Chapter 365

The mysterious ancient hall forgotten by the world.

No one knows how much time has passed in its sedimentation.

Enduring from ancient times, like eternity!

In the silent moment, a suddenly visiting shadow shattered the tranquility here, as if injecting fresh air.

The entire ancient hall slowly awakened, as if… about to welcome a new era.

Woo woo woo

Accompanied by a faint steam rumble, the steam passed over the shadow's form, like a writhing giant beast, splitting apart on both sides, slowly seeping into the mysterious ancient hall that radiates eternal starlight.

Treasure Hall!

This was Ta Ke's first impression upon entering.

Around stood wide stone pillars, carved on the pillars with various rare exotic beasts: ancient Titans, mountain giants, Behemoth beasts, Taotie exotic beasts, primordial giant dragons, and most numerous were ancient mammoth war elephants resembling mammoths.

And these ancient mammoth war elephants mostly stood atop the highest reliefs of the stone pillars.

And all these stone pillars surrounded the central core's treasure upon it.

At the core of the great hall stood an ancient, majestic treasure's ceremonial platform.

With a diameter exceeding 1.5 meters and a length of fifteen to sixteen meters, this mammoth ivory is huge.

It lay silently upon the ceremonial platform.

The entire astonishingly long mammoth ivory, like starlight-forged crystal, clearly contained visible star vortices within.

Moreover, there was not just one, but as many as seven or eight star vortices.

Each star vortex burst forth with brilliant, dazzling light.

The starlight chaos ecology constructed from external starlight radiance is merely the afterglow emitted by the 'Star Mammoth Ivory' when it bursts forth.

The brilliant starlight radiance was so thick that it shone upon Ta Ke's cheeks and body, even giving a slight sensation of starlight scorching.

While being slightly scorched, Ta Ke could sense within this peculiar starlight radiance a rich aura of chaotic origin.

Ta Ke's eyes shone brightly as he carefully examined this peculiar starlight radiance that scorched him.

"Containing a heavy chaotic origin as vast as the starry heavens?"

Ta Ke pondered seriously.

"Indeed, this is possible, after all… the starlight radiance bursting forth can naturally form a chaos ecology."

"Moreover, the chaotic origin power it contains is not weak."

"So many star vortices, tens of thousands of stars."

"Whether it is some kind of ecological projection or a gateway for power transmission."

"The value of this Star Mammoth Ivory is immeasurable."

Ta Ke's fingertip puppet silk threads twitched slightly, easily latching onto the Star Mammoth Ivory.

"No danger!"

After a moment of spiritual sense, Ta Ke retracted his puppet silk threads.

"At the same time..."

As he examined this brilliant starlight ivory, deep within Ta Ke's pupils also appeared star vortices.

"Spiritual sense also cannot gather much information."

"The more this is so, the more it proves this is an unfathomable treasure."

"So important that its natural information is perfectly concealed, I cannot probe it."

"To truly investigate this treasure's information, it seems I will need to carefully study and verify this aspect after returning."

"The external form outline of the Four-Tusk Mammoth Realm Ship is exactly that of the ancient mammoth colossus warship."

And the treasure before his eyes is mammoth ivory.

There must definitely be a certain connection here.

In his thoughts, Taku tried to collect the star ivory before him.

Taku exerted force with his hand.

The star ivory remained utterly motionless.

Taku drew a deep breath and again exerted force vigorously.

The star ivory still remained utterly motionless.

Taku sensibly withdrew his hand that had been exerting force.

My strength is not small either; compared to other eighth-stage power-type transcendents of the same rank, I am not lacking and even surpass them, yet I cannot budge it in the slightest, not even a trace of movement.

It's likely not something that can be easily moved by strength alone.

Taku gave a light wave of his hand.

Woooo...

Soon, steam came wriggling toward him.

Thanks to the circulation of steam and this star-light chaotic ecology over this period.

Steam has already become part of this star-light chaotic ecology.

Taku lightly manipulated the steam, quickly enveloping the entire huge star ivory, then gave a light exertion of force.

This time, Taku picked up the star ivory.

