From behind came the roar of Yu Siqing: “Shui Ying Rong! This surname of yours, all honor lost to you!”

But Jiang Wang and Chu Mi had already rushed towards the bridge.

Ignoring the tremendous drain, Yu Siqing, in a very short span of time, swung out another claw!

Jiang Wang lifted his foot halfway, only to see that the bridge before him had already shattered. Before his foot was the surging, five-colored light flow, renewed.

He held his foot aloft, utterly unable to set it down!

Chu Mi, who had originally already mobilized his Dao Yuan and resolved to cooperate with Jiang Wang to kill the Sea Clan blocking their path, struggling for a chance to live, hadn’t expected that this Commander-level Sea Clan warrior would fear Jiang Wang to such an extent. He had actually retreated before engaging in battle—this was, of course, even better.

He cared not for the meaning of a fight; being able to live was cause for boundless joy.

But a sudden, gigantic claw destroyed his hope once more.

He watched with wide eyes as the bridge, already spanned across the Boundary River, was directly torn apart, dissolving into the rule fragments flowing in the Boundary River.

How much effort, how much hardship, just to live to this point!

Originally thinking he was certain to die, he had seen hope. Originally thinking hope had arrived, it was immediately shattered once more.

The light of hope, which had appeared so fortuitously in an absolute situation, was thus extinguished.

“You motherfucker!” He manifested his form from a semi-transparent state, turning to look at the approaching Yu Siqing, his eyes blazing with fury. “Yu Siqing! May you never have a good death!”

But beneath the fiery anger lay utter despair!

He knew Yu Siqing’s terror even more than Jiang Wang, and having stayed in the Mí Jiè for a long time, he knew even more… there was no other path.

Yu Siqing, who had broken through the sea of fire, still had fresh blood dripping from the right claw of his Sea Lord true form. The direct attack on the bridge just now, though he had retracted his hand in time, had still cost him two segments of his claw tips in the breaking of the Boundary River.

But he seemed completely oblivious, merely flapping his wings and rushing forward.

Shui Ying Rong, who had been on the side, was now rushing forward again to prove himself. His gaze was firm, determined, and fierce, likely no longer capable of being swayed onto the wrong path.

And in the far distance, a dense swarm of Sea Clan warriors had already converged.

The area near this newborn Boundary River was completely covered by Sea Clan warriors. Jiang Wang and Chu Mi were like two candlelight flames burning in the cold night, flickering precariously.

Before the Boundary River, it had almost become a dead land.

Including themselves, they were very clear about this point.

Fleeing in this manner, their ceaseless arguing was likely not unrelated to easing the fear in their hearts. They had told themselves time and again how the ending would be.

But when this moment truly arrived, it was still not so easy to accept!

Jiang Wang didn’t speak a word, gripping his sword and rushing back.

And Chu Mi suddenly turned around and leaped into the Boundary River!

This action was too sudden, catching everyone completely off guard!

In the far-off star dome, three star towers shook.

Bathed in starlight, he was already standing in the Boundary River.

His body was constantly dissolving.

And the surging colorful flow paused briefly.

Brilliant starlight, hanging down from the distant star dome, surged into a bridge, spanning precisely across the Boundary River. That brilliant light, like a divine trace, was glorious.

“Cross the river!”

He roared.

There was fundamentally no time to think, because a slight miss of the opportunity and it would be lost.

Jiang Wang’s foot crushed the green clouds. His rushing body folded back again, and one foot stepped onto the star bridge!

Heaven and earth shifted, and the figure was already gone.

Yu Siqing pounced in the next moment, also stepping onto the star bridge.

Only the half-dissolved body of Chu Mi remained. He didn’t speak, as in the painful dissolution he was fundamentally unable to speak again. But his body suddenly collapsed and scattered, and the star bridge also collapsed on the spot!

He accelerated his own death, not allowing Yu Siqing to step over the river using him.

Yu Siqing’s shadow had already disappeared, going to another area, but his entire left claw, caught in this sudden unexpected situation, was also left behind in the Boundary River, dissolving together with Chu Mi.

A significant part of one’s cultivation is the comprehension of rules.

