Exploring Secrets II

The light lasted for several seconds before slowly dimming and disappearing.

What remained was an Evil Spirit Elephant whose body was reduced to only a small portion.

And a huge, smooth circular pit on the ground, hundreds of meters in diameter.

The circular pit is oval in shape, Qidian from Zhang Rongfang and extending into the distance, embedded in the black lava earth.

Clap clap clap. Taki gently clapped his hands.

"That's quite impressive power. In just one strike, it severely injured an Evil Spirit Elephant in its prime."

It's clear that he wasn't actually that surprised.

This was not beyond his previous expectations.

Ming remained silent; such power was nothing special. But his main purpose was to test Qiankun Zi's true strength.

That attack ended too quickly, the light was too dazzling, and it obscured too many traces, making it impossible to judge or calculate Qiankun Zi's true strength.

"Alright, that's enough." Taki smiled. "As fellow evil spirits, we are rare kin on this land. Such power is worthy of cooperating with us."

Zhang Rongfang shrunk his body and returned to his original ordinary form.

He didn't really show his true power; he just unleashed the power of the Jade Pavilion he had devoured and the power of the Heart Fusion, combined with the power of the Evil Spirit Car he had devoured and a portion of his own Blood Lotus.

He did not use any of his innate abilities, nor did he activate the Final Form.

This power was not even one-tenth of his strength.

Not to Ultimate Primordial Body's terrifying ability to devour, replicate, and enhance itself.

The purpose is to keep a trump card up one's sleeve at crucial moments.

The strength of Taki and the Three Kings remains a mystery. As terrifying beings who have existed in the Sea of Forgetfulness Core for so long, they must possess an extremely exaggerated level of strength.

Therefore, you can never be too careful.

"Let's go, let's continue forward. Next, we'll reach the other Evil Spirit Zone," Ming said. "My subordinates have prepared a grand banquet for us, and hope the Bloodline King will attend. I wonder..."

"I would be more than happy to," Zhang Rongfang replied.

The more you know about the Instant Tower, the better.

He could sense that Taki was definitely hiding some kind of troublesome purpose.

He could endure these potential crises simply to open the passage.

As long as I can go home, I can endure anything.

The banquet proceeded in a conventional manner. To Zhang Rongfang's surprise, the so-called Devil Body under the command of the Three Kings were all humanoid figures that appeared to be normal in appearance.

Aside from the wisps of black smoke and malevolent energy that occasionally escape from their bodies, these Devil Body are not much different from living people.

They were originally Spirit Thread parasites, but after being corrupted, they maintained their will through luck and strong mental awareness, gaining power far greater than other Evil Spirit Elephant.

Zhang Rongfang had already experienced this firsthand at the banquet.

Each of these Devil Body Upper Capital an exaggerated power response.

It gave him the feeling of facing the Moon God at her peak in Great Abyss back then.

Of course, strength is one thing, but how well it performs in actual combat can only be known after a fight.

What alarmed him was that even a subordinate like the Devil Body possessed such immense power.

As to what level the Three Kings and Taki belong to, that remains truly unknown.

Great Abyss.

Sea of Forgetfulness Core.

Zhang Rongfang suddenly shot out from a vortex of gray light and landed gently.

He looked back at the group of giant human figures, hundreds of meters tall, stood up, flapped his wings, and without hesitation, soared straight upwards.

He wanted to get more information from the old manager and the Bottom Crawler.

Before long, having shaken off the countless black hands chasing him, he passed through the barrier membrane and returned to the boundary of the ninth level.

It took a little time to find the Bottom Crawler that was dozing on the rock face.

"Long time no see. I brought you some good food." Zhang Rongfang tossed over a bag of wine and meat that he had just packed from the banquet.

Bottom Crawler jerked violently, his hands flashing out like lightning, and he precisely caught the flying wine and meat.

He opened the bundle and took a deep sniff of the roasted meat inside. Suddenly, he paused.

"This meat... the smell of malice... goodness, where did you get all this? The malice is so strong!?"

"Do you want it or not? If not, give it back to me," Zhang Rongfang said.

"Yes! Something to eat is better than nothing!" Bottom Crawler quickly grabbed the wine and meat, stuffed it behind his buttocks, and sandwiched it between the rock wall and his body.

"Aren't you afraid of the evil influence?" Zhang Rongfang asked, slightly surprised.

"I'm different. I came from the Sea of Forgetfulness, and no evil breath or poison can touch me. They will all be dissolved by the decaying breath in the seawater." The Bottom Crawler grabbed a meaty leg and began to gnaw on it.

"Evil thoughts are also evil ideas, a pollution of consciousness and spirit, and they will also be forgotten."

Time corrupts everything, good or evil. Do you understand?

"That's an interesting statement. Is the decay of time the essence of the Sea of Forgetfulness?" Zhang Rongfang raised an eyebrow.

"I suppose so. You've come to see me, so you must have something to say. Just say it," Bottom Crawler said nonchalantly.

"I want to ask, what level is the waterfall of the Instant Tower? And what are the Three Great Secret Locks of the Spirit Eye Clan?" Zhang Rongfang asked directly.

As for the mysterious man at the Bottom Crawler, who had provided him with a great deal of intelligence, he generally trusted him much more than the man at the Instant Tower. He even trusted him more than the mysterious administrator on the fourth floor.

