A Divine Ruin Deep in the Myriad Tribulations Poison Forest?
In mid-air, the arrogance on the face of the Lightning Fiend Ancestor, who was preparing to release his Martial Soul True Body, instantly turned into extreme terror.
He was horrified to discover that his Transcendent Soul Power was locked tightly in his meridians, and he couldn't even summon his Martial Soul!
The surrounding space felt incredibly heavy, rendering him completely immobile, not even by a finger!
"No! This is impossible! I am Transcendent..."
The Lightning Fiend Ancestor's eyes were filled with a desperate roar.
Ren's eyes were indifferent, and he didn't even get up. He simply pressed down with his finger.
Within the Taiji Diagram, two thick streams of black and white energy, as thick as mountains, soared into the sky, transforming into a gigantic hand that blotted out the heavens, and slammed down fiercely on the Lightning Fiend Ancestor in mid-air.
Boom--!
A deafening roar shook the entire square violently.
The Transcendent Grand Master of the Nine Swords Kingdom was like a fly that had been swatted, crashing straight into the ground of the plaza from a height of more than ten feet.
Click!
The hard granite plaza was blasted open, creating a crater several meters wide.
Lightning Fiend Ancestor's knees sank to the ground, his bones shattering inch by inch. He threw his head back and spat out several mouthfuls of blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs.
He clung to the ground, his body convulsing violently. Under the suppression of the black and white energies, he couldn't even lift his head, utterly surrendering!
Quiet.
A deathly silence enveloped the central square of the Chaotic Star City.
Tens of thousands of cultivators gaped, frozen in place like clay or wooden sculptures, their breathing completely silenced.
That was a supreme and Transcendent powerhouse, above all living beings!
He didn't even have time to unleash his Martial Soul before being slammed into the ground by the Lord of Exchange Tower with a single finger from afar?!
The envoy from the Golden Cauldron Pavilion's legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the high platform with a thud. His crotch was instantly soaked, and he urinated and defecated simultaneously.
On the highest platform, the Chaotic Star City Lord had been sitting calmly, suddenly stood up.
Bang!
The black jade throne beneath him was shattered to pieces by his out-of-control aura.
The Transcendent city lord, who had been stationed in Chaotic Star City for many years, was now extremely horrified, with cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
He trembled as he pulled out a silk handkerchief to wipe away the cold sweat. He dared not hesitate for a moment, and quickly channeled his Soul Power, his voice trembling as it echoed throughout the entire arena.
"This city lord hereby announces that Exchange Tower in the south of the city has won first place in this city-wide trade fair!"
"In accordance with the Chaotic Star City, all of the Golden Cauldron Pavilion's Trade Road, shops, and the mining rights to the three mines within the city are hereby relinquished and transferred to Exchange Tower, effective immediately!"
"Anyone who disobeys will be punished jointly by the City Lord's Estate and Exchange Tower!"
As soon as the city lord finished speaking, a collective gasp of astonishment erupted from the entire arena.
Golden Cauldron Pavilion is finished!
Even the Transcendent elders were crippled in one move, and the city lord immediately sided with Exchange Tower. No one could stop Exchange Tower's rise!
In less than half a day.
Overnight, banners embroidered with black and white Pattern were planted all over the main streets in the north of Exchange Tower Chaotic Star City.
Dozens of large pharmacies, Soul Artifact workshops, and warehouses that originally belonged to the Golden Cauldron Pavilion and the North City Merchant Alliance were handed over unconditionally with their doors wide open, without daring to utter a single word of nonsense.
Truckloads of gold soul coins, rare medicinal herbs, and ores were continuously transported to the south of the city.
Exchange Tower's commercial empire expanded more than three times in just one night, completely monopolizing the economic lifeline of Chaotic Star City!
Inside the main accounting office of Exchange Tower.
The clattering of the abacus beads never stopped throughout the night.
Lu Ping and Zhao Chen, two veterans who had just recovered from serious injuries, were busy with the account books and land deeds piled up in the room.
Both of them had rosy cheeks, and their hands, gripping the calligraphy brushes, were trembling with excitement.
"Old Lu, look at this! The contracts for the seven tax-free Trade Road at the border of the three kingdoms held by the Golden Cauldron Pavilion are all ours!"
Zhao Chen held up a gold-embossed land deed, grinning from ear to ear.
Lu Ping wiped the sweat from his forehead and pointed at the void array plate on the table, laughing loudly.
