Hetu and Daidai

The fellows on the first floor were all scrambling toward the second floor. Su Yu took his time, not worried in the slightest that all the treasures would be snatched away just because everyone had run ahead. That simply wasn't going to happen! What wasn't meant for them, they would never get. A thousand years, ten thousand years—this was not the first time the Star Astral Mansion had opened. If certain treasures were so easy to take, they would have been cleaned out tens of millions of years ago. Some treasures simply awaited those fated to receive them, or those clever enough to find them. Su Yu considered himself a clever man. Or rather, he believed he was precisely that fated person. To be truly "fated," at the very least, one had to open all 360 Zhoutian Apertures, right? Without opening the Zhoutian Apertures, you were nothing! The Star Astral Mansion belonged to the Human Sovereign, and whoever had forged it was unquestionably human. Certain things were left exclusively for the human race—legacies passed down by the ancestors. The only question was whether a human could claim them; foreigners shouldn't even dream of touching them. The Great Sinkhole. It was an unimaginably massive chasm. One side sloped downward; earlier, this detail hadn't been obvious, but as the entire Human Face Realm shuddered, the sinkhole now stood out distinctly. That slope was a tongue. That colossal cavity was an open mouth. The surrounding cliffs were lips. The vast platforms beneath the cliffs were teeth. Before, obscured by dust and debris, the resemblance hadn't been so apparent; it had merely looked like a bottomless, yawning black pit. But looking at it now, even Xia Huyou could tell at a glance that it was a mouth. A gigantic, gargantuan mouth! Hovering in the air, Xia Huyou took a look and couldn't help shuddering. "This is giving me the creeps. Su Yu, this can't be a living person, can it? Who on earth has a mouth this big?!" Beside them, Huang Jiu also frowned and warned, "Don't hover directly above the sinkhole. Sometimes a powerful air current surges out from it and sweeps people inside. Once you get sucked in... almost no one comes out alive!" "Eaten?" Shivering, Xia Huyou said, "Seriously, why do I feel like the Star Astral Mansion is cursed? This Human Face Realm... it can't really be a human head, right? The more I look, the more it looks like one! At first I didn't think much of it, just figured a few places bore a slight resemblance to parts of a body. But now, it really looks too much like a face!" Everyone had always known this place was called the Human Face Realm. Still, knowing the name was one thing. When first entering, even viewing it from high in the air, nothing had looked so strikingly similar. It had only been considered vaguely shaped like one. Yet once all the dust, sand, and stone had been blasted away, looking down on the Human Face Realm now was downright terrifying. Su Yu said playfully, "Isn't it just a face? With the head snapped off..." Then he chuckled. "Not necessarily! Maybe it's shaped like an 'L'—the head was forcibly bent backward at an angle, and maybe everything above is part of a single body!" An "L" shape, head snapped back so that the face pointed straight up, creating the Human Face Realm. Could such a possibility exist? Su Yu thought to himself: *It might just be possible!* *If that's really true, then the second floor is the neck—or both the second and third floors are the neck?* "Stop talking! When you put it like that, you're creeping me out!" Xia Huyou offered a sheepish grimace, genuinely feeling his hairs stand on end. Hearing Su Yu's theory, he found the resemblance more and more uncanny. But... the Star Astral Mansion had nine entire floors, and combined, their space was probably larger than the entire Human Realm! Could this be one person? Then were they all inside a human body? Moreover, this was supposedly the mansion of the ancient Human Sovereign and the headquarters of the All Races Council. If it was fashioned from a person... then the Human Sovereign, an emperor of the sage path, seemed rather brutal, dwelling inside a human corpse. That didn't fit humanity's preconceptions! Some humans believed the ancient Human Sovereign must have been a benevolent ruler. In reality, most cultivators knew better—how could anyone truly benevolent unify the myriad realms? Unifying all realms without slaughter was impossible. Su Yu paid them no further mind. Looking down into the dark abyss of the sinkhole, he agreed it was rather creepy. *If my L-shape theory is correct... and the head was bent back, then if I go down through the mouth, could I actually pass through the throat to reach the second floor, or even higher floors?