Chapter 456 - 440: Searching for Treasure
Rainbow Centaurs are ferocious by nature.
They act purely on instinct.
The moment the Ten Thousand Forms Sanctuary accepted this Rainbow Centaur’s fate, Shi Ming felt a violent aura emanating from its genes. However, with his own Nirvana-rank strength, he suppressed the body’s vicious nature in a mere instant.
He was now a true centaur.
Proud, powerful, and untamed.
He couldn’t see with his eyes, but he could clearly perceive changes in his surroundings through his consciousness. The Rainbow Centaurs had bred in darkness for tens of thousands of years and had long since evolved the ability to control a domain based on their environment. It was just a pity that their iridescent, seven-colored patterns and single horns were like useless decorations in the eternal darkness.
This "form" was at the Holy Hall level.
From the few residual memories in its genes, Shi Ming learned that the "Rainbow Centaur" species possessed S-rank strength from birth and mastered the innate skill "Colorless Realm."
Their method of evolving to the Holy Hall level was extremely peculiar.
First, they needed to reach adulthood.
Second, they needed to produce seven offspring of their own bloodline.
Once both conditions were met, a Rainbow Centaur’s innate skill would evolve into the "Colorless Sanctuary." However, among the Centaur Race, females far outnumbered males, and their reproductive success rate was extremely low. Only the elite of the herd could truly evolve over the long years.
As for Nirvana...
Since the dawn of this continent, only one centaur had ever successfully advanced to the Nirvana rank: the current "Queen."
The universe was full of endless wonders.
Finding treasures and opportunities sometimes depended not on strength, but on luck and perceptiveness. Before he figured out how to obtain the opportunity here, Shi Ming planned to lie low as a centaur.
He rejected the invitations of several beautiful female centaurs, galloping over the seven-colored soil as he brazenly scouted every inch of the land.
Strange artifacts or ultimate treasures would inevitably have a powerful potential energy or magnetic field.
They couldn’t be completely without an aura.
But Shi Ming’s Spiritual Power couldn’t sense anything at all. Aside from the Centaur Race, there was nothing noteworthy on this continent, and he couldn’t find any trace of other living creatures. The only exception was an ancient, towering Seven-Colored Stone Pillar that stood in front of the Centaur queen’s territory.
The Stone Pillar was about ten meters high and looked completely unremarkable.
It had no aura of a treasure whatsoever.
Shi Ming used [Moth] to analyze its essence.
"The Stone Pillar’s essence is similar to granite, mixed with unknown elemental substances."
"No energy."
"The soil on this continent has formed a seven-colored landscape due to long-term weathering and erosion acting on certain metals. There’s nothing particularly special about it. The water is just basic water, and the air is nothing special either..."
"The constant darkness is due to the lack of any luminous celestial bodies."
"The Rainbow Centaur race does not glow on its own."
"They lack intelligence."
"This space connected to the star cave seems like a closed ecosystem in some kind of laboratory. Even the Nirvana-rank powerhouse acts purely on instinct, using her immense power to conquer her own kind and trying day after day to create new life, completely unaware of the opportunity that exists here."
Shi Ming swished his tail, pacing on the flat ground. In less than half a day, he had formed a clear understanding of this strange space.
’The danger is negligible...’
’But finding the treasure will be just as difficult.’
’There might be a clue in the information from the Eye of Destiny.’
’This land doesn’t have the necessary conditions for intelligence to arise...’
’Logically speaking, even a single-celled organism that evolved to the Holy Hall stage would inevitably develop basic intelligence due to the Holy Hall Origin. What’s more, there was a Nirvana-rank powerhouse among the Rainbow Centaur race who was still in an uncivilized state.’
The intelligence report said this place lacked the necessary conditions for intelligence to arise...
’What are the necessary conditions for intelligent life to emerge?’
’What is this place missing?’
...
Shi Ming felt like he had grasped the crux of the problem.
’Light...’
’Isn’t a seven-colored rainbow the result of light refraction?’
His consciousness withdrew from the centaur’s body and returned to his human form. His Spiritual Power descended from above, perceiving the endless chaos overhead and, below, a continent like a piece of Seven-Colored Jade gestating in the darkness.
Perhaps from an outsider’s perspective, he could see the continent’s true nature more clearly.
In the seven-colored eternal darkness, the strongest Nirvana-rank centaur, the high and mighty queen, was currently mingling with the five most agile and robust male centaurs of the herd, indulging in pleasure based on pure instinct.
Shi Ming clenched his fists.
An idea flashed through his mind.
He immediately mobilized the Titan Power in his bloodline. The clock of the Descent of the Titan appeared behind him, and by relying on the strange artifact >, he once again exploited a loophole.
[Gorinchis Scripture, Article 324 states!]
[Where there is darkness, light must be born.]
He was going to create light in a world of eternal darkness.
CLICK. CLACK. CLICK.
The hands of the ancient clock ticked three times, then stopped at the Roman numeral "III."
Then, dazzling golden Runes appeared on Shi Ming’s body. Like the only speck of light in the darkness, they began to spread across his entire form. In less than three seconds, his black hair became as brilliant as the morning star, as dazzling as the rising sun.
Radiant Body.
In the world of eternal darkness, light was born.
Blazing light poured from Shi Ming’s body, illuminating the dark land. For the first time, the seven-colored soil was fully visible to the eye. The Danxia-like, multicolored landscape was as beautiful as an unfurled scroll, shimmering in harmony with the two-meter-tall sun now hanging high in the air.
The light produced by the Radiant Body couldn’t illuminate the entire 300,000-square-kilometer continent, but it brought an unprecedented change to this small world. The only thing was, the centaurs had no photoreceptive organs and couldn’t sense the change in light.
Shi Ming’s Spiritual Power surged outward, transforming into a beam of light to patrol the continent.
The Radiant Body transformed his physical form into light, increasing his speed to an unimaginable degree. He could pass through all penetrable objects, making him difficult to target or injure.
’Hm?’
’The Stone Pillar seems to have changed after being exposed to the light?’
He avoided the powerful members of the Rainbow Centaur race and keenly perceived the subtle changes the light had brought to this world of eternal darkness.
The Stone Pillar, like the centaurs and the soil, was also seven-colored. From top to bottom, the colors were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. At this moment, a star-like Rune appeared in the uppermost red section. The Rune was abstract, but one glance was enough to know it represented "light."
Shi Ming deactivated his Radiant Body.
The Rune on the Stone Pillar continued to glow, showing no sign of extinguishing.
’I’ve found a way to solve this puzzle.’
’Seven colors, seven Runes... Does this mean I need to use seven different elements to activate their corresponding Runes one by one before the opportunity in this star cave will truly appear?’
’If that’s the case, the method to clear this star cave is indeed complex. Very few beings can master seven different types of power at the same time.’
’But at least I have a lead now.’