Chapter 394: Treasure Stronghold!

Blood Sea Relic Sunken Ship.

Fifth layer, inside a cang realm battlefield.

An intense battle is underway.

A rapid succession of Chaos Missiles streaks across the sky.

These three‑meter‑diameter Chaos Missiles, wholly formed of hazy steam shadows, move so fast they carve a sharp whistling sound through the air.

And those sharp whistles become the death talisman of the injured 138‑level Dark Knight·Chao Shen Da Shi ahead.

Boom— Boom— Boom—…

Accompanied by a series of violent explosions.

Each Chaos Missile detonates on the Dark Knight·Chao Shen Da Shi, snatching away what little of his master life state remains.

Meanwhile, the Dark Knight's legendary battle armor had already shattered under the bombardment preceding the Chaos Missiles.

The "Divine Shatter" property of the Chaos Artifact makes smashing these hundred‑level legendary armors especially effective.

After the nine‑shot barrage of Chaos Missiles lands with perfect accuracy.

Finally, this Dark Knight·Chao Shen Da Shi, famed for his defensive prowess, reaches the end of his sequence life; the Chao Shen Da Shi's sequence rumbles and collapses.

At that moment, at the distant cang realm entrance.

Three experts of Mo Lei·Shen Ting stream in one after another.

When they sense from afar the world‑shaking rumble of the Dark Knight·Chao Shen Da Shi's sequence collapse.

The three Mo Lei·Shen Ting experts, simultaneously, wear angry expressions.

"Damn it, it's that steam‑shadow sorcerer again!"

"He's managed to ambush successfully several times before."

"Now we've caught him; we can't let him escape again."

"All right, let's kill this bastard together."

One top‑tier, two mid‑tier.

The three powerful Chao Shen Da Shi simultaneously charge at Ta Ke.

Ta Ke weighs the situation briefly, then swiftly uses Shadow Traversal to collect the shattered remains and relics of the collapsed Dark Knight·Chao Shen Da Shi, turns and begins to flee.

Although the top‑tier Chao Shen Da Shi are astonishingly strong, the mid‑tier ones are not weak either.

But in a real duel, Ta Ke is not at all afraid of these three Chao Shen Da Shi.

Yet at that moment Ta Ke would have to unleash his forbidden spell, inevitably revealing his identity.

The cost outweighs the gain.

Relying on his powerful Shadow Traversal, Ta Ke quickly escapes to a corner, then vanishes with a single leap.

This makes the three Chao Shen Da Shi, blocked by the barrier, stomp in fury.

……

A few hours later.

In the cang realm area of the Alumov Base on the fourth layer, Ta Ke silently slips out from a corner.

Sensing that no one is around.

Ta Ke then slightly contracts his form and flies toward the steam tower barrier zone.

During the several months of combat cultivation within the Blood Sea Relic Sunken Ship, under the Purple Magnolia Corps.

He cannot carelessly reveal his identity or his signature forbidden spells.

Ta Ke selects a four‑star Chaos Witchcraft, the Chaos Missile, specifically for battlefield slaughter.

Do not underestimate this four‑star Chaos Missile.

As Chaos Witchcraft, its potency is not inferior to ordinary five‑star forbidden spells.

And it requires far less source energy experience than a forbidden spell.

It stands out for its cost‑performance.

Ta Ke's own cultivation insights, plus system point allocation.

This four‑star Chaos Missile, comparable to five‑star forbidden spells, has already reached level 92.

Each activation releases nine Chaos Missiles, with quite formidable destructive power.

Against ordinary lower‑tier Chao Shen Da Shi, Ta Ke kills each one he sees.

And it is precisely thanks to this Chaos Missile.

During the months on this battlefield, seven or eight Chao Shen Da Shi have already perished by Ta Ke's hand.

On the fifth‑layer cang realm battlefield, merely killing is not skill.

Being able to slip away after killing is the real technique.

The reason Ta Ke can repeatedly slay Chao Shen Da Shi and escape.

Is his escape method that, after harmonizing with the origin of the Sunken Ship relic, allows him to traverse barriers.

Anyone else daring to follow Ta Ke into the cang realm corner would be walking into a trap.

Quickly!

Passing through the steam tower barrier, he reaches a low, sturdy fortress area within the Purple Magnolia Tower defense zone.

The stationed high‑ranking Chao Shen Da Shi, seeing Ta Ke approach, immediately salute.

After a brief glance, Ta Ke walks straight inside.

Soon, Ta Ke enters a rather chaotic, armory‑like storage area.

At the rear warehouse entrance, behind a wide iron long table.

A mid‑tier Chao Shen Da Shi, about ten meters tall and elderly, sits behind the table, engrossed in turning pages of a book.

The scroll was one meter wide and half a meter thick.

Ta Ke had asked before what this thick book was.

The response was given by the Chao Shen Da Shi, whom many transcendants called "Lao Jun Ya".

"This is the method of forging Chaotic Heroic Spirits, capable of summoning ancient Chaotic forging spirits to aid in forging powerful legendary equipment, even powerful divine artifacts."

"Lao Jun Ya!"

Ta Ke spoke calmly.

"This is this time's harvest."

