mtl008 Chapter 2055
Chapter 2055
The distant void occasionally twisted into funnel-shaped vortexes, from which came ear-piercing hissing sounds, and vaguely visible pitch-black tentacles churning within, exuding a chilling and eerie aura.
Scattered on the ground were fragments of unknown, enormous corpses, their bones as thick as mountains, some embedded in charred rocks, with faint spiritual light still lingering in the cracks between them—this was indeed the site of a decisive battle where a half-step Great Emperor perished during the Immortal Ancient Era. The air was filled with the stench of blood and decay, and every breath carried the weight of time.
Bai Li looked around curiously, her little head turning from time to time. When she encountered small floating pebbles, she would reach out her paws to gently poke at them, completely unaffected by the dangers around her.
Just then, the dilapidated tower floating above Chen Xuan's head suddenly began to shake violently. The patterns on the bronze tower body lit up one after another like starlight, and the originally dim tower tip emitted a dazzling golden light. The voice coming from inside the tower was no longer the impatience of the past, but instead carried a hint of undisguised urgency and trembling:
"Chen Xuan, kid! Quick! Head southeast! I sense it—it's the aura of another section of my tower!"
Chen Xuan's rapidly flying figure suddenly stopped, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes:
"What? Your other towers have actually appeared here?"
He had solemnly promised Xiaota more than once that he would help him find the scattered parts of the tower once he was strong enough, but he never expected to encounter a piece of it in the Devouring Demon Star Ruins.
“Alright, you point the way, and I’ll help you find it.” Chen Xuan was filled with anticipation—at this moment, the small tower, with only a section of its body, could activate a nine-fold time flow rate, and if supported by top-tier treasures, it could unleash a hundred-fold acceleration.
He could hardly imagine how much the tower's support capabilities would improve after this section of the tower was recovered.
"It wasn't left here; a cultivator brought it into the Star Ruins!" the little tower explained impatiently, its tremors intensifying, the bronze patterns shining so brightly they almost pierced the surrounding black mist.
"If this person hadn't opened the gap in the storage artifact that housed the tower, I wouldn't have been able to sense its presence at all!"
"You mean, cultivators from other realms brought a section of your tower into the Devouring Demon Star Ruins?" Chen Xuan's eyes lit up, and he felt much relieved.
If he were hidden in some forbidden place in the Star Ruins, he might have to spend a lot of time breaking the restrictions; but if he were in the hands of other cultivators, it would be much simpler to do so, whether by bartering, by trickery or by force, or by killing and robbing as a last resort.
"Hurry up, kid!" Little Tower urged impatiently, "If you're any later, your aura might be sealed again!"
"What's the rush? Even when you're breastfeeding, you can't wait to unbutton your clothes!" Chen Xuan rolled his eyes helplessly, his tone tinged with dissatisfaction.
"The void here is extremely unstable. It might even contain restrictions from the Immortal Ancient Era designed to target half-step Great Emperors. If I rashly accelerate and accidentally trigger one, we'll both be reduced to ashes." He paused, his tone becoming resolute.
"Don't worry, now that I've detected his aura, with my control over the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, this person will have a hard time escaping my pursuit."
Following the direction indicated by the small tower, Chen Xuan sometimes used the Qiankun Shifting Technique, his figure leaving a pale blue afterimage in the void; at other times, he used tricky movement techniques, his toes touching the floating pebbles, nimbly avoiding the twisted void rifts.
The void in this area was more distorted than elsewhere, and the black mist was as thick as ink. Even with Chen Xuan's cultivation level, he could only barely see the scene within a few dozen feet in front of him.
However, through the black mist, he could vaguely sense the auras of several unfamiliar human cultivators, whose spiritual energy fluctuations were not particularly strong.
“Indeed, they are human cultivators.” Chen Xuan cautiously moved forward in the black mist, condensing a wisp of spiritual power at his fingertips to dispel the surrounding turbid air, and chased after the location where the spiritual power fluctuations remained. “Not long ago, there should have been a battle here, and the ones fighting were only cultivators at the Void Reversal Realm.”