After leaving the palace, Zhang Junbao followed the Venerable Golden Crow downwards.
A dense aura of bloodlust surged upwards, causing Zhang Junbao to frown slightly.
" Viska Star, a perilous secret realm that could become Desperate Level at any moment, is not as simple as you imagine," Venerable Golden Crow warned. "There are several dangerous wastelands on Viska Star. Once you enter one, even Immortal would find it extremely difficult to escape. If you're unlucky, you might even encounter an Immortal Level battle."
"Upon entering Viska Star from the outside, you will be randomly teleported to a location on the planet's surface. This is because the entire surface of Viska Star is filled with chaotic microscopic spacetime channels, and where you are teleported to depends entirely on luck."
"So dangerous? Could it be that using the teleportation array in the Golden Crow Hall would also cause this?" Zhang Junbao asked.
"That's right. The teleportation array in the palace only transports you to the surface of the planet, after which you will be transported away by the planet's own Space-Time Vortex."
"Wouldn't that mean we could be directly transported to an extremely dangerous death zone?"
"It is indeed possible, but the location where the Golden Crow Hall is located was determined by the Virtual Universe Company after many years of exploration. Over the years, it has only appeared a very few times. Some of those dangerous places are filled with endless evil energy. If a general Universe Level being enters them, they will be eroded by the evil energy and go crazy within seven days."
There are also soul-destroying places filled with soul-crushing attacks, specifically designed to invade souls. Staying in these places for a long time will affect even the Immortal.
"These are just the most basic dangers, after all, dangerous places are deadly. The most dangerous thing is the struggle between the major powers on Viska Star. Don't think that just because you come from outer space, you are superior. Viska Star is not a completely native planet, nor is it completely ignorant of the universe," said Venerable Golden Crow.
"I won't say much more in the way of advice. Just be careful in everything you do. This is a test for you. The Virtual Universe Company's assessment of you isn't just about combat strength, but also your ability to adapt to dangers in space. A fool who only knows how to charge forward with a sword, no matter how strong, is hardly of any use!"
They listened as they spoke.
Below, spacetime twists, and a scarlet vortex stands out. The interior of Viska Star is obscured, but the aura emanating from it is enough to be awe-inspiring.
"After completing the mission, you only need to keep flying upwards to leave Viska Star. The Virtual Universe Company will have people monitoring the entire planet and guiding you back. Once they discover that the natives of Viska Star have left the planet, they will be immediately killed."
"Thank you, Venerable!" Zhang Junbao said gratefully. "Since it's so dangerous, there must be quite a few treasures inside, right?"
"Don't be like that fool, Iron Fire King, who values treasure over life!" Venerable Golden Crow rebuked. "There are indeed many treasures on Viska Star, but they are almost all located in several forbidden zones. Whether you can obtain them depends entirely on luck. You must not risk your life for treasure!"
" Junbao understands!"
Go!
The Venerable Golden Crow pointed to the vortex below.
"Good!"
Without hesitation, Zhang Junbao stepped into the vortex.
In fact, Venerable Golden Crow meaning in his words, which he had already understood. The treasures were all located in several dangerous places, and they could try to find them, provided their lives could be guaranteed. After all, Venerable Golden Crow also understood that it was almost impossible to get geniuses like Zhang Junbao, who had just entered the universe, to completely give up their opportunities and obediently carry out their missions and leave.
Back then, wasn't he the same?
The balance between confidence and ability is the ladder to a genius's rise. Without ability, blind confidence will only lead to ruin, but with ability, one will not dare to take risks and will find it difficult to achieve great things.
Zhang Junbao stepped into the vortex, where crimson mist mingled with space and time. He didn't know what it was, but the heavy malevolent aura within it constantly tried to invade Zhang Junbao's heart.
He didn't use the spaceship, but instead piloted the Space-Time Hunyuan Sword down.
Having passed through the misty, swirling Space-Time Vortex, a colossal abyss, millions of kilometers long and tens of thousands of kilometers wide, suddenly appeared before him. On the cliffs of the two halves of the abyss, strange creatures moved swiftly.
"That is...?" Zhang Junbao hovered in the air, rapidly scanning the area within a radius of 10,000 kilometers using a hidden scanner.
He saw a group of strange creatures fighting on the cliff face of the abyss.
A young boy from the Viska Star was fighting a ghost-like creature. Their battle was extremely fierce, clashing more than a thousand times in an instant. In just a few breaths, the two were tens of thousands of miles apart.
We're not far from Zhang Junbao now.
"That creature with purple flame wings is a native of Viska Star, but the ghostly life form opposite him is a rare Demon Spirit Clan from Viska Star?"
What is that?
Zhang Junbao noticed that not far from the battle, a giant, one-eyed monster bird took advantage of their fight to spew a mouthful of flame at the two of them. The young man from Viska Star actually caught the flame head-on, and put it into his hand, condensing it into a huge fire lotus flower, which he then slammed into the Demon Spirit Clan.
