A Mere Core Formation, and a Nascent Soul Beast Dared Act Brazenly Before Me? Die

As he arrived at the entrance to the first trial, Lin Che did not enter immediately. Instead, he stopped at the entrance to observe.

If he remembered correctly, entering the first trial should have something to do with the Yin-Yang Five Elements.

Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—five different trials in total. The dangers in each were entirely different, and passing any one of them would allow one to proceed directly to the second trial.

Lin Che stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes. If I remember correctly, Nado's Storage Bag should be in the earth-attribute trial.

In the original story, Nado was a cultivator from the Five Planets Starfield. His strength had originally reached the Soul Transformation Stage, but severe injuries had caused his cultivation to fall, leaving him with only Nascent Soul Transformation stage cultivation.

Nado had originally wanted to enter the Ancient God's Land to search for magical treasures to heal himself, but Do Mu and the others relentlessly pursued him. In the end, he left his Storage Bag inside the treasure pavilion of the Ancient God's Land.

To a Peak Stage powerhouse, a Storage Bag was dispensable. However, it contained a Star Chart, an essential item for Nado to return to his own planet.

He would likewise need a Star Chart when traveling to other planets in the future, so obtaining it was the best choice.

As for Nado coming to demand it back someday, that would depend on whether he had the ability.

With that thought, Lin Che instantly appeared within the earth-attribute trial. At the same time, he released his divine sense, enveloping every living creature in the area.

The Earth Element Zone was nowhere near as peaceful as he had imagined. Yellow sand swirled everywhere, countless demonic beasts roamed about, and many hurricanes towered over a hundred meters high.

Looking closely, the hurricanes were actually made entirely of demonic beasts. Every flap of their wings created several yellow-sand hurricanes of varying heights.

Xu Liguo wore a miserable expression. When he saw the menacing hurricane approaching, he cursed inwardly, It's over. This time, I'm really done for. If I'd known, I would have fought him to the death.

"A mere Core Formation cultivator, and a Nascent Soul beast dared act brazenly before me? Die."

Lin Che ignored the sweeping hurricane. Instead, he waved his right hand forward, and a vast surge of energy abruptly shot out, smashing viciously into the hurricane's center.

With a booming explosion from within the hurricane, the massive hundred-zhang hurricane instantly burst apart. Countless demonic beast corpses rained to the ground, turning into dust and scattering away.

"Master, you're incredible!"

Xu Liguo's eyes widened in astonishment as he said in shock, "That hurricane was as fragile as an ant before you. With just one sentence, you killed so many Nascent Soul and Core Formation demonic beasts."

Lin Che ignored Xu Liguo's praise. Stepping through the air, he teleported a hundred zhang away and soon found a Black Tower standing tall in the area.

If his guess was correct, the Black Tower contained special restrictions capable of resisting the attacks of the hurricane beasts.

Lin Che glanced at the hurricanes outside, which were rapidly gathering. Those beasts were likely planning to avenge their fallen companions.

These beasts had lived here for an unknown number of years, and there were countless Core Formation and Nascent Soul beasts among them.

However, they feared the Black Tower and did not dare approach rashly. They could only lurk around it, continuously letting out shrill cries and furious roars.

Lin Che turned around with an indifferent expression and glanced sideways at Xu Liguo, who stood with his hands on his hips, looking smug. "Go. Devour them. Devour as many as you can."

"Ah?"

Xu Liguo's heart trembled. He immediately turned to look at Lin Che, then hugged Lin Che's thigh pitifully. "Master, those guys are vicious. What if they tear me apart? I can't bear to leave you."

"Don't worry. Those beasts are only at the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stages. They cannot harm you in the slightest. Go devour them without fear. If anything happens, I'll cover for you."

Cover for your ass! Xu Liguo cursed inwardly. You make me do all the dirty work. I'm a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse, at least. Doesn't your conscience hurt treating me like this?

Lin Che swung his right hand backward, giving Xu Liguo no chance to react. He directly tossed him into the center of the hurricanes to fight those beasts to the death.

After glancing at the battle between Xu Liguo and the beasts, Lin Che paid it no further attention and walked up to the top floor of the Black Tower.

There were no other structures on the Black Tower's top floor. Only something resembling a candlestick stood in the center, with nothing else around it.

Lin Che gently pressed his left hand against the ground. He had extracted quite a few of the Black Tower's restrictions here before, and had used them to restrain many powerful cultivators.

Now that he had returned, he naturally intended to extract more for future seals and other uses.

The restrictions within the Ancient God's Land were ancient restrictions. They were difficult to comprehend and even harder to refine. Only by constantly tempering them with the Immortal Power inside his body could they be fully refined.

"Come out."

Without hesitation, Lin Che released the Immortal Power within his body and suddenly exerted force with his right hand, pulling outward.

In an instant, cracks spread across the ceiling at a visible speed under his pull. Then it shattered inch by inch, while countless black Incantations appeared in the air.

"It seems the restrictions here can regenerate on their own. Unfortunately, I have no way to take this Black Tower away. Otherwise, these restrictions could be used endlessly."

The Black Tower would become useless if it left this place. That was precisely why Lin Che could not take it with him and could only leave it here.

Only after collecting all the black Incantations did Lin Che return to the first floor of the Black Tower.

By then, Xu Liguo had returned as well, but he had come back stuffed full. He patted his bulging belly like a pregnant woman, swaying unsteadily as he walked.

Xu Liguo said with a grin, "Master, you didn't see it just now—I was outrageously powerful. Those beasts were like mice seeing a cat when they saw me. Not one of them could put up a fight."

"Who told them to recklessly provoke Master? I, Xu Liguo, have vented this anger for you. If those beasts aren't convinced, I'll devour every last one of them."

With one hand behind his back, Lin Che replied calmly, "We've obtained what we came for. Let's leave this trial and head to the second one."

"What?" Xu Liguo flew over curiously and asked, "What did you get? If it caught Master's interest, it must be something good."

Just as Lin Che was about to speak, he sensed a special aura rapidly approaching, with the Black Tower where he stood as its destination.

"Human, get out here!!"