Chapter 968: Wormhole

The scanner was rapidly searching for potentially dangerous locations, while Luo Feng stood still, refraining from rash actions.

“I have two options. One is to take a risk and explore this unknown place to find a way out. The other is to directly teleport back to human territory through my divine nation, then teleport to the Purple Thorn Flower Island, and afterward, proceed to the Nine Nether Temporal Region once more,” Luo Feng swept his sharp gaze across the surroundings, carefully examining everything. The flowers and plants here were beautiful, the area was silent, and there were no other living creatures.

“Explore!”

“Be careful, I should be able to make it out. This place isn’t among the dangerous areas that the Ancestral God Religion warned its inheritors about,” Luo Feng thought to himself. “I don’t want to start again from the Purple Thorn Flower Island, wasting over ten more days, and I’d likely have to cross that expanse of space again. Being teleported back in would be ridiculous.”

Soon, a large amount of data appeared on the screen of Luo Feng’s arm device.

Luo Feng glanced at it.

“Everything seems normal?” Luo Feng slightly furrowed his brow.

“Move out.”

Luo Feng immediately chose a direction and flew off at high speed.

“The scanner has detected a natural wormhole,” the scanner alerted Luo Feng.

“A natural wormhole?” Luo Feng, now a streak of light, immediately slowed down, looked down at the map displayed on the scanner, confirmed the location, and rushed over.

After flying tens of millions of kilometers, Luo Feng arrived at the mountainside of a mountain, gazing at the slight spatial distortion in the air ahead.

“In this place, there’s actually a wormhole?” Luo Feng stared at it. Wormholes were relatively common in the universe, each connecting two locations. Stepping into a wormhole allowed one to directly reach the distant other end. In the cosmic starry sky, Luo Feng wouldn’t have cared, but within this secret realm…

“Where does this wormhole lead?” Luo Feng pondered briefly, then with a thought, a stream of black mist flew out, condensing into a tall man—the Demon Killer Clan clone transformed.

“Even if the clone of the Demon Slayer Clan is destroyed, I can still recreate it and teleport back through the divine nation,” Luo Feng thought. Essentially, he was a gathering point for living tokens, so his soul slaves could easily detect his location.

The clone of the Mosha Clan was cautious but then flew into the wormhole.

Passing through the wormhole, the Mosha Clan clone instantly arrived at another location.

“Hmm?” The Demon Slayer Clan clone looked ahead. Before it lay a massive basin, within which stretched a lake spanning over ten thousand kilometers in width. Suspended above the lake was a conical mountain peak, approximately a thousand kilometers in height. Though seemingly ordinary, it floated effortlessly above the waters.

“A lake? A floating mountain?” The Mosha Clan clone stared at it, observing carefully.

“So close.”

“The distance between the Earthling main body and this place must be less than ten billion kilometers,” the Mosha Clan clone was somewhat astonished. He could easily sense the Earthling main body’s location, and the distance was extremely short, just one teleport away.

Luo Feng’s main body continued flying forward, he also learned about the other end of the wormhole but did not rush to explore.

After flying for a while.

“The scanner has detected a new natural wormhole,” the scanner alerted.

“A new one?” Luo Feng was momentarily surprised, then flew towards the location indicated by the scanner.

The newly discovered natural wormhole was located within the river of a stream. Luo Feng didn’t dare to enter the water recklessly, so he teleported his Demon Killer Clan clone back and had the clone test it out first.

The clone of the Mosha Clan splashed into the river.

“There’s nothing special about this water, it’s just denser than usual,” the Mosha Clan clone quickly determined.

Luo Feng directly used his world power to condense a huge jar, then filled it with a large amount of river water.

“I’ll study it later,” Luo Feng secretly thought.

The clone of the Mosha Clan plunged into the wormhole within the river.

The other end of the wormhole was still within the river. When the Mosha Clan’s clone emerged from the water and surveyed the surroundings, he couldn’t help but feel startled.

“Good heavens, this place…” The Mosha Clan clone raised its head. Above loomed a conical mountain peak suspended in midair, while all around stretched a vast lake. The surrounding terrain rose higher, forming a natural basin.

“The other end of the last wormhole was the lakeshore, this time it’s within the lake.”

“Two wormholes lead to the same place.”

The clone of the Demon Slayer Clan was somewhat stunned.

Luo Feng, still puzzled, continued forward and soon discovered another wormhole. This time, the Demon Slayer Clan clone attempted once more and found that the wormhole led to another lakeshore.

Continuing forward, a new wormhole appeared again, leading to the lake’s surface.

One wormhole after another was discovered…

Finally, Luo Feng became impatient and no longer flew, directly teleporting to the lakeshore.

“This is really strange,” Luo Feng stood by the lakeshore, looking at the lake and the floating conical mountain ahead. “I’ve discovered nine wormholes in a row, all leading here. It seems this dangerous place… is special in this way.”

“The scanner has detected 10081 wormholes,” the scanner alerted Luo Feng.

“What?”

Luo Feng glanced down at the display on his wrist device. The screen clearly marked the locations of each wormhole, sending a chill down his spine. These 10,081 wormholes formed a massive honeycomb-like structure, encircling the conical mountain peak from every direction in a complete siege. The arrangement… bore an uncanny resemblance to the life crystal of the Demon Slayer Clan’s clone.

