Chapter 549: Divine Dao Mineral Realm (5)

"Who exactly are you?"

The figure looked at Wu Zhene and spoke with an extremely grave expression.

Although its strength was not at its Peak, it had at least recovered to the Earth God Peak. To be suppressed and beaten by an Earth God Early Stage junior now—how could it accept this?

Wu Zhene looked at the creature before him with a very grave expression. It was because the person in front of him—no, although it looked similar to a human, its body was covered in extremely eerie blood-colored patterns that made Wu Zhene feel dizzy and extremely uncomfortable just by looking at them.

"Before asking about my background, you had better state your own first."

Wu Zhene's tone was calm, and he was not too worried internally. He had already tested the creature's strength; it was stronger than his own, but not by too much.

There was no need for Wan Ling; even if Zi Xuan were to act, she could suppress it.

Upon hearing this, the creature did not state its background as Wu Zhene had expected, but instead sneered and said.

"My background is not something you can inquire about. Oh well, why bother asking a dead man? Be on your way!"

After saying this, an Aura similar to when it first broke out of the Seal surged from its body again. A scarlet power completely enveloped it, appearing incredibly dangerous yet beautiful.

In the instant he saw this, before Wu Zhene could react, it appeared in front of him and reached out to grab his head. Judging by this display, it seemed to want to probe his memories.

At this critical moment, Wan Ling, who was inside Wu Zhene's body, could finally sit still no longer.

Almost in an instant, an extremely terrifying power surged from within Wu Zhene's body, directly suppressing the creature before him.

"What! Ninth-Grade Divine Fire!"

Its face was filled with a terrified expression; it obviously had not expected that a mere Earth God Early Stage junior would actually harbor such a terrifying existence as Ninth-Grade Divine Fire within his body.

After Wu Zhene heard the other party identify the Ninth-Grade Divine Fire within him, his expression turned grave. Since the other party could see that he possessed Ninth-Grade Divine Fire, its background was definitely not simple.

While Wu Zhene was pondering, a beautiful figure emerged from his body; it was none other than Wan Ling.

At this moment, Wan Ling's expression was also grave, because even with her vast experience, she had never encountered such an existence in the Divine Realm.

Thinking of this, Wan Ling took a deep breath and looked at it, saying.

"You are likely not a creature of the Divine Realm, but an existence from outside the Divine Realm, right?"

"You are not stupid; you actually guessed my origin."

The creature was stunned for a moment, but it did not deny it and nodded in agreement.

Wu Zhene, who was on the side, was shocked when he heard this and looked at Wan Ling to ask.

"There are worlds outside the Divine Realm?"

"Yes. When I was with your past life, we investigated and found that there are other worlds outside the Divine Realm. But I don't know what happened; it seems something erased all information about anything outside the Divine Realm."

When speaking of this, Wan Ling stopped talking. After all, her master from her past life had not been able to investigate it. Information that even a God Emperor could not find was likely an existence beyond her reach.

Wu Zhene naturally understood this, so he sensibly did not ask further. However, he had already begun to wonder what the worlds outside the Divine Realm looked like.

After a good while, Wan Ling finally spoke in a calm tone.

"If you want to know what the world outside the Divine Realm is like, the creature in front of us is obviously a suitable target."

After saying this, Wan Ling intended to act to probe the other party's memories. With Wan Ling's God-Venerable Peak strength, she naturally would not have been able to probe the other party's memories if it were at its Peak, but now that the other party had not yet recovered to its Peak, it was not strange that she could probe its memories.

Seeing that Wan Ling was preparing to probe its memories, it finally began to panic and shouted.

"No, don't!"

But Wan Ling obviously would not listen to it and continued to probe its memories. However, the moment Wan Ling's Divine Soul entered its body, an incomparably terrifying power struck, causing Wan Ling's face to fill with immense fear.

"No, not good!"

In just an instant, Wan Ling's Divine Soul withdrew from its body, but recklessly probing the mysterious creature's memories had caused Wan Ling significant damage; at the very least, she would be unable to exert her full strength in the short term.

After withdrawing her Divine Soul from the mysterious creature's body, Wan Ling's face turned pale. Wu Zhene hurriedly stepped forward to support her and asked in a nervous tone.

"How is it? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I just didn't expect that there was a Restriction within its Divine Soul, making it impossible to probe its memories."

Wan Ling shook her head, her expression grave.

She then looked at the mysterious creature that she had suppressed, and its expression was no longer nervous. It looked at Wan Ling and Wu Zhene and laughed heartily.

"Just wait, my Forbidden Clan will soon make a comeback. By then, the entire Origin Realm will become the territory of my Forbidden Clan!"

After saying this, its body slowly dissipated into ashes, and it completely perished.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of both Wu Zhene and Wan Ling could not help but turn ugly.

"Does this mean that there are even more terrifying existences behind it?"

Wu Zhene frowned deeply and asked.

But just then, Wan Ling spoke, her tone incomparably grave.

"That is not the most important thing. Although I did not manage to probe its memories just now, I could sense that its current strength is not at its Peak, not even one percent remains. Based on my estimation, its Peak strength was likely at least that of a God Emperor."

As Wan Ling's words fell, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

After a long while, Wu Zhene finally spoke, his tone carrying a sense of certainty.

"It's fine, I believe in Great-Grandfather's strength. Great-Grandfather should act."

Even though Wan Ling had entered the Divine Dao Mineral Realm, she had not sensed the sealed Forbidden Clan creature, but Great-Grandfather had sensed it before the Divine Dao Mineral Realm had even opened. Therefore, Great-Grandfather's strength was at least that of a God Emperor, and it was very likely that he was not just a God Emperor.

Hearing Wu Zhene's words, Wan Ling was stunned. She then remembered that it seemed to be true; if the sky fell, there was someone taller to hold it up; it was not yet her turn to act.

"Alright, let's go back first. It said the Forbidden Clan will make a comeback, which means that in the future, we will face a great war, and before that, I must become as strong as possible."

"Hmm."

Wan Ling nodded, and then entered Wu Zhene's body again.

Wu Zhene did not linger any longer either, turning around and rushing back to the location where Bai Ningyu and the others were previously.

However, at this moment, Bai Ningyu and the others were encountering a great crisis.