The Gatekeeper's Secret

"Superintendent!"

Huang slowly opened his blood-red maw and said something devoid of emotion.

Although it's unknown when or how the old man met Xu Qi'an, the spatial artifact in his hand was undoubtedly a gift from the Superintendent.

He had walked through that "spatial domain" behind him before.

And in the entire world, only a First Rank -rank Superintendent like the Supervisor could refine the remaining Spiritual Essence into a magical artifact.

At the same time, a thought flashed through Huang's mind:

He really is the Gatekeeper!

By using the power of the "gate" on this island, one can temporarily break free from the seal in a special way; this is also a characteristic possessed by Gatekeeper.

Even Transcendent Rank cannot use its power before mastering the "gate".

"Catch up with Him!"

The nine tails behind the Nine-Tailed Fox slapped the ground like tentacles, resembling soldiers beating drums.

Of course, this action was slowed down tenfold.

We can't let our guard down. Although we're racing, we're playing the role of a violent motorcycle driver Xu Qi'an slowly took out the Nation-Guarding Sword and the Peace Saber, and tossed the latter to the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Over the past few days, the two have communicated frequently, discussing detailed plans for dealing with the enemy and countermeasures.

Based on the characteristics of the desolate Spiritual Essence, once the two sides start racing, the opponent will only resort to three methods:

First, speed up your advance and, while there's still a gap between you and the enemy, seize this area and take the treasure.

Second, swinging the baseball would deliver a fatal blow, wiping out any dogs and foxes who dared to chase after him.

Third, when there was absolutely no other way, he disregarded everything and used his innate supernatural power to devour everything.

After the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox took the Peace Saber, Xu Qi'an "slowly" raised his wrist, palm facing Huang, making that glass-like eyeball light up.

He planned to move the desolate space to a distant place, using this method to throw Him far away.

This was the simplest and most effective method he and the Nine-Tailed Fox came up with.

First, Huang doesn't know spatial magic, so he's helpless against this operation. Second, He is already in a "loaded" state; if He dares to use the method of absorbing Spiritual Essence to resolve this move, He will inevitably fall into a deep sleep.

Just then, the monster with a human face and a sheep's body suddenly swelled up, its already mountain-like size growing even larger, reaching a height of over a hundred meters.

This process was not fast, even slow, but His sudden increase in size exceeded the area of space that Xu Qi'an had cut.

The original space that was cut out was just enough to encompass the wilderness, but as His body expanded, some of His limbs extended beyond the space.

The space, as calm as a mirror, was suddenly rippled, then smoothed out and returned to calm.

The spatial transfer failed.

Huang's physical body was too powerful; it was like a wedge connecting the two spaces. The cutting force accompanying the spatial transfer could not separate Huang's body like it could when cutting Nine-Tailed Fox.

Failure was inevitable.

A cold smile slowly spread across the face of the desolate creature, which resembled a human's.

"For us Gods and Devils, our bodies can be as large as we want, and vice versa."

At this moment, He was very close to the edge of the Time Slowing Domain. Without hesitation, after speaking, the enormous body of Huang took the initiative to lunge forward, and the huge body slowly fell to the ground at a speed ten times slower.

With a loud bang, the ground shook, kicking up clouds of dust.

Even the dust rose at an incredibly slow pace.

He fell down? What was he trying to do?

The same question flashed through the minds of Xu Qi'an and the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.

How could a mighty ancient Gods and Devils suddenly stumble and fall? Is he trying to extort money from me just because he's old? Xu Qi'an muttered to himself, but he didn't let his guard down because of his inner grumbling.

Huang would never fall down for no reason.

At this moment, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox seemed to notice something amiss, and her tone changed slightly as she said:

"He crossed the line."

Xu Qi'an followed her gaze, his pupils slightly contracting.

Huang lay flat on the ground with his forelimbs outstretched and his hind limbs extended, a posture that made him look somewhat comical, even a little silly and cute.

He was already very close to the boundary of the domain, but with this fall, his two hooves actually managed to extend beyond the domain.

Oops!!

Xu Qi'an and the Nine-Tailed Fox looked grim. The former glanced at the beam of light shooting into the sky at the horizon and gritted his teeth to perform a spatial jump.

