bigabreads Chapter 840 The Deepest Part of the Black Abyss!
Chapter 840 The Deepest Part of the Black Abyss!
Shi Hao didn't know where this road led, but he knew that he had already reached the depths of it.
The answer may lie just ahead.
After a moment, he took a deep breath, turned his gaze back to the thicker darkness below, and without hesitation, continued to descend.
This time, he descended even faster.
The runes on the Thunder Emperor's armor were flashing continuously, protecting him from the increasingly dense attacks.
The protective light barrier around the alchemy furnace was also slowly circulating, providing him with final protection.
Shi Hao's figure was like a golden stream of light, shuttling between the stone walls, passing by the twisted runes, broken claw marks, and various relics scattered in the crevices.
When he reached 40,000 zhang, some even more ancient marks suddenly appeared on the surrounding stone walls.
Those marks were not as intense as the Thunder Emperor's lightning laws, nor as domineering as the Kunpeng's claw marks. Instead, they carried a gentle and profound aura, like the pulse of the earth, slowly beating in the darkness.
Shi Hao could sense that it was an extremely ancient power, as if it came from the very beginning of this era.
He shifted his body and continued his descent.
50,000 zhang, 60,000 zhang, 70,000 zhang...
The rune attacks grew stronger, and the marks on the stone wall became increasingly dense.
Some look like knife marks from a sharp blade, some like scorch marks from a blazing fire, and some like dents from being crushed by some immense force.
It's as if this stone wall itself is an ancient book recording countless battles.
When Shi Hao reached a height of 90,000 zhang, he stopped again.
A very familiar aura emanated from the stone wall below, like a faint candle flame flickering in the endless darkness.
Shi Hao's heart pounded. He quickened his pace and moved in that direction. Finally, in a crevice covered by rubble, he saw something that made his heart almost stop.
It was a branch covered with golden willow leaves.
It lay quietly in the crack of the rock, and although it had gone through countless years, it still maintained its complete shape.
The leaves on the willow branches were still fresh green, emitting a faint golden light, with sharp edges like knives, just like the few willow leaves he had seen in the Burial Chamber.
What shocked Shi Hao even more was that there was still a faint divine power fluctuation on that willow branch.
Although it had weakened to the extreme, as if it might dissipate at any moment, it was still beating, like a heart frozen in amber, stubbornly beating through countless years.
"this……"
Shi Hao reached out and carefully touched the willow branch.
The moment his fingertips touched the willow branch, an extremely faint response emerged from it, like a sigh that transcended time, rippling through his heart.
Shi Hao's gaze followed the direction of the willow branches and saw a mutilated creature pinned to death by the willow branches on the stone wall.
It was a broken skeleton, now only the ribcage remains, the rest have disappeared, as if swallowed up by time itself.
The surface of the skeleton was covered with fine cracks and had turned grayish-white, like weathered rock.
Around the skeleton, some scattered bone fragments and shards can still be vaguely seen.
With Shi Hao's arrival, the divine power emanating from his Thunder Emperor Armor and the golden alchemy furnace immediately rippled through the air.
The skeleton emitted a slight cracking sound the instant it sensed the fluctuation, and then, like a sand sculpture being weathered, instantly turned into dust, scattering across the stone wall.
Where he turned to dust, a few golden willow leaves were revealed, and a faint aura of immortality emanated from those leaves.
Shi Hao squatted down and carefully picked up the few willow leaves.
He could sense that although the immortal aura on those willow leaves was extremely weak, it still carried an inviolable majesty.
Then, Shi Hao turned his gaze back to the willow branch.
He noticed that the broken end of the willow branch was still smooth and even, which made him even more certain that this willow branch once belonged to the Willow Goddess, and was part of the Willow Goddess at her peak. She had killed an extremely powerful being here and left this branch as a testament to the seal.
"The Willow Goddess of the previous era..."
Shi Hao said in a low voice, and put the willow branch and leaves into the cave.
Legend has it that the Willow Goddess transformed into a seed and underwent a rebirth; it is unknown whether she still remembers her important mission from the past.
This willow branch still retains divine power after spanning an era, which shows how powerful she was back then.
Thinking this, Shi Hao was suddenly overwhelmed with an indescribable shock.
Even the remains of a true immortal will eventually turn into a pile of dust after endless ages.
However, a branch of the Willow God can still span an entire era and maintain a faint vitality.
This gap gave him a deeper understanding of Liu Shen's true strength.
……
After a brief moment of reflection, Shi Hao continued his descent.
He guessed that the bottom of the abyss should be not far away.
Time passed second by second.
When Shi Hao finally reached 100,000 zhang, his feet finally touched solid ground.
The bottom of the abyss was more spacious than he had imagined.
This is a huge underground space, with densely packed runes covering the surrounding stone walls. The runes seem to move in the darkness like living things, emitting a cold, eerie light.
On the ground, there were skeletons of all kinds of creatures, some as large as mountains, some as small as humans, and some like birds and beasts, each with a different shape.
These skeletons were piled up in layers, forming a mountain.
Clearly, these were cultivators who ventured deep into the abyss. They had accidentally fallen from the stone wall during their climb, and after countless years, their remains had accumulated here.
Shi Hao's gaze swept over the skeletons, and a complex emotion welled up in his heart.
These creatures were all powerful figures who dominated their respective regions in life, but in the end, they all perished in this abyss, leaving behind no names.
He silently bypassed the skeletons and walked deeper into the space.
Not far ahead, an incredibly grand ancient altar stood silently.
The altar was entirely black, as if it existed alongside heaven and earth, eternal and unchanging, exuding a rich aura of chaos.
The surface of the altar was covered with densely packed runes, some resembling twisted worms and snakes, others like ancient writing, and still others like the trajectory of stars, all intertwined to form an extremely complex pattern.
A faint light still flickered at the top of the altar.
Shi Hao stood before the altar, his gaze fixed on the ball of light, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart.
……