Chapter 620: Exploring the Iron Tower Again |
When he stepped into the restrictions, the Dao Patterns began to circulate and activate.
In the time it takes to blink, he directly shattered the restrictions here.
With a single flash, his entire body walked out from within.
After emerging, he once again saw the path he had come from.
Corpses were everywhere here, along with countless fragments of meteorites.
"Boom."
Ning Qi had just emerged when a series of buzzing sounds came from the space behind him.
"Master, it has already collapsed."
The Pill Spirit spoke from within his dantian.
After saying this, he abruptly flashed away.
When he reappeared, he was already in front of a graveyard ten thousand zhang away.
Turning to look back again, the wormhole behind him still existed.
However, the fierce winds within it were even more ferocious.
The corpses that had been floating around were all being sucked into it.
Countless dust and debris churned and surged around it.
"This time, it has finally become a true void wormhole."
After this sentiment, Ning Qi turned around.
"Master, they are here too."
The Pill Spirit, sharp-eyed, was the first to notice the situation.
Zhao Tianlei was leading people rushing over this way.
Clearly, they had also discovered the situation here.
After the group arrived, they all flew and dashed toward Ning Qi.
"Brother Ning, what just happened?"
Zhao Tianlei was the first to arrive, asking urgently.
The situation behind him just now had already attracted the attention of many people.
That's why they had hurried over.
They had initially thought something had happened, but after clearly seeing Ning Qi fly out from within, they felt relieved.
One by one, they rushed over, their gazes all settling on Ning Qi.
"Just now, there was Origin Source Power here that I destroyed. Otherwise, I would have been trapped inside forever."
Ning Qi told the truth.
However, he didn't reveal too many details, simply informing them of the basic situation.
"Oh? There was Origin Source Power? So, wasn't there an Inner World here just now?"
Hearing him say this, Zhao Zhirou immediately understood what had happened.
A pair of curious eyes sized up the wormhole before them.
This wormhole was now a far cry from its former self.
Inside it, fierce winds were constantly surging outward, giving off a sense of crisis.
"Yes, but it's useless now."
"There was a Realm Spirit inside, constantly scheming against others. I encountered him and discovered it."
"In order to take revenge on me, he perished together with this place."
Ning Qi revealed a solemn expression and also glanced back. "But there's no need to worry. There is no longer any threat here."
"Mm, alright, let's go then."
Zhao Tianlei observed for a while, confirming there was no longer any possibility of entering.
Only then did he speak with a hint of regret.
"How is the search going in other areas?"
Ning Qi looked at the group and asked curiously.
"It's almost done. There aren't many resources left here."
"The remaining few aren't of much use either."
Looking at Ning Qi, Zhao Tianlei said in a deep voice, "Next, we will leave this place and head to the Realm Sea Battlefield."
"Finally, we can set off."
Ning Qi nodded, shifting his gaze forward. "So, we didn't suffer any losses this time?"
"No. Initially, our people were struggling, but later, the defenses here for some reason all crumbled."
"And those puppets all stopped moving."
Zhao Tianlei was still unaware of the truth behind this matter and said with confusion, "Perhaps the resources here were exhausted, so they could no longer sustain their operation."
"Maybe so."
Ning Qi smiled, then continued, "Then let's go."
He knew very well in his heart that all of this was thanks to him.
"Good, let's go."
Zhao Tianlei no longer delayed either. After agreeing, he waved his hand and spoke.
"Yes!"
The people behind him responded in unison, and the team began to turn back along the path they came.
Along the way, they passed many graveyards.
However, these graveyards had already been thoroughly looted by them.
Passing by them again, they no longer possessed their former majesty.
Traces of looting were everywhere.
They quickly returned to the area with the flying vessels. Everyone returned to their respective vessels.
"Young Master, shall we set off?"
Wang Haoran came onto their flying vessel and asked in a deep voice.
"Set off. But you don't all need to come."
"Lead the team back to report. Leave Lu Wantian and his squad behind to depart with us."
Zhao Tianlei thought for a moment, then added.
"Yes. Then we will withdraw now."
"Take care on your journey, everyone."
Wang Haoran respectfully accepted the order, then called for his subordinates to leave.
For a moment, only Lu Wantian and his officers remained on the deck of this flying vessel.
