Like a haunting ghost, Neltharion followed the green-haired gorilla and the eight guards of the Immortal Cultivators and snuck into the immeasurable darkness together with their floating discs.
On their way, they moved the floating discs twice and replaced two different shifts of guards. The six guards who showed up in the end were all in the Core Formation Stage.
Cultivators in the Core Formation Stage were more than qualified to be the mayor of a city, the dean of a department in a university, or a colonel in an army in the Xing Yao Federation.
Although the comprehensive national strength of the Imperium of True Human Beings was a hundred times higher than that of the Xing Yao Federation, it was still not extravagant enough to have Jin Dan as many as dogs and Yuanying on the street.
Since six Immortal Cultivators in the Core Formation Stage were needed to escort the green-haired gorilla, the place that they were going to must be of paramount importance.
In terms of the green-haired gorilla's own combat ability, even if he was a 'body fundamentalist' above average, he did not seem to be of much value. There was no need for such a big entourage.
Therefore …
While Li Yao was pondering, more than ten round metal balls that looked like crystal cameras flew out of the darkness nearby and scanned the floating discs in crimson mystic rays.
"They seem to be some sort of 'anti-stealth magical equipment'."
The mental devil grimaced. "For us right now, they are just child's play."
Li Yao and the mental devil both boosted their computational ability to the maximum. Like the 'dual-core' processing system of a super crystal processor, they analyzed the wavelength and frequency of the enemy's mystic rays and adjusted the invisible flames of spiritual energy on Neltharion to the same frequency as the enemy's.
Like a drop of water melting into an ocean, the enemy's probe rays scanned Neltharion back and forth, only to find nothing wrong.
The six guards in the Core Formation Stage and the green-haired gorilla who was in a coma were scanned back and forth, too, to make sure that they were not carrying any prohibited items.
Then, the ten or so metal balls began to revolve at a high speed, emitting ultrasonic waves that were inaudible to human ears and causing tremendous interference.
"These guys are really careful. They even have such powerful interference sound waves!"
The mental devil was still talking cheerfully. "If our Cultivation were one level lower, and we were piloting Neltharion with the level of the Yuanying Monster, we would not have been able to resist such intense interferences. Our crystal chips would've exploded, and we would've been revealed."
As for now, a Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator would not be discovered so easily.
It was not that "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" was not vigilant enough.
Considering the Federation, the Imperium, and the Holy League, it was already the best they could do to prevent the infiltration of the Yuanying monsters.
As for Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators, they were all big shots who could overturn storms and clouds and command the universe. How many of them liked to be sneaky like Li Yao?
Building a defense system that could resist the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators was like building a dam that could resist a flood that only happened once in a hundred thousand years. Whether or not it could be done technically was one thing, but the cost alone was certainly unbearable.
Only a Colossus could resist a Colossus. By the same logic, only another Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator could deal with a Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator.
The cold, rigid defense system could not have resisted them at all.
Besides, neither Wuying Lan, the owner of "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky", nor Li Lingfeng, one of the four "Kurfürsten" of the Imperium who was hiding behind Wuying Lan in the future, were omniscient and omnipotent.
They thought that everything was under their control. How could they have foreseen that an unexpected Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator had been embedded into their hearts?
The defense system that could scan the Yuanying Monster was already of a super high level. Li Yao was more and more curious about the destination of those people.
The floating disc sank to the bottom level of the beehive prison. After sliding forward for three minutes along a pathway and passing countless branches that looked like a maze, it finally stopped.
Six guards in the Core Formation Stage unlocked all the shackles on the green-haired gorilla. One of them fell on one of his knees and shot the green-haired gorilla in the back of his head with a gun-style syringe. Then, the six of them all retreated into the darkness on the other side of the pathway.
The green-haired gorilla's even breathing gradually became heavy. Growls were echoing from his chest, and his eyeballs were shivering more and more violently, indicating that he was about to wake up.
The floating disc slightly shivered and sank again, sending the green-haired gorilla and Neltharion into an ivory chamber. The pathway above was slowly closed.
The chamber and the walls below his feet were emitting gloomy fluorescence, giving the feeling that there was nowhere to hide. Other than the surveillance cameras in the eight corners, there were no decorations at all. However, at the center of the chamber, a seemingly slim young man was crouching.
What's going on?
Li Yao was at a complete loss. He thought to himself, Is this a new test?
However, he could not sense the air of an unparalleled ferocious devil from the young man who had crouched into a ball at all!
"Watch out. An expert is here!"
