Martial Arts: Starting with Upgrading the Dilapidated Temple

Chapter 84 Falling into a secret realm

A blinding golden light poured out from the crack in the door, accompanied by a strange fragrance that made one's blood boil.

Books and pills could be vaguely seen floating inside the gate, their light shimmering. The allure of the Martial Ancestor's legacy was laid bare before everyone.

Luo Tianheng straightened his slightly wrinkled sleeves and turned to look at the remaining members of the Twelve Bandits behind him.

His face once again wore a compassionate expression.

"The Martial Ancestor's legacy has appeared. You have all risked your lives for the martial arts of Shengzhou. I, Luo, will never keep it all to myself."

Luo Tianheng stepped aside to make way, "Please."

The sea was deathly still.

The Twelve Bandits, these ruthless bandits who had lived on the edge of death, were now all like stone statues, standing motionless in place.

The old man from the Salt and Iron Society stood frozen in place, his ashen face twitching.

Luo Tianheng had just tricked and killed two alliance leaders without batting an eye, but now he's being so polite, clearly indicating that he wants them to go behind the door to find the traps and mechanisms.

"Alliance Leader Luo is of great righteousness; the Zhenhai Alliance should be the first to take the lead."

Old Man Xian chuckled twice, but took a half step back without making a sound.

Shi Kun and the others from Panshi Island also shrank back.

The compassion on Luo Tianheng's face vanished instantly.

The overwhelming pressure from the mid-stage Tongqiao Realm expert completely crushed the entire area, causing waves to surge across the sea.

"I'm telling you to come in, so you have to come in."

Luo Tianheng stared coldly at Xian Laogui, "If you don't go in, you'll die now."

The twelve bandits were all deathly pale. Under the absolute suppression of force, they could only grit their teeth and force their way into the golden, bone-like gate.

He also drove Zhenhai Alliance's subordinates into the house.

As he watched the cannon fodder all enter the fray, a hint of mockery flashed in Luo Tianheng's eyes.

"After I train you all, I can go back!"

He held up the Bagua array plate, which was brimming with vital energy, and forced a drop of essence blood from his fingertip into the array's eye, preparing to completely seal the gate.

Click click click.

The array plate had just lit up with a faint light when it suddenly began to shake violently, and the pointer on it spun wildly.

Luo Tianheng's expression changed drastically.

He sensed that the connection between the array plate and the Bone Palace was being forcibly severed by a brute force, and the palace's energy was draining away at an alarming rate.

"What's going on!" Luo Tianheng suddenly looked up.

Less than a hundred feet from the palace, hidden beneath the black reef, the Zhenyuan had completely descended into madness.

Hundreds and thousands of thick, dark red fleshy tendrils had somehow formed a giant net, firmly embedded in the inverted foundation of the palace of bones.

The Zhenyuan was like a glutton who hadn't eaten for eight hundred years, frantically sucking up the entire palace.

On the deck, Mud Monkey clung tightly to the mast, his head spinning from the violent shaking of the ship. "Boss!"

"Is our ship overfed? There's golden light emanating from under the deck!"

"Everyone back to your cabins, find a sturdy spot, and tie yourselves up securely!" Xu Hao gripped the Devouring Sea Blade in one hand and pressed down hard on the bow of the ship with the other, urging everyone back to their cabins. He frantically circulated his inner strength-level qi and blood, trying to control the Zhenyuan's rampaging emotions. "Don't go crazy! Drag out the core from inside!"

As the Zhenyuan ship sucked in the storm, the foundation of the White Bone Palace, which was hanging upside down, finally could not withstand the savage pull.

boom!

The enormous palace of bones crumbled inch by inch from the inverted seabed rock wall.

Without the support of its foundation, the array surrounding the palace collapsed instantly, triggering a terrifying spatial backlash.

Luo Tianheng stared at the crumbling palace before him, his eyes bloodshot with rage.

He abruptly activated the Zhenhai Fubo Gong (a powerful martial art) in an attempt to retreat, but the destruction of the formation's foundation triggered a terrifying backlash.

A massive black spatial vortex erupted from within the palace gates, its violent suction force directly locking onto Luo Tianheng outside.

"No!"

This shrewd and resourceful leader of the Zhenhai Alliance had no chance to struggle; he was swallowed whole by the vortex, along with the broken array plate in his hand.

Immediately afterwards, the entire palace of bones was completely destroyed.

The Zhenyuan, beneath Xu Hao's feet, emitted a blinding light as it absorbed an excessive amount of high-level array energy.

