Chapter 97: The Four Peculiar Objects

Chapter 97: The Four Peculiar Objects

The sight behind the bronze doors of the pendant left Pang Jian dumbstruck.

He could never have imagined the tightly closed bronze doors would unexpectedly open to reveal such a spectacle!

The strange serpent in the depths of the bizarre mist looked exactly like the beast soul of the Giant Abyssal Serpent.

It was a new Giant Abyssal Serpent!

Aside from the serpent, there was also a beehive, a vine, and a black turtle.

The beings killed by the bones of the Celestial Phoenix had reappeared within the mysterious space behind the bronze door and were floating in the dense bizarre mist.

Cultivators feared the bizarre mist. This same bizarre mist permeated the inner world of the bronze pendant, exuding an aura of endless mystery.

The strange serpent, beehive, vine, and black turtle appeared to have been reborn within the bizarre mist!

Pang Jian’s mind spun. T/his chapter is updat/ed by nov(ê(l)biin.c/o/m

The previously sealed bronze door had unexpectedly opened.

It was deeply shocking.

The peculiarities within the pendant impressed him more than the sight of the Green Condor!

Thoughts flashed through his mind like a flurry of lightning.

Thinking back to the ferocious vines that had violently emerged from the fissures in the ground, Pang Jian concluded that the bone of the Celestial Phoenix had killed a terrifying vine plant residing deep underground.

Back then, a drop of Celestial Phoenix's essence had inadvertently come into his possession and was absorbed by the bronze pendant.

His first round of body tempering was achieved because of that first drop of the Celestial Phoenix's essence.

In Blackwater Pond, he obtained another essence of the Celestial Phoenix condensed from the corpse of the Giant Abyssal Serpent.

The bronze pendant had also absorbed the blood-colored Celestial Phoenix that emerged from Ouyang Duanhai’s body.

The blood-colored Celestial Phoenix from Ouyang Duanhai had been formed from the beehive and bees in Insect Valley.

His second tempering was done through that blood-colored Celestial Phoenix.

At that time, in his hazy state, he could feel fiery Celestial Phoenixes soaring within his bones.

Not long ago, when the murky energy had ravaged his meridians, the black turtle's blood essence had aided him, causing his meridians to rupture and heal repeatedly.

Only the essence of the Celestial Phoenix formed from the Giant Abyssal Serpent remained inactive.

Did that essence of the Celestial Phoenix facilitate the rebirth of a new Giant Abyssal Serpent? But then, why did the beehive, vine, and black turtle also appear? Questions overwhelmed Pang Jian’s mind.

Pang Jian forced himself to calm down. He carefully studied the mysterious space within the bronze pendant.

The bronze door of the pendant was only partially open and he could not enter.

He studied the newly born Giant Abyssal Serpent. Floating slightly further away were the beehive, vine, and black turtle.

The latter three were much smaller than the Giant Abyssal Serpent and did not yet exude an extraordinary aura.

Pang Jian had no idea how big the space inside the bronze door was or what other mysteries the bizarre mist concealed.

He noticed the Giant Abyssal Serpent was staring at him from the mysterious space inside the bronze door.

The dark obsidian eyes of the newly born Giant Abyssal Serpent showed fear and restlessness. It seemed it wanted to come out and be close to Pang Jian.

Huff! Huff! Huff!

A complex mix of emotions flashed in the Giant Abyssal Serpent. As it watched him, it continued to devour the murky energy from Pang Jian's spiritual sea.

It only absorbed the densest, most unique energies of corrosion and destruction.

Based on his demeanor, the Qilin Bell alone seemed sufficient to sustain him indefinitely.

Pang Jian knew Li Jie had numerous treasures at his disposal. It seemed unlikely Yuan Shishan could break through his formidable defenses.

“There's no need to worry about him,” Pang Jian muttered under his breath. He looked at the beleaguered Luo Hongyan before glancing back down at his feet.

The Giant Abyssal Serpent seemed content to absorb the murky energy of the Fifth World.

Pang Jian nodded in relief, then confidently rushed out with his spear.

Swish!

His Startling Slaughter Spear unleashed another black halo, intercepting the many rocks Yuan Shishan was hurling.

Luo Hongyan looked at him with joyful surprise at the sight of him alive and well. “You're okay?”

“Yeah, I was held up by something,” Pang Jian replied.

“If you’re fine, you should've said something!” Luo Hongyan scolded.

“Even if I had, you wouldn’t have been able to hear it.”

Meanwhile, Yuan Shishan stood on a raised platform with his hair disheveled as he muttered hysterically, “A soul, they saw me as a necessary soul for the array core of Eight Trigrams City...”

Unable to accept reality, he used all his power to bombard the Trial Master, Li Jie, with spirit artifacts.

Li Jie stayed composed. The Qilin Bell floated above his head and effortlessly fended off the onslaught of spirit artifacts.

Boom!

The invisible barrier at the entrance of the dark tunnel was unexpectedly destroyed.

The previously restrained darkness now spread into the mansion.

Even the usually composed Li Jie stood up and stared in shock at the sight.

“How is this possible?” As the Trial Master, he controlled the lights within Eight Trigrams City.

He could activate or extinguish the lights from the stone tiles and walls of the city at will.

The darkness outside the city was eternal, but as long as there was light in Eight Trigrams City, it would not be able to enter.

The encroachment of darkness toward the City Lord’s Mansion had been Li Jie's doing as he gradually extinguished the lights.

The lights could only be extinguished from outside in, forcing everyone toward the City Lord’s Mansion, then the pool in the courtyard

The darkness would only engulf everything after his trial ended and everyone left Eight Trigrams City.

After many years, when the Heaven Ascension Tribulation Pillar needed new souls and sacrifices, a new Trial Master would come to Eight Trigrams City.

When that happened, Eight Trigrams City would light up again.

However, Li Jie's trial was not over. He was still in Eight Trigrams City.

The darkness was entering the mansion early!

This was the second anomaly Li Jie had encountered since his arrival in Eight Trigrams City.

“Ah!” Pang Jian saw the Giant Abyssal Serpent swim toward him. It seemed to have broken through an invisible barrier.

The moment the Giant Abyssal Serpent emerged from the tunnel, the darkness spread rapidly into the mansion.

It could not be stopped!

The darkness spread like black ink into the mansion, and the souls within the pool water corroded away as it engulfed them.

Li Jie’s expression changed dramatically as he shouted in alarm. “Pang Jian, who exactly is hiding in the alley?”

He suspected that the anomaly in the darkness had come from an enemy faction of his family and was intentionally disrupting his trial to plunge him into an inescapable doom.