If you were asked to identify an item, would you choose to extract magical powers?

Chapter 251 The Mystery of the Forbidden Land
On the top floor of the nine-story building, a woman in purple sat on the ground, breathing heavily, looking like she had survived a disaster.

Her body size has suddenly shrunk.

At this moment, he was looking at Shen Bai with fear on his face, as if he was looking at a monster.

Just now, when the space of Yin-Yang Absorption Technique rolled over, she almost died under the squeeze of space.

If she hadn't given up some fat at the critical moment, it would have been broken into two pieces by now.

"How do you manage to possess so many abilities?"

The woman in purple said in surprise.

Shen Bai's face was calm, and his eyes swept across the woman in purple with extremely cold eyes.

Then, he took a step forward, turned into an afterimage, and stabbed the purple-clothed woman in the chest.

The blood-red sword energy covered the cold moon, looking like a blood moon in the sky.

The woman in purple was slightly stunned.

She thought Shen Bai would answer her, but she didn't expect Shen Bai to be so decisive.

At the critical moment, the woman in purple stretched out her two shrunken hands and tightly clamped the cold moon that Shen Bai had stabbed out.

The oil on her palms caused the sword energy on Han Yue to deviate a little. The woman in purple gritted her teeth, and flames of anger spewed from her eyes.

"You are such a scoundrel, you shouldn't at least say a few words, right?"

In the battle between masters, although life and death are on the line, everyone is a master, and no matter what, they must give the other party the courtesy that a master deserves.

But now Shen Bai only knows how to kill people indiscriminately, which is simply disrespectful and unethical.

Shen Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he slowly said four words: "You can't do it."

The purple-clothed woman was slightly stunned, and then her eyes were filled with murderous intent: "Even if it doesn't work, killing you is easy."

"Just kill me?"

Shen Bai asked back.

The purple-clothed woman's face froze instantly.

It was indeed as Shen Bai said. In order to avoid the strangulation of space, she had reduced the fat on her body. This was an irreversible price, which caused her strength to be damaged.

All of this also came from Shen Bai.

If she were to fight Shen Bai one-on-one, she would be confident enough to kill Shen Bai.

However, what Shen Bai said at this moment made the woman in purple feel a little frightened, and she suddenly looked at the other two people.

There is not only Shen Bai here, there are also two other people with equally strong strength.

As soon as she thought of this, the woman in purple felt a cold murderous aura surrounding her, like ice.

The man who wielded the knife had recovered a lot. The knife light in his hand dispersed and turned into a light that covered the sky and the sun, and slashed straight towards the back of the woman in purple.

The other person who was using fists roared, and the Qi in his body surged to the boxing gloves on his hands. A fist mark that covered the sky and the sun slammed towards her face.

Both of them attacked with all their strength. When it was a matter of life and death, there was no need to hold back.

At this moment, the woman in purple felt a sense of life and death crisis.

"No, I can't possibly die here. I've worked so hard to get to this position. How could you, a bunch of prisoners, possibly kill me?"

A ferocious look appeared on the face of the purple-clothed woman. She tried her best to bounce Shen Bai's sword aside, and then swung her palms continuously.

The first palm hit the huge sword energy, and the purple-clothed woman took several steps back. The sword energy was deflected to the side by the fat on her hand, leaving a deep crack.

The other palm was directed towards the fist shadow that covered the sky and the sun. The flesh palm and the fist shadow collided, and the fist shadow was blasted into pieces by the flesh palm.

With two moves, the most dangerous moment was avoided.

The woman in purple took a few steps back again, a look of relief on her face.

"We've finally overcome the crisis."

Feeling somewhat relieved, the woman in purple was about to turn around when she suddenly felt a pain in the back.

Shen Bai stood behind the woman in purple, and the blood-red sword energy wrapped around Han Yue pierced into the skin on the woman's back.

Even though the layer of oil and water deflected the attack, Shen Bai's hand holding Han Yue was still very steady.

When Han Yue's sword tip emerged from the chest of the purple-clothed woman, the sword energy of the Soul-Destroying Sword had already traveled through the purple-clothed woman's body, turning everything into ruins wherever it passed.

"Impossible! How could you prisoners kill me?"

