Di Jiu barely even thought about it before the Duoyi Cold Crystal was attached to his brow. The coolness hit him, and the breath that burned Di Jiu’s Sense Sea rhyme was instantly blocked.
At this moment, Di Jiu even accelerated his speed and took a step on top of that grey boulder.
Lone Stepman looked dumbfounded at Di Jiu who had crossed over, his heart shocked beyond measure. He had too many defences when he entered the Cosmic Staircase. Why was Di Jiu unharmed when he entered the Cosmic Staircase for the first time?
As he saw Di Jiu rushing over, Lone Predator forcibly suppressed the thought of making a move. His plan was to make his move immediately after Di Jiu was seriously injured. Now that Di Jiu looked as if he wasn’t injured, what was the use of him making a move?
“Boom!” Di Jiu’s feet had landed on top of the grey stone, and Lone Stepping Man seemed to feel Di Jiu’s feet stepping on his heart in general, and his whole body was a bit bad.
“Old Lone, I need to heal my wounds, wait for me for a while haha.” After Di Jiu landed on the grey boulder, the first thing he did was not to sneer at Lone Stepping Man, but to grab out a cave magic treasure and directly rushed in.
As soon as Di Jiu entered, the cave magic treasure was protected by a protective array, and Lone Bu Ren’s face kept changing. It looked like Di Jiu was indeed injured, should he sneak in now?
After hesitating for a while, Lone Stepper shook his head, Di Jiu was definitely not seriously injured. If Di Jiu was seriously injured, wouldn’t he dare to talk about healing in front of him? If he couldn’t kill Di Jiu with his secret plan, then all his plans would have lost their original meaning.
His gaze fell on Di Jiu’s protective formation, which was definitely a top-notch divine level grand formation, and this kind of grand formation was simply guarded against his a*sa*sination.
With a sigh, Lone Stepper did not backstab Di Jiu, he knew that he had missed his chance.
“Poof!” As soon as he entered the formation protection cave, Di Jiu opened his mouth and a dark blood spurted out.
Even with the Void Mountain and Dao Fire, and even with the Du Yi Cold Crystal protecting him, he was still injured. The extent of the injury was not light or serious, which was why he dared to heal in front of the Lone Stepping Man.
It was really so powerful, even the Innate Dharma treasure Void Mountain could pierce through, this kind of Void Arrow was simply terrifying to the extreme.
It was a good thing that the distance between the white stone and the grey stone was only this little bit, if it was further away, he really wouldn’t be able to block it.
The most fortunate thing for Di Jiu was that when he stepped onto the grey stone, the Lone Stepper did not make a move. If the Lone Pacer had suddenly made a move on him when he stepped onto the grey stone, then he would have definitely been injured and even forced into the void again.
This kind of ruleless, or ruleless void that he didn’t have half a clue about yet, once he went in again, it would be really unpredictable whether he would live or die.
That void arrow could pierce even a void mountain, his ninth world was far from taking shape and was subject to too many of these void arrows, who could be sure that he would not be pierced?
The Lone Stepping Man also guessed that he should have missed the best moment to a*sa*sinate Di Jiu, there was no use regretting in his heart, such an opportunity was missed, it was impossible to come back again. He was unwilling to give up the reincarnation bridge on Di Jiu’s body, and could only wait for Di Jiu on the grey stone.
After Di Jiu spat out several mouthfuls of black blood and arrows one after another, he was finally stabilised. The Void Mountain and the Duoyi Cold Crystal had still saved his life.
Several Dao Fruits were swallowed, Di Jiu took several more Dao Pills, and his injuries quickly disappeared under the operation of the Rule Circuits.
Nearly half a month pa*sed and Di Jiu finally breathed a long sigh of relief, his injuries had completely recovered.
Di Jiu didn’t just leave, his divine thoughts landed in his sea of consciousness and after a moment’s hesitation he raised his hand and grabbed the World Book out.
He had a lot of treasures on him, but even the Void Mountain was pierced by a Void Arrow, I am afraid that other treasures such as the River Mountain Pot and the Heaven Opening Pen would not be able to stop such Void Arrows.
Moreover, the Heaven Opening Pen was not a defensive treasure, but a top-notch attacking magic treasure. It was still one of his killer weapons, and such things certainly could not be used for defence.
After thinking around, only the World Book could be used.
