Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 363: Unexpected Person

Xu Ping’an traveled eastward and soon laid eyes on the Stone Forest mentioned by the two Seventh Rank Cultivators.

This so-called Stone Forest was nothing but a collection of bizarre stone pillars.

These stone pillars were densely packed, covering the entire mountain range.

The surfaces of the pillars were irregular, some even strangely shaped.

Yet each of these pillars was quite tall, with each standing at least one hundred meters high.

The taller ones could even reach five hundred meters.

Even Xu Ping’an felt a hint of surprise upon seeing such stone pillars.

"Were these stone pillars formed naturally, or were they deliberately crafted?" Xu Ping’an wondered as he observed the pillars before him.

He noticed that each pillar was thick, generally over one meter in diameter, with the larger ones even reaching seven or eight meters.

Moreover, the stone pillars were incredibly hard, and the material was like nothing Xu Ping’an had ever seen before.

Xu Ping’an stretched out his hand to try and touch the pillars.

The moment his hand touched the pillar, he felt a surge of energy within it.

"Eh? It’s that distinctive earthy yellow energy. Although it isn’t very dense, it’s much more concentrated than what’s inside those rock giants," Xu Ping’an exclaimed in surprise and curiosity.

These stone pillars contained that peculiar Earth Attribute Energy?

This made Xu Ping’an feel even more bewildered.

Xu Ping’an tried to activate the Tyrant Heavenly Dragon Elephant Technique.

The next moment, the energy from the stone pillar flowed into his body through his arm and finally entered his spleen.

Xu Ping’an was overjoyed in his heart. Could the energy within these stone pillars be absorbed?

"Crack!"

However, as soon as Xu Ping’an absorbed the energy from the stone pillar, cracks appeared on the surface.

And the cracks continued to spread.

"Boom!"

Finally, with a thunderous noise, the entire pillar collapsed.

Seeing this, Xu Ping’an’s eyes revealed a look of incredulousness.

The pillar collapsed just from his absorption of its energy?

"Boom!"

Just then, the ground trembled.

Suddenly, an earthy yellow hand shot out from the soil in an instant, grabbing Xu Ping’an’s ankle.

Xu Ping’an was startled and quickly tried to break free.

But he found that the grip was exceptionally tight, and the strength it wielded was immense.

It seemed to want to drag Xu Ping’an underground.

Xu Ping’an could not allow that to happen. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

He then stomped down, unleashing a terrifying force from his foot that spread to the ground beneath.

The creature below, as if struck by an attack, let out a wail and released Xu Ping’an’s leg.

Xu Ping’an immediately soared into the air, his eyes sharp and fierce, fixating on the ground beneath him.

The next instant, an earthy yellow humanoid creature crawled out from the ground.

Then a second, a third, a fourth...

"Nine? Each of these earthy yellow creatures actually has the strength of the Ninth Layer Realm?" Xu Ping’an was immensely shocked.

The nine odd humanoid creatures before him were strong, all possessing the strength of the Seventh Rank at the Ninth Layer.

They were different from the previous rock creatures, their bodies seemingly made of a peculiar yellow soil.

But the peculiar Earth Attribute Energy contained within them was incredibly dense.

Upon seeing Xu Ping’an, these creatures immediately let out a roar.

The next moment, all of them burst towards Xu Ping’an at high speed.

Their speed was swift, not the slightest bit inferior to Xu Ping’an when he used Thunder Imperial Nine Heavens.

These creatures swung their fists, their power tremendously terrifying, creating powerful sonic booms.

The Power of Ten Dragons.

Their strength was at least that of ten dragons.

Xu Ping’an was astonished. The Power of Ten Dragons, that was beyond the ordinary Seventh Rank Peak cultivators.

Even Seventh Rank Perfection wouldn’t match the strength of these peculiar earth beings.

"Slash!"

