Chapter 4220: Devouring Law Displays Divine Power

A giant valley, surrounded by mountains on three sides, contained a vast estate with numerous buildings and expansive spiritual fields.

Ye Haitang emerged from a mostly collapsed green pavilion. This place had already been searched, and there was nothing good left. She arrived at a side courtyard, where a red palace with its gate wide open stood. It didn't even have a plaque. Wang Yidao walked out from inside, shaking his head.

"Let's look elsewhere! This is only the outer perimeter after all," Ye Haitang suggested, taking out a piece of green beast hide to record their route.

"Alright," Wang Yidao agreed and followed Ye Haitang away from the area.

In a continuous expanse of verdant green mountains, deep within the range, lay a narrow, long valley overgrown with weeds. Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Tunian, Wang Yang, Wang Huanyu, and Wang Chan stood outside the valley, each with a different expression. Wang Yang opened his mouth and spewed a stream of golden flames directly into the valley. A sea of golden fire engulfed the valley, reducing all the weeds to ash. As the intense flames subsided, signs of melting appeared on the ground, and faint, shimmering threads became visible, emitting weak restrictive fluctuations.

A dazzling yellow light emanated from Wang Tunian's right hand, and a large yellow boulder appeared. With a flick of his wrist, the yellow boulder shot out, flying towards the valley. The yellow boulder touched the threads and, like tofu, was sliced into countless pieces by the dense network of threads. After a moment, the threads vanished.

"There's a restriction here, let's go around it!" Wang Changsheng said, and they walked towards a dense black forest.

The air was filled with the smell of decay, and there were many puddles. They were not moving quickly. Wang Tunian activated his spiritual eyes to scout ahead. Wang Tunian frowned, stopped, and said, "There's a demonic beast coming from underground." Wang Yang opened his mouth and spewed a stream of golden flames, striking the ground. An area of two hundred thousand li instantly became a sea of golden fire, with flames soaring into the sky. The ground trembled slightly, and a black halo swept out. As the golden flames dissipated, the black halo rushed towards them. Wherever it passed, trees vanished completely, and the ground showed signs of corrosion.

Wang Tunian snorted coldly, opening his mouth to spew a stream of yellow light. This was not his Devouring Divine Light, but the Law of Devouring. The black halo collided with the yellow light and was devoured by it. "Just the Law of Corrosion, yet it dares to show off in front of me!" Wang Tunian snorted again, and his body glowed intensely with yellow light, transforming into a gigantic yellow rat that obscured the sky. With a gentle stomp of its right foot on the ground, the ground shook violently, and numerous cracks appeared. A colossal black earthworm, with a grotesque man's face on its head, flew out from within.

"A human-faced earthworm!" Wang Changsheng recognized the black earthworm's origin. He had no intention of intervening, leaving it to Wang Tunian and the others to deal with. Wang Yang opened his mouth and spewed a stream of golden flames, which transformed into a gigantic Golden Crow, emitting astonishing heat that caused the ground to show signs of melting. The Golden Crow flapped its wings lightly and flew towards the human-faced earthworm. The human-faced earthworm dared not directly confront it and was about to dodge, when a powerful restraining force appeared out of nowhere, trapping it in place.

With a flash of black light, the human-faced earthworm transformed into a stout old man in black robes, possessing cultivation at the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm. He opened his mouth and spewed a black sound wave, which collided with the Golden Crow, resulting in a mutual destruction. A stream of yellow light descended from the sky, enveloping the black-robed old man. His body rapidly shrank and flew towards Wang Tunian.

"Fellow Daoist, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!" The black-robed old man turned pale with fright and quickly pleaded for mercy, but Wang Tunian ignored him and swallowed him whole. Wang Tunian let out a burp and spat out a black storage bracelet, which he handed to Wang Changsheng. Wang Changsheng took the storage bracelet, swept it with his divine sense, and nodded. It contained some immortal herbs and fruits, including over ten Golden Jade Immortal Fruits, likely harvested from this area. They continued forward, bypassing any powerful restrictions they encountered.

