A thousand zhang underground,
Though this was a rare opportunity for Cultivation—one he might never encounter again with such dense spiritual energy—he had no intention of wasting precious time sitting in meditation. He was far more curious about what had happened in this place to cause such a strange celestial anomaly.
Besides, he had only just broken through. No matter how much he cultivated, he was unlikely to make further progress in a short period of time.
He sent a brief message through his Divine Sense to
Just as he was about to venture deeper, his brow furrowed and he turned his gaze toward the entrance.
Clothes fluttered in the wind, and numerous shadows moved about—quite a few martial artists had come down.
"Someone's over there! Someone really did get in first!"
"Damn it, this bastard must have pulled some trick to ruin our chance at a breakthrough!"
"Come on, let's go see who has the audacity to do something like this."
A cacophony of shouting voices reached
He immediately spotted the problem. The spiritual energy in the area seemed slightly thinner than before. The difference was subtle, but it was unmistakably there.
Noticing this,
Don't underestimate that tiny margin—it was very likely the precise difference that prevented these martial artists from reaching their breakthrough threshold. That was probably why they had all come down together to investigate.
At that thought,
Having taken care of that, he stood quietly and waited.
"Kid, I don't care which Sect you belong to—you're dead meat this time!"
"If you know what's good for you, come over here and apologize to this lord, and maybe you'll walk out alive!"
"You ruined my chance! I'll fight you to the death!"
The group shouted all at once, unilaterally pinning the blame on
Before long, the crowd had arrived just a short distance from
"Oh… it's you…"
"This… this…"
The moment they made out
The scene of
"Is there something you need?"
"No, no, not at all…"
"Nothing really, we just came down for a look, hahaha, the scenery down here is quite nice, we're just sightseeing together with our fellow cultivators…"
"That's right, just sightseeing!"
"Is that so…"
"Yes, yes, yes! We'll be on our way right now!"
Seeing
With their cultivation levels, they could naturally sense hers. A third-stage Dao Source Realm cultivator wasn't all that impressive on its own—several people in the crowd were at that level. What truly stunned them were the faint wisps of an ineffable and deeply alluring aura that wreathed her body.
Emperor Intent!
Those faint wisps were unmistakably Emperor Intent—the mark of one who had touched the threshold of the Emperor Realm.
In other words, this woman had a very strong chance of advancing to the Emperor Realm in the future.
How could they not be stunned and envious? They had no way of knowing whether Hua Qingsi had already touched Emperor Intent before, or whether it had manifested as a result of this burst of spiritual energy.
But with such a powerful figure present—and
In moments, the crowd had completely dispersed.
Only after they were gone did
Then,
The further inside he went, the denser the spiritual energy became, as though somewhere in the unknown depths lay the very source from which it gushed forth.
Those martial artists who had gone ahead of him were not far in front.
Suddenly, a cry of astonishment rang out from ahead, followed by a chorus of sharp inhalations.
They seemed to have discovered something truly extraordinary.