Chapter 616: Realm Spirit |
“Something’s wrong.”
Ning Qi showed a grave expression as he also inspected the situation here. “This isn’t like that painting. That painting was controlled by Shi Xiaokun.”
“But here, there’s no one.”
“Master, what should we do? The thing you saw is right here, isn’t it?”
Pill Spirit looked at Ning Qi and couldn’t help asking.
“Yes, that’s right. It’s exactly here.”
Ning Qi nodded, then received a reminder: “Don’t come out, I suspect there’s something wrong here.”
“All right, I’ll transmit to Shi Xiaokun, tell him to stay at the edge so he won’t get trapped here too.”
Pill Spirit’s face turned serious, then he began transmitting to Shi Xiaokun.
As he moved, the space behind him began to twist gradually.
Waves of spatial fluctuation radiated out.
But Ning Qi couldn’t pay attention to those; all his focus had been drawn into the fortress.
His eyes stared at the scene before him.
They finally landed on the courtyard of the fortress.
“Whew!”
He took a deep breath and started to patrol the area.
It was empty; beyond this fortress there was nothing of value left.
“What is attracting my attention?”
Ning Qi stopped and continued to observe the surroundings.
Sadly, he still found nothing obviously wrong.
Gradually, he felt himself about to lose his bearings here.
At that critical moment, Ning Qi suddenly thought of something.
He summoned his Chaos Flame.
“Whew!”
The Chaos Flame curled around him and began to surge wildly.
At first Ning Qi felt nothing, but when he sensed another presence arriving,
he turned his attention forward.
“Since you’ve come out, then come out.”
He looked ahead and said calmly.
“Oh, you actually found me.”
After his words, a soft voice sounded in the void.
But the voice was like sandpaper.
It made his scalp tingle and felt like plunging into an icy cave.
“Who are you? Come out and show yourself. Don’t hide and play tricks.”
Ning Qi glared ahead and asked toward the voice.
“Oh, everyone who sees me dies.”
“If you’re not afraid to die, I can come out and let you see who I am.”
Hearing Ning Qi’s words, the man laughed: “Dare to break into my cultivation place, be prepared to die!”
At those words, Ning Qi’s brow furrowed tighter: “So you cultivated here!”
“Right! Kid, I’m in seclusion cultivating now.”
“If you’re sensible, get lost. Otherwise I’ll make you regret it.”
The man heard Ning Qi and retorted.
“Oh, if you’re so strong, come out and let me have a look, alright?”
Ning Qi grew interested at that and stared intently ahead.
“Master, he’s putting on an act. I feel he’s hiding inside a Supreme Treasure.”
“The Supreme Treasure’s aura is why we feel this place is off.”
Pill Spirit began analyzing from within his dantian.
“I feel the same.”
“I’m searching for his aura.”
Ning Qi shifted his mind and told Pill Spirit.
“I’ll transmit to Shi Xiaokun, see if he can do anything.”
Pill Spirit suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said,
“Okay!”
After Ning Qi agreed, he continued: “I’ll search here, you contact him quickly.”
“Yes, Master!”
Pill Spirit agreed and began contacting Shi Xiaokun from his dantian.
“Whew!”
After a few breaths, Pill Spirit successfully transmitted to Shi Xiaokun.
Ning Qi deliberately put on an act and started searching around.
“Why are you searching for me?”
Shi Xiaokun only manipulated his spiritual sense to enter Ning Qi’s dantian.
He had left it in Ning Qi’s Consciousness Sea.
With a thought Ning Qi could contact him.
Pill Spirit also knew this method, so he easily found Shi Xiaokun.
“Master has found something here and needs your help.”
Pill Spirit hurriedly reported.
“What is it?”
Shi Xiaokun asked curiously. In his impression, Ning Qi rarely sought help.
So if Ning Qi called him, something significant must have happened.
“We’re trapped here as if sealed, can’t get out.”
“And most importantly, there’s a being here like a Realm Spirit that we can’t do anything about.”
Pill Spirit explained to Shi Xiaokun.
“Oh? Tell me exactly what happened.”
Shi Xiaokun immediately became interested and had Pill Spirit continue.
“What do you think is going on here?”
Pill Spirit hurriedly said.
“That’s easy. I’ll go take a look.”
Shi Xiaokun agreed and then flew off.
Behind him, the entrance to his Pocket Dimension still kept absorbing the weapons and armor here.
“Whew!”
The next moment, Shi Xiaokun and Pill Spirit appeared before Ning Qi.
“You’re back?”
Ning Qi saw Shi Xiaokun and asked curiously.
“My spiritual sense can return instantly once within a certain range,” Shi Xiaokun replied promptly.
“I see. But with you coming here like this, we’ll be sealed to death in here.”
Ning Qi had been somewhat appreciative, but then he thought of something and his face turned serious.
“Master, don’t worry. I know what’s happening here.”
After a careful observation, Shi Xiaokun said to Ning Qi with certainty.
“Oh? What is it? Tell me.”
Ning Qi was immediately interested; he wanted to know the truth.
“There’s an Artifact Spirit causing trouble here.”
Shi Xiaokun looked around and smiled: “He can control this domain, he can control us.”
“He already prepared methods to deal with us the moment we entered.”
“Oh, really?”
Ning Qi clenched his teeth: “If that’s the case, can you break his restriction?”
“Master, it’s not difficult.”
Shi Xiaokun smiled when asked.
“If it’s not difficult, then why can’t we get out?”
Pill Spirit complained from the side: “The truth is often complicated.”