* Su Yu mused internally, but decided to leave it for later. He soon descended the cliff and landed on a platform below. Right beside it was the pitch-black sinkhole; this platform was, in truth, a tooth. Su Yu wondered: *These teeth... are they even more formidable than carriers?* A nose hair could serve as a carrier! Teeth were among the hardest parts of a human body, boasting an unimaginable sturdiness. Even without any specific tempering, Su Yu's teeth could bite a Lingyun or Shanhai expert to death in one crunch. To say nothing of a peerless expert like Old Zhou! Upon landing, Su Yu stomped firmly on the tooth. It didn't budge an inch, stirring no reaction other than kicking up a bit of dust. Xia Huyou and the others landed one after another, staring at the row of absurdly huge teeth. Huang Teng squatted down and gave one a rap, channeling origin qi into it to sense its composition. He sucked in a breath. "Unbelievably sturdy! If this is a real tooth... even if it isn't, it was crafted to simulate one. If you could pull one out, it would be overwhelmingly powerful!" Su Yu laughed. "Keep dreaming. Pull one out? Pull out my ass! Plucking a single hair was hard enough, let alone a tooth! If you have that kind of ambition, you'd be better off searching for where his scalp is. Maybe there's a sea of hair up there, where every single strand is a carrier—hundreds of thousands of carriers waiting for you!" "..." Hearing this, everyone froze. Xia Huyou gulped hard. "A-are you serious?" Su Yu surveyed the surroundings without looking back. "Why wouldn't I be? Of course, not every single hair might work, but with so much hair, it'd be completely normal for tens or hundreds of strands to match carriers! After all these years, though, has anyone in the Star Astral Mansion ever seen a treasure ground surrounded by countless giant trees?" Hair would definitely be very long! The problem was that no one had ever seen where it was. Or perhaps this fellow had no scalp? Su Yu considered it. *Whatever, I'll take a look later; if I can't find it, so be it.* Hair... flying up past the eyebrows led to the forehead, and above the forehead should have been the scalp. Unfortunately, Su Yu hadn't seen any scalp. Reaching the forehead brought one to the boundary of this realm. Before long, Su Yu flew into the sinkhole, and the others hurried to follow. *** And right as Su Yu entered the sinkhole, in an unimaginably dark and vast realm, towering pillars reached toward the sky, ringing the entire grand domain. Amidst this murky gloom, Hetu knocked on the dead spirit's head and raged, "Where the hell did you take me?! Where is this? This isn't the Dead Spirit Realm anymore!" *Where was I teleported to?* A bizarre place! Hetu looked grave. This damn place made him distinctly uneasy. Those massive pillars were exceedingly sturdy; even he would struggle to destroy a single one. Crucially, those pillars... were alive! A terrifying place! Even as he spoke, a gargantuan pillar suddenly swept toward him. "Who do you think you're bullying?!" Hetu's fury soared. Striking out with a palm, he unleashed potent death qi, blasting the pillar away. Beside him, the dead spirit was lightning-fast as well, throwing a punch that rattled another pillar. Hetu didn't linger, hurriedly shouting to the dead spirit, "Move, you fool! You're the death of me!" He felt thoroughly aggrieved! He, the great Hetu, had been dragged into a mess by an idiot dead spirit. Where were they teleported? Countless giant pillars! Every pillar attacked intruders, and every pillar was formidable. Even for him, shattering one was no easy feat. What was worse, there were far too many of them—terrifyingly many. Plucking one of these: the inferior ones could serve as Earth armaments, and the superior ones as Heaven armaments. It was frighteningly abundant! Hetu had no desire for such things. Even toward the strongest pillars that could serve as carriers, he had little interest. He had no use for them. Dead spirits didn't fuse the three-life embodiments—they were already dead, so where would three incarnations come from? They had no past and no future. Right now, Hetu only wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible! *Damn it, if I don't go back soon, what if someone takes over my territory?* To dead spirits, the Dead Spirit Heavenly River was the most important thing. Aside from it, very few treasures had any effect on them. Within his territory lay a stretch of the Dead Spirit Heavenly River that was both relatively safe and expansive. If he didn't return soon, someone might assume he was gone and seize his territory. Even if he could take it back upon returning, who knew if they would trash the place in the meantime? Dodging the assaults of the pillars, he glanced at the dead spirit with exasperation and barked, "Do you know how to get out?" *Who in the world was this damned fellow in life?