Slaughter, Transcendent World!!

After crushing the token, Fang Yun felt a glimmer of hope rise in his heart.

Though he believed that if Qie Qiong came, he could certainly resolve the trouble before them.

But Cloud Sea Prefecture City was too far away. Even if Qie Qiong came at full speed with his Title Rank strength, it would take far too long.

And the slaughter was still going on.

Yes, it was a slaughter. Every swing of the heavily armored warrior's giant axe sent up a cloud of bloody mist, while the bare-chested warriors, thanks to their higher realms, killed the Qie Clan guards one by one.

At this rate, everyone at the mine would probably be dead by the time Qie Qiong arrived.

Some had surrendered, but those people were like devils, showing no mercy even to those who surrendered.

Despair hung over the mine.

Yet that despair lasted less than three minutes.

Just as the heavily armored warrior swung his axe at a Meteor Rank guard-

Something strange happened!

Countless tiny golden specks suddenly appeared out of thin air in the open space outside the mine.

Though tiny, the specks carried a suffocating sharpness, as if they were not points of light, but peerless divine weapons.

Hum-

A low vibration spread through the air.

Immediately afterward, the golden specks that had appeared burst forward at an unbelievable speed.

They precisely avoided the Qie Clan members on the scene and shot toward the bare-chested Savage warriors who were carrying out the slaughter.

There were no screams, nor any violent collisions.

The bodies of those barbaric Savage warriors suddenly stiffened.

In an instant, whether they were swinging their blades or had just killed someone and were preparing to pounce on their next target-

The bodies of every bare-chested Savage warrior seemed to have been swept by something.

They all silently disintegrated at the same instant.

Yes, disintegrated!

Their bodies, the weapons in their hands, and the equipment they wore were all reduced to fragments invisible to the naked eye.

Only a dense bloody mist remained, spreading through the air.

The air was left with the mingled smell of blood and metal.

The entire process was unbelievably fast.

One moment it had been a one-sided slaughter, but in the blink of an eye, all that remained of the original slaughterers was the bloody mist in the air.

At the mine entrance, only the twenty-odd surviving Qie Clan guards and the heavily armored warrior remained, along with the corpses covering the ground.

A deathly silence blanketed the entire area.

All the survivors and the heavily armored warrior seemed to have been struck by an immobilization spell.

They stared slack-jawed at the scene before them, which was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

What had happened!?

The powerful enemies who had just been wreaking havoc, powerful enough to drive people to despair, were gone in an instant?

The only surviving invader on the scene was the Savage leader in dark red heavy armor.

The savage grin on his face froze completely.

It gradually turned to disbelief.

As a Title Rank expert, he was among the strongest beneath "Demigods" and "Deities" in their world.

But if those golden specks had targeted him just now instead of merely disintegrating the giant axe in his hands,

he would probably have ended up just like his subordinates.

Even as he thought this, he felt a tremendous force slam into him.

Pfft-!

The Savage leader's tall, muscular body doubled over as if struck by a heavy hammer, and dark red blood sprayed from his mouth.

He was sent flying dozens of meters, crashing heavily into the mountain and becoming embedded in its side.

The bloodlust from the beginning was gone from his eyes, replaced entirely by horror.

How could this be? He had only just come out. How could he have run into a "Deity" already?

How could a "Deity" exist in this weak world?

As his thoughts ran wild, a voice rang out above his head.

"Speak. Where did you come from, and why have you made an enemy of my Qie Clan?"

The golden specks gathered, and Qie Qiong appeared above him.

His expression was cold, and he wore a spotless silver robe. Not a trace of aura escaped him, but deep in his profound eyes, a flash of indifferent golden light seemed capable of seeing through to the essence of things.

Yet the Savage leader, still embedded in the mountainside, did not answer Qie Qiong. Instead, he said:

"Otherworldly Deity, I admit you are powerful, but you are no match for my master. My master will avenge me."

As he spoke, the Dou Qi around him abruptly surged.

Seeing this, Fang Yun hurriedly warned, "Clan head, watch out! He's going to self-destruct!"

Qie Qiong shook his head slightly. Golden light flashed in his hand, and a wound the size of the heavily armored warrior's heart appeared over it as he was about to self-destruct.

From what the warrior had just said, Qie Qiong already had an answer as to where he had come from.

So there was no need to keep him alive.

