Return / Carving the First Mark

After this little episode, Lu Jun finally got rid of the tragic state of mind that the great battle was about to begin. In a way, he hadn't seen his comrades for more than a month.

He stood there for a long time, wondering if the past period of time had been a dream.

Lu Jun shook his head and muttered to himself, "Never mind, a physical examination will tell me."

Chapter 340 Return

Lu Jun first examined the Spiritual World.

Within this Dark Universe, Six Great Star Rivers— platinum, pitch black, dark red, moon white, azure, and dark silver—flowed silently and surged, their radiant glow reflecting a kaleidoscope of colors, a truly beautiful sight.

He looked into the starry river of the Mind, Summoning, and Spacetime systems, where the marks of the Li Fan Flower, the Qiankun Stone, and the Circular Pupil clearly appeared.

The seeds of the three top-tier magic methods—Faith Magic, Spirit Carving Method, and Spacetime Magic—are all present.

What I've experienced over the past month is real!

For a moment, Lu Jun was confused. If it was real, why not change it? It seemed real yet unreal, elusive and hard to grasp.

But one thing is certain: hundreds of years ago, in the ancient Inca Empire, there truly existed a group of people who were united in purpose and possessed extraordinary talent.

At a critical moment when civilization was on the verge of collapse, they unleashed their potential and developed a series of astonishing methods.

"Alas, we can never meet again. I can only wait until I return to South America to find a local successor and return these teachings to the natives, so as not to fail the Inca's kindness."

Lu Jun sighed, suddenly recalling the rebellion that broke out in South America three or four years later. The leaders of the brown rebels were a brother and sister, both exceptionally talented. The sister, Shaga, was even Gabriel, one of the Seven Archangels of the Holy City.

Perhaps I could pass it on to the two of them, but of course it also depends on their karmic conditions. These methods are all unique and difficult to learn and master.

Next, Lu Jun examined his body, having unleashed the power of the Ancient King Armor Robe before leaving.

Fortunately, this time the stimulus didn't really come into play, and we didn't encounter any major enemies or engage in prolonged battles, so there's not much of a problem; at most, the timeframe will be shortened by one or two years.

In summary, Lu Jun's return to Inca greatly improved his skills and laid a solid foundation. From now on, it's just a matter of diligent cultivation.

Just as he was examining himself, the Nationalist National Team around him had already finished looting the treasures and were gathering from all directions, humming little tunes, clearly each with their own lucky breaks.

Including Lu Jun himself, Zhao Manyan, Mo Fan, Jiang Shaoxu, Jiang Yu, and Nan Jue, there are a total of six people.

Lu Jun had calmed down and asked everyone, "Is everything alright? Shall we leave?"

Zhao Manyan urged, "Let's go, let's see if the Nazca Strange Bird outside the storm have left yet."

"OK."

Without hesitation, he led everyone out of the Space-Time Town. Before leaving, he took one last look at the town, his feelings complicated.

Now that things have come to this, Lu Jun could easily guess why the Amazon Empire had remained dormant: it was simply because the Inca Empire and the Sacred Eye of Time and Space had unleashed their ultimate power, severely damaging the Amazon Dynasty.

For centuries afterward, they retreated to the Amazon rainforest, remaining so silent that they didn't even mobilize to fight when the Sea Monster invaded.

Yes, the Pacific Ocean Sea Demon Empire was the same. Thousands of years ago, it fought against the four Sacred Totem of the Nine Provinces humans and was forced to recuperate for thousands of years.

These are all the achievements left by our predecessors, which have benefited future generations. They are a hundred times better than the mantra of many sophisticated and self-serving politicians who say, "I believe in the wisdom of future generations."

"If I ever have the ability in this life, I will surely flatten the Amazon rainforest."

Lu Jun has great ambitions. He once longed to go deep into the Sahara Desert and plant the Star Language Sky Tree of the Flame Princess Clan. Not long ago, there was the matter of the Sea Demon Empire hunting down the Mermaid Holy Spirit, and he wanted to protect this clan.

Now there's another expense to cover.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The moment everyone stepped out of the barrier, the sky behind them churned violently, spreading outwards in layers, with a central depression revealing a crystal-clear Eye of Time and Space, like the eye of a god from the heavens.

Coincidentally, only Lu Jun turned around and witnessed this scene; the others didn't see it and were wondering what the Eye of Time and Space was doing.

Suddenly, the Sacred Eye of Time and Space flashed, and a ray of light fell, transforming into a beam of light that shot straight toward his face.

This startled Lu Jun, who thought he was about to experience another dream-like rebirth.

Fortunately, time was gentle, and in an instant, it imprinted itself into his forehead, forming a mysterious pupil pattern, which then disappeared with a flash of light.

