Chapter 593: From Metamorphosing Spirit Chicken to Beast-Taming Cultivation Chapter 592: Entering the Tenth Layer

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Protagonist:

Yu Zhangsheng

"Old Qi, what should we do now?"

Several people looked at Qi Liu San simultaneously, waiting for his instruction.

Qi Liu San sighed lightly; although they had failed this time, they could not give up because of it.

Qi Liu San turned back to look at the stone pillar, also feeling strange in his heart — since the Black-Armored Saint Insect was not dead, why had this stone pillar appeared?

Could it be that the Black-Armored Saint Insect was not the Guardian Spirit Insect? That the true Guardian Spirit Insect had been beheaded by someone else? But how could such a coincidence happen? Strange, truly strange.

"Let's go, advance toward the stone pillar, go to the Ninth Layer!"

Stone pillar.

Yu Zhangsheng quickly arrived nearby to search; this stone pillar leading to the Ninth Layer was incomparably thick and sturdy, rising from the ground like a towering giant tree.

Such a massive object was absolutely not something ordinary people could shape.

Unimaginable — just what kind of mighty power did the people who built this relic possess back then.

Yu Zhangsheng circled the stone pillar and inspected it once around, discovering that the stone pillar's exterior had nothing special, except in the due north direction there were many fist-sized gaps.

Yu Zhangsheng immediately took out a crystal-like thing of the same size; a slight comparison showed that this thing could fit perfectly into the gaps above.

"Hehe, looks like this is the Insect Talisman that opens the way to the Ninth Layer."

"As for the other gaps, they are probably the gaps corresponding to the Insect Talismans of the previous seven layers."

"It seems the Ninth Layer has most likely already been ascended by someone."

As for the Insect Talisman in Yu Zhangsheng's hand, it was naturally the one obtained from the Black-Armored Saint Insect.

Earlier, after he discovered the Black-Armored Saint Insect's heart, he immediately began refining it.

After refining the heart, he obtained this crystal-like Insect Talisman.

And at the very instant he succeeded in refining, the Black-Armored Saint Insect's body also shrank simultaneously.

Yu Zhangsheng had no choice but to hurriedly leave the interior of the Black-Armored Saint Insect from underground.

By the time he barely managed to burst out from underground, he discovered the Black-Armored Saint Insect had already shrunk to the size of a palm.

And no other people were seen here; seeing this opportunity, Yu Zhangsheng naturally would not stay foolishly, and immediately left with the Black-Armored Saint Insect, heading toward the stone pillar.

"Hehe, since that's the case, let's head to the Ninth Layer as soon as possible."

"As for that Lu Chengfeng, he can only be made to suffer a bit first; as long as he still has hope, he absolutely will not betray me."

Yu Zhangsheng laughed lightly, directly aligning the Insect Talisman in his hand with that gap.

In an instant a flash of light flickered past, and Yu Zhangsheng was immediately teleported to another space.

The environment here was completely different from the previous layer, more like a vast desert.

Here, there was also absolutely no cover whatsoever.

Yu Zhangsheng secretly thought it bad — if Qi Liu San and the others pursued up here, he would not even have a place to hide.

So he immediately advanced toward a slope, to first check the surrounding situation.

Suddenly, a sharp insect cry rang out; Yu Zhangsheng fiercely swung out a sword, slashing toward the black shadow.

The black shadow instantly shattered into several sections; Yu Zhangsheng stepped forward to take a look.

Only then did he discover that the thing that had ambushed him was also a kind of Spirit Insect.

Its whole body was covered in thorns and scales, its mouth full of sharp fangs, nearly over two meters long.

"Sand Worm?"

Yu Zhangsheng collected this thing and did not linger much, continuing on his way, only becoming even more careful.

This vast desert appeared quite peaceful, yet also had undercurrents surging.

Soon, he arrived at the highest point of this area and looked outward.

A sky-piercing stone pillar quickly attracted his attention.

"Could it be that this layer's Guardian Spirit Insect has already been beheaded by someone?"

Yu Zhangsheng was instantly shocked — he hadn't expected this layer to be broken through so quickly? How long had the Black-Armored Saint Insect been dead? At most one or two hours.

In just this short while, this layer's Guardian Spirit Insect was beheaded? That was a Fifth Order Spirit Insect! Possibly even stronger than the Black-Armored Saint Insect.

Yu Zhangsheng couldn't help but be somewhat surprised — just what kind of figure could have such means! "It seems quite a few experts have already entered inside."

Since this layer's Guardian Spirit Insect had already been beheaded, Yu Zhangsheng also had no intention of staying further, and immediately advanced toward the stone pillar.

By the time Yu Zhangsheng arrived before the stone pillar, he familiarly reached the due north direction.

Sure enough, there were also nine gaps here, one of which naturally belonged to the Insect Talisman in Yu Zhangsheng's hand.

He immediately aimed the Insect Talisman in his hand and inserted it; as a white light flashed past, Yu Zhangsheng opened his eyes and saw he was already in another environment.

