In front of the passageway, Lu Sheng slowly furrowed his brows as he looked along the screens on both sides.
He calmed his breathing and stepped into the passageway. The ground beneath his feet was made of hard black stone slabs. It was slightly moist and cold, and there seemed to be some moss on it.
"I need to get through here in the shortest time possible …" He narrowed his eyes and quickened his pace.
Apart from the many hidden lines of sight on both sides of the passageway, there were no other traps along the way. It was so smooth that Lu Sheng found it a little strange.
Tap tap tap …
The crisp sound of footsteps reverberated in the passageway.
"Hiss …"
Suddenly, a faint burning sensation came from Lu Sheng's shoulder. He stopped in his tracks and reached out to touch the spot where the burning sensation was coming from.
"You'd better hurry up. Although the examiners will help you revise your results, it'll be difficult if your actual performance is too poor," the leaf person reminded him again.
"Mm-hm, got it." Lu Sheng quickened his pace, but as he moved forward, the burning sensation on his shoulder also intensified.
Suddenly, he stopped.
"What's wrong?" the leaf person asked.
"Nothing."
Lu Sheng's expression remained unchanged. He could already sense that something was amiss. How could a major sect's examination be so childish? There wasn't even a test.
Furthermore, the burning sensation on his shoulder …
Lu Sheng's expression did not change as he continued forward. However, his hand retracted into his sleeve, and a faint aura fluctuation emanated from within.
The passageway became darker and darker, and as he moved forward, the arc of the passageway also began to curve left.
The aura fluctuation in Lu Sheng's sleeve also became weaker and weaker before slowly disappearing.
"I hope I won't have to use this thing …" He looked at the increasingly dark passageway in front of him and fell silent.
"Should we continue now?" Lu Sheng asked.
The leaf person did not reply. It was clear that it could not continue following him here.
Lu Sheng fell silent for a moment before continuing forward and began to look for some blind spots.
…
At the end of the passageway.
Two thin old men, one tall and one short, were sitting cross-legged in mid-air. They wore Taoist robes and had their eyes closed in a leisurely manner as they waited for Lu Sheng to arrive.
"Senior Martial Brother Mu Qing, you're probably back because of Mu Ruxue, right? At this age, it's about time to become dao companions. "The short old man teased.
"It's alright. If it weren't for the temporary need of manpower here, I might already be on my way to get married. On the other hand, Junior Martial Brother Nan Shushu, your eldest disciple stole a bottle of Spirit Returning Pills from you. You still haven't caught him? "the tall old man said lazily as he stroked his beard.
'It'll be difficult … That disciple of mine has been under my tutelage for thousands of years. His cultivation base isn't much weaker than mine. He just needs to wait for an opportunity to break through the Army Raising realm and enter the Confusion Realm. Not to mention the methods and spells he used on me, his master. I know him like the back of my hand. It's going to be difficult to find him as soon as possible. "The short Nan Shushu shook his head helplessly.
"Speaking of which, isn't the sect making a mountain out of a molehill by inviting the two of us over just to deal with an ordinary Army Raising itinerant cultivator?" Mu Qing was slightly displeased.
"It's said that the Ghost Borneo World's Fifth Devil King has interfered. There's nothing we can do about it. Our main mission isn't to deal with that little fellow, but to interfere with the Fifth Devil King's interference."
Nan Shushu explained, "This little fellow managed to catch the attention of a Heavenly Devil King this time. It's obvious that he's hiding some secrets. And he's not a little one either. Hence, our mission is to retrieve the things that this little fellow is hiding. "
Weapons grandmasters and above were nothing more than a clash of hearts. The strong would devour the weak. The two of them were in the Confusion Realm. Even in the Green Branch Sect, they were the best of the best. There were only a handful of people who could suppress them.
Hence, it was easy for them to deal with this matter.
After chatting for a while, Nan Shushu suddenly frowned slightly.
"Why aren't they here yet? Could it be that the little fellow has discovered something? "
"Let's go in and take a look?" Mu Qing also felt that it had been too long.
The two of them exchanged glances, and slowly stepped into the tunnel. They vanished from where they were at lightning speed.
…..
Zhuang Jiu slowly sat on a black throne that was covered in countless spikes. Icy mist swirled around him. The black Yin spirit's translucent body chanted softly in the air around him.
From the oil paintings on the walls of the palace, a band played a gloomy and mysterious tune.
"He managed to achieve a breakthrough and attain the Army Raising rank in just a dozen years. How incredible … No wonder that Void Underworld being called The Mother Of Pain was tempted."
Zhuang Jiu stroked his chin.
"When I gave that little fellow a contact information back then, I'd only planned to mark the world he's in and see if I could gain another planet to colonize. I didn't expect to receive such a nice surprise."
As for his agreement with the Green Branch Sect, only a fool would believe such nonsense. As a Heavenly Devil King, all of them had climbed to the peak by stepping on countless skeletons.
Going back on one's word was the basic virtue of a Heavenly Devil.
Zhuang Jiu waved his hand disinterestedly and dismissed the Yin spirit band. He slowly rose from the throne.
