Falling Goose Heavenly Palace
The enormous black shadow slowly sank into the depths of the Black Water.
Ripples spread outwards in concentric circles.
That's a dead whale shark sending a warning signal to its living brethren! Above the whale shark.
Roger's slowly rising figure suddenly stopped.
He looked down at the whale shark's massive body.
A resolute glint suddenly flashed in his eyes. "We can't always just react to each move as it comes."
"We need to be more proactive!"
"By the way, we also need to test what kind of hidden attribute this ' Martial Arts Intensity ' really is..."
This thought came to mind.
Roger suddenly swung his sword.
"Ocean Authority Rank" has been quietly launched.
At that time.
He was propelled wildly through the Black Water like a deep-sea creature!
In less than a minute.
Roger traveled from the place where the whale shark fell to the end of the Black Water!
This area was originally a lowland area of Birch Plain.
But after the spatial rift appeared.
Many of the terrains on the Ancient Desolate Continent have been brutally altered.
Nowadays.
It became a relatively stable Teleportation Gate connecting the Sea of Ruins to Quenan.
Its stability.
It should be one of the top cracks created by all spatial turbulence.
otherwise.
It would be impossible for a whale shark of that size to travel such a long distance to reach Khunan.
but.
Roger didn't act impulsively either.
After he got close.
As is customary, I used my senses to carefully observe and appreciate the surrounding environment.
This continued until it was confirmed that the Natural Teleportation Gate would remain stable for at least one hour.
He then walked towards the Teleportation Gate.
With each step closer.
The intense feeling of disgust and nausea will intensify.
Within the field of vision.
The highlighted red dots also started flashing.
This indicates that...
Roger sensed the whale shark swarm behind this Teleportation Gate! He closed his eyes.
An image of a group of orderly whale sharks appeared before my eyes.
What lies before them.
It was a beating black hole!
That's how the Teleportation Gate manifested in the Sea of Ruins!
Are these whale sharks lining up to enter Khunan?
"They're really treating Twin Star like a public toilet..."
Roger snorted coldly.
His murderous intent intensified.
At present.
He stepped onto the edge of the crack.
It just so happens that at this time.
A wailing sound came from behind the crack.
Immediately afterwards.
A wet and enormous thing poked its way in from the other side of the crack.
The thing was incredibly slippery and covered in a strange liquid.
It just ruthlessly came crashing down on Roger's face! (Data bar displayed.)
"Warning: A whale shark is attempting to enter the Prime Material Plane..."
"The second one..."
Roger was not surprised but rather pleased upon seeing this.
The next second.
He released Griffith.
After quickly consuming a bottle of "Titan Concoction".
He took advantage of the opportunity as his body grew larger.
He placed both hands directly on the whale shark's incredibly smooth lower forehead!
at the same time.
Roger's feet pressed firmly against the ground beneath the Black Water!
This place is submerged by Black Water from the Sea of Ruins.
But it is still the land of Qynan!
Roger was confident in his strength.
As long as you set foot on this land.
Even a giant like a whale shark can't compare to him!
As expected.
Just as Roger's hands touched the whale shark's skin.
The latter's unstoppable advance was thus contained.
Immediately afterwards.
Roger could sense an intensely hot power emanating from beneath his feet.
That moment.
He felt his whole body brimming with energy!
"Get the hell out of here!"
Roger roared.
All the muscles in his body bulged out.
Boom! He trampled a deep pit into the solid ground.
The Black Water slowly gathered around.
And inside the crack in that Teleportation Gate.
Roger just pushed the whale shark, whose head was already inside, out!
On the data panel.
"Notification: Mystra's Advanced Blessing is taking effect..."
"You and the whale shark have begun their struggle..."
"Power assessment in progress..."
"You have successfully overpowered the whale shark in terms of strength..."
"You pushed it out of Qynan!"
In fact.
Roger not only pushed the whale shark that tried to break in, but also pushed it away.
He was also taken through the Teleportation Gate!
After a brief period of shaking.
What appeared before Roger was a gloomy and oppressive black ocean!
Looking up, the sky is full of stars.
Looking down, there is only endless darkness.
The sea surface is dotted with starlight.
Roger looked closely.
Within sight.
All I could see were those vibrant red dots! "It's a pod of whale sharks!"
Roger's face lit up with delight.
It's not far away.
The whale shark that went in and was then squeezed out was completely bewildered.
It had absolutely no idea what was going on.
However, it sensed the fierce and menacing aura emanating from Roger.
The whale shark began to tremble—
Not just it.
The shallow layers of the Sea of Ruins were in a frenzy of panic as the demon slayers arrived!
