Chapter 0245: Forbidden Demon Mountain

After Long Yi and his companions arrived beside Huang Long, they clearly realized what was happening to them as well.
“Brother Huang Long, is it you too?” Long Yi asked in shock.
Previously, they had thought only they were unable to utilize their internal magic power and combat energy. In their eyes, Huang Long was a special existence.
Huang Long nodded helplessly.
Disappointment flashed across the faces of Long Yi and his companions.
“Brother Huang Long, could it be this place?” Simpu from the Phoenix clan also realized something, looked around, then asked Huang Long.
“It might be the Dark Star,” Huang Long said, knowing what Simpu wanted to ask.
“What? The Dark Star?!” Long Yi and the Sea God Apton exclaimed in unison.
Although Huang Long said it was possible, Long Yi and his companions dismissed the possibility and concluded it must be the Dark Star.
Their faces turned pale as they scanned the surroundings.
“There’s no one living within thousands of miles around here. Our top priority now is to recover before leaving this place,” Huang Long said.
After hearing Huang Long’s words, Long Yi and his companions gradually regained their composure from the despair of being in the Dark Star. They sat down as instructed to recover from their injuries.
Though they couldn’t use magic power or combat energy and couldn’t fly, once their injuries healed, their physical strength would still be comparable to that of high-level warriors from the Holy Land, allowing them to handle most dangers.
They stayed in that place for a few more days, recovering about 60–70% of their strength, before standing up and leaving.
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The White Mist Desert was a paradise for the star beasts of the Dark Star, home to one-third of all such beasts.
On the outskirts of the desert, a group of young, strong men clad in animal skins slowly approached a sand dune hundreds of meters away, holding spears in one hand and bone knives in the other. On top of that sand dune lay twenty or thirty sand worms.
Sand worms were low-tier star beasts of the Dark Star, usually two to three meters long, plump, with delicious flesh, but weak in attack power.
As the men crept closer, reaching about twenty or thirty meters away, they suddenly threw their spears at the sand worms and then leaped up, attacking with their bone knives.
The sand worms had weak attack power and low defense due to their fat bodies. Many were pierced by the spears and fell onto the sand.

Only four or five of them wriggled their way into the sand. In the blink of an eye, they had moved a hundred meters away, causing the group of young strongmen to miss their attacks. Just as those sand worms seemed about to escape, suddenly a sword flash appeared, and the worms were flung out of the sand, all severed in two and falling back to the ground.

This sudden change shocked the group of young strongmen, who quickly gripped their bone knives and looked over.

The white mist cleared, revealing five people stepping forward. These five were Huang Long and his companions who had left the wasteland.

“Gentlemen, we just happened to pass by here by chance and have no ill intentions,” Huang Long said, seeing that they still looked wary.

But even after Huang Long spoke, they did not relax their vigilance, continuing to stare at him and his group with hostility.

Huang Long was not surprised and said, “We’ve just arrived at Dark Star and would like to ask a few questions. We’ll leave after you answer.”

“What?! You just arrived at Dark Star?!” exclaimed a young man with a long scar across his forehead among the group.

Not only him but also the others showed surprise. Although it was not uncommon to see outsiders in Dark Star—there were newcomers every few years—it was still rare. And given how vast Dark Star was, it was unexpected that they would encounter people who had just arrived.

“Were you imprisoned here by the people of the Kingdom of the Realm?” the scarred young man asked after his initial surprise.

However, it seemed that hearing that Huang Long and his group had just arrived reduced their wariness.

“That’s correct,” Huang Long nodded.

Although their arrival in Dark Star had nothing to do with the people of the Kingdom of the Realm, Huang Long didn’t want to waste time explaining and simply admitted it.

Moreover, saying they were swept here by the Yuan Magnetic Storm would only cause trouble—even lower-ranked gods perished in that storm, so they would never believe it.

The young man glanced at Huang Long and his group again, seemingly convinced by their explanation, then smiled and said, “So this elder has just come from outside Dark Star. What questions do you have?”

The other young strongmen remained silent, suggesting that this young man was their leader.

Huang Long replied calmly, “What is this place?” He glanced around at the sandy surroundings as he spoke.

“Oh, you mean here? This is the White Mist Desert, the home of star beasts. Those are sand worms, a type of second-tier star beast. It seems those sand worms have already reached the peak of their second tier. If it weren’t for this guy stepping in just now, they might have escaped.” The young man relaxed, smiling as he pointed at the sand worms split in two.

