Age of Calamity in Swallowed Star

"This is the Broken Tooth Mountain Range; it really does look like a broken tooth!"

From mid-air, Lin Ye looked out into the distance at the continuous mountain range, shrouded year-round in a thick mist, obscuring its true form.

The side of the mountain range furthest from him presented the shape of a sharp, broken tooth.

It looked like a massive tooth broken off from some unknown ferocious beast!

"So sharp, I even feel a faint pain in my divine body."

Lin Ye stared intently at this narrow mountain range, faintly sensing a subtle threat emanating continuously from its depths.

This threat made him feel somewhat uneasy.

But it was only slight.

At the same time, he recalled what the guardian puppets had told him: "The Broken Tooth Mountain Range is the site of the ancient battle between the Celestial Clan and the Demon Prison Clan. Its danger level ranks first in the entire Celestial Continent. Remember to be cautious!"

"With my current strength, even in this Celestial Continent, I can be considered one of the most powerful beings. Apart from the three guardian puppets and those combined True God-level puppets, there are no other threats that can deal with me!"

Lin Ye looked at the jagged tooth, broken for who knows how long, yet still radiating endless sharpness and ferocity, and speculated in his heart, "This mountain range can bring me such a sense of crisis, which means there is at least a True God-level enemy inside."

"And it is very likely... there are even stronger beings beyond the True God level!"

For the past tens of thousands of years, Lin Ye had been exploring this Celestial Continent as easily and leisurely as strolling in his own backyard.

After all, he had an agreement and cooperative relationship with the three leaders of the local forces.

Therefore, he was able to smoothly build his own power here.

But now, this special secret realm that was suddenly reported gave him such a feeling, making it impossible for him not to pay attention to it.

"The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish!"

"The more dangerous the place, the better the treasures it produces!"

Lin Ye nodded lightly, his eyes gleaming with unprecedented brilliance.

He had come to this world to explore and adventure, so how could he shrink back because of a little danger? That would be against his original intention!

This was something Lin Ye could never accept!

Besides, with his current strength, as long as he was careful and not too reckless in his exploration.

He could escape at the first sign of extreme danger!

"If I really encounter great danger, I'll go back and call on Sitting Mountain Guest, the Starry Sky Behemoth Ancestor, and bring a group of puppets to investigate."

Thinking of this, a hint of smugness appeared on the corner of Lin Ye's mouth, and he secretly gave himself a thumbs up.

If there's danger, find companions!

Although this approach was a bit shameless.

But now, aren't he and Sitting Mountain Guest a group of partners? They should solve difficulties together.

When he adventures alone in the future, he will have to rely entirely on himself.

After preparing himself mentally, Lin Ye transformed into a stream of light and flew directly into the Broken Tooth Mountain Range alone.

The map and instructions he received were very detailed, and he quickly passed through the outer area and entered the border area between the inner and outer regions.

"Hmm!? The situation here..."

As soon as he stepped onto the undulating mountain range, Lin Ye felt a terrifying aura of a hidden dragon guarding a pearl rushing towards him, resisting him as an outsider!

It seemed that the entire mountain range was like a coiled giant dragon, constantly emitting a heart-stopping aura.

"Even an ordinary Universe Venerable wouldn't be able to continue deeper with this aura, unless they were a top-level Universe Overlord with exceptionally strong will!"

"No! It's not just the aura! There's something else hidden here..."

The mottled and chaotic aura made Lin Ye feel a little disturbed.

But soon, he calmed down and began to carefully feel everything here.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"..."

Formless roars echoed from the surrounding grass, trees, mountains, and rocks, as if narrating the cruelty and persistence of the past battles.

At the same time, strong killing intents tried to冲击 Lin Ye's soul, turning him into a machine that only knew how to kill.

"The aura and soil of this mountain range are significantly different from those of the Celestial Continent, but I can't yet determine exactly where the differences lie!"

Lin Ye nodded lightly, and thoughts quickly flashed through his mind.

In less than a breath, he guessed that this Broken Tooth Mountain Range was likely moved here from another place.

As for using divine power to explore everything around him, Lin Ye clearly felt that this place completely isolated divine power.

Therefore, he didn't make any unnecessary attempts!

Walking along the cloud-shrouded mountain path, Lin Ye slowly felt the strange sensation brought by this land step by step.

It had been many years since he had walked so slowly.

In the past, he either flew or teleported directly.

He didn't need his legs at all.

Along the way, he proceeded cautiously.

Occasionally, he could see huge ravines with towering cliffs, which looked as if they had been cut directly by sharp weapons such as knives or swords, and the sharp killing intent remained to this day.

"These are not naturally formed ravines, but were created by knife or sword qi."

However, Lin Ye considered that the blade intent he left behind was definitely much stronger than these.

Walking slowly forward, after about ten cups of tea's time, he suddenly felt an invisible wave sweep over him, as if probing something.

"No problem, I'll keep walking and see." After realizing that this wave had no threat, Lin Ye boldly continued forward.

The further he went, the greater the pressure.

The terrifying pressure, which increased geometrically, acted on Lin Ye but did not affect him in the slightest.

"Boom!!"

"Rumble!"

"Rumble!!"

Relying on his exceptionally strong divine body, Lin Ye effortlessly resisted the powerful pressure that could easily crush immortal gods, and continued forward with ease.

"It seems that this invisible pressure comes from some kind of peculiar ancient formation, used to screen out those with weak will and physique, but these have no effect on me."

Lin Ye continued to move forward, feeling the pressure from all directions, as if walking in a drizzle, without any sense of obstruction.

After walking for a long time, Lin Ye felt that he had probably gone halfway, and his speed was extremely fast, so he had basically walked hundreds of millions of kilometers during this time.

