Chapter 968
Wormhole
The detector rapidly scanned every potential hiding place for danger, while Luo Feng remained still, not acting rashly. "I have two paths," Luo Feng thought, his gaze sharp as he scrutinized his surroundings. "One is to venture into this unknown place, find a way out. The other is to use God Kingdom teleportation to return to human territory, then teleport back to Purple Thorn Island, and then journey to the Ninefold Tower space again." The flowers and plants here were beautiful, and it was utterly silent, devoid of any other living creatures. "I'll venture forth!" "If I'm careful, I should be able to make it through. This place isn't listed among the dangerous areas that the Ancestral God Sect specifically warns inheritors about," Luo Feng mused. "I don't want to waste another ten-plus days starting from Purple Thorn Island, and I'd probably have to pass through that void region again. It would be quite frustrating to be teleported back here." Soon, a large amount of data appeared on Luo Feng's arm screen. Luo Feng looked down at it. "It's all normal?" Luo Feng frowned slightly. "Let's go." Luo Feng chose a direction and flew through the air. … "Natural wormhole detected," the detector alerted Luo Feng. "A natural wormhole?" Luo Feng, who was flying like a streak of light, immediately slowed down, looked at the map displayed on the detector, pinpointed the location, and rushed over. After flying tens of millions of kilometers, Luo Feng arrived halfway up a mountain peak, gazing at the slight spatial distortion in the air ahead. "A wormhole appearing in this place?" Luo Feng stared at it. Wormholes were common in the universe, each connecting two locations, allowing direct travel to a distant point. Luo Feng wouldn't mind them in cosmic space, but in a secret realm… "Where does this wormhole lead?" Luo Feng pondered for a moment, and with a thought, a black stream of air flew out, condensing into a burly man—his Demon Killer Clan clone. "Even if the Demon Killer Clan clone is destroyed, I can re-condense it and use God Kingdom teleportation to return here," Luo Feng thought. He was essentially a living beacon for his soul slaves, who could easily sense his location. The Demon Killer Clan clone proceeded cautiously, then flew into the wormhole. … Passing through the wormhole, the Demon Killer Clan clone instantly arrived at another location. "Hmm?" The Demon Killer Clan clone looked ahead. Before it was a massive basin, with a lake tens of thousands of kilometers wide. Above the lake, a conical mountain floated, about a thousand kilometers tall. It seemed unremarkable, yet it hung suspended above the lake. "A lake? A floating mountain?" The Demon Killer Clan clone stared, observing carefully. "So close." "The Earth human main body isn't even ten billion kilometers from here, is it?" The Demon Killer Clan clone was surprised. It could easily sense the main body's location; the distance was so short that a single teleportation would suffice. … Luo Feng's main body continued flying forward. He had learned about the situation on the other side of the wormhole but wasn't in a hurry to explore. After flying for a moment. "Another natural wormhole detected," the detector alerted. "Another one?" Luo Feng was startled. He immediately flew towards the location indicated by the detector. This new natural wormhole was in a river. Luo Feng didn't dare to enter the river rashly. Instead, he directly summoned his Demon Killer Clan clone to teleport back and let it try. The Demon Killer Clan clone splashed into the river. "This water isn't special, just denser," the Demon Killer Clan clone quickly confirmed. Luo Feng directly used his world power to condense a huge ceramic jar and filled it with river water. "I'll study it later," Luo Feng thought to himself. The Demon Killer Clan clone then drilled into the wormhole in the river. … The other end of this wormhole was still river water. When the Demon Killer Clan clone emerged from the water and looked around, it couldn't help but be stunned. "My heavens, this, this place…" The Demon Killer Clan clone looked up. Above, the conical mountain floated, casting a shadow. All around was the vast lake, and beyond the lake, the terrain rose higher, clearly forming a basin. "Last time, the other end of the wormhole was the lake shore. This time, it's inside the lake water." "Both wormholes lead to the same place." The Demon Killer Clan clone was also somewhat bewildered. … Luo Feng, full of doubts, continued forward and soon discovered another new wormhole. This time, the Demon Killer Clan clone tried again and found that the wormhole led to another part of the lake shore. Continuing on, new wormholes appeared, leading to different spots on the lake surface. Wormhole after wormhole was discovered… Finally, Luo Feng grew impatient and stopped flying, directly teleporting to the lake shore. "This is truly bizarre," Luo Feng stood by the lake, looking at the lake and the floating conical mountain. "I've found nine wormholes, all leading here. It seems the peculiarity of this dangerous place… lies in this." "10081 wormholes detected," the detector alerted Luo Feng. "What?" Luo Feng looked down at his arm screen. The screen marked the locations of each wormhole, and what chilled Luo Feng was that these 10081 wormholes were like a giant beehive, spread all around the conical mountain, front, back, left, and right, completely surrounding it. Moreover, the pattern they formed… was very similar to the life core of the Demon Killer Clan clone. The Demon Killer Clan clone's life core had 10081 facets, covered with extremely