ebonymovies Chapter 292 The Core Area of Liuchong Mountain
Chapter 292 The Core Area of Liuchong Mountain
Chapter 292 The Core Area of Liuchong Mountain
This is the deepest part of the Dark Domain.
After arriving here, Gu Ce felt a chill run down his spine.
It was as if something in the endless darkness was watching him.
Gu Ce knew that this was most likely not a misperception.
Having reached the level of a Cosmic Venerable, one is unlikely to have any false premonitions. Since one has sensed it, it means that someone is indeed watching over them in the darkness.
But Liuchong Mountain has no natural life!
The only possibility is... those powerful beings in the cosmic sea who have become walking corpses!
"roar!"
A colossal beast, millions of kilometers long, carrying a surging, overwhelming tide, crashed towards the ancient city of Lianhua!
"This is... the Lord of Heluo?" Gu Ce stared intently and discovered that the ferocious beast, which resembled a dragon, was a special life form from the first era of reincarnation, a solitary cosmic ruler, the Lord of Heluo.
The Lord of Heluo appeared a few times during the second era of reincarnation, but then disappeared without a trace. Most people thought he had perished, but unexpectedly, he came to Liuchong Mountain and became one of the walking corpses.
The Lord of Heluo is a fifth-order universe lord. At his peak, his strength was in no way inferior to that of the Lord of the Witches and the Lord of Shadows of the Divine Eye Clan.
Unfortunately, after becoming a walking corpse, he basically only had instinct left, and his divine body was only about 70% intact. Even with a supreme treasure, he could only rely on instinct to perform. He had less than one-tenth of his original strength. With the strength of a fifth rank, it was already quite difficult for him to exert the combat power of a fourth rank!
Here, still some distance from the core of Liuchong Mountain, Gu Ce simply controlled the Lotus Flower Ancient City to stop, preparing to have a contest with the Lord of Heluo.
Perfect timing, let's try out the new Arcana.
Heart-Severing Sword!
A greatsword emitting a faint white light appeared in Gu Ce's hand.
Gu Ce arrived outside the ancient city of Lianhua and gazed at the azure-scaled dragon, the Lord of Heluo, from afar!
The Lord of Heluo lunged at Gu Ce with his claws outstretched. Gu Ce burned his divine power, which fused with the power of the Dark Obsidian Water Drop, causing his strength to surge. He was no less powerful than the Lord of Heluo and unleashed a sword strike in an instant!
"Five Transformations Sword Qi!"
boom!
A gigantic sword aura, spanning tens of millions of kilometers, struck the Lord of Heluo, causing the surrounding space to tremble continuously. The gravity field within the Dark Domain seemed to be affected for an extremely brief moment.
However, the sword energy did not cause much damage to the Lord of Heluo, leaving only a shallow wound.
The scales on the Lord of Heluo's body were fused with the supreme treasure armor. Although he had lost his mind and become a walking corpse, and most of his treasures could not exert their due power, the armor-type treasures could still play a role.
Upon seeing this, Gu Ce frowned.
It seems that the power of my secret technique has fallen far behind.
In the past, he was able to defeat enemies of higher levels by using secret techniques and a larger divine body to crush them. However, when facing enemies whose divine power, treasures, and other aspects were no less than or even surpassed his own, Gu Ce didn't really have much of a way to deal with them.
Pity.
Gu Ce shook his head slightly.
Unfortunately, I never personally witnessed the Five Chaos Lord unleashing the Five Beasts Extinction Technique.
Gu Ce only knew that the Five Beasts Extinction of the Lord of the Five Chaos was a top-tier fifth-order secret technique created by him by fusing the five great beast god paths of "Golden Void, Wood Void, Water Void, Fire Void, and Earth Void". It was also the strongest secret technique fused by the Lord of the Universe.
This is something Gu Ce should take note of.
Because Gu Ce had previously fused with the eight sacred flame source seeds, although he had not studied the Path of the Beast God in depth, he still had a certain understanding of it, especially the five lower-level source laws, which he used to create the Five-Evolution Sword Qi.
The Five-Evolution Sword Qi is considered the strongest secret technique of the Lord of the Universe.
Gu Ce was pondering whether, if he were to elevate the sword qi secret techniques corresponding to the five fundamental laws of 'metal void, wood void, water void, fire void, and earth void' to the level of the strongest secret techniques, could the corresponding five-evolution sword qi also be elevated to the level of fusion with the strongest secret techniques?
This is quite feasible.
If the Five Lords of Chaos could succeed, why can't I?
