荒墟牧神 - 第1491章 舊都設下陷阱 - 雲海書庫

Tai Yi fought his way from this side of the river to its center when, all at once, a skeleton slowly rose from the water and blocked their path. "Dao brother, you have attained the Dao. Why, then, do you still place such importance on life and death?" Tai Yi stopped and asked, leaning on his staff. The skeleton seemed able to understand him. Its jaw opened and closed, and the words that came from its mouth were incomprehensible to Wei Suifeng and Shu Jun. They were spoken in an abstruse Dao language. It seemed to be reproaching Tai Yi. The races of this world were as numerous as the stars in the heavens, and this universe had already undergone sixteen cycles of creation and destruction. It was only natural that their languages should be mutually unintelligible. Yet there was one language through which they could communicate: the language of the Dao. By using the Great Dao as language, one could give voice to one's thoughts. But anyone capable of conversing in the Dao language naturally possessed extraordinary attainments. This skeleton in the river was likewise a being who had attained the Dao, and its strength was formidable. Tai Yi listened for a while, then shook his head. "However eloquently you put it, you are still merely clinging to life and fearing death." The skeleton in the river lunged at Tai Yi. At the same time, the Chaos River boiled, and skeleton after skeleton slowly rose from its depths, attacking Tai Yi from every direction. Another skeleton emerged from the Chaos River beneath his feet and struck at him as well. The divine abilities they wielded were unfathomably profound to Wei Suifeng and Shu Jun. The depths and mysteries of their Dao realms were things the two had never witnessed before. Even the divine abilities of the Ten Heavenly Venerables were things they could understand to some extent, but they could not comprehend these river skeletons' arts in the slightest. Tai Yi raised his staff and tapped forward. No matter how myriad and wondrous the skeleton's divine abilities were, that single strike pierced through them with uncanny precision and touched the center of its brow. The skeleton's skull exploded, and it fell back into the Chaos River. Tai Yi's staff flashed up and down, sometimes tapping, sometimes sweeping, sometimes smashing. Every move appeared so simple as to be clumsy, yet every blow struck its opponent with absolute accuracy. They seemed slow, but were swift in truth, and before long he had knocked every skeleton back into the chaos. He withdrew his staff, its tip coming to rest upon the surface of the river. Beneath the water, the skeleton that had been preparing to ambush the soles of his feet was struck precisely between the brows by the staff's tip, and sank into the river without a sound. Tai Yi turned to the still shaken Shu Jun and Wei Suifeng. "These people are beings from former universes who attained the Dao. This Chaos River is the destroyed universe in which they dwelled. When they leap from the river and attack us, they are attacking from those ruined universes. You need only knock them back into the river. Then they will return to the universes in which they belong and will be unable to cross over." Wei Suifeng asked, "Dao brother, what if they leap from the Chaos River and set foot on the shore?" "If they leap from the Chaos River but do not come ashore, they have not truly entered our universe. Once they reach the bank, however, there is nothing I can do." After a long while, they finally reached the opposite bank. The three of them looked ahead, only to find another vast Chaos River blocking their way. Tai Yi frowned, and Wei Suifeng and Shu Jun were likewise filled with doubt. "This body of mine is old. Though my divine abilities are exceedingly high, its physical functions are no longer sufficient. If I continue fighting all the way forward, I will surely be exhausted." Tai Yi turned to the two of them. "Stay here and do not move. I am going to change bodies." Their he