Chapter 689 - Black Gourd (1/2)

Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations

The Ancient Shrine was simple. Even its construct came from ordinary rocks.

Nevertheless, after stepping through the doors of the shrine, the pressure he felt reached an entirely new level. Xue Ying swept his gaze across. The hall in front of him was approximately a few kilometers wide. There was also a green rock passage that led all the way to the end of this hall. Situated there was a stone door.

‘In the legend of this world, the Ancient Shrine has appeared in the earliest period across many epochs. After reaching here, it seems that the pressure pressing down on me is so terrifying. Given how mystical it is, it is indeed a shrine that could survive the Great Cosmos Apocalypse.’ Xue Ying thought. It was comparable to the Six Heavenly Wheel, Lake Heart Island historical remain and Starting Ground–they were all able to withstand the force from the Great Cosmos Apocalypse. The ‘Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain’ which was an Ancient Demon corpse, could also withstand against it–one could see how strong its corpse was.

Xue Ying walked in step by step.

As the pressure starting from the doorstep could force those at the level of ‘Chong-Shi Forefather’ to kneel, no guards were needed; the arrays at the outer perimeter were enough to protect it. Paragon Emperor Xu was confident–he believed that other than ‘Spectre Prefecture Master’, there were no other Paragons who could enter stealthily without alerting the arrays.

But now, it seemed that Xue Ying could do so as well.

The green rock passage was just a few kilometers long. Xue Ying moved slightly slower–taking a few breaths of time to reach the end,

‘The pressure here will likely force ordinary Paragons to kneel.’ Xue Ying estimated with the pressure he was feeling on his body, ‘If I did not cultivate the Myriad Devil True Body, it would be taxing for me even to stand straight. Nonetheless, I could do so easily now.’

‘This stone door…’

Xue Ying looked at the stone door in front of him.

The stone door was one entity in the form of a ‘sluice gate’. Only by lifting it up could he enter.

“Mn?” Despite concluding how he should open this door, Xue Ying still released his spirit to investigate any unusual points of this stone door, ‘It is indeed a sluice gate, and also the most common machinery mechanism. As long as I lift it up, I can enter.’

‘And it seems this is the only way?’ Xue Ying extended his hand to the gap by the boundary of the stone door. He wanted to turn into mist to bypass it. But at that moment when he turned into mist, he felt an unseen obstructive force.

“Hu.”

The mist condensed back into Xue Ying.

‘It seems I can’t be lazy about this.’ Xue Ying felt helpless. He could only extend his hands and prop by the lowest gap of this stone door before exerting his strength! The stone door lightly trembled.

“Yi?”

Xue Ying felt shocked. Ever since he cultivated the initial scroll of the Myriad Devil True Body, he thought that his strength was overwhelmingly strong; only those who came from another cosmos, the Ancestor Mother Religion’s protector, could have a body slightly stronger than his–and it was just the apex protectors! In the Cultivator Cosmos, his strength felt so exaggerated, and only ‘Bitter Cultivator’ and others who cultivated the Myriad Devil True Body could compete with him in strength.

At this moment, he released 50% of his full force yet he could not lift the door up.

‘70%’! Xue Ying’s strength was rising.

Xue Ying’s arms had vaguely turned thick. The stone door was finally moving up slowly. A terrifying aura coming from Xue Ying’s body spread out in all directions, blasting at the distant hall walls and causing even the walls to boom. Even though the shockwave created by his aura was powerful, it did not damage the Ancient Shrine at all. Still, because this place was suppressed–even his Mirage World–the disturbance created by his frightening aura on the walls could not be hidden.

‘It seems I’ll be exposed.’ Xue Ying frowned, though he couldn’t care less. He continued using all his strength to lift the door.

When the stone door was slowly being raised, an unseen spatial ripple appeared beneath.

Xue Ying knew that it was this spatial ripple that obstructed him from tunneling through previously when he tried turning into mist. Even though this spatial ripple seemed ordinary, he could not penetrate even with his full strength.

“Rise.”

Xue Ying used both arms to lift the stone door up. At the same time, his body became big, allowing him to raise the door higher and higher.

…

The Xu Empire had two Paragons.

The two had the relationship of a teacher and student. Paragon Emperor Xu’s status was the highest–he was also the first Paragon of this epoch in this vast world! His current combat power was profound and unfathomable, and he understood much more about the ‘Ancient Shrine’ than Chong-Shi Forefather. He was clear that those legends were correct, and he desired to conquer it.