Hu Taizhong stood there in a daze for a long while before shaking his head with a complicated expression and turning away.
He decided that if he could leave Heavenly Calamity Barren Mountain alive this time, he would wash his hands in a golden basin and never again engage in Black Eat Black schemes.
If he ever encountered another terrifying existence who "played the pig to eat the tiger," he definitely would not be as fortunate as he had been this time!
"I wonder who that lord was. To carve out a way to survive from Five Thunder Taoist Temple's territory... he truly was formidable."
Hu Taizhong sighed inwardly.
When Su Yi had fought the old Daoist earlier, Hu Taizhong had been so terrified in body and soul that he had completely fainted.
He had only awakened a short while ago, so he had no idea of Su Yi's identity.
It was only many years later, through a fortunate coincidence, that Hu Taizhong learned the terrifying existence he had once treated as a "fat sheep" was none other than Sword Venerable Su, whose name had shaken the Dark Mythology Era!
At that moment, Hu Taizhong could not help but feel both shocked and afraid, lamenting the unpredictability of fate and how destiny toyed with people!
That was a tale for later, and need not be discussed for now.
Deep within Heavenly Calamity Barren Mountain.
Dark clouds blanketed the sky as thunder rumbled and arcs of lightning ran wild, causing the gloomy world to flicker between light and darkness.
On the ground lay an enormous pit, its entrance spanning ten thousand zhang, like a bottomless abyss.
From the depths of the pit, five-colored divine radiance surged forth, weaving into a thick five-colored barrier above the entrance. It was brilliant and