Once Huang's two hooves ventured out of the territory, no longer bound by the flow of time, it pawed at the ground with a "thump, thump, thump," struggling to crawl forward and try to pull itself out.

The kinetic energy generated by his hooves pawing the ground was also slowed down tenfold by time, so his body did not immediately leave the area.

However, this is much faster than taking it one step at a time.

This is outrageous! Don't you have any dignity or prestige as Transcendent Rank Gods and Devils or demon? Xu Qi'an cursed inwardly in desperation. It was too late. At this rate, Huang would leave the domain several hours earlier than them.

A few hours in this realm are equivalent to several days in the outside world.

Several days passed, and the daylilies had grown cold. Not only could Huang obtain the treasures without hindrance, but he could also take a bath and sleep, resting up to slaughter them.

Bang bang bang!

The digging sound was like an earthquake, reaching his ears slowly, but Xu Qi'an could clearly see Huang's two hooves, which were comparable to a twelve-cylinder pile driver, quickly digging two deep pits in the wilderness.

Even after being weakened and slowed down, the enormous body of the Wilderness still moved forward at a considerable speed, despite its terrifying kinetic energy.

"The Jade Shatters cannot effectively stop the Desolation. At His level, any injury is merely a fatal one. On the contrary, I would be too busy attacking to teleport short distances. Offensive methods are ineffective."

"The Seven Absolutes Gu has no binding methods, let alone control methods. How could Gu Arts that has just entered the Transcendent possibly control Huang?"

He racked his brains for a solution, only regretting that he was a crude and uncouth warrior.

If it were Confucian School, one's words would carry the law, and one could simply Words Become Law: "You little brat, you're under my crotch!"

Everything is taken care of.

At this moment, Xu Qi'an saw the Nine-Tailed Fox beside him. Calm and composed, he took out the Heaven-Encompassing Divine Mirror and shone it on Huang Yaoyao.

The distant Huang immediately sensed a magical artifact targeting his Primordial Spirit, and, filled with disdain, chuckled in a low voice:

"If it's Transcendent Rank- grade magic weapon, I'll just accept my bad luck."

"A mere broken mirror—by the time it affects me, I'll have already left this area."

He spoke those two sentences for a long time, but his hooves didn't stop, and he successfully moved himself a distance further away.

"Good king! Good sister!"

Xu Qi'an, however, became excited. He had gained inspiration from the Nine-Tailed Fox's actions, and with a thought, the Pagoda Treasure Tower floated out from the Earth Book Fragment.

Although he was a crude and uncouth warrior, he had many magical weapons.

At the Pagoda Treasure Tower, a golden Dharma Idol Fuxian with hands clasped in prayer, a seven-colored halo symbolizing wisdom behind its head, slowly rotating in reverse.

Huang silently began digging, his speed significantly faster than before.

I can't laugh anymore.

Gradually, He began to feel a little lost about what He was doing, unsure of its meaning.

His thinking is slow, and his IQ has declined.

In a normal state, this would not cause Him any harm, but as His intelligence decreased, He immediately sensed a huge suction force pulling Him.

It felt like there was a vortex above his head, beckoning him and pulling him away.

This force indirectly fuels feelings of confusion; the more one is pulled, the lower one's IQ becomes, and the lower one's IQ becomes, the stronger the pull becomes.

They complement each other.

His golden eyes gradually dimmed and lost their sharpness, and Huang slowly transformed into the foolish son of a landlord, suffering from amnesia or congenital intellectual disability.

His gaze was vacant, and he would occasionally scratch the ground.

His instincts compelled him to continue digging, but he could no longer remember the reason for it.

Xu Qi'an and the Nine-Tailed Fox combined the power of their two great magical treasures to briefly control the desolate wilderness.

A more accurate statement would be that they combined the power of two powerful artifacts to control the desolation that was bound by the time-slowing domain.

"Unable to control the duration."

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox reminded him.

Seizing this opportunity, Xu Qi'an relentlessly used spatial transformation to catch up with and surpass Huang step by step.

Throughout the process, the two continued to subject Huang to mentally devastating attacks and soul-stealing manipulations.

If it weren't for the fact that this realm, where time flows slowly, restricted Huang, controlling an ancient Gods and Devils would definitely not have been so easy for them.