* He was quite strong. What mattered most was that this guy had abruptly plunged into the passage and teleported to this completely unfamiliar realm. Hetu considered himself well-traveled and experienced; even with some lost memories, he shouldn't be completely devoid of any impression. In life, he had probably never been here. Was there really a place in the myriad realms he had never visited? Even Hetu was skeptical. Where on earth was this godforsaken place? A place he had never visited—how bizarre! The dead spirit looked blank and said nothing. A newly awakened dead spirit's memories were still recovering at a crawl—only the faintest, scarcest fragments. Memories would trickle back over time, but such a recovery could take tens of millions of years. Still, being able to awaken from the River of Dead Spirits meant that he would eventually regain his memories, becoming similar to Xingyue and the others in the future. Seeing that he remained silent—or didn't know what to say—Hetu knocked him on the head again and snapped, "Look at you, where have you dragged us?! Damn it, that old turtle must be having the time of his life right now with no one attacking him!" He was furious. The Old Turtle was probably enjoying himself immensely now that nobody was attacking the passage. He could run as wild as he pleased; without Hetu's suppression, the Old Turtle could probably waltz out of the city whenever he wanted! The dead spirit remained vacant. Having had his head smacked a few times, he seemed slightly uncomfortable and shook his head. After running alongside Hetu for a while, he suddenly said, "Go... go up... should... should be able to go up..." Go up? Hetu looked up at the dense thicket of giant pillars, feeling a dull ache in his teeth. Easy for you to say! These pillars practically formed a massive formation; under their relentless, coordinated strikes, even he would suffer. Going up led out? Possessing formidable strength, he weighed the option. *Fine, I'll trust you one more time, you disastrous idiot. If I can't get out, I'll devour you to empower myself!* The two dead spirits soared into the air. Innumerable giant pillars lashed out in lethal strikes. Hetu swatted them away one palm strike at a time, quickly flying all the way to the top of the space. With a resounding crash, Hetu unleashed a palm strike that sent hundreds of pillars flying. Hetu was panting heavily. Looking down now, he couldn't help muttering, "Why do they look like strands of hair hanging down, making so many giant pillars?" Hair! Yes, long hair hanging down. Cursing under his breath, Hetu looked upward. Piercing through the grand pillar formation, he seemed to glimpse something—a glimmer of light. Hetu was overjoyed! *Am I about to get out?* *The real question is, where on earth am I?* *Could this be... the myriad realms?* *Doesn't that mean there's another way out of the Dead Spirit Realm besides the dead spirit passages?* *If that's the case... why bother fighting the Old Turtle!* He could just lead his forces out through here! Of course, it was rather perilous; ordinary dead spirit monarchs might get killed, as even he could barely withstand the endless giant pillars. Fortunately, this newly awakened fellow was no weakling. Lending a hand, the two of them made it up safely. Soon, Hetu led the dazed dead spirit upward along one of the giant pillars. Looking down now, the sight seemed increasingly strange. Viewed from all angles, the pillars truly resembled human hair hanging down. Uneven and jagged! Flying inward, it seemed they were almost against the scalp. Well, in his eyes, it wasn't a scalp, but an impregnable bronze-and-iron barrier. Even if he struck it with full force, he couldn't breach it. With no other choice, Hetu could only keep ascending. Attacks multiplied, but as Hetu flew on, the pillars began to thin out, and through the gaps, he caught sight of bright light. Moments later, he and Daidai passed through the boundless hair and landed on a vast platform. It was not a platform, but the top edge of a forehead. At this moment, Hetu's expression turned bizarre. He looked around. From this enormous platform, massive pillar after massive pillar hung downward! The source of all those pillars attacking him earlier was right here. Now that he stood upon the platform, no more giant pillars attacked him. Hetu's gaze flickered. Looking at Daidai, he hesitated