The Enormous Eye

The terrifying divine soul spread at a speed invisible to ordinary people, and in the blink of an eye, it had completely enveloped the city.

With a thought, Xu Bai unleashed his True Yuan Power, invading the consciousness of everyone present, including Gao Guan. In an instant, everyone was under Xu Bai's control.

"That's it, all done."

Xu Bai has always been very cautious, including when he arrived at this Ruins, so he did not reveal himself along the way.

But unexpectedly, the Chief Si discovered it using his divine soul -Entering Sainthood Supreme Treasure.

He had actually thought that if he didn't know the other party's strength, he should never force the issue.

But now everything is clear. He knows that the other party only has this one divine soul Entering Sainthood Supreme Treasure, and this treasure is only at the first level of Sainthood. So now he has no worries and has taken control of the entire city.

"This makes me feel much more at ease," Xu Bai thought to himself.

Only when you have everything firmly in your own hands can you feel truly comfortable.

Of course, this only applies to this city.

However, for Xu Bai, this city can be used as a base for the time being to gradually explore outwards.

This method of exploration is relatively safe.

But before that, he needs intelligence.

Xu Bai turned his gaze to the now dazed Chief Si and beckoned with his finger. "Come on, tell me everything you know."

The Chief Si, his expression blank, slowly began to speak...

In this room, only the voice of Chief Si remained, and as Chief Si finished speaking, Xu Bai gradually understood the meaning behind it.

When he met Gao Guan, he understood that this must have been before the Three Lives Mountain from the last Ruins. Now it seems that this is indeed the case; only ten years have passed since the resources were depleted.

But there are so many people in this industry in the world, and there are also a lot of ordinary people. In the last ten years, resources have become increasingly scarce, so everyone is doing their own thing to make a living.

The Doomsday Law Pavilion was established under these circumstances, with three Entering Sainthood Expert joining together to form the top combat force, while the other six fought independently and did not participate.

Most of the resources they seized ended up in the hands of the three Entering Sainthood Expert, with only a small portion slipping through their fingers, barely enough for those in the trade to make a living.

But there's no way to improve one's strength; one can only make do and get by.

In this world, simply surviving is an incredible luxury, and none of these people in the industry have any objections.

As time went by, the Doomsday Law Pavilion grew larger and larger, reaching its current state.

Now, the Doomsday Law Pavilion is becoming increasingly stable.

"Has it really turned into this miserable state in just ten years?" Xu Bai stroked his chin, pondering to himself.

It seems that the resources are being depleted faster than expected, and even those in the industry are finding it very difficult to cope.

"Continue." With that thought, Xu Bai put aside his thoughts and ordered the Chief Si to continue.

The Chief Si nodded blankly and continued speaking, this time about the formation set up by the Entering Sainthood Expert.

The story goes back a long time.

Long ago, three Entering Sainthood Expert suddenly joined forces to attack another Entering Sainthood Expert, the one that Chief Si and Xu Bai had mentioned before.

No one knows why, since things like this are extremely rare.

But they all knew that there was one less person in the world to attain sainthood.

Normally, these people in the industry, especially the extraordinary masters, would be overjoyed, since one less person becoming a saint means one more chance for those who want to become extraordinary.

But in this day and age, even if one person is lost, there's not much benefit, because they don't have enough resources, so how could they possibly keep trying to climb the ranks? Just surviving is good enough.

Moreover, the message that was spread at the time was that this Entering Sainthood Expert had exhausted all resources. Naturally, it was the Doomsday Law Pavilion that sent out this message to avoid causing a riot when the formation was destroyed.

Otherwise, if the whole world knew that a Entering Sainthood Expert had left behind resources, they would probably all flock to him.

Even in this era of resource scarcity, the resources of Entering Sainthood Expert are extremely important.

Even if there's nothing there, a corpse that has attained sainthood is still extremely reliable for certain unorthodox professions.

