Chapter 164
As time and space shifted, in an instant, Chiling clone seemed to pass through an extremely mysterious passage and arrived at a dark mountain cave tunnel.
There was almost no light, but the Chiling clone was able to perceive every detail within a radius of several hundred meters through the Darkness Force permeating the surrounding void.
"The gravity and pressure are so strong they're almost absurd. Anyone below the cosmic level probably couldn't survive here. Even a cosmic level expert would be no different from a mortal. Moreover, the detection range is greatly compressed. A normal ninth-level World Lord's mental power can only spread about a thousand meters. I relied on the World Lord power I gained from fusing with the Holy Star Stone, and with the support of the World Force, my mental power can only spread a few hundred meters. It's still not as good as a true ninth-level World Lord."
Chiling clone shook his head slightly. Although he had learned a lot about this "prison" that was connected to the Purgatory Abyss through a wormhole, experiencing the terror of the "prison" firsthand still made him gasp in amazement.
"However, if I use the Beast God Intent, my mental power can spread to tens of kilometers."
Chiling clone took out Large Probe purchased from the treasure vault of the Giant Axe Coliseum, which was capable of detecting distances of 600,000 kilometers, but its accuracy was greatly reduced due to interference from the omnipresent Darkness Force.
The detector can be used on Outer-Region Battlefield, but it cannot be used in some Cosmic Secret Realm, and "Prison" is such Cosmic Secret Realm.
"No wonder this place was once an option for the five major powers' Core Member at the World Lord Level to undergo life-or-death trials in the Cosmic Secret Realm. However, it was later removed from the life-or-death trials missions and became a secret realm that only those of the Luoxiao Race's Imperial Bloodline could enter. This 'prison' is simply too special. Non- Prison Race life forms are easily exposed, resulting in an excessively high mortality rate."
As Chiling clone adapted to the "prison" environment, he took out a blood bead, cut open his arm, and let the blood bead merge into his body.
Immediately, the appearance of Chiling clone began to change. The two backward-curving horns on its head gradually turned into bull horns, downy hair began to grow on its face, and its body began to compress, shrinking from three meters to two meters. The nine Tail Feathers behind it also merged into a tail covered with scales.
Every genius of the Luoxiao Race's Imperial Race must come to the "prison" in an attempt to obtain the Origin Heart. Naturally, the Luoxiao Race also has a complete set of methods to improve the success rate of concealment.
After all, ordinary Prison Race in the "prison" might not know about the Luoxiao Race, but if they encounter Immortal Expert, they are very likely to be recognized.
These blood beads can transform the geniuses of the Luoxiao Race's Imperial Race into a flesh-and-blood Prison Race, the Blackhorn Race.
The reason for choosing the Blackhorn Race is primarily because the Blackhorn Race is a humanoid race among the flesh-and-blood Prison Race, which allows the Luoxiao Race, which is also a humanoid life form, to unleash its strongest power.
Secondly, the Blackhorn Race is also very talented in the Lightning Origin Law, and can unleash attacks using the Lightning Origin Law and even the Law of Time.
Having prepared everything, Chiling clone emerged from the winding cave and finally saw the light of day.
This is an incredibly vast continent with continuous mountain ranges, and a blood-red sun hangs in the sky, illuminating the continent and casting a faint reddish light, which looks extremely eerie.
The faint crimson light shone on Chiling clone, causing the Darkness Force hidden deep within his cells to rejoice. He could even sense that his body and the Darkness Force were being strengthened and grown at an extremely slow pace.
"Indeed, the most suitable habitat for the Prison Race is still the 'Prison.' Records within the clan and at the Giant Axe Coliseum state that, apart from the Immortal God, the Prison Race basically lives in various 'Prisons' scattered throughout the universe, and the races living on the cosmic frontiers are mostly subordinate races of the Prison Race."
"Let's find out when the next 'Killing Absolute Prison' will open."
Months later, a gigantic creature, neither fish nor bird, with outstretched wings, flew at incredible speed through the sky shrouded in a blood-red sun.
Inside the enormous fish-bird life form, a vast space Opening, housing over a hundred powerful beings, all of whom were World Lord Level Prison Race life forms. Chiling clone was also seated within it.
The most numerous life forms are flesh and blood, but there are also Prison Race life forms made of rocks, metals, plants, and even energy.
Different life forms vary in size and shape, and among them, Chiling clone is considered the smallest among the realm lord powerhouses.
Among the hundreds of Prison Race members, some gathered together, while others went it alone, remaining extremely wary of everyone else.
The closeness of a relationship is basically determined by the distinction between life forms. For example, flesh-and-blood life forms sit relatively close to each other, and those with similar appearances can even chat for a while.
"We've been flying for so many days now, and Youhun Prefecture is so far away. I hope we don't encounter any accidents along the way..." A simple-looking, bald young man with six arms and a single horn on his head, sitting next to Chiling clone, said with some worry.
This one-horned youth Locke, and he came from the Yatu Race. Like Chiling clone the Blackhorn Race, Chiling was a humanoid flesh-and-blood life form. He had known Chi Ling before he rode the fish-bird life form.
