As Lin Chuan frowned tightly while examining the corpses, Shangguan Dieche's voice transmission entered his mind through the [Akatsuki] organization ring.
"Master Ancestor, I found a very large mountain... No, it should be a rock. Do you want to come take a look?" Shangguan Dieche's voice was somewhat urgent. Clearly, this rock was anything but ordinary.
"A rock?" Lin Chuan frowned slightly.
"Yes, it should be a rock, because the entire mountain is made of stone, and it seems to be one whole piece!" Shangguan Dieche explained.
"Alright, I'll be right there!" Lin Chuan said after pondering for a moment.
However, he did not act immediately. Instead, he first picked up a stone from the ground and inscribed a Flying Thunder God formula onto it.
He did this to make his next actions more convenient. If the situation over there differed from what he expected, he could use the Flying Thunder God formula to return here.
"Flying Thunder God Technique!"
Once everything was prepared, Lin Chuan formed hand seals and cast Flying Thunder God. A ripple of spatial fluctuation flashed past, and Lin Chuan's body vanished directly from the ground. When he reappeared, he was already beside Shangguan Dieche.
At that moment, Lin Chuan's gaze was immediately drawn to a massive mountain in the distance that towered into the clouds. Though it was called a mountain, it was exactly as Shangguan Dieche had described—a single enormous rock. There were no trees upon it, only bare, dark stone. Netherworld-like light flickered across its surface, resembling the radiance emitted by the ground of the ninth floor of the Floating Spirit Divine Palace, yet brighter and purer.
The instant Lin Chuan saw the mountain, his expression changed drastically. It was as though he had been struck by lightning, leaving even Shangguan Dieche, who