Chapter 860: Special Newcomers

Although they had long known that Mo Li Island had gravity far beyond imagination, Su Che and the others were still astonished: How could such a small floating island possess gravity strong enough to disable even Chaos-level warriors from flying?
In response to this question, Manzi replied, “This is one of Mo Li Island’s major mysteries—no one has been able to solve it to this day.”
Su Che and Tianyin nodded silently. Well, since even countless powerful travelers couldn’t figure it out, there was no need for them to overthink it.
On this black land, one could only walk slowly, which reminded Su Che of his days as an ordinary person when he first embarked on the path of cultivation, still in the early stages without the ability to fly. All he could do was sigh helplessly…
There were no misty veils formed by Chaos energy on Mo Li Island—of course, they were kept at bay by a peculiar protective layer outside the island. This gave a clear view of the surroundings, allowing one to see even a small stone from a hundred miles away.
But the problem was that spiritual awareness was heavily suppressed, as if pulled to the ground by omnipresent gravity, making it difficult to spread outward.
Such strong gravity could affect even intangible spiritual awareness—how absurd!
After advancing several thousand feet, Su Che looked back. Sure enough, Zhuo Li and House’s groups had also landed on the island and scattered, following from afar.
To be honest, having such a group trailing behind and constantly having to be wary of the dangers they might pose was a rather unpleasant feeling. But as Manzi had said earlier, if they insisted on following, what could they do?
Manzi sent a message advising, “This mission is only to let you understand the island’s terrain and various dangers. It’s best not to reveal too much about Xiao Hei and Tianyin’s special energies.”
“Understood,” Su Che nodded in agreement.
The aim of hiding their abilities was to make Zhuo Li, House, and the others lose interest in these newcomers. Once they had a thorough understanding of Mo Li Island and no more unwanted followers, it would be time to show their true strength.
As they continued on, Su Che picked up a fist-sized black stone. It was quite heavy—probably at least a million jin.
Even accounting for Mo Li Island’s terrifying gravity, under normal conditions, the stone was likely still worth tens of thousands of jin.
When he squeezed it lightly, the stone remained intact. Only by applying a thousand-fold amplified force could he crush it.

“What a hard stone,” Su Che thought in amazement. “It’s just a useless rock, yet it can reach such hardness. If we brought it to our immortal realm, it would be perfect for building immortal residences.”
“Harder than me?”
Lao Hei’s true body was still in the Immortal Prison. Even without Su Che speaking, he could sense his thoughts. At that moment, he picked up a larger black stone from the ground and smashed it hard against his own forehead.
Crack!
The stone shattered, but his forehead remained unharmed.
Lao Hei laughed triumphantly, clearly very satisfied with this puppet body.
Manzi shook her head and sighed, “Your race’s traits are truly formidable.”
To this day, he still didn’t know that Lao Hei’s current body was the same as that tiger-patterned stranger he had seen before. He thought all the powerful Haote had such abnormally strong physical defenses.
However, she reminded him, “But even with such a tough body, you still can’t let those magical beasts bite you. A few slaps from them might be okay.”
“Oh?” Lao Hei asked curiously, “Are those magical beasts’ teeth really that strong?”
“Very scary,” Manzi nodded. “You must be extra careful.”
“Then I’ll be on guard.”
Although Lao Hei had a somewhat reckless temperament, he cared deeply about this body and certainly didn’t want it to suffer unnecessary damage. So he firmly remembered: never fall into the jaws of a magical beast…
Walking on the ground was slow. After several hours, they only covered a few hundred miles. This was because the gravity on Magic Island was terrifying—even the most basic lightness techniques didn’t work, making movement extremely difficult.
In contrast, those magical beasts were native to the island and had long been accustomed to this gravity. Their movements were still very agile, which was one of the reasons they could pose a threat to all Chaos travelers.
In the distance behind them, the teams led by Zhuo Li and House followed from afar. At that moment, someone sent a message to Zhuo Li, “Captain Zhuo Li, I feel these newcomers are a bit special. What do you think?”
“What’s special about them?” Zhuo Li asked with a smile.
The person replied, “Putting Manzi aside, the other four are clearly not from the same race, yet they travel together without any suspicion. This kind of situation is almost impossible in the Chaos, unless they come from the same universe and already have a very close relationship.”
“That’s not entirely impossible,” Zhuo Li nodded lightly. “What else?”

“But what puzzles me is…” the man continued, “that guy with extremely strong physical defense clearly belongs to the same race as Hu Jiu, who left Mo Li Island not long ago. Their appearances are almost identical. Hu Jiu once said that in their Hao Te universe, all the peak warriors capable of entering chaos are from the same race as him, and there are only a dozen or so of them. This means the other three must not be from the Hao Te universe…”
“That makes sense,” Zhuo Li nodded, signaling him to continue.
“Also, that completely dark-colored stranger is likely a pure energy being, without any physical body at all,” the man continued analyzing. “I can sense that his aura is the purest form of chaos energy; he might be a creature born from chaos, belonging to no universe or world.”
“Yes.”
Hearing this, Zhuo Li finally shared her thoughts: “These four newcomers each possess completely different energy attributes, yet they can travel together closely in chaos… You’re right; this is exactly what sparks my strong curiosity.”
“That’s why, Captain Zhuo Li, I think we should try to bring them over and join our team,” the man concluded. “Even if we include Manzi as well, that would work.”
“It doesn’t seem that easy… But I’ll try my best.”
Zhuo Li’s telepathic voice sounded like a soft sigh: “I hope they can bring a surprise to everyone.”
It sounded like a sigh because at that moment, she remembered the time when she successfully harvested two Purple Crystal Fruits, at the cost of losing more than half of her sixty avatar bodies. Honestly, it was hard to tell whether it was a loss or a gain.
Meanwhile, House’s group was also whispering among themselves, expressing similar thoughts—that Su Che’s group was quite special and seemed capable of bringing something different to everyone…
They continued on for several more hours, having ventured over a thousand miles deep into Mo Li Island.
“Stop for a moment.”
Manzi suddenly transmitted her message.
Su Che and the others immediately stopped and instinctively looked around, but found nothing unusual. The landscape remained the same as before—black land, desolate and empty everywhere.
“Look, they’re coming.” Manzi pointed in a certain direction on the right. In the farthest part of the sky, there indeed was a translucent shadow. If not for Manzi’s specific indication, it would have been hard to spot.

Since I can see it, I can tell that this shadow is drifting quickly toward us.