The woman in purple turned her head with difficulty, as if she wanted to take another look at Shen Bai, but after Shen Bai pulled out Han Yue, he wiped it across her neck.

A fat, hideous head fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and kept its eyes open as if it had died.

The huge headless corpse fell to the ground with a loud bang, and then burst into flames.

The grease and the flames collided with each other, and in just a moment, the woman in purple turned into a pile of ashes.

Shen Bai held Han Yue, looked at the ashes on the ground, and let out a long sigh.

The battle just now was extremely thrilling, and even he had to be extremely vigilant in dealing with it.

If you are not careful, you will end up dead.

This woman not only has strong attack power, but the layer of oil that can deflect the opponent's attack is also amazing.

If it weren't for the Yin-Yang technique that allowed the woman to reduce the circle of fat on her body, the three of them would probably still be in a tough battle.

The woman in purple died, and the two people who served her also returned to dust.

The man who wielded the knife slumped on the ground with a look of relief on his face, while the man who wielded the fists had his hands trembling and looked like he was about to fall over at any moment.

A wooden box appeared on the ground, shining with warm precious light.

Shen Bai ignored the two men and walked to the wooden box and reached out to touch it.

He took out three more strange objects.

Shen Bai didn't even take a look at them. With a wave of his hand, he put these strange objects into the space of Yin-Yang Object Containment Technique.

After doing all this, he turned around and looked around.

There is no road here, and there are no stairs extending upwards from the top of the nine-story building.

At this moment, the man who used the knife and the man who used the fist also recovered. They each came to the wooden box with an expressionless face and took out the corresponding rewards from the wooden box.

As if he had noticed Shen Bai's puzzled look, the man with the knife turned his gaze to a window not far away, with excitement in his eyes.

At the top of this nine-story building, there is a window on the west side. No sunlight comes in and it is sealed tightly.

"That's the way out."

The man wielding the knife had a look of desire on his face as he slowly walked towards the window.

Not only him, but even the man who used fists had a face full of desire.

The two of them walked towards that location together, their legs couldn't help but tremble slightly, as if they were about to break free from a cage, and they could hardly hide the excitement in their hearts.

Shen Bai took this scene in and sighed slightly.

If you are imprisoned in Tianhe Tower for a long time, you will eventually be able to escape one day, and the same will happen to anyone.

He was not from Tianhe Tower, and this place was just a small forbidden area to him, so Shen Bai did not have this feeling.

But he really wanted to know what good things were waiting for him when he opened the ninth floor of Tianhe Tower.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai slowly followed behind, and they came to the sealed window one after another.

The man with the knife drew the long knife from his waist and slashed at the window with it.

"boom!"

Cracks appeared on the windows, and as the long sword was chopped on them, all the cracks fell off. Rays of light shone in from outside, giving Tianhe Building a long-lost layer of vitality.

"It's out, it's finally out."

The man wielding the knife laughed loudly and jumped out of the window first.

The man with the fist next to him also followed without any hesitation and stepped out of the window.

But just as Shen Bai was about to leave, he sensed a hint of unusual danger.

Shen Bai had had this feeling before, and it played an unexpected role in many critical moments.

The moment this sense of danger appeared, Shen Bai stopped and did not move forward.

Through the coverage of the red eyes that could break through the void, Shen Bai saw something unusual.

The two people who had just gone out had no time to cheer excitedly before their bodies suddenly became extremely stiff.

Immediately afterwards, two blood lines appeared on the necks of the two men, and the two heads fell to the ground silently.

The headless corpse twitched in mid-air, as if it had not yet reacted.

Blood gushed out from the wound on his neck like water.

Then, the two corpses stopped twitching and fell into the abyss below.

This is not a place to escape, it's a bigger cage.

Shen Bai widened his eyes.

Outside the nine-story building is an extremely huge underground space.

The wall was wrapped with layers of chains, and a ragged man was tied to each chain.

These people tied up with chains exuded a terrifying aura, which was many times more terrifying than the three people who were taking the test that Shen Bai met in the nine-story building.

And at the very center of the chain, a man wearing golden armor and holding a Mo Dao was sitting on the throne.