Therefore, this news absolutely could not be leaked and was kept under wraps.

Even within this city, only she and Xu Bai currently know this.

They will only tell others when the task is assigned, and even then, the information will not be too obvious.

The rest of the story is also clearly explained; Chief Si did indeed want Xu Bai's help.

But this is not a transaction; it's a one-sided attempt to force Xu Bai.

So after Xu Bai entered the house, she used the hairpin to control Xu Bai, and the control gradually intensified. She thought that if she waited a little longer, the job would be done. But unexpectedly, Xu Bai suddenly woke up, instantly causing her to lose everything.

Upon hearing this, Xu Bai pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there any other information? For example, some secrets about your organization, or core information?"

The Chief Si shook his head and said, "No, even core information wouldn't be sent to such a remote place as ours."

"Remote?" Xu Bai repeated.

The Chief Si replied, "It is very remote and extremely neglected. If we weren't so close to that place this time, they probably wouldn't have let us go there."

"Moreover, when that person fled after entering sainthood, they went in this direction, so it was quite a coincidence. The headquarters also distrusts remote areas like ours, even though I drank that potion."

At this point, the Chief Si fell silent again. Clearly, she had already answered all the questions Xu Bai needed to answer, and had nothing more to say.

"Go down first." Xu Bai waved his hand, signaling Chief Si to leave. Chief Si nodded stiffly, turned around, and left.

Now, he has enveloped the entire city with his divine soul, and the whole city is in his grasp. It's time to make a small fortune before the big event arrives.

It will still be some time before that place opens, so I can stay here and grind the progress bar.

If you can read a few more books before starting, even if it only increases your cultivation level by 0.1, it will be a huge improvement.

Having made the decision, Xu Bai used his divine soul as a guide to control everyone in the city.

Soon, everyone, whether they were the people guarding the stalls or the various people from the End of the Doomsday Law Pavilion branch, became extremely dazed.

But this doesn't mean they were just blockheads. After receiving instructions from Xu Bai's soul, those who had secret manuals took them out.

Those without the secret manual remained standing.

Before long, the building was filled with people queuing up, each holding a secret manual. Xu Bai controlled two people to receive the manuals, and they quickly collected ten.

It's not a lot, but it's not a small number either, but these are all very low-level.

Xu Bai thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed true.

In this era, so-called secret manuals are basically just external possessions, and not many people are willing to carry them around.

"Let's see how it goes."

Even a mosquito bite is still meat, so Xu Bai didn't mind. He picked up a book and started reading.

He finished the ten low-level progress bars in almost just one day.

He didn't gain much; most of his progress was in internal cultivation techniques, and he didn't even increase his level by 0.1, since they were all just progress bars for low-level cultivation. However, he made a very important discovery: his skills hadn't been fused.

This time, in addition to the mental cultivation method, I also gained three skills, which were not skills I had before and had no similarities to them.

This situation didn't automatically merge in, so it obviously required a Fusion Art. With this discovery, Xu Bai breathed a sigh of relief.

If fusion can be done automatically without the Fusion Art, he would actually be at a disadvantage, since the Fusion Art will increase the level of the fused item, while direct fusion is probably the same as a cultivation method.

"It should be soon," Xu Bai thought, looking at the sky outside.

Beside him, the Chief Si stood blankly, without saying a word.

Since Xu Bai knew beforehand that Chief Si intended to ambush those people on their way after they had finished collecting the items, he went along with it.

With that in mind, Xu Bai waited silently.

Since these are resources left behind by a master at the Saint level, they might have a high-level progress bar.

Although a master who has reached sainthood cannot leave any trace in this world, since he has resources, he must have other things.

Everything is ready now, just waiting for the formation in that place to be destroyed, and then another force to intercept them halfway.

Thinking about this, Xu Bai began to feel aimless again.

There's no progress bar, and I'm still waiting for the formation in that area to disappear, so I suddenly have some free time.

