Chapter 77: Watching the Fire from the Other Shore and Getting Burned, Choosing to Go into Seclusion

"All of you, get out of the way!"

Just as everyone was at their wit's end, a huge triangular-headed rhinoceros came charging over from the rear.

It had a robust physique, like a small hill, and its three giant horns were thick and sturdy; it slammed fiercely into the stone gate.

"Boom!"

A dull, thunderous sound shook the heavens. The giant gate did not budge in the slightest, not even leaving a single mark from the impact; instead, the triangular-headed rhinoceros was sent flying far away.

"Thud!" The rhinoceros crashed to the ground, triggering a loud roar. It immediately stood up, and accompanied by a cracking sound, its three giant horns shattered all over the ground.

Not far in front of the stone gate, a green-scaled python, a hundred meters long, sneered coldly: "Heh! What a brainless fool. How could the Kunpeng Divine Nest be broken by brute force alone?"

Following this, some other creatures arrived from the far rear, and they unleashed various treasures, wanting to blast the stone gate open.

However, when the treasures struck the stone gate, the gate suddenly glowed, and runic light poured down like water, shattering every single treasure into powder.

"Ah... my treasure."

With their treasures completely destroyed, a group of creatures cried out in an instant.

"Heh... a bunch of fools!" The green-scaled python's sneer sounded once again.

"Hmph! Let me try. I don't believe I can't smash this stone gate open." At this moment, Mengchen stepped forward, swung the Gilded Zen Staff in his hand, and smashed it toward the stone gate.

Mengchen had absolute confidence in the Zen staff in his hand; after this series of uses, he knew that the power of this staff had not yet been completely unleashed by him.

Therefore, he believed that even if the Zen staff in his hand could not break the stone gate, it would at least not be damaged.

Leaping up, Mengchen held the Zen staff high, its divine radiance brilliant, and struck the stone gate with all his might.

"Heh... another fool!" Watching Mengchen's actions, the green-scaled python's sneer arrived right on cue.

"Boom!"

The Gilded Zen Staff struck the stone gate; the sound was deafening, as if a thunderbolt from above the Nine Heavens had fallen.

Suddenly, the stone gate glowed, the heroes screamed, and a grand fluctuation emanated, sweeping across all directions, making one's heart palpitate.

The massive fluctuation sent Mengchen flying backward. Silently, a brilliant ball of light shot out from his chest, wrapping around him and helping him block all the impact, sparing him from injury.

The green-scaled python that had been at the very front, sneering, along with several powerful creatures, were instantly torn to pieces, blood spraying everywhere.

Following that, the masses of experts nearby instantly exploded; under this fluctuation, they were turned into a sky full of blood mist in an instant, with flesh and bone scattered all over the ground—a sight too miserable to look at.

It was all too sudden. With just this one strike, at least half of the people perished, shaken into blood mist by that grand fluctuation. For a time, the place became incredibly blood-red, and the air was filled with a thick, bloody stench.

This scene was too terrifying!

Some creatures who had luckily survived gasped and retreated rapidly.

Shi Hao, the Tianhu girl, and Heizi also suffered a certain degree of impact in this incident. They used the Broken Sword to protect their bodies and hid behind the crowd, still coughing up several large mouthfuls of blood, but they were finally out of danger.

Now, everyone here was heavily injured, and those who survived were still shaken with fear.

Looking at this scene, Mengchen was also extremely horrified. He was able to retreat unscathed thanks to the Vajra Pestle acting on its own.

"You damned bald guy, you are truly hateful and detestable, you deserve to die!" It was unknown how much time had passed before someone finally broke free from the terror and became incredibly furious.

"You caused so many people to die; you truly deserve to die ten thousand times to atone for your sins."

"Bald brat, you won't have a good death!"

"If you keep yapping, believe it or not, you'll die too." Mengchen looked at the group of creatures cursing him, holding his undamaged Zen staff levelly toward them, his expression extremely cold and stern.

"You..." Someone wanted to retort, but held it back.

Now that they were heavily injured while the bald guy before them was completely unscathed, there must be something fishy going on.

For a moment, the place became unusually quiet.

Many creatures were still arriving from the far rear, but seeing the scene before them, they were all stunned. Not knowing what had happened, they did not dare to act rashly, only watching and waiting to see how the situation would develop.

"Everyone, please do not act recklessly again." Looking at the endless stream of gods arriving, a creature from the Sea Demon Clan walked out from the crowd and said.

The previous scene had caused their clan heavy losses; if another hot-headed fool like that bald guy came along, it would not be fun.

"We have a remnant scale here."

The creature from the Sea Demon Clan took out a broken scale, golden with black patterns, its luster dim.

Afterward, he held the scale high and looked at the crowd of creatures, saying: "I know that there are others here who possess other parts of the Kunpeng Legacy. Everyone, let's take them out and join forces to open this stone gate first! If we keep dragging it out like this, it will be meaningless, and we will never obtain the Kunpeng fortune."

"Good! Then let's join forces to open the stone gate, and then compete based on our strength afterward." A creature responded loudly and walked out from the crowd.

Someone took out half a remnant feather, flowing with rosy light and possessing a chaotic aura; it was half a plume of the Kunpeng.