"Boom!"
The fiery lotus exploded with a deafening roar, unleashing terrifying energy fluctuations that completely enveloped the Demon Spirit Clan.
"A Domain Lord Level Third Stage from Viska Star can actually withstand the flames of Domain Lord Sixth Stage One-Eyed Ghost Bird and even make them his own; that's truly remarkable."
Zhang Junbao looked down at the battle below.
After the Flame Lotus erupted, the boy from Viska Star sensed that the Demon Spirit Clan had disappeared, and then launched an attack on the One-Eyed Ghost Bird.
The man and the beast clashed in mid-air. After the collision, both glanced at Zhang Junbao, and then the One-Eyed Ghost Bird spewed out another stream of fire, forming a long river of flames that swept over them in an instant.
The young man from Viska Star also unleashed a crescent-shaped flame. This man and beast actually intended to kill Zhang Junbao was watching from afar, first.
Zhang Junbao frowned slightly. He had been drawn in by the battle just now, but he hadn't expected to be attacked by both sides while merely observing from afar.
Zhang Junbao's figure suddenly disappeared, and where he had been standing, the two attacks collided, creating a terrifying energy fluctuation that even caused the space itself to tremble.
"I didn't provoke you, but you provoked me first!"
When it reappeared, Zhang Junbao was already behind the One-Eyed Ghost Bird. The One-Eyed Ghost Bird was a relatively common ferocious beast on Viska Star. It was not very intelligent and was extremely vicious. Zhang Junbao did not expect to get any useful information from it.
Zhang Junbao appeared behind the One-Eyed Ghost Bird and thrust out his sword. Sensing the danger, a flame pattern suddenly lit up on the One-Eyed Ghost Bird's forehead, and then terrifying flames erupted from its body, instantly transforming it into a firebird.
"Hmm? This is a secret technique of the Law of Fire. This One-Eyed Ghost Bird hasn't reached the World Lord Level yet, so it shouldn't be able to gain the recognition of the Origin of Laws. Could these flame patterns be the Innate Rune of the life forms on Viska Star?"
Seeing the One-Eyed Ghost Bird suddenly unleash power beyond its own, Zhang Junbao became quite interested. He placed a hand on the One-Eyed Ghost Bird's brow. The One-Eyed Ghost Bird tried to break free, but it seemed to be stuck in a terrifying quagmire. The surrounding spacetime firmly fixed it in place, leaving it only able to stare wide-eyed at Zhang Junbao's hand touching the rune on its forehead.
"It's actually a Law Imprint, a natural Law Imprint. Who gave them these imprints? It's just a pity that the energy within this imprint isn't much, and after the recent outburst, it's almost completely destroyed."
In the critical moment, the One-Eyed Ghost Bird unleashed the power of its Innate Rune in an attempt to save its life, but it still couldn't harm Zhang Junbao.
A semi-transparent scimitar shot out from Zhang Junbao's hand, piercing directly through the head of the One-Eyed Ghost Bird. Its Life Core was shattered by Zhang Junbao, and the resentment and fear in its one eye gradually dissipated, until its body finally fell limply to the ground.
The boy from Viska Star opposite them stared wide-eyed at what he saw, completely unable to believe what he was witnessing.
"Who exactly are you? How could you kill One-Eyed Ghost Bird at the Rune Ancestor level with a single move!" the boy from Viska Star asked in terror.
Zhang Junbao turned around and glanced at the boy from Viska Star. From his Language of Runes, Zhang Junbao could tell that he was a boy with innate fire runes, and it seemed that the level of his Innate Rune was not low.
Before arriving on Viska Star, Zhang Junbao had already learned that the way power levels were referred to on Viska Star was different from that in the universe. The ' Rune Ancestor ' level that the Viska Star youth mentioned was actually equivalent to the Domain Lord Level in the universe.
"And who are you?" Zhang Junbao didn't answer, but asked instead.
"I..."
Just as the boy from Viska Star was about to speak, a look of pain suddenly appeared on his face, and a black chain emerged from his chest.
Zhang Junbao discovered that the ghostly Demon Spirit Clan, whose upper body was solid but whose lower body was translucent, was still alive. He saw it shoot out a chain from its hand, piercing through the chest of the boy from Viska Star, and then pulling out a translucent object emitting a strong light from the boy's body.
As the chains were pulled out, the boy from Viska Star seemed to lose all his energy. His eyes went dark, and he fell limply, crashing heavily onto a protruding rock at the edge of the cliff.
Zhang Junbao's Divine Transformation cold. This Demon Spirit Clan had stolen his prey right in front of him.
After defeating the boy, the Demon Spirit Clan turned their attention to Zhang Junbao.
"Hehehe... Such pure, Innate Rune. I can already smell the fragrance of the runes on you from this distance. It seems today is my lucky day. Not only did I complete the mission, but I also gained an unexpected reward." The Demon Spirit Clan stared at Zhang Junbao with a pair of eyes that emitted a cold light, and let out a strange laugh.
