*Splash*

The strength of this object was so great that it easily dragged Xia Fei into the pool in the center of the hall, and was quickly heading deeper.

What shocked Xia Fei was not its strength, but the feel of its texture! It felt very much like plated armor!

Plated armor was a form of armor, simple and sturdy in structure. It was considered to be hard armor, in contrast to the soft armor Fiend Scar Xia Fei was wearing right now.

It ought to be mentioned that this was the Broken Wing Sky Devil’s Cenotaph, and what was buried here was none other than the clothes that the Broken Wing Sky Devil had worn while he was alive!

Armor?

Broken Wing Sky Devil’s Cenotaph?

These two thoughts kept flashing in Xia Fei’s mind, when suddenly his foot stepped into nothingness. While Xia Fei had been deep in thought, he had found himself being pulled down into the pool again!

It turned out that there was another room beneath the pool, and below that was more water. Connected by a suspended pool, the structure beneath was no different from above.

*Thud*

Xia Fei exerted the strength in his arm and his muscles bulged!

Gathering the Law of Primal Chaos to both of his hands, Xia Fei slammed them right into that unknown object!

*Bang*

The Law of Primal Chaos seemed to be very effective, as the resistance that the object was putting up was reduced significantly. A deep depression appeared on the ground, caused by the pressure Xia Fei had created.

Xia Fei perked up. It turned out that this object which White Dragon’s Screech could not even scratch was afraid of the Law of Primal Chaos!

Kick them while they are down!

No matter what it was, Xia Fei decided to fight before asking any questions regarding anything pertaining to the Broken Wing Sky Devil!

It was at this moment when Furball and Little Goldie came charging down. They followed Xia Fei’s directions and grabbed hold of the square object by pinning it to the ground from the top and bottom, immobilizing it.

Boom! Boom!

Xia Fei began raining down punches like he had gone mad!

Xia Fei’s fists were heavy, and every strike contained the Law of Primal Chaos. Every blow shook violently, and the blue sap was slowly being forced away to reveal the true appearance of the object.

“It really is a piece of plate armor?!” Xia Fei was shocked. His punches had not stopped, nor did he look like he was going to any time soon.

When Xia Fei and the armor landed in the pool, Radix had the presence of mind to press the six-edged snowflake sword Nirvana to Zumi’s throat and force him to follow suit.

What happened next shocked both of them. Radix and Zumi slipped into the room down below, but what they witnessed was Furball, Little Goldie and Xia Fei beating up a suit of plated armor as it was pinned to the ground!

First they were perplexed, but they were soon overwhelmed by shock!

The sap of Peacock Blue was being shaken off from the pummeling, revealing its original appearance. The armor was nothing fancy, with sharp lines that complemented the high quality metal used in its forging. It was perfectly aligned with the sharp personality the Fiends were known for, and the only embellishment on it was a strange pair of wings.

The fifteen Fiend Soul weapons that Xia Fei had obtained from Cloud Sky were also marked with a pair of wings, but while those wings were outspread, this insignia was that of a broken wing!

“Broken Wing!” Zumi yelped with bulging eyes. He appeared as if he had just seen a ghost, his body going limp and collapsing.

The Broken Wing insignia was not used by anyone other than the Broken Wing Sky Devil,one of the four Great Sky Devils that the Fiends worshiped!

The situation in front of him was XIa Fei and his two accomplices, Furball and Little Goldie, beating up the plated armor the Broken Wing Sky Devil, Paletooth, wore, while they had it pinned down to the ground!

Radix immediately understood why Zumi had fainted, and his expression went green as well.

Seeing how things had unfolded, it was apparent that it was the plated armor that the Broken Wing Sky Devil once wore that had been secretly teasing Xia Fei this entire time.

