Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1280 - 694: Suspected Grotto Heaven, Eerie Stone Statue Group (Happy New Year)
From the palace’s jade tiles, smooth and as good as new, to the exquisite and resplendent frescoes and reliefs, and even the bricks and stones found everywhere, one can tell how magnificent and luxurious this palace once was.
Zhao Sheng glanced at the abandoned palace complex in front of him, concealed his own will fluctuations, and carefully slid inside, simultaneously releasing his original spirit sense to explore the surroundings.
After walking inside for a moment, Zhao Sheng raised an eyebrow, lightly leaned back against a broken wall, and his figure suddenly merged into the wall, disappearing without a trace.
Bang, bang!
Two breaths later, a series of heavy footsteps sounded from the corner of the wall, and a massive white puppet measuring several feet tall suddenly appeared in the abandoned corridor not far away. The puppet walked forward slowly, as if patrolling.
This puppet resembled a one-armed giant crocodile, wearing a heavy white armor that was already mostly broken. Beneath the armor, its body was covered in cracked scale armor and dust, holding a brand new crocodile tooth great saber, seemingly timeless.
Even though the armor was weathered and broken, its surface still glimmered with a faint spiritual brilliance and emitted very faint law fluctuations.
"A Spiritual Treasure Weapon?" Zhao Sheng’s eyes flashed as he looked at the puppet’s armor and war saber, suddenly recalling some secret knowledge about the Immortal Ruins recorded in documents.
According to ancient records, in some powerful immortal cave mansion relics, there often existed high-level battle puppets with formidable combat strengths.
These spiritual treasure-level battle puppets, comparable to the returning to void, and even unification realm great power, were not only true form-level spiritual treasures themselves, but their equipped weapons were also of spiritual treasure level.
Only such a spiritual treasure battle puppet could have persisted from unknown ancient times until now, maintaining a considerable degree of combat strength.
Once the giant crocodile puppet walked away and disappeared around the corner of the wall, Zhao Sheng pondered briefly, then silently and swiftly emerged from the wall, instantly shifting to the giant crocodile puppet’s rear.
The giant crocodile puppet suddenly turned and let out a low, muffled roar, raising its great saber to chop down on Zhao Sheng.
However, before its arm could swing down, a thunderous long sword, solid and precise, sliced through its battered neck, with countless lightning currents instantly coursing through the puppet’s body, turning it into a sparkling mighty electric bubble.
The giant crocodile puppet halted, then its head flew into the air, separating from its body, with its raised arm frozen in place.
With a cacophonous crash, the giant crocodile puppet’s massive body tumbled to the ground, still flickering with countless streaks of electric light.
Zhao Sheng released his will field, enveloping the puppet’s head securely, suppressing its core spirit core.
This giant crocodile puppet was too old. The long passage of time had inflicted irreversible damage upon it.
Even so, this puppet could still perceive an attack from behind and react in time, demonstrating its remarkable capabilities.
If it had been in its prime, its combat strength would undoubtedly be extraordinarily formidable.
Zhao Sheng mulled over briefly, then grasped the crocodile tooth great saber. The war saber was entirely refined from a kind of milky white spirit gold, with nine ancient runes engraved on its spine, its blade so polished it could reflect a clear human face, shimmering with bright spirit light.
"Huh!" Zhao Sheng’s face showed a look of surprise.
The runes on the blade were strikingly similar to the patterns on the Cave Heaven platform, and they also shared a seventy percent resemblance with the Immortal Burial Text in ancient books.
"Could it be a coincidence?" Zhao Sheng pondered privately.
His gaze then shifted to the puppet’s white armor, quickly discovering a particularly familiar seal pattern in the damaged area of the armor.
This intricate seal pattern was identical to an "Immortal Seal" taught to him by the Golden Crane Great Saint, with even the subtle changes being exactly the same, ruling out any possibility of coincidence.
Zhao Sheng was astounded. This puppet seemed to have existed for countless millennia. Could it be that the Golden Crane Great Saint and the owner of this place belonged to the same Tao era?
Perhaps the origin of the Immortal Seal stemmed from this very Space Immortal Heaven, yet the time and manner of its dissemination remain unknown.
Or maybe the Yu Kong Grandmaster truly stood at the pinnacle of all heavens and universes, even among the Supreme Dao Ancestors, being one of the most powerful.
Such a transcendental supreme being, unexpectedly and inexplicably falling to extinction, is truly extraordinary!
Zhao Sheng waved his hand to store the crocodile tooth great saber into the Sumeru Space, then tossed the remnants of the giant crocodile puppet inside, lastly picking up its head, playing with it in his hand, all the while suppressing the puppet spirit core with his will field.
Not lingering here, he continued to explore forward, soon reaching the depths of the palace.
The palaces here were even more splendid and relatively well-preserved. Unfortunately, this place seemed to have been looted, leaving no precious treasures left behind.
He searched all along the way, apart from finding some even more damaged beast-shaped battle puppets, he hardly gained anything valuable, though he did collect a pile of unknown objects.
He didn’t engage with these puppets, avoiding them when he could, and facing them directly when he couldn’t. These puppets were already heavily worn out, their combat abilities significantly reduced, making it relatively easy to deal with them.
Moments later, Zhao Sheng paused abruptly, his eyes gleaming with a strange light.
The view ahead suddenly expanded, revealing a magnificent magic platform in a heavenly round and earthly square fashion. Its style seemed identical to the one in the Lost Cave Heaven, only in much larger dimensions and specifications.
This grand magic platform was undoubtedly the center of this palace area, with surrounding structures embracing it like stars surrounding the moon.
The platform was crafted from a single, massive piece of warm and lustrous white spirit gold, looking artfully crafted. Its style was elegant yet solemn, and every inch of its intricate patterns retained the pristine condition as when first built, without any flaw or damage.