Other creatures also took out a piece of remnant bone, which also possessed a chaotic aura, and some took out a small piece of black bloodstain, rumored to also be left behind by the Kunpeng. In the end, these creatures held these Kunpeng Legacies and gained the recognition of the stone gate.

"Rumble..."

Under the anticipation of tens of thousands of eyes, the stone gate finally opened. A soft light was emitted, and amidst the rumbling sound, the sealed nest was opened.

In an instant, dense, auspicious rosy light sprayed out, submerging the entire ancient land, making people feel as if they were bathing in immortal rain, as if they were about to attain the Dao and ascend.

In an instant, tens of thousands of creatures scrambled and surged in, stepping into the true Kunpeng Nest.

Mengchen, Shi Hao, the Tianhu girl, and the others also rushed in along with them.

"Ah..."

As soon as Mengchen and the others entered, a series of miserable screams rang out, and then they saw many creatures turn into clusters of blood mist.

Seeing this scene, Mengchen and the others did not dare to push forward rashly and became cautious.

The nest was too large; looking ahead, it was vast and boundless.

"So many Spirit Medicines!"

As they slowly ventured deeper, someone exclaimed.

In some areas, herbs had grown, and among the herb patches, individual plants were exceptionally brilliant, possessing rich divine essence.

This place was worthy of being the nest of the Kunpeng, one of the Taigu Ten Fiends. After long ages, not only had it not decayed, but it had instead become an excellent treasure land for nourishing Spirit Medicines.

Mist swirled, and every certain distance, a precious medicine would appear, emitting auspicious light and rich divine essence; the morning light that sprayed out when they first entered all originated from them.

Spirit Medicine is extremely rare, even in the outside world.

With so much appearing all at once, it was bound to incite competition, but as many people ventured deeper, many living beings chose to give up on fighting for the Spirit Medicine.

Because in their eyes, although this Spirit Medicine was precious, it was not enough to rival the temptation of the Kunpeng fortune at the deepest part of the nest; if one obtained the Kunpeng Precious Technique, what did this Spirit Medicine even amount to?

However, upon seeing the Spirit Medicine, Mengchen and Shi Hao chose to loot it all; every bit of Spirit Medicine they saw was gathered into their hands.

During this period, they also engaged in many great battles with numerous living beings, snatching the Spirit Medicine that the others had gathered.

Mengchen held the Gilded Zen Staff and was invincible in battle; wherever he passed, all living beings were startled and retreated by his murderous aura.

Shi Hao was not so fortunate; he suffered heavy injuries many times, as those living beings were all experts who had surpassed the Spirit Transformation Realm, and even if they were suppressed here, they were still peak experts of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Fortunately, although he was heavily injured, he had also gathered quite a lot of Spirit Medicine, and in the end, he was able to survive near-death experiences.

This series of battles made Shi Hao feel extremely strained, and if things continued this way, he would very likely perish.

Afterwards, he did not continue following, but instead stopped and waited there together with Tianhu Shaonü, Heizi, and Maoqiu.

Not long after, Mengchen returned, looking happy and fully loaded.

When Mengchen arrived, Shi Hao said, "Brother Mengchen, I cannot continue following you any longer; I must go into seclusion to cultivate and attempt a breakthrough, otherwise, with my strength as a newcomer to the Spirit Transformation Realm, how could I compete with those powerful living beings for the Kunpeng fortune?"

"Very well!" Mengchen nodded in response.

This divine nest was like a forest of experts, most of whom had realms far exceeding the Spirit Transformation Realm; even though there were restrictions here, they were all super experts at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and with Shi Hao's current strength, it was indeed a bit beyond his capabilities to truly engage in the final battle for the prize.

Thinking of this, Mengchen felt that not only was this the case for Shi Hao, but even for himself, he feared that when that time truly came, he would be unable to fight off a crowd.

Currently, the reason he could be so formidable was, aside from his own strength, more than half due to the credit of the Gilded Zen Staff gifted by the Vajra Pestle.

Mengchen asked himself, if he were without the Gilded Zen Staff, even he would be unable to completely slaughter his way out from among those living beings.

In any case, this Kunpeng Divine Nest was vast and boundless and filled with deadly restrictions; it was not certain that those living beings would be able to obtain it anytime soon.

Even if they obtained it, they would likely be unable to take it away from under the eyes of tens of thousands of living beings.

Therefore, it would be better to let them pave the way ahead, and it would not be too late to catch up after finishing cultivation.

"Fine! Let us find a treasure land and attempt a breakthrough together!" Mengchen, having thought for a long time, looked at Shi Hao and said.

"Good!" Shi Hao replied.

Subsequently, the five of them—Mengchen, Shi Hao, Tianhu Shaonü, Heizi, and Maoqiu—began searching for a secluded place for closed-door cultivation.

Finally, after three days of exploration and searching.

They ventured deep into a very tranquil area, found a small path, climbed up the high wall of the Kunpeng Nest, and found a mountain cave.

There were no restrictions here, and no one passed through; it was indeed a good place.

Afterwards, they each sat cross-legged in the quiet mountain cave, began to sink into cultivation, and began to seek enlightenment.

(End of this chapter)