Fortunately I had already completed the ecology's circulation early; otherwise, I really couldn't have taken this big guy away.

Merely wrapping the star ivory in steam, Taku still felt it wasn't safe enough.

The supernatural power of Critical Phase Walk also activated accordingly.

As the supernatural power formed a solid wrapping.

Ta Ke softly chanted the space-time wormhole forbidden spell incantation.

The jumping power of the black space-time wormhole burst forth quickly, wrapping Ta Ke and the huge stellar ivory within it.

「Hum——」

As space underwent violent trembling.

Ta Ke disappeared from inside this ancient hall with the stellar ivory.

At the moment the stellar ivory disappeared.

The brilliant, glass-like starlight also withdrew with it, and the entire underground palace floating island hall quickly dimmed.

The guards guarding the strategic point and the dark witches on duty.

At the same time, they looked over.

On the guards' faces, there was more doubt.

And those dark witches felt something more.

They hurriedly rose up, quickly approaching the thick energy barrier from the floating bridge where they sat cross-legged cultivating.

Pairs of eyes containing extraordinary pupil power burst forth with distinct light, straining to examine the situation inside the energy barrier.

Observing that strange scene that had lost its luster, the assisting dark witches' faces were filled with astonishment and uncertainty.

Is this……the treasure about to burst forth?

Or……has an unknown change occurred?

The numerous dark witches, uncertain about the situation, briefly consulted, then swiftly took action.

Two of them immediately took out magical tokens, lit them, and then notified the prospective masters inside the underground palace.

The remaining dark witches quickly ordered the area to be sealed off first.

At the same time.

Ta Ke, who had brought the treasure into the Steam·Magical Cottage, also swiftly launched an operation to buy time.

He placed the stellar ivory securely.

Ta Ke immediately activated the Steam·Magical Wristband to break free from the top rock wall.

If not for the cover of the steam ecosystem, Ta Ke's slight movements would surely be detected by those Steam·Dark Witches, whose sense of smell is still very keen.

Mo Lei·Shen Ting has never kept idle people.

Those dark witches who can emerge from Mo Lei·Shen Ting undoubtedly have real skill.

But at this moment, the heavy, operating source-energy steam, moreover accompanied by a faint rumbling sound,

had become Ta Ke's perfect cover.

A soft "Ding!" sound.

The Steam·Magical Wristband broke free from the top rock wall, producing a certain sound.

Thereafter, it flew toward the labyrinth passage Ta Ke had entered, in a gliding flight posture.

Even this slight movement of breaking free ultimately did not escape the keen sense of smell of two of the seven or eight dark witches below.

Fortunately, the magical wristband had already broken free.

As the steam wristband was gliding,

A series of skull-sized dark magic missiles, following the magical trajectory, came screaming in; because their flight speed was too fast, they directly produced a piercing whistling sound.

Just as the dark magic missiles were about to strike the Steam·Magical Wristband,

Ta Ke's figure flashed out.

With one hand he manipulated the Steam·Magical Wristband onto his wrist.

While with the other palm, he rapidly spread his five fingers.

The Earth Rune Turtle Shell also, taking the five fingers as nodes, instantly burst forth, forming a shield that appeared before Ta Ke.

"Boom boom boom——"

The dark magic missiles struck the shield and quickly exploded.

The exploded dark magic missiles did not dissipate as source-energy remnants, but instead condensed into a black viscous strange liquid.

This viscous black strange liquid, like twisted evil tendrils, suddenly converged downward upon Ta Ke.

And Ta Ke abandoned the condensed Earth Rune Turtle Shell shield.

His body, through two successive shadow-shifts, appeared at the exit of the underground palace floating island.

Seeing that his own Chaos Spell had no effect,

the two dark witches' faces both sank.

The Chaos Spell is different from ordinary spells.

Ordinary spells are more inclined toward a single-form, single-target attack.

And the Chaos Spell, because of its inherent multiplicity, thus can possess multiple attack forms.

Just now, the two of them working together used the magic missile attack as the first stage, actually preparing for the second-stage tentacle capture.