The golden armor covered a wide area, and only the man's eyes were exposed. Those eyes were filled with blood red, as if carrying murderous intent.

The flash of the sword just now was slashed by him, and with just one move, he killed the two people who escaped.

However, he only made this one slash and did not take any further action.

Next to the man in golden armor was a wooden sign with a line of words written on it.

"General Weiyuan of the Great Qi Divine Dynasty."

Just from this line of words, combined with the armor worn by the man in golden armor, it was hard for Shen Bai not to associate this line of words with this man.

A flash of inspiration came to Shen Bai's mind, and he quickly connected all the clues together.

Tianhe Building is a huge prison cell. Escaping from the cell is not freedom, but a deception.

Anyone who escapes from the cell will be killed by the man in golden armor.

The identity of the man in golden armor seems to be General Weiyuan of the Great Qi Dynasty.

"I seem to understand."

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes: "It seems that the emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty does not really want these people to leave alive."

While Shen Bai was thinking, the man in golden armor finally took action.

The pair of blood-red murderous eyes were cast towards where Shen Bai was, but he did not raise the Mo Dao. Instead, he looked at Shen Bai with a playful look.

After Shen Bai met this gaze, he felt something in his heart: "Are you waiting for me to get out so that you can kill me?"

"It seems that as long as we don't leave Tianhe Tower, there will be no danger."

The reason why the man in golden armor did not move was probably because Shen Bai did not walk out of Tianhe Tower.

This should also be a rule, otherwise the man in golden armor should have rushed into Tianhe Tower with a Mo Dao.

After a little thought, Shen Bai walked to the window, placed his hands on the edge of the window, and looked at the man in golden armor.

His gaze was full of provocation.

But after being provoked by Shen Bai, the man in golden armor still did not move, but just stared at Shen Bai's position with his eyes.

Shen Bai understood instantly.

This guy was right as he had guessed just now. He was really only targeting people who stepped out of Tianhe Building.

"Should I go out?" Shen Bai touched his chin and thought to himself.

After just a little thought, he made his decision.

stay home.

There was a sense of danger outside Tianhe Tower, especially from the man in golden armor. The aura he exuded was much stronger than that of the woman in purple he had just met.

Shen Bai didn't want to take any risks at this time.

Moreover, through his red eyes, he sensed that there was nothing outside that was worthy of his interest.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai found a cushion on the ninth floor and sat by the window. He did not go out, but opened the space of Yin-Yang Absorption Technique.

There is still some time before leaving Tianhe Tower, and Shen Bai can only go out after waiting for the time to come, so he might as well seize the time and identify all the nine strange objects he obtained.

He still has plenty of evil energy, so there is no problem at all.

But just when Shen Bai was about to improve his strength on the spot, something unusual suddenly occurred.

The man in golden armor actually stood up from the throne, emitting a terrifying pressure.

This pressure was directed at Shen Bai.

Shen Bai immediately stopped identifying the strange object, stood up, pulled out the Hanyue sword from his waist, and looked fixedly at the man in golden armor below.

Then, there was a sound of dragging chains.

There was an iron chain as thick as a fist locked on the foot of the man in golden armor.

The other end of the chain was inserted into the wall of the underground space, and the moment the man in golden armor walked, the chain emitted lightning.

The man in golden armor was half-kneeling on the ground, his armor constantly shaking, resisting the erosion of lightning. In his eyes, there was nothing but killing and endless pain.

"What does he want to do?"

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes and did not act rashly.

This place is really too mysterious. Unpredictable dangers may appear at any time. Even Shen Bai must be careful.

The power of thunder and lightning grew stronger and stronger, but the man in golden armor endured the severe pain and walked towards Shen Bai's position step by step.

Every few steps, he would stick the Mo Dao into the ground and rest for a few minutes while leaning on the sword.

The chain was very long, but Shen Bai estimated that it did not seem to reach where he was.

The armor on the golden-armored man had turned black, as if it would break at any moment. At this moment, he finally reached the end of the chain.

The iron chain on his feet was stretched straight, but it was still more than ten feet away from Shen Bai.

"I am a sinner."

The man in golden armor suddenly knelt down on the ground again, holding his head in his hands and muttering to himself.

