Judging from its appearance, it was hard to tell whether the gargantuan object floating from the depths of the magma ocean was a 'gate' or something else.
It was a huge, square, black cuboid with a length of a hundred meters. Its surface was covered with mysterious and complicated patterns and runes, and it was covered with rust and mildew of various colors. It looked like it had been covered in dust for tens of thousands of years.
Even if such a metal was really hidden deep inside the magma, it was obviously impossible for rust and mildew to grow on it.
Therefore, it was very likely that this black cuboid had been "extracted" from another space or even another dimension.
As the scorching magma corroded its surface, the rust, mildew, and even the shell on the surface of the cuboid that was carved with patterns and rune arrays were peeled off one piece after another, revealing the pure blackness that was almost like the void inside.
When the last piece of the shell was peeled off, the only thing that was left in front of everybody was the deepest blackness.
It was as if an invisible, sharp blade had cut and moved a square piece of space, leaving an immeasurably deep hole. There was nothing inside the hole. No light, ripples, or telepathic thoughts could penetrate it.
Li Yao scanned the shape of the black void quickly, only to discover that the ratio of length, width, and height was exactly nine to four. It was absolutely accurate without the slightest deviation.
He had only heard of a similar 'object' from Li Linghai before. It was the first gate to enter the central area from the periphery of the primeval relic.
However, the scale of this gate and the momentum of its appearance were a hundred times more splendid and splendid.
In particular, when the black cuboid resonated with the stars in the black night sky, the billions of stars turned into golden threads of light and leaped into it, making the black cuboid seem as bright and dazzling as a black crystal inlaid with countless stars. The brilliance and majesty it released made everyone present feel as if they were intoxicated, as if they were in a dream.
On the top of the snowy mountain, in the middle of the ocean of magma, space cracked, and the black gate flashed. Billions of years and all the stars in the universe were inside it!
Li Yao's soul was deeply attracted by the black cuboid that was embedded with stars. Beside his ears, in his head, and in the depths of his heart, a long and vigorous battle roar echoed. It was the call of the primordial era.
As his heart beat faster and faster, the power in the deepest part of his genetic chain was released incessantly, encouraging him to leap into the black void filled with stars and search for the ultimate answer.
The Cosmos Ring that he was wearing on his index finger was also emitting orange light. The temperature was so high that his finger was almost burnt into ashes.
Before he could activate it, a stream of light jumped out of the ring automatically. It was the half key that Li Linghai and his foster father took out from the ancient tomb.
The half key was shining brightly. Every small and exquisite rune array on the surface of the key was changing and rotating. Streams of black liquid flowed out of the rune arrays and soon enveloped the key, turning it into a small black bead.
Swoosh! Shua! Swish! "
The black bead released streaks of black brilliance and scanned. "Solar Catastrophe? All the intelligent lives inside the Super Awesome Extension suddenly split into four groups and dashed toward Li Yao, Lu Qingchen, the mental devil, and the Moon Gazer respectively.
"Ahhh!"
Li Yao felt that the pineal gland on his forehead was slightly stinging, as if a temporary, tiny stamp had been carved on it, confirming that he was qualified to take part in the 'ultimate test'.
Li Yao thought of something and immediately realized that the key was not only available to one tester but also to all the intelligent lives within the scanning range of the key. Also, regardless of whether they were carbon-based lives or energy lives, or even the weird 'quasi-life' like the mental devil, they were all qualified to accept the challenge.
On second thought, it only made sense.
After all, the ultimate test that the ancestor — the creator of the black wall — left behind was to find the inheritors or to wait for the prey to walk into the trap.
Naturally, the more inheritors or the prey, the better. The larger the range of selection, the more suitable candidates would be found.
"We have indeed jumped to the ultimate test!"
The Moon Gazer's sharp brainwaves came over. "According to the previous studies of the specialists of the Divine Palace, we will reach the next world fragment as long as we pass through the swirl at the center of the magma ocean. But such a weird and glamorous … space gate has never appeared before. This must be the entrance to the ultimate test!
"I didn't expect that our progress would be so smooth. Is it really because of … human beings? Is it because you have 100% genes of the ancestor that you can jump to this step directly?
"However, Mie Zhongdao, Dragon Lotus Seed, and Gu Wuxin are all gathered above the space gate. There are so many ferocious beasts and experts. They won't let us in easily!"
Li Yao sniffed and scanned the situation above the magma ocean.
The arrival of the space gate cast many primeval experts into shock and madness.
All the experts accelerated and lunged at the space gate.
But they crashed into the enemy's sabers and the surging tides in the magma ocean at an even higher speed. They screamed miserably and fell down.