The White Mist Desert, the home of star beasts? Long Yi and the others exchanged glances. No wonder they had encountered many low-tier star beasts along the way but no humans. In that case, this White Mist Desert was similar to the Magical Beast Forest in the Hengyuan Realm.

“A tribe?” Huang Long looked puzzled.

“Oh, this Dark Star is different from other planets. There are no countries here, only tribes. But besides tribes, there are also some large families and alliances,” the young man explained with a smile. Initially, he had some doubts about Huang Long and the others, but now he truly believed they had just arrived from outside the Dark Star. Because only those who had just arrived would not know such things.

No countries, only tribes. Huang Long was surprised.

After that, Huang Long and the others asked more questions and learned the young man’s name: Bennett. A while later, when they were about to leave after finishing their questions, Bennett invited them to his tribe.

Hearing this, Long Yi and the others looked at Huang Long. After pondering for a moment, Huang Long nodded and accepted the invitation.

From their conversation earlier, Huang Long and the others gained a general understanding of the Dark Star. It was not a peaceful place, with constant wars and conflicts. So, Huang Long planned to stay at his tribe for a while first to find out if there was any way to leave the Dark Star.

Seeing Huang Long agree, Bennett was very happy. When talking to them again, he was much more enthusiastic.

Bennett and the strong young men from the tribe picked up the sand worm star beasts and led Huang Long and the others back to their tribe.

Along the way, through conversations with Bennett, Huang Long learned that aside from those imprisoned by the Realm Kingdom, the current inhabitants of the Dark Star also included their descendants. Although not many people were imprisoned in the Dark Star, after countless generations of reproduction, there were over a hundred billion people there! Over a hundred billion! Similar to the Hengyuan Realm.

Bennett’s tribe was called the Xiqing Tribe, and Bennett’s father was the village chief of a village named Beichen Village in their tribe.

It wasn’t long before Huang Long and the others followed Bennett to their tribe, the Xiqing Tribe.

Bannett’s father, Cecil, was the village chief of Beichen Village and held considerable status. Introduced by Bennett, he learned that Huang Long and his companions had just arrived from outside Dark Star. He welcomed them warmly and invited them into their village. As he welcomed them, Cecil engaged in lively conversations with them, subtly trying to learn more about their past, but they skillfully avoided answering those questions. Naturally, Cecil didn’t get much information out of them. On the other hand, Huang Long and his companions learned that Beichen Village was quite large, with over ten thousand people, while the entire Xiqing Tribe had more than one million members—making it a medium-sized tribe compared to surrounding tribes. When they arrived, Cecil even held a small banquet for them. At first, Huang Long and his companions found it strange that Cecil seemed overly enthusiastic, but they later understood why. With constant warfare between tribes, a tribe needed strong military power to survive. Since Huang Long and his companions had slain several second-tier peak Sand Worms with their swords, their strength was evident, and such talents were valuable to all tribes. However, on Dark Star, there were no magicians or warriors—only warriors. There were warriors from level one to nine, and above level nine were Holy Warriors and Divine Warriors. Based on the power hierarchy on Dark Star, Huang Long and his companions should be Holy Warriors, while Divine Warriors referred to those who had been god-tier powerhouses before arriving on Dark Star and possessed divine bodies. Of course, Huang Long’s physical strength was formidable, not inferior to that of ordinary god-tier powerhouses, so his strength couldn’t be measured by the category of Holy Warrior. Under Cecil’s arrangement, Huang Long and his companions stayed in a few houses to the north of Beichen Village. The houses were small and crudely built from stones, but they didn’t mind, as they hadn’t planned to stay there for long. After settling in Beichen Village, they spent each day resting and recuperating from their injuries. Cecil would come by to check on them every day. Time passed, and half a month later, their injuries had mostly healed, and they began to think about leaving. One day, when Cecil came to see them again, Huang Long casually asked about why magic and combat energy couldn’t function above Dark Star. He thought Cecil wouldn’t know, but to his surprise, Cecil smiled and said, “Actually, it’s not a secret. It’s normal that you guys don’t know, Huang Long. The reason magic and combat energy can’t function above Dark Star is because there’s a Magic-Prohibiting Mountain at its center.”

“Forbidden Magic Mountain?” Huang Long and his companions were astonished and forced to smile bitterly. They never expected this to not be a secret; they had thought it was top-secret before.
“That’s right. This Forbidden Magic Mountain generates a wind of forbidden magic that fills every corner of Dark Star and even the surrounding starfields. As a result, anyone who enters those starfields or Dark Star itself cannot use magic power or combat energy,” said Cecil.
“A wind of forbidden magic?” Huang Long frowned.
Long Yi and the others exchanged glances.