Against The Heavens 133 The Strange Slime.

"That Tian Zheng was heading west, no? There's no telling what sort of strange things might happen here so I suggest we head out immediately to make sure we don't lose track of him."

This Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard had only opened one other time ever since it had been brought to this planet, there was no telling what might be living here, or what had been born and evolved here in all those years. Li Yang gave a light wave of his hand to stop Zhao Feng from leaving the cave, crouching down and cupping his right palm, filling it with some of the sand and dust in the cave.

"Give me a few minutes before we leave, I'll prepare something neat for us."

A deep crimson flame sprouted from Li Yang's palm and swallowed the sand, which then quickly started to liquify under the intense heat. While the sand was melting in his right hand, his left hand took out the furs of the invisible panthers they had fought earlier, placing them on the ground and lining them up so that they formed four carpets large enough to cover Li Yang and the rest.

The sand turned into liquid gla.s.s which Li Yang then formed into somewhat thin strings with some careful control. He used the gla.s.s to sew together the various furs, using a bit of ice on the fur to ensure that the heat from the liquid gla.s.s didn't incinerate them. He finished sewing them together after a few minutes, ending up with four large rugs of white fur. The work wasn't immaculate but it was good enough to hide them for now, he would have to leave the task of improving the rugs into actual clothing to Fang Ying in the future. Li Yang stood up after he finished the work, looking at the completed products.

"Alright, let's test if it works."

Li Yang tossed one of the rugs onto Langshen, who was understandably caught off guard for a moment due to the sudden action. But he was sensible enough to quickly understand what Li Yang was getting at, letting out a somewhat grumpy growl while unleashing a little bit of his Qi. The rug that covered Langshen's body became completely invisible once his Qi entered it, Langshen turning invisible alongside it. Zhao Feng's eyes lit up with interest when he saw the scene but Li Yang was more preoccupied with testing how effective the invisibility was, rubbing his chin slightly after testing a few things.

"The effectiveness hasn't decreased, it blocks out your own Qi, and all light and Qi simply slide over the fur. Langshen, run around a bit without making any sound. Oy, Feng, can you sense his soul as he moves?"

The panthers from which they had gotten these furs were rather annoying to fight, the only way they could discover their locations was by tracking the effect they had on the world around them, such as the heat they produced when they stepped on the ground. Zhao Feng temporarily shook himself out of his interest, making a mental note to have them spill the beans on these furs later on. He then narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze starting to roam around the cave as he stretched out an arm, pointing around as he moved his gaze.

"Yeah, I can still sense the slight fluctuations of his soul, he should be moving in that direction right now."

Langshen appeared right as Zhao Feng spoke up, he was indeed just where Zhao Feng had been pointing so it seemed like the fur was unable to hide the energy that their soul released. With that being the case they also guessed that it might also be unable to hide the faint energy that their flesh unleashed, meaning that someone cultivating the law of flesh might just be able to spot them. Li Yang tossed a rug to Fang Ying and one to Zhao Feng, keeping the last one for himself.

"It's good enough, the law of flesh and the law of soul are decently rare, probably even more so now that soul and body cultivation seem to have become rather common. And hey, even if we do end up getting discovered, we'll just have to figure out a way to deal with it then, it'll be just like in the good old days."

Zhao Feng and Fang Ying rolled their eyes when they heard Li Yang's statement and saw his smirk, a nearly deafening silence their only response. Li Yang simply shrugged his shoulders to their unamused responses, draping the rug over his body and inserting his Qi into it to turn it invisible. He couldn't see through it when he first put it on, but once it became invisible he naturally became able to see through it. He could also see Fang Ying, Zhao Feng, and Langshen, so it seemed like the panthers had been able to see each other because of the specialty of their furs, not because of their eyes.

The four of them made sure that they could all see each other and then left the cave, heading westward to follow Tian Zheng to the two larger islands he was heading to. If their luck was good they might find more Divine Beasts there, and even if their luck was bad it was unlikely that they would end up finding nothing, this place was a bit too special for a place to really contain nothing.

They quickly picked up on Tian Zheng's tracks, he had already left the island in the short time that Li Yang and the others had been talking and making these rugs, he seemed to be in quite a hurry. Zhao Feng aided them in crossing the water that separated the various islands, using his law of motion to completely stop the movement of the water beneath their feet. Li Yang could create bridges of ice they could use, but these would be far more visible than if Zhao Feng simply aided them.

