Chapter 887: Chapter 55: Dark God Tower
"Lord Guardian, Young Master Mo Nan, I, Zhao Xiaofei, am willing to retreat."
A cultivator named ’Zhao Xiaofei’ stepped forward, giving up a position, but suddenly looked at Zhou Yan and Young Master Mo Nan and said, "Both of you, and other cultivator fellows, if we can make it to the future, then we will all be the great warriors facing the Outer Heaven Demon Domain. I hope these grievances can end here. If we must compete in the future, let it be about who slays more demons on the Outer Domain battlefield. My combat power is weak, and my talent is poor, so I cannot fulfill such a grand wish. I can only place my hope on you, the genius cultivators."
Zhao Xiaofei’s words were sincere, and his attitude was earnest, showing loyalty and righteousness.
"Thank you, Taoist Zhao Xiaofei. This time, it was Mo Nan who acted rashly. Fellow Daoist Zhou Yan, the matters of today were my brother’s fault. I will not hold a grudge, but I, Mo Nan, will definitely strive to compete with you honorably and work hard to rightfully defeat you."
Mo Nan took a deep breath and made such a promise.
Zhou Yan nodded calmly and said, "If it is a challenge rather than a life-and-death battle, I welcome it at any time."
"Good!"
Mo Nan agreed.
After that, Mo Nan did not speak further.
At this time, the young guardian in green clothes had already instructed the strong man in charge of the protective array to activate the transmission array.
The light of the transmission array opened, and this transmission array, after experiencing a bloody battle, finally started.
...
The transmission array rose, and the transmission array fell.
There was no turbulence, no feeling of space-time change.
Without any sensation, the transmission process had already been completed.
This scene was nothing unusual for other cultivators, and they did not care.
But for Zhou Yan, who was well-versed in the Supreme Dao of space, he felt a shocking wave in his heart.
Because this was a method of ’Great Sound is Inaudible’, ’Great Elephant Invisible’, the originally imperfect transmission array, which Zhou Yan thought had many flaws, had effects far beyond his expectations.
"Brother Zhou Yan, we’ve arrived."
Zhou Ying gently took Zhou Yan’s arm and suddenly conveyed softly.
Zhou Yan composed himself and nodded slightly, no longer thinking deeply.
Nonetheless, Zhou Yan remembered this seemingly ordinary array with powerful transmission capabilities despite being incomplete.
The transmission array suddenly retracted its light that enveloped everyone, like a serene world suddenly transforming into an extremely bustling marketplace.
Streams of people were surging, the cultivators jostling and almost all gathered on this vast plain.
Moreover, around them, a mist of white light suddenly materialized, forming a huge oval light shield covering a space. After the light shield vanished, that space would be filled with a dense swarm of cultivators like a locust plague.
Just by looking at the density of the cultivators, an inexplicable thought flashed through Zhou Yan’s mind: If I were to unleash a powerful Slaughter Path here and then use the Swallowing Heaven Divine Skill, the harvest would be immense!
Zhou Yan subconsciously thought this.
The moment this thought arose, Zhou Yan’s heart couldn’t help but be filled with a sense of vigilance.
Such thoughts, while seemingly normal, appeared to lean toward evil and slaughter. If this trend continued, it wouldn’t be good.
However, Zhou Yan had a resolute heart, and these thoughts were quickly cut off and eliminated by him, removing this subtle hidden danger.
"Taoist, please let us through, please let us through."
"Taoist, if heading to the Dark God Domain Tianxing City Dark God Tower, you should hurry. This time, the number of people for testing and task submission is more than usual, and maybe even figures of great power from the Dark God Main Domain might arrive."
"Friend, can we travel together? I am the eldest son of Huahe Town’s guardian, possessing a very strong Soul Path quality and having the talent of three Soul Energies."
...
Various chaotic voices were incessantly heard.
Moreover, Zhou Yan’s side, due to Zhou Ying and Ping’er’s excellence, continued to draw the attention of quite a few cultivators.
After all, even though they came from the Outer Domain and concealed their appearances, Ping’er and Zhou Ying’s unique temperament still stood out like pearls in the night.
"Get lost!"
Zhou Yan’s face darkened, directly unleashing a powerful Dragon Soul Domain encompassing the surroundings, causing the nearby cultivators to change their expressions. Almost instinctively, they retreated, instantly creating distance from Zhou Yan.
Originally, those cultivators who had some opinions, upon sensing Zhou Yan’s domain aura that, although at Divine Spirit First Transformation, was comparable to Divine Spirit Third Transition, and almost emperor-like Sword Dao Supreme aura, immediately fell silent and did not dare to argue, voluntarily giving way.
However, Mo Nan and the four Mo family female cultivators who came to this place with Zhou Yan watched Zhou Yan ’cause trouble’, with cold expressions and no emotion on their faces.
However, with Zhou Yan’s wisdom and strong sensing power, after inadvertently noticing their expressions, he understood their thoughts were probably along the lines of ’This is a troublemaker, and he probably won’t live long’.
Zhou Yan did not care.
He would not refrain from acting just because he was in the Dark God Domain. When it was necessary to keep a low profile, Zhou Yan wouldn’t be ostentatious. However, when someone humiliated the people around him or even wanted to harm Zhou Yan’s woman, Zhou Yan would never remain silent.
Zhou Yan suppressed and drove away a group of cultivators trying to approach Zhou Ying and Ping’er, only then did he walk out of the crowd with Ping’er.
After navigating for nearly an hour, Zhou Yan finally left the center of the vast plain and the throng of people pressing in.
