389: The Special Features of the Early Martial Era

At this moment, Xiao Shi was still some distance away from these cloaks and hats.

Therefore, his vision did not show any relevant information about these cloaks and hats.

He needed to get closer.

Only then could he see their relevant information.

“The items here definitely won’t be the illusory items I encountered in the Nether Moon Era; they are truly real.”

“I just don’t know if these items… will be exclusive items?”

Xiao Shi was very curious.

If they were exclusive items, it would usually be difficult to take them away.

They could only be used in this place.

However, Xiao Shi felt that given the special nature of The Primordial Martial Era, the items here didn’t seem like the kind that couldn't be taken away.

Thinking of this.

His speed involuntarily quickened a bit.

But just as he was approaching these cloaks and hats.

Suddenly, not far from him, a slightly flippant voice came.

“Oh? A newcomer?”

From another position, a deep, heavy voice followed.

“Just a fellow who doesn’t understand the rules.”

Then came a third, old, cold, and somewhat unkind voice.

“Kid, you’ve crossed the line!”

As his voice fell.

Terrifying sword qi instantly condensed wildly above Xiao Shi’s head, then formed into a massive, heavy ancient sword.

The entire heavy ancient sword was adorned with exquisite sword patterns, all of which glowed with scorching heat, and continuous crimson flames spewed out from the sword patterns, transforming the entire heavy ancient sword into a colossal fire sword.

The flames on it surged like waves, constantly scorching the air and causing it to crackle, while simultaneously making the surrounding area instantly transform into a zone filled with terrifying high temperatures.

Boom!!

The entire heavy ancient sword, spewing flames, instantly slashed down heavily towards Xiao Shi below at an astonishing speed!

Xiao Shi’s gaze suddenly sharpened.

He felt the aura of a “Dao” from this descending heavy fire sword.

But strangely… although this descending heavy fire sword had the aura of a Dao, it had not reached the level of a normal Dao Lord.

After all, previously in the Imperial Domain, Xiao Shi had personally faced Cheng Riyou’s attacks and clearly knew what kind of power a Dao Lord’s attack possessed.

And at that time, as soon as Cheng Riyou made a move.

Xiao Shi had an incredibly strong sense of impending crisis.

However, now facing the descending heavy fire sword, although Xiao Shi felt the aura of a Dao from this heavy fire sword, the tianji plate did not issue any warnings.

It was far from comparable to Cheng Riyou’s attack at that time.

In response.

Xiao Shi did not choose to retreat.

Instead, he raised his hand.

And pointed remotely at the descending heavy fire sword.

Immediately, a shining beam of light shot out from Xiao Shi’s fingertip, transforming into an incomparably sharp and brilliant light sword.

Although this light sword was in the form of a long sword.

The interior of the entire light sword was composed of various other weapons.

It included blades, staves, spears, hammers, and axes!

It was… the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash!

Now that Xiao Shi had reached the Saint Realm, when he once again cultivated a weapon technique and integrated it into the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash, the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash he unleashed was significantly more powerful than before.

However, it was still one step away from the full mastery of the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash.

After all, only upon reaching the Dao Lord Realm.

Could the true strongest power of the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash be formed.

Although it was still missing one weapon technique.

However, the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash Xiao Shi displayed at this moment had already taken its initial form.

Whoosh!

In an instant.

The brilliant light sword, shot out from Xiao Shi’s fingertip, fiercely collided with the descending heavy fire sword.

This caused a ripple of light and fire to explode outwards.

Although the entire heavy fire sword contained the aura of a Dao.

However, the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash unleashed by Xiao Shi also now possessed a trace of the Dao’s aura, and furthermore, after Xiang Zizhen became a Dao Lord, Xiao Shi could already utilize a portion of a Dao Lord’s power through Xiang Zizhen’s domain.

Thus, the brilliant light sword that shot out from his fingertip was in no way weaker than the descending heavy fire sword!

It even seemed to be slightly stronger than the descending heavy fire sword.

“Hmm?”

Xiao Shi’s move.

Surprised everyone who witnessed this scene.

Apparently, none of them had expected this newly arrived Saint to possess such strength.

At the same time.

