Checking in for 100,000 Years

Chapter 482: Chapter 482: Escaping Danger, Returning to Heavenly Mechanism Tower

After a cold laugh, Big Black Cat’s mood grew even more relaxed.

The Golden Winged Roc had initially clashed with him several times in the Nine Soul Underground Palace, leading to a deep enmity between them.

Then, in the Nether Immortal Ancient Land, the Golden Winged Roc had sought trouble with him twice more.

This time, if it weren’t for the Nether Coffin in the great river, catching the Golden Winged Roc would have been incredibly difficult.

Big Black Cat stored his storage ring away.

He glanced at the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon and, finding it still in a deep sleep with no sign of stirring, made three deep bows.

Just as Big Black Cat was about to turn and leave, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

This senior has shown me kindness; if I were to just leave like this, it would seem truly ungrateful.

Big Black Cat sighed, gently rummaged through his storage ring, and finally took out ten Divine pills, carefully placing them before the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon.

”Senior, perhaps by the next time we meet, you won’t recognize me, but I hope you can recover as soon as possible.”

Big Black Cat clasped his hands together, muttering a few words, before his body flashed, shooting skyward from the lake.

SPLASH!

The lake water churned.

Big Black Cat burst out from the lake, hovering in mid-air.

”SQUEAK... RUSTLE...”

The small black boats on the lake, seeing a living person suddenly burst forth from within, let out a series of strange cries.

What are these things? Some kind of bizarre creatures? Seeing the small black boats that could make noise, Big Black Cat was also startled.

A few small black boats raced towards Big Black Cat’s feet.

What are they trying to do? Big Black Cat widened his eyes, looking down at the small black boats below.

The next moment, Big Black Cat’s eyes bulged, almost popping out of his head.

Each small black boat extended more than ten slender black tentacles, clawing at him like octopus arms.

Startled, Big Black Cat reacted instantly, activating his Teleportation Boots. He transformed into a ray of black light and shot off into the distance.

The countless black tentacles grasped at nothing.

The black tentacles retracted like a receding tide, disappearing completely into the bodies of the small boats.

From afar, there was no discernible difference between these small boats and ordinary boats.

Although they had missed, the black boats didn’t seem to care; some remained moored in the middle of the lake, while others glided towards the shore.

Big Black Cat had a hard time distinguishing any direction within the black fog.

After flying for a while and observing the surrounding terrain, he found no leads and couldn’t help but become frustrated.

In the Nether Immortal Ancient Land, the entire area was filled with black mist, making it hard to distinguish north, south, east, and west. If he couldn’t find a Heavenly Mechanism Tower, there was no way to determine his direction.

Big Black Cat randomly selected a direction and flew off.

「Two hours later.」

He was thrilled to see faint silver lights flickering in the distance.

The Heavenly Mechanism Tower!

A look of delight emerged on Big Black Cat’s face.

He wasn’t sure which Heavenly Mechanism Tower it was, but he planned to fly over and see.

Although the Heavenly Mechanism Towers were not marked by number, each tower had a different height. If one looked closely, they could distinguish whether it was the thirty-ninth tower he had encountered previously.

As he drew closer, Big Black Cat charged into the silver light in one breath.

This Heavenly Mechanism Tower stood very tall and looked strikingly familiar; it was indeed the thirty-ninth tower.

What Big Black Cat hadn’t expected was that, after more than three days had passed, there were at least a few hundred people already gathered around the base of the tower.

As for Sect Master Luo Li and the others, they were sitting in a corner in the outermost part of the area.

That’s not right. We were the first to arrive at the Heavenly Mechanism Tower. By rights, the Sect Master should be sitting in the innermost part. Why is she now sitting on the outermost edge?

Big Black Cat murmured to himself, a rush of anger surfacing on his face.

It seemed that someone, seeing their small team as weak and isolated, had pushed the Sect Master and her companions to the outermost area.

Big Black Cat took a deep breath, striving to keep his emotions in check.

After all, there were quite a few Cultivators in the Destiny Realm present.

The Sect Master and her companions had likely been waiting for him and hadn’t gone out, so they didn’t need to use the Heavenly Mechanism Tower to expel toxins.

Whether they were near or far from the Heavenly Mechanism Tower was of little relevance to them.

Big Black Cat quickly flew over.

”Sect Master, I have returned,” Big Black Cat said with a smile, landing nearby and bowing with clasped hands.

Hearing the familiar voice, all five opened their eyes almost simultaneously.

Luo Li’s eyes misted over as she said, both excited and emotional, ”Little Black Cat, you’re finally back! I was so worried something had happened to you!”

”Sect Master, this is a long story! Let me tell you all about it.”

Big Black Cat cautiously glanced around, then split his voice into five fine threads, transmitting it into the ears of the five people opposite him.

He recounted the chase after the Golden Winged Roc, entering the Nether Coffin, traveling upriver against the current, reaching the Black Lake, encountering the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon again, and obtaining the Blood Spirit Sting inheritance...

He narrated everything that had happened, exactly as it occurred.

After hearing the whole story, the expressions on everyone’s faces became incredibly complex.

No one had expected Big Black Cat to have such miraculous adventures after he left.

Jun Moxiao looked utterly shocked and sent a voice transmission, ”I was wondering why there was a blood-colored dragon mark on your forehead. So, it’s the Blood Spirit Sting Divine Skill imprint of the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon!”

”Yes!”

Scratching his head, Big Black Cat suddenly remembered something. He handed the Golden Winged Roc’s storage ring to Luo Li.

”Sect Master, the Divine Element Longevity Fruit is inside. Please keep it safe,” Big Black Cat said with a smile.

As he said this, a sense of pride welled up inside him.

When he had set off to chase the Golden Winged Roc, he had made a bold promise to the Sect Master. Now that the task was successfully accomplished, he couldn’t help but feel a great sense of achievement.

”I’ll make a note of your contribution.”

Luo Li chuckled lightly, took out a small notebook, noted down Big Black Cat’s merit, then accepted the storage ring and put it away.

They had all communicated via voice transmission, so the other Cultivators nearby had no idea what was happening.

After Big Black Cat had done all this, he also sat on the ground and began absorbing energy from Spirit Stones.

「In Luo Li’s mind.」

Ye Yun, having heard Big Black Cat’s entire account, couldn’t help but be shocked as well.

He hadn’t expected the Red-haired Bone Dragon in the lake to actually regain a shred of consciousness.

This Red-haired Bone Dragon’s predecessor was from the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon Clan, under the command of the Taixu Ancient Dragon.

Among the various Dragon Clans, the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon Clan was an exceptionally powerful Divine Dragon tribe, their combat strength on par with the Dark Divine Dragons under the Dark Heavenly Dragon.

Ye Yun wasn’t particularly surprised by the true form of the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon.

What shocked him was that the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon... had fallen in the Sumeru Dark Realm.

He had been searching for the Sumeru Dark Realm all this time, but to no avail.

In Ancient Times, how could the Taixu Ancient Dragon have led the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon army to battle invading Spirits in the Sumeru Dark Realm?

Ye Yun quietly mumbled to himself.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly. Clearly, he had many unresolved questions in his heart concerning this war from the Ancient Era.