Light Fortress-Chapter 1547 - 239: Extraordinary Life

"Countdown ten seconds, prepare to land."

"Ten, nine, eight... two, one, landing!"

The Cloud Ship spewed out azure flames in the air, then slowly descended. Lord Yun Hu and Xuan Turtle looked at the mountains below them, and after donning their exoskeleton armor, they floated off the ship first.

"This area is extremely rich with Extraordinary Essence."

"Moreover... very orderly, compared to those essences scattered over the Ice Sea, these essences are of high quality."

"I never thought we could find such a treasure beyond the Five Continents."

Extraordinary Essence generally wanders in the void, existing in a chaotic form. Even if it exists abundantly in a certain area, it only leads to chaos. If the density is too high, it will form the so-called ’black spots,’ which then expand the chaotic phenomena, ultimately evolving into an uncontrollable ’black hole’!

Only in the Five Continents, at the place where the Divine Throne resides for a long time, can such chaos be suppressed.

The Source Tower, Light City, Changye...

Such places calm the massive amount of Extraordinary Essence due to the suppression of the Power of Fire.

The world’s largest essence residence is the Changye Qingzhong Cemetery.

And the density of ’Essence’ in these snowy mountains gives Lord Yun Hu a sense of returning to the Source Tower.

"Is this the dwelling left by an ancient civilization? Why didn’t I see any traces of ’civilization’ having lived here?" Xuan Turtle scanned around, feeling peculiar: "So much orderly essence gathered in this place, could it be naturally formed?"

If it is naturally generated.

This does not align with the Five Continents’ understanding of the traits of Extraordinary Essence.

If there is human manipulation...

Then through spiritual power in this vast snowy mountain, there isn’t the slightest indication of life.

"Don’t overthink it."

Lord Yun Hu chuckled and said, "Where could there be any ancient civilization in this place? We’ve been exploring the ’relic’ for so long, have we found a single sign of life? Not even a corpse..."

Xuan Turtle remained silent.

"The so-called ’relic’ should be coincidental, the extraordinary workmanship of nature."

Lord Yun Hu crossed his arms and slowly landed.

He smiled and said, "In a place like this, there can’t possibly be any ancient civilization. Six hundred years ago, ’ancient humans’ were migrating south from the north, fleeing to the Five Continents... At that time, the Ice Sea must have been in chaos."

"Indeed."

Xuan Turtle sighed lightly, "But then how does one explain the matter of ’Authority’ as mentioned in the intelligence?"

"Perhaps it is indeed fake news deliberately released by the Storm God’s Throne!"

Lord Yun Hu scoffed and said, "Saying that carrying the ’Authority Power’ would cause time distortion, entrapping us. But we brought the Cloud Mirror this time, any abnormalities?"

"..."

"Alright, the Cloud Ship has landed."

Lord Yun Hu patted Xuan Turtle’s shoulder and said blandly, "This mission shouldn’t be too complicated. Let’s collect the essence first, then see if there are any stones inherently possessing Extraordinary Traits... There might be a lot of Mithril here, we’d better act before others arrive."

"Okay."

Xuan Turtle nodded, still involuntarily looking towards the distant snowy mountains.

One problem remains unsolved—

Up to now, they haven’t seen a single sign of living energy, nor found any dead ones, but what about those Storm Church people?

They landed ahead of the Source Tower, even guided by a saint...

Where are these people?

The candidates from the Source Tower began to move around the mountains, and drones scattered across the mountains.

Soon, anomalies appeared.

"Number seven lost contact!"

"Number thirteen lost contact!"

Those drones controlled by Spiritual Transcendents, as they went deep into the mountains, lost signal directly, yet the last captured images before malfunction were all normal.

How did they suddenly crash in mid-flight?

"That’s really odd..."

Red Phosphorus, responsible for controlling these drones, felt peculiar.

According to the Source Tower’s plan, the external exploration and sampling of the snowy mountains are ongoing. Once the drones determine the internal terrain, slowly progress inward.

"You, you... come with me."

Red Phosphorus immediately reported the anomaly to Lord Yun Hu. After receiving confirmation, she quickly took two of her subordinates to the malfunction site of the drones.

Soon after.

The three-person squad arrived at the crash site of the drones.

This is a relatively open plain, under the overlapping shadows of the mountains, the view is somewhat dim... but the wreckage of those crashed machines is clearly visible. They have been cut into countless fragments, scattered across the snowy field.

"What’s going on, this looks like it has been cut open?"

The two team members subconsciously stepped forward, preparing to pick up these fragments of the machine to check what has happened.

Red Phosphorus frowned, looking at the wreckage of those drones scattered on the snowy field, suddenly realizing something wrong.

There was no explosion in the last image.

No explosion...

"Wait!"

She shouted abruptly, but it was too late.