He threw the Mo Dao aside and rolled on the ground.

The iron chains slid across the ground, leaving behind terrifying traces.

As the blond man made this move, the terrifying figures tied to the wall suddenly opened their eyes.

In the darkness, pairs of eyes shone brightly, like a sky full of stars.

These eyes were undisguised, and they looked at the man in golden armor with contempt, as if they were mocking him for overestimating his own abilities.

This scene made Shen Bai feel even more strange.

At this moment, Shen Bai heard footsteps behind him.

He turned around and saw a woman in green gauze slowly walking up the stairs to the ninth floor.

The woman was wearing a veil, so her true face could not be seen clearly, but there was a red mark made of cinnabar between her eyebrows.

The red mark is only the size of a grain of rice and looks extremely beautiful against the fair skin.

When the woman in green gauze saw Shen Bai's wary look towards her, she shook her head slightly.

"Fortunately you didn't step out, otherwise even I wouldn't be able to save you."

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Who are you?"

In this place, another person appeared inexplicably, and his identity was unknown. He did not even choose to take action after appearing, but instead was concerned about whether he had stepped out.

This is outrageous.

The woman in green gauze thought for a moment and said, "You can call me Qianyue, which means the moon in the sky."

"You don't have much time left. Just wait here peacefully for time to pass. Don't step out of this building."

Is there not much time left?
This was the most terrifying sentence Shen Bai heard after entering Tianhe Tower.

This is a forbidden area. He is not from the forbidden area, but came from the outside world. He just wants to explore the corresponding opportunities in the forbidden area.

But the people in this forbidden area didn't know that he came from the outside world.

The woman named Xianyue just now said that he didn't have much time left.

Does this mean that Xianyue knows that he is from the outside world?

If so, what is Xianyue’s identity?
Xianyue sensed Shen Bai's caution and carefulness, and seemed to understand what Shen Bai was thinking. She said softly, "You have a similar aura to me. You must have seen where I came from, so you picked it up."

Having said that, a breath of aura emanated from Xianyue.

Shen Bai was very familiar with this aura, desolate and terrifying.

"This is the breath of a desolate forbidden land."

Shen Bai understood what Xian Yue meant.

Why is there a similar aura? Because Shen Bai had come into contact with a desolate area when he entered the lava forbidden area before.

And now, Xianyue said that he had a similar aura on his body, which was naturally the aura of a desolate place.

But now, Xian Yue also has it. What does this prove? Shen Bai immediately had the answer.

"You come from the middle of nowhere."

He thought this answer was outrageous.

After searching all the clues in his mind, Shen Bai only came up with such an outrageous answer.

Unexpectedly, after this answer was given, Xianyue actually nodded, confirming Shen Bai's answer.

Shen Bai frowned and was about to speak, but Xianyue interrupted him.

"You don't need to ask me why, nor do you need to ask me how I came from the Desolate Forbidden Land. If you knew these things now, it would be extremely dangerous. So when you have the ability and strength to go to the Desolate Land, I will naturally tell you everything."

Shen Bai touched his chin and said, "Then why did you come to Tianhe Tower?"

The other party clearly didn't want to talk, and Shen Bai felt that no matter how much he asked, he wouldn't continue.

It would be better to ask something else.

If she really came from the desolate forbidden land, why would she appear in Tianhe Tower?

Could it be that all the realms are actually connected?

When Shen Bai was thinking about this, Xianyue slowly spoke.

"You are very powerful. You are only at the Void Transformation Realm, but you are able to display strength far beyond that realm. I have seen it all. I don't understand why you are so strong, but your potential is unlimited."

"I know what you're thinking. There's naturally a way for the Desolate Forbidden Land to enter the Tianhe Tower. After all, although the Tianhe Tower is a forbidden area, it's nothing more than an insignificant existence compared to the Desolate Forbidden Land."

"As for why I came here, it's because the Tianhe Building has become increasingly unstable."

Speaking of this, Xianyue came to the window and looked at the man in golden armor who was struggling below, with a trace of pity in his eyes.

"I have been loyal to the Great Qi Dynasty my entire life, but now I am imprisoned here after the emperor went crazy. I have to guard Tianhe Tower for that crazy emperor. It is really ridiculous."