Zhang Junbao had already studied the Language of Runes of Viska Star, so he naturally understood its meaning.
"You're treating me like prey?"
The aura he is currently displaying is at the Universe Level Ninth Stage, but the black, ghost-like Demon Spirit Clan in front of him is at the Domain Lord Ninth Stage.
Clearly, the Demon Spirit Clan, having just defeated the boy, wanted to take Zhang Junbao into their fold as well.
" The Ancestral God will be very pleased to be able to embrace such a pure rune. Offer your soul to the Ancestral God!"
The Demon Spirit Clan let out a frantic shout, and then the chains in its hands struck, accompanied by a howling sound like the wailing of a soul, capable of shaking the mind.
"The attack of the Law of Wind even includes a Soul Attack method; no wonder this is a secret realm where the civilization of Law is extremely prosperous. However, this level of attack is probably not enough."
Zhang Junbao's eyes were sharp as torches, and he completely discerned the opponent's attack.
"Snort!"
Zhang Junbao snorted coldly. His mental cultivation was extremely high, which also made his consciousness extremely condensed, comparable to the World Lord Level.
A powerful Consciousness Pressure is a Soul Attack for enemies with weaker consciousness. If it were to oppress World Lord Level being, Zhang Junbao might only make them feel uncomfortable. But oppressing a Domain Lord Level being, especially one without a physical form, Demon Spirit Clan, is enough to instill fear in them and even completely destroy their will to fight.
Zhang Junbao's cold snort exploded like a thunderclap in the minds of the Demon Spirit Clan.
Zhang Junbao easily blocked the Demon Spirit Clan's chain attack with just one index finger.
Although the Demon Spirit Clan is at the Domain Lord Level, their combat power is still far inferior to that of the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge.
"Pfft!" The Demon Spirit Clan spat out a mouthful of black blood, his eyes fixed on Zhang Junbao.
"I am Moyun, the Holy Envoy of the ' Ancestral Soul Religion '! You dare to oppose the Holy Sect? You are simply courting death!" Moyun of the Demon Spirit Clan spat out black blood, but he was not afraid at all, as if the ' Ancestral Soul Religion ' he spoke of was an incomparably great existence.
"What is the ' Ancestral Soul Religion '?" Zhang Junbao frowned slightly. The information provided by the Virtual Universe Company did not contain any information about the Ancestral Soul Religion. He wondered whether it was included in the assessment or not worth paying attention to.
"Hahaha, there are actually such foolish people in this world who don't even know about the ' Ancestral Soul Religion '! But it doesn't matter, your Innate Rune are so pure. As long as you offer your soul to the Ancestral God, you will be able to merge with the Ancestral God. At that time, you will naturally understand the greatness of our Holy Sect!" Moyun roared madly.
"To offer up one's soul?"
From Moyun's words, Zhang Junbao knew that this " Ancestral God Religion " was willing to sacrifice souls at the drop of a hat, so it was probably more appropriate to call it the " Ancestral God Demon Religion ".
"A mere ' Rune King ' level rune was able to withstand my attack; your rune level must be very high! Offer your runes to the Ancestral God!"
The Moyun roared and attacked Zhang Junbao again, its eyes filled with madness.
Under his control, a black demonic tornado completely enveloped Zhang Junbao, gradually shrinking. Each wind blade was like a tiny sharp blade, enough to pierce through the body of a Domain Lord Level.
"So crazy! What exactly is this Ancestral God Religion? Are all the guys in there this crazy?" Zhang Junbao was also surprised by Moyun's reckless attack and couldn't understand his thoughts at all.
With this kind of attack, even if Zhang Junbao were to be killed, the attacker himself would probably not survive either.
Although the opponent's attack was ferocious, the power of the Law contained within it was not particularly strong. Zhang Junbao's figure streaked across the sky, directly breaking through the Moyun's secret technique and severing his body in half with a single sword strike.
The lower half of the Moyun vanished, leaving only the upper half held in Zhang Junbao's hand, but the madness in his eyes intensified.
" Ancestral God, I will soon be able to merge with you! Hahaha, you fool, you cannot comprehend the greatness of the Ancestral God!" Moyun's eyes widened, and then the energy in his body expanded wildly.
"Boom!"
A violent explosion echoed through the abyss; unable to resist, the Moyun self-destructed without hesitation.
"Damn it, am I so destined to be involved with self-destruction? I've only just set foot on Viska Star and I've already experienced three self-destructions!" Zhang Junbao reappeared in the distance from the epicenter of the explosion, his face somewhat grim.
He originally intended to capture Moyun and interrogate him about Viska Star, but he didn't expect Moyun to be so decisive, directly self-destructing without any regard for his own life, and without even a whimper.
"' The Ancestral God Religion ' sounds like it's related to the Ancestral God. What kind of organization is it that could drive life on Viska Star to such madness, allowing a Domain Lord to self-destruct at will!"