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Since divine sense cannot detect it, the only option is to go there in person.

Anton's figure floated up and flashed into the cave.

The instant he stepped into the cave, more than thirty ancient golems came to life at the same time and pounced on him in unison.

The heavy body rolled over the crystal clusters, producing a dull sound like gravel rubbing together.

Anton's expression remained unchanged, but with a slight thought, a dark, mysterious water curtain silently spread out around him, like the falling of night, rapidly spreading in all directions.

Wherever the water curtain passed, the golem's fierce momentum was instantly slowed down and neutralized.

They seemed to have crashed into a bottomless, viscous swamp. Every swipe of their limbs was entangled and pulled by that invisible force, making their movements slower and slower until they were finally frozen in place, like beetles embedded in black amber.

Anton slowly walked to the nearest ancient golem.

Upon closer inspection, the Blood Soul Crystals do indeed appear to "grow" on the surface of the golem's body.

The roots of the crystal clusters are deeply embedded in the gaps of the metal shell, as if they are sprouting from the inside and then extending outwards.

"That's interesting."

Anton focused his divine sense into a single line, piercing through the thick outer shell of the Blood Soul Crystal like a needle tip, and probing into the interior of the golem.

As he had guessed, not only the outer shell, but almost all the main energy circuits, transmission structures, and even the most important core within the golem had been permeated, enveloped, and fused with the fine blood soul crystals.

They are no longer simple covers, but rather an integral part of the golem's metal and runes.

Anton watched with amazement, seemingly lost in thought.

The ancient golem's charging method is completely different from the mainstream puppets of the Dawn Continent today, as well as the Dao soldiers in the cultivation system.

They absorb energy through a giant life-extraction array centered on the Blood Soul Crystal Cluster.

The magic circle will continuously draw life force from all living beings within a certain range, converting it into Blood Soul Crystals for storage. Once the ancient golem lacks energy, the magic circle will convert the Blood Soul Crystals into energy to supply the ancient golem.

In this way, the ancient golem and the blood crystal formed a symbiotic relationship.

This also means that the Ancient Golem cannot stray too far from the Blood Soul Crystal Cluster.

Otherwise, once the energy is depleted, it cannot be replenished in time.

However, these ancient golems that have fused with Blood Soul Crystals now possess the ability to directly absorb Blood Soul Crystals to obtain energy, which to some extent makes up for the previous shortcomings.

As long as they carry enough Blood Soul Crystals, they can keep moving away from the Blood Soul Crystal Cluster.

For these ancient golems, the Blood Soul Crystal has evolved into something similar to a magic stone or a spirit stone.

This change has actually made the ancient golems more similar to today's mainstream puppets and Taoist soldiers.

Anton nodded secretly.

Eleanor is right, these ancient golems are indeed of great research value.

Their cores are more similar to the cores of the current Dao soldiers, which may provide a new approach to the research of 'Ancient Golem Core Replacements', allowing the guardian deities to break free from material limitations.

I just don't know how these ancient golems came to look like this.

Why didn't the ancient golems in the previous two experimental bases undergo this change?

After pondering for a moment without success, Anton shook his head and stopped worrying. With a flick of his sleeve, an invisible vortex of wind suddenly billowed up at the cuff, and a dim yellow wave of energy swept out, engulfing more than thirty frozen ancient demon statues, which then disappeared in an instant.

After carefully storing the ancient golem, Anton's figure sank slightly, like a fish disappearing into water, and he vanished underground.

As expected, after passing through the thick rock layers, a dark, silvery metal wall blocked their way once again.

He summoned his sword and skillfully sliced ​​an entrance into the wall before slipping inside.

The internal layout of the base is similar to the previous two locations.

Long corridors, functional rooms, rooms filled with waste... Time has left deep marks here.

Anton extended his divine sense and searched one by one.

Aside from capturing more than ten ancient golems that had also fused with the Blood Soul Crystal, they gained nothing else.

The things here have either rotted away over the long years or been moved out beforehand.

He didn't make a discovery until he traversed through layers of passages and reached the very bottom of the base.

A large metal door blocked his way.

The surface of the gate is covered with layers upon layers of complex spatial restrictions that are dazzling to the eye.

Even after countless years, those restrictive runes still retain a chilling aura, proving just how powerful their defensive measures were in their heyday.

Unfortunately, even the strongest seal cannot withstand the test of time.

The restrictions on the door had long since lost their effectiveness.

With a flash of sword light, the heavy metal door slid open silently to both sides, then crashed to the ground with a thud.

Anton stepped in.

The sealed room was completely empty; there was nothing inside.

Anton's gaze swept around the room, finally settling on the wall directly opposite the main entrance, where he paused slightly.

There is a huge relief mural on the wall.

The lines are bold and rugged, carrying an overwhelming sense of ancient desolation.

At the very center of the image is a continent with an incredibly familiar outline—the Continent of Dawn.