Xu Bai paced back and forth, then turned and asked, "Has anything interesting happened here?"

Since there's nothing else to do, Xu Bai asked this question subconsciously.

To everyone's surprise, when he asked the question, the Chief Si actually nodded.

"Have."

"Oh?" Xu Bai's eyes lit up slightly. "Go on, tell me more."

The Chief Si said stiffly, "Not long ago, we found a madman. We don't know what happened, but the madman was running around shouting that everything he said was a lie."

Are they all fake?

Xu Bai raised an eyebrow and narrowed his eyes slightly.

This statement is interesting. It wouldn't matter if it were in a normal situation, or outside, but we're inside Ruins now.

Once Xu Bai heard the words "It's all fake," he could easily guess other possibilities.

"Could it be that person discovered that they only existed at a certain point in the past, and thus fell into the stage of about to become Thought Gods?" Xu Bai wondered to himself.

These people will continue to live as they did in life, preserving everything as it was, but if they discover anything unusual, they will become Thought Gods.

The Thought Gods is not inherently strange, but it is still quite sinister.

Therefore, Xu Bai guessed that it was very likely that it had become Thought Gods.

"What happened to that person later?" Xu Bai asked.

The Chief Si said, "I was just about to take him down when he ran away. He was incredibly fast, so he must be a superhuman expert. No... I have a feeling that he has one foot in the path to sainthood, because my Entering Sainthood Supreme Treasure was used hastily when he was escaping, and I was unable to control him."

Half a foot in the Holy Land? Xu Bai stroked his chin, pondering silently.

But after thinking about it for a while, he gave up on the idea altogether.

There are no clues or traces, so what's the point of searching? Besides, what good would it do if we found them? The most important thing now is to get our hands on the resources left behind by the saint.

"Let's keep waiting." Xu Bai continued to wait.

Time passed slowly, and several days went by in the blink of an eye.

In a vast plaza, Xu Bai looked at the person whose soul he had controlled and nodded in satisfaction.

"Remember, your goal is also to prevent the loss of those resources. Just make a good impression, and you don't need to worry about what happens afterward."

This time, the headquarters of the Doomsday Law Pavilion issued an order to the branch, instructing the branch members to gather all resources the instant the formation disappeared and resources scattered in all directions.

Therefore, Xu Bai felt that he still had to put on a show.

Of course, he had other plans, which he would discuss when he arrived.

"Let's go!" Xu Bai waved his hand.

The group followed behind him, heading towards the designated location.

Chief Si was also on this trip.

After leaving the city, Xu Bai lagged behind by half a step, pretending to be an ordinary member, and followed behind the Chief Si.

The crowd formed a long queue and soon arrived at their destination.

By this time, the area was already crowded with people.

These are members of the Doomsday Law Pavilion, belonging to various branches, all selected by headquarters based on proximity.

Xu Bai and his group's arrival attracted attention because it was actually led by Chief Si.

The other forces weren't led by the city lord, which was strange, but since they all belonged to the Doomsday Law Pavilion, they didn't suspect anything.

Xu Bai stood behind Chief Si, surveying the surroundings, and whispered, "Is there anything suspicious?"

The Chief Si shook his head, indicating that there was nothing suspicious about it.

The so-called oddity was asking her if there were any hidden experts here, but judging from Chief Si's tone, it seemed there weren't.

After all, it's just collecting some resources, and no outsiders are coming to steal them, so there's no need to send many experts over.

Xu Bai licked his lips. "This time, let's go all out."

The divine soul spread rapidly, soon enveloping the surroundings and controlling everyone present.

Since we're going to intercept them anyway, it's better to just take control and let them gather their resources first, then I can see if there's any point in continuing this charade.

If so, then the performance will continue, but in a different way. If not, he will use another method.

After all these people were brought under control, Xu Bai finally had time to look around the area where the crowd had gathered.