"This Insect Talisman is truly marvelous."

"Could it contain some space laws? Otherwise how could it shuttle people at will."

Yu Zhangsheng observed this Insect Talisman for a moment; unfortunately, with his current level, he also found it difficult to comprehend even a little.

Probably only upon reaching the Spirit Transformation realm would one have a chance to gain some insight.

Yu Zhangsheng put away the Insect Talisman and began observing the nearby environment.

Different from the previous layer's yellow sand everywhere, this Tenth Layer's environment was in a valley.

The surroundings were also extremely desolate, with almost no plants at all.

Yu Zhangsheng quickly left the spot and walked toward one direction of the valley.

This valley seems to have no end, but Yu Zhangsheng discovered many small hollows in the nearby walls.

Yu Zhangsheng also went to investigate some of them, but inside they were completely empty, some shallow and some deep, unevenly distributed; he also did not know just who had created these hollows on these walls.

Continuing forward, it seemed as if this canyon had no end.

Yu Zhangsheng attempted to fly, but unfortunately this place likewise had the binding force of a flight prohibition rule.

Although he could not fly, Yu Zhangsheng still wanted to try going up to take a look.

With the aid of the rock walls here, Yu Zhangsheng still managed to climb to the highest point with difficulty.

But when he was about to reach the very top, a sudden strange wind blew in; Yu Zhangsheng was simply unable to hold onto the rock wall, and it directly blew him down.

"Cough cough."

Yu Zhangsheng, having fallen to the ground, coughed violently for a while before recovering from his dizzy state.

"Alas, it seems this method also won't work."

"It seems we can only continue walking."

After swallowing a Pill to slightly recover from his injuries, Yu Zhangsheng then continued setting out.

This canyon seems endless; no matter how Yu Zhangsheng walked, the surrounding environment did not seem to have undergone any change.

Walking like this for about a day's time, ahead there were still no signs of reaching the end.

Yu Zhangsheng had no choice but to stop and slightly recover his magical power.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Yu Zhangsheng closed his eyes and calmed his spirit, resting briefly.

After a slight recovery, Yu Zhangsheng also could not help but start contemplating the nature of this place.

"Could it be that this place is also an Illusion Array, just like when we first entered the Yiji?"

After standing up, Yu Zhangsheng randomly attacked in the nearby area for a while, wanting to try whether he could trigger some Illusion Array mechanism.

Unfortunately, apart from a ground full of Debris, there was nothing else.

Yu Zhangsheng tried attacking the wall again, and the wall was immediately punched out with a small hole.

Even with Yu Zhangsheng's full-power strike, he could only smash out a hole the size of a bath tub. The hardness of this rock wall was beyond imagination, and moreover its thickness was unknown; the previous unrealistic ideas were immediately thrown to the back of Yu Zhangsheng's mind.

"If this place is not an Illusion Array, then what is the situation? Continuing to walk on, there also seems to be no way out."

Yu Zhangsheng let out a long sigh; at this moment he was also somewhat at a loss.

Just as he was preparing to continue setting out, many fine threads suddenly emerged from the ground.

These fine threads were like hair; Yu Zhangsheng leaned in close to look, and immediately turned pale with fright.

"Death Qi!"

If not for the fact that he had seen a similar situation in that Death Domain Xia Gu before, perhaps he still would not know the terror of this Death Qi.

But Yu Zhangsheng had personally witnessed with his own eyes how that Death Qi swallowed a Fifth Rank Spirit Beast alive, and understood the horror of this thing.

Seeing the Death Qi on the ground growing thicker and thicker, Yu Zhangsheng dared not have the slightest hesitation; if he did not run now it would be too late.

But this canyon simply has no exit; he cannot avoid the Death Qi like before.

In the crisis, Yu Zhangsheng's gaze stared tightly at the cave entrances on the cliff wall.

Now he can only hide inside there for a chance to survive this calamity.

But these cave entrances vary in depth; if he chose one that was too shallow it would probably be useless.

Fortunately, Yu Zhangsheng had previously inspected these caves somewhat, and knew which were deep and which were shallow; otherwise he might truly not have made it in time.

The black threads on the ground were increasing more and more; Yu Zhangsheng relied on his memory and immediately climbed toward one of the caves.

When Yu Zhangsheng neared the cave entrance, the black Qi on the ground had already become almost as thick as a River.

The river formed by the black Qi grew higher and higher, almost filling the entire canyon.

Yu Zhangsheng hurriedly burrowed into the cave, going deep inside.

And outside, the valley's black Qi began to flow rapidly; in just a few breaths' time, it had already become extremely fierce.

The canyon hung with strands of black wind, emitting sounds similar to weeping.

Yu Zhangsheng inside the cave was also shocked into a cold sweat; just a little bit more and he would have fallen into that black wind.

Outside, ghostly howling wind sounds continued incessantly; Yu Zhangsheng dared not easily approach the cave entrance, and could only go as deep as possible to avoid being affected.