"Taki of the Instant Tower? You've come to the right person." Bottom Crawler laughed immediately. "Taki is the strongest physical body, said to be absolutely untouchable, an eternal flesh and blood like a dream. Its body is the ultimate crystallization created by the Spirit Eye Clan with all their might, and it also combines a vast spiritual consciousness that mysteriously descended."

"Wait a minute. You're saying that its strongest physical body has already been taken over by a spiritual consciousness?" Zhang Rongfang was suddenly taken aback.

"Yes. I don't know when it started, but it's been around for a very, very long time. That's why the Spirit Eye Clan's plan completely failed," Bottom Crawler answered casually.

"Then what about the Three Secret Locks?"

"That was the last blockade set up by the Spirit Eye Clan, hailed as their last hope. Those Spirit Eye Clan who fell down never told me about it. I don't know either." Bottom Crawler head, tilted his head back, took a sip of his drink, and looked satisfied.

Although he had no eyes or eyebrows, Zhang Rongfang could still discern this emotion from his face.

"Among the people you encountered who lost items, did any of them say how strong the Three Kings of the Instant Tower were?" Zhang Rongfang asked, though he wasn't very hopeful.

"No, you either have to experience it for yourself, or ask someone who has fought against the Three Kings. Like Ra of the Perpetual Palace," Bottom Crawler replied.

"However, the Spirit Eye Clan proposed three paths to create the absolute strongest physical body. The Three Kings should correspond to those Three Paths." He thought for a moment and added.

"Three directions, indeed, Taki also said that." Zhang Rongfang nodded slightly.

"You actually met Taki?!" Bottom Crawler was shocked. "You're so brave, aren't you afraid of dying?? It has an eternal body, only it can attack you, you can never touch it! You dare to face such an invincible monster head-on?"

"An eternal body?" Zhang Rongfang's heart skipped a beat.

"The three directions of the Spirit Eye Clan are the most solid matter, the most adaptable matter, and the most gentle matter. These three paths should correspond to the Three Kings of the Instant Tower."

"But Taki is the culmination of another doctrine. It's a system of the Spirit Eye Clan called the Illusion School, built upon Taki as its theoretical foundation," Bottom Crawler explained.

"The meaning of Taki, in the words of the Lingyan tribe, means dreams, hallucinations, non-existent dreams, etc.

As the one with the strongest physical body, no one had any hope of Taki's appearance at the beginning.

The Spirit Eye Clan's initial target was actually the Three Kings. But then an unexpected event occurred... that unexpected event...

The Bottom Crawler suddenly stopped, and it did not continue.

Zhang Rongfang was listening intently, but he eventually snapped out of his reverie.

As he looked Bottom Crawler, he suddenly realized that it might not be just an ordinary person who had climbed up from the Sea of Forgetfulness, as it claimed.

It should be noted that even he has not dared to enter the Sea of Forgetfulness in his main body until now, but has only explored it by separating his sub-body.

His Intuition Warning repeatedly warned him that it was best not to enter the Sea of Forgetfulness in his physical form.

He also believed the warning.

"Anyway, you should avoid contact with the Instant Tower in the future. That place is very eerie, and there's a lot more to it than meets the eye," Bottom Crawler kindly advised. "I'm still waiting for you to help me find my name again."

"Thank you for reminding me." Zhang Rongfang nodded slightly.

If what Bottom Crawler said is true, then he might really need to find an opportunity to test the strength of the Three Kings.

"Each of the Three Kings represents an absolute rule. If you want to test them, remember to leave yourself an escape route. After all, they are the ultimate crystallization created by the Spirit Eye Clan to counter the power of the White Pupil," a voice Bottom Crawler.

"Understood." Zhang Rongfang nodded solemnly.

Saying goodbye to the Bottom Crawler, he flapped his wings and flew rapidly upwards.

He was going to find the manager on the fourth floor and ask the same questions to see if he could get more information.

He had only flown a short distance when he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The surrounding Great Abyss seemed smaller than the Great Abyss rock walls he had seen before.

Moreover, the rock face was completely desolate, with crumbling platforms for Gods and Buddhas everywhere, appearing extremely dilapidated.

The longer the flight went, the more doubts Zhang Rongfang had.

He quickly moved from the ninth floor to the sixth floor, lingering there for a longer time to explore the surroundings.

But everything I saw was completely different from what I had seen before.

Platforms Gods and Buddhas are scarce; everywhere you look, there are pits of varying sizes left behind after platforms have collapsed.

Not a single Manifest God or Gods and Buddhas belonging to the Great Ling can be seen! "Something's not right!"

Zhang Rongfang suddenly stopped flying.

He looked around, and a chilling thought suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.

"This is not the Great Abyss Interaction Zone I'm in!!"

But if this isn't the Great Ling Great Abyss, then what was that Bottom Crawler I just encountered?!?

Thinking of this, Zhang Rongfang suddenly flapped his wings and rushed into the fifth floor.

Sure enough, there was no trace of the Spirit Flight Heaven Divine Hall on the fifth floor.

This is definitely not the Great Ling Great Abyss!

He immediately turned around and flew down to the bottom at full speed.

If it wasn't the Great Ling Great Abyss, then who was that Bottom Crawler creature, the guy who just spoke to him?