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Chapter 546: Eastern Territory King

So what if half his strength was used up?

Wasn't his current battle strength far above Chu Tian's group of three?

Who will die was not certain!

Kildan thought this, the difference in cultivation between both sides was indeed like this. The person he wanted to kill the most now was not Mei Ji, but rather that human of unknown origin. It was because of this fellow's interference that this simple task was ruined like this. This would be a heavy loss and a great shame to the various cities!

The Flame Demon's power exploded!

Kildan released his power into the ground.

Chu Tian could clearly see the rich energy spreading in all directions. Wherever the heat wave spread, the ground was cracked all over and lava wildly poured out. It turned the area of several kilometers into a cracked battle environment.

An extremely powerful Flame Demon could use their power to create the most suitable fighting environment.

The Devil's Gate area was filled with volcanoes, therefore it was as easy as flipping one's hand to create this environment. Kildan in this situation, his battle strength would naturally increase by several times!

"Shadow Transformation!"

Zorro's illusory body shook a few times and each shake created a shadow. Each shadow became a clone of Zorro that was completely alike the original…..This was called a real clone!

Chu Tian's Netherworld Clone was a clone formed from the weapon spirit Netherworld!

Zorro had truly split his body, so they had most of the powers of the original form, but they were just a bit weaker. Of course, this was an ability unique to the Shadow Demon bloodline, so other people couldn't learn this technique.

"Shadow Fission!"

"Death Shadow!"

The other experts also used their techniques. Although they were in a very pitiful state after fighting the Hell Fire Demon, they wouldn't lose all of their battle strength. They all attacked now because they wanted to catch Chu Tian's group who had set them up into a trap.

Kildan was like a tree inserted into the cracked ground, slowly allowing his body to flow into the earth. While he was doing this, he said to Chu Tian, "Human, no matter the reason, you won't have a future following Darkness City. I'll give you a chance, join the Flame Demons. Flame Demon City will ignore everything and you can keep living."

Chu Tian revealed a smile, "I'm truly sorry, I'm someone who pays attention to outer appearance. You fellows who look like shit, I think you should save your breath!"

"You brought this upon yourself!" Kildan said to Zorro beside him, "Go, kill him!"

Zorro and the other Shadow Demon experts were already prepared. With several shadow clones, they charged out at Chu Tian.

The little fox took the initiative to jump out, spitting out a puppet. There was a strong bird cry that filled the air and a large flame cloud appeared. This strange scene made Zorro hesitate for a second because Zorro could clearly feel that there was a strong energy wave coming from this flame cloud.

"Zhi!"

With the bird cry, the flaming bird was finally born. When its flaming body drilled out of the flame cloud, a terrifying aura gave people a feeling of suffocation.

The Shadow Demon experts did not even react yet.

The flame demon bird under the little fox's instructions charged right at them, spitting out a strange golden red flame from its mouth. The flames instantly passed through and swept through everything. Zorro's shadow clones were disintegrated and the Shadow Demon experts entering the flame were all turned into charcoal, even their protective spirit energy was no use.

This…..What technique was this!

Kildan never would have dreamed that before Chu Tian's group made a move, this normal looking little creature would be able to control this kind of powerful beast. They had once again clearly underestimated Chu Tian's strength!

Zorro avoided the flame demon bird's attack and immediately began to retreat.

"Sir Zorro, we haven't even begun to fight." Mei Ji deliberately said in a teasing tone, "Could it be you want to retreat?"

As if she was right, a powerful spiritual energy surrounded Zorro!

After Mei Ji's illusion technique hit, Zorro didn't move at all.

Good chance!

Shadow seized this chance to shoot an arrow!

"You guys….." Zorro looked down at his pierced through chest and his illusory form became even fuzzier. His vital energy was currently very weak, "You were clearly heavily injured, how could you possibly….."

Mei Ji and Shadow were both heavily injured before entering the Devil's Gate.

Mei Ji was personally wounded by Zorro, so he understood better than anyone how serious it was. It was already a miracle for Mei Ji to live, but not to mention living, even her power had been restored!

Zorro couldn't understand this.

He would never be able to understand.

After a few seconds, the flame demon bird charged back and flames submerged Zorro, also killing the other normal demons.

Dead.

They were all dead!

This result was without a doubt like a slap to Kildan. He was confident in taking care of the other side, but the other side had pretty much taken care of them in two-three moves. It could be imagined how much of a difference this was.

Who did the Flame Demon Kildan not die.

This was because he was a Flame Demon, so he was immune to flame attacks. This also made him the only demon that could resist the flame demon bird.

"I'll say the same to you." Chu Tian directly said to Kildan, "If you promise that Flame Demon City will become my slaves, I can let you not die."

"In your dreams!"

The half melted body of Kildan began to completely melt. There was bright red liquid dripping down that seeped into the cracks in the ground. Since he directly merged with the flames, as long as he had this move, Kildan could not be killed.

"I have merged with the flames of the earth, how will you kill me?" Kildan's voice came from the ground, "Flames have no use to Flame Demons, it would only increase our Flame Demon strength!"

"Is that so?" Chu Tian gave a cold laugh as a flame lotus appeared in his palm, "Only in my eyes, even flames can be burned."

After saying this.

Chu Tian gave a soft flick of his hand.

This flame lotus fell to the ground and blue and white flames appeared in the cracks. It spread through the cracks at a fast speed, just like flames touching gasoline, instantly filling the fissures in all directions.

It was a profound array formed by blue and white flames.

"Ah, impossible!" Kildan sharp voice came from the ground, "What kind of flame is this? No, impossible, how can Flame Demons be hurt by flames! Impossible, definitely impossible!"

The Netherworld Flame became stronger and it lit up the entire ground.

The cracks reaching several kilometers around Chu Tian released blue and white flames. Kildan thought that merging with the flames in the ground would make him unkillable, but he never would have thought that doing this would create a crematorium for himself.

"You don't have any chance, you have no hope!" Kildan's voice fluttered out of the flames, "The new Eastern Territory King has appeared. Darkness City is the Purgatory World Capital City set by the Eastern Territory King, you cannot escape destruction. If you dare fight the Eastern Territory King, your fates will be a thousand times more tragic than mine….."

