Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 290 The mountain's belly... a new terror has arisen!
As if seeing something terrifying, A-Jian's spiritual power instantly retracted, along with the broken branches that had already been dismantled, like tentacles that had been stimulated.

Shi Ming noticed something was wrong.

"what happened?"

"Master, the Pillar of Creation was corroded and fell. Its remains became a breeding ground for new... terrors."

"???"

The remains became a breeding ground for new terrors.
Shi Ming's first thought was that something had gotten there first, snatched the temporarily unclaimed life skill essence, and become the new Holy Temple-level sea beast!

But upon closer reflection, it seems not. The Eye of the Mortal Realm's positioning and intelligence regarding Sanctuary-level power are extremely accurate and have never been wrong. The way to obtain the Creation Pillar "Supreme Sanctuary" is through the Nine Revolutions. Every material required for the Nine Revolutions must be of S grade or higher. There is no simpler path.

Moreover, the conditions for the Nine Transformations are not present inside the mountain.

A breeding ground, where...

It's as if it was killed through internal corrosion, and then parasitized on the decaying tree like a "fungus," sucking blood. They are not the same species, and their powers are not the same. It's just that the fungus absorbed the nutrients from the dead tree and transformed into another form of existence.

Shi Ming confirmed this with A Jian.

He comforted the two-year-old insect.

"How terrifying is that newborn terror? How does it compare to the Holy Temple-level sea beast, the Great Black Heaven Dragon, and the Abyss Lord?"

he asked next.

If they are evenly matched, they can only be considered formidable rivals, not truly terrifying, and there is no need to pay too much attention to them. Shi Ming once severed more than a dozen of its evil tentacles under the watchful eye of the Lord of the Sea Beast Abyss of the No. 006 Holy Temple. Ah Jian did not witness the scene of him fleecing it.

"Having never actually seen the Abyss Lord and the Great Black Dragon, it's difficult to make a comparison. The images in my memory are not accurate enough for reference."

Ah Jian replied.

Its past life memories can only help it understand the means and methods of skill expression, but cannot accurately detect its specific strength and aura. Forcing a comparison will result in a large deviation and will only yield incorrect information.

"That terror, is it coming after us?"

"No, it didn't notice."

That's good.

Something that Ah Jian defines as terrifying must at least be a Sanctuary-level existence. Perhaps it was this very thing that interfered with the "Eye of the Mortal World" in its second stage of observation.

So, its level should be above the Holy Temple level?
Shi Ming felt a sense of urgency!

We need to hurry!
Upgrade the Arm of Power as soon as possible, merge with the Fallen Sanctuary, and kill the Great Black Dragon. Then, with the status of a Sanctuary, use the Eye of the Mortal World to see what that "terror" really is!

Nip it in the bud as soon as possible! Utilize it!
Such an uncontrollable force should not exist on this planet!

As he pondered, A-Jian had already reused the "broken branch" that had been decomposed into spiritual power to reshape it using [Spiritual Reconstruction]. Shi Ming glanced at it; it was a brown branch that was beginning to decay on the outside, but was still full of vitality. It exuded a Holy Temple-level pressure similar to that of the Abyss Lord's Evil Touch, and green sap was seeping out from the broken end. It was enveloped by spiritual power that was so dense that it did not leak out at all.

It is only about seven inches long, about the thickness of a finger, and not heavy, weighing only about 500 grams.

Shi Ming's right arm, tingled with crimson, flared up again like a cat attracted by fish. However, he wasn't particularly eager; the energy within the broken branch wasn't enough to evolve his Arm of Power, and its allure wasn't strong enough.

We need more!
"Ah Cocoon, can you find a leak point closer to the ground? I need more Sanctuary-class debris."

"At the top of the mountain, there is a large..."

"Okay, let's head straight to the top of the mountain!"

Da Yu was unaware of all of Shi Ming's trump cards, and did not know that he was completely immune to the extreme cold attack. Therefore, the customized exploration plan took into account the individual abilities of the three people. At the same time, in order to be safe, cautious and cover a large area, the first phase implemented an 8-hour separate exploration strategy.

But for Shi Ming, the danger above the snow line was not considered a real danger.

There's no need for such cautious steps. Instead, we should take advantage of this solo mission to head to the mountaintop, find the major leak point, obtain the remaining remains of the Sanctuary sufficient to evolve the Arm of Power, and stockpile enough materials to upgrade the "Endless Sea Map" and prepare for the General-level Drifting Ship's ascension to King level!
after that,

There is also more time to see the large stone monument standing on the mountaintop!
Since Ah Jian helped him find the branch of the Creation Pillar in the mountain's belly, the basic mission entrusted to him has been completed. Every additional gain from the following actions is extra profit!

Shi Ming never worries about having too much to gain; he only worries about not having enough!

Using the third law, he dug up the "Snow-capped Green" plant by the roots and put it in his warehouse.

The blizzard instantly leveled the gap, covering all traces.

He used his mental power to locate Rong Bing and Li Jiuyuan, and then leaped swiftly across the glaciers and snow, as if jumping on an ordinary mountain peak, soaring higher and higher.

He didn't shy away from the occasional secondary blade that would leave a scratch on his skin.

In any case, the restorative power of Xuanwu will quickly heal these wounds.

……

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The mountaintop seems to be a place forgotten by the world.

The frequency of secondary blades appearing far exceeds that of the upper snowline, yet it is still only a "period".

The air was as thin as paper.

If an ordinary person were to climb up here, they would only be able to catch a negligible amount of oxygen with each breath, just like a drowning person struggling helplessly below the surface of the sea.

For Shi Ming as well, he would also feel a little uncomfortable.

The ice crystals on the ground were torn apart by the fierce wind, lashing against my face like sandpaper. The unavoidable secondary blades would occasionally leave a cut. Although the wounds healed quickly, they also damaged my sturdy sailor suit.

Only the tactical vest he obtained from the Great Yu Treasury was still quite sturdy.

Looking out from the mountaintop and around, all that could be seen was a pale expanse of snow, with no other sound except for the howling of the wind and snow.

The altitude here today is far lower than in the land era, but the environment is hundreds or thousands of times harsher.

"Master, go up 30 meters, and to the left 50 meters."

"Up seventy meters."

"..."

"This is the place."

We arrived at the biggest leak point that A-Jian had discovered.

To the naked eye, there are no plants here.

There was only perpetual ice and snow, glacial moraine, and frozen soil, but when Shi Ming's spiritual power probed downwards slightly, he discovered a jade-like plant growing on the frozen soil layer, ten times larger than the previous Snow-capped Emerald.

It looks like a young tree.

It also produced a small, hexagonal fruit.

This fruit is completely different from the "Seed of Life" of Yu the Great. It has a fierce and sharp quality like frost and snow, and seems to be able to break through all constraints.

(End of this chapter)