and asked, "Did you... did you come here when you were alive? What kind of damned place is this...?" As he spoke, he frowned slightly and turned to look behind him. In the back was a thin membrane, a glowing dome that resembled a realm barrier. He walked forward; faintly, he could see what lay on the other side. Death qi surged in his eyes, accompanied by a glimmer of divine light. His vision pierced through the membrane to gaze upon the opposite side. His expression shifted—it looked familiar. What did he see? He saw two continuous mountain ranges stretching out in the distance. "Brow Mountain..." He murmured, "Brow Mountain!" Yes, Brow Mountain! At that instant, Hetu's face drained of color. Brow Mountain! Then where was he?! He hurriedly looked down, then behind him, monstrous waves surging through his heart! *I'm looking at Brow Mountain on the other side of the realm barrier—Brow Mountain stretching hundreds, thousands of li!* "Fuck!" Shock overwhelmed Hetu. *Holy shit!* *I'm... I'm inside the Star Astral Mansion!* *No, that's not right!* *In the Star Astral Mansion, the place with Brow Mountain is the first floor. So where am I?* *Floor minus one?* *The basement?!* "The Star Astral Mansion... has a basement?!" "No, no, no... This... this connects to the Dead Spirit Realm!" Hetu's face changed completely. Had he forgotten something? He was not an ancient expert; he was a human expert who had awakened during the first generation, an expert of the first tide change. Even so, he carried the bloodline of an ancient powerhouse, rich with bloodline power. He was utterly aghast. He had been teleported from the Dead Spirit Realm into the basement of the Star Astral Mansion. What did this mean? It meant the Star Astral Mansion ran straight through both the myriad realms and the Dead Spirit Realm! How terrifying was that?! Of course, he also knew another fact: the Dead Spirit Realm actually had an entrance passage into the Star Astral Mansion, but that passage was complicated and opened onto the seventh floor. Getting out was exceedingly difficult due to rule restrictions. Yet here... there seemed to be no rule restrictions! In other words, the passage on the seventh floor was practically a prison cell guarded by rules: you could only come out when permitted, and you had to return when ordered! While this place... seemed like a back door. An unguarded back door! Hetu's expression shifted drastically. In that case, once he entered the Star Astral Mansion from here and eventually teleported out when it closed... would he be sent to the myriad realms, or back to the Dead Spirit Realm? Whatever the case... even if he were sent back to the Dead Spirit Realm, it didn't really matter. Being here signified one crucial thing: free of rule restrictions, he could roam freely inside the Star Astral Mansion! Waves churned in Hetu's heart. He suddenly turned to Daidai and demanded in a heavy voice, "Who the hell are you?! Was this teleportation an accident, or deliberate?! The Dead Spirit Realm actually has a passage leading to the Star Astral Mansion... A passage... Terrifying!" Hetu's expression changed again. "Three hundred and sixty stars, three hundred and sixty passages! Corresponding to the number of special passages in the myriad realms... This... Yes, the Star Astral Mansion opened recently, which means... which means these opened simultaneously!" Thoughts flashed rapidly through his mind. The next moment, he suddenly growled, "Su Yu!" He gritted his teeth! That bastard dared to provoke him last time—did he come this time? Did he come?! "Su Yu!" Hetu suddenly grinned, jet-black teeth showing on his pitch-black face. *Did you come? I... seem to have entered the Star Astral Mansion!* "Hahaha!" Hetu roared with laughter, overjoyed. He quickly turned to Daidai. "Let's go, into the Star Astral Mansion!" Where he was standing was essentially the basement. Hetu had a rough idea of where he was: the forehead! And all those giant pillars earlier were hair... He actually harbored certain suspicions, but dared not voice them aloud. It was too horrifying, something he had never considered before. Fuck! There really was hair! What was more, it penetrated straight into the Dead Spirit Realm. The Human Face Realm merely resembled a human face; it didn't mean people actually believed it was a real human face, just that the creator possessed a rather morbid sense of humor. But... now that actual hair had appeared, Hetu was secretly shaken. Was this just a morbid sense of humor? Was there any need to craft hair as well? As he was thinking, *thud*, he collided with the barrier. Hetu paused. He couldn't pass through? He frowned and threw another palm strike; the barrier vibrated slightly. "I can't get out?" No way! He pondered for a moment, and soon realized something. The Star Astral Mansion had designated entrance passages; one probably couldn't force their way in through here. No matter, I'm already here; I just have to look around. Soon, I'll be inside! Hetu chuckled slyly. He had actually reached the Star Astral Mansion! Looking back at Daidai, this guy was something else! This meant he could have a direct encounter with the juniors of the myriad realms this time. Especially Su Yu! *You'd better be here, and you'd better still be alive. You were acting pretty arrogant, weren't you!