hsntnovel Chapter 221 Unveiling an Ancient Conspiracy: Global Spiritual Sources Are Actually Bait for the Abys
Chapter 221 Unveiling an Ancient Conspiracy: Global Spiritual Sources Are Actually Bait for the Abys
The sound was vast and boundless, as if it came from the ends of the universe, and each syllable contained an ancient power powerful enough to crush stars.
"After waiting for countless eons, finally... someone has come."
Before the words were finished, a semi-transparent phantom slowly floated out from the deep starry sky behind the door.
It was an old man dressed in a simple blue Taoist robe, with a gaunt face, closed eyes, and three thousand white hairs hanging down like a silver river. He was surrounded by faint starlight, as if he had merged with the starry sky.
He didn't exude any pressure, but just by standing there, he made Lu Sheng and Luo Tianfei, two powerful individuals at the peak of level 8, feel a sense of insignificance that came from the depths of their souls.
The old man's phantom slowly opened his eyes.
What kind of eyes were those?
There were no pupils, no whites of the eyes, only two swirling miniature nebulae, still and calm, as if reflecting the endless cycle of birth and death in the universe.
His gaze swept over Lu Sheng and Luo Tianfei, as if he were observing two ants that happened to be passing by.
Finally, a hint of undisguised disappointment appeared in his usually calm eyes.
"After waiting for several eras, what arrived were two mere level 8 dolls."
"Too weak."
The sound wasn't loud, but it was like two heavy hammer blows, striking Lu Sheng and Luo Tianfei's hearts hard.
Luo Tianfei's proud phoenix eyes narrowed instantly, and crimson divine fire rose uncontrollably around her, turning the surrounding bronze ground slightly red.
She, the immortal phoenix, the owner of the divine sequence, has swept all before. When has she ever been so looked down upon?
However, someone was faster than her.
"boom!"
A dull thud.
Lu Sheng made a move.
He was very unhappy to be called weak by an old ghost who had lived for who knows how many years.
He was too lazy to waste words, and too lazy to use any fancy spiritual energy.
Action is the best response!
"Bang—!"
The bronze floor beneath his feet cracked instantly, and spiderweb-like fissures spread out in a flash.
The pure, terrifying physical strength of up to twenty-one tons erupted at this moment!
He did not activate the human-dragon form, nor did he use the dragon transformation.
It was just a simple, unadorned straight punch!
His figure transformed into a golden cannonball, moving so fast that it left a white trail of air in its wake, instantly traversing a hundred meters and delivering a punch to the old man's illusory, calm face!
"Nonsense."
The old man's illusory figure frowned slightly, seemingly surprised by Lu Sheng's volatile temper, which led him to attack at the slightest provocation.
He casually raised his right hand, his five fingers spread.
In an instant, the starry sky in front of him seemed to come alive, with countless starlight converging to form a semi-transparent, radiant starlight barrier in front of his palm.
The barrier looked as thin as a cicada's wing, yet it exuded an aura of sturdiness sufficient to withstand landslides and tsunamis.
however.
The instant Lu Sheng's fist, imbued with ultimate power, made contact with the starlight barrier.
"Snap!"
A crisp, teeth-grinding cracking sound echoed across the entire mountaintop.
That seemingly indestructible starlight barrier shattered like a fragile piece of glass under Lu Sheng's fist!
The sky exploded with starlight, like a dazzling fireworks display.
The old man's phantom was violently shaken by the raging wind from the punch, as if it were about to dissipate at any moment. Finally, a hint of genuine surprise appeared in his eyes, which were swirling with nebulae.
"Um?"
He waved his sleeve to dissipate the remaining force of his punch, and then re-examined the menacing young man before him. His gaze was no longer that of someone looking at an ant, but rather as if he were looking at an… interesting insect.
"Pure physical strength can actually break through my star barrier?"
"Interesting brute force."
The old man's illusory figure looked at Lu Sheng and slowly spoke, his voice less disappointed and more solemn.
"It seems that the seeds of this era have embarked on a different path than those of the past."
Lu Sheng withdrew his fist, shook his slightly numb knuckles, and looked at him coldly: "Stop talking nonsense. Who are you? And where is this place?"
"Me?" The old man's illusory figure smiled, a smile that carried the weight of countless ages. "You may call me the Gatekeeper."
"As for this place..."
He turned around and pointed to the magnificent bronze temple behind him.
"This is the Sanqing Hall, and also... the repository of the spark of human civilization."
A repository of the sparks of human civilization?
Upon hearing this name, both Lu Sheng and Luo Tianfei's pupils contracted simultaneously.
"What do you mean?" Luo Tianfei couldn't help but ask, her voice tinged with wariness.
The gatekeeper did not answer directly. His nebula-like eyes gazed into the distance, as if piercing through time and space to see the end of the world.
"Children, do you think this world-destroying flood, this global catastrophe, is the first time something like this has happened?"
His voice became low and ethereal.
"No."
"Before you, several glorious civilizations were born on this planet, and then... vanished into nothingness."
"And everything you are experiencing now is just the beginning of yet another... cycle."
The gatekeeper turned his head and his gaze fell on the two of them. The pity in his eyes made Lu Tianfei feel a strange tremor in her heart.
"The truth of this world is far more profound than you can imagine..."
"Be ruthless."
cruel?
These two words never existed in Lu Sheng's dictionary.
He has witnessed more cruelty than anyone can imagine.
Luo Tianfei narrowed her phoenix eyes, her body surging with divine fire, clearly disliking this pretentious explanation: "Speak plainly, don't beat around the bush."
The gatekeeper, seeing the nonchalant expressions on the two men's faces, seemed to have expected this.
He sighed softly, a sigh that seemed to carry the weight of time.
"Your source of spiritual energy, the power upon which you depend for survival and evolution..."
"Do you think that's a gift from heaven?"
The gatekeeper shook his head and revealed a terrifying truth that could overturn an entire worldview.
"No, that's not a blessing."
"That's fish bait."
"It's nourishment that came to this planet from a race called the Abyss from beyond the realm!"
boom!
These words struck Luo Tianfei's mind like a thunderbolt from the heavens.
Her proud and beautiful face instantly lost all color, and her delicate body trembled uncontrollably.
Fish bait?
nourishment?!
The Undying Phoenix Sequence she awakened, the god-level talent that allowed her to look down on all living beings, turned out to be nothing more than bait thrown by her enemies.
How is that possible!
"An abyssal race?"
Lu Sheng's pupils suddenly contracted. In his mind, fragments of the Abyss Demon God's shattered soul memories flashed and reassembled wildly at this moment!
"Harvest..."
"fruit……"
"Waiting for it to ripen..."
Those fragmented words that he had never been able to understand now perfectly matched the gatekeeper's words!
A surge of overwhelming rage, feeling manipulated and treated like livestock, instantly erupted from the depths of his heart!