Dragon King of Apocalypse

Chapter 287: Lost Continent

"Were close to the continent." Yali's voice rang out causing Tang Wulin to slowly open his eyes.

As this was happening, the flickering red and purple lights around Tang Wulin began to dye down.

Tang Wulin then began inhaling causing all of the wisps that were scattered around to be absorbed by his body.

Standing up, he glanced over to the rails and saw the continent that they were closing in on.

"Tall." Muttered Tang Wulin as he saw the towering trees that reached high into the sky.

He saw countless trees, that were obscuring most of the land from the distance. The branches long as well, with the color of the leaves having a unique shade of dark purple-green.

That was as much as I can get from, where he was standing, yet Tang Wulin felt something was off with that forest.

He could feel his spiritual sense and instincts, telling him something was wrong with that place. As well as he should be familiar with it as if this continent had things he was familiar with.

"Yes but not only that I can sense a weird mixture of vitality and death in that forest. Said Yali caused Tang Wulin to furrow his brows.

"Mixture of life and death? You think it may be similar to the demon island that houses the Life and Destruction Energy."

"Maybe? I am not sure, but it might be the same. Although strangely enough, it doesn't feel as dangerous."Said Yali with confusion on her face.

"Well, we see once we get there." Said Tang Wulin as he heard the shouts of the crew announcing the approach of the continent.

"Oh right, thanks for helping me." Said Tang Wulin said, causing Yali to only shake her head with a smile.

"Me doing this could never compare to what you did for the continent."

"If she only knew the true reason, you fought them. I wonder if she would still be thanking you." Zeref's voice rang out with the others laughing out loud.

'Quite.'

"Besides, I will always give a hand to help you." Said Yali causing Tang Wulin to furrow his brow as he looked at Yali.

As for some reason, she was giving him the same look, he only received from three other women.

If Yali's presence before didn't make him uncomfortable enough, the look she was giving him, made it worse.

'Did I do something?'

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"Astounding! Just look at how high they go! And they seem to be even natural!" Zhou Jiu exclaimed as he began snapping photos of the towering tree as the ship began to dock.

Around him were Tang Wulin and the others, who were staring ahead. Wu Yiyi was scrolling through her book, with a serious expression while glancing at the tree and her book.

"Nothing." Muttered Wu Yiyi caused Yali to glance at her with a raised brow.

"Is something wrong?'

"Right now, I am looking through the world catalog and scrolling through some of the descriptions that talked about the environment. I am trying to see if these trees were written down in the book or at the very least have something similar to them. But there is nothing, none of them match at all, from the colors to even the shape."Said Wu Yiyi with a sigh.

"Which means, these aren't trees from this Era?" Questioned Wu Zhankong causing Wu Yiyi to shrug her shoulder.

"Maybe, they do have similar descriptions to some of the trees that were found in the ancient texts." Said Wu Yiyi.

Wu Zhankong nodded his head before turning to Tang Wulin who has been staring at the tree for a while.

"Does anything look or feel familiar to you?"

"I am unsure."

"Meaning?"

"I feel like there is something familiar yet at the same time, this could be related to my attunement of life and death. As I am feeling a sense of familiarity not from the trees but the elements of death and life."Said Tang Wulin, causing Wu Zhankong to furrow his brows.

"This doesn't tell us anything."

"I know." Said Tang Wulin with a sigh as it wasn't like he could do anything about it.

It wasn't like he visited everywhere when he was sent back into the past. At most, he only visited like half of the continent, from them crusading against the Soul Beasts back then.

'Even then, I don't recognize these trees or anything tall as they, except for Yggdrasil.' Thought Tang Wulin.

"I don't recognize them either." The voice of Yggdrasil rang out causing Tang Wulin to inwardly sigh.

Before he reached out his hand and grabbed Zhou Jiu who was leaning over the rail too much.

"Alright let's go." Said Tang Wulin as Zhou Jiu shouted in surprise at being pulled back.

With that said, Tang Wulin jumped towards the continent with a mighty leap.

Wu Zhankong lifted Wu Yiyi, while Yali and Shen Yi followed behind.

As their feet touched the grassy land, they began glancing around and spreading out their spiritual sense.

"Everything seems fine." Muttered Tang Wulin as he let go of Zhou Jiu who instantly moved towards one of the tall trees.

Zhou Jiu began moving his arm all over the trees, looking at it with a gleaming gaze.

"Marvelous! Amazing! Even with my cultivation, I can sense and feel the abundant amount of vitality and death!"

