Mu Ji thought it over for a long time and finally decided to risk it.
He spun the Life and Death Wheel. When the pointer stopped, it landed on "Live and Die Together."
Cursing under his breath, Mu Ji suppressed his impulse and continued waiting.
After a long while, he spun the pointer again. It stopped on "Drunken Life, Dreaming Death."
"Am I really this unlucky? Again."
"Escape Death by a Hair's Breadth."
Mu Ji's eyes flashed. He didn't care anymore. He was going for it.
He leaped up and charged toward the entrance to the First Eryu.
Celestial Venerable Dou Sheng abruptly opened his eyes and scanned the distance. He grabbed the golden staff. "Come out!"
The staff swept across the land, golden light flashing through the heavens as if it would set the world ablaze.
Mu Ji's scalp prickled. What a monster.
He gritted his teeth and took a blow from the golden staff. It felt as if every bone in his body had shattered, and he was about to be sent flying. This was bad. He couldn't withstand that force. There was no way he could reach the First Eryu.
Celestial Venerable Dou Sheng rose to his feet. He hadn't originally been so close to the entrance to the First Eryu, but Lu Yin had contacted him and asked him to keep watch. If anyone went to great lengths to enter the First Eryu, he was to kill them on sight.
Celestial Venerable Dou Sheng took Lu Yin's words seriously. He had practically been sitting at the entrance to the First Eryu.
The moment Mu Ji charged out, he sensed him and attacked without mercy.
Mu Ji was sent flying.
If not for "Escape Death by a Hair's Breadth," that blow would have killed him.
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