"That's not all! Half an hour ago, all twelve trade route hubs along the border of the three kingdoms were connected to our Void Network!"
"The current Exchange Tower is several times stronger than it was at its peak ten years ago!"
Meanwhile, inside the giant martial arts arena behind Exchange Tower.
Torches blazed brightly, and the sounds of battle shook the heavens.
Fugaku Uchiha, dressed in a black outfit, stood on a high platform with his arms crossed.
Below the stage, hundreds of strong, muscular men stood in neat rows.
These people were all elite miners rescued from the Blood Fiend Mine, as well as loyal followers of Exchange Tower. Each of them possessed exceptional talent and unwavering eyes.
"From this day forward, you are the first batch of the Profound Wilderness Guard Army of Exchange Tower!"
Fugaku's voice was like a resounding bell, echoing throughout the training ground.
"What I will now teach you are the Uchiha Style Basic Taijutsu, as well as the secret techniques for refining Chakra!"
"Combine your Soul Power and Chakra. I want you to have the combat power to fight a high-level Soul Master in one-on-one within a month!"
"Yes, sir! I will obey Fugaku's orders!"
Hundreds of guards roared in unison, their voices booming, and began a intensive rehearsal of Uchiha Taijutsu.
Hundreds of feet below the martial arts arena, in the deepest, most secret stone chamber beneath the Exchange Tower.
The surrounding stone walls were engraved with yin-yang array patterns that isolated energy.
Kaguya Otsutsuki floated in the center of the secret room, her long, snow-white hair moving without any wind.
Beneath her, a complex and mysterious spatial coordinate anchor point had just been set up.
Kaguya Hand Seals, veins bulging at the corners of her eyes, and her pure white eyes radiated a dazzling divine light.
The immense, ocean-like primordial Chakra continuously poured into the spatial anchor point beneath their feet.
Buzz--!
The spatial anchor point trembled violently, bursting forth with a dazzling white light that pierced straight into the void.
In the darkness, the void node of the Profound Desolate World was forcibly torn open, echoing the Dimension Altar in the distant Shinobi World Temple.
A stable and concealed cross-dimensional energy channel has been successfully constructed at this moment!
From then on, the Uchiha Shrine's army and supplies could be sent to the Profound Desolate World in an endless stream at any time!
Kaguya landed slowly, just about to disperse the Chakra palm.
Sudden!
Beep--beep--!
In the corner of the secret room, the core array plate that connected the entire Void Network suddenly emitted an extremely piercing buzzing sound without warning.
The surface of the array plate flashed red light wildly, and cracks spread along its edges.
Immediately afterwards, an extremely faint but powerfully charged Divine Sense for help, filled with a dense aura of death and intermittent thunder, broke through the layers of spatial barriers and crashed into the array plate!
"Save... the poster... from eternal damnation..."
His Divine Sense were intermittent, carrying with them a deep-seated sense of despair and decay.
That was the unique Thunder Sound Mark left behind by Zhong Zizai, the last core elder of Exchange Tower who disappeared back then!
The sound of hurried footsteps came from the secret passage.
Zhao Chen pushed open the door and hurried into the secret room, where he immediately saw the afterimages of thunder leaping on the core array plate.
His expression changed drastically. He rushed to the array plate and quickly Hand Seals to identify the distress signal.
Just a few breaths later, Zhao Chen trembled violently and turned his head sharply to look at Ren, who had entered the secret room, his voice trembling.
"Hey OP! It's Brother Zhong Zizai's innate lightning seal! He's not dead yet!"
Zhao Chen pointed to the blood-red coordinates projected on the array plate, his face ashen.
"This distress signal came from the depths of the 'Myriad Tribulations Poison Forest,' the most dangerous forbidden zone at the border of the Three Great Kingdoms!"
"That place is shrouded in poisonous miasma; even Quasi-Transcendent would face certain death if they went in!"
"Moreover... Old Zhong mentioned in his last Divine Sense fragment that he was not only trapped deep within the Myriad Tribulations Poison Forest, but also discovered a complete ancient divine relic!"
The sealed room fell silent instantly.
Ren walked to the array plate and raised his right hand.
My fingertips gently brushed against the faint crimson light flickering on the Void Link Ring.
Then, he slowly raised his eyes, his deep and calm gaze falling on the map of the Myriad Tribulations Poison Forest hanging on the stone wall.