Kildan's voice gradually became weaker.

A Flame Demon immune to flame energy actually died to flames? This was simply irony!

"Eastern Territory King?" Mei Ji's face suddenly became very serious, "Could it be the Eastern Territory King really appeared?"

Chu Tian asked in a confused voice, "What is the Eastern Territory King?"

"The large and small forces of the eastern Purgatory World has always been even, therefore there wasn't any chaos. The eastern region has always hoped for a strong and wise ruler, which is the Eastern Territory King Kildan mentioned. This is an existence with the qualification to rule, someone who has strength above the True Spirit Realm!"

Above the True Spirit Realm?

Even in a warring kingdom, this was a country protecting expert and it would be considered a first rate expert in an empire. The eastern region actually gave birth to this kind of expert?

This also explained why the cities joined together to attack Darkness City.

If what Kildan said was true, it was impossible to take back Darkness City!

Chu Tian saw Mei Ji and Shadow's serious expressions and he suddenly said, "This problem isn't hard to solve, let's make a deal! I will help you steal back Darkness City as soon as possible, but half of Darkness City will belong to me from now on."

"Such big tone." Mei Ji snorted, "You think you can stop an army? You think that with your strength alone, you can stop hundreds of experts? You want to own half of Darkness City just based on yourself? This is not just a random bandit, this is an unknown Eastern Territory King!"

Chu Tian shrugged, "Just like you said, it's impossible for you to steal back the city with your strength. So, why don't you choose to believe me once and take a gamble?"

Mei Ji and Shadow half believed him.

But the situation couldn't get worse, so there was no harm in agreeing.

"We can give you the agreement you want, but how will you steal the city back?"

"For the first step, we have to enter the Demon Burial Cave."

Mei Ji looked at him like she was looking at a ghost, "The Demon Burial Cave is a very dangerous place. Once we enter it, we'll face all kinds of fatal situations!"

Chu Tian said, "This is the most essential step in stealing back Darkness City. I have already observed Eyes of the Star on the temple in the Demon Burial Cave, those Eyes of the Star are the most important materials."

Was there a choice?

Of course not!

There were the armies of several Purgatory cities around the Devil's Gate, Chu Tian couldn't bring the two of them away from here. Since it was like this, they could only keep exploring. Perhaps they could make other discoveries.

"Let's go!"

Chu Tian directly set off.

Chapter 547: Idols

Chu Tian returned to where the trap was set. There were currently seven-eight Hell Fire Demons and several hundred flaming demons wandering around. The ground had Green Abyss Flame burning on it and it was like a green forest. This was the Green Abyss Flame that leaked out when the Hell Fire Demons were fighting.

Mei Ji said to Chu Tian, "The Hell Fire Demons are very hard to deal with. Since they have already been lured out, we can skip over them and head directly to the Demon Burial Cave temple."

"No, giving it up for nothing is too wasteful, I won't do something like that." Chu Tian didn't explain as he directly spoke to the little fox, "You know what to do, right?"

The little fox didn't say a single thing

Peng!

With a flash of grey fog.

The little fox appeared in the center of the demons.

Mei Ji and Shadow's expressions changed. The Hell Fire Demons were all in the 9th True Spirit Layer and they were half elemental demons, having no weaknesses and being hard to kill. Otherwise, how could Kildan's group be forced back that tragically? The green flaming demons had been born for over a thousand years, so they were at least in the 1st-2nd True Spirit Layer, they were not that easy to deal with. Now there was no need to provoke them, so why did Chu Tian insist on causing trouble! This was simply illogical!

These Hell Fire Demons noticed the little fox appear at the same time and quickly charged over like wave.

Shadow's eyes popped wide open as he said, "That spirit beast is in danger!"

Chu Tian smiled and said nothing.

This scene made the little fox feel no threat at all, as it calmly breathed out. There was a faint purple wave that came from its little body, instantly spreading around it, trapping all the demons inside. In this strange energy bubble, the demons became much weaker, with each one moving much slower.

It's about time!

The little fox stopped breathing out and began to suck in. The surrounding purple wave came back and it was like a wave raised by a mighty storm. The green flaming demons received a strong magnetic pull and they were instantly shattered, being sucked into the little fox.

A single inhale killed several dozen green flaming demons!

The other green flaming demons and the Hell Fire Demons were seriously injured!

This not only shocked Mei Ji and Shadow, even Chu Tian was surprised by the little fox.

Back in Thunder State, when the little fox faced the weakened Hell Fire Demon who had just passed through planes, it could only slightly control it. He never thought that in just a year, the little fox would progress this much. It already had the ability to completely suck in this kind of powerful Hell Fire Demon!

The Hell Fire Demons did have the ability to thing.

When the little fox used its powerful technique, the Hell Fire Demons felt an intense worry and fear, so they had a certain amount of intelligence. Not to mention when facing the little fox, it was like a rabbit faced with a hawk, as the threat of facing a natural enemy appeared in their hearts, making them lose the courage to even fight back.

Mei Ji watched this unbelievable scene.

These Hell Fire Demons that were known for being crazy and brutal were all preparing to run away.

"Don't let them run!" Chu Tian raised his sword and shouted, "Quickly move and destroy them all!"

The little fox wouldn't let these demons go that easily. It kept sucking in, causing the green flaming demons to be destroyed and weakening the Hell Fire Demons. In the domain of the little fox, it was like they were standing it water, making it very hard for them to move.

Shadow pulled back his bow.

Sou!

The flames surrounding the Hell Fire Demons had mostly been sucked in by the little fox, so they were very weak right now, with their attack and defense dropping greatly. Shadow's arrow actually shattered the body of a Hell Fire Demon. How was this like shooting a powerful demon? This was just like shattering porcelain, being destroyed with a single hit!

Shadow's power was already enough to kill these powerful beings from afar, not to mention the more powerful Mei Ji and Chu Tian? The three of them didn't spend much effort to clear out the Hell Fire Demons, this was completely different from Kildan's encounter.

