Chapter 1217: The Gate
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
All five entities, Luo Feng, Deer Bug Master, Divine Eye Clan, Skeleton Clan, and Ancestral God School transformed into five streams of light and flew across the void space, toward the Boat of Mausoleum.
Hong! Long! Long!
Floating across the sky above the black morass, the ancient boat was slowly starting to vibrate and tremble. Then a door appeared by the side of one of its outer walls. The door rose slowly. The passageway behind it got larger.
“Over there!”
“The cabin doors of the Boat of Mausoleum have opened.”
“Hurry up, get in.”
With a slight adjustment to their flight route, five streams of light charged in the distance into a straight line toward that passageway behind the rising door.
“Deer Bug Master, your power is the strongest, and also, you are the most familiar with the Boat of Mausoleum. I think it is best you be the last to enter!”
Crazy chortles sounded as streams of hazy, golden shadows swept toward Deer Bug Master in an unrestrained manner, and in midair, countless golden shadows were gathering and converging. Then, almost immediately, a large yet primitive machete was formed.
A voice belonging to First Ancestral God School sounded loud and clear. “Deer Bug Master, you already have a supreme true treasure. Why are you still vying for one with us?”
Instantly, numerous butterflies appeared in the void space; butterflies of various colors flew all over the place and all over one another. Then they charged toward Deer Bug Master in a frenzy.
“Deer Bug…”
Coincidentally, the two archenemies, the Skeleton Clan and the Divine Eye Clan, also started to attack Deer Bug Master. On the contrary, no one laid a finger on Luo Feng!
Obviously, Deer Bug Master was the greatest threat to them, as he was the most powerful one amongst them all, and he had the greatest understanding of the Boat of Mausoleum. If they did not act in concert to hinder him, the Boat of Mausoleum landing in the hands of Deer Bug Master was almost a given. Of every universe master present, not one of them was a fool. They would naturally know what to do.
A gigantic void space machete. Countless drunken butterflies, a white whirlwind… Under such a concerted attack, the golden pagoda that was originally flying at high speed instantly disappeared.
“Hoooo!”
In midair, a beast appeared. Covered all over with black scales, it had a large body which looked as though every inch of it was a weapon; on every joint of its several hundred pairs of sharp claws had a sharp barb, and its tail resembled a scorpion’s tail. Its tail was divided further into close to a thousand nodes and on around every node on its tail, there was a strange cyan color.
The moment the beast appeared, Luo Feng’s heart lurched. The only part of the entire beast that could be considered normal was its head, which resembled a deer-like beast!
“Deer Bug!” Luo Feng mumbled.
Deer Bug Master was able to transform himself into a formidable, frightening beast with the help of his supreme true treasure. As he had renamed himself “Deer Bug Master” after getting this supreme true treasure, this beast was called “Deer Bug.”
“Ho!”
Deer Bug pranced about in the void space, with that gentle-looking head letting out roars loud enough to cause the void space to tremble. The void space trembled and revealed visible ripples that spread out in all directions. That gigantic void space machete, countless drunken butterflies, a white whirlwind… were destroyed and shattered apart to finally be annihilated by these loud roars.
“Milky Way, follow me.” Deer Bug flew quickly but simultaneously transmitted his message to Luo Feng via his godly power
“Sure.” Luo Feng was secretly breathless, but he did not reduce his speed the slightest bit.
“Deer Bug has gone nuts. The moment he arrived, he started using his supreme true treasure.”
“Stop him!”
“Stop him! This Boat of Mausoleum—it must be ours.”
“Make him reduce his speed.”
“Milky Way Horde Leader, why aren’t you helping to stop Deer Bug Master? If he gets in there first, we will have no chance at seizing the treasure.”
“Milky Way Horde Leader, we will stop Deer Bug first.”
Two voice transmissions reached Luo Feng, both asking him to help in their attempts to stop Deer Bug.
“Humph.” Luo Feng, on the contrary, ignored their pleas.
“You will regret this in a while.”
“You all are really full of crap!” Luo Feng transmitted his reply. “Regret, indeed. Attack me all you want, if you have the guts.”
“Humph.”
“Humph.”
