Volume 1, Chapter 423 – Reincarnation Hall

“Stay behind me and proceed carefully.”

Molen could no longer sit still. He finally decided to enter the secluded valley and see what was going on.

“Yes!”

Several guards answered respectfully and followed behind Molen as they stepped cautiously into the valley.

…

At the bottom of the icy pool, Shi Lan was prying ice-aspected rune stones from the rock wall one by one and stuffing them into her storage bracelet.

With this batch of rune stones, her golden body of the Nascent Soul would undergo a qualitative leap.

As for that Extreme Dao Rune Seal, Shi Lan did not absorb and refine it. Instead, she stored it within her golden body of the Nascent Soul.

This rune seal had not yet fully matured. Absorbing it now would still bring tremendous benefits, but compared to the foundation it could provide for becoming a Supreme, those gains were hardly worth mentioning.

After leaving this place, Shi Lan planned to continue searching for runes to nourish this Extreme Dao Rune Seal. Once it had fully matured, she would then fuse it into her golden body of the Nascent Soul.

After prying loose all the rune stones, along with the chunks of ice carrying rune-vein patterns, Shi Lan summoned her golden body of the Nascent Soul and had it swallow all the rune power permeating the bottom of the pool in one gulp.

Only after confirming that not a trace had been left behind did she turn and rush toward the surface.

The return trip was much faster than the descent. Half the time it took to drink a cup of tea later, Shi Lan had already reached the surface.

Splash!

The instant she broke through the water, Shi Lan immediately sensed something was wrong. A burst of killing intent struck her, and more than ten auras locked onto her in an instant.

Turning her head, she looked at the group on the shore, whose clothing and styles were wildly different from one another, and a trace of surprise flashed through her eyes.

Clearly, this group did not belong to the Qiongluo Realm. They had not seized borrowed bodies and lodged their souls within them. They had entered this world in the flesh. They were genuine cross-realm travelers.

Even though she had already heard from Molen that cross-realm travelers in the Qiongluo Realm were countless in number, seeing a group like this in person still surprised her.

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It showed just how weak the power of the Heavenly Dao in the Qiongluo Realm had become.

While Shi Lan was thinking, the dozen or so people also fell into silence, rapidly transmitting messages to one another.

“How strong is she?”

“Can’t tell, but she shouldn’t be weak. There’s a high chance she killed the vicious beasts here!”

“Did she already take the thing?”

“Most likely!”

“Set up a trapping formation first and seal this place off!”

“What if we can’t beat her…”

“I’ll activate an intermediate scan first and send the data to the Main God!”

The buzz-cut man at the front made the final call. A glimmer of silver light flashed deep within his pupils.

A light screen slowly unfolded before his eyes.

[Target Name: Unknown]

[Target Strength: Tier 6 (Preliminary Judgment)]

[World of Origin: Unknown]

[Faction: Unknown]

[Abnormal Response: Suspected Tier 9 energy fluctuation.]

The results of the intermediate scan were unsatisfactory. The man frowned slightly, then gritted his teeth and, at considerable cost, activated an advanced scan.

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[Target Name: Unknown]

[Target Strength: Early Tier 7 (Advanced Judgment)]

[World of Origin: Unknown]

[Faction: Myriad Worlds]

[Abnormal Response: Top-tier system feedback detected. Tier 9 energy fluctuation present.]

[Overall Judgment: Target is bound to a top-tier system and belongs to the Myriad Worlds faction. Killing the target may cause the system to drop, which can be exchanged in Reincarnation Hall for generous rewards.]

The man’s throat felt dry. He swallowed hard and sent the data back to Reincarnation Hall. Then he reopened the panel, uploaded the exact combat strength of his entire group, and initiated a combat power comparison.

This was an extremely practical function in Reincarnation Hall. It could comprehensively analyze the battle strength of both sides and make extremely precise judgments.

[Combat Power Comparison Complete.]

[Probability of Draw: 4.02%]

[Probability of Our Victory: 5.37%]

[Probability of Our Defeat: 67.4%]

[Probability of Total Party Wipe: 23.21%]

[Friendly Reminder: The target’s strength may exceed the estimated range. If action is taken with current strength and the estimate proves inaccurate, the probability of total party wipe will increase to 96.73%.]

The man’s expression instantly turned incomparably grave, and he transmitted the result to the others behind him.

The comparison was obvious. If they fought, there was a ninety percent chance they would lose, and lose horribly.

The results of a scan always had some margin of error. A target’s actual battle strength was often somewhat higher, especially since there was no shortage of secret arts that could temporarily boost combat power.

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“Send the data back to Reincarnation Hall first.”

“A top-tier system is a big fish. We can’t swallow it.”

“Early Tier 7 strength is still too much for us to fight head-on.”

“Stall her first, then call for reinforcements.”

“We were careless. We should’ve disguised ourselves a little.”

“There are a hundred races in the Qiongluo Realm. Our clothes are a bit unusual, but they probably won’t arouse suspicion.”

The group exchanged messages for a few breaths and quickly came to a decision.

…

“These are people from Reincarnation Hall!”

“Reincarnation Hall?”

Shi Lan could hear the gravity in Samsara’s voice. The moment these people had entered, she had already felt a burst of killing intent. Clearly, they had come with hostile intentions.

“It’s similar to Cube Space, one of the forces active throughout the heavens. It differs somewhat from the headquarters, but as far as countless worlds are concerned, there’s no essential difference. They’re all bandits who plunder source power.”

For once, Samsara’s tone carried killing intent.

“And the people in Reincarnation Hall have means of detecting my existence. If Reincarnation Hall sets its sights on you, you’ll be in serious trouble. My suggestion is to kill them directly.”

Shi Lan’s gaze turned cold. She was not someone who refused good advice. Samsara’s words were naturally spoken from her perspective. As for what to do, she knew very well.

Her palm tightened slightly as her mind connected to the Scarlet Crow War Halberd. Shi Lan deliberately softened her expression.

“Who are you people?”

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The buzz-cut man at the front stepped forward and bowed slightly. “We came to wipe out this nest of vicious beasts.”

This was not their first time entering a world, and they knew a little about the Qiongluo Realm. Exterminating a vicious beast nest was a perfectly legitimate excuse, one that would not arouse suspicion.

After saying that, the man began introducing the people behind him one by one.

“They’re stalling for time.”

Samsara instantly noticed something wrong, and Shi Lan had already sensed it as well. The group behind the man was subtly spreading out, ready to retreat at any moment.

“The vicious beasts here have already been cleared out by me. Sorry to have made your trip for nothing.”

Shi Lan slowly landed on the shore, a faint smile on her face.

Seeing Shi Lan’s smile, the group unconsciously relaxed their guard a little. People were creatures of instinctive perception, and Shi Lan’s appearance made it difficult for anyone to feel immediate dislike toward her.

The man shook his head with a smile.

“You jest, Senior—”

Buzz!

A blazing halberd aura screamed forth. The smile vanished from Shi Lan’s face, and her killing intent was no longer concealed in the slightest.

The buzz-cut man’s face changed drastically. He retreated abruptly, while a metallic sheen appeared over the surface of his body.

Slash—

The man was cut in half at the waist in an instant. The cross-section was smooth as a mirror, without a single drop of blood seeping out. Several people not far from his side had no time to react before they were instantly torn into a rain of blood by the razor-sharp halberd light.

A light screen unfolded before the man, making his eyes split with rage.

[Probability of Total Party Wipe: 99.8%]