Chapter 1018: Chapter 1018

Capítulo 1018: Chapter 173: Shattering the Iron Wall

The convoy drove into the Iron Wall.

“Ahead is the destination, Area B14.”

The voice of [Deep Sea] sounded through the broken car stereo of the old limousine.

The entire Snow Cage was divided into several distinct large areas.

These areas were categorized based on the prisoners’ level of danger… After the comprehensive implementation of the deep water area, as long as Transcendents used the Spirit Network, they would leave traces, and the spiritual powers of the criminals held in the Snow Cage could be fully viewed in the database.

Of course, there are also those ruthless individuals who do not engage in any spiritual links.

But the East Continent’s three institutes are not to be trifled with; every prisoner sent to the [Snow Cage] is personally examined by a Judge from Changye to avoid any discrepancies.

In these years, the [Snow Cage] has never been breached, and all those sent for incarceration have been smoothly subdued and imprisoned.

This time, the Gu family escorted the prisoner, a “betrayer” who was involved in the previous cemetery incident with Gu Lushen. Gu Lushen is now dead, and this case involves a complex network of forces. After all, under the banner of the Changye Gu Family, there are other small families clinging and entwining… Mr. Gu, of the old faction, has regained dominance, ending the protracted battle between the new and old factions. Naturally, the first thing he did was eliminate future troubles!

Luo Yu piloted a heavy helicopter, maneuvering in the air.

The guarding rights of the Iron Wall are jointly held by the five families and the three institutes. The Gu family’s escort this time has already undergone multiple layers of approval. He has been granted numerous privileges by the [Deep Sea] to oversee the escort mission from the air.

“Young Master, the prisoner has been successfully escorted, everything is as usual.”

In fact, with Gu Nanfeng in charge, this escort mission was bound to have no incidents.

For this kind of escort mission, in most cases, dispatching two fourth-tier individuals is enough to ensure security.

In the face of the Titled, all conspiracies and schemes are meaningless.

Gu Nanfeng and Tomb Ghost were the last to enter the Iron Wall, and this broken car did not disappoint in the last stretch of the road, stalling completely. Even [Deep Sea] could not start it again, forcing the two to disembark and walk.

The escort mission proceeded smoothly, with Transcendents from the Gu family and Luo Yu overseeing it.

Gu Nanfeng led the way with Tomb Ghost, heading straight to where the Heavenly Sheath was located.

Along the way, they passed numerous Iron Wall cells, each exuding one eerie Extraordinary Aura after another…

Tomb Ghost looked a bit peculiar.

He instinctively moved closer to Gu Nanfeng… The closer the prisoners’ residences in the Snow Cage were to the Heavenly Sheath, the higher their danger level.

“Isn’t it said that this stone can diminish a Transcendent’s ‘source essence’?”

Tomb Ghost muttered softly, “Yet these guys’ auras are still so strong…”

“Actually, these auras are already very weak.”

Gu Nanfeng spoke calmly, “Stay here for a month, and even the Deep Sea Eleventh Layer would at most have just above third-tier strength.”

“As for the auras you just sensed…”

He paused slightly, glanced at a certain cell, and said calmly, “One of them is indeed strong. It’s just a newly imprisoned Titled, who hasn’t really come into contact with the ‘Heavenly Sheath’ yet.”

Tomb Ghost exclaimed in surprise, reacting swiftly and guessing at once who the powerful aura belonged to.

Throughout the Five Continents, how many Titled are there?

Recently imprisoned in the “Snow Cage”, apart from that temporary Grand Judge, who else could it be?

As soon as these words were spoken… the spiritual aura in a certain cell trembled lightly.

His spiritual power could extend beyond the cell.

A Titled level Transcendent, with such powerful abilities, the three institutes had given up on specially crafting materials to restrict their capabilities… as long as the imprisoned one could not break through the cage, it was enough.

A slight leak of spiritual power could not change anything.

Zhu Wang being held here meant it was already the core area of the entire Tundra Prison… Tomb Ghost had already seen, not far ahead, the location of the Heavenly Sheath!

At this moment, countless threads of mist danced in the wind, forming a towering, imposing human shape before the two.

“Nanfeng, you’ve come.”

A deep, hoarse voice resonated in the throat of the human-shaped mist.

This figure hovered in the air.

Tomb Ghost felt a wave of heart palpitations, lowering his gaze, under the dark light’s reflection, the figure was floating off the ground, without even a shadow below…

The [Snow Cage] is the most important major prison of the entire East Continent!

Here, even Titled level Transcendents can be detained!

Therefore… the five families and three institutes must deploy enough powerful Transcendents to maintain order, and to handle potential critical situations, these overseers must at least possess Titled strength.

Gu Nanfeng slightly bowed and spoke softly, “This is my friend, I’ve brought him here to attempt to decipher the ‘Heavenly Sheath’.”

There are two Titled overseeing the Snow Cage.

One of them was a “Sacrificial” of the Gu family, while the other was successfully promoted to the “Great Prison Officer” of East Continent’s largest prison through the three institutes’ selection system.

This Mr. Ghost before them, is that “Great Prison Officer”!

He is Mr. Shan’s junior apprentice.

Both of them, in their youth, were the pride of Changye; however, later… Mr. Ghost came to the [Snow Cage], and from that day forward, he withdrew his fame, disappearing entirely from the public eye.

This Great Prison Officer conducts himself with extreme low-key mannerism, strictly upholding the rules, never leaving the Iron Wall.

Over the years, the [Snow Cage] has not been entirely peaceful; these cunning villains have organized and erupted into disturbances several times… But with Mr. Ghost present, these disturbances were nipped in the bud.

