Game: God-level Aura, 100x Experience at the Start!

Silver Wolf SubmitsWhen the Wind Howling Silver Wolf placed the Fire Department Token in White Night’s palm, a look of seeking praise flashed in its wolf eyes, making it seem very clever.

White Night’s fingertips traced the hot patterns on the token. This token was forged from ”Lihuo Crystal” of the Nine Heavens Realm; it was scalding to the touch but did not harm the skin, clearly containing pure Fire Law.

”Have you been to the Fire Department Passage?” White Night asked.

The Silver Wolf shook its head, rubbed its nose against his wrist, and then turned and let out two low growls toward a fork in the road.

It seemed to have found the token by scent. This Spirit Wolf’s perception was actually sharper than his Heavenly Heart Imprint.

”Lead the way.” White Night patted the Silver Wolf’s neck.

Since there were Water Department and Earth Department Tokens left to retrieve, having an extra guide naturally saved effort.

The Silver Wolf excitedly wagged its tail and leaped into the left passage. The water-patterned runes at the entrance rippled as it stepped over them—this was the Water Department Passage.

The Water Department Passage was completely different from the Wind Department’s. Thick black liquid seeped from the rock walls, and stepping on it was like sinking into a mire.

A sweet, fishy smell permeated the air. The Heavenly Heart Imprint warned of danger: the liquid contained the highly corrosive ”Netherworld Water,” which could dissolve even the protective True Qi of the Deity Transformation Realm.

”Watch your step.” White Night warned.

The Silver Wolf, however, was completely unconcerned. Its four paws stepped on the liquid as if walking on solid ground, and a faint silver light even appeared on its fur, isolating the Netherworld Water.

White Night’s heart stirred slightly. This Spirit Wolf’s bloodline was probably not simple; ordinary Wind Howling Silver Wolves did not possess such ability.

After advancing a hundred zhang into the passage, an underground lake appeared ahead. The water was black as ink, and gigantic lotus leaves floated on the surface, their centers dotted with blood-red flower buds.

The Silver Wolf suddenly stopped, growling low at the lake surface, its wolf pupils filled with apprehension.

”Splash!”

The lake water churned, and a Nine-Headed Giant Serpent burst out. Its body was covered in black scales, and each head had different eyes—some were vertical pupils, others compound eyes—clearly a mutated entity that had fused the bloodlines of multiple demonic beasts.

”Nine-Headed Netherworld Serpent, Middle Stage Deity Transformation strength.” White Night gripped his Iron Sword. Netherworld Water flowed over the Serpent Demon’s scales, meaning ordinary attacks would likely be ineffective.

The central head of the nine-headed serpent opened its massive mouth and spat out a black water column. Wherever the water column passed, the rock wall was instantly corroded into deep pits.

White Night tapped his toes on a lotus leaf, retreating like a dragonfly skimming the water, while simultaneously injecting Wind Law into the Iron Sword. A cyan vortex wrapped around the sword body.

”Wind Crevice Whirl!”

The vortex transformed into a miniature tornado at the sword tip. The tornado, carrying the sharp force of a Space Rift, actually shredded the black water column into mist.

The mist landed on the lotus leaves, making a ”sizzle” sound, and the leaf flesh quickly withered. The corrosiveness of the Netherworld Water far exceeded expectations!

Seeing its attack broken, the nine-headed serpent had eight heads simultaneously spray venom, forming an airtight net of poison.

The Silver Wolf roared in anger, its entire body radiating bright silver light, and it spat out a Silver Sound Wave. The sound wave struck the poison net, actually shattering the venom into fine spray.

”Good chance!” White Night seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, his figure gliding across the lake surface using the momentum of the wind, the Iron Sword aimed directly at the nine-headed serpent’s central head.

That was the core of the Serpent Demon, where the scales were thinnest and the Netherworld Water accumulated the least.

”Hiss!” The nine-headed serpent’s vertical pupils contracted sharply. The remaining eight heads simultaneously turned to bite, and the cold air expelled from their mouths instantly froze the surrounding lake water.