Lu Jun suddenly realized that this was the reason. Because of his special nature as a traveler outside of time and space and a passerby in time, coupled with the transformation of his Space Element into Time-Space Element, he was already qualified to gain the recognition of the [Sacred Eye of Time and Space].

However, the Sacred Eye of Time and Space and Space is the foremost of the Six Divine Eyes in the Magic Plane, containing the power of at least Middle Emperor. The magical artifact has a spirit and is unwilling to follow a powerless master. Let's mark it for now and observe it for a while.

To be honest, Lu Jun's cultivation level in the sixth level was indeed a bit low.

Even so, he was in high spirits, as it meant he had the opportunity to refine the Sacred Eye of Time and Space, further enhancing his potential as a future warrior.

"Come again when your cultivation is fully developed."

He thought to himself, then stepped out of the Space-Time Town without looking back. The old friends were gone, and the remaining buildings held no appeal.

The six of them successfully emerged from the storm's edge and reunited with Ai Jiangtu, Guan Yu, Dongfang Lie, and their team on the outer perimeter.

The group of people were clever enough not to mention a word about the serendipitous encounter in the Space-Time Town.

Mo Fan asked, "Has the Nazca Strange Bird gone outside?"

"They flew away long ago," Guan Yu said impatiently. "We were just waiting for you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun glanced at him indifferently, which immediately made Guan Yu shrink back in fright. He quickly turned around and pointed at Mo Fan: "You're such a busybody, making the captain go along to escort them and wasting time."

Mo Fan obtained the Time Fluid, reaping considerable benefits, and was too lazy to argue with a fool.

Everyone started to return the way they came, and the crossing of the Gobi Valley went smoothly without any incident.

Outside the ruins canyon, Nan Jue asked, "Where to next?"

Lu Jun stroked his chin. "You guys go straight to the Peru capital. I have to leave for a while."

After he finished speaking, no one objected, and no one asked what the captain wanted to do in private. The two groups then split up.

A moment later, Lu Jun set off, summoning the Night Thunder Dream Beast, and headed directly towards the Nazca Geoglyphs.

Huihui~

Night Thunder Dream Beast is full of energy, wandering the Summoning Plane, and hasn't encountered an opponent in a long time.

Now, it has finally been summoned by its master to explore Other Worlds.

It ran with its limbs on the air, leaving black footprints in the void and emitting black smoke, its whole body pulling at flashing lightning.

Sparks flew wherever he went, his dashing figure eliciting screams from passersby.

The Commander-level Great Demon was very fast, and arrived at its destination in an hour.

Lu Jun stepped into a no-man's-land, where the surroundings were unusually quiet. There wasn't a single person or even a beast in sight. The open wilderness was filled with a clear blue sky overhead, a sight that was truly refreshing.

Looking into the distance, he saw strange lines and geometric shapes randomly distributed across the orange-red land, extending into the distance.

Nazca Geoglyphs!

Seeing this, Lu Jun felt complicated. This was the final battle, and the Inca Empire had used the Sacred Eye of Time and Space and Space to create a restriction.

Huihui~

At this moment, the Night Thunder Dream Beast let out a few low growls, revealing the news to its master, its heart filled with joy.

"Really? That makes sense. This place is also a rare ancient cultural site, perfectly suited for enhancing Mind Element Summoned Beast."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun suddenly understood and felt a sense of anticipation.

The Night Thunder Dream Beast sat upright, its expression solemn and majestic, like a stone lion. It let out a long roar, like a lion's roar or a deer's cry, spreading out Nightmare Domain. A kind of mingled nightmare aura spread, giving people a drowsy, peaceful and reassuring atmosphere.

Then a layer of Mind Light Film vaguely covered it, and wisps of mysterious aura rose from all directions, converging towards it, enveloping it, making the Night Power stronger, the Thunder Restraint, and the destructive power even higher.

It draws upon the local mystical Warm Spring to elevate its own power.

Lu Jun ignored it and walked alone into the Nazca Geoglyphs, carefully feeling the traces left by people from the past, his mind swaying.

Chapter 341 Carving the First Mark

Nazca Geoglyphs.

With a complex expression, Lu Jun traversed the vast wilderness and arrived at the eye of the giant painting of the strange bird. He then removed the Nasca Gem and installed it into the recessed slot.

Click!

A slight sound rang out, but the enormous painting remained completely still.

However, he vaguely sensed subtle changes in the force field of this area. The Nazca barrier was slowly activating, and with the return of the Pupil Gem, the automatic enemy-locking function had been deactivated.

At least the next wave of 100,000 strange birds attacking the Kyushu National Team will not occur again.

Ordinary people might not notice anything amiss in the orange wilderness, and therefore find it utterly perplexing that such an ordinary geoglyph could possess mysterious power, even though there are no magic circles or similar patterns on it.

Little did Lu Jun know that these simple curves contained profound magical principles, which could only be glimpsed by those who cultivated the Summoning System Spirit Carving Method.