Xiao Shi also noticed the people around him.

He discovered.

At various locations not far from him.

Figures successively emerged.

Strangely… when sweeping with Soul Consciousness, he was completely unable to detect their presence.

Only when they appeared in his line of sight could he see them.

The first person Xiao Shi saw.

Was a medium-built, white-haired old man, his face covered in wrinkles, his gaze sharp and harboring murderous intent.

The most peculiar thing.

Was that he carried three sword sheaths on his back.

But there were no swords within these three sheaths.

They were entirely empty sheaths.

Xiao Shi knew.

The person who had attacked him just now was this white-haired old man.

This person’s state was very strange.

He was clearly a Saint, yet an aura of the Dao permeated him, but he had not yet stepped into the Dao Lord Realm.

Besides this old man.

In several other directions, there were four more people.

They were respectively:

A young man with silver hair and silver eyes, whose skin was also silver, and whose facial features were quite handsome.

Unlike the white-haired old man, this entirely silver young man was no longer a Saint, but had already transcended to become a Dao Lord.

The aura of the “Dao” that permeated him was very strong.

Far beyond what the white-haired old man could compare to.

And in another direction.

Stood a massive beastman, covered in steel-needle-like black fur, with snow-white belly fur and sharp black claws.

His entire tall body was slender and well-proportioned, full of power.

With each breath, he continuously exhaled extremely cold breath from his mouth.

Under the subtle crackling sound of freezing, large patches of ice crystals formed in the air before him.

A pair of fragmented golden beast eyes stared at Xiao Shi.

This tall beastman also exuded the aura of a Dao.

However, like the white-haired old man, he had not yet become a Dao Lord, still remaining in the Saint stage.

The third person was a boy who looked only six or seven years old, with his hair tied up with a jade hairpin, rosy cheeks, and delicate skin.

His seemingly bright large eyes, however, were filled with a sense of vicissitude, which, combined with his childlike face, appeared very strange.

What particularly caught Xiao Shi’s attention.

Was the golden blazing sun pattern on the boy’s forehead.

This pattern… Xiao Shi had seen it before.

He had encountered the three patterns of the Sun, Moon, and Stars in the ancient ruins that led to the Nether Moon Era.

Among them, the “Sun” pattern.

Was exactly the same as the golden blazing sun pattern on this boy’s forehead!

And Xiao Shi now knew.

These three patterns corresponded to the three great eras of the Tianwu Continent.

He had already had contact with the Nether Moon Era and the Star Era.

Only for the “Sun” era, he had never had the chance to interact with it.

And the golden blazing sun pattern on this boy’s forehead clearly represented the era of the “Sun.”

The last person.

Was a woman wearing a complex black long dress, with flowing dark hair, and half her face covered by a black fine-mesh veil, her eyes like cut water, harboring melancholy.

At the same time, four corpses surrounded her.

These four corpses were all Saints!

And from these four Saint corpses, the aura of a Dao also permeated.

The moment he saw these four corpses.

Xiao Shi recognized them at a glance.

These four corpses… all originated from the Martial Corpse Era!

This made him instantly realize.

These people appearing before him… were not people of The Primordial Martial Era!

They, like him, were people from other eras!

After all, when each era experienced a period of ten thousand years, there would be a certain probability of giving birth to the Initial Martial Retrospection Dao, and naturally, in those past eras, the Initial Martial Retrospection Dao would also appear.

It was just that Xiao Shi hadn't expected to actually meet people from past eras here!

Although he didn’t know how many years specifically separated the eras these people came from and the current era.

But encountering people from bygone years here still gave Xiao Shi a sense of absurdity.

After all, the eras these people belonged to had all been destroyed.

Yet these people still existed in The Primordial Martial Era.

“Could it be that they are all stranded here? Unable to find a way to leave The Primordial Martial Era, and thus unable to depart?”

Xiao Shi knew.

The Retrospection Gate opened through the Initial Martial Retrospection Dao could only allow them to enter The Primordial Martial Era.

To leave The Primordial Martial Era, they could only find a way themselves.

If they couldn’t find a way to leave The Primordial Martial Era, they would remain stranded there indefinitely.

It was certain that.

