32 palatial structures radiated golden light, suspended midair above the endless abyssal world. Among them, 23 were enveloped in a white luminous veil, while the remaining 9 remained uncovered by such a radiant shield.
“Roar~~”
“Ahh!”
These ever-present phantom beasts occasionally gazed skyward, captivated by the floating palaces. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! One after another, they leaped skyward, soaring into the palaces.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Some of the phantom beasts collided with the white veil, rebounding and plummeting downward, crashing onto the rocky icy layer, causing it to crack. Then, the dazed beasts slowly rose again, some even attempting another leap toward the white shielded palace.
Crashing! Falling! Rising again! Leaping again! Impacting again! Falling again…
Some foolish beasts, stubbornly persistent, repeatedly launched themselves at the barrier multiple times before finally giving up.
…
Luo Feng, the ice bear, also gazed upward at the 32 palaces.
“32 palaces, with 23 of them covered by a white luminous layer,” Luo Feng observed. The 23 palaces with the protective veil remained undisturbed despite the relentless impacts from the phantom beasts, like moths drawn to a flame. Only the other 9 palaces, unprotected by the veil, allowed the beasts to leap in effortlessly.
“Let me try!”
Luo Feng, shaking his massive, corpulent ice bear body, leapt upward.
Whoosh!
The palace with the white veil could only be faintly seen through the shield, its golden glow barely visible within.
Crash!
Luo Feng, in his ice bear form, collided with the veil and fell downward, landing heavily on the rocky icy layer before slowly rising again.
“The shield’s defensive strength is astonishing. My impact didn’t even cause the slightest tremor,” Luo Feng thought in amazement. “Even earlier, Sovereign-level phantom beasts couldn’t affect the veil.”
Whoosh!
Luo Feng leapt again, soaring hundreds of kilometers upward in one bound, this time directly flying toward one of the 9 unshielded palaces.
Blinding golden light radiated outward!
Whoosh!
Luo Feng, in his ice bear form, plunged directly into this majestic, floating palace.
…
The entire palace structure was simple.
At its center stood a grand hall, surrounded by a rocky plaza where some phantom beasts leisurely roamed, while others lay sprawled on the plaza floor.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng, in his ice bear form, landed on the plaza and instantly sensed the temperature shift. “The temperature has changed? It’s clearly not as cold here,” he noted, while quietly observing the general composition of this floating palace. The floating palace was divided into a ‘grand hall’ and a ‘plaza’. Both were entirely constructed from black rock, with no trace of ice.
On the surface of the black rock were numerous strange and intricate carved runes, all of which glowed golden!
Innumerable golden runes were inscribed on the plaza floor and palace walls.
Blinding golden light radiated from these runes outward.
“What a profound law rune!” Luo Feng gazed at the golden runes, feeling their profound mystery. “Babata, record this.”
“Understood.”
Just then—
The golden runes on the palace walls and plaza floor suddenly emitted a dreamlike glow. Countless rays of light swept past Luo Feng, rapidly converging around the palace, forming countless profound rune patterns before solidifying into a white luminous veil.
This white shield completely enveloped the palace.
“What?” Luo Feng turned in shock.
Crash!
Crash!
Faintly, he saw several phantom beasts leaping from outside, colliding with the veil and falling back down.
“Earlier among the 32 palaces, only 23 were covered by the veil. How did this palace suddenly form a white shield?” Luo Feng, in his ice bear form, looked around, while the other phantom beasts on the plaza remained leisurely strolling, sleeping, or playing, completely unconcerned by the sudden formation of the veil.
“Hmm?”
Cautiously, Luo Feng approached the veil, reaching the plaza’s edge and extending his hoof toward it.
Sizzle!
His hoof passed directly through the white veil without encountering any resistance.
“Oh?” Luo Feng relaxed. “It defends from the outside but not the inside. I can leave without any hindrance.”
Luo Feng withdrew his hoof and turned toward the grand hall.
The plaza stretched dozens of kilometers in length and width, with the grand hall occupying roughly a quarter of the plaza.
“Roar~~”
A translucent avian phantom beast with eight wings leisurely flew toward the grand hall’s entrance. This avian phantom beast, estimated to rival an eighth-stage Domain Lord in strength, was composed entirely of ice, appearing breathtakingly beautiful under the golden light. As it approached the grand hall’s entrance,
A shadow flashed!
Crash!
A heavy blow struck the avian phantom beast, causing it to explode into countless shards of ice that scattered in all directions, some even passing through the veil and flying outward.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng was startled, holding his breath as he looked on.
At the grand hall’s entrance stood a beast resembling a gorilla, entirely composed of black rock, wielding a similarly black staff. The black stone staff bore some profound golden runes. The rock gorilla beast, holding the staff, glanced outward at the plaza, scanning the group of phantom beasts before retreating back into the grand hall.