complex law secret patterns, corresponding to the laws of spatial origin. "The more special a place, the more likely it is to contain treasures. Similarly, where there are treasures, there are always dangers," Luo Feng mused. This was almost an experience passed down by countless inheritors throughout history. If a place had treasures but no danger, it only meant the danger had been dealt with by other powerful individuals. Luo Feng looked at the conical mountain. He felt this floating conical mountain was the most suspicious, but he didn't dare to trespass rashly. If a terrifying special life form like a 'cold whale' lived within the conical mountain, once disturbed, it could swallow his Earth human main body whole, making it difficult to retrieve his treasures like the Sha Wu Wings and Pagoda Bead. "Let's see where the other ends of these 10081 wormholes lead," Luo Feng thought. Whoosh. The Demon Killer Clan clone immediately flew towards a wormhole in mid-air. It drilled into the wormhole, quickly arriving at the other end, which was a silent desert about thirty billion kilometers from the lake. The Demon Killer Clan clone immediately returned and found a new wormhole by the lake shore to enter. … Frantically drilling through wormholes, Luo Feng gradually became more familiar with this mysterious place. These wormholes led to various locations within the mysterious region, the furthest being about 120 billion kilometers away. What shocked Luo Feng most was that in three of these locations, he found some broken armor and weapons, but no valuable treasures. "Inheritors have a special status." "The proportion of inheritors possessing valuable treasures is very high. This broken armor indicates that life has been here. And the life that came here was likely an inheritor. But only some worthless broken armor was left behind, with no valuables, not even a world ring, nor any treasures." Luo Feng held a piece of broken armor in his hand. "Either a survivor like me lived through this and took the treasures, or the native creatures of this mysterious place took them." "Few inheritors must have come here." "If there were many, the news would have spread long ago," Luo Feng thought. "If there was a survivor, why didn't they report the information about this mysterious place?" Luo Feng pondered, trying to find any clues. Whoosh! Luo Feng suddenly retreated, directly traversing a spatial wormhole, teleporting back tens of billions of kilometers. "My Earth human main body should stay far away. Let the Demon Killer Clan clone go in and explore." … The Demon Killer Clan clone flew towards the floating conical mountain, observing it carefully. The mountain body had countless small caves, and according to the detector, there were 10081 caves, each only three to four meters high. However, for a mountain over a thousand kilometers tall, these caves were utterly inconspicuous. Whoosh. The Demon Killer Clan clone flew directly into one of the caves and landed inside. "Mountain rock." The Demon Killer Clan clone grabbed a piece of rock from the mountain wall beside it. With a squeeze, the entire cave wall shimmered with a faint silver light. The Demon Killer Clan clone felt a powerful force violently impact it, shattering its body, which then reformed as black air flowed. "What the hell is this?" The Demon Killer Clan clone was startled, staring at the seemingly ordinary rock wall. "Is the entire cliff face a single entity? It feels like it's alive. I guess the force I used was small, after all, it's only the power of a sector lord peak. I wonder what would happen if the Earth human main body tried to tear the rock apart." The Demon Killer Clan clone continued cautiously. The cave was very deep. As it walked, the Demon Killer Clan clone felt the spatial fluctuations here become somewhat peculiar. There were no plants, only bare rock walls. A moment later— After walking for hundreds of kilometers, the Demon Killer Clan clone finally reached the core of the conical mountain, a wide cavern. In the center of the cavern was a pool of water, but it was divided into five smaller pools. The water in each pool had a different color and emitted different powerful auras. There was a fiery aura, a sharp, metallic aura… Above the five-colored pools, countless spatial cracks appeared and disappeared, constantly forming and vanishing. The countless spatial cracks formed a very beautiful shape, like a giant nest, enveloping its core… At the core of the countless small spatial cracks, a spherical crystal floated. This was a strange spherical crystal with 10081 facets. Parts of its surface sometimes flowed like water, sometimes transparent flames seemed to rise, and sometimes plants seemed to grow… "A treasure." The Demon Killer Clan clone stared intently at the spherical crystal. Even without knowing anything, the sheer spectacle it created suggested it was definitely a treasure. Even the five-colored pool water below was certainly not ordinary. "Where is the danger?" The Demon Killer Clan clone dared not approach easily. It knew that the space in this mysterious place was very stable, yet the spherical crystal floating there caused countless cracks to constantly appear in space. If its power truly erupted, the Demon Killer Clan clone would instantly be annihilated. Moreover, according to Luo Feng's understanding of secret realms, besides the inherent danger of the treasure itself, there should usually be other dangers as well. The Demon Killer Clan clone cautiously observed the five-colored pools, the crystal ball, the quiet mountain core, and the entire mountain that seemed to possess life.