It was a huge open space that appeared to be empty, but the ground was covered with all sorts of patterns drawn in blood, making it look extremely strange.

Even more outrageous, the blood was actually flowing slowly, forming a cycle.

"This must be the formation," Xu Bai thought.

Now that he had these people under his control, they were all his own people, and he had no other thoughts, so he just waited patiently.

As time passed, the flow of blood slowed down, and gradually, the blood congealed. The entire pattern, which was originally in a dynamic state, now became lifeless.

At that moment, the ground began to tremble violently. Then, before Xu Bai's eyes, cracks appeared on the patterned ground, and it began to gradually collapse and shrink.

Moreover, the collapsed and shrunken ground began to emit bursts of light.

The dazzling light, a mixture of colors, was so captivating that even an ordinary person could sense its mystery.

"They're coming," said the Chief Si.

Xu Bai nodded.

He turned around abruptly and flew backward, leaving everyone behind.

You have to be careful with this stuff, so the more careful you are, the better. Anyway, these people are in charge of collecting it, so just leave them there.

Flying high in the sky and looking at the scenery below, Xu Bai finally felt safer.

The colorful light gradually faded, and then streaks of light emerged from it, flying out in all directions.

Everyone present was under Xu Bai's control, quickly chasing after the streaks of light, and soon followed them away.

Only Xu Bai remained high in the sky, staring at the large black hole below with a slightly narrowed gaze.

He saw it; inside the large hole, something so faint it was invisible to the naked eye was gleaming.

"There's definitely something fishy going on."

If he were to chase after other resources like those people, he would probably miss this one.

Xu Bai thought for a moment, then scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that the faint light hidden at the bottom of the large cave was actually a pair of eyes.

His eyes held a sense of chaos and coldness.

Holy crap!

In just a moment, Xu Bai's hair stood on end; he seemed to have discovered something.

An extremely chaotic and disorderly atmosphere emanated from the large hole, with an oppressive force that shook the heavens and the earth, causing Xu Bai to involuntarily take a step back.

"—You Thought Gods!" Without saying a word, Xu Bai found a place and ran away as fast as he could.

This place was originally inhabited by a master at the Saint level. He was being hunted down by the people of the End of the Doomsday Law Pavilion and hid himself using an array, but he still died in the end.

These words all came from Chief Si Chief Si, who had heard them from other places, but seeing the scene before him, Xu Bai thought of another possibility.

Thought Gods!

This master who had reached the Saint level might have become Thought Gods before he died!

A master at the Saint level became Thought Gods, also at the Saint level.

Xu Bai felt a chill run down his spine, and that's where it came from. Without hesitation, he turned and ran, but the icy feeling grew ever closer.

He didn't turn around; he only needed to scan the area with his mind to know what lay behind him.

A person dressed in tattered clothes is constantly chasing after something.

The man's expression was distorted, and his eyes held nothing but chaos.

Even though Xu Bai used the Bewitching Shadow Great Art, this person could still cover an extremely long distance in mid-air with a single step, and the distance between him and Xu Bai was gradually decreasing.

"Damn, this is like starting in hell." Xu Bai thought to himself as he ran.

Everything had gone smoothly until we encountered the most dangerous thing in this place.

He wasn't stupid; he didn't believe that his current strength was enough to go toe-to-toe with someone who had entered the Saint realm.

If he had just entered the Sainthood realm, he would still have a chance, since he has three Sainthood skills. But the person chasing after him is clearly not someone who has just entered the Sainthood realm.

"I feel terrible."

As the distance between the two sides gradually closes, if they are caught, they will definitely not have a good ending.

Xu Bai sighed silently.

He knew he was in a situation where he couldn't escape, so he figured he might as well fight.

Thinking of this, he turned around.

The next moment, he felt an immense pressure bearing down on him.

The entire body of the Holy Thought Gods was covered in distorted air. When it saw Xu Bai stop, it stretched out its hands and grabbed at Xu Bai.