"It's about time. There's nothing in this wretched place. If it weren't for that little fellow's spirit and secret treasure, I wouldn't have sent my clone here. I'll deal with it quickly and return. "
Zhuang Jiu exhaled. A purple aura expanded before him. Then, it quickly condensed into a purple crystal arched door.
A screen of light formed from pure white threads flickered behind the door.
"Is this the Cloud Sky Pavilion's automatic defense Formation? Interesting. "The corners of Zhuang Jiu's lips curled up slightly. He took a step forward and entered the pure white threads.
In the blink of an eye, the world before him changed.
His surroundings had turned into a vast grassland under a blue sky and white clouds.
A huge white palace in the shape of a cross stood in the distance on the grassland.
From top to bottom, the palace had more than a hundred floors. From afar, it looked like an intricate man-made hill.
A huge shadow was cast down, casting the area before Zhuang Jiu into darkness.
"The Cloud Sky Taoist Palace?" Zhuang Jiu narrowed his eyes and looked beneath the palace. Only then did he notice that the entire Taoist palace was hovering in midair.
There was a gap of a dozen meters between the base and the ground.
"The ripples came from here. Looks like Withered Leaf brought him to the Cloud Sky Pavilion here. Looks like the test passageway is here as well. That saves me some trouble. "
Zhuang Jiu flicked his index finger. Unique black radiance with silver sand immediately appeared around him. The black radiance weaved and circled around him, forming a unique black full-body armor with crescent moon symbols as the main body.
"The Cloud Sky Taoist Palace alone can't stop me." Zhuang Jiu smiled. He flew toward the Taoist palace and vanished in the blink of an eye.
In less than a few seconds after he left, black shadows appeared out of thin air where he had been.
"This is the place. We'll act according to the agreement with the Green Branch Sect." The black shadow in the lead slowly revealed itself. It was a seductive woman clad in purple armor.
This woman only had three vital points. They were covered in a hollowed-out armor weaved with purple metal. Her slender legs and slender waist, as well as her impressive majesty, were all on full display.
If one were to look at her body alone, no one would be able to tell that she was from the World of Pain. However, a long tail formed from purple bone joints extended from her tailbone. It completely exposed her identity.
"Lady Red Jade, how should we proceed? Please give us your instructions, "a black shadow beside her asked in a low voice.
The woman swayed her long tail. She stuck out her forked red tongue and licked her lips.
"The Green Branch Sect has a good plan. This place is closest to their lair, the Green Zen World. No matter what we're planning, we'll be able to mobilize sufficient forces in time to turn things around. However, they're right. We'll send someone here eventually. "
"The Green Branch Sect wants to reap the benefits, but they don't want to bear the burden of infamy. There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world." Hong Yao sneered.
"What should we do, then?" another black shadow asked.
Hong Yao sneered. "We want the person. However, when and how we should act will depend on the situation … Zhuang Jiu is the famous Devil King of Fifth Heaven in Ghost Borneo World. Even if it's only a clone, his strength is still terrifying. There's no need for us to fight him head-on. We'll let the Green Branch Sect fight him first. We'll just look for an opportunity to intercept him. "Hong Yao produced a black statue the size of a palm.
The statue was of a big and tall man dressed in black robes.
The man only had one eye on his head. There were countless tentacle-like things behind him. They formed a fan-shaped barrier that floated behind him.
Upon closer inspection, one could even see that the tentacles were wriggling.
"The Mother Of Pain, grant me strength …" Hong Yao held the statue before her. She closed her eyes and prayed slowly.
"The Mother Of Pain, grant me strength …" The other black shadows prayed piously at the same time.
Wisps of transparent aura spread out from the statue and enveloped everyone evenly. Soon enough, all the black shadows, including Hong Yao, turned transparent. Their auras vanished without a trace.
…..
Somewhere in the tunnel.
Lu Sheng stood where he was. Hundreds of tiny Eight-Headed Divine Pearls hovered in his hand.
Each of these pearls was purplish-black in appearance. Their cores burned with a golden flame.
Most importantly, all of these pearls were vibrating at the same peculiar frequency. It was as if they were breathing. They flickered with a unique glow.
'Although it's still extremely dangerous, and the experiment isn't very stable, there's no other way now. If you're heartless, don't blame me for being unjust … '
He had already sensed that something was amiss from the burning Pain Mark on his body. This phenomenon would only appear in the mark when the World of Pain was rapidly approaching him.
Moreover, although the tremendous Harmonizing Power he obtained from the World of Armor could not allow him to control everything in his surroundings as precisely as his spirit could, this method of using it allowed him to sense his surroundings more widely after it was fused with his enormous spirit.
The unique sensing method of Harmonizing Power increased the range of his senses by almost two times.
Now that he was a Weapon Grandmaster, his normal sensing range was about a thousand meters. However, after fusing with Harmonizing Power, he could use this unique sensing method.
Lu Sheng could instantly sense the fluctuations of various auras within a range of three thousand meters.
Moreover, it was extremely well-concealed.
Harmonizing Power had no other use apart from sensing. However, it was already impressive enough that he could sense the enemy's aura.
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