But in dealing with the aftermath, he might have to inconvenience the people who had survived.

After all, they had seen that he had become a Transcendent. And if his guess was right, there was even less reason to let these people go out and come into contact with the outside world.

The mine was deathly silent, broken only by heavy breathing.

The twenty-odd surviving guards and miners stood there quietly.

As they looked at the silver figure standing in midair, their eyes were full of relief at having survived the ordeal.

Qie Qiong descended slowly, his toes touching the ground lightly. His robe was spotless, as though the slaughter that had resembled divine punishment had nothing to do with him.

He calmly swept his gaze over the standing survivors.

None of those remaining were badly injured.

The Savages had almost always killed with a single blow, so there were no wounded, only corpses covering the ground.

"Gather your brothers' remains," Qie Qiong said, his voice cool and commanding, reaching everyone's ears clearly amid the silent ruins. "There will be no more mining at this vein for the next few days."

"Fang Yun," Qie Qiong said, turning to him, his voice steady, "immediately arrange for men to search the depths of the mine carefully. I need to know exactly where these people came from and how they appeared here without a sound. Report any abnormalities to me."

Only then did Fang Yun begin to recover from his profound shock. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, clan head! I'll arrange it at once!"

He knew how serious the matter was, so he immediately selected several of the more agile guards and had them take lighting tools and head deep into the mine again.

To Fang Yun's surprise, before the cleanup outside was finished, the men who had gone in quickly returned:

"Manager! We found it! At the very end of a branch tunnel that's been abandoned for years! There's a silver door hanging in front of the rock wall. None of us dared approach it."

Fang Yun listened. Though he did not know what the door was either, he knew that this seemed to be the truth.

He immediately went over to Qie Qiong.

He relayed the news the guards had brought back.

Qie Qiong's gaze sharpened. Although he had already guessed, hearing it with his own ears still filled him with joy.

A Space Gate!

These "Savages" had indeed crossed space to get here.

It looked like he, Qie Qiong, was about to strike it rich!

He had thought of it when the Savage called him an otherworldly Deity, and actually finding the Space Gate made him even more certain!

A Transcendent World! It had to be a Transcendent World!

And it was an undiscovered Transcendent World that had only just connected.

But it seemed to be a Transcendent World where Dou Qi and magic had been comprehended.

And a Transcendent World whose inhabitants had already reproduced.

Ordinarily, a Transcendent World had only native Transcendents.

But the people who had charged out were only Meteor Rank.

It was possible that this world had existed for too long.

Afterward, the native Transcendents had reproduced, and one person had comprehended Dou Qi and passed it down.

This Transcendent World was like a miniature Material World.

That was the world Qie Qiong lived in.

The Material World was far too stable.

Its rules were far too perfect.

There was nothing wrong with perfection, but precisely because the rules were perfect and made too perfect a use of all power, the Transcendent resources it produced were pitifully few.

Take origin stones: not a single one could be found in the mortal world.

But in a Transcendent World, they were merely a relatively basic resource.

The crude rules of large and small Transcendent Worlds, on the other hand, allowed them to directly produce countless "Transcendent resources."

That was why Transcendents all had to go to the large Transcendent Worlds of the three great empires.

"I never imagined I, Qie Qiong, would be so lucky." Qie Qiong was astonished. "I had no resources, and now they've been delivered straight into my hands?"

Whether the Space Gate led to a small Transcendent World or a large one, it was a pleasant surprise for Qie Qiong.

Each had its own advantages.

If it was a small Transcendent World, then there was a very good chance that Qie Qiong, as he was now, could directly seize control of it.

Only Saint Rank Transcendents could enter a small Transcendent World, which meant that the strongest native Transcendents born in that world would be Saint Rank.

Although he was only a Sky Realm Transcendent,

he was, after all, an expert who had mastered the complete True Meaning of Metal. Ordinary Saint Rank natives could not possibly be his match.

After all, this realm was generally the minimum for a Demigod expert.

If it was a large Transcendent World, on the other hand, that would be a matter for Qie Qiong to deal with later.

Though it would not be long, either.

After all, when Qie Qiong comprehended the complete True Meaning of Metal, "Golden Light" had revealed the portion concerning the True Meaning of Space.