The rest were Zhao Tianlei and his group.
"Alright. Divide your squad into three teams. One team will clear the path ahead."
"Another team will be responsible for the rear. The remaining team will be responsible for escorting."
Zhao Tianlei instructed Lu Wantian in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
Lu Wantian accepted the order, then immediately called for his officers to begin taking action.
At this moment, their team had already quietly started moving.
Ning Qi stood on the flying vessel, looking ahead.
"Master, how long do you think it will take us to get there this time?"
The Pill Spirit, within his dantian, asked curiously.
"That, I don't know. But it shouldn't take too long."
Ning Qi shook his head, then said.
"I hope this time we can arrive smoothly and not encounter any more problems."
The Pill Spirit thought for a moment, revealing a worried expression.
"Then it doesn't matter. When soldiers come, we have generals to block them; when water comes, we have earth to dam it."
Ning Qi, however, said with complete nonchalance, "If there really is trouble, it will be a good opportunity to familiarize ourselves with our strength in advance."
After reaching the Golden Immortal stage, he had fought twice, but both times were against Realm Spirits.
His strength had some water to it, and he also had the Inner World's support.
He hadn't had the chance to unleash his full strength.
"Young Master Ning, it will take us about five days to reach the Realm Sea Battlefield."
"When we get there, we will encounter many members of the Demonic Race from various tribes."
Zhao Tianlei suddenly came over and said to Ning Qi, "That will be when our real action begins."
"These few days are merely a warm-up."
"There are different tribes?"
Hearing him say this, Ning Qi couldn't help but ask, "You mean we also have competitive relationships?"
"Yes, indeed we do."
Zhao Tianlei nodded, revealing a solemn expression. "Our competitive relationship is significant. If we can kill enough Immortal Race members..."
"Then we will have the opportunity to go to our Demonic Race's Holy Domain. In the Holy Domain, we will have endless resources."
"Allowing our tribe to become powerful. But for now, we can only stay in these remote regions where there are hardly any resources to use."
"When we finally discover a resource site, we have to fight with all our might to obtain it."
"So that's how it is."
Ning Qi nodded, finally understanding the situation.
"So, for these few days, we'll all be on this flying vessel."
Zhao Zhirou also walked over, showing a somewhat bored expression. "The Realm Sea Battlefield is much more interesting, thrilling and exciting."
"Just five days. Enter seclusion."
"It'll pass in the blink of an eye."
Zhao Tianlei smiled and said, "Didn't we get through the previous days like this too?"
"That's true. Then I'll go into seclusion."
Zhao Zhirou waved her hand and headed toward the cabin.
"Brother Ning, are you going?"
Zhao Tianlei, seeing her leave, then came over and asked.
"Mm, I'll go too."
Ning Qi hadn't originally planned to, but he thought of something.
So he followed as well.
Soon, he and Zhao Zhirou returned to the Sumeru Courtyard they had visited before.
Ning Qi once again found a courtyard, entered, and went directly to his Pocket Dimension.
Upon arriving here, Ning Qi discovered there was another layer of barrier.
He passed through the barrier and saw a brand new world.
Thanks to Shi Xiaokun's efforts.
This place had been completely transformed.
It was just like a paradise.
"Master!"
Seeing him enter, Shi Xiaokun flew over.
"How are things here?"
Ning Qi watched him approach and then asked seriously.
"Master, I have completely refined this place."
"Moreover, from the previous Inner World, I brought quite a few people back."
"However, they still need to be nurtured by the Origin Source Power here. But it should be done in a few days."
"Our place will give birth to its first batch of people!"
Shi Xiaokun said to Ning Qi with great enthusiasm.
"Oh, so you're saying we're about to have real humans here soon."
Hearing him say this, Ning Qi immediately became interested as well.
"Correct. These are the first batch of people in our place, all of them exceptionally talented geniuses."
"As long as we don't let them out, they will never be able to break through here."
"When the time comes, we can place restrictions on them, keeping their strength at a certain limit."
Shi Xiaokun nodded and continued, "This way, we can prevent the emergence of individuals who are too powerful, which would disrupt the layout here."
"These matters, you handle them."
Ning Qi said in a deep voice, "I only need to see the results!"