After the Hell Fire Demons were taken care of, other than the jade like fragments on the ground, each Hell Fire Demon also left a source flame behind.

This was what Chu Tian wanted!

Chu Tian released several Netherworld Flames and each one surrounded a Green Abyss Flame, bringing it back into Chu Tian's body. These powerful Green Abyss Flame could turn any True Spirit Cultivator's body into ashes. Chu Tian had brought them all into his body, what kind of dangerous and wild thing was that!

If bred under the same conditions, the Green Abyss Flame was not inferior to the Netherworld Flame, but this was a flame Chu Tian carefully nurtured. Not only did he consume large amounts of energy and resources, he had swallowed many spirit seeds, including the precious and rare Ice Spirit Flame. In terms of grade, Chu Tian had raised his Netherworld Flame to the Immortal Grade while these Green Abyss Flames were in the Sacred Grade, so the Netherworld Flame could suppress and swallow these Green Abyss Flames.

Even if the Netherworld Flame had a high affinity for evolution and even if it refined these Green Abyss Flames, it couldn't change its quality by much, but still it greatly increased its strength. If it was said that the Netherworld Flame's strength was in the 7th True Spirit Layer before, it suddenly reached the 9th True Spirit Layer!

Chu Tian was most satisfied with the fact that when he refined the Green Abyss Flame, it was like taking several high level Sacred Pills, giving a clear increase to his cultivation. He was already close to the peak 5th True Spirit Layer!

Increased.

And increased again!

In this Purgatory trip, he didn't obtain many benefits for now, but his strength had increased quite a bit.

"That's enough!" Mei Ji indignantly arrived in front of Chu Tian, she already couldn't take this human, "We knew that you are resourceful and you have great abilities, but can you tell us first before you use anything crazy next time? Let us prepare our hearts!"

"Sorry, sorry, I like to create pleasant surprises." Chu Tian was not ashamed at all, rather he grinned as he said, "You'll be working for me in the future, so you should adapt to this soon."

Mei Ji glared at him, "You have to take back Darkness City first!"

Was this something hard to do?

Once Chu Tian linked the Purgatory World to Miracle City, with Miracle City's power, how hard was it to take back Darkness City?

Speaking of this.

Chu Tian had already left Miracle City for several days, he really didn't know what the situation over there was now.

There was no doubt of the young miss' ability and Miracle Commerce was filled with capable people. Chu Tian was most worried about the giants of the forest, especially terrifying existences like Death Wing. If they wanted to move against Miracle City, anything could happen.

No!

Miracle City was their headquarters, things could happen anywhere else but Miracle City.

Chu Tian couldn't keep wasting time in the Purgatory World. He had to obtain the Eyes of the Star and mine the spatial crystals to create a Transport Tower!

"Stop talking, we're leaving!"

Chu Tian didn't have the heart to keep joking. There wasn't only a single temple near the Demon Burial Cave and the little fox found quite a few good things in them. Of course, places with good things was normally filled with danger. Chu Tian didn't want to cause trouble for now, he would talk about it after obtaining the Eyes of the Star.

The Demon Burial Cave's forbidden area was filled with various ancient traps and arrays.

With Chu Tian's powerful Divine Sense and the little fox's vigilance, they didn't trigger any of the traps and smoothly entered into the ancient and mysterious temple.

A restrictive aura was released from in front of them.

The temple was in the center of the Devil's Gate, it was like it was constructed to seal the Demon Burial Cave. The temple's altar and statues all seemed like they were made of very precious metals. Even after all these years, although they had been weathered down, the temple itself looked like it was brand new!

Mei Ji felt her heart beating uncontrollably fast. This was the most dangerous place in the Devil's Gate because there was the Demon Burial Cave made by countless ancient demons underneath their feet. No one knows what kind of things have happened in their over billions of years.

Shadow took out a little knife and said, "You want the idols' eyes?"

"That's right, these eyes are good quality Eyes of the Star." Chu Tian paused before saying, "With these Eyes of the Star, there is hope for Darkness City."

Mei Ji didn't waste words as her wings flapped. She was preparing to fly up and touch a statue.

Chu Tian found the situation strange, "Be careful!"

When Mei Ji touched the statue, what people wouldn't have thought was that there would be a sound that came from within the statue. It sounded like metal clashing and nothing seemed wrong with it, but this sound was like needles drilling into a person's brain.

Pu!

Shadow directly vomited a mouthful of blood.

Mei Ji's spiritual energy was stronger and didn't suffer heavy injuries. She however felt a sharp pain and returned to her original spot with a pale look.

"What is going on here?"

"Each idol seems to have a strong restriction on it." Chu Tian used his Divine Sense to investigate the statues, "No matter what type of energy we use to destroy them with, the restriction within will activate and release a sound like a copper bell. These idols will release deadly spiritual waves and if it wasn't because your movement was light, I'm afraid we would lose our battle strength even if we didn't die."

Shadow wiped the blood from his mouth and felt dizzy, "This power is too strong, what should we do?"

"There is no truly perfect restriction in this world." Chu Tian's brows furrowed, "There must be a way to break it."

Chapter 548: Tentacle monster

Chu Tian's Divine Sense slowly poured out like a wave, quickly filling the entire temple space. The idols standing in the templer were all made from unknown abyss material that could stop Chu Tian's Divine Sense, so he couldn't find out what structure the statues had.

A hard handed method wouldn't work.

There had to be a core in the temple and as long as the core's power was cut off, it wouldn't have the energy to protect itself and the statues could be destroyed.

Shadow found something strange with the altar, so he immediately shouted to Chu Tian, "There seems to be a channel inside the altar!"

Altar?

That's right, it had to be the altar!

Chu Tian did not know what race built this altar, but the altar should be the center of the temple by common sense. The most suitable decision now was to start with the altar.

The entire temple was very large and the altar stood directly right in the center. It was around eighty feet tall and was around three hundred meters in diameter, being in the shape of a trapezoid. The altar was covered in holes and if it wasn't found in the ruins of a temple, one would have thought that it was some strange race's nest.

