Stirring the Transcendent Immortals' Desire
The woman in dark red armor staggered backward, hovering in mid-air, feeling a deep chill. She couldn't even break into the residence of a tycoon in the real world.
She was filled with doubt and suspicion. What exactly was in this grand garden-style complex? Were there any surviving monsters, or was she just imagining things?
She remained silent for a long time, not daring to wander in, staring intently into the depths of the Sun family compound, her eyes filled with longing. Not even her master had ever obtained such a treasure!
The fact that a modern-day tycoon had acquired such an extraordinary treasure for his own use made her want to immediately massacre the Sun family and seize it!
"What's going on? That bell is ringing by itself!" Inside the Sun family, the higher-ups were a little nervous. They were mortals and could not see the Silver Bell shining in the dark night, nor could they see the magnificent sight of the silver ripples spreading.
But when the bell tolls, they can hear it and know its importance; that's how they apprehended Mr. Ghost back then.
However, the absence of the extraordinary individual Sun Rongting in charge caused them some concern and inconvenience.
"First, replenish the two secret vaults with extraordinary substances," Sun Rongsheng said. These were airs that were secretly collected and compressed, used daily to nourish those ancient artifacts.
At that moment, a secret report arrived from outer space: one of their resource planets had been attacked.
The expressions of the Sun family's higher-ups changed. Someone actually attacked the Sun family?
Which planet?
"Yuanxia Star!" someone said solemnly.
"What?!" Sun Rongsheng, Sun Chengkun, and other key figures stood up abruptly, their faces grim.
Yuanxia Star, only a few light-years away from New Star, is a relatively close resource planet with abundant mineral resources and rare metals for building warships.
Although it's called a resource planet, they actually have a secret military base on that planet. Although it's not large, it belongs to the direct line of the Sun family and is very reliable.
"It's highly likely that Grant did it, avenging his granddaughter!" Sun Rongsheng said, sighing.
Last time, they destroyed Source Pool Mountain using warships from outside the region.
Grant was convinced that the Sun family was responsible, and he destroyed the three warships.
"He went too far, destroying one of our small bases. Does he want to start a war?" Some people were dissatisfied. For more than a hundred years, they had been in a dominant position and had a psychological advantage over the West.
"In these extraordinary times, let's not act rashly. I'm waiting for Grint's explanation; I don't believe he wants to escalate the conflict..."
Yuan Hong, the woman clad in Dark Red Armor, attempted to attack once more. A crimson beam of light shot out from the divine seal in her hand, and she retreated rapidly.
She stared into the distance, watching to see if anyone was activating the divine artifact.
Deep within the Sun family compound, a large, silver-white clock rippled with waves. To the extraordinary, it was nothing short of a magnificent work of art, a masterpiece.
With a bang, Zhong Bo dispersed the red beam of light and retaliated against Yuan Hong, who quickly fled.
"I didn't see anyone," Yuan Hong muttered to herself, her eyes burning with desire as she looked at the large bell.
The Soul Locking Bell, whose former owner was exceptionally powerful, was a prominent figure in the immortal realm behind the Great Curtain, invincible, but he died two hundred years ago.
It can be said that this silver bell is now ownerless, and even if the Transcendent Immortals return, it will not cause any major consequences.
Only after the bells faded did she dare to return, frowning. Suddenly, she realized how pathetic it all was: even Supernatural Practitioner like herself couldn't stand up to a mortal family? Times had truly changed.
Does that mean she has no choice but to stay outside and kill anyone who comes out?
In her original plan, she would sweep through the Transcendent Immortals and make them understand that even immortals are not to be trifled with!
But now, she... was speechless and powerless, unable to take control of this place in a grand and sweeping manner.
The Soul Locking Bell is an ancient Heavy Artifact, renowned among rare treasures. She is currently in Soul Body, and that thing is specifically designed to counter her; she simply cannot handle it.
As for that tiny golden flag, no bigger than a palm, she dared not approach it at all, even hesitant to test it, because its fearsome reputation was too great, it was a legendary item that had been lost in ancient times.
Its name is the God Slaying Banner. The name sounds ordinary, but its ferocity is terrifying. It is specifically designed to kill the primordial spirit. In the past, even peerless figures fell under the banner of this small flag.
Yuan Hong frowned. She really didn't have much time left. She needed to have a result within three days, otherwise the people behind the Great Curtain would blame her. And now it had been almost two days and two nights.
She wanted to test the waters further. That evening, someone from the Sun family came out, and she kidnapped them, broke their necks, and threw them into the dense woods of a nearby park.
She waited quietly, and nothing seemed amiss. Was there no mysterious expert in the Sun family overseeing things?
Yuan Hong's heart stirred again. The Sun Family Secret Vault was too astonishing. Even if the person behind the Great Curtain were to descend upon it, they would be tempted to seize it for themselves.
She disappeared, heading to her secluded retreat to retrieve a treasure, intending to plunder the Sun family's divine artifact.
Late at night, she appeared again, carrying a dark gray stone basin. It was a strange object; although it didn't have any particularly strong offensive power, it could gather treasures.
Yuan Hong activated it, and the stone basin glowed. Soon, a large amount of flowing light entered the Sun family's house, as she intended to steal the treasures from the secret vault.