That moment.
Centered around Roger.
All the monsters were fleeing from Roger at top speed!
Including other members of the whale shark pod!
"Damn it!"
Am I really that unpopular?
I sensed this scene.
Roger himself was stunned.
He was already prepared to be ganged up on by a mob of demons.
Who knew that the monsters here had no intention of ganging up on him at all! Quite the opposite.
They all run faster than anyone else!
This puzzled Roger greatly.
Let's be reasonable.
He himself is a Peace Ambassador.
I haven't had much contact with the monsters in the Sea of Ruins.
Why do they run away when they see me?
But in the blink of an eye.
Roger then understood why.
"Sixth Sense: You realize that Whale Shark King Windermere has been secretly watching you, has made his escape..."
"Windermere has left the Sea of Ruins!..."
Windermere is engaged in battle with the ' Cape Watcher (LV169)'!...
Windermere has defeated ' Coral Guardian (LV179)'!...
Windermere has reached the second level of the Abyss of Destruction: the Quartz Cave!...
The Sea of Ruins was now leaderless...
"Such a fast escape speed!"
"Does it think I'm here to settle scores with him?"
"Um..."
"Perhaps they are wary of the power of the Andes Copper Book!"
Roger muttered to himself.
He was chasing the whale shark.
While taking a break, he checked Windermere's escape route.
It started when this guy ran away.
The journey ends upon reaching the second level Quartz Cave.
It only took about ten minutes!
This is nothing short of a miracle for Super Giant Monsters like a whale shark.
This demonstrates that Windermere is indeed very good at escaping.
On the other hand, it also shows that this guy has practiced his escape route many times.
Otherwise, the data wouldn't be like this.
The boss has run away.
The remaining underlings naturally scattered like birds and beasts.
Roger's inherent reputation and Slaughter Authority Rank were as conspicuous as a torch in the dark when faced with these low-level monsters.
The monsters in the Sea of Ruins are not necessarily very strong.
But their alertness must be at its highest.
Therefore.
Roger's wish to use this opportunity to explore the local customs and culture of the Sea of Ruins was thus thwarted.
There's no way to transfer the Sin Mark to other types of monsters.
Roger could only vent all his fighting spirit on the enormous whale sharks.
Half an hour later.
Roger traversed nearly a thousand miles of the shallow layers of the Sea of Ruins.
They barely managed to kill 16 whale sharks.
It increased the Martial Arts Intensity by 12%.
Judging from the progress bar...
This property is far from over.
During this time, he hesitated about whether to use the Nullification Blades.
But in the end, I held back.
The main issue is that the Nullification Blades might not be as sharp as Griffith's.
This weapon may not be able to cause fatal damage to a whale shark.
Even if you kill them.
It also requires a lot of extra effort.
It's unsafe.
Moreover, it's not worth the effort.
It was after this half-hour hunt that we finally got to where we started.
Roger then realized that the Nullification Blades was far from as perfect as it seemed.
At least when it comes to dealing with Super Giant Monsters.
It was somewhat powerless to do so.
"Hint: You have killed an Astral Jellyfish."
"Your left kidney has increased slightly in size."
"Dice of Destiny: Sin Mark successfully refreshed!"
"Your right testicle has increased slightly in size."
"Pooh!"
On the way back to the Natural Teleportation Gate.
Roger casually chopped down a few sneaky monsters that were trying to play dead.
But these are the attributes given as a result.
This made him shake his head repeatedly.
He exclaimed that it was bad luck.
But then he thought about it again.
Even if I manage to get good stats, I can't stay in this Sea of Ruins any longer.
Within perception.
The extremely high concentration of Aberrant Matter here is frantically trying to penetrate one's body.
Judging from his current resistance to Aberrant Matter.
One hour is an extreme figure.
Roger was always cautious.
He could not test the limits of his immune Aberrant Matter.
Half an hour will be enough.
Let's just run away! "However..."
"The monster resources here are really abundant."
"If only we could solve the problem of the Aberrant Matter..."
He lingered, gazing longingly at the rugged, uneven terrain of the sea below.
There.
A wide variety of cunning monsters are trembling in fear.
Unfortunately, they are too far apart.
Roger could only observe from afar.
I dare not play around.
But overall...
On the way back.
Roger was in a pretty good mood.
He came to the Sea of Ruins to kill the whale sharks.
Actually, it involved a certain amount of risk.
Fortunately, the process went as he had guessed.
As long as you act assertively enough.
The monsters dared not act violently.
Roger himself hadn't expected the results to be so good.
After this battle...