However, compared to the map in Anton's memory, there was an irregularly shaped area in the upper right corner of the mainland.

Anton stared at it for a few moments, then a thought suddenly struck him.

Could that extra area be the ancient abyss that has not yet been separated?

Around the entire continent, a giant dragon, its head and tail intertwined, encircles the entire continent like a chain.

Further out, countless blurry, distorted, and indistinct humanoid silhouettes vaguely surrounded the continent and the dragon.

"This is.……"

Anton's eyes flickered.

The continent is the Continent of Dawn, and that giant dragon that almost covers everything, using its body as a barrier... is the Dragon God Aio?

What do those countless dark shadows on the periphery represent?

Anton was completely baffled.

In his previous life, he had never seen similar information, not even in the most obscure ancient setting materials.

Anton had a gut feeling that he had touched upon some important secret buried deep in the river of history.

After a moment of contemplation, he composed himself and stopped investigating.

The sword flashed again, precisely cutting along the edge of the wall, peeling off the entire mural along with the wall itself, which Anton then tucked into his sleeve.

He then carefully checked the secret room again to make sure nothing was missed before retreating along the same route.

Back at the cave entrance, Anton instructed the Second Elder, "Send people to dismantle the main structure of the base and transport all materials back to Taichu City. This place will serve as the clan's third Blood Soul Crystal resource point from now on."

"Understood." The Second Elder readily agreed without asking any further questions.

Cui Erning and Maya stood not far away, eavesdropping, only to find that Anton didn't mention a word about the discovery in the base, which greatly disappointed them.

Unfortunately, as two members of an affiliated family under the Nine Nether City responsible for "odd jobs," they were obviously not qualified to ask for more details. They could only silently suppress their curiosity and calculate how much merit they could gain this time.

……

The discovery of the experimental base did not affect Anton's subsequent plans.

In addition to the original cultivation, comprehension of supernatural powers, and nurturing of the Dao seal, there is now an additional task: researching the core of the ancient demon golem.

Time flies by in the midst of busyness.

In the blink of an eye, it was the year 9490 of the Dawn Calendar.

The whirlpool-filled sea area, a volcanic zone.

Anton sat in the center of the mixing pool, looking up at the sea dozens of feet above.

With a slight thought, an invisible sword instantly slashed out.

The entire sea fell silent for a moment.

Starting from some unseen boundary and extending hundreds of meters away, the entire area of ​​seawater seemed to have been wiped out of thin air, disappearing instantly.

The sunlight fell directly on the empty seabed, illuminating the reefs and sediments that were once shrouded in darkness.

It wasn't until quite some time later that the seawater rushed back in, creating a violent tsunami whirlpool with a continuous, muffled roar.

Anton looked at the seawater that had been replenished above him, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

I have finally mastered the One Thought Sword Technique.

The true meaning of the One Thought Sword is not to cut, not to burn, and not to suppress with force, but to destroy the opponent from the root.

As soon as a sword cultivator has a thought, his mind, sword intent, and laws merge into one in the same instant, deciding life and death in a split second.

The target locked by this sword cannot avoid this invisible and intangible sword no matter how much they dodge and resist; they can only rely on their own strength to withstand it.

Thus, in addition to the true form of the sword pellet and the overhead cloud, he now has another deadly move.

"With my current strength, I should be able to put up a fight against a god."

Anton pondered for a moment, and then, with a thought, three wisps of clouds instantly appeared above his head.

Two of the flowers had completely solidified, while the third still retained a hint of illusion.

"The third cloud is still a little short of solidifying."

"Once the three clouds are fully formed, and I condense my Dharma body, I will have no fear even when facing a demigod."

The demigods of the Dawn Continent are on a completely different level of strength from the saints.

Besides having a deeper understanding and control over the laws, the key is that the demigods have already mastered the realm of laws.

The Law Domain can repel all Law Power that is below the level of the caster.

In other words, even a saint is no different from a gold-ranked being in the realm of demigods' laws; they can be easily crushed.

The difference in strength between the two is like a chasm.

The combat power of the Dharma Body Realm and the Gangyun Realm is also vastly different.

The three swirling clouds converge to form a Dharma body, allowing the Nascent Soul cultivator to master the technique of restricting heaven and earth.

The latter is similar to the Law Domain, and also has the effect of sealing the opponent's laws.

In addition, the Dharmakaya can also exist independently of the body, exert supernatural powers, and fight alongside the original deity.

In critical moments, it can even withstand a fatal blow and shield the main body from disaster.

In Anton's view, the strength of a cultivator at the Dharma Body Realm is not much inferior to that of a demigod.

Gathering his thoughts, Anton continued his cultivation, focusing intently on condensing the Qi Cloud.

However, half a month later, he suddenly received a piece of intelligence.

The Emerald Court and Bloodhowl Fortress engage in a large-scale battle on the Azure Plains.