When these people first entered The Primordial Martial Era, they should have been Saints, just like him.

Their purpose in coming to The Primordial Martial Era was also to take control of the Heavenly Dao.

However, among these few people at present.

Only the silver-haired, silver-eyed man had reached the Dao Lord Realm; although the others all had the aura of a Dao, they had not yet reached the Dao Lord Realm.

At most, they could only be considered Half-Step Dao Lords.

“If they are truly trapped in this The Primordial Martial Era and unable to leave, after so many years, it’s impossible for only one person to have reached the Dao Lord Realm.”

Xiao Shi felt this situation was very unreasonable.

Even if it was extremely difficult to cross from Saint to Dao Lord, the special nature of The Primordial Martial Era would make their difficulty in becoming a Dao Lord much smaller than in other eras.

Furthermore, over such a long period of time.

Even at worst, they wouldn't just be Half-Step Dao Lords.

Besides that.

From these people’s emotions and states.

Xiao Shi also didn’t feel like they were stranded in The Primordial Martial Era… He suddenly recalled an important piece of information about The Primordial Martial Era that he had previously learned from the records of the upper three realms of martial dao.

That was, this Different Space (different space) where The Primordial Martial Era was exiled could make time stand still!

“Could it be that before I entered The Primordial Martial Era, the entire The Primordial Martial Era was in a state of time stagnation?”

Xiao Shi suddenly had a guess.

But upon closer thought.

This was not logical.

If time was in a state of stagnation before he entered The Primordial Martial Era.

Then how did these people become Dao Lords and Half-Step Dao Lords?

And from their calling him a newcomer, it could be seen that they had already had many actions in this The Primordial Martial Era.

Then it could be confirmed… before he entered here, it was definitely not in a state of time stagnation.

Xiao Shi was temporarily unable to understand.

He felt like some crucial information was missing.

But he had already realized that there was a high possibility that the flow of time between The Primordial Martial Era and the other eras of the Tianwu Continent was unequal.

What Xiao Shi was more worried about now was that the time flow rate here would be faster than that of the Tianwu Continent.

For example, staying here for one day would mean one year passing on the Tianwu Continent!

If it was this kind of time flow rate, then it would be even harder for Xiao Shi to reach the Martial Dao Ninth Realm faster than the three demigod Heavenly Kings.

At this moment, the eyes of these people from past eras, as they looked at Xiao Shi, were all filled with surprise and solemnity.

Especially the white-haired old man who had just attacked Xiao Shi.

One must know.

They all reached Half-Step Dao Lord from Saint only after coming to The Primordial Martial Era.

However, this newcomer… was actually able to contend with him!

And he didn’t feel any aura of the Dao from the other party.

Meaning… this person was not a Half-Step Dao Lord.

But he possessed combat power comparable to a Half-Step Dao Lord!

This greatly shocked them.

“Kid, which era are you from?”

Among the crowd, the silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord, who was also the only one who had reached the Dao Lord Realm here, asked with great curiosity.

“Great Martial Era.”

Xiao Shi did not hide this.

“Great Martial Era?”

Everyone looked curious upon hearing this.

None of them had heard of such an era.

After all, they were all ancients from past eras, so it was naturally impossible for them to know about this era from the future.

“Do the Saints of your era all have combat power like yours?”

The silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord continued to ask.

The others also had the same question in their hearts.

Xiao Shi's situation was unprecedented in their eras, which also made them intensely curious about the Great Martial Era he belonged to.

“I can answer that question, but first, you have to tell me, how long have you been in The Primordial Martial Era?”

Xiao Shi directly voiced his question.

The silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord smiled and readily agreed.

“No problem, even if I don’t tell you, you’ll know very soon.”

“Actually, everyone here, just like you, had this question when they first came to The Primordial Martial Era.”

“I think you can also see that we here are not all from the same era.”

“Some of us are separated by tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years. Logically speaking, it’s impossible to have stayed in The Primordial Martial Era for so many years.”

“The reason you and I can meet in The Primordial Martial Era is entirely because The Primordial Martial Era constantly resets!”

As his words came out.

The two words “resets” instantly stirred up a monstrous wave in Xiao Shi’s mind!