“A rock lifeform?” Luo Feng was astonished.
There were many forms of life in the universe.
Metallic lifeforms, plant lifeforms, flesh-based lifeforms, and energy lifeforms. What defined life? Only those with intelligence could be considered life. As for those phantom beasts… they were merely entities born from the special illusions of the Demon Mountain, not even considered lifeforms due to their lack of cognitive ability.
…
Luo Feng silently observed from the plaza, not daring to enter the grand hall.
Over three days, Luo Feng witnessed 18 phantom beasts attempt to enter the grand hall, only to be shattered by the rock gorilla beast’s staff as soon as they reached the entrance.
“I have a feeling there’s a great secret inside this hall,” Luo Feng mused.
Golden light!
Golden runes so profound that even he couldn’t comprehend them!
A rock gorilla beast guarding the entrance, possessing unfathomable strength!
And this palace, floating midair in a world teeming with countless phantom beasts!
Everything pointed to the palace harboring a great secret, something even a fool could guess.
“But how do I get inside?” Luo Feng looked at the grand hall’s entrance. “What if I enter and get killed with one strike?”
Boom!
The entire abyssal world trembled violently, sending shockwaves in all directions, impacting the white veil surrounding Luo Feng’s palace.
“What’s happening?” Luo Feng turned to look outside.
“Roar~~”
“Roar~~”
“Screech~~”
Thousands upon thousands of phantom beasts roared, their violent explosions and thunderous sounds echoing incessantly.
“Haha, you lowly beings dare provoke me?” A godlike voice reverberated through the heavens.
“Senior Brother, although these Immortal-level phantom beasts aren’t much of a threat, they can be troublesome if they persist. Let’s hurry and enter the inheritance palace,” another booming explosion sounded from a different direction, followed by another loud voice.
“Fine!”
“Huh? Why are there only 8 inheritance palaces unoccupied now? All the others have people receiving the inheritance?”
“Hmm? That’s strange. The Hong Alliance’s message stated there were 9 unoccupied. Well, never mind. Anyway, there are only two of us. Whether it’s 8 or 9, it’s enough for us.”
Two voices came from two different directions.
As the heavens and earth thundered repeatedly, countless phantom beasts screamed and roared. The two mighty figures surged forward, each entering one of the palaces without the white veil.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng, in his ice bear form, stood on the plaza, the outside screams and roars gradually fading until everything returned to its previous calm. However… Luo Feng’s heart was far from calm.
“People have arrived,” countless thoughts raced through Luo Feng’s mind. “Inheritance palace? 8? 9?”
The two voices just now… should have belonged to two supreme experts!
At least Immortal existences!
“Hong Alliance? What organization is the Hong Alliance?” Luo Feng thought in amazement. “The Hong Alliance’s message stated there were 9 unoccupied palaces? When I arrived earlier, I indeed noticed only 9 of the 32 palaces lacked the veil. Could it be… once someone enters, the palace immediately forms the white veil?”
Indeed.
He had just flown into this palace’s plaza when the white veil formed around it.
“Could the palace discern the difference between me and ordinary phantom beasts?” Luo Feng stared at the grand hall in shock.
Even an Immortal, or even a more powerful being,
Without probing Luo Feng’s body, they couldn’t detect the changes in the Mosha Clan’s clone. Yet, this strange inheritance palace could detect Luo Feng’s uniqueness and raise the veil.
…
Luo Feng stood calmly on the plaza.
Clearly!
He had arrived at the mysterious core of the Demon Mountain—the inheritance palace! And the Demon Mountain’s inheritance palace… more accurately, the inheritance palace of the Demon Sound Mountain, had a total of 32 palaces. At this moment, including himself, there should be 26 palaces occupied.
“It seems the inheritance palace isn’t a secret among the universe’s peak elites anymore. They can even dispatch some Immortal deities to receive the inheritance,” Luo Feng mused. “However, I estimate that not just anyone can come to receive the inheritance. Even my master, Huyan Bo, never heard of its existence.”
Indeed!
Such a mysterious place in the universe required a high cost for an Immortal deity to visit, far more than entering the Chaos City!
“I’m quite fortunate to have arrived at this inheritance palace.”
Luo Feng gazed at the inheritance palace before him.
“How do I get inside?” Luo Feng pondered, quickly making a decision.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a human form of Luo Feng appeared beside the ice bear.
“My Mosha Clan clone carries the core outside; my Earthman self will enter to explore!” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up, and in a flash, he rushed toward the grand hall’s entrance.
“Roar~~”
Some of the other phantom beasts on the plaza, seeing the human Luo Feng, immediately roared and snarled.
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