Were These All Illusions?
On the other side, it seemed to be the Avatar lightning energy, with an astonishing speed, able to roam even among the thunder dragon clouds that gathered above the Thunder-Earth Mountain Range.
However, they had observed from the [Ancient Immortal Heavenly Realm] that this place was a suitable treasure trove of laws and resources, but upon entering, they discovered that this place exhibited a law-based atmosphere combining thunder and earth.
Even if one simply absorbs thunder energy from within the thunder dragon clouds, once a certain level is reached, one will be pushed off the clouds and forced to contend with the earth energy of the mountains. The law energy originally absorbed into the body will then uncontrollably combine into thunder and earth laws during the resistance.
The two attracted dragons, one thunder and one earth, searched the surrounding area for the possibility of cultivating in a higher realm.
The pure, earthy gas immediately caught the attention of the two pterosaurs.
The Thunder Fiend Pterosaur and the Obsidian Pterosaur flew together toward the valley floor where the laws were stable.
As soon as the two pterosaurs, each over ten meters long, landed near the deep pit that Wang An and his team had dug, they immediately discovered traces of other powerful individuals in the area.
"It seems there were some stronger individuals who arrived before us."
As the pterosaur approached the deepest crater, a bolt of black Thunder Fiend Pterosaur shot out from its body, cleaving open the hidden Formation Domain.
Just as the two of them were about to enter and explore, dozens of thunder dragons rushed towards them from the thunderclouds. The thunder laws they carried were something even they did not want to fight against.
"Damn it, how could this happen?"
Immediately after the Formation Domain was broken, Wang An and Irete Su En realized that another Second Tier outsider had destroyed the Formation Domain that concealed the entrance to the outside world.
When they reached a point where earthy energy had gathered and solidified into a lake, Wang An stopped in his tracks.
Lu Tianxin, who was walking behind, was puzzled.
At this moment, Wang An sent a message: "We need to hurry, two uninvited guests have arrived outside."
Lu Tianxin gave a soft "hmm," then glanced at the dusty lake again, saying with some disappointment, "It's like this again, Master. Do we have to go back and continue searching for other passages?"
Wang An thought for a moment, then used his magic to gather the Second Tier extraordinary crystals that had grown from the walls of the passage and threw them into the lake of earth energy that had already turned into liquid.
The Second Tier crystal sank rapidly into the earthen lake, leaving no trace of its form beneath the surface, as if it had been completely dissolved and transformed.
"Yes, I should have thought of that sooner. The real entrance to the passage is at the bottom of the earthen lake."
Hearing Wang An say this, Lu Tianxin's mind was shaken.
"Master, are you saying that these are all illusions?"
"No, this is indeed liquid earth energy condensed from earth vapor."
"But the environment below may not necessarily be like that, or rather, it may not be like that by nature."
At this point, Wang An leaned close to the earthy lake, and the Heavenly Canopy that had been drawn away with one hand was now covered by darkness.
That was the black light from the [Heavenly Fire] Divine Ability [Illuminating Lamp of Insight], which devoured and transformed energy. In Lu Tianxin's astonished gaze, this hand parted the yellow earthy liquid, revealing a deep, unseen space below.
However, that was not an ordinary space, but an energy space based on the Earth element law.
Wang An then immediately withdrew his hand and covered the Heavenly Canopy again.
At this moment, the palm had completely transformed into an energy crystal that resembled a pure earth elemental law.
He looked again, and even though his palm was covered by the Heavenly Canopy, the extremely corrosive earth energy seemed to be spreading throughout his entire body.
Without much hesitation, Wang An swung his other arm and severed Tu Hua's hand.
Instead of conducting further research, it was retrieved into the space equipment.
Soon, the severed hand was restored to its original state amidst a surge of purple-gold magical power.
Once a cultivator reaches the Purple Mansion stage, they become a semi-energy life form, and after passing the Late Purple Mansion Stage, they become a complete energy life form. The ability to regenerate severed limbs and regenerate blood is almost an Yusheng Divine Ability power.
Not to mention that he already possesses the Golden Nature and is evolving into a life form governed by laws.
After thinking for a moment and communicating with Lu Tianxin, Wang An put away his thoughts about the puppet and then put the puppet's body into his spatial equipment.
A small [Six Laws Heavenly River] swirled around his body, manifesting the aura of the six laws of water, stars, change, life, death, and purification. The originally quiet river of earth energy immediately surged violently, almost entirely rushing towards Wang An.
With the Purple Mansion Divine Ability [Heavenly River of Return to Oneness] and [Six Laws Heavenly River] combined, Wang An wielded this branch of the Golden Nature magic treasure almost to the point of complete control.
At this moment, the [Six Laws Heavenly River] completely enveloped his body, and a pure light shone slightly. The massive earth-elemental energy that had gathered here was decomposed into purer, more basic earth energy upon slight contact with the pure light, greatly reducing its attack power, and it would then be devoured again by other earth-elemental energies.
Thus, it decomposes and then re-devours, and this constant Long Flowing of earth energy cannot get close to the [Six Laws Heavenly River].
Seeing that he had only activated a small amount of the power of the purification law, and that these rule energies, which were originally capable of transforming all things into earth elements, could not harm him in the slightest, Wang An was satisfied.
Then, the power of the stellar laws within was activated, and the tiny stars floating in the Six Laws Heavenly River leaped out of the surface of the Heavenly River, transforming into twelve stars as small as grains of rice and as large as mountains.
As the starlight shone forth, countless surging wisps of earth were drawn in by the twelve stars and dragged into the gravitational core of the stars to evolve into matter.
With this Golden Nature treasure, Wang An's confidence in exploring the lower levels increased.
After checking to make sure there were no omissions, and waiting until the earthy energy here had been absorbed by the twelve stars until it was somewhat thin, the stars reluctantly returned to him, and then he plunged into the lake of earthy energy.
The earth, gas, and liquid were stirred up, quickly creating a safe passage for him to take refuge.
As soon as Wang An entered the earthen lake, he felt immense pressure and the erosion of laws surrounding and blocking him. Fortunately, he had Golden Nature magic treasure, so these things were not a big deal.
It even drove the [Six Laws Heavenly River] to actively sink downwards.
The lake they reached was extremely deep; it took them an hour to reach what was estimated to be tens of thousands of meters deep before they could perceive the bottom.
Despite their current depth, it's still not as deep as the ocean floor of some ordinary planets.
These are fully evolved, extraordinary mountain ranges; every wisp of energy and every bit of matter here would be as heavy as a mountain in the ordinary material world.
The pressure of their descent alone was no less than that of going to the core of a planet, not to mention the countless supernatural laws that eroded and interfered with them.
Upon reaching the bottom, Wang An examined the strength of the surrounding soil and rocks, but his thoughts vanished without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.
Even if the twelve stars approached, using the laws of the stars to leverage the material laws within the earth element, and constructing stellar authority to grind and absorb, they could only slowly scrape off some fragments like material particles.