What was clearly a simple action felt like two mountains pressing down on him in Xu Bai.

"Phew..." Xu Bai breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I found a way to save my life beforehand, otherwise I would have been completely doomed."

As soon as he finished speaking, he lay down in mid-air.

"Find a cool place to lie down, Little Gold, I'm counting on you."

After lying down, Xu Bai didn't say a word and immediately began to unleash Myriad Attacks to destroy his own soul.

The Myriad Attacks" technique has already reached the Saint level, and the soul attack methods it contains have reached the same level. Therefore, destroying his Extraordinary Rank 9 soul is a piece of cake.

It hurts, it hurts so much!

This method was simply unbearable for him.

Although I've experienced this before, this is the first time I've encountered a situation where I'm hitting myself.

His soul was being tormented, and then Xu Bai lost consciousness.

The two hands were still reaching for Xu Bai when, at that moment, Xu Bai lost consciousness and fell from mid-air to the ground.

Now that the Holy Thought Gods was filled with countless chaos and strangeness, it naturally didn't know what fear meant and continued to chase after Xu Bai in the direction he had fallen.

Xu Bai was falling very fast, but his divine Thought Gods was even faster. Just as the two hands were about to reach him, Xu Bai, who had been falling, suddenly stopped and opened his eyes.

One eye was gold and the other was grayish-white, giving it an extremely eerie appearance.

When the eyes opened, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, and the two enormous hands moved extremely slowly.

The next moment, "Xu Bai" stretched out his right hand and flicked his finger.

"Boom!"

The gold and grayish-white hues intertwined and seeped directly into the forehead of the Holy Thought Gods.

A tremendous rumble resounded, and the earth began to shake violently. The Holy Thought Gods clutched his head and howled in agony.

Although Xu Bai's eyes were gold and grayish-white, they were devoid of any emotion, lacking even the slightest trace of any living being's feelings. He was more like a wooden statue.

Indifferent, and apathetic.

It felt as if I were standing high above the heavens, looking down at the myriad beings who were like ants.

After screaming for a while, the Holy Thought Gods instantly turned into ashes filling the sky.

With just one move, the Saintly Thought Gods vanished completely.

This time, Xu Bai did not revert to his original form; he retained his heterochromatic eyes and looked up at the sky.

An aura was emanating from him and circulating, quickly spreading throughout the surrounding area.

The gray-white and golden Heavenly Change gradually intertwined, and chaos and reason were merging.

Suddenly, a series of thunderclaps rang out in the sky, followed by the surrounding dark clouds swirling and spreading.

At the very center of the spread, an eye suddenly appeared, its gaze icy and captivating. When this eye appeared, the entire world changed color.

It was as if the world had turned black and white, except for this eye, which had color.

Cracks appeared in the surrounding space, and even time began to slow down.

Not far away, a tree swayed gently in the wind, and in an instant, it vanished into nothingness.

The eye is scanning, as if searching for a target.

At that moment, the gold and gray-white colors on Xu Bai's body suddenly merged into one, covering him completely.

Once concealed, his aura was completely isolated, and the gold and gray-white colors blended perfectly with the surrounding environment, gradually creating an effect similar to invisibility.

Its enormous eyes, filled with a human-like bewilderment, scanned the surroundings, as if it hadn't seen anything it wanted to see.

But unwilling to give up, he scanned the area several times, but still didn't get what he wanted.

Soon, the Giant Eye, filled with doubt, vanished.

After the eye disappeared, the golden and grayish-white Heavenly Change below slowly opened up.

Xu Bai stood still, his hands behind his back, his eyes closed.

But he remained motionless, as if he were asleep standing up.

After about half an incense stick's time, he slowly opened his eyes. The gold and grayish-white colors inside were gone, replaced by a look of confusion.

"Is it all over?" Xu Bai looked around and breathed a sigh of relief after finding himself unharmed.

