Chapter 1505: Cleaning Up (1)

"Tai Shan! Where are you?"

"I will kill you!"

The face in the air was indistinct, but it was incomparably powerful.

Numerous buildings were flattened. Numerous treasure zones were destroyed.

Old Zhou was furious.

The world was ending.

The Invincibles behind Blood Fire Devil King were killed by the massive palm before they could even flee. A death tunnel opened as the various death sovereigns tried to escape. However, Old Zhou opened his mouth and blew at the tunnel, sending a violent storm into the tunnel.

"Death spirits?"

Old Zhou did not pay the death spirits more attention. The storm ravaged the tunnel, cutting the death spirits inside into pieces.

Old Zhou started looking around.

Where was Tai Shan?

He heard Tai Shan's name. Who? Who was it?

Where was Tai Shan?

Suddenly, Old Zhou focused on the bug he had just killed. The bug had returned to life. It was Blood Fire Devil King. After losing one body, he had returned to life before flying toward the entrance to the eighth level without any hesitation.

Old Zhou sneered and bit down at him.

A crack rang out.

The body fell apart.

However, a red beam continued shooting toward the entrance. There, a robotic voice rang out, "Position?"

"Blood Fire, general of the devil race."

Old Zhou did not attack further. Instead, he muttered doubtfully, "Three Body Method...why is someone cultivating such a trash method? How did someone reach the ninth degree with such a trash method?"

He was too surprised. It shouldn't be easy for one to become an Eternal cultivating such a trash method. Yet someone had cultivated it to the ninth degree.

A devil?

Why was a devil cultivating such a trash method?

Was this devil untalented?

Or had their elders failed in educating their juniors?

Still confused, Old Zhou blew at the entrance. The storm started assaulting the entrance. After a few moments, a silhouette appeared from the entrance. The moment that silhouette saw Old Zhou's face, he vanished fearfully and shut the entrance completely.

"He's back!"

That was what the silhouette said when he saw Old Zhou's face.

That was the guard of the eighth level.

Old Zhou looked at the entrance in confusion. Who was that?

"Is Tai Shan not around?"

Inside the tunnel to the eighth level, the storm from Old Zhou's breath cut Blood Fire Devil King's final body apart. When calm returned, only a ball of light was left. The ball of light gathered a drop of blood and slowly grew a body from it. After a while, the body was rebuilt.

However, it was incomparably weak. It could be destroyed at any moment. Boundless fear could be seen in Blood Fire Devil King's eyes. Who was that? Who was that? He was certain not even a Pseudo Emperor would be so strong. How terrifying. Not even the heavenly laws could harm that person.

Just who was that?

An ancient Emperor?

What was this?

***

Seventh level.

Old Zhou's face continued moving around in search of Tai Shan.

Where was Tai Shan?

Then, Old Zhou noticed the mad Heaven Department head who was still fighting with himself. With a confused look, Old Zhou muttered, "Conflict of three bodies...another Three Body Method, another ninth-degree Eternal..."

What era was this?

Why were the people of this era still cultivating this trash method? Talent wouldn't be an issue for someone capable of reaching the ninth degree. In that case, why were they cultivating the Three Body Method?

More importantly, why was a human cultivating such a trash method?

A human? Cultivating the Three Body Method?

Only garbage would cultivate such a method. Was a ninth-degree Eternal garbage?

There was a clear weakness to this method.

By fusing three different bodies, one would have three bodies and three minds. It would result in instability and self-destruction...

Old Zhou was incredibly powerful.

Just with his partially awakened willpower, he could easily see through many things. With one breath, he reached Heaven Department head's past and obliterated all three bodies. Three seas of willpower remained. With a curious expression, Old Zhou blew at the three seas of willpower, fusing them into one.

Just as he was about to continue toying with his new toy, he recalled something and muttered, "Tai Shan...I'm looking for Tai Shan..."

At that, he blew the sea of willpower into the River of Time behind the skylotus and mumbled, "I was wronged. Yes. I was wronged. I did not slaughter humans. They framed me for something I didn't do..."

He did not!

Tai Shan had wrongly accused him! That was merely an excuse to punish him!

Tai Shan only wanted to kill him!

At the thought of Tai Shan, Old Zhou grew furious again.

As for the Heaven Department head's sea of willpower, it entered the River of Time and vanished.