The mental devil suddenly sent a feeble message to Li Yao. Then, before Li Yao gave a reply, it controlled Neltharion to enter the absolute hibernation state and floated in midair, not daring to move at all.
Li Yao's heart palpitated. He also sensed that the wall that they were facing should be a one-way, transparent tempered glass. Although they could not see the other side of the 'wall', the people on the other side could see the young man and the green-haired gorilla clearly.
On the other side of the 'wall', there were two clusters of very powerful life energy. One of them might even be more powerful than Li Yao!
Seriously? I've run into a Divinity Transformation Stage expert from the Imperium so quickly, and one at the high level or even the peak of the Divinity Transformation Stage?
Li Yao secretly gnashed his teeth. "A * shole. I haven't even had the chance to demonstrate my strength with the combat ability of the Divinity Transformation Stage. I haven't even had the chance to enjoy myself, and I've already run into such an expert. Is this luck or bad luck?
But on second thought, it did make sense. 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' and an 'epic quest' were such a grand occasion. It did not seem reasonable that there were not at least a few Divinity Transformation Stage experts present.
Thankfully, the enemy was in the open, and Li Yao was in the dark. The enemy was not aware of Li Yao's existence and would not intentionally release their telepathic thoughts to search every inch of space. There was still room for Neltharion to hide.
Li Yao and the mental devil did not dare move at all. They hid in a corner dutifully and observed the mysterious young man who was crouching at the center of the secret chamber.
Li Yao had a big question mark in his heart after taking a closer look.
It was a rather handsome boy who could not have been more than eighteen years old. He was at the age when he was full of vigor and vitality.
However, the vague sorrow and desperation on his face made him look like an old man who had lived a hundred and eighty years and was faced with an absolutely irresistible disease and only wanted to die as soon as possible.
'Nothing is more sorrowful than a dead heart' was the only emotion that was revealed in his lifeless eyes.
He was wearing a spacious surgical robe. Although his skin was as smooth as jade and impeccable, Li Yao discovered that pink, red marks were all over his body.
Li Yao was very familiar with such pink marks. They were the unique marks that would appear when the skin and muscles were healed after they were seriously torn apart.
The pink marks all over the young man's body indicated that he had just been torn into pieces like a rag doll not long ago. Then, using some unknown evil technique, he had been pieced together and restored.
With the development of medicine and biochemical modification technology to this day, even the 'death' of a person who was trapped in a prison was beyond their control.
But none of that was the source of Li Yao's confusion.
The young man was very likely to be another test subject in 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'. It would not be strange at all that the Immortal Cultivators had concocted him through whatever cruel methods.
What was strange was that Li Yao somehow felt that the young man was somewhat … familiar.
Also, it was a very intimate familiarity, as if he had spent a lot of time with the young man a long, long time ago. He could not help but grow subtly fond of the young man just by looking at his face.
This face … I must've seen this face somewhere before, or someone else with certain features of his face.
Li Yao could not figure it out at all even though he thought hard. But isn't it too weird? I grew up in the Xing Yao Federation billions of lightyears away, and I hibernated for a hundred years in between. The young man, on the other hand, seems to be in his teens or twenties at most and is from the Imperium of True Human Beings at the center of the cosmos. So, how could I have any connection with him?
"But … Hey, don't you feel that he looks familiar?"
"He does look familiar," the mental devil said.
It shared the same memories as Li Yao. Naturally, Li Yao's acquaintances were also his acquaintances. "But it doesn't make sense. Is it possible that you met him by accident in the Land of Sins, and he was just captured and brought to this place?"
"No. It can't be."
Li Yao thought for a moment and was even more certain about it. It's the mottled memories from a long, long time ago. He seems to be … an old friend.
Seeing that the hideous, terrifying green-haired gorilla had been sent into the secret chamber and was showing signs of waking up, the young man finally stood straight.
His eyes were like frozen ponds, without the slightest ripple of color spreading out.
Who is he?
Li Yao continued thinking hard. Even if I've never met him before, I must've seen someone who is somewhat similar to him. Perhaps it's not the identical facial organs but the unique vibe, the feeling of losing all hope that I've seen on someone a long, long time ago. I saw it a lot!
The green-haired gorilla was finally fully awake.
The awakening drugs that the guards of the Immortal Cultivators injected into him just now might've been mixed with a lot of exhilarants that could trigger his brutality. After he smelled the scent of human beings in the air, the green hair all over his body immediately stood up, as if he had turned from a gorilla into a gargantuan hedgehog.
There was not the slightest fear on the mysterious young man's face. He simply smiled bitterly and opened his arms to the green-haired gorilla, as if he were at his mercy.
"Hooo!"
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