As a result, that mysterious steam witch's sense of smell was exceptionally keen; he directly braced the shield outward, cleverly avoiding this strike.

Ta Ke had just landed at the position of the underground palace floating island exit.

The other dark witches of Mo Lei·Shen Ting unleashed four or five magical arts, quickly following the traces and pursuing him.

These witches of Mo Lei·Shen Ting all possess extremely formidable locking means or abilities.

Even if Ta Ke left his original position, they could still cause the spells to chase after him.

"Thud——"

"Rumble——"

Azure rune wind blades, spears with blood-colored patterns, exploded in succession on Ta Ke's body surface, stirring up violent shocks of various colors.

However, the Crystal Wall Realm Armor manifested in crystalline state on Ta Ke's body surface.

These spells, whose power was not weak, were all blocked by Ta Ke.

"Forbidden Spell!"

Seeing Ta Ke's body surface manifesting crystalline state realm armor.

A cold and stern voice suddenly sounded.

However, at the position of another chaotic gray mist gate, a quasi-grandmaster strong one of the knight order appeared.

Ta Ke didn't care who had come in.

He hurled the forbidden spell Quiet Nirvana Star Explosion held in his hand far away.

Ta Ke's rear Steam Light Feather Blade instantly blossomed.

"Whooo..."

Amid the steam's roar, Ta Ke swiftly sank into the underground palace passage.

"It's a forbidden spell!"

"Damn, it's a star-burst type forbidden spell..."

"This is the underground palace; it might collapse..."

"Run!"

"..."

As the terrifying forbidden spell's undulation burst forth.

In the hoarse, exhausted roar, what was transmitted was not only fear, but also despair and wails.

When Ta Ke swiftly entered the small passage.

Boom——

The forbidden spell star burst fully exerted its powerful terrifying characteristics in the enclosed space.

For a moment, Ta Ke himself felt a strong push-back sensation and burning sensation.

Whether the caster would be blown up by his own spell, there is no doubt that this will happen.

With the strong push-back sensation bursting forth, the underground palace also shook violently.

Although Ta Ke guessed that the underground palace probably would not collapse.

But this underground palace is certainly not a place to linger.

Those behind will surely come to pursue and kill.

All Ta Ke needs to do is to swiftly escape the underground palace, then escape this chaotic origin treasure land, and even escape this four-tusk elephant realm vessel.

This labyrinth-like underground palace, Ta Ke had long memorized the escape route.

With the Steam Light Feather Blade's steam roaring violently.

Ta Ke was like a nimble and sturdy steam airplane, performing various high-difficulty maneuvers in the underground palace, and in each turn, conducting extreme drift.

Soon, Ta Ke reached the outlet buried in the desert.

"I don't know whether there is still a grandmaster-level superhuman beast guarding the other side."

Looking at the sand blocking the exit ahead, although there was no movement pursuing from behind for the moment, Ta Ke dared not linger even a moment.

Just in this underground palace, Ta Ke saw at least five or six quasi-grandmaster strong ones who had entered, and those formidable ninth-stage steam dark wizards numbered more than twenty.

And this is merely an underground palace.

Looking at the whole realm ship's chaotic ecological treasure, this number being multiplied by ten would not be an exaggeration.

Moreover... they absolutely possess the latent power bestowed by superhuman grandmasters or even legendary strong ones, or grandmaster forbidden spell scrolls, and so on.

Fighting them is meaningless; swiftly leaving this place is the proper course.

Swiftly entering the shadow state, using the earth rune mystic principle, blending with the sand to merge in.

Ta Ke had just entered a distance into the sand when the sand heap behind him immediately transmitted a violent source energy shockwave.

"The pursuit speed is really fast!"

Ta Ke secretly marveled.

Soon Ta Ke passed through the sand's burial zone and contacted the fresh outside air.

At the same time, Ta Ke also felt a terrifying power writhing deep in the sand behind him.

"It's the power of a superhuman grandmaster!"

Ta Ke's face slightly changed.