Then, based on the memory from Lan Ji, Zhou Yan found the subdomain of the Dark God Domain in Tianxing City.
Despite having the memory outline of the Dark God Tower of the Dark God Domain Tianxing City subdomain from Lan Ji’s memory, when Zhou Yan saw it with his own eyes, it was like seeing a completely realistic ’Linglong Tower’.
The unimaginably large pagoda stood towering from the ground to the sky, as if it held up the heavens and earth, majestic and vast, filled with a powerful ancient aura.
Upon seeing this pagoda, Zhou Yan instantly thought of the Supreme Treasure—the Linglong Tower.
Even Zhou Yan himself didn’t know why he suddenly thought of this Supreme Treasure, but this thought seemed to have rooted itself deeply in his mind.
"This... this looks very much like the Linglong Treasure Tower of the legend, held by the Pagoda Master, Li Jing."
Xiong Ba suddenly transmitted a message to Zhou Yan.
"I seem to have seen it somewhere, very familiar, a very familiar feeling."
Xiong Ba added another remark.
Zhou Yan nodded without explaining.
Because only he and Xiong Ba came from Earth, that’s why they felt this way about the pagoda.
As for Zhou Ying and Ping’er, Zhou Yan carefully observed and didn’t notice any unusual feelings from them.
"This should indeed be modeled after the ’Linglong Tower.’ Xiong Ba, do you remember the saying ’Ten Thousand Buddhas’ Extinction, All Immortals Suffering’?"
Zhou Yan suddenly transmitted a question.
These words, he did not let Zhou Ying and Ping’er hear, but he didn’t hide the fact that he was communicating with Xiong Ba.
Zhou Ying and Ping’er naturally wouldn’t be upset because of this, nor would they proactively ask anything.
Because they understood that a smart woman would never ask about things their man doesn’t want to talk about.
Zhou Ying and Ping’er were indeed smart women.
"Saint Master, are you talking about the disappearance of ’Earth’s mythical legends?’ Xiong Ba doesn’t know about these things. When Xiong Ba awakened, he followed Master Divine Fist Li, but Xiong Ba doesn’t know much about Master either."
Xiong Ba scratched his plump head and ears, thought for a while, but could only speak helplessly.
"I have a premonition that here we might find some truth about ’Ten Thousand Buddhas’ Extinction, All Immortals Suffering.’ Turns out, all of this is related to the Dark God Domain. This Dark God Domain’s ’Dark God Tower’ is not the Linglong Tower, if I’m not mistaken, the Linglong Tower was refined after the Dark God Domain’s Dark God Tower.
Thus, the Dark God Tower is probably more powerful than the Linglong Tower. Therefore, in the Dark God Tower, let’s remain cautious and try not to engage with others."
Zhou Yan pondered for a moment and instructed Xiong Ba.
"Saint Master, Xiong Ba understands."
"Additionally, be careful not to reveal information about Earth Ancestral Land and our identity as Outer Domain cultivators."
Zhou Yan reminded again.
He then transmitted some information to Zhou Ying and Ping’er, ensuring that they too wouldn’t reveal their identity as Outer Domain cultivators.
Zhou Ying and Ping’er were not ignorant people; as soon as Zhou Yan spoke, they immediately became even more cautious.
Subsequently, Zhou Yan, Zhou Ying, Ping’er, and Xiong Ba entered the Dark God Tower of the Dark God Domain’s Tianxing City branch domain.
The pagoda itself was large, but the world inside the tower was even larger.
If the plain square outside was already astonishing, the density of cultivators within this tower’s space was truly alarming.
It was as if over a billion cultivators of a city had gathered together, simply unimaginable.
Zhou Yan was fine, having grown accustomed to grand scenes, he wasn’t fazed.
But Zhou Ying and Ping’er, upon seeing so many cultivators inside the tower, were quite shocked, their big eyes almost wide open.
"So many cultivators,"
Ping’er exclaimed.
"The Dark God Domain is even more terrifying than we imagined. Just the sheer number of cultivators is overwhelming."
Zhou Ying echoed in astonishment.
At this moment, a vast area of spatial light suddenly appeared in front, sweeping over a massive crowd of cultivators like a deluge.
Many cultivators’ bodies radiated various lights, within which appeared soul projections.
There were dazzling lights, dim lights, single blinding light, and also mixed colorful lights, among others.
After these lights emerged, a multitude of over a million cultivators vanished. It seemed they were each teleported away.
But as they left, they carried a mark from the Dark God Domain’s pagoda, which was the Purgatory Badge.
This light appeared incredibly swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, a sea of cultivators was swept away, with a frighteningly efficient speed.
Seeing this, Xiong Ba gasped, saying, "The detection speed and efficiency are astounding! Unbelievable!"
"Yes, in this space, there are over three hundred million cultivators, and the numbers are still increasing. Each sweep of the Dark Domain Divine Light, within about two breaths of time, can detect the soul energy talent of two million cultivators. So, although there seem to be many cultivators, it will soon be our turn. Let’s move a bit closer so as not to be transported to different areas of the pagoda. However, after the talent detection, we might temporarily be recorded and assigned separately, so it’s best to be mentally prepared."
Zhou Yan analyzed.
"Yes, Brother Zhou Yan, we will follow you."
Without hesitation, Zhou Ying moved closer to Zhou Yan, wrapping both hands around his arm while Ping’er did the same. Meanwhile, Xiong Ba merely leaned a little closer to Zhou Yan.