In the past, the incidents that happened in the Cenotaphs of the four Great Sky Devils were most likely due to the equipment that was buried there; only the Broken Wing Sky Devil’s armor had let the intruders live, and that alone had caused that team of warriors to lose their minds. It was clear that the protector of the Broken Wing Sky Devil was not as bloodthirsty as the other three Sky Devils.

Xia Fei and his gang had only been harassed the entire way and were by no means under any direct threat, but right now, the protector of this Cenotaph, the Armor of the Broken Wing Sky Devil, was being battered by Xia Fei!

If the protector of this Cenotaph who originally meant no harm to intruders ended up being angered by Xia Fei’s actions…

Radix did not dare continue along that line of thought.

He saw Xia Fei grab White Dragon’s Screech with two hands and violently slashed downward, even as he bellowed toward Radix, “What are you still frozen there for?! We need to kill this thing now!”

*Kaboom!*

That instant White Dragon’s Screech came into contact with the armor, a severe tremor rocked the entire tomb, and that hair-raising cry rang through the place once again! There was no doubt that it had originated from the Broken Wing Sky Devil’s plated armor!

It was incredible.

A mere armor had actually been able to shadow, hide, and tease Xia Fei and his gang. It was even still able to let loose such a roar after it was beaten up! It was an immense and devilish roar!

*Boom*

Xia Fei, Little Goldie and Furball were shoved off by a mysterious force and were sent crompling to one side. Everyone watched as that silver plated armor got up, floated up into the middle of the air, looking very majestic. It was almost as if it had a pair of invisible eyes that were coldly glaring at Xia Fei and everyone else!

*Roar!*

That demonic voice rang out once more. The armor had thrown down its gauntlet at Xia Fei, or to be precise, it felt more like it was threatening Xia Fei, unleashing its pent-up indignation.

*bang*

Before that armor could attack, Xia Fei had already sent a punch over with a flicker of movement. He was giving it his all as he sent that armor flying away with a single punch of fists that were imbued with the Law of Primal Chaos, sending it straight into a wall.

Coincidentally, Zumi regained consciousness the moment XIa Fei sent this punch over, and it was this very sight that greeted Zumi as he woke up.

“We’re doomed!”

With a lament of despair, Zumi fainted for the second time.

Furball and Little Goldie were also stunned. Xia Fei’s punch sent the Sky Devil’s armor flying, then they set upon it once more, surrounding that armor with XIa Fei again!

A spirit inhabited the Great Devil’s armor, and the moment it realized how dire a state it was in, it suddenly slunk away into the wall, disappearing once more so Xia Fei and Furball’s attacks struck nothing but air.

The strange circular hall that they were in immediately became a lot quieter…

“You were just beating…” Radix very nervously trailed off.

“A piece of armor,” Xia Fei answered.

“That’s the Armor of the Broken Wing Sky Devil. It has a spirit!” Radix rebutted vehemently.

“I know,” Xia Fei replied nonchalantly.

“Then why did you assault it?!” Radix’s voice was shrill.

Xia Fei frowned and responded with a question of his own, “Who was it that made the rule that you can’t beat up the Broken Wing Sky Devil’s Armor?! It’s not like I am familiar with him.”

“But it did not express any ill intent toward you! It did not try and kill us! What you just did would merely agitate it!” Radix shouted back.

Xia Fei had a cheerless expression as he retrieved Radix from Nirvana and tossed him to the side.

“From now onward, I’ll be personally controlling Nirvana! Your hesitation has cost us a chance at survival.”

Radix was horrified. He did not expect to be treated like this. Had he really made such a great mistake?”

“Do you think I’d do things without taking measures in the event something went awry? With how things have unfolded, it doesn’t matter if I tell you this: When entering this place, I spread my Spirit Energy along the way. The Healing attribute contained in my Spirit Energy is unique! By that logic, we could have used that trace of Spirit Energy as a guide to swiftly lead us out of this place, but we’ve actually gone deeper and deeper here, all because that thing did not wish us to leave!”

