Chapter 643: 601 Convergence 1
Taoyuan.
On the gray-black stone wall, a red dot was rapidly descending.
That was Zhang Rongfang, manipulating eight blood-red tentacles.
He was descending in a zigzag pattern, both to avoid potential dangers below and to search for new Void platforms over a larger area.
Woo... Woo...
The mist grew thicker and thicker, the airflow around his ears making strange wailing sounds, as if crying.
Zhang Rongfang felt the temperature around him dropping, the light diminishing.
The stone wall rapidly receded beneath him, and he looked down, feeling as if he were falling into a cave with no bottom.
Crack.
Suddenly, he halted his steps.
Ahead, slightly to the right, a semicircular Void platform was faintly visible on the stone wall.
That platform, like the others, was embedded into the stone wall.
But unlike the others, it was extremely black.
Darker than any other platform Zhang Rongfang had encountered.
Zhang Rongfang paused for a moment, then without hesitation, quickly made his way there.
Swoosh.
He jumped steadily from the stone wall onto the platform.
The solid and stable ground gave him a sense of security.
Whew....
He let out a long breath, dispersing the mist in front of him.
If it weren’t for his night vision, he might not have been able to see anything by now.
’The usual rule, leave a blood point as a coordinate.’
With a flick of his finger, a blood point splattered onto the platform wall not far away.
Then, Zhang Rongfang raised his head and walked towards the semicircular passage of the platform.
The passage was pitch-black inside.
Even for him, he could only vaguely see a little.
Before long, he reached the center of the passage, the position of the Gate of the Void.
And here, the Gate of the Void....
Zhang Rongfang silently gazed at the metal door in front of him.
The door was covered in rust, the handle had fallen to the ground, and there was even a large hole in the upper right corner.
Judging by the protruding angle of the metal, someone had used immense force from the inside to punch this hole.
And now it seemed.
They hadn’t succeeded, leaving only a hole.
Zhang Rongfang’s body paused, his height suddenly swelling larger.
He quickly grew to the height of the hole.
Looking through the hole, he stared inside.
It was pitch-black, nothing could be seen, as if it led to endless nothingness.
Wham!!!
Suddenly, a pair of black hands shot out from the hole, grabbing his head and pulling him in.
The tremendous force on Zhang Rongfang caused him to lose balance.
In a rush, he gripped the black hands tightly with both arms and pulled them outward.
"Get out here!!"
Bang!!!
With a loud noise.
The owner of the black hands was forcibly pulled by a greater force, slamming into the other side of the Void Gate.
Zhang Rongfang’s body rapidly expanded to five meters!
Then, with even more exaggerated strength, he grasped the black hands and continued pulling them outward.
Aah!!
A sharp scream suddenly echoed.
With a burst of power, the black hands collapsed, disappearing into black smoke.
Everything returned to calm.
Taking two steps back, Zhang Rongfang gave a cold snort and kicked the Void Gate.
Boom!!!
The terrifying force struck the door, causing it to cave inwards. Cracks began to surface on the door.
Black smoke started to leak out from the cracks.
Boom!!!
Another kick.
Zhang Rongfang fiercely kicked at the door handle.
Finally, the Void Gate twisted, deformed, and collapsed inwards with a thud.
Falling into the boundless darkness behind the door.
Whoosh!!
A large amount of black smoke erupted from the black hole left by the door’s disappearance, like a volcanic eruption.
An alert screamed in Zhang Rongfang’s heart. Instinct warned him frantically, but he had no time to look back.
His body swiftly retreated, over a dozen blood-red tentacles propelling him away from the Void platform.
With a swoosh, he shot out of the platform passage, clinging to the stone wall and climbing away.
Rumble!
A deafening explosion sounded behind him.
Zhang Rongfang turned back to look.
The Void platform was now completely shrouded and enveloped by the black smoke erupting from the door.
The smoke rolled, large chunks of rock fragments constantly falling from within.
Before long.
About ten seconds later.
The black smoke rapidly contracted, shrinking, then suddenly condensed into a fist-sized black bead. Falling downward, it disappeared into the pitch-black bottomless abyss.
Zhang Rongfang silently watched it all, that smoke leaving him with a very bad feeling.
Like an ordinary person encountering a beast, a knife’s edge, or a flame.
It was life’s instinct warning against danger.
Until the black bead fell into the abyss.
Zhang Rongfang waited a moment longer, ensuring there were no new movements around, before continuing his descent.
He gradually accelerated, the mist around him growing thicker, to the point where he couldn’t see his hand in front of his face.
He wasn’t sure how much time had passed.
Suddenly.
With a plop. Zhang Rongfang felt as if he had passed through an invisible membrane and entered a new place.
The mist in front of him vanished all at once.
He was still clinging to the rock wall, but the thick mist that had been surrounding him was now completely gone without a trace.
He turned his head, looking upward.
Above was still a bright sky, but the light was much dimmer than the place he had descended from.
Turning back, Zhang Rongfang looked down.
This time...
He saw it.
