Chapter 946

"If that's the case, why are you still standing here?" Qi Sha's tone turned cold; as soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and slammed down.

Li Yue made no struggle; she knew it was all futile.

Struggling would only make her death uglier.

"Boom!" A cloud of blood mist exploded—Li Yue was instantly crushed to death; moreover, several cultivators standing near her were also caught in the blast and killed.

These people had all purchased items at the Gods' Trading Tower; they were merely present when Ding Huan clashed with the tower, and now they were summoned here to die.

Because they truly came here to die—Qi Sha had never intended to question any of them.

He also knew that some onlooker cultivators could yield nothing useful, so he simply wanted to kill them.

Shi Gong Bian's expression remained unchanged; what he thought inside, perhaps only he himself knew.

Qi Sha slaughtered his people at will on his own territory—how arrogant could one possibly be?

"Chang Ru, you are the enforcement officer of the Gods' Trading Tower—what do you say should be done about this?" Qi Sha turned to Chang Ru.

In fact, he had already investigated every detail of this matter.

It was Li Yue, representing Wangshen City, who tried to trap Ding Huan and the others; unexpectedly, Ding Huan refused to play along and directly confronted them, eventually killing Wen Yi, the enforcement officer, outside Wangshen City.

As for the original instigator—the clerk—he had no idea how he died.

Today, Qi Sha came here simply to kill a group of people in public.

He wanted to tell everyone: as long as he, Qi Sha, was in charge of the Gods' Trading Tower, anyone who caused trouble—directly or indirectly—within its walls would meet only death.

Unfortunately, he overlooked one thing: so far, all those he killed were insignificant people.

Chang Ru stepped forward with a calm expression, forcing herself to keep thinking: I must serve Lord Qi Sha faithfully; I must avenge Enforcement Officer Wen for the Gods' Trading Tower.

She had once heard a friend say that Qi Sha might possess a divine technique capable of perceiving others' inner thoughts by sensing changes in the spatial laws around them.

Yet she herself possessed a method to make her thoughts differ from her true intentions.

"Lord Qi, I, Chang Ru, am an enforcement officer of the Gods' Trading Tower, and I bear undeniable responsibility for Enforcement Officer Wen's demise.

I will certainly find out who killed him and report this to Lord Qi at the earliest opportunity."

After speaking these words, Chang Ru continued silently thinking: whoever killed Wen Yi is far beyond my match.

As soon as I discover who killed Wen Yi, I must have Lord Qi establish the Gods' Trading Tower's authority.

This is all Chang Ru can do.

If Qi Sha could perceive the deepest layers of her thoughts, and killed her now, she would be powerless to resist.

Everyone assumed Chang Ru would surely be killed—no matter how eloquently she spoke, her fate was sealed.

Because Qi Sha had come here today not to seek answers, but to kill.

To everyone's astonishment, Qi Sha nodded: "Good. I hope you find the one who dared kill my tower's officers and report it to the tower.

Leave now—I give you one year."

Qi Sha wasn't going to kill Chang Ru?

That didn't make sense.

Even if Qi Sha spared Chang Ru, he should have left some mark on her.

Yet Qi Sha didn't kill her, didn't leave any mark, and even let her investigate.

"Yes, junior takes her leave." As Chang Ru withdrew, her entire body showed no abnormality—not a ripple in her Dao aura or qi fluctuation.

She knew that the moment she stepped out of the tower's council hall, Qi Sha would unleash his massacre.

Based on the information she'd gathered elsewhere and her understanding of Qi Sha.

Today, everyone in this tower would be slaughtered by Qi Sha—except those from the Gods' World and Wangshen City's governor, Shi Gong Bian.

Shi Gong Bian was extremely powerful—eighth step of the Dao, capable of killing an ordinary Establishing Word Saint.

Moreover, Shi Gong Bian had powerful backers; Qi Sha would not kill him lightly.

Only when she stepped out of Wangshen City did Chang Ru feel a chill run down her back.

Surviving today was sheer luck—she had to leave immediately.

Ha, serve Qi Sha and the Gods' Trading Tower?

Don't dream.

Even if she chose to end her own life somewhere, she would never serve Qi Sha.

…

The Cosmic Cauldron had come to a stop.

"Is this the place?" Ding Huan asked.

Geng Yuan shook his head: "I received this jade slip but have never come here before. I've visited many Void Islands—this location, if it truly holds one, is unusually remote."

That was normal; this place differed little from ordinary void.

If there was any difference, it was that there were far more meteorites nearby.

In such a dense meteorite zone, void laws were highly chaotic.

In such chaotic void regions, Void Islands rarely existed.

Ding Huan had deep knowledge of barriers, yet he still could not detect any Void Island here.

If the jade slip's contents were true and a Void Island truly existed here, the discoverer could not possibly have been Geng Yuan's father.

"You stay here—I'll go out and take a look."

Stepping out of the Cosmic Cauldron, Ding Huan had barely landed in the void when a meteorite shot toward him at incredible speed.

