Chapter 955: Collection
"Mm."
Lin Mo nodded.
At this moment, everyone flew to the base of the Iron Tower, where there was a giant door.
About three meters high and five meters wide, it was more of a barrier than a door. However, even the mightiest barrier couldn't withstand the erosion of time, and this barrier was clearly worn and damaged.
If this barrier were intact, even someone with the strength of Fang Tangjing and others wouldn't be able to break through it.
"Enter!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Liang Yuan, Wu Jinfeng, and Wu Yingxi turned into flowing light and rushed into the tower. Lin Mo and Fang Tangjing also transformed into two beams of light, entering through the barrier.
It was pitch-black inside, with faint, weak green glimmers floating in the space.
This was the first level inside the tower, almost equivalent to being in a dark space. With a martial artist's strength, visibility was still extremely blurry.
"The space here is vast. I once flew for a day and a night and couldn't find the tower wall. There must be an array like Sumeru to Mustard Seed here,"
Fang Tangjing opened his mouth to explain.
There was no water inside the tower, so everyone withdrew their Qi Shields, as maintaining them would consume True Yuan.
Fang Tangjing occupied the peak, where cultivators' palaces held various types of books, so it was unsurprising he knew concepts like Sumeru mustard seed.
It's like in an online game where an inn appears small, but once you enter, it becomes tremendously spacious.
The situation in the tower is similar; from the outside, the Iron Tower is about two thousand meters tall. At their maximum speed, they could find the tower wall in seconds, but they couldn't find it after flying a whole day, indicating the first level inside the tower is far larger than anyone imagined.
"There's not much in the first level; everyone can first search around, as we didn't finish exploring last time. If you want to go to the second level, just fly upwards directly to reach the second level."
Fang Tangjing suggested.
"Alright, if there's danger, transmit with True Yuan; if we're close, we should be able to hear," Wu Jinfeng nodded.
Liang Yuan did not speak, choosing a direction to fly off alone.
Wu Jinfeng and Wu Yingxi also chose a direction to fly off together.
"Lin Mo, there's no danger in the first level, everyone can split up and see," Fang Tangjing finished speaking and transformed into a beam of light, disappearing from sight.
Lin Mo didn't hurry, slowly flying in another direction.
There was no light in the tower, all was pitch black, carrying an eerie breath. Occasionally, faint sounds would come from different places.
"Hmm."
"Ugh."
"Tss."
The distance from these sounds was very far, creating a chilly, terrifying feeling.
Moreover, as he flew forward, these noises became increasingly clear and loud. Occasionally, a gust of cold wind would whistle past with a sound of "Oo-la-la."
"Hmm? Even my Divine Thought is restricted."
Lin Mo frowned.
His Divine Thought range was limited to only detecting disturbances within three hundred meters. It felt as if his Divine Thought was suppressed, unable to extend further.
A hundred meters in front of Lin Mo floated a piece of something white, which was glaring white in the dark space.
Lin Mo immediately accelerated toward the white object. Using spiritual energy to envelop it, he drew the white object over. It was a broken token, about two-thirds intact, with two characters of the Cultivation World, Nine Stars, on it.
"Hmm, is this a Nine Stars Sect disciple's token?"
The Nine Stars Sect belonged to the occupants of the Vermilion Bird Martial Arts Hall palaces. These tokens should belong to Nine Stars Sect disciples, why are they here?
Lin Mo pondered silently. Earlier outside the tower, Lin Mo also saw three dark golden cultivation characters, Prison Tower. Judging by the name, this place should be suppressing demons, and Fang Tangjing said they found some spirit stones and incomplete treasures inside the tower. So, this was likely once a trial ground for the Nine Star Palace, where disciples would enter the tower. Some unfortunate ones perished here, leaving their treasures behind inside the tower.
Such things are quite common in the Cultivation World.
"Oo-la-la!"
An eerie wind sound suddenly came from Lin Mo's right side.
Lin Mo raised his sword-like eyebrow and shouted sternly, "Seeking death!"
Immediately, Lin Mo turned his head, seeing a monster wrapped in black fog staring at him with a pair of faint green eyes, revealing a bloodthirsty sheen.
Upon closer inspection, the monster stood about seven to eight meters tall, its body resembling a small truck, akin to a rhinoceros, with a back full of steel-like sharp spikes and a black curved horn on its forehead pointed skyward.
"Moo!"
This monster stared at Lin Mo as if seeing a wolf glancing at a sheep, letting out a low roar and charging fiercely. Its whole body trembled as black fog streamed behind, fast as lightning.
"Hmm, at least late-stage Divine Power strength."
Lin Mo was shocked as murderous intent appeared between his brows, and he smashed a punch forward, causing the space to tremble.
"Bang!"
As the fist was thrown, a low booming sound exploded out of nowhere.
The fist clashed with the oncoming demon beast, releasing a ring-like trace from its surface formed from pressure.
"Whoosh!"
The beast, like a truck, was instantly sent flying a hundred meters away by Lin Mo's strike, with black fog surrounding its body dispersing in an instant.
When Lin Mo's fist struck the demon beast, he could clearly feel the toughness of its body.
"Moo!"
The rhinoceros demon beast wobbled its body, surprisingly managing to stand up shakily again.
"Hmm, not dead after taking my punch?"
Lin Mo raised his sword-like eyebrow, forming a spell with his hand, and suddenly a golden Light Sword appeared out of thin air beside him, exhaling golden Divine Radiance.
Whoosh!
The rhinoceros demon beast hadn't even reacted when a flash of golden light flashed by in its vision, slicing through its horn, splitting its skull in two, and letting red and white blood flow all over the place as it collapsed, unwilling.
"Didn't Senior Fang say that the demon beasts and illusion beasts on the first level only have early-stage Divine Power strength? Why would a late-stage Divine Power demon beast appear?"
Lin Mo frowned.
He could easily slay this rhinoceros demon beast because, one, his strength was above this beast, and second, this demon beast wasn't worthy of being called a demon beast, as it lacked significant intellect and cultivation methods, attacking only by instinct.
Therefore, Lin Mo could easily kill it. If he were to face a demon beast with cultivation and human-like intellect, it wouldn't be as easy to kill.
"Something's strange."
Lin Mo furrowed his brow.
In a blink, seven days passed.
Lin Mo flew in a straight line but didn't find the tower wall; evidently, this truly was a tower containing Sumeru Ring power.
In seven days, Lin Mo slew dozens of demon beasts, among which five had strength reaching late-stage Divine Power.
He also collected some broken magic treasures and a piece of top-grade spiritual stones. As for Starlight, he hadn't seen even one piece.