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Meng Chuan walked over . His Essence Soul World enveloped his surroundings, making his figure blurry . However, the pressure—caused by the difference in Meng Chuan and the alien expert’s order in life—made the alien expert tremble uncontrollably .

“Do you want to live or die?” asked Meng Chuan .

“I naturally want to live . ” The alien expert was very respectful .

Meng Chuan nodded . “I can spare you if you tell me everything you know about this cave abode and the cultivators who are exploring the cave abode . ”

“As long as Senior spares me and doesn’t take any of my treasures, I will definitely tell you everything,” said the alien expert immediately . The promise spoken by a Tribulation Eminence would form karma . Weak people could spout nonsense and violate their promises . However, Tribulation Eminences wouldn’t violate their promises unless they had a good reason . Otherwise, it would affect their cultivation greatly .

A powerful Tribulation Eminence breaking their promise was akin to destroying their cultivation path . Therefore, powerful Tribulation Eminences did everything they could to fulfill promises .

“As long as you say everything, I won’t touch you,” said Meng Chuan indifferently . This alien expert was only at the Second Tribulation realm . He was weaker than Emperor Roc, so how many treasures could he have? Meng Chuan wanted to know more about this cave abode .

“I’m under Fiend Lord Black Wind, who is from Yufang River System,” said the alien expert immediately . “I don’t know much about this cave abode . ”

Meng Chuan continued looking at the alien expert .

“My lord said that he wanted to do something important, so he stored us in his grotto-heaven and came to this cave abode,” said the alien expert . “Before we came, I didn’t know anything about this ancient cave abode . Even now… I still don’t know this cave abode’s origins and location . My lord only released us after entering this cave abode . ”

Meng Chuan frowned . “Tell me whatever you know . ”

“Yes, yes . ” The alien expert nodded immediately . “I know that apart from my lord’s faction, there are two other factions . One faction is Palace Lord Snowjade’s—who is from Three Bay River System . The other is a mysterious Fifth Tribulation Eminence, Ta Gu . I’m not too sure about that person’s origins . My lord didn’t elaborate on him . In short, three factions have entered the cave abode .

“According to my lord, you only need to advance down the cave abode’s tunnels . If you go deep enough, you will have a chance of obtaining treasures,” said the alien expert immediately . “However, once you encounter other cultivators, only one can advance! The other will either have to admit defeat or be killed . ”

The alien expert continued, “Although there are many forks, all the forks eventually converge . Therefore, only one person has a chance of reaching the cave abode’s end . ”

Meng Chuan listened .

“One has to be fast while traveling through the cave abode because some of the treasures in the cave abode will be taken by the cultivators ahead . Slower cultivators will not receive any treasures,” explained the alien expert . “One can obtain anything by killing the cultivators ahead .

“Also, we can stay in this cave abode for a year at most,” said the alien expert . “Once one year is up, we will be expelled from this cave abode . ”

“That’s all?” asked Meng Chuan .

The alien expert nodded immediately . “That’s all . We are mainly competing with Palace Lord Snowjade and Ta Gu . ”

Meng Chuan nodded slightly .

A one-year deadline? When two cultivators met, only one could continue advancing?

“When did this one-year deadline begin?” asked Meng Chuan .

“It’s been seven months since the cave abode appeared,” explained the alien expert .

Meng Chuan nodded and immediately continued forward .

Whoosh .

Only after Meng Chuan left did the alien expert heave a sigh of relief .

…

The hunchbacked elder, Old Fiend Black Wind, frowned as he looked at the surrounding columns . Around him were 323 pillars . He had been stuck here for half a month .

“Milord, milord, I encountered a mysterious expert . He’s suspected to be a Fifth Tribulation Eminence . ” When Black Wind heard the voice, he looked at the silver bracelet on his wrist . The silver bracelet was a grotto-heaven with many Essence Soul avatars inside .

The weakest second Tribulation Eminence was reporting to him .

“Suspected to be at the Fifth Tribulation realm?” In the grotto-heaven’s sky, Old Fiend Black Wind’s gigantic face appeared . He looked down at the alien expert . “You are relatively weak . You shouldn’t have gone too far . A Fifth Tribulation Eminence has only arrived at your location?”

“I might be mistaken,” said the alien expert respectfully . “However, this mysterious expert does indeed exert terrifying pressure on me because of the difference in our order in life . It’s the same feeling I get whenever I face you, milord . I can vaguely tell that he’s at the Fifth Tribulation realm . Furthermore, he asked me about the cave abode . In order to survive, I told him . ”

“Okay . ” Old Fiend Black Wind didn’t mind .

What his subordinates knew was the most basic information on the cave abode . One could obtain this information after staying in the cave abode for a long time .