Gu Ce felt that he needed to give it a try.
"roar!"
Seeing that Gu Ce was ignoring him, the Lord of Heluo was immediately enraged and let out a dragon roar as he charged towards Gu Ce!
Swish!
The claws possess power comparable to top-tier melee treasures!
For the Lord of Heluo, his scales are the best defense, and his claws are naturally the best means of attack!
"Thunder Prison!"
Gu Ce murmured, and countless golden lightning bolts appeared in the surrounding space-time, illuminating a matching dark domain. Then, these golden lightning bolts condensed into a huge golden lightning dragon whose size was no less than that of the Lord of Heluo.
As expected, Xingliuhai's clone is better suited to be a 'mage'.
Relying on its enormous divine body and abundant divine power, it can freely expend its energy to unleash powerful secret techniques time and time again without having to carefully conserve its divine power.
Perhaps I'll have the chance to get my hands on the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, the ultimate treasure of the Ancestral God Sect.
Gu Ce thought to himself.
The power of that supreme treasure is far greater than that of the Divine Thunder Prison!
The aurora attacks alone that erupted from the Five-Colored Aurora Lake were at the top level of the sixth rank, comparable to the attack limit of the strongest beings in the universe in the primordial universe, not to mention their other abilities.
In comparison, the Divine Might Thunder Prison should just stick to being a soul-type treasure.
"boom!"
The golden dragon and the azure dragon collided, and the golden dragon's body quickly dissipated, transforming into intense lightning that bombarded the divine body of the Lord of Heluo.
The Lord of Heluo's divine body was paralyzed, and the power of lightning penetrated his body, causing severe damage. In contrast, the Golden Dragon, with the continuous supply of divine power from Gu Ce, maintained its intact body and was able to fight against the Lord of Heluo.
In reality, this was a contest of divine power!
Gu Ce consumed a large amount of divine power and used the supreme treasure, Divine Might Thunder Prison, to create a large amount of golden lightning with sixth-order power, forming this golden thunder dragon. He also had to consume divine power to control the thunder dragon to fight.
The Lord of Heluo's attack was only slightly stronger than the Lord of Youhou's, equivalent to an ordinary fourth-order universe lord. Facing the 'pseudo-sixth-order' golden thunder dragon, he was naturally at a disadvantage. However, thanks to his divine body and armor-type treasure, he managed to fight to a draw for a time.
"In that case, then..."
Gu Ce had a sudden thought.
"boom!"
The golden thunder dragon instantly disintegrated, transforming back into streaks of golden lightning. These then coalesced into shackles, which were fastened to the body of the Lord of Heluo. Before the Lord of Heluo could react, the shackles were detonated!
As the shackles shattered, a bloody hole was blasted into the body of the Lord of Heluo, which is rapidly repairing itself.
Gu Ce looked at the Lord of Heluo. After losing his mind, he couldn't even burn his divine power. He only knew how to attack the enemy mindlessly. He was seriously injured and had no reaction at all. Like a corpse, he attacked Gu Ce again.
"Water and Void Sword Qi!"
A streak of azure sword energy was unleashed. As the Five-Evolution Sword Energy reached the level of the strongest secret technique, the five fused sword energies, including the Water-Void Sword Energy, also reached the level of the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe. However, this was clearly not enough.
The ultimate secret technique is just a second-tier secret technique!
With the explosion of the golden lightning, the already incomplete divine body of the River Lord was in even more dire condition. Gu Ce simply used the River Lord to hone his secret technique!
A sparring partner who is tough enough but not too aggressive is definitely better than someone who just buries themselves in training!
Swish!
Another sword aura was unleashed!
Fiery Sky Sword Qi!
One sword aura after another...
For a moment, the Dark Domain was filled with dazzling lights, creating an extremely beautiful scene. Unfortunately, deep within the Dark Domain, no one else could witness this spectacle.
Gu Ce's proficiency with these secret techniques was also rapidly improving.
It was originally created to pave the way for the Five Transformations Sword Qi, and it was hardly ever used.
Now, personally using these secret techniques in battle has given Gu Ce many insights.
"boom!"
Water and Void Sword Qi!
Water and Void Sword Qi, this secret technique, as Gu Ce continued to master it and integrated it with his own understanding of the laws, has clearly reached the level of a peak secret technique of the Lord of the Universe!
"roar!"
The Lord of Heluo withstood the blow, letting out an indomitable roar. His eyes, which were fixed on Gu Ce, cleared for a brief moment.
"Wasn't I... exploring the core of Mount Ryuchong?"
