Chapter 972: Chapter 972

Chapter 972: Chapter 133: Meng Xiao’s Remnant Will

Transcendence, in fact, is not particularly difficult.

This is not just Gu Shen’s subjective feeling after making some achievements.

After all, achieving “Transcendence” at the first order could, in a way, be considered a Transcendent.

The real challenge is maintaining “Transcendence” in the later stages.

Extraordinary Cultivation is like a long, daunting journey, and taking the lead at the start doesn’t guarantee leading all the way.

Achieving second Transcendence at the third order can be called “a monster.” Talents like Mu Wanqiu, across the entire third order, would find no Transcendent as a match for the Judge… Yet there will come a day when she steps into the fourth order, and the advantage from Transcendence won’t be as significant.

Lu Zhe, achieving Transcendence at the Fourth Order Peak, that is truly divine.

Gu Shen still looks forward to the day when he can spar and exchange experiences with this team captain.

The rescue mission is basically completed.

One airship after another prepares to return, and Lin Lin, having completed his report, rushes over.

Seeing Gu Shen unharmed, he breathes a sigh of relief.

Lin Lin pats Gu Shen’s shoulder meaningfully, suddenly remembering something, “Just the three of you at Black Snow Mountain?”

With these words spoken.

The expressions of Gu Shen, Lu Zhe, and Mu Wanqiu subtly change.

Zhong Yuan also hurried over, his concern for Gu Shen no less than Lin Lin’s, because along the way, Meng Xiao’s intent to kill Gu Shen was too obvious.

Moreover, having seen Meng Xiao’s “summoning” scene…he truly worried that something might have happened to Gu Shen. Discover more novels at NoveI-Fire.ɴet

At this moment, Zhong Yuan looked at the team captain, anxiously asking, “And the other one? Where’s Meng Xiao?”

The mission for this guy wasn’t just to bring back Gu Shen and Mu Wanqiu.

There was also the task of arresting Meng Xiao!

Lu Zhe opened his mouth, falling silent for a moment.

From the Empress’s words, it wasn’t hard to guess that Meng Xiao was dead, having perished behind Black Snow Mountain…

But he couldn’t tell Zhong Yuan that.

Zhong Yuan was momentarily stunned, thinking of a scenario he hadn’t considered, Meng Xiao… was counter-killed!

This couldn’t be blamed on him.

Anyone would think so… Even if Gu Shen is a genius, he’s only third order, and even if he unexpectedly encountered Mu Wanqiu, the two combined wouldn’t stand a chance against the fourth order Meng Xiao blessed by Light City!

Gu Shen spoke up for Lu Zhe, calmly saying, “Captain Lu Zhe and I have already searched, the entire Black River showed no sign of Meng Xiao, no one knows where he went, perhaps he absconded out of guilt.”

Lin Lin looked at Gu Shen with a complicated expression, silently giving a thumbs up.

This answer, brilliant!

The truth of it doesn’t matter to North Continent, but it’s very important to Light City…

At Black Snow Mountain, Meng Xiao killed all his comrades, pursued Gu Shen alone, and jumped into the latter part of the Duolu River, as for what happened, no one knows.

No one knows, which means… anything is possible.

With these words, Zhong Yuan swiftly understood.

He slowly nodded, thoroughly affirming, “Even Her Majesty the Empress didn’t realize it, it seems he escaped using some method, truly a cunning thief.”

Soon, Light City will send people to investigate the case!

And the way to handle this case is already laid out.

North Continent knows nothing of Meng Xiao’s death because in their view… Meng Xiao absconded on his own, and what happens next, naturally he perished amid the Traveler’s onslaught.

There is no evidence to prove all this, but it doesn’t matter.

Because there’s similarly no evidence to prove Meng Xiao died at the hands of others.

Gu Shen rode the main ship back to Central City together.

For him, there was no hurry to leave at the moment.

The mission restart finally concluded… but he still had many unresolved issues, the stone wall he saw in the Duolu River, the unknown “translator,” all these questions, only the Empress could answer.

Because this mission seemed to be under the Empress’s control from beginning to end!

The great sovereign sitting on the second floor of the pavilion seemingly possessed “Superworldly Knowledge,” able to see through the future and manipulate the fate of the mortal world.

He made a request to the Lord of the Legion, expressing his desire to have another audience with the Empress.

This request wasn’t excessive.

The Lord of the Legion agreed, but having an audience with the Empress is no small affair… The specific audience time would be scheduled for another day.

This time, North Continent truly “gained a great return”!

They captured a “Divine Throne” from the Old World, so massive that the main ship couldn’t carry it, a Frozen Traveler was lifted in midair by tens of thousands of flying swords and transported through a nearby “Portal” to the underground of Northern Continent Central City.

Next, the Empress will use the Traveler’s “Seed of Fire” as fuel for her own furnace!