What was truly important, such as the cave abode’s location, origins, and so on, was something none of his subordinates knew .

Could it be that another Fifth Tribulation Eminence has entered? Black Wind became even more cautious .

More and more experts were entering the cave abode .

He originally thought that he only needed to fight Palace Lord Snowjade, but a Fifth Tribulation Eminence from Shura Realm had arrived . Now, another Fifth Tribulation Eminence had also entered the cave abode?

…

Boom! Boom!

A golden light beam and a gray light beam clashed in a tunnel that was only 100 feet wide .

The golden light was formed by Emperor Roc . Emperor Roc spread his wings; he also wore a pair of treasure gloves on his hands .

The gray light beam was a transformed skinny, skeletal six-armed alien . The alien’s six arms were strange and bizarre . Each of them held a weapon as it attacked Emperor Roc with all its might .

Both were at the Physical Body Third Tribulation realm .

Although they were fighting in a narrow tunnel that was only 100 feet wide, they fought in unpredictable ways . Their moves were capable of tearing the world asunder . The two were considered the best among the Physical Body Third Tribulation realm .

The six-armed alien had been in the Third Tribulation realm for nearly 10,000 years . It had accumulated quite a bit of insight .

When Emperor Roc first reached the Tribulation realm, he could already match a Third Tribulation Eminence . Once he reached the Third Tribulation realm, he was considered to be one of the strongest in the Third Tribulation realm .

Pfft .

Emperor Roc’s palm was peerlessly powerful . His palm was in the shape of a claw . After fighting for a long time, one of the six-armed alien’s arms was severed . After the arm shattered, it immediately transformed into countless particles, which then flew towards the stump in a bid to regrow the arm .

However, the void froze, freezing the countless particles .

Rip!

Rip!

Emperor Roc’s moves were cruel, but they contained the void lineage’s profundities . The six-armed alien’s injuries worsened . After losing three of its arms consecutively, it could only sigh and self-destruct . It didn’t want to be humiliated any further .

Boom!

As it self-destructed, Emperor Roc flew backward and slammed into the tunnel wall . His body was stained with blood and feathers, but the wounds healed in the blink of an eye . A smile appeared on his face . Thankfully, I brought a Sixth Tribulation treasure—Void Splitter . With it, I can suppress him with my strength . This idiot, Marquis Ice, brought weak treasures . Otherwise, I wouldn’t have the confidence to kill him .

Marquis Ice—who was at the Third Tribulation realm—was from a low-level world . It was much poorer than Emperor Roc . When he came to this cave abode on this expedition, he knew that he was in danger of dying . He couldn’t bear to bring any precious treasures with him . His six arms held one Fifth Tribulation treasure and five Fourth Tribulation treasures . His strength was naturally inferior .

After all, Marquis Ice had only accumulated two Sixth Tribulation treasures and many Fifth Tribulation treasures over the years . If he had brought all his treasures with him, it was unknown who would emerge victorious .

As for Emperor Roc, he came from a middle-level world . Furthermore, it was a world with quite a rich heritage . Even though he knew that he might die, he still brought a Sixth Tribulation treasure and other ordinary treasures with him on this expedition . This was because he could afford to lose them!

Of course, Emperor Roc was far inferior to Meng Chuan in terms of wealth .

Even Senior Pang Ming—who had cultivated both his Essence Soul and Physical Body—only brought about 10,000 cubes worth of treasures with him when roaming the outer realm . He also carried less than Meng Chuan’s true body that roamed the outer realm .

This Marquis Ice had some gains . Emperor Roc inspected his war spoils and was rather satisfied . Counting all of them, there are nearly 600 cubes worth of treasures . I’ve made a killing . I really did reap a big harvest on this cave abode trip .

…

Meng Chuan walked through the lair’s tunnels . His Essence Soul World spread out around him, allowing him to travel without any obstruction .

During the earlier portions of the lair, there were no obstacles . However, he didn’t discover any treasures .

It’s likely that the cultivators ahead have taken all the treasures . Meng Chuan also understood this point . He leisurely walked through the lair, but his speed was terrifying . Soon, he arrived at a fork .

The forks headed into two different directions, each leading to an extremely distant place .

Emperor Roc is in this direction . Meng Chuan chose one side after sensing Emperor Roc’s location through karma .

Although there were many forks in the lair, they ultimately converged . Many forks were connected, so cultivators would occasionally encounter each other .

As for Meng Chuan, he probed the karmic connection between him and Emperor Roc when choosing forks . He was getting closer and closer to Emperor Roc .

Soon . Meng Chuan leisurely walked through the cave abode . To him, capturing Emperor Roc was the most important matter . As for the cave abode’s opportunities? They were secondary to him .