White Night’s sword momentum was obstructed, forcing him to pull back his sword to defend. The moment the Iron Sword collided with the serpent fangs, a chilling, bone-piercing power spread along the sword body, actually making his wrist slightly numb.

”This Serpent Demon also understands Ice Law?” Surprise flashed in White Night’s eyes, followed by a cold laugh. He then operated the Space Law to its maximum.

The Iron Sword suddenly vanished from its spot, and the next moment, it stabbed out from an angle the nine-headed serpent couldn’t detect, accurately piercing the center of the central head’s brow.

”Pfft!”

The Lihuo Crystal Token suddenly flew out from White Night’s embrace and affixed itself to the Serpent Demon’s brow.

The token erupted with dazzling red light. The Fire Law, like fire meeting oil, instantly ignited the Netherworld Water inside the nine-headed serpent’s body.

The Serpent Demon let out a mournful shriek. Its nine heads exploded one after another in the flames, and its massive body finally sank to the bottom of the lake, leaving only a blue token floating on the water surface—this was precisely the Water Department Token.

The Silver Wolf leaped into the lake and retrieved the token. White Night took the token and found that its material was the same as the Wind Department and Fire Department tokens, but it radiated the luster of Water Law. At this moment, the system prompt sounded:

[Gathered the Wind, Fire, and Water Department Tokens, triggering the Four Symbols Resonance, gaining Water Law Affinity + 10%]

”So there’s this kind of benefit to collecting the tokens.” White Night stored the tokens in the System Space, his gaze fixed on the bottom of the lake.

Something seemed to be glowing in the nine-headed serpent’s lair. He activated the Wind Law to blow the lake water away, revealing a White Jade Sarcophagus resting on the lakebed. The words ”Water God Manor” were carved onto the sarcophagus.

Opening the sarcophagus, he found the remains of a female cultivator inside. In her hands, she tightly clutched a Jade Slip and a Jade Bottle.

The Jade Slip recorded a Water Law cultivation technique called the ”Profound Ice Art,” which was even more exquisite than the Qinglan Sect’s top-tier techniques.

The Jade Bottle contained three ”Ice Soul Pills,” which could instantly freeze the enemy’s Law operation, making them excellent life-saving medicinal pills.

”A decent haul.” White Night properly stored the treasures. Just as he was about to leave, the Silver Wolf suddenly barked wildly at the bottom of the lake.

He looked down and found a line of small text carved into the bottom of the sarcophagus: ”The Earth Department Token is hidden beneath the Black Tortoise Shell, requiring the three tokens as a key.”

It seemed the mechanism for the Earth Department Passage required the first three tokens to activate. White Night patted the Silver Wolf: ”Let’s go, to the Earth Department Passage.”

The Earth Department Passage was the widest of the four passages, its rock walls composed of reddish-yellow stone covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

At the end of the passage was a massive stone gate, engraved with the pattern of the Black Tortoise. Three grooves were embedded in the intertwined tortoise and serpent pattern, perfectly sized to hold the three tokens.

The moment the tokens were embedded in the grooves, the stone gate let out a ”rumbling” sound and slowly opened inward.

Behind the gate was a massive Underground Palace. In the center of the palace stood a ten-thousand-zhang-tall Black Tortoise Statue. The statue’s shell was covered in a Star Map, and yellowish-brown light points flickered within the map.

”This is... the Great Earth Star Map?” White Night looked up. The light points in the Star Map corresponded to the mountain ranges and veins of the Qingxuan Continent, clearly a Geographical Record drawn by a cultivator of the Nine Heavens Realm.

Just then, the statue’s eyes suddenly lit up with red light, and the entire Underground Palace began to shake violently.

Countless cracks split open in the ground, and stone claws reached out from the fissures, followed by Puppet Warriors clad in rock armor. These puppets wielded giant axes, stood three zhang tall, and their aura had actually reached the Early Stage Deity Transformation!

”There are at least a hundred puppets.” White Night’s eyes narrowed. The material of these puppets was ”Xirang Stone,” which could absorb the spiritual energy of the earth to repair themselves, making them ten times more difficult to deal with than Bronze Puppets.

