The Wind-Following Wings spread sharply behind him, dense Wind Secret Patterns emerging across the azure feathers. At that moment, every pattern lit up, erupting with a blinding cyan radiance.
Fang Yan gave a low shout. The Wind-Following Wings beat, accelerating him toward the outskirts.
The King-level Divining Wind Beast was far faster than Ice Qiong King.
Fang Yan felt the oppressive presence behind him drawing ever closer. His heart pounded wildly, yet his mind remained exceptionally calm.
King Lanke was stationed in the outer space surrounding Wind Abyss Star!
"Come on, chase me."
Fang Yan gritted his teeth and pushed the power of his inner world to its limit.
Two figures raced one after the other through Wind Abyss Star's sea of storms, leaving behind two enormous streams of air that seemed to pierce heaven and earth.
Along the way, the World Lord-level Divining Wind Beasts sensed the pressure of their King-level ancestor and scattered in terror, not daring to look back.
Half an incense stick's worth of time stretched endlessly amid this chase for life and death.
Fang Yan could feel the aura of the giant beast behind him getting closer and closer.
Just as he was about to exhaust his strength, the view ahead suddenly opened up.
At the edge of Wind Abyss Star's atmosphere, a pitch-black starry sky appeared before him.
"We're here!"
The Wind-Following Wings erupted with one final burst of cyan light, carrying Fang Yan out of Wind Abyss Star's atmosphere.
In the starry sky, that black figure still stood with his hands clasped behind his back, as though he had not moved in the slightest from beginning to end.
"King Lanke!"
Fang Yan's voice carried through the void.
King Lanke slowly turned around. His pure black eyes glanced at Fang Yan, then at the enormous dark-blue creature pursuing him.
His expression did not change in the slightest.
The moment the King-level Divining Wind Beast charged out of Wind Abyss Star's atmosphere, it clearly sensed King Lanke's presence as well.
Its body came to an abrupt halt in the starry sky. Its amber vertical pupils fixed themselves on the black figure, a trace of wariness flashing through its eyes.
But it did not retreat.
"Roar—"
It let out a deep roar at King Lanke, as though declaring its territory and issuing a warning at the same time.
"Get back!"
King Lanke shouted angrily.
He raised his right hand and clenched his index finger in the void. A dark-blue spear appeared in his grip.
The next moment, there was no dazzling display of light.
The three-thousand-meter-long King-level Divining Wind Beast engaged King Lanke in a brutal, close-quarters battle.
Fang Yan was delighted, but he still swallowed involuntarily.
"Good heavens, two supreme grandmasters of physical force?"
After respectfully bowing, Fang Yan stopped watching the battle between the two physical-force grandmasters. He turned and flew back toward Wind Abyss Star.
The corners of his lips rose slightly, and his flight direction suddenly changed.
"Master, why are we going back again?"
Little Fox Fairy's puzzled voice sounded beside his ear.
"Could a place where a King-level Divining Wind Beast lived possibly lack treasures?"
Fang Yan said as though it were only natural.
"That King-level Divining Wind Beast charged out from the depths of Wind Abyss Star. The place it guarded definitely has something good."
With that, the Wind-Following Wings spread to their full extent, and he plunged back into Wind Abyss Star's sea of storms.
After flying for roughly half a day, Fang Yan finally reached the place from which the King-level Divining Wind Beast had emerged.
It was an eye of the storm.
Wind Abyss Star was covered in storm eyes of all sizes, scattered across the entire planet.
But the storm eye before him was far larger than Fang Yan had imagined.
It resembled a colossal vortex running through heaven and earth, extending from the deepest reaches of Wind Abyss Star to high above its atmosphere. Its diameter was at least over a million kilometers.
Fang Yan swallowed.
"This place is probably anything but simple."
That King-level Divining Wind Beast was clearly the guardian of this storm eye.
Fang Yan took a deep breath. The Wind-Following Wings fluttered lightly as he slowly descended into the depths of the storm eye.
After flying for roughly an hour, the bottom of the storm eye finally appeared in his sight.
Fang Yan froze.
At the bottom of the storm eye was not the chaotic tempest he had imagined, but an incomparably level expanse of void.
Thirty-two divine halls floated in the void.
The divine halls were identical in size and style, entirely dark gold in color, their surfaces covered in dense secret patterns.
Those secret patterns slowly flowed in the darkness, radiating a heart-palpitating pressure.
The thirty-two divine halls were arranged according to some profound law, forming a gigantic circular array.
Fang Yan's gaze swept over the thirty-two divine halls one by one, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
Divine General Legacies!
"Chaos City Leader really is generous! But this isn't Magic Sound Mountain either. I wonder whose Divine General Legacy this is."
Thirty of the halls were entirely dark gold, with secret patterns flowing over their surfaces and faint light seeping from within.
They were in an unopened state.
The remaining two, however, carried an air of decay.
They had already been opened.
Fang Yan stood rooted to the spot as countless thoughts raced through his mind.
While King Lanke was still wrestling the Divining Wind Beast in the starry sky beyond Wind Abyss Star, a cicada chirp quietly rang out.
The Spring Autumn Cicada Clone flew out of the Flightless Bird and rapidly joined Fang Yan.
"If I remember correctly, the stage rewards include rare treasures that help one receive a Divine General Legacy, right?"
"Ready for unlimited refills? Hehehe!"
Fang Yan's mouth twitched as he repeatedly warned himself inwardly.
I am not of the demonic path. I follow the righteous path!
The golden light spilling from within the hall shone upon his face, carrying a warm touch, as though some ancient and powerful force were welcoming his arrival.
Then Fang Yan closed his eyes and waited for the Spring Autumn Cicada's arrival.
A cicada chirp rang out, and Fang Yan's eyes snapped open.
"Everything is ready!"
He took a deep breath and stepped through the divine hall's gates.
Golden light enveloped his entire body.
The next moment, an aged and imposing voice resounded in his mind.
"Successor, you are the 2,111th successor to receive the Wind-Infused Divine General Inheritance."
Then an immense secret technique poured into Fang Yan's mind like a flood.
Psychic Force Amplitude Secret Technique!
An endless azure staircase appeared.
Fang Yan's eyes instantly lit up as he summoned the Spring Autumn Cicada Clone.
The thousand-meter-long giant cicada appeared within the divine hall. Faint golden patterns emerged on its translucent wings, making it seem even more mysterious and majestic beneath the hall's golden radiance.
One man and one cicada stood side by side!
The first-stage reward was located at the 3,333rd step.
The innate secret technique of Time Reversal was an unlimited refill when used by himself. Used together with the Spring Autumn Cicada Clone... it was a full combo meal!
He smiled faintly.
"Spring Autumn Cicada, let's go!"
Fang Yan had originally believed that, with his talent, reaching the 3,333rd step would take at most a century or so.
But he was wrong—outrageously wrong.
The moment he stepped onto the first stair, the mental impact that crashed into him directly left him dazed.
Fang Yan remained on the first step for a full three days before he barely adapted to the intensity of that mental assault.
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