The team member at the front turned his head upon hearing the voice, but his body shattered without any warning, as if being slashed by countless Sword Qi in an instant. The body stepping forward due to inertia continued the "forward" motion even in dismemberment, resulting in an extremely bloody scene on the snowy field—

Numerous body parts fell instantly, slamming onto the ground and sliding a short distance on the snowy field.

The drones would shatter...

Humans would too.

"???

This scene caused severe shock to the heart of another Law Enforcer present.

"Don’t move, don’t move!"

Red Phosphorus hissed in a low voice, unleashing a spiritual shock to stabilize the pale-faced law enforcer.

The latter’s body froze in place.

Red Phosphorus extended a hand, grabbing the law enforcer through the air and pulling him backward...

"Bang!"

At the moment of heavy impact on the ground, sweat poured from the law enforcer’s forehead.

"I’m not dead, I’m still alive!"

First he felt relief, then his face turned ashen as paper.

The rifle he held had its stock partially sliced away, leaving only half...

Where he had stood was now an invisible barrier in the air!

The seemingly ordinary road ahead.

In fact, it was filled with "invisible blades."

One step forward and he would have been cut open!

Just a little further... taking one more step forward and he would have been sliced apart!

"Didn’t Lord Yun Hu say there were no Extraordinary beings here?" the law enforcer said hoarsely, fear filling his eyes. "How do you explain this?"

"..."

Red Phosphorus remained silent, staring at the eerily silent, dark snowy scene before her.

This invisible killing "wall" clearly required a Transcendent’s array patterns to set...

This invisible barrier proved that what the Cloud Ship had seen earlier—that there were no life forms or Transcendent traces here—

was all an illusion!

She took a deep breath, pulling her subordinate up, and sternly said, "Now’s not the time for fear, we must return immediately and report this to Lord Yun Hu."

But after turning around, she hadn’t even taken a step.

Red Phosphorus halted her steps.

From afar in the wind and snow, a large red figure slowly emerged.

That large red figure was adorned in ancient bamboo armor, layer upon layer, and wore a mask as white as snow, inscribed with crimson ancient script, its meaning unknown.

Behind them, their long hair cascaded like a waterfall, almost touching the ground.

The figure was both slender and bulky!

Red Phosphorus had never seen such a bizarre outfit.

What terrified her more was...

As a Spiritual Transcendent, she couldn’t detect any abnormal spiritual aura; even now, her Heart Lake hadn’t sent signals of danger.

This indicated the other party could completely conceal their lethal intent!

And their spirit realm overwhelmed hers countless times over!

"Hu..."

Red Phosphorus summoned three flight knives, spinning them around her—a weapon by her side for years... Beyond this, she had a sealed item bestowed by Lord Yun Hu.

Previously, in the hall when sparring with Gu Xiaoman, she endured a hit to earn this reward.

It was a palm fan carved with cloud patterns.

She took out the palm fan, clasped it tightly, the cloud patterns activating with spiritual power, gradually changing from snow-white to scarlet, the entire palm fan becoming hot.

The level and power of a sealed item are related.

Among A-level sealed items, some have limited uses, amplifying their power beyond those for unlimited use!

This palm fan, if normally activated, could be used four times in total.

But Red Phosphorus chose to activate it all at once... The cloud patterns deepened from scarlet to a pitch-black!

The strange figure in bamboo armor said nothing upon appearing, not even when Red Phosphorus drew her sealed item. They just watched silently until Red Phosphorus launched an attack—

Buzz buzz buzz!

The three flight knives attacked first.

The Spiritual’s combat speed surpassed that of Strong Logic Bullets!

The bamboo armor figure charged forward rapidly, despite their bulky appearance and thick armor layers, charging straight towards the flight knives. In an instant, drawing their blade from the waist, three crisp sounds erupted in the snowfield, Red Phosphorus hadn’t even seen how the bamboo armor man drew the sword, and her three flight knives had already been sent flying—

In the next second.

The oppressive figure appeared overhead!

"Boom!"

At the same time, the four-time charged cloud pattern palm fan erupted with full force at the bamboo armor strange man—

Containing the entirety of third-level spiritual power, the pitch-black Annihilation Wind enveloped the bamboo armor strange man. Blood veins surfaced in Red Phosphorus’ eyes, her spiritual power slamming directly into the opponent’s Heart Lake!

"Kill!"

She exerted all her strength, seeking a strand of hope for survival.

From the moment this figure appeared, she knew the situation was dire. But if a spiritual attack could create a second’s gap... perhaps she’d have a chance to escape!

"Ssssshh—"

Sadly, no miracle occurred.

The fierce Annihilation Wind did hit the bamboo armor figure, penetrating their body.

But the "soul annihilation" failed.

A blazing black wind formed and expanded in the air, eventually dissipating.

The leaping figure finally brought down their blade with a gentle slash.

This clean strike split Red Phosphorus and the law enforcer beside her in two.

The bamboo armor rattled then fell silent.

After landing, the figure sheathed their sword and walked through the "invisible barrier" unscathed, finally crouching before the fragments of shattered drones, picking one up to examine closely.