Lu Yin suddenly fixed his gaze on the Ferryman.
The Ferryman said, "It's true. I saw it with my own eyes."
"Back during the Nine Barriers War, the one who created the Clear Heaven Lock Earth Formation was Tai Qing's sharpest weapon. Though they died in the war, I heard they also ground a Fortress Lord to death."
"Xiang Xue?" Lu Yin blurted out.
The Ferryman shook his head. "I don't know."
Lu Yin's expression turned grave. It had to be Xiang Xue, since Tai Qing had attacked the Fifth Barrier.
No matter what the younger generation of the Fifth Barrier was like, Xiang Xue's strength was beyond question.
A conservative estimate put them at the Peak of Fitting Twofold Universe Laws. He even suspected that the Fortress Lords of the Nine Barriers might all be old monsters who had Fitted Threefold Universe Laws.
That was because nearly every Fishing Civilization he had encountered possessed power capable of touching that level.
Black启 Civilization's Hundred Seals, the God King's ability to alter laws, and Ni Bieluo's trident containing an Eternal Life Realm expert, among other things—if each barrier had fought a Fishing Civilization, the strongest in each barrier would have needed similar methods to stand a chance.
There were many reasons the Nine Barriers had lost, but Lu Yin had never heard that they had been defeated by sheer strength. It had always been either a traitor or some other means.
If Xiang Xue had died in this Clear Heaven Lock Earth Formation, Lu Yin would have to rethink his understanding of this Original Treasure Formation.
He approached the black mountain again. Following the Ferryman's directions, he found a route that led straight to the Clear Heaven Lock Earth Formation. The entire mountain was within the formation's area of influence, making