Chapter 1829 - 1355: Ancient Moon (2)
Chapter 1829: Chapter 1355: Ancient Moon (2)
But right at this moment, countless golden chains suddenly flew out from the Void, crawling over every corner of the great hall and sealing all its exits.
As soon as the coarse-faced man and the pale youth approached, they felt an intense Space Freezing Power assail them, startling them into stopping dead in their tracks.
"A Space Sacred Artifact?!"
"Damn it, who the hell are you!"
Just this one move made the hearts of the coarse-faced man and his companion tremble even more, as they sensed the terrifying Strength of the person before them.
Su Yuan also drew the Divine Control Sword. "Didn’t you already guess it? I am precisely one who has come from the Otherworld..."
As his voice fell, Su Yuan Instant Teleportation appeared outside the two of them; the terrifying fluctuation radiating from his sword made their breathing hitch.
"Flowers Blooming in the Outer Heaven."
The next instant, dazzling silver radiance erupted inside the great hall covered by Heavenly Lock...
Outside Qiu Lin Hall, the many Qiu Lin Cave cultivators vaguely sensed some disturbance.
"Hm? What’s going on!"
"Looks like the three Cave Masters have made their move on that guy. Heh, this fellow’s temperament is really pure to the extreme."
"A King Level with not-low cultivation—leaving aside the other treasures on him—just that body full of blood and flesh essence and Origin is extremely tempting stuff for the Cave Masters. I’m afraid they’ll cramp him, skin him, and eat him inside and out till there’s nothing left~"
However, the bearded Burning Sun, who had been staring fixedly at the Cave Mansion earlier, faintly sensed something, his gaze sharpening as he said, "This kind of commotion doesn’t seem quite right..."
The bearded man immediately prepared to lead a group forward to investigate, but was horrified to find that people on all sides were being cleaved cleanly in half one after another.
"What?!"
The bearded man’s pupils dilated; before he could react, he felt a pain at his neck. As Heaven and Earth spun, his vision dimmed.
A few Tianluo Reflection clones, following Su Yuan’s orders, purged the entire Qiu Lin Cave.
Against King Level, Tianluo Reflection was already overwhelming; how much more so against these cultivators below King?
Tianluo Reflection cut through them like chopping melons and vegetables all the way; the cultivators had no ability to resist or flee before they were slaughtered to the last!
Inside Qiu Lin Hall.
Su Yuan looked with some surprise at the coarse-faced man before him, locked in place by Heavenly Lock, his body a bloody ruin from head to toe.
The man wore Black Armor, his whole body shrouded in a thick black tide of water-like mist, within which a faint Xuanming phantom drifted, displaying astonishing Defense.
"A Half-mythical Level Body Enhancement skill, combined with Holy Armor—no wonder you could block Flowers Blooming in the Outer Heaven." Su Yuan nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
The coarse-faced man’s mangled face was already filled with fear and panic. He could only watch as Su Yuan raised his sword again. "N-no, I’m willing to serve..."
Before he could finish, a storm of Sword Qi howled out, slicing apart the Xuanming phantom and the pitch-black armor, shredding the coarse-faced man completely.
"Compared to what the living say, the words of the dead are more trustworthy." Su Yuan tapped the Divine Control Sword; with a Flash of red light, the Divine Soul appeared before him. "He’s yours."
"No problem."
The Divine Soul smiled and nodded; as Law fluctuations rippled over him, they shifted into the Soul Law. Then he formed a Seal Technique with his hands, waves of black light spreading outward with eerie Runes, enveloping the entire great hall.
The next moment, as the Seal Techniques in the Divine Soul’s hands transformed again, three expressionless Souls appeared under the shroud of black light—it was the souls of the coarse-faced man and his two companions.
This time coming to the Otherworld to investigate the situation, Su Yuan had naturally not come unprepared; he’d long since learned many scouting secret techniques from the Sky Patrol Department.
And this Dead Soul Interrogation Technique was a self-created secret technique he’d learned from King Envoy Gu Xunyou of White Tiger Imperial.
With the Divine Soul casting this technique using the Power of Formlessness, the Effect was even better.
Before long, the Divine Soul had obtained a massive amount of information. After returning all three souls to Heaven and Earth, he turned into a streak of red light and returned to Su Yuan’s body.
"The Demon Abyss Sea really isn’t any good place." Su Yuan rapidly整理ed the information obtained from the Soul Search.
Most of the intel the three had mentioned earlier about the Cangding Realm was largely accurate, but with the soul memories of the three, Su Yuan’s understanding of the Cangding Realm’s Seven States became more comprehensive and profound.
Aside from that, they had simply glossed over and prettified the Demon Abyss Sea.