"It is a certain quasi-grandmaster borrowing the power of a superhuman grandmaster; although this will damage his own grandmaster seed, he can in a short time master the superhuman grandmaster's grandmaster source energy, thereby greatly enhancing his perception, speed, and attack power in all aspects."

"Go!"

Ta Ke stepped, and the black space wormhole instantly blossomed, covering his entire body.

"Buzz!"

Ta Ke directly vanished.

At the moment Ta Ke vanished.

"Boom..."

The violent grandmaster undulation blossomed in the main dune region.

"Get... out of my way!"

Accompanied by the maniacal explosive roar, the world quickly turned dim and hazy, and the surrounding sea of sand vaguely showed signs of being boiled.

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle... Boom——"

The sea of sand surged up like waves, directly split in two by the terrifying majestic power.

A knight emanating a dark star-like majestic aura strode out.

Just a few steps.

This burly knight crossed a kilometer distance and arrived atop the sand dune peak.

At this moment, the knight's vast Chao Shen Da Shi power surged up from his body in gurgling streams, dark bubbles constantly appearing and exploding, his whole body seeming like a red-hot branding iron.

He felt the remnants left behind by the spatial jump.

The knight's face twisted severely, and he let out a furious, angry roar.

"Damn bastard... don't let me catch you!"

Faced with that terrifying, the forbidden spell power 'Mol·Lei' was forced to activate the master source energy crystal.

But each second of burning master source energy, his sequence tree and master seed are being intensely consumed.

If he killed that damn thief, it would be fine.

But even though he pursued so closely, that damn thief still managed to escape.

This left the 'Mol·Lei' with its rage fully bottled up, suffocated to the extreme.

A long-distance wormhole jump.

The landing point turned out to be exactly where Ta Ke had first entered.

And at this moment!

Here, the black banners fluttered in the surging wind and waves, making a rustling sound.

A war legion of over a thousand people is stationed here.

Ta Ke even sensed several strong auras.

Although this stationed war legion at the exit has constructed an energy barrier.

But this basically cannot stop Ta Ke.

【Critical·Phase Walk】

Ta Ke performed a powerful divine ability traversal.

He directly passed through this spatial domain barrier with extremely strong restrictive power.

【Critical·Phase Walk】 may not be far, but short-distance traversal has extremely strong penetrating power, especially for this kind of domain-dividing barrier, which is what 【Critical·Phase Walk】 excels at.

Ta Ke's movements were too fast.

By the time the experts here reacted, Ta Ke had already escaped this treasure land.

Having just emerged from the enormous spacetime vortex gate.

Outside came into view a large number of war camps, small watchtowers, fortresses, and so on.

Mo Lei·Shen Ting completely turned this treasure hunt of the Four-tusk Elephant Boundary Ship into an extremely high-spec battle on the spot.

Many powerful individuals have entered.

Feeling the many strong auras encountered along the way.

Ta Ke also couldn't help but secretly ponder.

"Could it be... there really is something special good in here... or perhaps... is it this treasure I took out?"

Upon emerging, Ta Ke repeatedly used shadow traversal and phase walking, quickly distancing himself from the nearby camp.

But he was still discovered by the quasi masters here and those annoying dark warlocks.

Twenty or thirty powerful auras surged into the air, all coming to chase and kill Ta Ke.

People continually used displacement techniques, jumping near Ta Ke and repeatedly launching various attacks against him.

Ta Ke relied on the great mobility of the Steam·Light Feather Blade and the penetrating ability of phase divine evasion to constantly shake off these transcendent beings' pursuit.

The quasi masters here likely also possess Chao Shen Da Shi power, and Ta Ke has no intention of fighting.

Not long after, a spacetime wormhole preliminarily coalesced within the ecological magic net.

Ta Ke made a wormhole jump, arriving deep outside the Boundary Ship.

Having completely escaped the dangerous area, Ta Ke dare not relax easily.

After bursting into a flame state in the void to scorch the traces on his body.

After Ta Ke used the spacetime wormhole to make several more jumps, confirming he would not be tracked.

Ta Ke finally returned to his safe haven—the Sub-light Shipwreck Small World!