The altar was hidden by some kind of power and Chu Tian's Divine Sense couldn't enter it, but he could vaguely feel that something was off with it.

"Fox, go and take a look first."

The little fox crawled into the altar. Not only was it vigilant, it also hid its aura, so it wasn't easy to find. At the same time, it was very flexible, so when it met something unknown, it would be able to make the best decision.

In the end.

The little fox had just entered the altar for thirty seconds when it came back in a panic, quickly giving Chu Tian a warning.

"What is going on?"

Chu Tian didn't understand what was happening.

The temple shook like there was an earthquake and from the giant holes on the surface of the temple, there were suddenly large tentacles that came out. Each tentacle was dark red and covered in sharp thorns. There were also ancient and mysterious engravings on it that were releasing a powerful energy and aura. Each tentacle was a thousand meters long and it stretched out of the altar to attack Chu Tian's group.

Chu Tian's hand came together to condense a Demon God's Sword that clashed against the tentacle. But after that, the runes on the surface of the tentacle lit up and an intense energy came from within the tentacle.

It was like a Behemoth's claw!

The Demon God's Sword was shattered and the terrifying energy fell onto Chu Tian. Chu Tian was sent flying to the edge of the temple and he slammed into the wall.

"What monster is this? It has such incredible strength!"

Chu Tian's body was covered in starlight. Although he had the Starlight Immortal Body protecting him, the powerful attack of the monster had shocked Chu Tian.

This must be the beast guarding the temple.

A single tentacle was this strong and there were over a hundred tentacles. If they attacked together, could he resist it?

The roar from within the temple became stronger and stronger.

Over a hundred tentacles had already come out and four-five of them had attacked Shadow and Mei Ji. The runes on the surface of the tentacles had powerful might and they were covered in blade like thorns. If flesh and blood were to touch it, would there still be a single part that was still whole?

A dark arrow flew out!

Shadow lit up a tentacle with black flames, but the monster didn't care about this attack at all, it didn't stop the attacks a single bit. Mei Ji had to make a move seeing this. Her figure suddenly swayed as seven-eight shadows quickly flew out, before she instantly led Shadow away from here.

"Charming Demon Disease Slash!"

Mei Ji launched another attack, with each step leaving a mark, creating an unpredictable pattern. Finally a sharp blade glow flew out and cut off a large tentacle.

Mei Ji was still a 9th True Spirit Layer Expert in the end!

Even if the Succubus excelled in spiritual domain battles, with her high cultivation, Mei Ji wouldn't be weak when it came to fighting with weapons. The cultivation technique of the Succubus was very fast, as well as having a swift and sharp attack, which was only inferior to a top assassin like the Shadow Demons.

Who would have thought that a tentacle falling off wouldn't harm the monster at all. The tentacle that fell off twitched like a fish out of water before disappearing at a speed the naked eye could see. It turned into a smoke that returned to where the tentacle was cut off and it regrew in a very short period of time!

No!

This monster couldn't die.

Mei Ji wanted to run when a roar came from the temple, as over a hundred tentacles shot out. The target of these tentacles this time wasn't the intruders, but rather the shockingly powerful tentacles charged at the idol inside the temple.

It's over!

The monster wanted to attack the idols!

The protective beast of the temple naturally didn't want to destroy the idols. It was like when Mei Ji accidentally touched it and created a powerful spiritual attack. With over a hundred tentacles hitting the idols, it would be over a hundred killing weapons!

With these monsters slamming the idols, it would be hard to imagine how strong the spiritual energy coming from the idols would be. This would be enough to destroy an entire army instantly, not to mention a few intruders?

Not to mention Shadow, even Mei Ji wouldn't have a chance to survive. With the spiritual wave created by over a hundred idols, it would even surpass the giant spiritual wave attack created by the Demon Ants in the Demon Ant Valley. Even if an expert above the True Spirit Realm met this attack, it would be hard for them to escape!

This was because spiritual attack had a very large attack range, it would be too late even if they escaped the temple. Chu Tian didn't have time to use his spatial teleportation.

"Look into my eyes!"

Chu Tian shouted out in this crucial moment. His eyes turned gold and he activated a Divine Sense secret technique.

"Eternal Sleep Eyes!"

Mei Ji and Shadow looked at Chu Tian and instantly felt a very strong energy enter their minds. Shadow immediately fell unconscious onto the ground and Mei Ji had the strength to resist this secret technique, but Mei Ji instantly understood Chu Tian's thoughts. She didn't try resisting and even let go of her defenses, as she let it close her mind.

The minds of the these two people were instantly closed.

When the mind was closed, thoughts completely stopped. In this situation, all spiritual attacks lost the effect to harm them, so this was Chu Tian's only method of saving the two of them.

A wave of bell tolling sounds poured out.

Even with their minds sealed, the two of them bled from all seven orifices, showing that it wasn't a small impact. Chu Tian had a feeling like his head was splitting, but compared to back in the Demon Ants Valley, whether it was Chu Tian's spiritual energy, strength, or Divine Sense, they had all increased. Adding in his immunity to spiritual and soul attacks, he was not hurt at all.

The little fox was also immune to spiritual attacks.

But it was still affected as it became dizzy like it was drunk.

The little was filled with anger when it sobered, pulling out a soul puppet that released flames. The flaming demon bird was a terrifying existence in the peak 9th True Spirit Layer, so this move had a very terrifying destructive might. A wave of flame surged forward towards the altar, burning several tentacles black.

It was no use.

These tentacles were not the monster's true weakness.

Therefore, even if one had the ability to cut them off or burn them all, the monster could recover from it in a very short period of time. The monster's main body was inside the altar and there was a kind of energy guarding the altar. It was like the monster was wearing an invincible armour or it was hiding in a fortress that a True Spirit Expert or an expert above the True Spirit Realm couldn't break. How should this be dealt with?

The tentacles burnt black quickly returned to normal and several tentacles hit the idols again. The flaming demon bird in the air prepared to attack, but it suddenly met this spiritual energy wave attack that instantly turned it into countless sparks as it disappeared on the spot.

