Chapter 992 - 445: She’s Going to the Sword Tomb?
Even mentioning Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, a Nascent Soul Cultivator rushing in would be a gamble with death!
Xu Qinghan is now only at the late Foundation Establishment stage
She wants to go to the Sword Tomb?!
"Qinghan, you mustn’t!" An elder close to Xu Qinghan’s master’s sect immediately spoke out to dissuade her, "The Sword Tomb is too dangerous! You—"
"Elder." Xu Qinghan gently interrupted, yet her tone carried an unprecedented determination, "My mind is made up."
"I know what I’m doing."
Her gaze turned once again towards the direction of the back mountain.
Although she couldn’t see the cave mansion there, she seemed to feel the aura that was dormant, yet contained boundless power.
"I can’t always just watch."
"I must catch up."
"Even if I can only see his back."
These words, she recited in her heart.
But that unyielding will infected everyone present.
Li Fugui looked deeply into Xu Qinghan’s eyes.
He saw the flames burning in those eyes!
Flames born from a life-or-death struggle!
Flames born from being consumed by madness! How similar to someone from the past!
After a long silence.
Li Fugui slowly nodded: "Alright!"
"Since your mind is made up, I will consent!"
"The Sect will provide all necessary support to you!"
"But life and death rest upon destiny!"
"I understand!"
Xu Qinghan bowed deeply.
As she rose again, her figure was already disappearing beyond the main hall doors.
Leaving behind a hall filled with shock and silence.
As well as the unyielding determination that ’though thousands may stand in my way, I will proceed’ lingering in the air.
Deep within the Celestial Fall Battlefield.
"Boom!!!"
The remains of a once deathly silent star suddenly exploded!
Countless fragments shot out in all directions like a meteor shower!
A somewhat disheveled figure shot out from the center of the explosion!
It was Yu Kong!
At this moment, he was drenched in blood, his clothes in tatters, and his aura somewhat chaotic.
But his eyes were stunningly bright!
Filled with madness, excitement, and an almost fanatic resolve!
"Hahaha! Exhilarating! Exhilarating!"
Yu Kong roared to the heavens, his voice echoing far within the deathly silent starry sky.
Just moments ago, he had encountered a void giant beast lurking in the star’s remnants!
The beast held power comparable to the late stage of Divinity Transformation!
Its physical form was incredibly strong!
Yu Kong used all his trump cards, even burning a part of his essence, just to defeat it!
Though he paid a large price, the gains were similarly massive!
The crystal core of the void beast contained extremely pure power of space!
More importantly, after slaying the beast, Yu Kong discovered a human-head-sized piece of "star marrow" in the core of the star’s remnants!
Star marrow!
It’s the essence that may take billions of years to form from a star!
Providing unimaginable benefits for cultivating the physical body and stabilizing realms!
"The senior didn’t deceive me after all!"
"This Celestial Fall Battlefield is indeed filled with opportunities!"
"As long as one is strong enough! As long as one dares to fight!"
Yu Kong’s eyes shone with fiery light.
He seemed to see hope in following the footsteps of that mysterious senior!
He did not pause for a single moment.
After consuming a few healing elixirs to slightly stabilize his injuries, he quickly oriented himself and flew deeper again!
He knew this was only the beginning!
Ahead there would surely be greater dangers!
But there would also definitely be greater opportunities!
In order to follow that god-like figure!
In order to one day truly stand behind the senior!
He feared nothing!
His figure may be small, yet immeasurably resolute!
Like a star swimming upstream, piercing through this cold, deathly silent, yet infinitely possible ancient battlefield!
Unknown lands, Dark Realm.
A massive shadow formed by countless twisted, wailing limbs and faces still quietly hovered in the endless darkness.
The earlier grey "face" that fell from the void did not seem to have much impact on it.
But a certain invisible will had already spread like a web.
Penetrating through layers of realms.
Crossing endless void.
Silently seeping towards the universe where it perceived the presence of the "Gui Xu" aura.
"The seeds are more than one."
The old, hoarse, cold voice muttered again.
"Those who call themselves ’Guardians’ think we can’t act when asleep."
"Hehehe."
"Little did they know ’corruption’ was long planted."
"The ’door’ will open sooner or later."
"New ’food source’ is being nurtured."
Following this whisper, in another star system extremely distant from the Southern Celestial Star Cosmos.
On a seemingly ordinary Cultivation Star.
An elder in the Nascent Soul Stage who was closing off for hard cultivation suddenly opened his eyes!
A flash of struggle and pain flickered in his eyes, but quickly was replaced by a cold grey!
"Is the time ripe."
The elder murmured, an eerie smile appeared on his lips.
His aura underwent a change at this moment.
Becoming cold, dark, filled with a discomfiting twisted sensation.
And in another more prosperous cultivation realm.
A youth hailed as a once-in-a-millennium genius was receiving guidance from the sect elders.
The youth’s talent was extraordinary, his comprehension astounding.
Every move was perfectly natural, evoking admiration from those around.
But at one certain moment, the youth’s movements faintly paused.
Deep within his eyes seemed to sweep a nearly imperceptible greyness
Though it only flickered away, his sword trajectory shifted slightly.
Carrying a mysterious "destruction" aura, a similar scene quietly played out in this vast cosmos’ various corners.
Some strong, some weak.
Some hidden, some apparent.
Like stones thrown into a tranquil lake, seemingly insignificant, yet the ripples they send out are doomed to one day stir up monstrous waves!