* *Daring to provoke me last time, blowing up fragments of my remnant thoughts, and only mocking me after shattering them so I didn't even get the chance to curse back!* Just you wait! He began searching for a passage, preparing to enter the first floor. *** Meanwhile, Su Yu couldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams that the Star Astral Mansion had a basement! For countless years, everyone only knew that this place had nine floors; no one knew a basement existed. Moreover, right now in that basement were two Invincible-level dead spirits. One of whom held a bit of a grudge against him. Having blown up the fellow's remnant resentment last time, Su Yu had assumed the other party could never come out, so he hadn't held back on his mockery. Unaware of all this, Su Yu felt quite relaxed. He was invincible on the first floor! Probably invincible on the second and third floors as well, so what was there to fear? Thus, he took his time. Nine floors in total—if he couldn't go to the ninth, and might not visit the eighth, he could at least check out the seventh... He had plenty of time; the second day hadn't even passed yet, so he was in no hurry at all. Inside the oral cavity, Su Yu felt a mild wave of disgust. When tempering other areas, he could cut away or gouge out whatever was needed, but this mouth... was he supposed to cut away at it too? Soon enough, though, Su Yu discovered there was no need for such trouble. Even so... it was still disgusting. Deep inside the sinkhole, an astral gale swirled. Su Yu tested it out: he only had to keep breathing, inhaling and exhaling, letting the astral wind circulate within his mouth to temper his entire oral cavity. Simple though it was, the crucial point was... this was a mouth! Could Old Zhou have bad breath? Could this astral gale be his breath? *In other words, am I inhaling his breath?* Fine! I'll take it! Even earwax was a peerless treasure, so what couldn't he tolerate? Just look at Xia Huyou and the others—they were practically on all fours inhaling it, all but kissing the giant tongue! Truly gross! Of course, deep within the sinkhole lay a spring of clear water. Several times Su Yu moved to collect what clearly looked like a top-grade treasure, but... it was hard to stomach. Earwax was one thing, breathing in the air was another, but this spring was almost certainly saliva! While he hesitated, Xia Huyou urged frantically, "Su Yu, hurry up and collect it! This is Sovereign Saliva Incense, a treasure famed across the myriad realms!" Beside them, Huang Jiu also explained, "This stuff is even more effective than the sacred springs on the Blood Plains. A single drop can revive the dead and flesh out bare bones. Aren't you injured? If you take a few drops, your physical injuries might heal completely." "I'd rather die!" Su Yu snorted. This was spit! You expect me to drink spit?! And from someone dead for countless years, no less! No way in hell am I eating that! *Forget it, I'll collect it. It's good stuff; at worst, I can sell it to someone else. They won't know.* Then again, the dragon race supposedly had ambergris—dragon saliva incense—rumored to be nurtured by dragon spit, and everyone loved it. Why could people accept dragon saliva? And bird's nest... people accepted that too. Why not Old Zhou's? An expert of his caliber must have been fragrant all over while alive, right? With these messy thoughts running through his head, Su Yu gathered all the spring water. Sure enough, the energy contained within was astonishing, carrying a genuinely sacred essence. "I'll go to the third floor to find the Smiling Lotus! Eating lotus root to heal my body... and if I can't find it..." Su Yu glanced at the spring water in his storage ring. If he couldn't find it... ahem, he'd cross that bridge when he came to it! It was just saliva! Ahem, let's see. No rush; there were plenty of opportunities in the Star Astral Mansion. If things got truly desperate and he needed to heal his physical body immediately, he could reassess the