Chapter 3104 - 1165:
"Is this... a Teleportation Formation?"
In the Fang Clan Territory, Luo Chen stood beneath a platform radiating ancient Qi-Blood, speaking with uncertainty.
"No, it seems more like a rough variant of a Teleportation Array; the real teleportation effect is achieved through numerous Void Prism Apertures."
Fang Zhibai glanced at Luo Chen with surprise, "I didn’t expect Brother Luo to also have mastery in the art of Arrays?"
Luo Chen responded noncommittally, "I have dabbled a bit."
Fang Zhibai smiled, "Rough is better! Arrays that are too refined can easily break in the Returning Ruins. This short distance Transmission Array mainly relies on materials for teleportation, though the passengers do experience significant pressure during the process."
Luo Chen nodded, agreeing with this point of view.
He had a similar insight when arranging the three Big Formations in Red Leaf Valley.
As the two conversed, preparations for the Teleportation Formation were completed, and a red light burst forth from the platform.
Fang Zhibai gestured invitingly, and Luo Chen stepped up.
The next moment, the red light rapidly contracted, and the two figures on the platform vanished.
When they reappeared, they were inside a narrow room.
"Careful."
Luo Chen instinctively reached out to support the staggering Fang Zhibai.
Fang Zhibai stabilized himself, circulating his Gang Qi, finally relieving some of the suffocation he felt.
"Sorry to have made Brother Luo laugh."
"No problem!"
Luo Chen casually replied and had already walked out of the narrow stone house with his hands behind his back.
Behind him, Fang Zhibai’s eyes showed a hint of surprise.
This improved yet rough Teleportation Array exerted pressure unimaginable to ordinary people. Even a Furnace Realm Martial Artist could be crushed to death, and only those who achieved the Leakless Golden Body could endure it. But the teleportation process was still painful.
Yet Luo Chen seemed unfazed. He had clearly broken through later than himself!
After a moment of hesitation, Fang Zhibai followed him outside.
Outside the house, there was no one guarding.
A silence permeated the area.
Luo Chen stood quietly, gazing at the towering structure afar whose peak disappeared into the clouds!
The tower was pale, with eaves intricately lined with carved exotic beasts, giving a lifelike appearance from a distance.
Around the tower, beams of colorful light continuously shifted, reflecting a sense of space collapse illusion.
It seemed as if the tower existed not on the barren land but in another untouchable world.
The overall impression was indescribably awe-inspiring!
"Astonishing, isn’t it?" Fang Zhibai stood beside Luo Chen, sharing a quiet reverence in his tone. Even though he had seen it several times, every sight of the Nine-layered Tower left him captivated.
What kind of existence, what kind of power, would it take to create such an unfathomable artifact!
Luo Chen took a deep breath, the amazement lingering in his eyes.
This white tower, merely standing there, imparted an absolute immovable sensation.
No Spiritual Treasure could evoke such a feeling.
Even the Refining Heaven Cauldron from the Refining Heaven Demon Monarch’s legacy, claimed to be a Heaven Connecting Spiritual Treasure, couldn’t match a fraction of this white tower.
What grade of Magic Item could this be?
Is it an Immortal Artifact used by an Immortal, or a Dao Artifact infused with Dao charm?
Fang Zhibai provided an answer.
"According to my family’s ancestors, this should be an Immortal Artifact crafted by a powerful Immortal. It has stood here for millennia, unclaimable and unshakable, next to the dangerous Gate of Annihilation."
"Even after many explorations, our ancestors could only grasp its superficial functions."
"Yet, even a fraction is enough to delineate the Annihilation Nine Rings Cultivation Area, giving martial artists like us a chance to advance."
Luo Chen silently nodded slightly.
Perhaps only treasures of the Immortal Artifact level could endure millennia of space vortex wear and remain intact.
He suddenly asked, "Where is the space vortex known as the Gate of Annihilation?"
Fang Zhibai pointed to the extreme heaven obscured by thick clouds.
"It should be up there!"
"Should be?"
"Yes, I haven’t seen it, only heard about it. Only those who have cultivated to the Human Immortal Realm, entering within the Three Rings, the upper three levels of the Nine-layered Immortal Tower, can glimpse a corner of the Gate of Annihilation."
"Are there many such people?"
"Very few."
"I recall you mentioned, Brother Fang, that the Master of Wuyou Realm hopes I break through soon and join them in Wuyou City to explore The Great Dao Path?"
"Indeed, mostly worried you might break through too late and miss the next centennial opening of the Nine-layered Immortal Tower. But, seeing your faster-than-expected cultivation speed, it seems unlikely now. As for our ancestor?"
Fang Zhibai smiled, "Since the Nine-layered Immortal Tower can’t be controlled, even he can only enter and exit during the specified times. The centennial period hasn’t arrived yet, so he’s still cultivating inside the tower. Meeting him will take at least a decade."
"A decade?"
Luo Chen mused for a moment, then nodded slightly.
He could wait for that time.
As long as that epochal cycle of Destruction Mist doesn’t arrive too soon.
Thinking of this, Luo Chen specifically inquired.
However, even Fang Zhibai couldn’t provide a specific timeline.
He only briefly mentioned the Fang family’s existence time.
It has been three thousand years!
Three thousand years without destruction, meaning they haven’t encountered that terrifying Destruction Mist.
At the end.
With some concern, Fang Zhibai said, "Only our ancestor knows the specifics; someone asked, but he’s unwilling to speak. We estimate privately, the next wave of Destruction Mist might come as soon as a hundred years or as late as a thousand years. By then, neither the once-in-ten-thousand-years Destruction Mist nor the epochal Destruction Mist is something we can withstand."