This kind of powerful creature had actually been instantly killed.

"Father does not believe I can't take care of you!" Chu Tian shouted to the fox, "Restrain it for me!"

The fox couldn't summon the powerful flaming demon bird for now, but that didn't matter. The fox had good cards as it spat out five green souls into the air. In the end, the five souls turned into meteors as they flew at the altar from five different directions.

When the Hell Fire Demons fell down as meteors, their destructive might could not be matched by the peak 9th True Spirit Layer. They instantly destroyed most of the monster's tentacles. The Hell Fire Demons stood up and surrounded the altar, attracting the tentacle monster's attention.

Good chance!

Chu Tian instantly appeared in front of the altar and stepped over a large tentacle, charing right into the altar. The tentacle monster quickly understood Chu Tian's intention and the giant tentacle covered in thorns began to turn, turning into a giant meat grinder.

Void Escaping!

Chu Tian used his Void Escaping and his teleporting ability to avoid being shredded apart, finally entering a long tunnel. He arrived at the center of the altar and finally saw the main body of the monsters.

This was a life form that looked like an octopus.

This creature's head was very smooth, with a pair of giant green eyes. There was a large mouth filled with white fangs under the eyes. It looked very evil and terrifying, looking like a typical abyss demon.

"You've finally let me see you!"

Chu Tian immediately released the Divine Servants. Without having the time to attack, the tentacle demon's fang filled mouth released a low roar, as countless small tentacles shot out with incredible speed from its mouth.

Too fast!

Chu Tian had not reacted yet when he and his Divine Servants were caught by the tentacles. With a quick speed, they were being pulled into the mouth of the incomparably large monster!

Chapter 549: Abyss Gate

This long tentacle monster's strength was very terrifying, perhaps even a super expert like Lancelot would find it hard to deal with it. No wonder it would be thrown here by the creators of these ruins to protect the temple.

After Chu Tian was caught by the tentacles, it felt like the floodgates broke on his spirit energy. They were quickly being drained while he was being pulled into a bottomless abyss.

There was no air.

There was no light.

The abyss was filled with powerful dark and death demonic energy. This was the world inside the monster!

This monster had a similar ability to the little fox, it had a space within its body that could store many objects and types of energy. The space inside the tentacle monster was not inferior to the temple. Once any living thing was swallowed, it would be instantly corroded by dark energy and finally becoming the tentacle monster's meal. There was no chance of escaping at all.

Chu Tian's spirit energy had already been sucked away.

No matter how deep a cultivator's cultivation base was, they were no different from a normal person if they had no spirit energy. This monster could instantly suck away spirit energy, it could restrain almost all cultivators, therefore there was only death once one was swallowed by the monsters!

Troublesome, truly troublesome.

But to annoy master Chu Tian, you are finished no matter what skills you had!

Chu Tian already had no more spirit energy, but Chu Tian's strength was not just from his cultivation base, it also came from the weapon spirit inside him, as well as his powerful Vision Domain Divine Sense. These powers came from a different source compared to spirit energy.

Hong!

Blue and white flames spread in all directions with Chu Tian at its center.

After the Netherworld Flames swallowed the large amount of Green Abyss Flames, it was now stronger compared to before. The surrounding dark energy became fuel that made the Netherworld Flame several times stronger. If it kept inflating like this, the monster's stomach would be filled with Netherworld Flames and it would bite off more than it could chew!

The tentacle monster felt Chu Tian was resisting therefore it condensed a new kind of energy in the space inside its body. It spread everywhere like black ink and actually resisted the corrosion of the Netherworld Flame.

Such a strong beast!

Chu Tian was calm facing this situation because there was an opening. His Divine Sense had already spread all around him and the eighteen Divine Servants returned to Chu Tian's control.

They were like eighteen light bulbs.

It was also like eighteen suns appearing in the dark night.

When the Netherworld Flames burned the tentacles surrounding the eighteen Divine Servants, the Divine Servants erupted with golden light. They cut through the endless darkness like eighteen meteors, flying into the dark energy in all directions.

Puchi, puchi!

The light pierced through the darkness!

The Divine Servants contained the Spiritual God energy. This dark energy that stopped Netherworld Flame was demonic energy from the tentacle monster, so the Spiritual God energy was the nemesis of the demonic energy, so the Divine Servants instantly destroyed the dark energy even the Netherworld Flame couldn't burn away!

Hong, hong, hong!

The Netherworld Flame continued to wreak havoc, but there was nothing stopping it this time. The entire inner space of the tentacle monster was lit up by the Netherworld Flame. It was like a terrifying stove, erupting with an incredible energy!

When Mei Ji woke up, she found that Chu Tian was gone.

The little fox was operating the Hell Fire Demons to protect them. When it didn't know what was happening.

Suddenly!

The tentacle monster's tentacle twitched like it was shocked. There was a deep roar coming from the altar and large amounts of fissures formed on the firm altar, with each fissure releasing a dazzling light.

An explosion rang out!

The entire altar was shattered!

The center of the explosion was like a sun being born, with blue and white flames quickly filling the air, spreading to every corner of the temple. The idols couldn't resist this and were instantly turned to pieces by the explosion.

Even if one was standing outside the Demon Burial Cave, they could clearly see this giant explosion of energy rising.

This energy storm wreaked havoc for an entire fifteen minutes before it finally settled gradually. Mei Ji found that the entire temple had already been completely destroyed and the surrounding several miles had been completely changed!

What was this terrifying energy?

What made it harder for Mei Ji was that this energy seemed like the flame energy Chu Tian had. Although this explosion was very strong, the flame was very well controlled and it didn't harm them when it came over.

Chu Tian and the eighteen Divine Servants gradually appeared from the sea of flames, not injured at all. He looked like he was just taking a walk.

The little fox appeared in front of Chu Tian.

It opened its little mouth.

Large amounts of Eyes of the Star were spat out.

When the statues were being destroyed, the little fox harvested the Eyes of the Star fragments to avoid them being broken in the energy storm.