Di Jiu had always considered the World Book to be an existence that surpa*sed that of an Innate Treasure, and Di Jiu rarely used the World Book as a defensive magic treasure. Today, there was nothing else he could do. He really didn’t know what kind of method that Lone Stepping Man had to cross this terrifying Void Arrow.
The World Book was transformed by Di Jiu into a layer of inner armour to protect his whole body, while the outside was still Void Mountain transformed into the outer layer of armour. As for the Dao Fire, it was also turned into the innermost layer of defense by Di Jiu.
Only after doing this did Di Jiu step out of the protective formation and put away his cave magic treasure.
He didn’t believe that the Void Arrow could still pierce his body under such circumstances.
“Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Di, for advancing another layer of cultivation.” Seeing Di Jiu come out, Lone Stepping Man who had been waiting for Di Jiu congratulated him with extreme sincerity.
Di Jiu said indifferently, “Old Lone, good tactics. If it wasn’t for your Master Di, he would have fallen into your hands today.”
Di Jiu was not exaggerating. If he had been a little bit weaker, he would have been killed by Lone Stepping Man with the help of the Void Arrow and that burning Dao Rhythm.
Lone Stepping Man said with an apologetic face, “Fellow Daoist Di, I know you’ll definitely blame me, but I’m really not to blame for this matter. It’s also my first time here, and I only know that when the next stepping stone appears on the Cosmic Staircase, you must go there as soon as possible, otherwise, there’s no telling how long you’ll have to wait. It was only after I entered the void that I realised there were still spatial arrows in the void. However, Daoist Di had easily pa*sed the Extreme Yin Reincarnation layer, the Cosmic Void Flame layer and the Cosmic Dislocation layer before …… I was sure that Daoist Di would not be in trouble. I really wasn’t wrong, Daoist Di has amazing divine ability, far better than me, and crossed the first ladder without any half-hearted effect.”
“This is the Cosmic Ladder?” When Di Jiu heard the Lone Paceman speak so clearly, he knew that this Wang Ba must know what was going on. Even so, there was nothing he could do about it, the other party was explicitly pitting him and wasn’t afraid of him knowing about it. He himself had followed Lone Paceman along and was pitted by him, this was known to both sides and there was nothing to complain about.
Lone Stepper said cautiously, “That’s right, this is the Cosmic Staircase.”
“How many steps are there in the Cosmic Staircase?” Di Jiu asked.
Lone Stepper sighed, “It’s hard to say, although I know that at the end of the Cosmic Ladder is the way out of the Five Elements Universe, but I really don’t know how many steps there are in the Cosmic Ladder. But I’m sure that there’s a chance that we’ll meet cultivators who have entered the Cosmic Staircase before on our way.”
“Previously? How long ago was that?” Di Jiu looked at Lone Stepper in confusion.
Lone Paceman said, “It could be ten thousand years or a million years, who can tell?”
Di Jiu’s face turned ugly, “Old Lone, you mean we have to walk on the cosmic ladder for a million years?”
The Lone Stepper smiled faintly, “That is certainly not necessary, every rung of the Cosmic Staircase appears with serendipity, you follow me and I can cross the Cosmic Staircase before anyone else, because I know how to walk the fastest.”
Di Jiu was so helpless that he didn’t even bother to ask how to get back. When he arrived here, the Lone Pacesetter clearly took the initiative, and he could only follow the Lone Pacesetter. The only thing he could do was not to be backstabbed by this old thing.
“Old Lone, is it so hard to leave the Five Elements Universe?” While the two were waiting for the next step of the Cosmic Staircase, Di Jiu asked Lone Stepper about some things about the inter-universe.
Lone Stepman gave a heave, “Of course it’s tough, there are many ways to leave the Five Elements Universe, when you are strong to a certain level, you can just rip through the cosmic realms. But as of now, no such person exists. There is also the fact that you can leave through the Gate of Creation, but that is not a good path. The only reason I know about this path is because of the Cosmic Nest.”
“I’ve heard that there is a Western Universe not far from the Five Elements Universe and a Light and Dark Universe, isn’t that leaving the Five Elements Universe?” Di Jiu had wanted to ask this question for a long time.
The Lone Stepping Man glanced at Di Jiu and forced himself to hold back his inner disdain, “Fellow Daoist Di, I really don’t know how you obtained this powerful technique and even cultivated it to such a terrifying extent, you don’t even know these things.”