Ding Huan didn't move—an instant later, the meteorite struck his protective field and turned to dust.

He carefully scanned the area with his spiritual sense, yet found nothing.

Any barrier must produce subtle law fluctuations.

Yet after meticulously examining for a long time, he detected no law fluctuations whatsoever.

Even with his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth, he could not detect any fluctuations of void law here, showing how deeply this barrier was concealed.

Or else it simply didn't exist.

He could only observe again using the Great Universe Art Zhou Tian; if Zhou Tian still failed to locate the barrier, Ding Huan had no choice but to abandon it.

The Great Universe Art Zhou Tian drew the surrounding void into itself, and as Ding Huan advanced, every subtle fluctuation within this void came under his perception.

Four days later, Ding Huan stopped.

He had indeed sensed differences within the void—fluctuations of a natural barrier law.

Ding Huan retracted his spiritual sense, and the Great Universe Art Zhou Tian enclosed the entire space with law fluctuations.

Within a single Zhou Tian, Ding Huan discovered the barrier.

This barrier was far more perfect than the chaotic barrier he had once discovered containing the Liangjie law.

He could not say this was the most perfect form a barrier could take, but he was certain he had never seen such a perfect barrier before—he certainly could not have arranged it himself.

This barrier had almost fused entirely with the void law, showing not the slightest discord.

It was impossible to imagine how it had been found.

But now that he had found the barrier, breaking it was merely a matter of time.

Most void islands, once discovered, had their barriers forcibly shattered, leaving the islands suspended intact within the void.

It wasn't that the discoverers of these void islands disliked them being wrapped in barriers—it was that they couldn't do it.

Breaking a barrier that wrapped a void island was simple; but deciphering one was far too difficult.

First, one must study the barrier with extreme thoroughness, and be able to arrange various barriers oneself—otherwise, don't even think about it.

Generally speaking, those who discovered such barriers and claimed the void islands were mostly cultivators without sects or ordinary factions.

So it was hard to find anyone skilled in barriers.

Who in the Divine World, with true power, would bother searching for void islands?

Isn't staying in the Divine World better?

Ding Huan had no intention of breaking this barrier; he planned to study it thoroughly, then use it to forge several barrier control flag arrays.

The most valuable aspect of a void island is at the moment of its discovery.

At this time, all the laws of heaven and earth within it are primordial Dao rhythms.

Cultivating in such a place yields double results with half the effort, making Dao-certification vastly easier.

The barrier not only conceals the existence of the void island well, but also locks in its primordial Dao rhythms.

Once the barrier is broken, the void island will quickly assimilate with the surrounding void, becoming an ordinary void cultivation island.

Therefore, a void island wrapped in a barrier is truly valuable.

Ding Huan sat motionless in the void; Guan Huan and the others all knew Ding Huan had discovered the void island's barrier.

No one disturbed Ding Huan's contemplation.

Ding Huan had indeed gained insight into barrier-arrangement techniques he had never encountered before.

His barrier enlightenment began with that chaotic barrier, and as his Dao advanced, his understanding of barriers had continuously improved.

This void island barrier opened another window for Ding Huan, granting him new enlightenment.

Arranging a barrier does not require constructing its laws according to one's own understanding; a better method is to build the barrier using the laws already present in the surroundings.

Half a month later, Ding Huan opened the barrier.

A dense rush of primordial Dao rhythm surged forth; Ding Huan quickly stepped onto the Cosmic Cauldron and rushed into the barrier, sealing it shut at once.

"An excellent place," Guan Huan couldn't help exclaiming.

His spiritual sense could not cover the entire void island; the island's heavenly and earthly qi was not only thick, but also contained pure chaotic qi.

The primordial Dao rules were clear enough to almost touch—so dense was the heavenly and earthly qi that the spiritual plant coverage here was complete.

Certifying Dao here was undoubtedly the best choice.

"I see a Dao vein," Qiao Qianhe exclaimed in excitement.

Not only had he seen it—Ding Huan had seen it long ago.

Not one Dao vein, but six.

These six Dao veins appeared as if deliberately placed, stretching from the ground down into the earth, covering an entire Shanfeng.

Even without approaching, Ding Huan knew the quality of these Dao veins surpassed those on his own body.

"How does this compare to Tingdao Mountain?" Ding Huan asked.

He wanted to determine how the Divine World differed from such void islands.

Geng Yuan sighed: "In terms of heavenly and earthly qi alone, this place is no weaker than Tingdao Mountain; its heavenly and earthly laws are equally pure and of no lower tier.

I've visited many void islands, but never seen one with this kind of aura and cultivation environment.

Ding Huan understood it was because he had not broken the barrier.

But as they stayed here longer, this place would inevitably deteriorate, eventually becoming inferior to the Divine World.

"Let's go—let's set up our cultivation halls on that Shanfeng."

Ding Huan pointed to the Shanfeng where the Dao veins had been discovered.