"Not bad!" Chu Tian rubbed the little fox's head and couldn't help wondering, "Yi, why did this fellow turn over a new leaf? You're not normally this obedient!"

The Eyes of the Star were rare treasures.

This fellow didn't smuggle a single piece?

The little fox's eyes narrowed and looked around. Chu Tian immediately discovered the change in its expression and also narrowed his eyes. The master and pet looked at each other like this, it was a very strange scene.

Chu Tian suddenly turned and rushed into the ruins.

But the little fox was a step faster, instantly sneaking into the altar. After around a few minutes, it drilled out of the ruins again. It had a black octagonal crystal in its mouth, it was clearly left behind by the tentacle monster.

Chu Tian angrily shouted out, "Damn, don't eat it! Let me see it first!"

The little fox swallowed it without any hesitation.

How powerful of a demon was the tentacle monster? The Eyes of the Star didn't enter the little fox's eyes at all.

The little fox began to digest tentacle monster's inner core and its body quickly inflated, automatically turning into the giant monster fox form. Its fourth tail began to grow and although it was not as perfect as the previous three, it was already close to perfect.

The little fox could possibly be the Nine Tailed Demonic Fox from the great ancient era.

The Nine Tailed Demonic Fox's strength was determined by the number of tails, becoming stronger the more tails it had. Now the little fox had its fourth tail, perhaps it didn't need to fear any True Spirit Cultivators.

This fellow!

Chu Tian let out a helpless sigh, he couldn't obtain it so he couldn't obtain it. Chu Tian found that after the tentacle monster had been taken care of, the large amounts of treasures in its body's space erupted and now the various were filled with various treasures.

Looking over it, there were various ancient treasures and materials.

Chu Tian found several large black eggs, this had to be the tentacle monster's eggs. This monster was this strong, its eggs had to be high quality goods. Perhaps another terrifying being like the tentacle monster could be hatched.

When Chu Tian was prepared to look for other treasures.

The ground suddenly trembled again and there were large fissures that appeared where the altar used to be. A large pit formed where the altar had been and it kept increasing in size, reaching a diameter of over five hundred meters!

Mei Ji shouted, "Such powerful energy waves!"

Chu Tian could feel the powerful energy being released, it was like a volcano being suppressed for billions of years suddenly erupting. His expression couldn't help changing, "Leave this place, go!"

Chu Tian teleported the weakened Mei Ji and the unconscious Shadow over a hundred meters away. They turned back to see an intense energy soaring into the sky, like a sharp sword cutting apart the giant barrier in the sky.

The entire Devil's Gate began to tremble.

The powerful barrier of the Devil's Gate was hit by this intense energy and instantly trembled. The ground began to fill with cracks like it was hit by a powerful earthquake.

The Demon Burial Cave temple was built to suppress something and now that the temple had been destroyed by Chu Tian, the thing in the large hole had to be the thing that was being suppressed.

Mei Ji had an ugly expression, "This must be the Demon Burial Cave, only the Demon Burial Cave can give birth to such intense energy!"

The Devil's Gate barrier clashed with the powerful energy of the Demon Burial Cave.

The Devil's Gate barrier began to distort from the powerful energy. It was like a giant air bubble that could break at any moment!

This attack and defend situation reached a deadlock and finally the energy from the Demon Burial Cave gradually weakened. The barrier had been purple red in colour, but after being hit by that powerful attack, it had turned a light pink. The barrier had been clearly weakened by a large amount!

After around a quarter of an hour, the Demon Burial Cave released an aura that instantly covered the Devil's Gate area. Chu Tian and Mei Ji could clearly feel that this was an evil and cold energy.

"Abyss, this is the aura of the Abyss!" Chu Tian looked at the large hole of the Demon Burial Cave and said, "If my guesses aren't wrong, there is an Abyss Gate under the Purgatory World!

Mei Ji was very confused, "What are you saying? Abyss?"

The Abyss World was the real birthplace of demons. The demons of the Purgatory World, if their roots were traced, they would come from the Abyss World. Only after they entered this world from the Abyss World, after a long time of multiplication and change, they were different from the Abyss World demons.

The Hell Fire Demons and the tentacle monster were demons from the Abyss.

There weren't many high intelligence races among the Abyss demons and they had very special characteristics. There would be frequent incredible evolutions or variations, so there was a very small amount of Abyss demons.

Chu Tian explained, "Actually the formation of the Purgatory World is because of the Abyss Gate under the Purgatory World. The so called Abyss Gate is a gate to another plane, putting it simply, it is a large and very stable channel. As long as we pass through this channel, we can enter the Abyss World."

These concepts for the people of this era were fresh new ideas they couldn't understand.

"With the same reasoning, once the creatures of the Abyss World discover the channel to this world, the Abyss World can invade this world from that channel." Chu Tian said this before pausing, "I think the Purgatory World's Devil's Gate is a giant array. It exist to seal this Abyss pathway and stop this world from being corroded and invaded by the Abyss World."

"You're saying that the Devil's Gate is a pathway and it connects to another world?"

"Understand this, the Devil's Gate is actually the pathway to the home of you demons." Chu Tian said this and paused, "The Abyss is not another world, we are just a plane inside the Abyss. There are quite a few planes like ours in the Abyss, with most of them not having any life and very few of them containing life."

Chapter 550: Returning to Miracle City

The Abyss World was an incredible place.

Chu Tian lived in the planar era where several empires and large companies had already begun planar expansion. Chu Tian had gone to the Abyss World more than once and the Forest of Chaos area was the most important entrance to the Abyss World on the continent.

At that time, the Purgatory World was a special place for the continent.

It did not belong to any empire or super powers. The value of the abyss pathway was too big, it was not something a single power or country could monopolize. Therefore the Purgatory World was very rich and prosperous, it was completely different from the current Purgatory World.

In the history books.

There was a large disaster for the continent in the past, it was around the early to mid source energy technology era. Countless demons and unknown life forms appeared and the Abyss aura polluted large amounts of land, turning normal beings into cruel demons. This was the most serious time in history, around three thirds of the continents intelligent beings were lost in a hundred years. It took an entire thousand to two thousand years before they recovered from this event.