"As expected of you, Little Gold, you can even deal with a Saint-level Thought Gods. I doubt any Saint-level cultivator could withstand my 'bumping into a wall' style of fighting."

Actually, he had wanted to use this trick for a long time, but he hadn't found the right person. So today, he tried it, and it went very well.

The divine Thought Gods vanished completely.

Xu Bai finally felt relieved, but his relief didn't last long. He suddenly remembered something, and his expression changed drastically.

"Damn it! Those guys are out of my control now, they've probably recovered!"

In order to escape, he had no choice but to use the method of soul annihilation on himself.

Although he successfully escaped, the final result was also obvious: he fainted and was completely unconscious, making it impossible for him to control the souls. In other words, all those he had controlled woken up.

"Luckily, I erased the process of controlling them while I was doing so, but now, I guess we really have to resort to highway robbery."

Now that so much time has been wasted, those people have probably already obtained the resources and are likely about to set off. He can't possibly search for them one by one, so he has no choice but to rob them.

"Let's go back first. Once we're back, we'll have to use the old method again." Xu Bai understood the key points and, without lingering, headed towards the city.

The Chief Si felt that there was definitely something wrong with him; at least something was amiss today.

For no apparent reason, she and a bunch of her subordinates ran over to intercept the fleeing resources, and they even managed to stop some of them.

But this wasn't what she wanted to do; what she wanted to do was rob! She was already prepared, so why did she have to come and intercept resources? Most importantly, she came out of nowhere, without any recollection of it.

She questioned her subordinates, who all said they had no memory of the incident.

In other words, there is a gap in her memory.

She thought and thought, but she still couldn't figure out what had happened.

But everything went so smoothly, to an outrageous degree.

She encountered people from other cities on the road, all of whom were carrying the resources they had intercepted.

Upon inquiry, it was discovered that even the other party was somewhat puzzled.

But the other party remembered more than they did, because they remembered everything that happened before they came here, only their memories of the later events were somewhat hazy.

"It must have happened in the city. Let's go back first."

Her thoughts were in disarray, and she was in the middle of nowhere, so she didn't plan to stay there any longer.

These resources will have to be handed over later, so she needs to go back first and, on the way, seize other people's things.

As for what happened today, we'll figure it out eventually once we get the goods back.

The distance from this wilderness to the city was not far, and the group hurried at a very fast pace. Soon, they could see the outline of the city ahead.

As the group was walking, the Chief Si at the front suddenly stopped.

After she stopped, everyone else stopped too.

Everyone was puzzled and followed the gaze of the Chief Si.

They saw a young man slowly walking towards them from an open space not far away.

The young man was wearing a Daoist robe, and his movements gave off a familiar feeling.

That's right, it's the feeling of familiarity.

The Chief Si felt that he had seen this man somewhere before, but he couldn't quite place where he had seen him before.

Just then, as the man approached, they heard a voice.

Hello everyone, it's nice to see you again.

The voice sounded extremely familiar, as if they knew each other very well.

The Chief Si frowned deeply. Besides feeling as if she had seen this man before, she also felt an extremely dangerous aura emanating from him.

It's like being prey, being closely watched by the hunter, with everything about you in the hunter's control, and the power of life and death in their hands.

"Be on guard!" the Chief Si whispered.

In an instant, she ordered her men to be on high alert, ready to attack immediately if anything seemed amiss.

But she had barely finished uttering those two words when, in the next instant, she saw the man in front of her open his arms, his divine soul power sweeping towards her...

"It feels so familiar..." Chief Si only managed to utter one sentence before losing consciousness again.

The others did the same, and soon followed in the footsteps of the Chief Si.

The surroundings were so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Everyone present stood motionless like wooden statues, their eyes glazed and their expressions indifferent.

Xu Bai smiled and looked at the group of people he controlled. He snapped his fingers and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go, come with me to rob them."