Without any hesitation, Xu Ping’an immediately brought forth the Immortal Sword that he had obtained from Yan Wu’s storage ring.

At this moment, he had already refined the Immortal Sword.

The Immortal Sword’s grade was not high, at most it could amplify his power by the strength of about one dragon.

At this moment, Xu Ping’an’s sword strike came down with fifty-eight layers of True Yuan Sword Qi superimposed.

It instantly erupted with the Power of Thirteen Dragons.

A clay figure was eventually cleaved in two by Xu Ping’an.

However, three more clay figures were charging towards Xu Ping’an. He dodged two of them but was hit in the back by a punch from the third, sending his body flying forward dozens of meters before he crashed into a distant pillar and came to a halt.

Looking at his back, it had swollen up a great deal.

"So strong, these clay figures are somewhat troublesome," Xu Ping’an muttered to himself.

But the next moment, he was struck numb.

The very clay figure he had just slain was actually reassembling itself, attacking Xu Ping’an once again.

Xu Ping’an’s face changed drastically.

They could reassemble?

Previously, those rock giants and stone demon beasts would not reassemble.

What on earth were these clay figures?

Could it be because he had absorbed the power from the pillars, thus provoking these clay figures?

"Roar!"

The clay figure roared again and charged towards Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an hastily dodged, occasionally striking out with his sword to split the clay figures.

But each time he did so, the clay figures would reassemble themselves.

And the attacks of the clay figures were relentless.

Xu Ping’an’s frown deepened to the extreme, these clay figures were incredibly tenacious.

He couldn’t kill them, and their speed was incredibly fast.

Continuing like this, they would drain him to death.

"It seems these clay figures can’t fly; they only climb by leveraging the pillars," Xu Ping’an thought to himself.

He immediately flew towards the space above the pillars.

But as Xu Ping’an flew halfway, he immediately stopped.

Because the character "disaster" in his mind was throbbing violently.

The appearance of clay figures made it throb, but not as fiercely, just rhythmically.

Now, however, it was throbbing wildly.

After Xu Ping’an stopped, the throbbing slowed down slightly.

This indicated that there was danger above.

"Perhaps there’s a terrifying Killing Formation or a Spatial Rift above, and if I go up, I’ll be sliced apart the moment I get there," Xu Ping’an immediately realized.

Spatial Rifts are invisible to the naked eye.

He had seen someone flying at high speed, crashing into a Spatial Rift, and their entire body was sliced in half instantly.

The scene was truly bloody beyond compare.

If one hasn’t reached the Tenth Rank, being sliced by a Spatial Rift almost certainly means death.

"Damn, the only option is to flee deeper," Xu Ping’an quickly activated Thunder Imperial Nine Heavens and fled at high speed through the Stone Forest.

The nine clay figures were also in hot pursuit.

However, after roughly an hour, the clay figures seemed to have reached their time limit and returned to the soil.

Seeing this scene, Xu Ping’an breathed a small sigh of relief.

"It seems the energy in these pillars can’t be absorbed recklessly; once absorbed, it provokes the pursuit of these clay figures. I wonder if they only chase after me, or if they attack indiscriminately—if it’s the latter, then I have an additional ace up my sleeve," Xu Ping’an thought to himself.

He continued to move into the depths of the Stone Forest.

He was still on the outer edge of the Stone Forest and hadn’t dared to venture deeper before.

Because Xu Ping’an didn’t know what dangers lay deeper in, and in order to be cautious, he had not rashly proceeded deeper.

But Xu Ping’an felt that the closer he got to the depths, the more he felt a calling.

It was as if something was waiting for him in these depths.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Just then, several sounds of objects tearing through the air came from afar.

"Someone’s coming?" Xu Ping’an immediately hid in a dark corner.

The next moment, two men and two women appeared not far from Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an was stunned, displaying a look of surprise.

It was her?

How could she appear here?

Yu Xin, Tenth Elder of the Beichen Sword Sect.