"Creak, creak."
It was the sound of teeth grinding.
Watching Hua Feiyi in the distance, watching her nestle against Ye Lin, Shi Potian ground his teeth in rage.
His grip on the axe tightened.
Right now, he wished he could rush over and split Ye Lin in two with a single axe blow.
But reason forced him to calm down.
Because he could not defeat Ye Lin.
If he charged in with his axe now, it was hard to say who would be chopping whom.
"I'm going back into the ruins for another look."
After glancing at the cultivators around him, Ye Lin entrusted things to Hua Feiyi and stepped into the ruins once more.
He wanted to continue studying these ruins.
A successor of the Sword Dao.
He wanted to search inside for the information he sought.
For instance, what exactly did "successor of the Sword Dao" mean?
For instance, did this experience have anything to do with Ye Xiu?
Watching Ye Lin's retreating back, everyone fell into thought.
They all knew Ye Lin carried secrets.
They desperately wanted to learn those secrets as well.
Yet no one dared question Ye Lin. No one dared step forward to uncover his secrets in person.
Because they would get cut down for it.
After entering the ruins, Ye Lin bypassed the places he had visited earlier and headed straight for the Floating Continents scattered around him.
Upon those Floating Continents, Ye Lin saw desolation, traces left behind by the passage of time, and the weight of history.
There was no vitality on these islands, which meant no living beings existed upon them.
Broken structures stood atop them.
Those buildings looked as though they had been destroyed by brute force.
Besides the ruined structures, there was shattered earth and... lingering laws.
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