As Old Zhou roamed the seventh level, the entire level was flattened. Slowly, the Source Return Blade landed on the ground. The death tunnel was still open, but not a single death spirit remained in the tunnel.

The death spirits had either died or escaped. Not one of them had the courage to remain. As for He Tu, he had fled through the death tunnel at the first sign of trouble. He had even dragged Dummy with him. Thus, the massive seventh level had been completely emptied of people.

The furious Old Zhou continued searching the level, but Tai Shan was nowhere to be found.

Where was Tai Shan? He did not bother to give the realm barrier a look. That was a part of his body. What was there to see there?

As he searched, his anger calmed. Slowly, his mind grew foggy again.

With a tiny bit of indignance, Old Zhou roared, "Tai Shan! I will find you! I will!"

Boom!

Once again, the seventh level shook violently.

Then, Old Zhou's face vanished.

***

At the same time.

Outside.

Numerous Pseudo Emperors and ancient experts appeared.

A rain of blood was falling from the sky.

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

These super experts were staring at the White Jade Gate solemnly. The gate was trembling violently. Numerous messages had been sent into the mansion through the Heavenly Hunt Index, but they did not receive any reply.

At this point, all the tunnels had collapsed.

Yes. All of them.

The intense trembling had collapsed every last one of them.

The various Invincibles and ancient experts stared blankly.

All...dead?

That intense trembling had caused even the Allheaven Battlefield to shake. The entire Sea of Stars was raging, with towering waves soaring into the sky.

"All...dead..."

Someone muttered with disbelief and pain. Was everyone dead?

Everyone?

All the tunnels had collapsed. That was the only conclusion they could reach. One tenth? No, this was total annihilation. What was going on? What happened in there?

Great Zhou King and Great Xia King were blanking out as well. All dead?

Not a single survivor?

No, that was not possible.

How was that possible?

Great Qin King was still inside. He wouldn't die. He wouldn't!

Great Xia King looked at Great Zhou King, swallowed, and said, "No...no, this isn't real. I...didn't feel Longwu's death..."

That was someone sharing his bloodline. He would be able to sense the death of someone like that. Xia Longwu was not dead.

Probably.

Nobody could be sure since they couldn't see through the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Suddenly, everyone looked at the Heavenly Hunt Index. The index was capable of recording the auras of all these people.

When they looked at the index, they exhaled in relief. Some of the names were still on the index. In that case, there were probably some survivors left.

An ancient expert said, "Are they all dead? Or are some still alive? But without the tunnels, can they still return?"

After a long silence, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis said, "I believe many have died. Something major has happened inside the mansion, resulting in such intense tremors. But without the tunnels, they will remain trapped in the mansion. Eventually, they will all die."

That sank some of the hopeful experts back into despair.

"How can we repair the tunnels?"

"That is not possible. The tunnels will only reappear during the next tide."

No reply came.

However, some Invincibles smiled upon hearing that. They were not saddened to hear that.

Such as the immortals.

What was sad about this?

This wasn't a bad thing.

They had lost all their people in the mansion even before the major incident. Thus, this was a good thing for them. Everyone inside had died. Since everyone had suffered from this, they would no longer be disadvantaged by their losses.

This wasn't a bad thing.

The immortals had lost five immortal kings. The other races had lost a lot as well. Five divines, seven devils...and probably more than four humans. They suspected that Great Ming King was inside as well.

This result came as a relief for some races.

Some people looked toward the ancient city curiously, but the ancient city remained calm. They were unsure if Su Yu had also died in the mansion.

Was Su Yu really in the mansion? Even now, they couldn't be sure.

If Su Yu was inside as well, then he must be dead.

But since the ancient city was not reacting, they could only wait.

An ancient expert sighed and said, "The Luminous Domain Mansion has been around for countless years. Is this the final opening? Will there be a next opening?"

Nobody could answer that question. This opening was too different from the past. More importantly, the various races had suffered massively from this opening. Numerous Invincibles had died.

Someone else said, "Let's keep waiting. The mansion will shut in half a month. Perhaps...perhaps there is still a way for those inside to leave."

Nobody said anything.

Would that happen?

Nobody knew.

But they still wanted to know the truth. What happened to cause something like this? The losses were simply too big.

The mansion had been around for tens of thousands of years. This was the first time something like this had happened. This was also the opening where a record number of Invincibles had entered.