They managed to avoid both Demonic beasts and other groups thanks to the rugs keeping them invisible, allowing them to quickly move from island to island without having to engage in any pointless battles. But they had yet to catch up with Tian Zheng even after crossing over the eighth island a week after setting out, the tracks were getting fresher but they were still not able to see him. They even spotted the occasional sign of battle, some smaller islands had been turned into smoldering craters while entire forests on some of the larger islands had been completely reduced to ash.

It seemed like they had underestimated just how much he worried about the two groups that went missing, that or he had gotten his hands on some new information about the groups, information that was reason enough for him to hurry like this. The three people and one wolf locked eyes, nodding at each other before speeding up. And then, another half a month later, they reached one of the islands where Tian Zheng lost contact with one of his groups.

This island was marginally larger than any of the others in the area, it was practically an entire continent. The only island that came close to it in size was one that was slightly smaller, the second one where Tian Zheng had lost contact with another one of his groups. They picked this particular island because the tracks that Tian Zheng left behind showed that he himself was heading here, he had likely arrived here only a bit before they got here.

When they stepped on the sandy beach that served as the edge of the island, their gazes all automatically turned towards the eastern part of the island, towards a part of the island where they could see a forest made up of palm and umbrellshaped trees. Looking at the distant forest, Fang Ying's brows started to furrow slightly.

"A battle took place over there a short while ago, the fluctuations from some of the stronger attacks still linger in the air. There's also a strange aura over there, I can't really explain it properly."

It wasn't necessarily Tian Zheng that had been the one fighting, but when one considered the timing, they could safely guess that he was likely part of the battle. The strange aura she mentioned caused Li Yang and Zhao Feng to raise an eyebrow, mainly because they weren't able to feel anything, but since she couldn't explain it then they could only head over there and see what was up.

The four quickly entered the forest and headed deeper into it, a strange scene unfolding around them as they got deeper into the forest, the land was starting to die. It started out as just small changes, some leaves changing color while others had not, but it quickly escalated to entire trees and even the earth itself drying up and withering away, as if all life and energy had been drained from them. Looking at how the changes got stronger as they got deeper into the forest, it seemed like whatever caused the land to die like this came from deeper in the forest.

The four quickly grew vigilant and prepared for battle, following the traces of battle as well as the strange aura that only Fang Ying could feel. And before long, they found the center of the strange aura, as well as what appeared to be the thing causing the land around it to die, a door in the ground leading down into an underground dungeon.

The door was made from a thick and strange metal that none of them had seen before and it was currently flung wide open, a set of narrow stone stairs leading down into the darkness. Looking at the large indent in the door as well as the fact that it was almost torn off its hinges, it was clear that something had forced the door open using a powerful blow, and looking at how fresh the dug up earth around the door looked, this had likely happened recently.

Other than the somewhat fresh-looking dug up earth around the door itself, all the trees, as well as the rest of the earth, in the area had practically turned completely white and almost bone-like, on the cusp of turning into dust. Fang Ying's eyes narrowed as she pointed at something in front of the blown open door, notifying the others.

"There, that should be the group that Tian Zheng lost contact with."

Lying in front of the stone stairs that led down into the darkness were several robes belonging to the Tian clan, a few dried up and cracked bones scattered around the robes. One of the robes even contained the dried up skin of one disciple, it was a rather macabre and strange sight. Li Yang's eyes landed on the dried up skin, his own eyes narrowing slightly as he walked over and crouched by the skin, pointing at a small dot of slime located on what should have been the youth's neck.

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"This slime, can you guys also feel it? Have you ever heard about anything like it?"

Fang Ying and Zhao Feng nodded their heads to the first question and shook them for the second, their expressions turning grave. The slime was a dull white in color and looked completely normal, but Li Yang and the others could feel that this slime not only seemed to be completely separate from this universe, the laws and Qi in the area seemed to actively avoid and even attempt to repel the slime. None of them had ever seen anything like this before so Li Yang could only let out a mutter that contained a mixture of curiosity and shock.

"Tian Zheng, just what the h.e.l.l did your people unleash here?"