Chapter 1543: Inhuman

Feng Qingyou explained, “This Seal Abyss Tower is the same as those Sea Patrolling Divine Generals. It’s probably constructed using the Eight Views Sect’s art of combining the physical body of a ghost god and metal. However, it is more profound and mysterious than the Sea Patrolling Divine Generals.”

“Say, if the Seal Abyss Tower can absorb a Stranger’s power to fuel itself, why can’t it absorb the ancient Evil Infant’s power?”

Suddenly, Ye Qing recalled something and voiced his puzzlement, “The ancient Evil Infant is unkillable and immortal. If the Seal Abyss Tower could absorb its strength, then it would never run out of energy, would it?”

“Not only that, the Seal Abyss Tower could simply use the energy it absorbed from the Evil Infant to suppress itself. That would be killing two birds with one stone, right?”

“How did you know they didn’t?” Feng Qingyou smiled.

Ye Qing looked surprised. “So, it’s doable?”

“It is, but not in the way you imagine.”

Feng Qingyou replied, “During my earlier inspection, I noticed that the arrays in the Seal Abyss Tower work reciprocally. It absorbs the power of the normal Strangers to suppress the Evil Infant, and it absorbs the power of the Evil Infant to suppress the other Strangers. This ensures that the Seal Abyss Tower can function normally and guarantee that neither the Evil Infant or the normal Strangers could escape.”

“However, after they ran out of Strangers, and the disciples of the Eight Views Sect began falling to the Evil Infant’s corruption one by one, something went wrong with the Seal Abyss Tower, and the balance was broken. That was the main reason the Evil Infant was able to escape.”

“Long story short, this Seal Abyss Tower is quite interesting.”

“In that case, we should just take this entire tower with us,” Ye Qing suggested while rubbing his nose.

He already checked the tower with his demonic thought earlier. Although the Seal Abyss Tower was embedded inside the Eight Views Celestial Mountain, it wasn’t bound to it. It could be separated from the mountain without sustaining any damage.

Moreover, the Seal Abyss Tower was a Strange Artifact. This meant that it could be refined just like any other Strange Artifact.

They could not stay here for long, but they could not leave a terrifying Stranger like the Evil Infant alone either. So, the best way to handle this was to take the tower with them.

“Very well.” Feng Qingyou did not reject the idea. “Do you want to do it, or should I do it?”

“You should. You’re more familiar with arrays, so you can refine it faster than me.” Ye Qing said, “I’m going to look around and see if there is any more good stuff on this mountain.”

“Okay.”

Feng Qingyou suggested, “I noticed that the buildings on the Eight Views Celestial Mountain are built based on the Eight Trigrams. Qian is the heaven, Kun is the earth. Qian is located in the east, and Kun the west. It is most likely where the best treasures of the Eight Views Sect are stored. You can check them out first.”

“Got it. And don’t worry, treasure hunting is among my skills.”

Practice makes perfect!

Ye Qing smiled and went away after saying that.

......

“Hah... hah... we finally got up... I’m so tired I could die!”

“Yeah, it was a difficult hike!”

“Hahaha... we’re the fastest out of everyone... hahaha...”

Three men lay on the ground and panted like dogs as soon as they climbed to the top of the Eight Views Celestial Mountain.

These three had swam over from the island. They were among the warriors who wanted to join the Eight Views Sect. They were Spirit Masters originally, and their cultivation level was better than most. They were further strengthened by the purification of the celestial qi, which was why they were able to climb up the Eight Views Celestial Mountain faster than everyone else.

To be honest, it was a much more difficult hike compared to before. The previous hike was painful, but there was celestial qi to absorb and a straight road for them to follow. This one had neither benefit nor road. They had literally climbed up vines and rocks the entire way to reach the mountaintop. Naturally, it was not an easy experience at all.

Of course, this bit of hardship was nothing if they could become the disciples of a celestial!

Everyone else was still swimming or in the middle of climbing up the mountain.

Some had probably given up and returned to the island as well.

Still, this had nothing to do with them. After all, they would soon become the disciples of the Eight Views Sect and soar to the heavens. They were going to reach the pinnacle of their life very soon. Just the thought was enough to fill them with strength and alleviate the fatigue in their muscles and bones. So, they stood up and started walking toward the center.

“Hmm? Why does the mountaintop look so tattered?” The trio circled around several broken or shattered boulders and found neither the lavishly decorated buildings nor the celestial blessed land they were expecting.Instead, they found a bunch of rubbles. The plants were destroyed, the buildings were in ruins, and the ground was cracked. It was very different from the celestial sect in their heads.

“Maybe the battle between that celestial and that Stranger damaged this place.”

“It does seem that way.”

“This is probably the outer area. We should head deeper.”

However, the deeper they went, the more shocking the scenes became. Not a single building was intact. The ground was covered in pits and cracks. They even found a gigantic, bottomless hole. It looked as if something had been ripped out of the ground.

Finally, the air was filled with chaotic, terrifying energies. It was spine-chilling.

“How... How can this be? Where’s the celestial?”

Worried and puzzled, the trio roughly circled around the entire mountaintop and still found nothing. There was only ruins and rubble wherever they looked. Almost nothing was even intact.

As for that celestial, he was nowhere to be found. Hell, they couldn’t even find a ghost.

Unwilling to believe that there was nothing to be found, the trio knelt and kowtowed to the air to show their sincerity. Of course, they received no reply whatsoever.

In the end, the trio arrived at a conclusion. There was no one here. In other words, the celestial was gone, and their dreams of becoming a celestial’s disciple were dead.

The trio immediately collapsed on the ground like salted fishes who lost their hopes and dreams.

“It’s over... it’s over... it’s all over!”

“No, no! It can’t end like this! I refuse to accept this!”

“What can we do? The celestial is already gone!”

“No, the celestial may be gone, but this is the Eight Views Celestial Mountain and where their sect is. There must be plenty of treasures in this place. If we can even find one or two treasures, then this wouldn’t be a wasted journey.”

“Right... right! Let’s move then! The others would soon catch up!”

The trio immediately burned with hope and fighting spirit and started searching everywhere.

However, man plans, and the heavens laugh. Once again, they were given a taste of the medicine called, “The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.”

They searched the entire mountaintop and found nothing valuable. It wasn’t that they found absolutely no treasures or martial arts manuals. However, the items had either completely lost their energies, or they were damaged so badly that they were basically useless.

Finally, the trio managed to find a couple hidden palaces. After spending a tremendous amount of effort to pry open the door, they rushed inside to find... shock.

Utter and complete shock.