Thunder Mansion

"Tsk, you finally couldn't hold back anymore~"

Lin Dong, who was prepared, changed his fist stance and raised his hand to smash behind him. The gray iron fist, tainted by the Desolation Power, slammed hard into the face of the attacker, and blood splattered everywhere instantly.

"Hiss!"

With a cry of pain, the withered old man with gray hair clutched his sunken, bloodied nose and retreated rapidly, staring at Lin Dong with a horrified expression. "Your physical body has actually reached the first level of the Death Mysterious Stage ahead of schedule. No wonder you were able to see through my attack."

"Because there's nothing to be proud of in a piece of trash like you whose potential has been exhausted. You'll only ever Death Mysterious Stage, Minor Achievement in your entire life."

Lin Dong slowly turned around and looked at the Death Mysterious Stage expert who had been forced back by his attack.

"You..."

The gray-haired old man's expression changed, looking extremely embarrassed as if his sore spot had been exposed.

Lin Dong was absolutely right. Since he entered the Death Mysterious Stage fifty years ago, his cultivation had not progressed any further. He understood that his potential in the path of martial arts had been exhausted, and if he did not have any other extraordinary encounters, this would be how his life would be.

With his strength at the minor Death Mysterious Stage, Minor Achievement, he could have been quite proud of himself in the Chaotic Demon Sea, and he was quite satisfied.

However, today he encountered Lin Dong, who had already touched the Death Mysterious Stage at the young age of twenty-something. Under the blazing sun, he realized that he was not even a piece of trash.

"Hand over the Silver Tower Key, and I may spare your lives."

Lin Dong descended through the air, step by step approaching Pang Hao and the other man, startling the gray-haired elder who immediately carried the weakened Pang Hao and retreated repeatedly.

"Lin Dong, although you possess combat strength comparable to the first level of the Death Mysterious Stage, I am not someone to be trifled with. Besides, are you prepared to provoke my Nine Nether Gate?"

The gray-robed old man gritted his teeth and immediately channeled his energy back to his head.

"Take it!"

Pang Hao, whose spirit and energy had already been completely destroyed by Lin Dong, didn't even hesitate and took out a Silver Small Tower from his Cosmic Bag and threw it to Lin Dong.

"Young Master, you..."

The gray-robed old man, who had originally intended to try and win the bid, was completely dumbfounded.

"Anyway, this key will be useless after opening the Thunder Mansion. We can follow them in without the key, so it's really not advisable to have a conflict with this vicious person over it."

With a pained expression, Pang Hao, his face ashen, offered this advice to the old man in gray.

"... You make a very good point."

The old man in gray sighed Youyou, "What a damn useless teammate!"

"Hehe, that's more like it. Brother Pang is very sensible."

Lin Dong took the Silver Tower, put it away with a smile, and then suddenly turned to look at the White-robed Beauty standing on a building.

"Miss Liu Xiangxuan, you mustn't let me catch you red-handed, because I'm also very interested in that key you have."

With a meaningful laugh, Lin Dong and his companion drifted away.

"Miss, this scoundrel is truly arrogant. Why don't we have my subordinate join forces with that old monster from the Nine Nether Gate? We'll surely capture him."

A voice of indignation rose up, and an unremarkable middle-aged man quietly appeared beside Liu Xiangxuan. He was also a powerful expert in the Death Mysterious Stage.

"Not for now. Lin Dong must know that my Profound Heaven Hall also has Death Mysterious Stage expert accompanying him. His fearless attitude proves that he must have other trump cards that we don't know about."

"Notify the sect to mobilize more experts at the Death Mysterious Stage to support the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region. Even if they cannot arrive here within three days, they must intercept them after the cave is closed for cultivation. With Lin Dong around, he will probably take away most of the spoils from the Thunder Mansion."

Liu Xiangxuan's clear eyes were unfathomable, and she silently shook her head.

As a first-class power that has been deeply rooted in the Chaotic Demon Sea for thousands of years, Profound Heaven Hall and Nine Nether Gate had long known that the ancient power that once occupied the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region was called Thunder Mansion, and that the Thunder Mansion's master, Thunder Emperor, existed.

"Yes, Miss!"

The unassuming, lean middle-aged man solemnly clasped his hands in greeting.

At the same time, the powerful figures of the Nine Nether Gate made almost the same choice.

Three days later.

At the deepest part of the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region, a dark mass of people was gathered.

There is a Silver Thunder Slurry that stretches for tens of thousands of feet, cascading down from the black thunderclouds above the Nine Heavens. A massive and majestic cave dwelling is faintly visible amidst the waterfall.

"It's about time, let's get started."

Lin Dong, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

All eyes in the world immediately turned to Lin Dong and the people of the Profound Heaven Hall, for the three keys to open the cave were on them.

"Lin Dong, I'll allow you to be arrogant for a little longer, just wait until..."

Upon seeing this, Pang Hao's eyes twitched violently. Fearing that Lin Dong would see the resentment in his eyes, he immediately buried his head in his hands.

Liu Xiangxuan, dressed in a white dress, nodded with a complicated expression. Together with Lin Dong, she took out a Silver Small Tower. Three silver rays shot out from the Silver Tower and intertwined in mid-air to form an extremely thick silver pillar of light, which then slammed into the ten-thousand-foot-high thunder waterfall.

"Buzz!"

As the Silver Thunder Slurry surged rapidly, a massive Space Channel was instantly torn open by the silver beam of light, faintly leading to an unknown place.

"The mysterious cave has opened, let's go."

"Rush in, and all the treasures will be ours."

"The legendary inheritance and Natal Spirit Treasure of a Cycle Stage Expert..."

The dense, dark mass of people in the sky suddenly shifted from extreme stillness to extreme movement, swarming into the Space Channel like locusts in a passing land.

"Tch, this guy doesn't even have the courage to make a move. He's such a coward. He's just waiting for the Nine Nether Gate's reinforcements to arrive. I'd like to see how many Death Mysterious Stage experts you can recruit to accompany you on your journey."

Lin Dong glanced at Pang Hao and the other person as if he had something in mind, a mocking look on his face, and then he and Mu Lingshan disappeared from the spot.

This is a dilapidated and desolate space. The once majestic ancient buildings that can be seen everywhere have all been reduced to ruins over the years. The earth is cracked and gray, devoid of any Life Force.

Those magnificent buildings, each one telling a story of the power and glory of this Ancient Sect, were reduced to ashes overnight in a bizarre catastrophe and vanished without a trace.

"Thunder Mansion, I never thought it would end up like the Great Desolate Sect. Dao Sect will never repeat the same mistake."

Lin Dong sniffed the barely perceptible Demonic Qi in the space, his expression somewhat silent.

"It seems we were teleported in separately, and there aren't many people around."

Mu Lingshan looked around at the empty surroundings, then waved her slender hand in front of Lin Dong, who was lost in thought, "Big brother, what's wrong?"

"It's alright, let's speed up and go deeper. I have a feeling there are a lot of good things here."

Lin Dong smiled, put his arm around Mu Lingshan, and then activated the Space Ancestral Symbol, disappearing from the spot.

When it comes to scrambling across maps and grabbing treasures, what being can be faster than the wielder of the Space Ancestral Symbol? Well, perhaps only the Master of Space himself.

P. S.: My mind is a bit jumbled, let me sort it out.