of the general standing on the execution platform suddenly changed, but he reacted very quickly. He shouted loudly, “Are they Extraterritorial Demons? How dare they break into our imperial palace? Prepare for war! w.a.n.g Dehu and Zhen Menglong! Go there and take back the gate…”
This was the first time Li Mu had seen Extraterritorial Demons.