"Understood!"
Shi Xiaokun nodded in agreement.
"By the way, what happened to the previous Realm Spirit and the Origin Source Power?"
Ning Qi thought of something and then asked.
"Master, they have all been refined!"
Shi Xiaokun answered again.
"Mm, good. I'll leave this place to you."
"I'm returning to the Pocket Dimension."
Only then did Ning Qi feel relieved, and then he asked, "Our Pocket Dimension and this realm won't be discovered, right?"
"No, Master. Our Pocket Dimension and this place are completely two separate worlds. It's impossible for them to intersect."
"However, from within the Pocket Dimension, we can clearly observe every single move within this realm!"
Shi Xiaokun shook his head and then said, "So, there won't be any problem."
"Good. Go attend to your duties. I'm returning to the Pocket Dimension to enter seclusion."
Ning Qi finally nodded, then followed by passing through the barrier.
He returned once again to his Pocket Dimension.
"Master, is what he said reliable?"
Only after returning did the Pill Spirit ask uncertainly.
"What is there to doubt?"
Ning Qi smiled. "He is one of our own now. You needn't worry too much."
"Alright."
Although the Pill Spirit still wanted to say something,
since Ning Qi had said so, he couldn't continue questioning further.
He still harbored some wariness toward Shi Xiaokun.
Ning Qi, however, didn't mind this. He came to an empty area
and directly summoned the Iron Pagoda he had obtained.
"Whoosh!"
After the Iron Pagoda appeared, it abruptly landed in front of him.
Under his mental command, the Iron Pagoda began to continuously enlarge.
In just a few breaths, it had already grown to several dozen zhang in height.
"Master, I had almost forgotten about this Iron Pagoda."
The Pill Spirit also came outside and, seeing the Iron Pagoda, revealed a curious expression. "This time, we should be able to continue going up."
"I am already at the Golden Immortal level of strength. I should be able to go directly to the sixth floor."
Ning Qi nodded, then walked forward. "Last time, it was because of strength limitations that I couldn't go up."
"This time, it will definitely work."
As he spoke, he swung his arm.
"Whoosh!"
In the blink of an eye, an Azure Dragon materialized.
It began to circle around him.
"Little Snake, I am now at the Golden Immortal level of strength. I can go up, right?"
Ning Qi asked with a smile.
"You can. With your current strength, you can easily go to the sixth floor."
"However, for the seventh floor, you still need to continue your breakthroughs."
"You need to at least reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal level of strength to go up there."
The Azure Dragon nodded, then added, "I didn't expect your strength to improve so quickly."
"Alright, then let's go up and see what else is there."
Ning Qi didn't say anything more and directly walked inside.
Entering again, he didn't delay.
He directly proceeded upward.
This time, he first arrived at the third floor.
As expected, the restrictions here posed little defensive power against him.
With the support of his Dharma Body, he smoothly reached the third floor.
"Whoosh!"
Just upon reaching the third floor, he felt a sense of suffocation.
It was very damp here, with water droplets condensing everywhere.
"This is where the Black Tortoise is."
The Azure Dragon looked ahead. "However, his sealing method is different from mine. He was directly sealed within this wall."
"Oh? Inside the wall?"
Ning Qi came over and curiously looked at this wall.
He could clearly see that on the wall, there was a Black Tortoise imprint.
Looking more carefully, one could clearly see sharp, fierce claw marks on the stone wall.
"This was left behind when he tried to break the seal."
The Azure Dragon said, "We were all sealed. Unless a predestined person comes to break it, we cannot open it ourselves."
"What method can be used to open it?"
Ning Qi nodded and then asked.
"This can be opened using Soul Blood. Afterward, it will be directly imprinted into your soul force."
The Azure Dragon continued, "Just like me."
"Mm, then I'll give it a try."
Ning Qi no longer hesitated and directly stepped aside.
He then directly condensed his Soul Blood and began to slowly envelop this wall.
"Master, be careful."
Seeing this, the Pill Spirit couldn't help but remind him.
"Don't worry! I sense it has no malicious intent!"
Ning Qi smiled, revealing a confident expression.
Then, without further concern, he began to explore the wall with his Soul Blood.
"Hum!"
The moment it made contact with the wall, a humming sound was heard.