Saying so, Ta Ke tossed a transcendent storage bracelet straight over.

Lao Jun, without raising his head, took the transcendent storage bracelet and immediately broke into a smile.

He grinned, showing the single remaining tooth in his mouth, which stood out conspicuously.

The nickname "Lao Jun Ya" originated from this.

"Tsk tsk… sure enough, I didn't misjudge you, kid."

Lao Jun Ya shook his head, swaying it, clicking his tongue in wonder, and even threw the book in his hand aside.

"You've only been here a few months, and about seven or eight Chao Shen Da Shi have died at your hands, right!"

"If Luo Mo Si were half as capable as you, Zi Yu Lan wouldn't have lost five or six Chao Shen Da Shi to the enemy."

Ta Ke heard this and said little.

On this dangerous battlefield, there are plenty of capable fighters.

But Chao Shen Da Shi like Ta Ke, who have enough survival methods, are rare.

Only with powerful fallback techniques does Ta Ke dare to push deeper.

Otherwise, Ta Ke would have to retreat behind the front like ordinary Chao Shen Da Shi.

"I told you, kid, could you be gentler next time? Hiss… you've shattered this legendary armor into pieces."

"You're only a little over level 120, and your damage methods are already this formidable?"

"Your weaponry is decent, hmm… and those battle boots, not bad, not bad."

Soon, after finishing the material inventory, Lao Jun Ya looked up at Ta Ke and said.

"Your war merit points have been calculated, roughly 1,500 points."

"If you gather three sets of legendary gear from three more Chao Shen Da Shi, you can exchange them for that 18‑ring‑state Chaotic Source Energy Tower ecological seed."

"That is the top‑tier strategic treasure of this camp's war merit; ordinary people aren't qualified to exchange it."

Thinking about how many more legendary gear pieces he still needed to collect, Ta Ke turned and left the war merit fortress.

As for Lao Jun Ya's rambling, Ta Ke ignored it; whoever came, Lao Jun Ya could chatter with him for half a day.

It is a land of divine war.

The A Lu Mo Fu Sunken Fortress, the war merit rewards there, are plentiful.

Many treasures made Ta Ke's eyes light up.

Among these, the 18‑ring‑state Chaotic Source Energy Tower seed especially caught Ta Ke's eye.

Ta Ke's idle anchoring spot especially requires a high‑ring‑state tower for ecological cycles.

The higher the ring state, the more astonishing the source energy Ta Ke obtains.

Ta Ke wishes to use the Miracle Hut as a foundation, upgrading it to the 18‑ring‑state level, which would take at least millennia.

But with a treasure like the 18‑ring‑state Chaotic Source Energy Tower seed, it becomes simple.

Feeding it directly allows Ta Ke's Steam Chaotic Hut to quickly master the 18‑ring‑state source energy cycle.

After blooming in a suitable location.

Ta Ke can then reap astonishing source energy experience.

…………

After returning to his hundred‑meter‑high master wizard tower.

Ta Ke first inspected the tower's energy shield, then carefully examined the wall barrier.

After confirming everything was fine, Ta Ke entered the outpost house at the top of the tower.

Then, following the spiritual network, Ta Ke directly contacted Luo Mo Si's magical wardrobe.

Soon, Ta Ke's projection descended into Luo Mo Si's magical wardrobe, coalescing into a flame‑faced silhouette.

"Ta Ke, what's the matter?"

Luo Mo Si looked at the projection of Ta Ke from the magical wardrobe and asked.

"Senior Luo Mo Si, I plan to explore the storm zone on the eighth layer below for a while."

Hearing this, Luo Mo Si slightly raised an eyebrow.

Ta Ke arrived at this war front; although his time there was short, his performance was outstanding.

Given Ta Ke's strength, he indeed qualifies to explore and harvest resources in the storm zone on the eighth layer.

"No problem, just be careful; the battlefield situation is unstable now, and if anything unusual occurs, I will notify you at once."

"Under normal circumstances, just go there and cultivate and explore."

"After all… our purpose in occupying this place is to let gifted Chao Shen Da Shi explore the treasure resources there."

"Then thank you, Senior Luo Mo Si."

"Hehe… it's just a trivial matter."

The projection was cut off.

Ta Ke took a deep breath and looked at the vigilant tiny soul veil beside him.

"As strength grows, this soul veil is gradually falling behind the pace of power."

Combat means must be present; as a wizard, all kinds of extraordinary daily means must also be present.

Master-level means also need to be continually gathered.

Immediately, Ta Ke closed his eyes and carefully sensed the small gathering point he had built in the area of the eighth layer below.

He possesses the ability to cross the cabin boundary wall.

Being able to directly reach the eighth layer, Ta Ke does not idle.

After familiarizing himself with and understanding this Blood Sea ancient ruins shipwreck site,

Ta Ke then silently began constructing his 'treasure base' in the eighth-layer area.

The circulation of steam and bulwark ecology.

The circulation of steam and storm ecology.

Ta Ke has already begun work on these aspects.

Nowadays, that safe base is nearly finished.

And the effect of the ecological circulation has also begun to show results.

Lock onto the safe base.

Hum!

Space trembled slightly, and Ta Ke vanished inside this high tower.