Judging by how quickly Qie Qiong had previously comprehended the True Meaning of Metal, even without a heavenly treasure like the Nine-Leaf Gold-Veined Grass,

he could certainly comprehend the complete True Meaning of Space within thirty years.

A Grade Two True Meaning Transcendent! By then, even a peak Demigod who had comprehended a True Body Deity Heart would be no match for him.

If it was a large Transcendent World, it would be his by then as well.

"Uncle Fang, from now on, no one but me may enter or leave this mine. Tell the brothers it'll only be for the next few years," Qie Qiong instructed Fang Yun. "Also, bring those guards here and have them take me over."

The Transcendent World was now Qie Qiong's highest priority. If he were not kindhearted, none of these people should, strictly speaking, have been allowed to leave alive.

Hearing this, Fang Yun hurriedly said, "Yes, I'll pass the orders down right away."

He had risen step by step to become the Qie Clan's chief steward. Aside from his cultivation as a Silver Moon Knight, the most important reason was that he was sufficiently obedient.

After all, he was not the Qie Clan's only Silver Moon Knight.

After giving his orders, Qie Qiong had the men lead him to the Space Gate.

Before long, they reached the Space Gate in the abandoned mine tunnel.

Qie Qiong looked at the Space Gate before him.

Qie Qiong dismissed the guards who had led him there. Inside the abandoned tunnel,

only he and the silver curtain of light quietly suspended before the rock wall remained.

It was not solid, but more like a rippling barrier of energy.

Its edges were indistinct, flowing slowly through the void like water.

The space within the gate was fathomlessly deep.

So deep that it seemed capable of devouring all light. A faint yet exceptionally clear spatial fluctuation steadily emanated from the gate.

"This is the bridge connecting another world, the resources to become an expert."

Qie Qiong gazed at the gate, his eyes full of anticipation for the future.

Ten years of arduous cultivation and a shortage of resources had left him able to become only a Sky Realm Transcendent.

Although he comprehended True Meanings very quickly, it was precisely because he was so fast that he could not accept it.

The world behind this gate was like a timely rain sent from heaven.

As he carefully examined the Space Gate, a strange sense of resonance suddenly welled up from the depths of his consciousness.

Hum-

Deep in his sea of consciousness, the pages of the "Golden Light" secret tome slowly turned.

The once-blurry patterns on the tome's silver chapter now resonated with the fluctuations emanating from the Space Gate before him, allowing him to comprehend them more clearly.

It was as though a corner of the mist had been swept aside.

Qie Qiong clearly "sensed" the True Meaning of Space flowing within the gate.

It seemed to be explaining the mysteries of space to him.

He felt as though he were standing outside a door named "space," as if he could comprehend it with a gentle push.

Almost! He was just a little short.

Qie Qiong felt it so clearly.

He felt that as long as he took one more step deeper, he could seize the opportunity and comprehend the Space Myriad Existences Realm.

Yet that single step gave Qie Qiong the feeling that no matter how much effort he put in now, he could not possibly comprehend it.

Qie Qiong frowned.

But he also knew that this was his first day with the silver portion of "Golden Light."

During the previous ten years, he had spent some time contemplating the True Meaning of Space, but not much.

This time, seeing the Space Gate and sensing that he had nearly grasped the basics of space's mysteries was already a very good result.

"Everyone stand guard outside. No one is to approach this place!" Qie Qiong did not go out, but his words clearly penetrated the mine tunnel and reached Fang Yun and the guards outside.

This was now Qie Qiong's greatest secret. Naturally, as long as he stayed within his principles, nothing he did was excessive.

Qie Qiong looked at the Space Gate again.

He took a deep breath and stepped forward.

His entire body disappeared into the Space Gate.

When Qie Qiong stepped through the Space Gate, he felt none of the dizziness he had imagined.

It felt more like passing through a cool curtain of water. In an instant, the scenery before his eyes changed.

He had been in a mine just moments ago, but as the scenery shifted, he found himself in a forest.

Judging by the scenery and surroundings alone, this place seemed little different from the Cang Yun Material World.

"The energy concentration is at least ten times that of the mortal world!" Qie Qiong was overjoyed.

This meant his cultivation speed would increase greatly, and the shortage of resources that had troubled him for ten years had been resolved.

In an environment like this, Qie Qiong was confident he could reach the peak of the Saint Rank Transcendent within a few years!

The most important thing now was to sense whether this world was a large Transcendent World or a small one.