Why can Outer Tower cultivators, in a chaotic and upside-down place like the Mí Jiè, not lose their direction?

Because the holy towers they erected can themselves be seen as part of the star dome. Even in such an upside-down place, they can provide cultivators with positioning to cross the Mí Jiè. In a certain sense, the human body is the universe, and the human body is the embodiment of rules.

So, theoretically speaking, as long as Outer Tower cultivators are willing to sacrifice, they can use the power of the star tower to temporarily construct rules over the Boundary River. Naturally, this forms a bridge made of something like Mí crystals.

Chu Mi had already placed a mark on Jiang Wang, his purpose not pure; it was to slaughter a fat sheep with a single blow, to steal treasure. But even in the most dangerous times, he had not thought of surrendering, nor of deliberately exposing Jiang Wang’s position to gain an opportunity for himself.

Only when being chased to the ends of the earth did he find Jiang Wang, hoping to rely on the strong individual secretly protecting Jiang Wang to escape with his life.

Fu Yanqing had said that at least in this matter, Chu Mi could be trusted, and he indeed did not disappoint.

But Jiang Wang had fundamentally not thought that Chu Mi would sacrifice himself, build a star bridge, and let him cross the river.

Chu Mi was clearly such a fear-of-death person!

He was someone who would kneel and beg for mercy, only seeking a chance to live.

He was skilled at deceit and trickery, a person who acted extremely selfishly.

But now, this person did not even leave any requests, any last words, only one sentence—Cross the river!

Cross the river.

Thus, Jiang Wang crossed the river.

Whether it was Jueming Island or Fishing Sea Tower, any method used to reflect position in the Mí Jiè up until now, after the Mí Jiè shift, required time to feedback and reconstruct the map. And pointing the map required even more time to receive the message.

So, he also didn’t know what area was on the other side of the Boundary River. But no matter what place it was, it couldn’t be worse than the current situation.

“Having arrived in the Mí Jiè, we are all comrades.”

He didn’t know if Chu Mi truly believed this sentence, nor did he know what he thought before his death. His struggle and hesitation, his hatred and resolve, all dissolved in the broken flow of five lights and ten colors. Perhaps no one would ever know why he made such a choice.

But Jiang Wang had indeed stepped on the corpse of a comrade and crossed the Boundary River.

His heart was a mix of a hundred flavors, unable to articulate!

Shui Ying Rong stopped at the edge of the Boundary River. He had almost dissolved within the Boundary River—if he hadn’t been a step slower.

At that moment, his heart was once again filled with fear, and then annoyance and hatred.

“The crystal bridge is in whose hands? Go, quickly retrieve it!” he ordered in a loud voice.

The crystal bridge was the Sea Clan’s bridge, its material entirely Mí crystals, differing only slightly in its construction method. But the essence was the same.

Within the Sea Clan, there were also different forces, and they generally fought for themselves. Very few would cross areas and rashly venture into the territory of other forces. Cross-area wars also did not frequently occur, and because of the preciousness of Mí crystals, almost no one normally carried crystal bridges with them.

It was only because of the Sea Clan’s large-scale military movement this time that there were so few preparations.

This item was considered army supplies, and it was very important.

Shui Ying Rong disliked the slow speed, and even personally rushed to the Sea Clan warrior carrying the crystal bridge, brought the crystal bridge back, and spanned it across the Boundary River.

He personally designated ten combat small teams and instructed: “These ten teams will follow me together across the river. The other warriors will just guard here and await the next step’s arrangement. The Mí Jiè has shifted; my King will surely issue commands.”

Just as Jiang Wang didn’t know what area the other side of the Boundary River connected to, Shui Ying Rong also didn’t know.

Rashly taking people to another area was undoubtedly very adventurous. If they were to enter an area where the human race held an absolute advantage, their combat force would be sent to their deaths.

But he also couldn’t not go.

Yu Siqing, in his pursuit of Jiang Wang, had already lost a leg right in front of him. Arriving in another area, he might not still be Jiang Wang’s opponent.

His earlier nervous evasion had already greatly lost points.

If he still didn’t go to support Commander Yu, he would certainly not escape military law when he returned.

“Quickly cross the river and support Commander Yu!”

He stepped onto the crystal bridge.