Their foundation lies not in reality, but in the spiritual realm, where the souls of Demon Beast such as strange birds, giant apes, and spiders are engraved.

He walked across the wilderness, carefully contemplating the mysteries of the place and trying to sense the traces of his old friends. In a daze, he seemed to have returned to the Inca era.

At this moment, Lu Jun stood still for a long time, Night Thunder Dream Beast behind him absorbed the enormous Warm Spring, and the main type of Spirit Demon completed its sublimation.

A majestic lion with black and white fur sat upright, casting a dreamlike and hazy aura over the Nightmare Domain. A hazy area was enveloped, and countless dim and eerie ghostly Ghost Shadow were almost manifesting, dancing wildly among the ghosts.

It stepped over to Lu Jun's side and whimpered softly.

Seeing this, Lu Jun snapped out of his daze, stroked the Night Thunder Dream Beast's body, which contained explosive muscles, and said gently, "I'm fine..."

When he saw that his Summoned Beast's Nightmare Domain had undergone a significant change, and that it had vaguely grasped some of the properties of the Imagination Domain, enabling it to materialize real Cursed Ghost Object, equivalent to the High-level Magic Curse Element magic Ghost Punishment, he was astonished.

Lu Jun then realized that this place was a sacred site of the Inca, and considering the subtle influence of his own Summoning System learned from the Spirit Carving Method, it wasn't surprising.

Furthermore, the powerful aura emanating from Night Thunder Dream Beast firmly reaches at least the Intermediate Commander. One more step and it will be at the peak of the commander level, so it's time to consider preparing for its promotion to monarch.

This Summoned Beast is capable of standing alone; it would probably only be defeated by the British Team's captain, Zhe Luo.

After his dream journey back to the Inca Empire, Lu Jun laid an extraordinary foundation for his abilities in all aspects. If you took any single elemental acuity out of the picture, no one would recognize it as curse, mind, or Space Element.

This fundamental change in the form of Magic System generally only occurs in the Super Rank realms.

Now he has gradually transcended the level of the National Prefecture War, and the pressure from this competition, in which many young and monstrous mages compete, is decreasing.

Besides, even without Lu Jun, the China Team would have won according to the established Timeline, although the process was more difficult and somewhat lucky, forcing them to strategically sacrifice one or two matches to conserve their strength.

But a win is a win. At most, his addition might reduce the chances of a comeback and make the process easier.

"However, we still need to obtain the Divine Seal Praise and its globally renowned reputation."

Lu Jun thought to himself, then looked at the exhilarating fields, silently closed his eyes, spread out his sixth-realm Mental Power, used his mind detection, and with the amplification of the Night Thunder Dream Beast, swept across the fields inch by inch.

He returned to the Nazca Lines with a purpose: besides paying tribute to his predecessors, he also wanted to find a glass bottle.

That's right, it's the thing that Lu Jun carelessly left behind when his timeline collapsed and he was sent back to the present.

Lu Jun wanted to use this to verify something.

Before long, he rode the Night Thunder Dream Beast and searched the surrounding area. Finally, he found it in the edge of the Nazca Lines, buried several meters underground in the rock layer.

Lu Jun had his own way of sensing this object. The glass bottle had been marked with many techniques when it was dropped: the faith mark of the Mind Magic Sect, the Thousand Mile Soul Lock of the Curse Sect, and even the time aura of Space Magic.

In the end, unexpectedly, over the centuries, all forms of faith, curses, and other methods had been worn away, leaving only time itself, and it was through this that they were able to find it.

"Can even the most glorious civilization not withstand the erosion of time?"

Seeing this, Lu Jun sighed, "It's understandable that it's in rocks several meters deep. Hundreds of years of crustal movement, wind and rain, and the transformation of the sea into mulberry fields are all normal."

If a few hundred more years had passed, they would probably have disappeared into the annals of history.

Buzz buzz buzz!

Lu Jun depicted constellations, with black and red Star Track intertwined, and a dark Netherworld Opens overhead, with howling winds.

A figure resembling a small, dark hill, dressed in white, emerged. The Earth Ghost Fiend manifested, its entire body radiating apricot-yellow light, and a heavy earth elemental aura permeated the air.

In the blink of an eye, White Impermanence disappeared underground, reappearing a few breaths later, carefully holding a glass bottle in his hands.

Over the centuries, the glass bottle has become dusty and worn, with some surface damage, but fortunately it is largely intact.

This bottle was carefully selected by Lu Jun; it's made of a special material that is extremely hard and corrosion-resistant.

Even so, it's lucky enough that it hasn't been crushed by natural disasters or magical battles for hundreds of years, or that it's been picked up by someone.

Lu Jun speculated that part of the Nazca Lines were sacred sites for South America Indians, so no one dared to disturb them, naturally reducing the probability of accidents to an extreme degree.

Whew~