situation. Close your eyes, grit your teeth—what couldn't you swallow? Su Yu prepped himself in advance. Who knew how many people throughout the myriad realms couldn't get a taste of this even if they begged for it! With these thoughts in mind, Su Yu completed the transformation of his mouth aperture. By this point, unable to find the navel, he could only head for the entrance connecting the first and second floors—which should correspond to the Baihui aperture, right? At this stage, Su Yu could feel the transformation of his seven facial apertures. Having a stronger head was secondary; the crucial point was that he felt a leap in his level of life! It felt as if... he were no longer a mortal! Although he hadn't been a mortal for a long time, at this moment Su Yu had a distinct feeling: even if his head were cut off on its own, it would remain alive, perhaps living for quite a while! With Su Yu's great strength, his progress wasn't as conspicuous. The one whose progress was most glaringly obvious was Xia Huyou. After tagging along with Su Yu for just a short while, this guy had already completed twenty-four body-forgings! Terrifying! Then again, there were truly so many treasures here. Picking up scraps here and there allowed him to finish a forging, and after just a few times, he had hit twenty-four. Xia Huyou cultivated the Xia family's inherited art, the body-forging technique that complemented the Heaven-Cleaving Blade, which also totaled thirty-six forgings. By the standard of thirty-six forgings, Xia Huyou had reached the sixth stage of the Tengkong Realm and was on the verge of entering the seventh stage. Perhaps consuming a single piece of earwax would push him straight into the seventh stage—an exceptionally rapid pace. Huang Teng was likewise close to completing another transformation to step into the seventh stage of the Lingyun Realm. As for Su Yu, his combat strength had grown and he had harvested heaps of treasures, yet his physical body showed little change, still remaining at the baseline of the first transformation of the Lingyun Realm without completing a full advancement. *I need a cultivation technique...* Su Yu reflected. Earlier, he had caught glimpses of a cultivation technique operating. As for whether that technique belonged to Old Zhou or to whoever crafted the Star Astral Mansion, Su Yu wasn't entirely sure. However, what he had seen was incomplete. *My divine apertures aren't all open yet... I can set divine apertures aside for now, but the physical body issue truly needs to be resolved. Otherwise, uncoordinated transformations will hinder the strength of my physical body too much!* A technique! Perhaps... he could test it while his body was already injured, to avoid healing up only to get injured again and waste even more resources on recovery. Right now, his physical injuries were quite severe; getting injured a bit more wouldn't make much difference. Flesh Regeneration could keep his body from collapsing, and as long as the foundation remained intact, he would be fine. Of the connections between the 360 apertures, Su Yu had observed roughly 250. Cultivation techniques followed rules of symmetry; by calculating based on symmetry, Su Yu could link over 300 apertures, though a handful of exceptions would need to be verified one by one through trial and error. *The Method of the Heavenly Cycle isn't necessarily singular, nor does it have to be identical to anyone else's... As long as it circulates smoothly, I can temper the apertures as a unified whole to complete my transformations. As for power... that comes second!* Whether an art was powerful or not depended on efficiency. Among arts opening the same thirty-six apertures, some had superior utilization and unleashed greater might. Even with the exact same thirty-six apertures, differing circulation sequences could yield entirely different combat power. As long as it could circulate without harming oneself, it was a viable technique! *My immediate goal is circulation. As for strength, I can refine and adjust it later.* Having finished tempering his mouth aperture, Su Yu pondered further. Since this was a head, there ought to be another critical aperture here! The Brow Center Aperture! That was an aperture he had obtained from the demon race. Su Yu's eyes flickered, and he pointed toward Brow Mountain. "The exit is over there?" "Yeah!" Huang Jiu looked at him. "Didn't you ask that once already?" *No!* Su Yu thought to himself: *Earlier I pointed in that direction, true, but earlier I was actually referring to the Baihui aperture. Yet when I took a detour to look earlier, the forehead was the dead end of this realm.