The base of this disaster was from the Purgatory World's seal breaking, causing the aura gathered over countless of years burst out at once. However, because of this large problem, the people of the continent found the Abyss pathway underground and it became the foundation of the continent's colonization era.

Chu Tian had found this place ten thousand years ahead of time.

The Purgatory World under the Forest of Chaos was one of the Abyss pathways sealed since ancient times. This was not just a path into the Abyss, it was also a ruin filled with great treasures left by the great ancient ancestors!

This was an adventure filled with risk and opportunity.

Chu Tian did not know if prematurely exploring the Abyss was a blessing or curse for the continent. After all, the continent's technology level was very low and it wasn't ready to explored the Abyss yet. Moreover, rashly moving in the Abyss could draw the attention of the Abyss demons. If these damn locusts invaded the continent, it would be a great disaster for the continent!

This was not a small matter and needed to be considered. The Purgatory World had many Devil's Gates and a break in one region will not create a complete collapse. Therefore, the Abyss Gate hadn't truly opened yet and Chu Tian had time to prepare.

Because of the energy sealed inside the Demon Burial Cave and the Abyss tunnel for tens of thousands of years, although he knew that there were treasures hidden inside, with Chu Tian's current abilities, he couldn't survey it.

"The evil aura and Abyss energy stored in the Demon Burial Cave for tens of thousands of years has begun to spread over the area. This will become an area of destruction in the next few days, we should quickly leave this place."

Because of the energy attack from the Demon Burial Cave, the Devil's Gate barrier was very weak and they didn't need to leave from the entrance. Chu Tian using the Netherworld Flame and with the little fox's ability, he could easily make an exit in another place.

This adventure ended mainly in failure.

This was because they couldn't find a high Immortal Grade Herb and Chu Tian didn't have the mind to look for it. First, the Devil's Gate barrier was weakened, so they could directly come in as they wished without having to wait for opportunities. Second, there was no meaning in finding the high Immortal Grade Herb.

Chu Tian and Mei Ji ran into the remnant Darkness City soldiers who had escaped, which numbered around four-five thousand. Mei Ji learned from these people that the City Lord was killed and the Darkness City army suffered heavy casualties, so most of Darkness City's people chose to surrender.

They couldn't return to Darkness City.

Mei Ji drew in the remnants and had to find a place to hide.

Chu Tian suggested, "My Tyrant Barracks can probably hold your people."

"No, the Tyrant Barracks are too close to Darkness City. Returning to the Tyrant Barracks now will attract attention, should we just walk into a trap?"

Chu Tian felt this made sense. Right now his plan was to build the Transport Tower before having plans for other places. Chu Tian arranged for Mei Ji to hide near the spatial ore mine and had Mei Ji take in other refugees from Darkness City. Chu Tian directly entered the spatial crack to the spatial ore mine, using several days to personally mine spatial crystals, finally succeeding in building a Transport Tower.

This Transport Tower stood right in the middle of the spatial ore mine.

Chu Tian was filled with excitement, he had finally completed the Transport Tower. This trip had taken close to half a month, he really didn't know what Miracle City had developed to. Chu Tian first went out to tell Mei Ji that he was going to the surface to bring back reinforcements to take Darkness City. He didn't care if she understood or not, Chu Tian directly used the Transport Tower to head to Miracle City.

With a flash of light!

Chu Tian appeared at Miracle City's Transport Tower. The fresh air hit him, it was not something the underground world's air filled with sulfur could compare to.

The city manager Zero's voice sounded out without any expressions, "Hello sir City Lord. The vice City Lord has ordered that as long as you come back, she should be immediately informed. Do you wish to be connected to the vice City Lord?"

Chu Tian looked around.

Miracle City's Transport Tower was originally out in the open, but now it was surrounded by a magnificent hall. In such a short time, Miracle City had built a palace for the Transport Tower. This efficiency could clearly be seen.

Meng Qingwu saw that Chu Tian didn't come back after such a long time, so she was worried about him. She had Zero immediately report to her as long as there was any news on Chu Tian.

Zero was the city's most advanced Smart Brain.

Chu Tian's authority in the city was higher than Meng Qingwu, so Zero didn't immediately report to Meng Qingwu, he first asked for Chu Tian's permission.

"Tell the young miss I want to see her immediately."

"Understood, sir City Lord!"

Zero's voice disappeared.

The matter Chu Tian was worried about didn't happen, Miracle City had been very peaceful over the past half month. When Chu Tian came out of the Transport Tower palace, the scene before him stunned him.

Miracle City had changed too much in less than a month!

Various large constructs rose into the air and the population had clearly increased. What made Chu Tian most surprised was the mode of transportation. Miracle Commerce's most common mode of transportation was the airship and currently the skies over Miracle City were filled with airships.

Most of the airships had the same basic model, but there were large improvements to the structure, especially large amounts of machinery placed at the bottom of the airship. There were large engines to the left and right that were releasing light blue flames to propel it, giving the quite slow airship considerably greater speed.

Other than the change with the airships, Miracle City had many kinds of unseen modes of transportation.

"Chu Tian, Chu Tian!"

Chu Tian heard a clear and familiar voice in the distance. Meng Yingying was riding a strange flying car charging at Chu Tian. This vehicle had two wheels running on the ground with metal wings to the left and right, which also had soaring source energy arrays on it. This vehicle was also releasing light blue flames, allowing it to fly through the air.

Meng Yingying's hands were holding the flying bike while she wore a pair of cute goggles and a simple ponytail fluttered in the wind. She used an elegant curve to stop in front of Chu Tian. She fixed the wild hair on her forehead and jumped off the bike, waving her hand as she shouted, "You finally know to come back? I heard elder sister say that you ran underground, is there anything fun there? It actually took you this long to come back, you have to explain to me today!"

Chu Tian laughed and immediately changed the topic, "Yingying, what is this toy? It seems quite interesting?"