The clone of the Mo Sha Clan had a life crystal with 10,081 facets, inscribed with extremely complex law patterns that corresponded to the essence of spatial laws.

“The more unique a place is, the more likely it is to hold treasures. Likewise, places with treasures are inevitably dangerous,” Luo Feng reflected. This was essentially the wisdom passed down by countless inheritors throughout history. If a location possessed treasures yet lacked danger, it implied that other powerful individuals had already neutralized the threats.

Luo Feng looked at the conical mountain.

He felt that the floating conical mountain was the most suspicious, but he dared not rashly enter. If the conical mountain housed terrifying special life forms like the ‘Cold Whale,’ once alerted, his Earthling main body could be swallowed whole in one bite. Retrieving his precious treasures like the Murderous Wu Wings and the Tower Pearl would then be difficult.

“Let me see where the other ends of these 10081 wormholes are,” Luo Feng thought.

Swoosh.

The clone of the Mo Sha Clan instantly soared toward a wormhole suspended in midair.

He entered the wormhole and quickly arrived at the other end. That place was about three hundred billion kilometers from the lake, a quiet desert.

The clone of the Mosha Clan immediately returned, searched for a new wormhole near the lakeshore, and then entered it.

Frantically jumping through wormholes, Luo Feng gradually became more familiar with this mysterious place. These wormholes led to many locations within this mysterious realm. The farthest location was about 1200 billion kilometers from this mysterious place. What most alarmed Luo Feng was that… he discovered some broken armor and weapons in three of these locations, but there were no valuable treasures.

“Inheritors have special status.”

“Among inheritors, a high proportion possess valuable treasures. These broken armors indicate that life forms have been here. The life forms that came here were likely inheritors. However, they only left behind some broken armors and other worthless items. There were no world rings, and no valuable treasures,” Luo Feng held a fragment of broken armor in his hand. “There should be survivors like myself who survived here and took the treasures. Or perhaps the native creatures of this mysterious place took the treasures.”

“The number of inheritors who came here should be small.”

“If there were many, the news would have already spread,” Luo Feng thought.

“If there are survivors, why wouldn’t they spread information about this mysterious place?” Luo Feng pondered, wanting to discover every clue.

Swoosh!

Luo Feng suddenly retreated, directly using a spatial wormhole to retreat over ten billion kilometers away.

“My Earthling main body should still stay hidden further away; let the Mo Sha Clan clone go in and explore.”

The clone of the Mosha Clan flew toward the floating conical mountain, observing carefully. The surface of the conical mountain was densely covered with small caves. According to the scanner’s detection, there were 10,081 caves, each approximately three to four meters in height. However, for a mountain over a thousand kilometers tall, these caves were insignificant.

Swoosh.

The clone from the Mosha Clan flew straight into one of the caves and landed inside.

“Mountainside rock.” The Mosha Clan clone grabbed a piece of the mountainside rock beside him. As he applied force, the entire cave wall shimmered faintly with silver light. The Mosha Clan clone suddenly felt a powerful force impact him, shattering his body. Then, the black mist swirled, and he regenerated.

“What the hell is this?” The Mosha Clan clone was startled, staring at the seemingly ordinary rock wall. “Is the entire cliff wall a single entity? It feels like it’s alive. I guess the force I used was relatively small. After all, I’m only using the power of a Boundary Master at its peak. I wonder what would happen if the Earthling main body tried to tear off a piece of rock.”

The Mosha Clan clone continued forward cautiously.

The cave was extremely deep. As he traversed it, the Mosha Clan clone sensed that the spatial fluctuations inside were becoming somewhat peculiar.

There were no plants, just empty rock walls.

Moments later—

After traversing hundreds of kilometers, the Mo Sha Clan clone finally reached the heart of the conical mountain. It was a vast, hollow cavern within the mountain. At its center lay a pool, divided into five smaller pools. Each pool contained water of a distinct color, each emanating a unique and formidable aura.

There was the aura of flames, the sharpness of metal…

Above the five-colored pool, countless spatial cracks were constantly forming and disappearing.

The countless spatial cracks formed a very beautiful shape, as if a giant nest, enveloping its core… at the heart of the countless small spatial cracks, floated a spherical crystal. This was a peculiar spherical object with 10081 facets. Its surface sometimes flowed like water, sometimes seemed to have transparent flames rising, sometimes appeared to have plants growing…

“A treasure.” The Mosha Clan clone stared intently at the spherical crystal.

Even without knowing anything else, just by looking at the spectacle it created, one could guess that this was definitely a treasure. Even the five-colored pool water below was certainly not ordinary.

“Where is the danger?” The Mosha Clan clone did not dare to approach rashly. After all, the space in this mysterious location was extremely stable. The spherical crystal floating there caused the surrounding space to continuously form countless cracks. If its power were to truly erupt, the Mosha Clan clone would be annihilated instantly. Moreover, based on Luo Feng’s understanding of secret realms, aside from the inherent danger posed by the treasure itself, there were usually other hidden perils as well.

The Demon Slayer Clan clone carefully observed the five-colored pool, the crystal ball, the eerily quiet cavern around it, and the seemingly living mountain.