"But strangely enough, I feel no danger, as if the trees themself are encasing and holding it inside. Hmm, could it be there is an invisible barrier between the trees and me? One that doesn't block my spiritual sense but my touch?"Questioned Zhou Jiu as he looked beyond.

"Maybe we can find out the answer if we explore a little." Said Tang Wulin as he and the others arrived at the spot where Zhou Jiu was.

"I guess you're right. Still, even though we just got here. This continent is already giving me a rush and surprises."Said Zhou Jiu with a huge grin causing Tang Wulin lips to twitch.

They began moving through the forest, which held roots that were protruding out of the ground.

The roots of the trees were bigger than all of their bodies similar to the leaves and branches.

They were all tangled up with each other, with some of them looping above the grassy path or on it.

"I wonder, just what is supplying these trees with the essence to grow so big?" Questioned Wu Yiyi as she moved under one of the roots.

"Hm, there might be something underground on this continent or maybe something in the center?" Said Zhou Jiu as he glances at the texture of the root, noting how old it looks.

'Looks old, in fact, ancient even. Another thing, what are these strange patterns on the roots.' Thought Zhou Jiu with his eyes narrowed.

"Either way, we came here to figure out the truth of this island. Maybe this phenomenon might be connected with the Calamity; I wouldn't be surprised if-"

Wu Zhankong's expression changes, alongside Tang Wulin, Shen Yi, and Yali as they feel their spiritual sense goes off.

Shen Yi and Wu Zhankong had a bead of sweat flowing down their face, while Yali and Tang Wulin's eyes were narrowed.

Zhou Jiu and Wu Yiyi were able to notice these changes before Tang Wulin's voice rang out.

"Something is coming."

The ground shooked, as the sounds of hoofs rang through the forest before the area that they were all standing in, darken.

As a shadow appeared above them causing them to glance up to, see an enormous figure jumping over them.

Zhou Jiu's eyes went wide in shock as the figure landed in front of them, creating small cracks on the ground before it continued moving forward.

"Is that a horse soul beast?" Questioned Zhou Jiu as he saw the figure back.

"I think so." Said Tang Wulin with his brows furrowed.

The soul beast that ran past them had the figure of a horse but on its back was a long mane with a bushy tail. It had black and white stripes marking on its body, similar to that of a Zebra soul beast.

As Tang Wulin was about to open his mouth, his instinct and spiritual sense went off again. But this time it was worse, causing him to stretch out his hand and grab on to the two Soul King in front of him.

Before he then leaped to the side and up the tree.

Yali and the others swiftly followed his movements, trusting in Tang Wulin and knowing he wouldn't do anything without a reason.

Not only that but they also felt chills on their back, as if something big was coming.

"What's going on Wulin?" Questioned Zhou Jiu as he stared down at the ground while being pulled by Tang Wulin.

"Did you guys sense something again? Is it another of them?"Questioned Wu Yiyi but Tang Wulin only frowned.

"You guys should be able to hear it or better yet, see it now." Said Tang Wulin.

As in the next instant, a thundering sound that began shaking the land rang out.

They saw countless hooves split the silence as a group of horses galloped through the forest landscape.

"To think a group of them would come also." Said Tang Wulin as he landed on one of the branches, staring down at the group of horses.

He saw countless horses; each of them was different from the other as they gallop through the area.

Some had a different set of features, like wings, claws, or even another set of arms on their back.

Others had various skin color, markings and they also came in various sizes. Yet Tang Wulin could tell all of them were strong, as they propelled through the forest.

'Some are Soul Sage, Soul Douluo and even in the Title Douluo range.' Thought Tang Wulin with his eyes narrowed.

"You think they're running away from something?"

Tang Wulin shook his head at Zhou Jiu's question, as an aura of fear wasn't radiating off them. It felt more like excitement as if the destination they were going to was critically important.

"Think we should follow?" Questioned Shen Yi causing Tang Wulin to look up.

"Let's see if we can see where they're going from above." Said Tang Wulin lunged upwards with Zhou Jiu and Wu Yiyi screaming.

Shen Yi Lips twitch, but she and the others still follow after him, moving after Tang Wulin. It didn't take them too long to find themselves on top of the towering tree and finally being able to see the horse destination.

Tang Wulin narrowed his eyes, as he saw the first horse that went past them arriving at an open valley, with the others following.

'So there are more of them.' Thought Tang Wulin as he gazes at even more horse soul beast.