Light Fortress-Chapter 1419 - 183: The Red Dragon’s Gift

"The message conveyed through authority... shouldn’t be fragmented."

Gu Shen said in a deep voice, "Either Mu Wanqiu did it on purpose, or..."

Shen Li understood immediately, muttering, "The power of authority is lacking."

The former doesn’t make sense.

But if it’s the latter, then the situation is serious.

"The power emitted by Tanyao could affect ’authority’?"

Little Iron Man expressed disbelief, "Could the Divine Power from the fire source be interfered with, does such a terrifying power exist in Sangzhou Cave?"

"The world is vast, and there’s no shortage of wonders."

Gu Shen lowered his gaze, saying, "Prepare for the worst... In addition, from the battle imaging sent back by Mu Wanqiu, it’s strange. Normally, Rannos, in charge of the North Cave Church, shouldn’t go to war with the North Continent, even the smallest conflict should be avoided."

"Unless, it’s the will of the ’Jiadi Saint.’"

He paused for a moment.

"But later, Rannos clearly was bowing and apologizing," Gu Shen said. "So... this footage is meant to remind us that the Holy City’s [Tide] authority is also lacking..."

"I see."

Shen Li nodded seriously, though he didn’t quite understand, he habitually had unwavering trust in Gu Shen’s words.

He asked earnestly, "So is this the result of ’Divination’?"

What Divination...

Gu Shen looked at Little Iron Man with a strange expression, unable to bring himself to reveal the truth.

He evaded by saying, "Hmm... sort of."

This was actually the result of his intuitive sensing—

The intuition of a top-tier Spiritual Transcendent is always accurate.

"So... where do we go next?"

Shen Li scratched his head.

The two of them had traveled through the dense forest for a long time.

Not a single Extraordinary Aura.

This is really quite strange.

Gu Shen stopped moving forward and stood on a branch of a giant tree, watching the rushing flow of Extraordinary Beast Spirits below, pondering.

Gu Shen handed the unconscious Zhuang Su over to Shen Li.

"Perhaps, we don’t need to go anywhere."

Shen Li was taken aback.

He received Mr. Zhuang, realizing something was off at this moment.

He and Gu Shen had been rushing north because that was the direction of the Beast Tide... Even if they didn’t encounter companions, they could exit the deep forest and return to S12 city area, but after all this effort, their location seemed unchanged.

A dark line in the distant sky could be seen piercing through the forest.

That was the "Poisonous Mist" set by Gu Shen.

If using "Poisonous Mist" as a reference... an "eerie" fact would be discovered.

All this time.

The two of them hadn’t moved!

In the world of ordinary people, this phenomenon is called "hitting a wall," but in the world of Transcendents, it’s normal to enter a certain Disaster Realm or step into a well-established "barrier" with array patterns, where one would encounter such phenomena.

"This is a barrier—"

Shen Li’s hair stood on end, he couldn’t help but raise his voice, "When did we enter the ’barrier’?"

"It’s not important anymore."

Gu Shen took a deep breath and said, "Since we’re here, we might as well stay calm."

While speaking, one hand was already gripping [Truth].

In fact, he was even more tense than Shen Li.

Because Gu Shen had already confirmed that he had indeed stepped into a pre-arranged Extraordinary Barrier... The owner who set up this barrier was stronger than him, far surpassing him in both the Extraordinary Realm and spiritual power. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Nevertheless, one thing could be confirmed.

If the barrier’s owner had murderous intent, they would have acted the moment he realized.

Evidently, there was still room for negotiation now.

"If this were a fully enclosed ’barrier,’ then no matter how much we walk, it’s better to wait in place."

Gu Shen let his voice spread through the dense forest.

This seemingly noisy forest was actually very silent... because there was only the sound of Beast Spirit surging, but no other human voices.

"Whoosh!"

A faint sound of something breaking through the air pierced the dense forest.

Gu Shen reached out, his iron-scaled skin standing upright, and he grasped a wooden arrow aimed at Shen Li’s face. The trajectory of this strike was somewhat reminiscent of the scene when [Iron Disciple] made a move before!

"Boom!"

Gu Shen’s five fingers clawed and crushed it directly!

Little Iron Man was startled; he hadn’t seen anything clearly before a cloud of wood splinters exploded in front of him.

He had long released his spirit, entering an alert state, but couldn’t sense the target at all...

If not for Gu Shen, that arrow should have hit just now!

However, the only good news is that he had just completed his fourth-tier promotion, his entire body ironized with a domain protection, so this level of attack shouldn’t be lethal.

"The sense of oppression is strong."

Shen Li subconsciously muttered.

Cold sweat beaded on his forehead. Holding Mr. Zhuang, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Did you see clearly, where is the person..."

"..."

Gu Shen, whose spirit was highly concentrated, did not respond.

Because he didn’t see clearly.

The direction that arrow came from had no Extraordinary Aura at all!

The silence in the dense forest was once again broken.

A mystical echoing voice wafted through.

["Let them go."]

The tightly wound Shen Li, holding Zhuang Su, looked towards Gu Shen with hesitation after hearing this.

They...

Did it mean him and Mr. Zhuang?

The arrow just now wasn’t meant to kill, but to point out the target!

Gu Shen grinned.

He shook his hand; having crushed that arrow just now seemed easy, but it was actually quite tough, as his iron-scaled skin was still in an anxious state.