Soon Yu Zhangsheng had already reached the depths of this cave entrance, then sat on the ground to rest.

Different from before, this black wind continued persistently, and the sound grew louder and louder, as if it had already begun entering the cave entrance, drawing closer and closer to Yu Zhangsheng.

At this moment Yu Zhangsheng could do nothing but close his eyes and meditate, and so several hours passed.

The wind sounds outside showed not the slightest sign of stopping.

"Damn it, could this Dead Wind never stop? Just how long will it last?"

Yu Zhangsheng wanted to go forward to see the situation outside, but after taking just two steps he stopped again; if he were to be affected by the Dead Wind and lose his life because of that, it would be a huge loss.

Pacing two circles in place, Yu Zhangsheng sat back down at the previous position, listening to the whistling wind sounds in the narrow cave; Yu Zhangsheng simply no longer paid it any mind, completely throwing the matter to the back of his mind.

His whole person completely entered a state of self-forgetting, leaving only a blank void.

Who knows how much time passed.

Yu Zhangsheng slowly recovered from this state; the wind sounds outside seemed to have already stopped.

It seemed even the light inside the cave had brightened a few degrees.

Only then did Yu Zhangsheng carefully make his way to the cave entrance.

Sure enough he discovered the Dead Wind outside had already stopped; it was just unknown how long he had stayed in this cave. After experiencing the previous events, Yu Zhangsheng became somewhat hesitant about whether to continue forward.

If he encountered this kind of Dead Wind again next time, he might not have this time's luck to find a deep enough cave to take shelter.

But if he does not walk, staying here all the time, he also does not know when he could get out.

It is estimated that unless someone activates the stone pillar leading to the Eleventh Layer, otherwise he would be trapped to death here forever.

"Forget it, staying in this place has no meaning; let's continue setting out."

Yu Zhangsheng gazed toward the end of the canyon; although he knew it was merely a bend, at least there was now a target to advance toward.

"Let's go. Staying here is also waiting for death; better to walk a bit farther ahead."

He walked on like this for who knows how much farther, and Yu Zhangsheng faintly seemed to see human figures in the distance.

Yu Zhangsheng still thought he had seen wrong; he rubbed his eyes and looked again, and there really was a group of people in the distance.

Judging by the numbers, there were quite a few! Unexpectedly, there were actually other living people existing inside this canyon!

Yu Zhangsheng very much wanted to go over immediately to see the situation, but this kind of place is fraught with crises, and whether the other side is good or bad is also a question.

So he planned to follow at a distance for a while first to observe the situation.

However, the other side seemed to have discovered Yu Zhangsheng's tracks very quickly as well, and before long dispatched a person over.

After that person arrived in front of Yu Zhangsheng, he immediately announced his background.

"Judging by your attire, you should be someone from Hai Shou Tian Dao, right?"

"I am Ye Guyi, a subordinate of the First Holy Son."

"Brother Ye. I am Yu Zhangsheng."

Yu Zhangsheng also cupped his hands in response.

"So you are Yu Zhangsheng."

That man sized up Yu Zhangsheng for a moment, then said: "The First Holy Son Adults requests your presence; come with me for a trip."

Yu Zhangsheng did not refuse either; moreover, here even if he ran there was nowhere to run, so he might as well go over and take a look.

By the time Yu Zhangsheng drew near that group, he only then discovered there were fully eight people here, far exceeding the First Holy Son's team's original three.

Among them, three people Yu Zhangsheng had indeed seen before — they were the First Holy Son and the two people beside him when the Holy Land Secret Realm opened.

As for the other five, they were all unfamiliar faces, yet all wore Hai Shou Tian Dao clothing.

"Everyone here is from Hai Shou Tian Dao?" Yu Zhangsheng asked.

Ye Guyi said: "Correct. After learning Lu Chengfeng was caught, the Sect immediately dispatched people to reinforce the First Holy Son."

Those several people seemed to be discussing something; Lin Tianhao stood in the center of the crowd, keeping his mouth shut.

Upon seeing Yu Zhangsheng arrive, he merely scanned a glance, then continued listening to those around him discuss.

Ye Guyi said: "You wait here for a moment; the First Holy Son still has some matters to discuss."

Yu Zhangsheng frowned slightly; though somewhat dissatisfied, he still waited briefly.

He did not yet need to fall out with the other side over such a trivial matter.

After those people discussed for a while, they seemed to have reached a conclusion.

Only then did Lin Tianhao turn his head to look at Yu Zhangsheng.

"You are Yu Zhangsheng? This time I called you over for nothing else, only to leave this place."

Yu Zhangsheng said: "Could it be you have a way to leave here?"

"You only need to cooperate with me when the time comes."

"Fine. If there truly is a way to leave this place, naturally I will cooperate."

Yu Zhangsheng also wanted to leave this damned place, so he nodded in agreement.

Lin Tianhao then no longer spoke with Yu Zhangsheng, and with a casual wave of his hand.

Ye Guyi came to Yu Zhangsheng's front, "Brother Yu, come with me." (Chapter End)