This will become a true “Divine Miracle”…

For many years to come, Central City will become an “Eternal Flame City”, a true “Spring City”, with the fuel provided by a pure “fire seed” being inexhaustible… In addition, technicians in North Continent will set up a lab beneath the furnace to study the bodily structure of “travellers” and other uses of the fire seed between their brows.

This will be the second technological explosion in North Continent.

This restart mission is of extraordinary significance… Humans can finally confirm that the [Old World] indeed has areas where creatures can survive, and these “bone-winged creatures” that ventured into the Duolu River Disaster Realm were mostly exterminated, but a very few were spared by the Empress and locked in cages.

These low-level creatures that can survive in the Old World will also be the subject of future research.

In the harsh wasteland environment, they need to undergo extremely brutal evolution… to resist the winds that alternately scorch and chill.

Their bones, blood, and “wisdom” are all vital data.

But the only pity is that those “wisdom creatures” are all already dead; when the Empress descended, only one wisdom creature did not escape in time, and before the Empress’s Sword Qi could reach it, it chose to commit suicide.

If we could capture a live “High Order Traveler Clan”, humanity might take another epic step forward in the ancient text studies that have made no progress for years.

As combatants in the “restart mission,” every Transcendent here can be considered heroes recorded in history.

They will return with full honor and will be granted titles, but before the conferment, Central City will provide accommodations for them to recover.

In the days to come, these Transcendents will have direct access to the Underground Research Institute, where they can observe the dissembled forms of the “bone-winged creatures” they slew, and North Continent’s latest research results on creatures from the Old World…

This mission has actually also sounded an alarm for North Continent.

Since there exist wisdom creatures in the [Old World], perhaps one day in the future… the fortress may be attacked not by storms.

But by these extraordinary creatures!

Duke Zhuxue arranged a small courtyard on Xuankong Mountain for Gu Shen, a place with serene scenery and usually undisturbed, with the only downside being its considerable distance from the main city area within the five-ring, requiring a flight to reach Central City’s bustling area.

However, Gu Shen didn’t mind.

To him, this quiet place for cultivation was arranged perfectly and suited his heart well.

Settling down, the first thing he did was to set up “aura shielding” Sealed Objects.

The Array Patterns he learned from Qingzhong and Master Qianye were plastered all over the courtyard.

In addition, he also took out a “ring” that could devour Divine Throne spirits to ensure absolute security!

Then… he began to check the precise results of his Nether River journey.

In the Nether River, he slew Meng Xiao!

On Meng Xiao’s body… he scavenged quite a few items, the two most valuable being the “Zhenyue Robe” and another with an unclear effect, the “Light Bracelet.”

The reason for such stringent arrangements was because Gu Shen was worried the items on this Blessed Son were connected to Light City.

He had witnessed the Holy Judge’s madness in the Netherworld Palace… give these guys a hand cannon, and they’d dare to attack the Netherworld King!

If they targeted him, it would surely lead to endless trouble.

Ensuring everything was meticulously prepared, Gu Shen then dared to “loot the package.”

“B-level Sealed Objects…”

“C-level Sealed Objects…”

He first checked the small items on Meng Xiao’s body, worthy of a Blessed Son, wealthy and profound, these small items were not highly valuable, but their quantity was extensive nonetheless.

However, some of the lower quality ones had already shattered.

In the battle with Gu Shen, these low-level Sealed Objects were basically of no use.

After all, when Gu Shen acted, he used [Extinguishing Candle], iron arrows, giving Meng Xiao no chance to fight a war of attrition…

“These things are not what I want.”

Gu Shen ignited a flame in his palm, his expression calm, as he tossed these useless items one by one into the “Chi Huo”, watching the Netherworld Fire burn them until they became nothingness.

These were all Meng Xiao’s Sealed Objects.

From now on, they won’t appear in this world.

Gu Shen wouldn’t give the Holy Judge a single clue, the reason he kept these things till now was to ensure he didn’t misjudge… all along, he suspected Meng Xiao had a “Divination Artifact” similar to a pendant.

After destroying these worthless small items, Gu Shen could basically confirm that the “Divination Artifact” was the bracelet with concealed aura, unable to gauge its quality.

He squinted his eyes, carefully reaching out to touch the bracelet.

Hmm… Without infusion of Extraordinary Ability, the bracelet wouldn’t have any reaction.

“This bracelet already has a master. If I hastily infuse spiritual power, will it cause some abnormal change?”

Gu Shen held his breath.

He infused a strand of spirit into the bracelet!

A low rumble echoed in the courtyard.

The bracelet filled with Light Aura at this moment erupted with intense spiritual fragments!

It was the remnants from a Transcendent!

Countless rays of light converged into a human face!

That human face was surprisingly Meng Xiao, at this moment sweeping straight out in the air, trying to break through Xuankong Mountain and return to the embrace of Light City!