hsntnovel Chapter 2771 The Great Witch
Chapter 2771 The Great Witch
Chapter 2771 The Great Witch
For the first two months after everyone began to compress, it was very convenient to enter and exit the boundary membrane.
With frequent shifts in tension and relaxation, the boundaries began to gradually shrink.
With the help of others, Qu Jianlei began to empty his mind and search for that ethereal feeling.
It's a bit of a shame that he's been slow to get into the zone—perhaps it's because the compression level isn't high enough?
After receiving feedback, the people outside began to intensify their efforts. By the end of the third month, Qu Zhenzun instructed Luo Fu to withdraw.
Ultimately, her cultivation level was still a bit lacking, and there were no evil entities in the Silent Zone.
Luo Fu was unwilling to back down and wanted to persevere. Coming from a martial arts world, she had a very strong will.
However, Han Li said that the outside world also needs the help of the True Venerable, and the Silent Zone is relatively safe. "I will protect your senior brother!"
Another month passed, and the compass of destiny between Qu Jianlei's brows trembled slightly. He looked in surprise in one direction, "Huh?"
The Möbius strip only retained a trace of its divine consciousness, so its perception was somewhat weak.
His main task was to communicate with both insiders and outsiders, and he couldn't pay too much attention to the process of Qu Zhenzun collecting life force.
Han Li was experiencing this kind of pressure for the first time and was still adapting. She didn't have the Creation Compass and wasn't focusing her attention on her senses.
Upon hearing Qu Zhenzun's soft exclamation, he struggled to adjust his consciousness, then asked in astonishment, "What...is this?"
“It’s a passage,” the Möbius strip sensed, but it was a little puzzled. “A passage to higher dimensions?”
"I think that higher-dimensional channels are probably beyond my ability to perceive," Qu Jianlei thought to himself, also filled with doubt.
The key point is that he felt the current compression force wasn't strong enough; a high-dimensional channel... it shouldn't be this rudimentary, right?
“I’ll gather some resources,” the Möbius strip decided, “and do some divination first. You two shouldn’t act rashly.”
He left the Spirit Realm in his true form this time, so gathering a little power was easy for him.
If he were to take on this cause and effect through a clone, and it were to succeed in saving the world from collapse, he would be at a huge loss!
"It still has to be the senior!" Qu Jianlei couldn't help but sigh. Even the True Venerable couldn't do this now.
After calculating for a moment, the Möbius strip let out a soft exclamation, "This lower-middle-level evil... is actually manifested here?"
“Senior, please don’t take the risk,” Qu Jianlei said decisively. “Should we invite two more Grand Princes in?”
Medium to low level attacks can generally cause considerable damage to cultivators, and severe injury is also possible.
“Just arrange it with Taiyuan,” the Möbius strip said casually. “The external compression and protection both need people.”
The young lady enters and exits the boundary membrane without making a sound, something that no other True Lord can match.
Suddenly, a female voice rang out, "I've done some divination, and Xiao Qu and Han Li will be fine going in..."
"Restrictions based on realm?" The Möbius strip understood. "This might not be a good approach either. You two should still be careful."
“I can go in too…” the woman’s voice added leisurely.
"This..." The Möbius strip fell silent, its inner monologue a chaotic mess.
After a while, he said, "You guys go ahead, I'll maintain the current compression on the outside."
When communication between internal and external parties is possible, conditions are much better, and various situations can be controlled in real time.
The passage exists in a rather strange form; it is not visible and cannot be perceived by divine sense, but it can be sensed intuitively.
This is precisely why the Möbius strip is considered to be a passage to higher dimensions.
Qu Jianlei and Han Li walked through it, communicating with each other through their spiritual senses and glancing at each other from time to time to avoid suddenly losing contact.
If you stay in the cultivation world for a long time, you may encounter all sorts of strange things; there's nothing you can't imagine that's impossible.
"Is the energy level getting stronger?" This daredevil is not only good at courting death, but also very vigilant.
"A little bit," Qu Jianlei replied, frowning, the compass between his brows appearing and disappearing. "Why do I feel like there's some kind of fortuitous opportunity?"
"Really?" Han Li raised her hand, paused for a moment, and then lowered it. "No, I can't use divination. There's a strong warning."
The two were not moving fast—in this unknown environment, to rush forward was tantamount to courting death!
After traveling through the passage for three days, the two suddenly felt their bodies sink and entered a strange space.
It's still gray, but it can give people a colorful feeling, just like... multicolored black!
The key issue is that the pressure in this space is extremely high.
The two had previously dealt with compressed spaces and were very resilient to pressure, managing to withstand it with difficulty.
However, the feeling of stickiness that this space brought to the two of them was simply too heavy.
“It doesn’t feel like a higher dimension,” the young woman finally spoke up. “Higher dimensions don’t feel like this.”
She spoke in a very general way, but Qu Jianlei and Han Li understood her because, given their level of understanding, they were unable to directly perceive higher dimensions!
They can perceive the appearances caused by higher dimensions, but the pure higher dimensions... the young lady probably can't even perceive them.
"My divine sense is limited," Han Li stated directly, "Ancestor, where should we go?"
"I want to back up," the experienced driver muttered softly, "This doesn't feel like a proper place... What's the 'Compass of Destiny' about?"