His ability is called [Ghost Mist].

Due to the adverse influence of the “Heavenly Sheath”, Mr. Ghost’s physical form resides along the outer perimeter of the Iron Wall, and usually, he wouldn’t approach the central area… which also retained his maximum strength. Those imprisoned in the Snow Cage Titled have their powers severely weakened under the prolonged contact with the Iron Wall, even if they found opportunities to escape, they could not possibly contend with Mr. Ghost.

“This matter… is indeed against protocol.”

The figure within the gray mist slowly spoke, then abruptly changed the topic, saying, “But Mr. Xue told me that the deciphering of the ‘Heavenly Sheath’ ancient texts is critically important. If he really manages to understand some of it, making an exception isn’t out of the question.”

The “Mr. Xue” he referred to is the other Titled jointly guarding the Iron Wall.

The Sacrificial of the Gu family.

“Thank you, Great Prison Officer.”

Gu Nanfeng sincerely bowed, and the shadow in the gray mist nodded and then dissipated. Its voice lingered in Tomb Ghost’s ears: “When comprehending ancient texts, it’s best to observe from afar. Never touch the ‘Heavenly Sheath’, as it may inflict permanent damage to your abilities.”

There is another reason why this prison could be established.

That is… after leaving the “Heavenly Sheath”, weakened powers will gradually recover.

Therefore, the “Judges” who come to the Iron Wall will rotate periodically.

The compensation given by the Five Families and the Three Great Powers is generous enough, and many of the Transcendents are willing to enter the [Snow Cage]. Although their abilities will be suppressed… their powers will slowly recover once the task is completed, it just requires a bit of time.

But touching the “Heavenly Sheath” brings no such certainty.

There were Transcendents who lost their abilities forever due to directly touching the Heavenly Sheath…

Every Judge who enters the [Snow Cage] bears this in mind and usually keeps a safe distance from the Heavenly Sheath. After all, that towering stone, which the great figures of Changye have pondered over for centuries, remains an enigma.

Tomb Ghost stood before the Heavenly Sheath.

He looked at the giant stone piercing through the frozen snow and the cold sky.

The giant stone resembled a sharp sword, piercing straight into the Skytop, and at this moment, he felt as insignificant as an ant on the ground. From a distance, he could only see the Heavenly Sheath piercing the clouds of the dome… unable to discern its true endpoint.

He felt a little dazed.

Silently exhaling, Tomb Ghost turned around and saw Gu Nanfeng holding a wooden sword, standing not far away. He maintained a safe distance, neither disturbing him nor being influenced by the Heavenly Sheath.

The two exchanged glances, and Gu Nanfeng nodded, signaling that Tomb Ghost could safely proceed with the comprehension.

Around the Heavenly Sheath, there was an unprecedented silence.

Tomb Ghost turned his head back, and in Gu Nanfeng’s view, the ancient text comprehension formally began.

But in reality, Tomb Ghost was just staring dazedly at the ancient texts on the Heavenly Sheath.

His expression was quite complex…

In the conversation with Gu Nanfeng on the carriage just now, he told half a lie.

This year, indeed, Gu Nanfeng treated him well, he hadn’t lied about that.

But… why come to the Heavenly Sheath?

He didn’t know either.

Was it because Young Master Gu treated him with utmost kindness?

Perhaps so… But Tomb Ghost knew deep down that what truly attracted him to the Heavenly Sheath, making him willingly endure the harsh cold along the way, was an intangible guidance.

Yes, it was something he couldn’t express in words.

The autumn cicada chasing after the spring breeze, the moth yearning to witness the sunrise.

Standing before the “Heavenly Sheath”, countless trivial thoughts echoed in his mind. For a moment, Tomb Ghost fell into a long reverie, and those ancient texts he had never seen before… inexplicably became extraordinarily familiar.

It felt like falling back into a Dream.

Why did he come to the Heavenly Sheath?

The real reason was rather absurd; the cold blood in Tomb Ghost’s body, frozen for perhaps countless years, suddenly ignited overnight.

He felt the need to visit a certain place.

A place with a stone sword towering into the clouds. The source of this content ɪs novel⟡fire.net

And walls as fragile as paper.

That place was called Snow Cage.

But… Tomb Ghost always felt as if there was something missing in this muddled dream?

His blood remained cold.

Perhaps he was missing a bit of… warmth?

In a moment of daze, he seemed to hear the piercing sound of alarms, the growing roar of helicopter rotors in the air, and the angry shout of Gu Nanfeng behind him. Perhaps because he unknowingly sank into the “Dream of Ancient Texts”, everything seemed to move very slowly.

But in truth, it all happened in an instant.

Countless sounds erupted simultaneously!

A roar capable of shattering a thousand-foot-high mountain exploded at an extremely close range.

A giant emitting scalding steam shattered the iron wall before Tomb Ghost with its shoulder, and Tomb Ghost stared dazedly at the spectacle of the real world overlapping with the illusory dream——

The giant roared loudly, and after shattering layer upon layer of iron walls, it unhesitatingly crashed into the Heavenly Sheath. Under the steaming hot mist, it showed no expressions of pain, only extending two massive hands, gripping tightly the stone sword, trying to pull it out.

The sorrowful roar thundered through the Skytop.

In the midst of countless hot steam, Tomb Ghost stared blankly at the behemoth radiating billions of heat…

He could no longer distinguish whether he was in a dream or reality.

Why… were two streams of hot tears flowing down the steam-covered cheeks of that behemoth.