The Silver Wolf spat a sound wave at the puppets, but it was bounced back by the puppets’ rock armor.

White Night simultaneously summoned the Wind, Fire, and Water Department Tokens. The three tokens formed a Triangular Array in the air, and the three-colored light bursting from the array instantly shredded the approaching puppets.

”So the tokens have this kind of use.” White Night understood. These three tokens were actually natural Array Cores, capable of triggering the resonance of the Three Laws.

He controlled the Token Array to clear the path ahead, while he followed behind the array, using the Iron Sword to specifically target the puppets’ joints.

Although the puppets could repair their bodies, the Xirang Stone at their joints was relatively fragile. After being pierced by the Iron Sword, their repair speed significantly slowed down.

White Night moved through the puppet horde like a butterfly flitting among flowers, each sword strike precisely crippling a puppet, acting decisively and without hesitation.

Half an hour later, the last puppet crashed to the ground.

White Night put away the Token Array and was about to walk toward the Black Tortoise Statue when the ground in the center of the Underground Palace suddenly collapsed. A giant tortoise with a shell slowly rose up, and seated on the shell was an old man wearing an Earth-Yellow Daoist Robe. The old man held a Whisk, and his aura was unfathomable.

”Are you the junior who gathered the three tokens, Your Excellency?” The old man stroked his beard and smiled, his voice like a great bell.

White Night gripped his Iron Sword vigilantly: ”Who are you, Your Excellency?”

”I am the Remnant Soul of the Earth Department Guardian Envoy of the Nine Heavens Realm, tasked by my master to guard the Earth Department Token.” The old man’s figure gradually became transparent. ”If you wish to take the token, you must pass my test.”

Before he finished speaking, the old man waved his Whisk. The rocks of the Underground Palace suddenly transformed into countless Stone Spears, shooting toward White Night.

These Stone Spears contained the heavy power of Earth Law. Although slow, they carried an irresistible might.

”Excellent!” White Night integrated the three tokens into the Wind Law. The three-colored light and Cyan Wind Blades interwoven into a Spiral Light Column. Wherever the light column passed, the Stone Spears shattered.

Surprise flashed in the old man’s eyes: ”You can actually fuse the Three Laws? Interesting.”

He waved his Whisk again. The ground of the Underground Palace suddenly bulged, transforming into a Massive Stone Fist that smashed fiercely down toward White Night.

White Night took a deep breath and operated the Space Law to the maximum.

His figure instantly vanished before the stone fist landed, appearing the next moment behind the old man, the Iron Sword aimed directly at his brow. This was one of his current ultimate killing moves, the ”Instant Kill,” which combined Wind Crevice Shuttle and Shrinking the Ground into an Inch.

”Not bad, not bad.” The old man remained calm. His tortoise shell suddenly rotated, blocking the Iron Sword.

”Take the token. Perhaps the future of the Nine Heavens Realm rests on you juniors.”

A yellowish-brown token popped out from the center of the tortoise shell—it was precisely the Earth Department Token.

The moment White Night received the token, the Four Department Tokens simultaneously flew up, forming the ”Four Symbols Array” in mid-air. A phantom image of a key appeared within the array, and the appearance of the world gate key was clearly visible.

”The world gate key is hidden on the Altar at the core of the ruins. The Four Symbols Array can guide the way.” The old man’s figure completely vanished. ”Go, don’t disappoint this old man.”

White Night looked at the four tokens in his hand, a hint of light flashing in his eyes.

Collecting the tokens was only the beginning; the real test awaited him at the core of the ruins.

The Silver Wolf rubbed against his palm and let out an excited low growl, clearly ready as well.

The passage deep within the Underground Palace slowly opened under the light of the Four Symbols Array, leading to the unknown Core Region.

White Night gripped his Iron Sword and stepped inside shoulder-to-shoulder with the Silver Wolf, their figures quickly disappearing into the darkness.

A short while later.

Torches on both sides of the passage lit up one after another, illuminating the Murals on the rock walls. The final scene of the mural was a Suspended Altar, and the key in the center of the altar was radiating brilliant light...