River Diversion
Pang Heng did not rashly enter the deep pool.
The rumor that there was treasure in the deep pool was ultimately just a gossip circulating in the market, and whether it was true or not remained to be seen.
The only thing that's certain right now is that unknown dangers lurk within this deep pool.
Pang Heng spoke to a Foundation Establishment Late Stage female cultivator behind him.
"Go to the bottom of the icy pool and investigate. Remember, don't venture too deep into the Cave at the bottom."
"Yes," the female cultivator replied without hesitation.
Pang Heng raised his hand and waved it, and a chain wrapped around the female cultivator's waist.
The female cultivator disappeared into the deep pool.
Pang Heng's Divine Sense remained firmly locked on the female cultivator until she entered the underwater Cave and walked a distance along the Cave before emerging from the area submerged by the pool.
The Cave was filled with a dense Corpse-Baleful Qi, which greatly interfered with Pang Heng's Divine Sense, causing him to lose his perception of the female cultivator.
Sudden.
A powerful force emanated from the chains, seemingly trying to drag Pang Heng into the deep pool as well.
Pang Heng's face darkened.
"Who dares to act so arrogantly in front of me, Pang?"
As he spoke, Pang Heng hurriedly activated his magic Law Power to stabilize himself and began to retrieve the chains.
"Zheng..."
The chains suddenly emitted mournful cries, as if they were about to break at any moment.
Under Pang Heng's full urging, the chains gradually began to retract.
Suddenly, the force at the other end of the chain vanished, as if the person wrestling with Pang Heng had realized he was no match and suddenly let go.
Pang Heng didn't have time to retract his strength, and his body instantly lost its balance, staggering backward.
After he regained his balance, the chains had been completely retrieved.
However, the female cultivator was no longer seen on the chains.
Only a few strands of flesh, washed clean by the pool water and now pale, still clung to the chains.
Pang Heng's face immediately darkened, like the dark clouds before a storm.
His eyes flashed with a cold light, revealing an undisguised anger.
"Very well, how dare they attack my Limitless Island disciples? They're simply courting death. Today I'll see what exactly is causing this trouble."
Pang Heng leaped directly into the deep pool.
He had previously sparred with his opponent and discovered that the opponent's strength was far inferior to his own, which is why he dared to enter the deep pool.
Pang Heng dived down more than ten miles and arrived at the bottom of the pool, where he saw the Cave.
Although it's called Cave, it's actually an underground river, through which the water from the waterfall above is drained away.
Pang Heng entered the underground river and traveled for several miles. The turbulent river gradually calmed down as the water was drained away through some hidden holes.
He emerged from the water and found himself in a cave several acres in size.
The Corpse-Baleful Qi inside the cave was extremely dense, almost comparable to that of the Cold Corpse Valley.
Pang Heng fully unleashed his Divine Sense, only to find that he could only probe a radius of about one mile around him.
Several passages lead deep into the cave, extending in different directions.
Pang Heng's gaze swept across the various passageways, trying to find traces of the missing people.
Finally, his gaze fell on one of the passages, where some fresh bloodstains remained on the floor.
It was left behind by the female cultivator from before.
He leaped into the passage and proceeded cautiously and slowly.
After he rounded a bend, a dark shadow suddenly pounced on him.
Pang Heng was shocked. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a peak third-tier zombie.
He quickly summoned a shield to defend against the zombies' attacks.
At the same time, he wondered: When did zombies become so intelligent that they know how to hide in the shadows and launch sneak attacks?
"No, this isn't an ordinary zombie, but a Corpse Puppet controlled by a cultivator."
The thought had barely crossed Pang Heng's mind when the Corpse Puppet was already upon him.
The Corpse Puppet swung its sharp claws, and an extremely cold, malevolent Corpse-Baleful Qi instantly surged forth.
"Boom"
A loud bang echoed through the underground passage.
The claws slammed into the shield, unleashing a deafening roar.
The powerful impact nearly caused the shield to go out of control; Pang Heng had to use all his magic Law Power to stabilize it.