Three days later, Wang Changsheng and the others appeared at the foot of a steep, towering peak. At the base of the mountain stood a green stone tablet, over twenty zhang tall, inscribed with the three large characters "Ling Tian Peak." Halfway up the mountain lay a human-shaped corpse, riddled with holes, as if it had been killed by some sharp weapon. The part of the mountain above the waist was enveloped in white mist, making it impossible to see clearly what lay beyond. Wang Ruyan activated her Lihuo True Pupils to investigate, her brows slightly furrowed, and said, "The control hub is at the mountain peak."

"Master, let me give it a try!" Wang Tunian volunteered. He had comprehended the Law of Devouring, so ordinary restrictions could not faze him. Moreover, this was not yet the core area of the Myriad Immortal Continent, and the restrictions had been weakened considerably, so there should be no problem.

"Be careful. If it's too difficult, don't force it," Wang Changsheng cautioned.

Wang Tunian donned a mid-grade Chaos Armor and strode up the mountain. As soon as he started ascending, the void vibrated and twisted, and slender golden lights appeared, transforming into golden arrows that shot directly towards Wang Tunian. The golden arrows struck the Chaos Armor one after another, emitting a series of "clanging" metallic sounds. As he walked further up the mountain, numerous golden arrows appeared out of thin air, striking the Chaos Armor repeatedly, but he remained unharmed. Reaching halfway up the mountain, Wang Tunian searched the corpse, found a golden storage bracelet, and then consumed the corpse.

Ripples appeared in the void ahead, and golden spears emerged out of thin air, striking Wang Tunian one after another. Protected by his Chaos Armor, Wang Tunian was completely unharmed. He walked into the white mist, and his vision blurred. He found himself in a vast square, where a magnificent, resplendent hall stood with its gates tightly shut. The plaque above the gate bore three silver characters: "Ling Tian Hall." On the square lay two giant skeletons, one resembling a crocodile and the other an ape. Each skeleton had a storage bracelet on it. It seemed the square was protected by powerful restrictions, and these two skeletons belonged to treasure seekers who had perished under them.

Wang Tunian walked forward. After he had taken ten steps, a sky-shattering thunderclap echoed from high above, and a thick golden lightning bolt streaked across the sky, striking at Wang Tunian. At the same time, countless mysterious golden runes emerged from the ground, forming two thick golden chains that shackled Wang Tunian's feet. Wang Tunian opened his mouth and spewed a beam of yellow light, covering the golden lightning and devouring it. With a flip of his right hand, a yellow-glowing long saber appeared, which he swung at the golden chains.

With two "clanging" sounds, the golden chains shattered. However, dense golden lightning bolts immediately struck down, heading straight for Wang Tunian. Simultaneously, a thick golden light screen appeared, covering the entire square, and numerous slender golden lights emerged in the void, transforming into tiny golden flying needles that rushed towards Wang Tunian. Wang Tunian showed no fear, employing the Law of Devouring to swallow all the descending golden lightning bolts. The dense golden flying needles struck his Chaos Armor, producing metallic clanging sounds. Wang Tunian's body glowed intensely yellow, transforming into a giant yellow rat. It spat out a stream of yellow light, enveloping the golden light screen. The golden light screen twisted and deformed, then shattered.

He flew down to the entrance of Ling Tian Hall, pushed the great doors open with both hands, and a spacious, brightly lit hall came into view. The hall was empty, with a bluestone passage on each side. Wang Tunian took out a yellow-glowing spell plate and cast a spell. Wang Ruyan's voice rang out: "Tunian, there are no restrictions inside the hall. Go into the bluestone passage on your left, open the first stone chamber, and stop the formation from operating."

"Yes, Mistress," Wang Tunian agreed and strode inside; indeed, there were no restrictions. He entered the left bluestone passage. Following Wang Ruyan's instructions, he opened the first stone chamber, revealing a formation hundreds of zhang wide. In the center of the formation were two Immortal Gathering Jades, each the size of a fist. Wang Tunian collected the Immortal Gathering Jades. The spiritual light of the formation dimmed, and the formation ceased operation.

"Mistress, the formation has stopped. You can come up now," Wang Tunian said.

"Understood, we'll be right up," Wang Ruyan replied.

Soon, Wang Changsheng and the others reunited with Wang Tunian. Wang Changsheng opened the door to the second stone chamber, revealing a stone chamber over a hundred zhang wide. On the left side stood a gold and jade shelf, displaying some jade slips, ores, and formation flags.