"You defended yourself to the end, even going crazy yourself. You carved the name of General Weiyuan on a wooden plaque. You didn't want to forget who you were, but you eventually forgot."

After hearing what Xianyue said, Shen Bai said, "He really is the General Weiyuan on the wooden sign. What happened in the Great Qi Dynasty at that time?"

Xianyue turned around and said, "You know, the emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty has gone mad. This Tianhe Tower is a place where prisoners are held. The so-called prisoners are anyone that the mad emperor believes is detrimental to the Great Qi Dynasty."

"Of course, that's just what he thinks. The vast majority of people imprisoned here are innocent."

"Although the emperor was mad, he also knew that if he killed them all, it would lead to the joint attack of the entire world."

"He just detained them and even gave these people a chance to escape."

"But this so-called escape is nothing but a joke."

"Every floor of the nine-story building is full of dangers. Those who come up may very likely fall down on the nine floors."

"The Mad Emperor can use this as an excuse to tell the world that they fell on the road to survival and were not killed by his own hands."

"If they really leave Tianhe Tower, they will be killed by General Weiyuan outside. The Mad Emperor can also tell the outside world that they did not leave and died in Tianhe Tower."

"If General Weiyuan cannot kill them, they will be trapped on this stone wall, just like them."

When Xianyue said this, the terrifying figures trapped on the stone wall struggled hard, but they had no way to get rid of the chains.

Shen Bai listened to Xianyue's slow narration, and all his doubts were cleared up at this moment.

But he still had doubts about what Tianhe Tower was.

Is it a repeat of the past, or is he being imprisoned until now?
If so, how many years will it take?

He once saw the mayor of Ruoshui City, who used supreme illusion to condense the past years.

But the people in Tianhe Tower gave Shen Bai an extremely real feeling, not an illusion.

But if it could really live for such a long time, how could the Great Qi Dynasty at that time be easily destroyed?
Not to mention anything else, the feeling that General Weiyuan below gave Shen Bai made him feel a little suffocated.

"Forbidden areas are very mysterious and difficult to speculate. They once existed in the past, and forbidden areas also existed in the past."

Crescent Moon turned around and said, "You can think of these as images from the past, but they are also extremely real. They will constantly repeat the past, but they will only exist in the past and will not appear outside the forbidden area."

"It's amazing and hard to explain, but this is the power of heaven and earth."

Shen Bai frowned tightly and clenched Hanyue in his hand.

He felt that what Xianyue said was very profound and he could not understand it.

"Then what do you mean when you say this place is unstable?"

Crescent Moon sighed: "When I say unstable, I mean this place is about to be destroyed."

"Is it about to be destroyed?"

Shen Bai asked: "Why is it destroyed?"

Xianyue glanced at Shen Bai and said, "Isn't it all because of you?"

"because I?"

Shen Bai was a little confused by this sentence.

Xianyue continued with a sigh, "No one has ever been able to walk out of the ninth floor, because it limits one's strength to the peak level."

"It's absolutely impossible for someone at the Absolute Peak Realm to leave the Nine-Story Building, but you've opened up these nine floors. Once you open up a node in a forbidden area, that forbidden area will naturally be destroyed, but I can't let it be destroyed."

"Because this Tianhe Tower is connected to the Desolate Forbidden Land, just like a forbidden land you have visited before. Since you have the aura of a desolate land, I conclude that you have been there."

Shen Bai had actually been there.

The Lava Forbidden Land can indeed be regarded as a smaller version of the Desolate Forbidden Land.

"If the forbidden land is destroyed, it will be harmful to the desolate forbidden land, right?"

If the destruction of Tianhe Tower would not bring any disaster to the desolate forbidden land, Shen Bai believed that there would be no need for Xianyue to come out.

Now that the crescent moon has appeared, it is probably similar to what Shen Bai said just now.

Sure enough, when Shen Bai asked this question, Xianyue nodded affirmatively and said.

"It's connected to the Desolate Forbidden Land, so it will definitely have a certain impact on the Desolate Forbidden Land. So I need to keep it stable. How about it? Are you interested in doing me a favor?"