At the same time, he had a sudden thought, and two Corpse Puppet were summoned.
One is Late Third Rank, and the other is a mid-stage Tier 3 creature.
Immediately, the three-headed Corpse Puppet clashed in battle.
Even with two against one, Pang Heng's Corpse Puppet was still no match, being forced to retreat repeatedly by the peak third-tier Corpse Puppet.
Pang Heng summoned a flying sword and joined the battle, keeping the peak third-tier Corpse Puppet at bay.
Just as he was fully focused on the battle, suddenly, three transparent blades shot out from the darkness.
Before Pang Heng could react, a sharp blade pierced his forehead.
"Ah!"
After letting out a piercing scream, he collapsed to the ground, his body convulsing uncontrollably.
The Divine Sense power contained in the Divine Sense Blade exceeded the limit that Pang Heng's Sea of Consciousness could withstand, turning his Sea of Consciousness into a chaotic mess, and his soul was severely damaged as a result.
Song Wen emerged from the dark passage with a slight look of surprise on his face. He seemed to have not expected that a single <Soul-Concentrating Spike> would render Pang Heng completely powerless to resist.
"It seems that although my Divine Sense power has not broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm, it is already stronger than that of an ordinary Peak Golden Core Stage cultivator."
While Song Wen was pondering this, he went to Pang Heng's side and began to search his soul.
According to Pang Heng's memory, Song Wen learned that among the Foundation Establishment cultivators who accompanied him, two of them practiced the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>.
Song Wen killed Pang Heng and began to devour his Essence Blood, and soul.
A continuous stream of Law Power flowed into Song Wen's body, causing his cultivation level to surge instantly.
After absorbing Pang Heng's cultivation, Song Wen burned his corpse, collected Pang Heng's storage ring and the two Corpse Puppet, Song Wen headed deeper into the passage.
He did not pursue the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, as that would expose his true intentions.
It's easy to guess from Limitless Island that someone is targeting those who practice the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>.
In fact, apart from Pang Heng, none of the others who entered the deep Cave, including Yin Pan, died. They were simply injured by Song Wen and passed out.
He did this mainly to avoid too many deaths among the disciples of Limitless Island, which would attract the attention of the two Nascent Soul Cultivators on Limitless Island. If these people didn't die, Limitless Island would only assume that they were trapped in some restriction or dangerous place while searching for treasure.
In this way, the person who comes to investigate will only be Pang Heng, not Yinshuo or Ye Hua.
After traveling dozens of miles through winding and turning tunnels in the underground Cave, Song Wen finally reached the surface through a Vertical Tunnel he had dug beforehand.
He glanced back towards Flying Cloud Ridge, left behind a Shadow Gu, and headed to the market outside Cold Corpse Valley.
About two hours later, another spaceship arrived above Flying Cloud Ridge.
Five figures stepped out of the spaceship.
All five were Golden Core cultivators, and the leader was none other than Zhu Yin.
Zhu Yin stared at the deep pool for a moment, then said in a deep voice.
"Divert the river and drain the pool."
At her command, the four Golden Core cultivators behind her sprang into action.
Two cultivators, a man and a woman, traveled more than ten miles upstream from the waterfall, to a narrow mountain stream.
The male cultivator summoned his flying sword, infusing it with his Law Power. The sword flashed and slashed towards the towering cliffs on both sides of the mountain stream.
As the Sword Qi crisscrossed, rocks shattered.
Countless pebbles tumbled down the cliff and plunged into the Gorge River.
As more and more rocks collapsed, the river channel was gradually blocked, and the river water accumulated in the blocked area, causing the water level to rise and forming a barrier lake.
The female cultivator then arrived at a point several miles upstream from the landslide-dammed lake, where there was a narrow pass where two mountains met.
She wielded her flying sword, and thousands of Sword Qi danced like silver snakes, shattering the rocks at the pass and lowering it by more than ten feet, connecting it to the river.
The silted-up river water suddenly found an outlet, rushing towards the narrow pass and washing towards the even lower valley.