Out at Last

Month after month passed. Beneath the vast sea, Yu Xian had lost count of how many treasures he had gathered. Suddenly, he looked up at the sky. The phantom of a phoenix was circling overhead, growing more and more solid. "Everyone, come over to my side." Yu Xian immediately pulled Little Nora and the others to his side, and they all looked up together. This phoenix was very likely the culprit that had sucked them into Feng Laixian's storage ring in the first place. Although Yu Xian was actually quite grateful to it by now, staying on guard was still necessary just in case. "Big Bro, could it be that we took too much stuff and the phoenix is unhappy?" Little Nora asked, eyeing the phoenix in the sky as she ventured a guess. Yu Xian shook his head. "Hard to say. If anyone still has room in their storage space, grab whatever you can off the ground as fast as you can. Pick up as much as you can fit—every extra piece is an extra gain." "Oh, right!" Hearing that, Little Nora immediately resumed scooping up items, speeding up even more. Yu Xian was picking up treasures too. He grew an eye on the back of his head to keep watch on the phoenix in the sky, then went right back to what he was doing. He was no longer the weak little nobody he had been when he first arrived. Even if the phoenix in the sky truly possessed the power of a Mighty One, he could still take Little Nora and the others into the Everlasting Silence Prison Tower to take refuge. Come to think of it, it was quite miraculous. The Everlasting Silence Prison Tower was clearly inside his body, yet his physical body could miraculously enter it. What was more, when he sensed outward from within the tower, he confirmed that the tower was indeed inside his body, and he was indeed inside the tower within himself. Once he confirmed that, however, he realized the Everlasting Silence Prison Tower could also serve as a sanctuary. As long as he hid inside the Everlasting Silence Prison Tower, it was as if he had ceased to exist in the world; no one could ever hope to find him. ... Up in the sky, the phoenix had gone completely deranged. It had clearly sensed a familiar aura and, following its former master's instructions, sucked everyone into the ring. Yet after so much time had passed, the core bloodline inheritance had still failed to activate. Its mind had remained muddled for a long time before it finally came to its senses and realized that it had to expel the people it had drawn inside. In truth, Feng Laixian's original command was that if it sensed his descendants, it could allow them into the ring for trials. The problem was that the storage ring's artifact spirit had also been corrupted by the Abyss, driving it mad. It had sensed Zhang Buyao's aura. As it happened, Zhang Buyao had often seen Feng Laixian when she was young, so the artifact spirit was very familiar with her scent. Upon sensing that familiar aura, it had mistaken familiarity for being Feng Laixian's descendant, and thus simply sucked everyone outside into the ring. That was the real truth behind why everyone had been sucked into the storage ring. Otherwise, when Helick discovered the storage ring all those years ago and held it for so long, he would have been sucked inside ages ago, rather than spending all that time researching without ever figuring out how to unlock the treasure. Now, using its authority, it locked onto all targets and unleashed its ability. ... Outside the storage ring, the enormous gemstone began spitting out people one after another. Yu Xian touched down safely in an instant. Margaret just happened to appear to his right. He immediately threw a casual punch. Before Margaret could even hit the ground, a fist the size of a clay pot filled her vision. Boom! With a single punch, Margaret blew apart on the spot. Next, Guarantee Queen flew out. Smelling the blood in the air, she began begging for mercy. But how could Yu Xian possibly spare people like them? With a clean, decisive kick, he obliterated Guarantee Queen. While killing the two women, Yu Xian also used psychokinesis to pull their storage rings into his hand. The reason Margaret hadn't died earlier was that the necklace she wore had saved her life. But having escaped once, how could she escape a second time? This time, she was dead for good. As for Guarantee Queen, she had survived only because by the time Yu Xian reached the coordinates given by Auntie Number Two, she had already fled, so he never found her. Unfortunately, no matter how good she was at running, death caught up to her in the end. When the disparity in strength was so massive that luck could no longer make a difference, those destined to die still died. Yu Xian stood before the gemstone, waiting for that muscular man who resembled Cheng Yaojin to appear. Back then, that guy had managed to get away using a revival and body-dismemberment trick; this time, Yu Xian would burn the remains completely to ashes. He refused to believe the guy could still resurrect from that. "Sigh, I killed them too early." Since he had time to kill anyway, Yu Xian checked through Margaret's and Guarantee Queen's storage rings. Taking a look, both were packed to the brim with items. He realized he had been far too industrious; had he known, he wouldn't have killed those Star-rank powerhouses so early. If he had waited until they stuffed their storage rings full before killing them, he would have saved himself the trouble of picking things up. At that moment, a red pot flew out from the gemstone. Seeing the pot, Yu Xian immediately reached out to seize its neck. To his surprise, a surge of bloody water shot rapidly out from inside, throwing a fist straight at his right cheek. "Yu Xian, just wait for your death! Hahahahaha..." Yu Xian blocked Thales's punch. Thales immediately ducked back into the pot, leaving behind arrogant laughter as the Infinite Pot instantly warped and vanished. "Moving rapidly through the water molecules in the air?" Yu Xian immediately sensed something darting like lightning through the surrounding moisture. He threw a punch to the side, scattering the water molecules. However, the Infinite Pot was far faster than Yu Xian's reaction speed and had already fled beyond his attack range. "That was the Infinite Pot. It can infinitely enhance the power of a single liquid," Zhang Buyao spoke up at this moment. "That Zhi'er you mentioned turned into water and has been staying inside the pot; he'll probably only grow more and more powerful. If you want to kill him, you'd better find him as soon as possible." It was already too late for Yu Xian to pursue. He nodded. "Yeah, I'll find him as soon as I can. Can the Infinite Pot raise his power to transcendence?" "How could that be possible?" Zhang Buyao said, rendered speechless. That was fine, then. Yu Xian smiled in relief. "Then that's all right." That fellow clearly hadn't obtained many treasures—or rather, Thales was quite easily satisfied. Once he got the Infinite Pot, he had simply holed up inside and never came out. The upside was that over this period, his strength had seen an enormous boost; the downside was that he had hardly any treasures. Once Yu Xian figured out the functions of all the treasures on hand, a mere Thales wouldn't even be enough for a warm-up. He only hoped Thales wouldn't die too pathetically when the time came. Besides, even if he couldn't beat him, there was nothing to fear. He was a man with an escape route now. If he couldn't win, he could just duck into the Everlasting Silence Prison Tower—what could Thales possibly do to him then? He was even willing to open the doors of the Everlasting Silence Prison Tower and let Thales in. The question was, would Thales dare enter? "All right, this place isn't safe. What if it happens again and we have to fight Feng Laixian one more time... We'd better get out of here quickly," Niman said then. She wasn't afraid of anything except being sucked into Feng Laixian's ring again. If she had to fight Feng Laixian once more in that world where her strength was suppressed, it would be far too dreadful. To be honest, Feng Laixian's strength didn't even rank among her enemies. Yet that battle against Feng Laixian could easily rank in the top three most difficult fights she had ever experienced. If Yu Xian hadn't held the front line, they wouldn't have stood a chance at all. The moment everyone thought of that possibility, a collective shiver ran down their spines, and they scurried off without delay. Not long after Yu Xian and his group departed, the muscular man resembling Cheng Yaojin was finally spat out piece by piece. His body instantly assembled itself. Glancing at the bloodstains around him, he sucked in a sharp breath of cold air and beat a hasty retreat.