Finally, the two reached the edge of the domain and saw the true nature of the pillar of light ahead.

The Nine-Tailed Fox stared blankly ahead. Within the towering pillar of light was a clearly defined gate of light, hundreds of feet high, with a magnificent aura.

The portal of light stood atop layers upon layers of white bones.

It was as if its throne was forged from bones.

But it is not a pure light gate; it combines wind, rain, thunder, lightning, yin and yang, the five elements, the heavenly Five Elements and earthly branches, and all things in the world, like an aggregate of everything in the world.

It symbolizes the sky, the earth, power, knowledge, and laws.

The moment the Silver-Haired Enchantress saw the gate of light, she understood the Superintendent's meaning.

It cannot be accurately described in words, because it is a symbol of everything and contains everything.

Suddenly, she heard Xu Qi'an say, as if in a daze, as if in a dream, as if sighing:

"What a peerless sword! If I could possess it, I would have the power to split the heavens and earth."

???

The fox spirit's ears twitched, and she looked at the crude warrior beside her with a blank and confused expression.

Precious sword?

Where can I find the treasured sword? Isn't that a door?

Just as she was about to ask a question, she noticed out of the corner of her eye that "Huang's" dull pupils were slowly regaining focus.

"His Primordial Spirit is too powerful; I can't hold him back."

"That's what the spirit of the Heaven-Encompassing Divine Mirror said."

Soul Capture is its most powerful method, but this ancient Gods and Devils is simply too powerful. Even with all its might, the Heaven-Encompassing Divine Mirror is only in a tug-of-war with it.

They couldn't even capture the Primordial Spirit.

This is even with the help of two major external forces.

"Walk"

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox offered a concise reminder.

Xu Qi'an had already completed a spatial transformation, bringing her to the edge of the area. Then, under Huang's gradually awakening gaze, he performed two more spatial jumps, finally successfully escaping the time-slowing zone.

In that instant, the human and the fox felt so comfortable that they couldn't help but sigh.

This comfort doesn't come from the physical body, but from the soul; thoughts become clear and open, bringing an unprecedented sense of ease.

"What a peerless sword!"

Xu Qi'an gazed into the distance and spoke in a low voice.

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox finally couldn't help but speak, looking at him with a complicated expression, "This isn't a knife, it's a door."

??

Like the Nine-Tailed Fox from before, Xu Qi'an had two question marks flashing through his mind.

He frowned:

But what I saw was definitely a knife.

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox thought for a moment and guessed:

"Perhaps because you are a warrior."

"Your Majesty, you too have caught the bad habit of resorting to military force when in doubt..." Xu Qi'an analyzed.

"Perhaps everyone sees something different? That's why the Superintendent said it's impossible to accurately describe what it is."

His guess was not accepted by the Nine-Tailed Fox, and the Silver-Haired Enchantress looked at him with an increasingly strange expression.

"I roughly understand what the Superintendent means, but it's not quite as you described." She shook her head.

"A knife? Why did you see a knife?"

Huang's voice came from behind; He had regained consciousness, and nearly a third of His body was still within the domain.

Even though the situation was clearly hopeless, He remained completely calm and unhurried.

He wasn't in a hurry, and neither was Xu Qi'an. With the mindset of getting something for nothing, he asked:

What do you see?

Huang said indifferently:

"Door!"

Xu Qi'an raised an eyebrow:

"You and the king see the same thing, because they are both Gods and Devils?"

Descendants of Gods and Devils are also considered Gods and Devils.

Huang remained silent, seemingly unable to offer an answer.

Because throughout history, Xu Qi'an was probably the first Human Race to see it.

"You don't seem to be in a hurry at all, which is unlike you."

Xu Qi'an surveyed the desolation.

Having dealt with each other many times, he knew that Huang was a Gods and Devils with a bad temper who neither would nor bothered to suppress his emotions.

Why should I be in a hurry?

Huang's golden eyes rolled upwards, glancing at the top of his head, and his human-like face revealed a mocking expression.

At this moment, Xu Qi'an noticed that of the six long horns on Huang's head, five had disappeared, leaving only one horn.

"I have sealed away the Superintendent," He said.