A few cold snorts sounded, then Divine Eye Clan, the First Ancestral God School, and the Skeletal Clan no longer paid heed to Luo Feng. At this point in time, they would not be distracted into dealing with him. Their biggest enemy was Deer Bug Master! The three were seen launching heavy, successive blows across the domain, crazily laying siege to Deer Bug Master. It was a common knowledge that those who dared roam the internal domain were usually only fifth-tier universe masters, and a handful of fourth-tier universe masters who were extremely strong in their ability for survival were sometimes seen roaming the internal domain. At that moment, the other parties were attacking Deer Bug from all directions with concerted efforts.
The beast, Deer Bug, galloped about the void space, letting out bouts of roars with sound waves of an incomparably powerful impact. Yet the Divine Eye Clan, the First Ancestral God School, and the Skeletal Clan were also attacking forcefully. Thus, Deer Bug Master’s speed was apparently affected and got much slower.
Sou!
The moment Deer Bug Master’s speed was reduced, the stream of crimson light following closely behind and instantly bypassed him.
It was Luo Feng!
“Don’t worry about Milky Way. He has no inkling about the internal layout of the Boat of Mausoleum.”
“We just have to stop Deer Bug Master, then everything will be fine.”
“Ho! Ho!” Deer Bug Master did not ask Luo Feng for help at all. Instead, he broke through the attacks, one after another, as he charged his way toward the entrance to the door.
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The distance was still very far, so why were Luo Feng and company all moving so fast?
A stream of crimson light dashed through the entrance in an instant. Following closely were Deer Bug Master—who was moving under the influence of restrictions—and the Divine Eye Clan, the Skeleton Clan, and the First Ancestral God School, who all seemed to dash through the gate entrance at the same time.
“Huh?”
“This place is…”
Inside the Boat of Mausoleum, the environment seemed safe. One after another, the great beings exited their pinnacle palace true treasures—which was nothing impressive, as anyone who was able to make it through Flame Ice Region would at least possess a pinnacle palace true treasure.
“This…” The first to dash in was Luo Feng, and he was looking all around the place.
He had charged his way down the passageway after passing the gate, then very quickly arrived at an immeasurably large public square. Or was it a great hall? Whichever it was, it was easily 100 million kilometers in diameter and it was entirely empty. The incomparably smooth surface was all that one could see at first glance, and it was also all that one could see thereafter.
As for the border of the public square, there were numerous passageways, all leading in different directions. This confused Luo Feng, as he was at a loss for which direction to choose. If he made a wrong choice, much time would be wasted, and wasted time—no matter how short—would mean losing the core control to another great being. Then he would not be able to get it to recognize its master.
Deer Bug Master suddenly transmitted a message. “Milky Way, follow me.”
Sou!
Deer Bug Master flew far into the distance right away. Luo Feng’s eyes lit up, and he wasted no time in following closely, charging after Deer Bug Master.
From the Divine Eye Clan, only two universe masters appeared: Shadow Dust Master and Sorcerer Sprite Master. From the First Ancestral God School, only one turned up: Liu Jiu Master! From the Skeleton Clan, there was also only one: Jittery Sea Master! Upon seeing Deer Bug Master and Luo Feng making their moves, the four universe masters gave chase almost at the same time, as though they were trained to make conditioned responses.
“Keep your eyes on Deer Bug. He knows which way to go.”
“Stick to Deer Bug!”
“Don’t let Milky Way take advantage of the situation!”
Within an instant, all four universe masters who were giving chase from behind executed attacks that ranged from soul attacks to long-range attack types or even domain attacks. At that point, the four from behind and the two in front were exchanging blows at lightning speed. Yet all of them were still advancing forward at high speed.
Deer Bug must be using me to absorb some of the impact from the others, Luo Feng thought as he continued chasing after Deer Bug ahead of him.
“But compared to that group consisting of the Divine Eye Clan, the Skeleton Clan, and the First Ancestral God School—between those three groups of powers and me, I am the weakest. Even if I manage to stall Deer Bug Master… when we eventually have to fight for the treasure, how am I going to win those three all by myself? If I were to follow Deer Bug, then Deer Bug would be attracting most of the attention from our opponents, perhaps I would be able to gain from his misfortune.”
Luo Feng continued giving chase from behind.
Every single one of them had an agenda of their own.
Hu!
Hu!