Only the Zhurong Clan, one of the thirteen species in the prehistorical era, which was the best at surviving and fighting in high-temperature environments, and a carbon-based intelligent life form that was born in magma and survived by devouring magma, were like fish in water in this place. They and their deformed mutants cut through the waves and raised tens of thousands of fire streams, continuing to march towards the space gate.
However, facing the strong killing intent and fierce fighting intent of Mie Daoist, Long Lianzi and Gu Wuxin, these Zhu Rong warriors, who were born in the raging fire, bumped into an invisible wall one after another. Their bones and tendons were broken, and they were sent flying out one after another.
The three primeval experts were standing above the space gate. Behind each of them, flames and magma in different colors constituted the overwhelming fire of war, which boosted their lives and souls to the maximum.
The abnormal tumor on the shoulder of 'Mie Zhongdao', the expert of the Pangu Clan, which was even larger than his head, slowly split open from the middle, revealing a dark, living ball inside that looked like a giant and weird eyeball.
Cold and terrifying brilliance beamed out of the eyeball. Wherever it stared at, a streak of blackness would follow. Any intelligent life that was stared at by the eyeball for more than 0.1 seconds would be caught in the greatest desperation and fear. Their minds would collapse instantly, and even their brains might boil and explode.
Even Li Yao, who was hiding in the darkness, felt that thousands of lightning bolts had struck his head brutally when he merely glanced at the abnormal tumor of 'Mie Zhongdao' with his telepathic thoughts as fast as lightning. An eyeball was popping out of every brain cell, and all the eyeballs were staring at his soul in a daze. It was an indescribable weird feeling.
'Long Lianzi', the expert of the Nuwa Clan, on the other hand, waved her dimensional scythe that could slash apart space even more fiercely. Without a sound, almost the entire space gate was covered in hundreds of interconnected black gaps. Some of the experts who leaped to the space gate failed to stop in time and brushed past the black gaps, only to be chopped into halves easily.
It was almost like Dragon Lotus Seed had created a weird discontinuity of space around herself, which was a hundred times more terrifying than the domain of the Divinity Transformation Stage.
Of the three primeval experts, 'Gu Wuxin', the leader of the Divine Palace, was relatively weak.
After all, he was the leader of a group of specialists and scholars. Although he had grasped the most marvelous arts during the exploration of the Supreme Towers, how could he compare to 'Mie Zhongdao' and 'Dragon Lotus Seed', two professional soldiers who were born for slaughter and had even been strengthened by the monster virus?
Faced with the pressure of the two experts, Gu Wuxin made the most correct choice.
He swung his giant golden tail and made a strange turn in midair. Golden mist surged out from between his scales, creating phantoms that covered an area of a hundred square meters. His body, however, turned into a stream of light and shot toward the space gate like lightning.
It was a pity that the 'most correct choice' could not help him pass through the space gate first, either.
The Annihilation Cult bellowed. The abnormal tumor on his shoulder that looked like an enormous eyeball suddenly expanded again and unleashed a streak of black brilliance that reached Gu Wuxin's front and condensed into a vivid, life-like mirror image of himself!
Such a technique was far beyond the scope of 'illusion'. Even Li Yao, who was observing nearby, saw the mirror version of 'Mie Zhongdao' and even sensed the powerful aura released by the 'illusion'.
Gu Wuxin gritted his teeth, trying to pass through the illusion directly.
Unexpectedly, the 100% mirrored version of the illusion formed by the real "gaze" of the Annihilating Path actually surged out a world-destroying killing intent that pierced straight toward Gu Wuxin's glabella.
The killing intent was so real that even Li Yao could not tell whether or not it boasted real damage. It might be an illusion, but it might also be able to penetrate through Gu Wuxin's forehead, brain, and skull all at once.
Gu Wuxin did not dare to take the risk.
Even though his consciousness was willing to take the risk, as a researcher, his body could not keep up with the reaction of his consciousness. Instinctively, he revealed his instincts of fear and slowed down.
In that split second of hesitation, the black slit of the dragon lotus seed had already gently wrapped around him. Along his right shoulder blade, it slanted downwards without any obstruction, cutting off his right arm, shoulder, and even a small part of his body. His right arm was cut off, along with half of his body.
For a moment, Gu Wuxin's face was filled with shock and astonishment, as if he did not understand why his body suddenly lost its balance.
The wound that almost penetrated his entire body was like a black section that was as smooth as a mirror. Not a single drop of blood flowed out. It was as if his body and right arm were still connected, but they were covered by some kind of magical camouflage.
However, in the next second, blood, body fluids, spirit flames, and broken organs spurted out of the black section. The arm that was cut off was thrown high into the air, too.
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