Snap!
The stone basin shattered, and the flowing light vanished instantly. Her expression turned grim, and she began to suspect again whether some monster resided in the Sun family.
"Which senior resides here?" she asked, her spiritual fluctuations perceptible only to those of extraordinary abilities.
Wang Xuan watched all this quietly from the hotel. Hearing her words, he naturally had many thoughts. In fact, he had had various ideas before.
Yuan Hong suspected that the surviving monsters had taken over the Sun family, not necessarily to protect the clan, but because they coveted the sacred objects here.
Even more terrifying was a thought in her mind: could it be that the Transcendent Immortals had returned ahead of schedule? Was someone treating this place as their territory, and would it become a sacred site in the future?!
The thought of this possibility sent chills down her spine.
However, she shook her head, thinking it was unlikely; the powerful figure behind the Great Curtain hadn't arrived yet and was waiting for an opportunity.
Even if someone possesses extraordinary strength, sending just one of their followers would severely damage their power, making them too afraid to approach things like the Soul Locking Bell or the God Slaying Banner.
After all, people are born in a spiritual state and rarely have a physical body. If they want to regenerate their flesh and blood in the present world, they have to find the true bones that were left over from back then and slowly cultivate them. How easy is that!
No one responded to her; the Sun Family Secret Vault was quiet, devoid of any mental fluctuations.
"Could it be that it's not a human, but some other kind of treasure that has undergone a further mutation?" She stared at the Soul Locking Bell, then looked at the God Slaying Banner, her heart trembling violently.
"Is that all the tricks you have? Why don't you take action against the Sun family? If all else fails, just summon the Transcendent Immortals!" Wang Xuan watched her for a long time and was very disappointed.
In fact, Yuan Hong, dressed in Dark Red Armor, believed that taking revenge on the Sun family was far less important than obtaining the legendary items such as the Soul Locking Bell and the God Slaying Banner.
During the night, no important figures from the Sun family came out, so she did not make any further moves. She quietly watched and observed every detail around the Sun family compound.
She waited until dawn, when some members of the Sun family's direct line went out, and she killed two of them. Then, she caught up with a spaceship that had taken off and killed a high-ranking member of the Sun family.
"What!?" The Sun family was shocked and immediately gave orders that important members were not allowed to leave the house. They were quite alarmed.
There are superhumans targeting the direct descendants of the Sun family. The methods they use are very strange and are not normal ways to die.
"What's going on? Are there still superhumans left? Or is Wang Xuan still alive and has attacked us again?!"
Tension rose within the Sun family; this was a premeditated assassination, its targeting all too obvious.
"Even Christine and Hansolo are dead. Logically speaking, Wang Xuan, who was also present, shouldn't have survived either. Who is taking revenge on us?"
"It's not Chen Yongjie; he's far away from here right now. Is it Wang Xuan's lingering ghost? Or has a new Supernatural Practitioner appeared?"
Wang Xuan did not probe the Sun family with his spirit, but he caught the thoughts of a non-important member of the Sun family when they went out. He was speechless for a moment, and he was actually in a state of being half-scapegoated.
"The Transcendent Immortals are really useless. Are they really that incompetent? They don't have many ways to interfere in the mortal world," Wang Xuan thought to himself, genuinely worried for them.
After several attempts, Yuan Hong further tested the waters, but after a long time, no extraordinary power could corrupt her. She was certain that the Sun family had no guardian. What was so strange about the secret vault?
She turned and left. With her spiritual body, she couldn't force her way in. She had to report that there were treasures here that Transcendent Immortals behind the Great Curtain coveted!
It is still Source Pool Mountain, but the lava here has long since solidified. Where the original site was, there are no more peaks, only a deep canyon.
A cave had been carved out underground, and inside was a blurry figure—the same man who had appeared in the headless Divine Statue two days ago.
He actually came to the real world!
The man's figure became even more blurred, and he no longer had a real body. In the dead of night, amidst the raging storm and the intertwining of blood-red lightning, he was brought here by an unparalleled expert.
Of course, he paid a heavy price for this, his strength plummeted and his soul was damaged, but it was already extremely lucky that he survived.
Normally, if someone wants to return from the celestial realm behind the Great Curtain and enter the mortal world, there's a 90% chance they'll be reduced to ashes.
The woman bowed to him, her expression solemn, and said, "The Soul Locking Bell is in the Sun family!"
"This... this thing actually appeared?" The blurry figure revealed his surprise. He had to get this bell and not allow it to fall into the hands of mortals.
"Even the God Slaying Banner, lost since ancient times, has appeared, in the Sun Family Secret Vault!" the woman solemnly announced.
"What?!" The man was shocked. It was really strange that such a legendary thing had reappeared in an era of decline for the extraordinary.
"Originally, I didn't want to use my true bones, but now it seems I have no choice. Otherwise, as Soul Body, I can't get close to that thing!"
He had originally planned to visit the Sun family in spirit tonight and destroy their stronghold, but now it seems that if he doesn't use his true strength, even he will suffer a huge loss.
"I'm really looking forward to seeing treasures that have been lost for so long, in an era when mythology has decayed."
The man decided to take immediate action.