Along the internal passageway of the Boat of Mausoleum, six figures were advancing at high speed. Deer Bug Master was indeed a common target for everyone, where his speed also got noticeably slower to become alongside Luo Feng.
Deer Bug looked at Luo Feng and said. “Milky Way, I think you will gain a great advantage if I am blocked.”
“I am also being attacked now.” Luo Feng was like a beast god, fast and furious, and his right claw attacked with occasional roars. Behind him, four great beings were in hot pursuit, but they were only hindering him from a distance, and they did not attack at full force. So why should Luo Feng be bothered?
“Right there!”
Deer Bug Master suddenly charged forward. A loud bang sounded. One of the horns on his head rammed into one side of the walls of that revolving corridor, rumbling sounded. The patterns on the corridor walls suddenly caved in, and soon after, there was a loud crash. A gigantic gate suddenly fell from the top. With a loud rumble, the gate fell. The four figures charged out in succession as they saw that gigantic gate, and all of them flared up instantly.
“Loathsome!”
“I have already told you that Deer Bug is the most dangerous one. Jittery Sea Master, you are an idiot. Why did you get distracted and attack Milky Way instead? That Milky Way knows nothing at all. The crucial secrets—would Deer Bug tell him? Blocking Deer Bug, even if we let Milky Way wander about in there, he will not be able to find anything in there.”
“Trash from the Divine Eye Clan, you only dare to say all these after everything has happened. Previously, when I was attacking Luo Feng, why didn’t you say anything?”
“All right, all right. Let’s hurry and find another passageway. This is the Boat of Mausoleum… There are many passageways within the boat that lead to other places. We don’t have this one passageway alone. Let’s hurry up. If we delay further, we never know what kind of method Deer Bug will use to shut the passageways.”
The female member of Divine Eye Clan, Sorcerer Sprite Master, grudgingly swung her feet hard at the gate.
Hong!
The gate did not move, but Sorcerer Sprite Master was forced to retreat three steps.
“Let’s go!” Sorcerer Sprite Master turned to leave, bringing Shadow Dust Master with her, and speedily left to search for another passageway.
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Deer Bug Master and Luo Feng flew, one after the other.
“Deer Bug Master is indeed very impressive,” Luo Feng said. “You have my respect.”
“I have studied two Boats of Mausoleum so far, so why should you find it strange that I know more about it?” Deer Bug Master laughed and took a look at Luo Feng. At that moment, he had transformed back into his original appearance—a balding man. In a forthright manner, he said, “Milky Way, previously, when I roped you in, it was firstly to ensure that I have one less enemy. Besides, you are the only one who is willing to be roped in to be at my side. Secondly, it is to ensure that the other side has one more opponent. But now… you are kind of useless to me.”
Luo Feng was taken aback.
In fact, when the gate in that tunnel was lowered earlier on, he had started to practice due vigilance. Since there were no enemies from the outside, the possibility of Deer Bug Master turning on him was high. And his opponent’s power… obviously surpassed his.
“Rest assured, I have roamed Universe Ocean so freely for a long, long time, and I am definitely not like those lunatics from the first reincarnation era,” Deer Bug Master said in a carefree manner. “The Boat of Mausoleum is very valuable, even though it is still lacking compared to a palace supreme true treasure. It is superior to any other pinnacle palace true treasure! And with it, you can enter the tomb. It is very valuable. Even more valuable than a strange object, or extremely close to that of a supreme true treasure.”
“They can go crazy, but I am not about to lose my sanity. Because my life is so long, the most exciting part of it will be to go on adventures. And the most important process of an adventure? To obtain treasures. It is good enough if you have failed despite putting in your best. Failure means nothing at all.”
Deer Bug Master was very relaxed. At the same time, he transformed into light and advanced down the meandering passage ahead of them.
Luo Feng ignored him. Did failure really mean nothing? Was he not bothered at all?
If his race could live on for eternity, it meant that he would live on for eternity; if that was possible, then he, too, could afford to be so free and nonchalant!
“I have made a good guess,” said Deer Bug Master. “It is the core room right ahead. The core control should be in there.” Deer Bug Master took one look at Luo Feng, then said via voice transmission, “Let’s see who is capable enough—you or me—to be able to obtain that core control. To receive the entire inheritance… or die!”