* *The Baihui aperture isn't there—that's the Brow Center Aperture!* You entered the second floor through the Brow Center Aperture! "The Brow Center Aperture..." Su Yu muttered. In that case, perhaps he could observe how the Brow Center Aperture circulated. Three apertures were tricky because they lacked symmetry. The Brow Center Aperture, the Sky-Piercing Aperture, and the spine aperture from the god race. Once he figured out how these three apertures circulated, he could deduce the overarching technique in broad strokes! "Brow Center, spine, Sky-Piercing Aperture..." Su Yu murmured. He would go check the circulation pattern of the Brow Center Aperture. "Also..." He suddenly looked toward the sinkhole and said in a low voice, "There might be a gateway in this place!" The three looked at him in surprise. Where would a gateway come from? "One of those grand doors..." Su Yu meant the doors of the special passages. He suspected that the 360 grand doors had all returned here, taking their respective places within the apertures—perhaps that was the materialization of the apertures! Thus, a gateway might exist in all 360 apertures—an exit gateway. Yet none had been spotted so far, likely concealed within the void. Or perhaps they would only gather together when it was time to leave. He had yet to fully uncover the secrets of the Star Astral Mansion. No rush; take it floor by floor. Su Yu quickly said, "Let's head to the entrance and check out the second floor!" "We're not exploring more?" Xia Huyou was reluctant to leave the first floor. "There are other treasure grounds on the first floor..." Su Yu waved a hand. "Not going. The places you're talking about are probably just sweat pores. Pointless, all garbage!" All right then! Xia Huyou was speechless. Garbage? Earwax was garbage, nose hair was garbage, saliva was garbage, yet didn't you collect every single one of them? Looking back at those enormous teeth, Xia Huyou sighed with regret. "Too bad we can't knock these loose. If we could, using them as Heaven armaments or carriers wouldn't be a problem at all!" "You'd sooner get yourself killed!" Su Yu rolled his eyes. Old Zhou still possessed his instincts; he'd bite you to death in one chomp! Then again... Su Yu looked at the teeth on the cliffs flanking both sides. If they truly could be knocked out, every single one would be a supreme treasure! What a pity! Could Old Zhou close his mouth? Thinking of this, he grabbed the others and said, "Move, fly farther away. This place is dangerous!" "Dangerous?" The others were baffled. Where was the danger? Su Yu ignored them. If he said there was danger, there was danger. Once they had flown a considerable distance away, Su Yu suddenly unsealed an aperture—the aperture he had sealed earlier. Immediately, the furious bellows and roars assaulted him once more. Fortunately, Su Yu was prepared this time and wasn't badly affected. Aperture opened, Su Yu waved his hand to erect a sound barrier around Xia Huyou and the others, then muttered in a low voice once more: "Taishan!" BOOM! "TAISHAN!" Heaven collapsed and earth split as the roar echoed again, rocking the firmament! In the distance, the teeth flanking the sinkhole suddenly snapped shut with savage fury. With a sickening *crunch*, the very void was bitten to pieces! Chilling to the bone! Shocked, Su Yu swiftly sealed the aperture. With that seal, the chain reaction gradually subsided. The clenched teeth parted again, revealing the sinkhole once more. Su Yu drew a sharp breath of cold air! *Could I... lure an Invincible down to the first floor?* *Holy shit!* *If this thing clamped down on an Invincible, even if it didn't kill them, they'd be grievously wounded!* The snap was absurdly fast! Meanwhile, Xia Huyou and the others were utterly startled. However, the disturbance hadn't spread too far, and the moment Su Yu sealed his aperture, all commotion vanished. The others looked back; the sinkhole was still the sinkhole, looking no different except for a few extra spatial fissures floating above it. Xia Huyou said with lingering dread, "Su Yu, you really are something. How did you know spatial cracks would appear? It really was dangerous!" Su Yu smiled. *Nonsense, of course I knew.* *The danger in your eyes was caused by me... no, by Old Zhou. His instincts really are still intact. With just this mouth, biting a Sun Moon to death wouldn't be difficult at all, and it might even bite an Invincible to death!* "Let's go!" Su Yu led the group away in a swift flight. And right at that moment, Hetu wore a grave expression. Danger! He had suddenly sensed danger just now. *Forget it, I'll wait a bit. Something seems to have happened on the first floor; it feels dangerous!*