"Prison" is a special Cosmic Secret Realm that was naturally born in the Primal Universe. It is vast and its gravity and the dense pressure from space are extremely terrifying, far exceeding those of the other mission worlds that Nine Star Sea and Jiang Yao have experienced. Only World Realm (World Lord Level) powerhouses can use the World Force to counteract that terrifying gravity and fly in the sky.
Even a ninth-level World Realm expert's flight speed is very slow; a speed of over 100 kilometers per second is considered extremely fast.
Therefore, powerful members of the Prison Race usually travel to distant places by riding on Prison Race lifeforms with faster flight speeds, such as the Hongjing Race. They can ride the Hong Whale by paying one bloodstone.
At the same time, there will be many bandits, either races with similarly high flight speeds, or bandit groups that also ride on the Hong Whale, a Prison Race.
This also makes many Prison Race beings, even those with decent flight speeds, more inclined to choose to ride the Hong Whale, at least because they have more people and are more powerful, reducing the chance of being robbed.
The destination of this flight was Youhun Prefecture.
The "Prison" was divided into eighty-one prefectures, each prefecture lorded by an extremely powerful Immortal God of the Prison Race.
The eighty-one prefectures take turns opening the "Killing Absolute Prison." Only by entering the "Killing Absolute Prison" can one obtain the Origin Heart, thereby breaking the innate shackles of the Prison Race's life, communicating with the Origin Land, and becoming an Immortal God.
The Youhun Prefecture is the manor that will soon open the "Killing Absolute Prison".
Locke asked in surprise, "Brother Chiying, are you really not going to participate in the Blood Pool Baptism?"
"No need, the Blood Pool Baptism is useless against me," the Chiling clone said with a faint smile.
Over the past few months, as he became more familiar with this continent, Chiling clone discovered that the Prison Race beings within the "Prison" were not actually as bloodthirsty and fond of killing as they seemed.
It was much more peaceful than the "Purgatory Abyss," Desperate Level Mission world in the Primal Secret Realm. It seemed that the light emitted by the blood-red sun in the sky could neutralize and suppress the evil aura contained in the Darkness Force within the Prison Race's life forms.
The reason why the personality of the Chiling clone was not affected by the Darkness Force within him was entirely because there seemed to be another power within the Luoxiao Race that could resist it. This should be the influence exerted by Kuishen Venerable when he nurtured the Luoxiao Race with the Blood Pool.
Otherwise, if a true Prison Race were to remain outside of "Prison" for too long, their personality would become increasingly bloodthirsty, belligerent, and insane.
Only by obtaining the Origin Heart and becoming Immortal God can one completely break free from the influence of the Darkness Force on consciousness.
However, many of the Prison Race's Immortal God developed relatively warlike or bloodthirsty personalities before achieving immortality, which is why they appeared rather insane after becoming Immortal God.
A sneer suddenly rang out.
It was a three-headed giant wolf with a blood-red body, possessing a powerful aura. Even the slightest movement of its limbs could cause the space to tremble, demonstrating the immense strength of its physical body.
The giant wolf's golden eyes were narrowed, and its tone was disdainful. "Hmph, just a lowly race, how dare you speak so arrogantly. If you don't Blood Pool Baptism, participating in the 'Killing Absolute Prison' will only be suicide."
Upon hearing this, Locke, the ruler of the Yatu Race, looked somewhat apprehensive; clearly, these three giant wolves were extremely intimidating.
Chiling clone calmly glanced at the three-headed giant wolf, causing the beast, which had previously shown disdain, to pause in surprise. A terrifying sense of crisis suddenly arose in its heart, as if it were being watched by a savage divine beast, and the words it was about to say were abruptly swallowed.
The giant wolf was shocked and filled with nameless rage. A bloodthirsty desire rose within it to kill this inferior race that had frightened it at first glance, but its body seemed to be frozen in place, instinctively fearing something.
Chiling clone withdrew his gaze. Although the Prison Race had all kinds of life forms, they were also divided into different classes.
The Blackhorn Race, which he was impersonating, is considered a relatively low-level race among flesh-and-blood beings, with Life Gene Level that is only about twice that of other races.
The higher-level flesh-and-blood Prison Race are born with more than 5 times the genetic potential, and some flesh-and-blood Prison Race are even Special Lifeform, with only one possibly being born in a single "prison".
This giant wolf belongs to the Howling Moon Race Prison Race, a high-level flesh-and-blood creature. Generally, the larger the size of a member of the Prison Race, the higher their Gene Level.
The genes of the Howling Moon Race are more than 8 times greater.
Generally, lower-level flesh-and-blood Prison Race must undergo the Blood Pool Baptism to improve their physical genes and thus become comparable to higher-level races. Prison Race who have undergone the Blood Pool Baptism will develop blood-colored secret patterns on their bodies, which are said to be manifestations of the unique Darkness Force of the Blood Pool.
However, the skin of the Chiling clone did not have the secret markings symbolizing the Blood Pool Baptism.
That's why Locke, who is also a low-level flesh-and-blood race, was surprised that Chiling clone hadn't undergone the Blood Pool Baptism. Without the Blood Pool Baptism, the body's genes are not high, and unless the Law Comprehension extremely high, the strength will not be very strong. Participating in the 'Killing Absolute Prison' is tantamount to courting death.