“Do you still think that the Sky Devil’s Armor had no intention of killing us?” Xia Fei remarked coldly.

Radix was speechless. Xia Fei had been so inconspicuous with his action that he did not even realize that Xia Fei had actually left himself a way out.

“But Zumi said that the warriors that trespassed here that time didn’t die. Perhaps the Broken Wing Sky Devil’s burial tomb is different from the other Sky Devils, and is more peaceful. Even his armor did not enjoy killing,” Radix tried to explain after some thought.

Xia Fei let out a mirthless laugh, “More peaceful? Your naivety will sooner or later be the death of you! Those warriors didn’t physically die, but their minds were broken: being outright killed is by far a better death than that! It’s evident that while the other three of the Four Great Sky Devils had more of a reckless character, killing anyone that they found unpleasant, the Broken Wing Sky Devil is the most sinister among them! He desired his enemies to lead a life wishing they were dead!”

Oh no!

Radix instantly felt a chill run over his entire body. Xia Fei was not wrong. Those Annihilators that had barged into the Broken Wing Sky Devil’s Cenotaph didn’t die, but they all went insane!

To the common man, death could very well be the harshest punishment, but to a warrior, especially one that had achieved the Annihilator tier, it was an even greater torture if they led a life worse than death!

Consider the countless amounts of blood and sweat that had gone into their journeys, lives of consuming who knew how many premium treasures, and the hardships they had endured before they finally became Annihilators, only for the Broken Wing Sky Devil to let them live with insanity. That was the most cruel punishment for their transgression!

Looking at Zumi, anyone could tell that the decline of a generational expert in his clan had caused their downfall. Even after tens of thousand years had passed and it was now Zumi’s generation, they still held immense fear toward the Broken Wing Sky Devil!

The Broken Wing Sky Devil did not kill, but he punished! He caused his enemies, and the descendents of his enemies, to all live in abject fear and humiliation! This sort of cruelty was many times greater than killing someone!

Xia Fei himself was an insane existence, already vicious enough to his enemies! That was why he had been able to see through the mentality of the Broken Wing Sky Devil, and was why he had striven to kill the protector of this tomb, that plated armor!

“It’s too late to discuss any of this anymore! Since we failed to kill that thing the first time around, from here on, we’ll be on the receiving end of its crazy revenge!” Xia Fei swung Nirvana once for emphasis and coldly remarked, “Oh Radix, it is not that being kind and naive isn’t good, but that it’ll sooner or later be the death of you!”

…

…

Xia Fei found a life preservation container and tossed the unconscious Zumi inside before storing it away inside his spatial ring. Xia Fei had studied pharmacology before, and so he always carried several such containers that could store raw materials.

Zumi had a tremendous fear of the Broken Wing Sky Devil, and was absolutely no help to Xia Fei, instead a liability. Before this nightmare ended, Xia Fei decided it was best for Zumi not to show his face again, since he would hardly make a show beyond embarrassing himself!

After that was done, Xia Fei nodded to Furball and Little Goldie. These two had been unruly enough, not afraid of anything at all, making them perfect as Xia Fei’s assistants. As for Radix, Xia Fei had no choice but to abandon him for the time being. He was after all a old Mr. Nice Guy from the Aurora Clan, and while these years traveling with Xia Fei had indeed changed him quite a lot, he was nevertheless unable to meet Xia Fei’s requirement: being ruthless when it was time to be ruthless!

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*Splash*

Xia Fei leaped back up into the central pool with Little Goldie and Furball. The structure here was very odd. It was like a terrace, with the water as a ceiling. Looking up, he saw the suspended pool, and below them was another pool.

Moving down through the pool, Xia Fei arrived at the third floor.

This time, he saw that there was no more pool. Instead, there were eight passageways, going in eight different directions.

Uuuuu!

A low blast from a horn was followed by the sound of messy footsteps. It was almost as if there was a pack of something that was running out from inside.