"How about I give you this in return?"

Having said that, Xianyue stretched out her white palm.

A round bead appeared in her palm.

A cold aura was constantly echoing inside the bead.

Shen Bai only took a glance and knew exactly what the bead was.

"There's something strange sealed inside this bead."

Shen Bai touched his chin and thought to himself.

He had come across this kind of strangely sealed beads before, but he never thought that Xianyue would give him this.

This thing is useless to other people, it is only useful to Shen Bai.

It seems that Xianyue knows something.

Xianyue looked at Shen Bai's expression and seemed to guess what he was thinking. She shook her head and said, "Don't get me wrong. I happen to be proficient in calculations, so out of curiosity, I did some calculations, and I was almost injured by the mist behind you."

"I only figured out that you seemed to need this thing, but I don't know what it is specifically."

"I happen to have it, and you need it too. This business can definitely be done."

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, but you have to tell me how to do this business."

The weirdness sealed in this bead is the weirdness of the peak realm, and the evil spirit inside can bring great improvement to Shen Bai.

He wouldn't mind not having enough evil spirit; the more evil spirit there is, the better.

But like Crescent Moon said, this is a deal.

If that’s the case, how should this transaction proceed?

If the payment was too much, Shen Bai felt that this deal could be canceled.

Xianyue smiled slightly, pointed at the man in golden armor below, and said, "Help me stop General Weiyuan. I will set up a formation outside to stabilize Tianhe Tower."

Upon hearing this, Shen Bai immediately shook his head and said, "I can't do that."

General Weiyuan's strength is unfathomable. Shen Bai is well aware of this and feels that he really cannot win.

Xianyue saw that Shen Bai refused decisively. Although her expression could not be seen on her face covered with a veil, she could see a hint of helplessness in her watery eyes.

"Of course I won't let you die in vain. I will weaken his strength, but I can't be disturbed while I'm setting up the formation, and I can't kill him, otherwise the forbidden area will be destroyed immediately. That's why I need you to help me stabilize it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xianyue raised his left hand and gently grabbed outside.

It didn't seem like she caught anything, but the terrifying figures embedded in the wall each had a stream of air snatched by her, which continued to condense in mid-air.

Then, the airflow turned into a huge symbol and fell on General Weiyuan.

General Weiyuan, who was wearing golden armor, was still roaring in pain, but when this strange symbol fell on his body, his aura was suppressed to an extremely small level.

But even though he was suppressed to this extent, the aura of General Weiyuan was still extremely terrifying.

After Xianyue finished all this, she threw the beads in her hand in front of Shen Bai.

Shen Bai caught it and heard Xuan Yue's voice.

"You can take the things first. This deal can be done."

Shen Bai looked at the beads in his hand, then slowly crushed them.

The weirdness of the peak realm provided thirty murderous auras, all of which were taken in by Shen Bai.

Shen Bai came to the window, looked at General Weiyuan under the window, and the golden color brought by the Wuji Guashu in front of him, and gently stroked the cold moon with his fingers.

"Okay, I'll do this business."

Xianyue smiled slightly, and without waiting for Shen Bai to make any move, she took off into the air, jumped from the ninth floor, and landed steadily on the ground.

When the crescent moon fell to the ground, General Weiyuan, who had been calm, suddenly became agitated.

He rushed towards the crescent moon like a madman, holding the Mo Dao in his hand.

The distance between the two sides was shortened in an instant, but Xianyue ignored General Weiyuan.

She raised her fingers, pinched the magic formula, and began to set up the so-called stable formation.

Just as the Mo Dao was about to fall on the white neck of the crescent moon, a long sword with a cold and shining light blocked the Mo Dao, and struck out a piece of terrifying sparks.

Amidst the flames, Shen Bai glanced at the crescent moon behind him.

"You're really not afraid. Aren't you worried that I might break my promise?"

Without even looking up, Xianyue said, "You won't break your promise. Since I gave you the pearl first, it proves that I trust you very much. Since I trust you, I won't be worried or afraid."

Shen Bai shook his head, exerted force with his arms, and pushed General Weiyuan away. Various terrifying magical effects appeared behind him.

(End of this chapter)