The disguise of the Thousand-Faced Illusionary Armor was instantly removed, exposing the massive demon ship's true form in the inverted sea.

The spatial turbulence caused by the collapse of the Bone Palace instantly swept across the entire inverted sea.

Immediately afterwards, a black vortex, hundreds of times larger than the one that had devoured Luo Tianheng, appeared out of thin air beside the Zhenyuan and swallowed it whole as it burped after eating its fill.

With a violent spinning motion, Xu Hao and the Zhenhai were instantly sucked into the vortex and disappeared without a trace.

The distorted light and shadow dissipated.

The boiling, upside-down sea gradually returned to stillness.

On the empty sea, only the wrecked warships of the Three Alliances and the Twelve Bandits remained, drifting aimlessly with the current.

The intense feeling of weightlessness makes your internal organs feel like they are suspended in mid-air.

Boom!

The massive Zhenyuan crashed solidly into a wide expanse of water.

The towering water jets pelted the deck, slamming the wooden planks with a loud thud and splashing water everywhere.

The cabin door was kicked open, and Mud Monkey scrambled out, grabbing the ship's railing and vomiting violently, his face covered in tears and snot.

"Oh God, I'm not completely shattered! Brother Luo, Baldy, are you still alive?!" Mud Monkey howled in his hoarse voice as he gagged.

Luo Meng stepped out of the threshold with a dark face and kicked the mud monkey in the butt.

"What are you wailing about! Even if he's not dead, you're driving me crazy. Hurry up and check on the boss!"

Chen Yuanzhi walked out with his sleeves rolled up, looked around, wiped the water droplets off the side of the boat, put them in his mouth and smacked his lips twice, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"It's bland. This isn't the sea, it's an inland lake."

Xu Hao stood at the bow of the boat, ignoring the commotion.

His chest heaved slightly as he keenly sensed the unusual nature of the lake.

The air he inhaled caused his internal energy to surge uncontrollably, even showing signs of slow growth.

"Boss, this place is weird." Luo Meng shook his arms, looking surprised. "Why do I feel so comfortable when I take a breath? The internal injuries I suffered from the spatial turbulence don't seem to hurt as much anymore."

The mud monkey stopped spitting out, wiped its face haphazardly with its sleeve, and jumped around a couple of times.

"Hey? Brother Luo, my back doesn't ache anymore! This lake water is a perfect tonic!" Mud Monkey turned around to go find a wooden bucket to fetch water.

Chen Yuanzhi rubbed his damp sleeve with his fingers, a fanatical glint in his eyes.

"It's not a water god, it's just that the spiritual energy here is too abundant. In recent years, the spiritual energy in Daheng has been depleted, and Shengzhou is even more barren. Chief, is this the place where the Martial Ancestor inherited his legacy?"

Xu Hao glanced down at the Zhenyuan ship beneath his feet.

The demon ship, which had just swallowed the palace of bones, was now shimmering with azure frost patterns, leisurely soaking in the lake water. Even the fleshy tendrils on the bottom of the ship were lazily stretched out, clearly extremely satisfied with this new environment.

"Who cares where it is." Xu Hao patted the gunwale, activated the illusionary mist, and the entire ship lay dormant on the lake surface.

Don't be too flashy when you first arrive.

A thick, grayish-white fog rolled out instantly, perfectly blending the massive Zhenyuan ship with the surrounding lake and mountain scenery. From the outside, it looked like just a cluster of morning mist that wouldn't dissipate.

Just as Xu Hao was about to turn around, his ears twitched slightly.

From the peaks and deep forests along the shore, the faint sounds of clashing weapons could be heard, accompanied by a few short screams that startled a flock of birds into flight.

"Someone's there!" Xu Hao's gaze sharpened.

The mud monkey immediately drew his short knife, his eyes gleaming: "Boss, shall we go and pull off a heist? This place has so much spiritual energy; anyone raised here will definitely be rolling in money!"

Luo Meng grabbed the mud monkey by the collar and pulled him back: "What the hell are you doing! You just barely escaped with your life and you want to go and throw it away? With your skin-smoothing foundation, you're going to be someone's fertilizer!"

"Luo Meng, Second Brother, you two keep an eye on the ship." Xu Hao hung the Devouring Sea Blade back on his waist. "No one is allowed to disembark without my order."

This place is too nice; who knows what kind of man-eating monsters it might be keeping there.

Tell the brothers to take advantage of this good feng shui and practice breathing exercises on the deck.

Chen Yuanzhi nodded in agreement, already clutching several poison canisters in his hand: "Don't worry, boss. Anyone who dares to approach this fog will never return."

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