Chapter 161: Chapter 161 Ascender

After ascending through the stairs,

Lin Lee appeared in front of the heavenly gate. 'It looks enormous from near; before, it looked like a small gate from the distance,' he thought, looking at the huge gate covering the sky. Not only just one, there are thousands of such gates aligned with each other, sealing the way to the heavens.

"Now how will these gates open for me?" Lin Lee muttered, looking at the cloud around the gates. He could feel the danger from these clouds; if he dares to invade, then something horrible will happen.

then Lin Lee glanced at the gate. 'Should I break it by force? Is this the test of heaven?' He thought and clenched his fist; his gaze sharpened a little.

Bowed a little and then jumped toward the gate; the area he was standing upon cracked and the whole heavenly stairs shook.

Boundless Fist Art! Heavenly Smash!

Bang!!!

A loud noise spread through heaven and earth; his fist touched the gate.

Crack!!!

Instantly, the heavenly gate shook, and then cracks spread through, covering the whole heavenly gate.

Boom!!!

It instantly pulverized into dust, scattered around. Lin Lee was startled, floating freely in the middle, looking at a blue round wormhole on the other side of the gate, attracting him.

"Is this the true way toward the upper realms? I can feel the difference in laws; probably I won't be able to fly if I go inside," Lin Lee muttered, then he relaxed, feeling the attraction from the blue wormhole. He flew toward it; just upon entering it, a heavy pressure impacted his body and soul.

Lin Lee pupils turned and fell unconscious because of such an impact; the bead spirit in his mind space was floating calmly.

...

After an unknown amount of time,

"Where am I?" Am I floating in the ocean?" Lin Lee muttered slowly, opening his eyes, feeling as if his body were floating on the water, seeing the dark night and stars shining in the sky.

"Why am I feeling so weak? As if I have returned to the martial artist realm, I can't even exert innate level strength." Lin Lee spoke again doubtfully.

Then he tried spreading his consciousness,

Next moment, he became speechless because his consciousness, except covering his physique, didn't expand out.

'It seems because of more powerful rules here, my strength is insufficient to use; all these abilities I had in lower worlds are suppressed; it's like returning to zero.'

He spoke and then walked and patted the Lin Lee shoulder invited with a smile, "Little brother, why don't you stay with us for a while and then leave?"

Lin Lee raised his brow, then smiled in return, shook his head, and said, "I can't stay with you. Thanks for the offer. I have to reach the new city soon."

After nodding toward the guards, Lin Lee glanced at the direction of the base; the people were moving inside it. He turned and left the base through the entrance, flew away,

"Inform the commander that we have located the ascender." The guard, who just spoke with Lin Lee, ordered solemnly,

"Are you sure?" Other guards around were surprised, then asked,

"I just checked his physique; his aura is a low-quality immortal mana, but his physique is extremely hard, probably rivaling even those great immortal masters; such a description matches the ascenders." The guard replied solemnly, looking at his companion,

"Then why didn't you attack him? We should have captured him." One of the guards asked, his brow furrowed annoyingly, feeling a bird flew away from his mouth.

"It's not that I didn't want to attack him, but I wasn't sure; his physique is really strong; even the commander may not be an opponent; that's why I told him the opposite direction to buy us time; we should inform the general; the general will definitely reward us." The guard then smiled and replied playfully,

"Ha ha ha, Min Hao, you are really a scheming bastard." The guards around laughed and praised him in their own ways.

Meanwhile, a few miles away,

Lin Lee was floating in the air, looking at the Xuan turtle, while hearing the laughter of guards through his helmet.

A small, non-visible nanobot is floating around the guards, recording everything they say.

"Immortal Emperor Xuan was right; I shouldn't believe anyone in these upper realms easily," Lin Lee muttered thoughtfully and then ordered his nanobots to devour with all their might. He started watching the show emotionlessly.

...

While the guards laughed and two guards went to the main residence of the commander living in the base,

"What is this?" One of the guards brows furrowed, noticing the dark color spreading on his companion guard sword hilt.

"What happened?" The companion was surprised, then raised his brow and asked,

"Your sword and armor are turning black." He spoke, pointing at his sword and armor; other guards around were also startled looking at the sword, which almost turned black; then they noticed their own swords, armor, and every metallic object around them turning black.

"What happened to these weapons and armor?" One of the guards asked curiously, grabbed the hilt, and unsheathed his sword.

"Wait," The main guard's face changed. He wanted to stop him from touching these things, but it was already late.

The unsheathed sword blade in the guard hand turned into a black crystal sand and spread around, covering everything.

... Chapter End ...