"...This is...the Dark Realm?"
"You are... the unseen Lord of the Universe, the True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan. Which era of reincarnation do you belong to?" Lord Heluo asked.
He was clever. Knowing that he was still alive, he probably hadn't reached the end of his lifespan. Fearing that the other party wouldn't recognize him, he simply asked a powerful figure from the same reincarnation era to determine his current time.
"The Divine Eye Clan has now entered the first era of reincarnation," Gu Ce said slowly, looking at the Lord of Heluo.
"You must have come into contact with the ghosts and lost your mind. Even if you recover briefly, you won't live much longer unless there's a way to remove the ghostly substance from your body. But even the Divine Eye Clan can't do that, so you have no chance of surviving," Gu Ce said.
"I know," the Lord of Heluo said with a wry smile.
He dared to come to Liuchong Mountain to explore, so he must have known these things and knew that he didn't have much time left to live.
"You are..." Gu Ce said before the Lord of Heluo could finish speaking.
"You may call me the Lord of the Void Realm," Gu Ce said.
"Very well, Lord of the Void Realm," Lord Heluo said solemnly.
"Since I can't go on living, I want to ask you for a favor: find someone with enough talent to pass on my secret techniques! Of course, you can do whatever you want with my other treasures."
The Lord of Heluo did not hand over the map he had explored in Liuchong Mountain to Gu Ce. He knew that Gu Ce would not trust him too much. For the Lord of Heluo, it would be the best funeral if someone could pass on his secret techniques and allow his name to exist in this cosmic sea for a while longer.
Soon, the Lord of Heluo handed over all his secret techniques to Gu Ce.
When a creature corrupted by a ghost falls into a near-death state, that is, when its divine body drops below 10%, there is a chance that the ghost substance will become ineffective, causing the corrupted creature to briefly regain its senses. However, it will soon be swallowed up by the ghost again, so it is impossible for it to survive.
Unless, he has a clone!
If one has a clone, during this brief moment of clarity, one can instantly self-destruct their divine body and split their soul to survive.
However, the conditions are quite demanding.
Without the help of a powerful force, an ordinary lone strongman who becomes tainted by a ghost is essentially doomed.
Not long after the Lord of Heluo handed over the secret technique, he once again became a walking corpse and was finally killed by Gu Ce with a swift and decisive sword strike.
And Gu Ce obtained all the treasures he possessed.
There are a total of four supreme treasures. One is an armor-type treasure, which reaches the second tier of supreme treasures. The others are ordinary supreme treasures, namely melee, domain, and palace types.
Besides these, there were some other scattered treasures, but they weren't of much use to Gu Ce.
"The Lord of Heluo encountered the ghostly matter in the core area, while my Starflow Sea clone can create energy clones by relying on [Split], so I am not afraid of those ghostly matters," Gu Ce thought to himself.
So, should I go and explore the core area?
Just do it!
Gu Ce directly controlled the Lotus Ancient City, heading towards the core area of Liuzhong Mountain.
This place isn't too far from the core area.
After all, only the core area contains ghostly matter, and the Lord of Heluo was unconsciously wandering out after being corrupted by ghosts.
……
The core area of Liuchong Mountain.
If anyone could see what's happening here, they would be terrified!
Within a crater tens of thousands of light-years in diameter, a large number of zombies have gathered, many of which are remnants from a reincarnation era even more ancient than the first reincarnation era!
Above the crater, at the true core of Liuchong Mountain, lies a giant miniature universe.
If a powerful being from the Cosmic Sea were to appear here, they would surely discover that this is a sacred universe!
"The legacy of the Broken East River has been reborn?"
"It's alright. We never planned to make a move in this era of reincarnation anyway. The World Beast will be born in this era of reincarnation. The only way for us to survive this World Beast calamity is to hide within the Flowing Heavy Mountains. After the World Beast is destroyed, the next era of reincarnation will belong to our Skeleton Clan!"
"Haha, it has to be you again!"
This sacred universe has existed within the Liuchong Mountain for an unknown period of time. Even the True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan, the powerful figures of the Purple Moon Sacred Land and the Eastern Emperor Sacred Land are unaware that there is actually a third sacred universe within this cosmic sea!
Moreover, judging from the size of this universe, it vaguely surpasses both the Purple Moon Holy Land and the Eastern Emperor Holy Land, which basically indicates the strength of the master of this small universe.
"The Ancestor said that after the World Beast Calamity ends, it will be the most vulnerable moment for the Primordial Universe. He wants to possess the Primordial Universe!"
(End of this chapter)