"Little senior, look here!" Suddenly, a deep voice like a great bell rang out.

"Hmm?"

"Who is calling me!" Lin Ye frowned slightly and looked towards the source of the voice.

It turned out to be a tall and burly black bear, surrounded by hundreds of golden circular treasures floating around, like stars, some bright and some dim.

At this moment, its nine hundred and ninety golden stars were surrounded by circles of emerald green ancient vines, making it look very pitiful.

"Little senior, please save me! I am willing to serve you!"

As early as when Lin Ye walked through this section of the road so easily, the Black Bear King felt that this person was very unusual.

Because it had worked so hard to get here, but in the end, it was directly tied up by this old withered vine, and it had been tied up for almost thirty million years.

And now that a figure finally appeared, how could it not call for help?

"Who are you?" Lin Ye's eyes rolled around, and then he turned to stare at the huge black bear, which obviously exuded the aura of a Universe Master, and asked, "Where are you from? Why are you trapped here?"

A series of questions made the big black bear, who didn't have much brain capacity in the first place, feel dizzy. It could only stammer and answer: "Reporting to little senior, I am called Big Bear and come from a small family very far away on this continent. Later, I ventured with a little friend, accidentally entered this place, and was imprisoned here ever since. It has been many, many years. My little friend has already turned into a pile of bones."

As it spoke, the big black bear raised its head slightly, signaling Lin Ye to look not far ahead.

There, there was also a skeleton similar to a bear corpse, which seemed to have gone through countless years, and even some dark brown mossy lichens had slowly climbed onto the remains.

However, judging from the fur and shape, it was a yellow bear.

"Little senior is so remarkable, please cut off these vines and help me out of this predicament. This big bear will definitely be grateful."

The black bear looked at Lin Ye eagerly, almost writing the six words 'Please save me' on its forehead.

"Hmm? I don't take action easily. Once I do, it will cost a great price!"

Lin Ye looked back at this very adorable big black bear, preparing to tease the latter: "This price may be that you will follow me for the rest of your life, and serving me will not be enough!"

The black bear fell into silence upon hearing this.

Looking at its contemplative appearance, it seemed to be struggling with something.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Around, mountain winds roared past with sharp knife lights and sword qi.

Lin Ye was not in a hurry at all, and waited for the big black bear's answer.

In his perception, although those strange vines were a great trouble for this Universe Master-level black bear, for him, he could easily break them with a few knives.

"Have you considered it? If you haven't thought it through, you can take your time. I'm leaving first!" Lin Ye smiled, then took a step, making a move to leave immediately.

He knew that this big black bear had been trapped here for so many years and must be very eager for freedom and unrestrainedness.

And now, he was its only hope!

If it missed him, who knows how many years it would have to wait to meet the next one?

"I've considered it! I agree to be your follower! For a lifetime!!"

The black-haired big bear sat down on the ground paved with treasures and said rather helplessly, "As long as you are willing to rescue me and help me escape this sea of suffering, then I will choose to follow you!!"

"Hahaha, you wouldn't have suffered so much if you had said that earlier!" Lin Ye laughed, and then raised his right index finger and middle finger like a sword, and just lightly drew in the air.

"Swish swish!!"

An inconspicuous knife light burst out from his fingers, cutting across the ancient black-brown vines in a crisscross pattern.

"Hiss! What a terrifying knife light!"

The seemingly ordinary and very common knife light was full of danger in the eyes of the black bear.

Danger! Danger!

An extremely dangerous warning erupted in its mind. The huge black bear couldn't help but close its eyes, with only one thought left in its heart—

It's over! This senior is going to kill me and eat my bear paws, bear head, and bear belly!

Crack! Crack!

However, the separation of the corpse that the black bear imagined did not appear.

The reality was that the vines that had troubled it for countless years were directly cut off by these knife lights, and then annihilated into dust in the powerful knife qi.

"I, the Beiming Black Bear King, pay my respects to little senior!"

After breaking free from the shackles, the huge black bear immediately put away the floating star treasures, and knelt on one knee on the ground, respectfully saluting Lin Ye, "Thank you, little senior, for your life-saving grace. Little Bear is willing to follow you for a lifetime!"

Just kidding!

The casual knife that this young man had just made was enough to easily kill it. If he used his full strength, what a terrifying scene it would be...

The black bear did not continue to think about it. It only felt that its heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys were trembling violently.

"Good!" Lin Ye looked at the Beiming Black Bear King, who was extremely sincere in his words and expressions, and said with a smile, "But you have to change your address to me in the future. Don't call me 'little senior'. This title is too unpleasant!"

Black Bear: "Please enlighten me, sir!"

"Boss!"

"Call me 'boss' or 'BOSS' from now on," Lin Ye said without turning his head.

"Yes, little senior... boss!" The quick learner Big Black Bear bowed to the end, showing extreme submission to Lin Ye.

"Let's go, follow me deep into the Broken Tooth Mountain Range and see what attracts me inside." He glanced at the huge black bear still kneeling on the ground and gently raised his hand to help it up.

"Remember! You are my follower now, not my slave, so you don't need to perform such a grand salute anymore!"

"Little Bear understands!" The huge black bear head nodded heavily, and then said a little timidly: "Boss, I think I'd better not go forward. I'm not curious about the scenery of the deeper mountains at all. I just need to stay here and wait for your return!"

"No!" Lin Ye refused directly. He glanced at the trembling Beiming Black Bear King and said sharply: "You just follow me. No matter what we encounter, I will protect you. Don't worry!"

Suddenly, an extremely powerful aura burst out from Lin Ye, and everything around him fell into a state of absolute stillness.

"Let's go!"

An invisible force quickly spread out from him, until it enveloped Lin Ye and the Beiming Black Bear King together.

Then they moved forward together.