Chapter 279: Xiao Tian and the Exiled Immortal's First Meeting (Please vote with your monthly tickets)
After they split up, Qin Hao's group took the gate of life, but the danger was scarcely any less. Over a thousand people had gathered to climb a staircase with nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps. Everyone wanted to reach the summit of the jade stairs and enter the medicinal garden above.
But a Killing Formation had suddenly activated. If Shi Hao had not secretly taught Qin Hao the Group-Character Secret, giving him some small insight into array patterns, he would already have died. Instead, he had found a gap in the Killing Formation and escaped with Zuo Xiaodi and Mu Zixiao.
Ninety percent of the thousand Heavenly Prodigies with them had died in an instant. Fewer than a hundred beings had escaped.
Meanwhile, Shi Yi had also entered the Ferocious Nest, accompanied by five or six top Heavenly Prodigies who had survived the Killing Formation. They had now allied themselves with him, joining forces to seek a way out.
With his double pupils and the Longevity Battle Garment, Shi Yi naturally faced no danger. But he was furious. He had come seeking opportunities, only to fall into a trap.
Along the way, they encountered more top Ancient Freaks, including the Four-Crown King Chang Gongyan. He had once been in love with the ancestral grandaunt of Tian Yao from Demon Province. Sadly, his beloved had died a tragic death, and he had been powerless to save her. Every time he awakened, he would visit her grave and weep bitterly.
This Ancient Freak valued love and loyalty, and he was a Four-Crown King to boot. Xiao Tian seemed to have figured out how to use the set of innate treasure bones and runes belonging