On this sea, dragons and snakes mingled, Demon Cultivators ran rampant. Because this place was relatively remote and located on the sea between two states, countless powerful Demon Cultivators who were being hunted down had fled here over the ages.
Although the Jinghai Palace Master was tyrannical and ruthless, and Jinghai Palace collected large amounts of Star Stones, treasures, and materials from below every year, it was precisely because of this deterrence that many Righteous Path experts pursuing their foes into the Demon Abyss Sea had to rein in their actions once they stepped foot here.
This caused more and more Demon Cultivators and Evil Cultivators to gather in the Demon Abyss Sea. Over the years it had developed into the Nine Caves and over a hundred forces.
"This kind of rule by force is somewhat similar to my Qingming Palace. But Qingming Palace values harmony, promoting order in the Western Desert, while this Demon Abyss Sea... is much more violent and chaotic."
Still, Su Yuan couldn’t help but sigh at the gap between the Blue Sea Realm and the Cangding Realm.
This was at least a Big World that had stepped into maturity for over a hundred thousand years; its foundations and resources were absolutely incomparable to the Blue Sea Realm... including the level of Star Veins and Hongmeng Purple Qi!
And this had forged the terrifying Strength of the Cangding Realm.
Just Yu State, a relatively remote northern state among the Cangding Seven States, had nearly a full hand’s count of Emperor Level experts.
The other regions had even more Emperor Level experts and Emperor-level forces.
Furthermore, in Cold State, the state closest to Yu State, there was a superpower that shook the entire Cangding Realm—Martial God Mountain!
Martial God Mountain alone had seven Emperor Level experts, more than all of Yu State combined.
Up to this point, Su Yuan had essentially fulfilled the basic purpose of this trip with ease; his long effort setting up the World Transmission Array had not been in vain.
However...
"Ancient Moon Battlefield, Hongmeng Purple Qi..."
Beyond the basic intel on the Cangding Realm, Su Yuan paid special attention to the Ancient Moon Battlefield the three had mentioned earlier.
The Ancient Moon Battlefield had an extremely ancient origin; it was said to be a place where cultivators from various worlds waged war countless years ago, which finally fell upon the southern part of Yu State.
The Ancient Moon Battlefield usually opened once every few hundred years. It was also one of the major places within Yu State that produced Hongmeng Purple Qi.
And now, it had already been three hundred years since the last opening of the Ancient Moon Battlefield; the accumulated Hongmeng Purple Qi was likely even greater, so this time, including Jinghai Palace, several Emperor-level forces in Yu State were attaching even more importance to it.
Although it was said that all King Levels could enter the Ancient Moon Battlefield, and that Yu State’s Emperor Levels even welcomed King Levels from all sides to enter and gather Hongmeng Purple Qi...
They might obtain it, but they couldn’t take it away.
Hongmeng Purple Qi, which was exceedingly precious even to Emperor Levels—how could they possibly let those below easily walk away with it?
Even if some King Levels managed to obtain Hongmeng Purple Qi, it would be near impossible for them to escape under the very noses of several Emperor Levels.
So the best method was to "sell" it on the spot to the Emperor Levels present.
Light flickered in Su Yuan’s eyes. Originally, this trip via Transmission Array had only been meant as a forward reconnaissance to get a basic understanding of this Big World; he hadn’t intended to stay long.
He hadn’t expected to immediately run into an opportunity to obtain Hongmeng Purple Qi.
Su Yuan had just experienced the Effect of Hongmeng Purple Qi. With enough of it, he could rely on the System to develop Divine Arts on a large scale.
An opportunity like this naturally couldn’t be easily missed...
Others might not be able to escape, but as for him, that wasn’t necessarily the case~
After only a brief moment of thought, Su Yuan had already made up his mind.
"Then I’ll go take a look at the experts of the Cangding Realm. Perhaps I can also gather more useful intel in passing."
Su Yuan placed his hand on the Divine Control Sword. With Divine Power overlaying his body, red light enveloped him and his body and skin visibly Transmuted.
When the red light faded, Su Yuan had already taken on the appearance of that coarse-faced man from before—identical in looks, aura, and soul fluctuations.
The Divine Control Sword possessed the rule of Formless Transformation. Although this wasn’t its primary function, under the power of that rule, this kind of physical Transmutation was naturally effortless.
So long as the observer wasn’t a Master of investigative arts, even an Emperor Level wouldn’t notice anything amiss for a while.
Su Yuan raised his hand and recalled Heavenly Lock. Silver Light flashed around him as he unfolded Infinite Instant Teleportation, rushing toward the Ancient Moon Battlefield at high speed...