Roger's understanding of the Law of Power has deepened further.
Feigning weakness to the enemy is a very good tactic.
But often.
Showing the enemy 'strength' is also a strategy.
"Whether it's a monster or an enemy, they all tend to seek advantage and avoid harm..."
Roger sighed silently to himself.
He remembers it very clearly.
Just as he crossed the Teleportation Gate the Sea of Ruins.
A powerful force seemed to be surging in from the shadows.
But that force held back at the last moment.
He did not intervene.
Perhaps they were intimidated by the Andes Copper Book.
Perhaps he hesitated because of Windermere's performance.
In short, in that instant.
Roger was certain that a very powerful and high-ranking individual had shown hostility towards him! That individual was very well hidden.
The information stream intercepted by my Sixth Sense contained a fake name called "Liang Kai Shui".
But Roger already knew what was going on.
After all, there are powerful beings Above Twin Stars who want to plot against him.
There are only a few.
"We'll clean it up when we get back..."
He silently made a mental note in his little notebook.
Very soon.
Roger then took Griffith back to the vicinity of the Natural Teleportation Gate.
During this time away.
He actually revealed a flaw.
However, since no one took the bait.
He might as well just obediently return through the Teleportation Gate.
but.
Just as Roger was about to step onto that familiar crevice.
On the surface of the Sea of Ruins.
Suddenly the wind picked up!...
"Um?"
Roger stopped and turned back.
Deep within the field of vision.
Large raindrops were falling gently onto the sea.
That was a strange area of thunderstorms! There were no dark clouds overhead.
Thunderstorms spontaneously formed on the sea surface.
It's quite strange.
Even more bizarrely...
Roger saw a large cluster of familiar-looking buildings amidst the thunderstorm...
No.
That's not a standalone building.
It was not a building complex, but a vast cluster of buildings! That was...
The style of the Tallen Era!...
Hint: You have discovered ' Falling Goose Heavenly Palace (Cave Ruins)'
Roger's eyes widened.
Absolute Insight has already been activated.
His gaze pierced through all matter.
It seems they want to see right through this moving sea palace complex!
It's a pity.
The Sea of Ruins is different from the Prime Material Plane.
Even with Roger's excellent eyesight.
All that could be seen were some scattered images.
It's not hard to tell Roger from these images.
The architectural style of "Falling Goose Heavenly Palace" is completely consistent with that of Clear Spring Mountain! And its naming method is also intriguing.
A series of pieces of information overlapped and combined in Roger's mind.
Taren.
Wild geese fall.
Pingsha.
"Could it be related to the two masters, Qu Feng and Black Tiger?"
Roger's emotions suddenly surged.
He wasn't just guessing.
Rather, it was his Sixth Sense sense that truly detected traces left by some exceptionally skilled Martial Artist!
That feeling.
It felt both familiar and strange.
It was so enticing that Roger couldn't wait to go there!
"Eddie's Echo Orb mentions that the two masters, Qu Feng and Black Tiger, followed in Xuan's footsteps to the Abyss of Destruction..."
"Was this where they used to stay?"
Roger gazed intently at the Falling Goose Heavenly Palace.
The thunderstorm continued.
But he could feel it clearly.
The palace is receding into the distance.
At that time.
Roger was torn.
He felt a strong urge to rush over without thinking.
But ultimately...
Reason still prevailed.
He left two wisps of fragrance in the nearby sea.
Then he resolutely turned around.
We stepped into Natural Teleportation Gate!
"The Falling Goose Heavenly Palace!"
"I will come!"
Roger didn't look back.
But he had already memorized all the information about that cave dwelling.
Kuynam.
Ancient Desolate Continent.
The Abyss Guardian has been contained.
The whale shark was driven away.
Everything seems to be moving in a positive direction.
But Roger did not let his guard down.
He returned to the vicinity of the Ten Thousand Year Mountain Range as quickly as possible.
As expected.
He discovered the Celestial Gods Race and the Starry Sky God Race locked in combat across the mountains on a flat area high above! Roger learned of this from the intelligence relayed by the Injured Wolf.
This time.
Both sides must have put in their full strength, ready for a fierce battle! The two sides haven't even started fighting yet.
But the murderous aura was already so strong that it permeated the entire mountainside.
This is one of the very few instances where the conditions for mediating a conflict are met before any faction even takes action.
Faced with this tense atmosphere...
Roger had a cold expression on his face.
They landed directly at the highest point between the two armies!
The next second.
The Slaughter Authority has been activated.
The power of the domain surged outwards in all directions like a tidal wave.
"Here..."
"Fighting is not allowed."
Roger said calmly.