“This is simple. I can break the restriction here.”
“After all, the spiritual energy supporting this restriction is gone.”
“Master, leave it to me.”
“I’ll make sure to deal with this Realm Spirit.”
Shi Xiaokun looked confident.
“All right, it’s yours.”
Ning Qi nodded and stepped aside.
“Whew!”
Shi Xiaokun formed hand seals and began to operate his full strength.
Under his operation, the void around them began to tremble.
Especially the area around them.
The pitch-black void gradually showed a strip of light.
“Rumble!”
The next moment, the black void folded like a piece of cloth.
Shi Xiaokun directly took control of it.
It completely reverted to the original appearance of the Realm Sea void.
Only then did Ning Qi finally see clearly what was happening.
This was also a void space hidden in a wormhole.
And inside was apparently some sort of treasure that could control this place,
giving their descendants a chance to come here.
“It’s inside that fortress.”
Shi Xiaokun saw through the situation at a glance and told Ning Qi: “Be careful.”
“All right, you go finish cleaning up, I’ll handle the rest here.”
Ning Qi looked back and instructed.
“Yes, Master.”
Shi Xiaokun agreed and left.
Ning Qi leaped up onto the fortress roof.
“You know how powerful I am, so you’d better come out.”
“If you keep hiding, I’ll just refine you.”
Ning Qi said coldly down below.
“Ting, you’re courting death.”
A cold snort was the reply.
A black silhouette suddenly darted toward him.
Within that shadow, a cold gleam flashed.
In the blink of an eye it reached Ning Qi’s front,
ready to sever his head.
“Overestimating yourself.”
Ning Qi coldly stared at it and then acted.
He reached out his right hand to grab at the shadow’s claw.
Originally he intended to strike a fatal blow, but the Realm Spirit had some power.
It slipped away.
More precisely, relying on its control of this place, it dodged cleanly from Ning Qi’s hand.
“Hah, running fast, aren’t you?”
Ning Qi snorted and focused ahead.
The black flash rippled, clearly trying to flee beyond the wormhole.
“Trying to escape?”
Ning Qi saw clearly and snorted.
Then he transformed into a streak of light to chase.
But no matter how he pursued, he could not catch up.
Instead, his speed slowed.
“What’s going on? I’m at Golden Immortal strength, yet I can’t break free.”
Ning Qi felt the massive power here and complained: “Too clever, just like a person.”
“Any ideas?”
“No.”
Pill Spirit shook his head, then pointed ahead: “Master, I think we’re wrong. This bastard is toying with us.”
“How can you tell?”
Ning Qi was curious.
“Master, he’s the Realm Spirit. Both the spiritual energy here and everything else belong to him.”
“It’s like he’s standing beside us while we feel like we’re at the edge of the world.”
After observing carefully, Pill Spirit couldn’t help saying.
“Even if you’re right, we still can’t beat him.”
Ning Qi sighed: “This Realm Spirit in his own domain is that strong, he’s not even an opponent at the same level.”
Now Ning Qi finally believed that there are higher heavens and greater people.
Just one Realm Spirit could throw him into confusion.
“In that case, I’ll have to find a way to destroy it.”
Ning Qi smiled and waved his hand, summoning his Chaos Flame: “If I can’t have it, I’ll burn everything.”
“This looks like a ruined Lower Realm. If I burn it, nothing will be left.”
“That’s right, Master!”
“If we can’t have it, no one else will discover it either.”
Pill Spirit grinned proudly hearing him.
“Then die.”
Ning Qi snorted coldly and unleashed his full power.
He enhanced his Chaos Flame and shot it in every direction.
Where the Chaos Flame touched, the space began to warp and deform.
It couldn’t withstand the destructive burning power.
In just a few breaths, seams began to appear that could connect to the outside.
“Master, wait!”
At that moment, the Realm Spirit that had been threatening them suddenly appeared.
It was pitch black, half-kneeling on the ground, begging bitterly.
“Oh, now you’re willing to beg for mercy. What were you doing earlier?”
Ning Qi looked at the Realm Spirit and laughed: “You’re about to disappear.”
“Spare me, I’m willing to give this domain to you!”
The Realm Spirit knelt and pleaded.
“This place is worthless now, what use is it?”
“Don’t you see I have my own domain?”
Ning Qi scoffed at that.
“Master, although my domain is damaged, many still dwell here.”
“I saw your Lower Realm; it was only recently refined.”
“It’s exactly when you need a lot of resources.”
“I have what you need, and what you don’t need as well.”
“What you’ve seen, I have; what you haven’t, I also have.”
The Realm Spirit began boasting.
Pride showed in its eyes.
“Then let me see what you’re hiding.”
Ning Qi became interested.
Now that he had a way to deal with it, there was no rush.
“All right, lead me, show me.”
The Realm Spirit saw Ning Qi’s interest and said.
“Good! Don’t play tricks, or I’ll leave you with no burial place!”
Ning Qi warned, each word emphasized.
“Rest assured, I wouldn’t dare!”
The Realm Spirit hurriedly promised and continued to lead the way.
Ning Qi followed it back into the fortress courtyard.
“Whew!”
The fierce wind swept through, making the place bleak.
“Where are the things?”
“You hid them all?”
Ning Qi landed and asked in a deep voice.
“Master, don’t be anxious.”
“We’ll go down and check.”
The Realm Spirit pointed ahead and dashed forward.
Ning Qi followed without hesitation.
They quickly reached a well nearby.
“Master, be careful. I feel this bastard has something planned!”
Pill Spirit warned urgently within his dantian.