"I know," he said.

"No, you don't know." Huang's tone was smug as he said:

"The previous seals weren't very strong; the hexagonal fusion is the most powerful seal I can unleash. Don't you want to know why I only sealed the Superintendent completely now?"

Xu Qi'an remained silent, a bad premonition suddenly creeping into his heart.

"I await entry into the Gods and Devils Island to test whether he can utilize its power. If he can, then he must be the Gatekeeper. If not, then he is not."

"But the Superintendent cunning and shrewd. I was just wondering how to subtly probe him and make him reveal himself. Your arrival has given me just the right opportunity."

Huang said.

Xu Qi'an suddenly remembered that not long ago, when Huang saw them and called out the words "Superintendent", there wasn't much emotion in his tone, such as anger or surprise.

The absence of surprise and anger suggests that the other party is not afraid of being the first to act.

But where did He get his confidence?

Huang Wengweng laughed:

"You don't know what this door represents, but I do know, and I also know that no living being can get it or get close to it except the Gatekeeper."

"Hmm, even the Transcendent Rank are fine, but unfortunately neither of us are."

Xu Qi'an and the Nine-Tailed Fox exchanged a solemn glance; they knew the source of Huang's confidence.

The Gatekeeper holds the key, so even if someone else gets there first, there's no fear of the treasure falling into someone else's hands.

The six-cornered seal completely deprived the Superintendent of the opportunity to borrow the power of the Gods and Devils Island.

These creatures that have lived for so long are indeed difficult to deal with... Xu Qi'an exhaled a breath of stale air.

He said leisurely:

"If you want to leave Gods and Devils Island, you must cross this disgusting area again. It's too late for you to escape now."

"Why should I be in a hurry? You're the ones who should be in a hurry."

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox was somewhat bewildered. She had painstakingly absorbed the Spiritual Essence of the Qingqiu Fox, coming here with the resolve to die once, or even multiple times.

What for? To die?

She couldn't help but look at Xu Qi'an and found that this man wasn't anxious at all.

The Nine-Tailed Fox's heart stirred, and she vaguely grasped something.

At that moment, she heard the voice of the Superintendent coming from the single horn atop the desolate head:

"Xu Qi'an, take the Peace Saber and go inside the Guangmen Gate."

Xu Qi'an smiled:

"That's exactly what I was waiting for. Besides, that's a knife, not a door!"

Without asking why, he took the Peace Saber from the Nine-Tailed Fox and rushed towards the precious sword standing atop the pile of corpses.

The Golden Alliance of the Wilderness suddenly sharpened, realizing something was amiss, and said in a deep voice:

What do you want to do? What do you want him to do?

The Superintendent stated bluntly:

"Make him the Gatekeeper."

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox blurted out:

"What?!"

She suspected she had misheard, or that the Superintendent misspoke.

Let him be the Gatekeeper... Huang's feelings were similar to the Nine-Tailed Fox's, and he said:

"What do you mean? You're not the Gatekeeper?"

The Superintendent laughed:

"Who told you I was the Gatekeeper? Did I admit it?"

Huang's breathing suddenly became rapid, and after a few seconds, he roared as if he were going mad:

"Impossible!

"You must be the Gatekeeper, you are the Gatekeeper! Gatekeeper come from the Incense-Fire Divine Dao, from the Warlock System."

All the previous signs pointed to the fact that the Superintendent the Gatekeeper; if he wasn't, then all the signs would be inexplicable.

This includes utilizing the power of the Gods and Devils Island.

Huang clearly knew the secret of the great calamity and what the Gatekeeper symbolized.

Without being Gatekeeper, one could never reach the position of Superintendent.

"Wrong!"

The voice of the Superintendent came from the unicorn, calm and serene:

"You've been overseas for too long. How much do you know about Nine Provinces?"

Do you know why the Buddha and the Shaman God killed First Rank Martial Warrior?

"Because Gatekeeper can only come from the Martial Warrior System."

The desolate creature roared:

"If you're not the Gatekeeper, then what are you?!"

P. S.: I recommend a book: "This Doctor is Dangerous" by Shouwo Cun Guan Chi! It's a doctor-themed novel with Cthulhu elements; you should check it out.