"It does seem like there's a connection," Qu Jianlei replied thoughtfully. "Can't you two sense it?"
“That is your destiny,” the young woman replied without hesitation, “but I cannot bear the consequences of such a destiny.”
The three chatted as they walked, led by Qu Zhenzun.
Suddenly, the young woman let out a soft exclamation and pointed her divine sense in a certain direction, "There seems to be something different there."
Qu Jianlei used the Creation Compass to sense the situation and found no potential danger. "Then let's go take a look."
Not far along that direction, suddenly half of a huge stick appeared, with a sharpened tip.
"This is... Crystal Ancestor?" Qu Jianlei couldn't help but mutter to himself, but how could this be possible?
“Another Crystal Clan Lord,” the young woman remarked casually. “I’m curious about their aesthetic sense… This design is quite beautiful?”
It sounded like she was complaining, but Qu Jianlei and the other man both understood that the young lady was trying to ease their tension.
It doesn't need much explanation; just thinking about it is terrifying. A great lord of the Crystal Clan perished here—clearly, it was an abnormal fall.
That's a race known for their physical strength, yet it broke!
“We can handle it,” Han Li said naturally. “It’s just a Great Khan, and it’s not like we haven’t rebelled before!”
"You can keep this broken stick, senior. You can also use it to build a good relationship with the Crystal Clan."
"Selling favors? It doesn't even deserve it!" The young woman sneered, and the huge half-stick disappeared instantly.
"There's a small realm that's just missing a pillar... Alright, with this much I'm satisfied."
Qu Jianlei and the other man didn't react at all. The resources that the young lady could find pleasing to the eye were pitifully few, so how could they possibly spoil the fun?
The truth is, Han Li is quite optimistic. "Is the Ancestor really not going to make a move again? Qu Zhenzun's treasure-hunting ability is very strong!"
"That's his ability, what does it have to do with me?" The young woman remained unmoved.
"Little brat, if you provoke the ancestor again, believe me, I'll kick you again!"
"Hmph," Han Li snorted, but dared not be reckless again... He had been kicked away four times in a row back then.
However, this time, his words did not come true, and Qu Zhenzun did not encounter any other opportunities.
Following the guidance of the compass of creation, he traveled all the way and finally arrived at the destination he wanted to reach.
It was an exceptionally dark place, but the gray tones were very rich and varied.
If we were to describe it using a non-linear grayscale transformation, it would definitely not be sixteen grayscale levels; it would be at least one hundred and sixty levels.
That's not the point. The point is that there's a huge human corpse lying in front of us.
It stretches for over a thousand kilometers, and that doesn't even include the head... It's a headless corpse.
It cannot be called a skeleton because there is still skin on the bones.
However, the skin tightly wrapped around the bones, making it a skeleton even more grotesque than a mummy, so it couldn't really be called a corpse.
Although all that could be seen was gray, one could still sense the mysterious patterns on the skin tightly wrapped around the bones.
The patterns are rendered through different shades of gray, and they seem to be flowing eerily, as if they were alive.
Strangely, the corpse looked extraordinary and possessed a faint aura that was somewhat intimidating, yet it didn't bring any pressure.
"Don't come any closer," a woman's voice suddenly rang out, quite solemnly, "It's the Great Shaman!"
Actually, even without her reminder, which of Qu Zhenzun and Han Li was reckless? The latter only occasionally acted recklessly; he wouldn't deliberately seek death.
"Is the Great Witch the True Lord?" Qu Jianlei was not very familiar with the higher ranks of the Witch Clan.
“Yes, the true Ancestral Witch should be a unified entity,” the young woman replied calmly, “but some worlds treat a divided spirit as an Ancestral Witch.”
The difference in address isn't that important; as long as we're certain that the corpse before us is at the True Monarch level, that's enough.
What Han Li was concerned about was, "Possible possession? As far as I know, the witch clan can only control people."
“This is a war shaman, none of those exist,” the young lady’s knowledge was indeed extensive, “He’s headless, that’s a characteristic of war shamans.”
"There might be lingering fighting spirit, which I'm afraid neither of you can easily withstand..."
"But what I find most strange is, how did he die? The unknown dangers are the most terrifying."
"When a member of the Witch Clan's demise is reduced to a demise, will they not give back to heaven and earth?" Qu Jianlei truly didn't understand. "Or is it because... their fighting spirit still remains?"
“That’s also strange,” the woman’s voice said gravely, “This isn’t something that can be locked in a Nascent Soul-level Silent Zone.”
"That crystal clan stick..." Qu Jianlei really had a lot of questions.
“It’s most likely his battle partner,” the young woman answered without hesitation. “The Crystal Ancestor can’t beat the War Witch.”
She never thought highly of the Crystal Ancestor, not only because she looked down on his intelligence, but also because she didn't think the Crystal Clan was strong in combat.
Previously, the Möbius strip stated that Taiyuan's spatial capabilities could restrain the Crystal Ancestor.
However, judging from what the young lady is saying, Crystal Ancestor's combat strength was originally quite weak.
The key point is that Taiyuanhai believes that "the Crystal Clan and the Witches have no conflict, but there are quite a few examples of them forming combat partners."