At the bottom of this abyss was a constantly churning black water surface!
’Should I continue?’
Zhang Rongfang hesitated for a moment, but chose to continue downward.
Since he had already come this far, he might as well unravel the secrets of the forgotten abyss in one go.
He continued downwards, slowing his pace as he approached the black water’s surface.
Suddenly, he paused. The nearly intuitive sense of foreboding combined with his instincts warning him, reminded him to beware of danger!
Zhang Rongfang stopped where he was, settling about two to three hundred meters from the water’s surface.
He looked around, and on both sides, he could see collapsed platforms of the Void embedded within the distant rock walls.
Wisps of black smoke drifted out from within them, as if on the verge of disintegrating.
’What’s going on??’ Zhang Rongfang surveyed his surroundings, clearly nothing had changed, yet his body continued to emit intense signals of alarm.
He quickly glanced at his intuitive warning.
’Intuitive Warning: You seem to have arrived at an unprecedented mysterious place, housing great danger. It’s best not to linger here, or else you might encounter some unknown enormous threat.’
Retreat!
Immediately, Zhang Rongfang made a swift decision.
He turned his body around and paused for a moment. Then, exerted force.
Whoosh!!
In an instant, a loud noise erupted behind him.
The sound approached quickly, at an astonishing speed. In no time, the hair on the back of Zhang Rongfang’s neck stood on end as something rapidly closed in.
Without thinking further, he leapt upwards with all his might.
Swish.
He narrowly shot upwards, like a fish leaping out of water.
Drawing an arc in mid-air, Zhang Rongfang’s body shot out blood-water tentacles, which stuck to the rock wall, pulling him forcibly back to it.
He quickly glanced back.
Beneath him, a mass of black threads, like living beings, shot out densely from the water’s surface towards him.
’Take me away!’
’Leave, I want to leave!’
’Unwilling...Why...’
’Who am I?? Tell me...Quickly tell me...’
Countless voices crossed the distance, echoing in Zhang Rongfang’s mind.
Some of these voices were familiar, some completely foreign, some even mixed with a strange hissing.
All came from those black threads.
The billions of threads formed a surging black torrent, flying rapidly towards Zhang Rongfang.
Just the sight made Zhang Rongfang feel as if an ocean was about to engulf him.
A chill ran down his spine as he desperately increased his size and climbed upwards frantically.
Sizzle!
Suddenly, a part of the black threads accelerated independently, flying toward Zhang Rongfang at several times the previous speed.
He dodged quickly, but his arm was grazed slightly.
The terrifying part was that the flesh in contact with the black thread vanished instantly.
Not injured, but completely disappeared.
The area where the flesh had been formed a linear indentation, which should have been a wound but turned into smooth skin.
It was as if he never had that flesh to begin with.
From the surface, it looked as if the flesh beneath the skin had been swallowed whole.
Sprinting upwards at full speed, after a faint soft sound,
Zhang Rongfang broke through another invisible membrane, and a vast expanse of gray-white mist appeared before him.
The dangerous sensation that had been like a needle in his back vanished instantly.
Clinging to the rock wall, Zhang Rongfang panted heavily.
He wasn’t tired, but the terrifying sense of crisis just now had drained his mental energy rapidly.
"You’re quite impressive."
Suddenly, a voice drifted from the mist on the left.
"Who is it!?" Zhang Rongfang suddenly turned towards the direction of the voice.
In a place like this, how could there be someone speaking!?
At the edge of the mist, a vague silhouette, hanging on the rock wall like him, was slowly crawling in his direction.
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The sound of the wind howled outside Lingxiao Hall.
The airflow whipped up sand and stones on the ground, scattering them into the sky beyond the edge of the stone pillars.
The chains also rattled as they swayed in the wind.
The Shengwu Golden Bell, along with several Spirit Flying Church infiltrators, were waiting by the edge of Lingxiao Hall for the battle inside to end.
"The lock time is only one hour, the merging of heaven and earth is imminent, many divine lords will be severed from their connection to the land. I wonder if Lord Shengwu can completely suppress Jin Yuyan." A stern-looking old man said in a deep voice.
"Jin Yuyan is indeed strong, but still lacks significantly compared to the prime first and second holy generals. So there’s no need to worry in this instance," another person replied calmly.
"Have the other families been reassured?"
"Of course, with the mansion lord absent, most experts here have been dispatched elsewhere, leaving only juniors who can easily be controlled without explanation."
"We are doing this for the future development of the Sect Mansions. Necessary sacrifices are unavoidable, and surely they can understand this."
The group exchanged quickly.
In truth, they might not be exceedingly loyal to the Spirit Flying Church, but the principle of not putting all eggs in one basket was known to everyone.
So....
For the Twelve Sect Mansions, they were first the Twelve Families, ensuring the continuation of the family was a priority before safeguarding the sect’s continuation.
Boom!!
Suddenly, a deafening explosion erupted from within Lingxiao Hall.
The entire hall flashed with a streak of golden light, which quickly faded solemnly.
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