"Humph, of course, this flying bike is the newest and best mode of transportation. However, it is still in testing and there are only a few models, so it can't be mass produced." Meng Yingying said in a proud voice, "Don't underestimate this bike, it was developed by five departments working together. From the source energy array to the design, it was finally given to the machine technique expert elves of Silver Moon City to make. This was made with a lot of effort, but the most important thing is still the engine. This is Miracle Commerce's first generation engine, the newest airships all use this technology."

The Source Energy Engine was very similar to Miracle Commerce's products.

This was an engine that used source energy, creating large amounts of kinetic force. It generally used a Source Energy Battery to power it and when it was used up, one could use their spirit energy to power it. It was a very convenient, easy to use, and stable.

"I'll get even with you later." Meng Yingying sat down on her bike again, "Quickly get on, I'll take you to elder sister!"

Meng Yingying's bike could support two-three people.

Chu Tian had just sat on when Meng Yingying drove off, rumbling off like an arrow. This kind of speed was not something normal people could withstand, but it was nothing to cultivators whose cultivations weren't low. According to Miracle Commerce's Yun Sect's experiments, this first generation engine could propel a flying vehicle to supersonic speeds.

This kind of engine was not just used for airships and bikes, it was also used in factories to move machinery. With the special speeds of the engine, it was also used on weapons like missiles.

Meng Yingying said that there were many companies established by the elves now.

There was a company called "Eternal Forest Elven Chamber of Commerce" that was very famous. This company had over three hundred capable staff and they were studying the matrix language developed by the Yun Sect, currently beginning to do system programming.

This company had given an upgrade to Miracle City's cell phone system and were currently developing a system for personal non artificial intelligence items, even developing a weapon control system. This matrix language was a very useful modern programming system, which could give orders to Source Energy Matrices.

"Do you see the operating system of this bike?" Meng Yingying pointed at the keys and monitor on top of the bike, "The operating system of this flying bike was developed by this company and bought by our Miracle Commerce for five thousand source stones. This is one of their work."

Chu Tian was secretly astonished, "That powerful?"

"Of course, other than Miracle Commerce, the most specialized are the elven companies! We now have more and more kinds of equipment, they all need micro systems to manage them. Miracle Commerce was incredibly busy, but now the elven elites are helping us, it has saved us quite a bit of work." Meng Yingying gave a sly smile as she said, "The major shareholder of this company is Vivian and the second major shareholder is this young miss. We took a loan of fifty thousand source stones from the Elven Bank and it is one of the most important companies in the Eternal Forest!"

Chu Tian always thought the elves were a stubborn race.

He never thought that the elves' creative ability would surpass his expectation. From research and development to the new elven cell phone system, the elves seem to regard these things as new works of art. The elves pursued perfection and requested excellence, giving their products quite the competitive edge!

The Elven Bank had been established for less than a month.

The elven reform had been in effect for less than a month.

There were already sixty two companies among the elves and countless small and large factories. Hundreds of elven products were now placed in Miracle Commerce, being sold to the three northern countries and surrounding countries, bringing the elves constant wealth.

Chapter 551: Giant change

The relationship between Miracle City and the elves had entered the honeymoon phase, so they were becoming closer and closer. With Miracle Commerce's full support, there were many things that they didn't dare imagine being completed now.

The Elven Council's reaction was very weak. One on hand, they couldn't suddenly disregard democracy and ignore the public opinion and on the other hand, they couldn't violate the rules of their ancestors. The factories were all made in the forest and the elves didn't need to personally head off to the continent. Their products were being sold directly through Miracle Commerce's Miracle Shopping Center and they didn't need to peddle on the continent themselves, so it conformed to their isolation rules.

Their situation was very good now and paths had endless opportunities!

The elves had great powers and resources, but because there were too many choices, they couldn't cover them all. Right now, they chose to focus on the domains with great potential to focus on.

The Elven King Lancelot was forward looking leader, so through long term analysis of Miracle Commerce and Miracle City, he found one core and two main development plans.

The core was the most useful bank.

The Elven Bank will be a key point in development. Not only was the Elven Bank popular among the elves, it also spread to several forest cities outside the elven territory, with some branches even developing in the underground cities. With the elves' powerful might and prestige as a guarantee, the Elven Bank's development in the Forest of Chaos was incredibly smooth.

The two main points were divided into a hard and soft domain.

The soft was development of operating systems and the hard was the development of microprocessors.

The Eternal Forest kept sending people to Miracle City, learning the matrix coding language. Now the elven programming company is the fastest and strongest company outside of Miracle City. The various elven cities invested in microprocessor factories and they would make chips for various tools. Other than Miracle City, they were the only force that began to research computing matrices.

The loans to these two domains had already surpassed tens of thousands of source stones.

Lancelot's ambition and courage was not something Chu Tian had imagined.

Other than this, the elven citizens had a high enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, but most of the private companies were either film or music companies. They made disks with their music to sell to various regions and some of the more outstanding works were being broadcast through Miracle Commerce's channels.

This not only brought the elves wealth, it also spread the elven culture to more races. The elves' foreign trade gradually made more connections and their development kept improving. The elven tea and art was greatly welcomed among the aristocrats of the different countries. They had now become a symbol of the upper class and were greatly praised.

This change this time was too big and the reform was thorough. There was a new look everyday.

The elves were filled with excitement and it kept developing.

Miracle Commerce had spent quite a bit helping the elves develop and Meng Qingwu had even sold the secret technology of the company to the elves, but there was a condition. In all the factories and laboratories built, Miracle Commerce's high level member would have stocks, so it would benefit Miracle Commerce in the end.

Meng Yingying rode the flying bike around Miracle City first.

She allowed Chu Tian to see all the changes that had occurred with Miracle City.

Miracle City already had a well defined city outline. The production, living, and entertainment areas were all clearly separated.

The citizen system Meng Qingwu created had already been established.

Each Miracle City citizen had their own identity which was catalogued in Miracle City's records, making it very hard for outsiders to sneak in.

Miracle City's defense system was also perfect. The outer defenses had the city protection barrier as a base layer of defense. There were also five hundred missile silos all around Miracle City, as well as different kinds of advanced weapons being installed.

The ancient Tree of Life had already grown to three hundred meters and stood tall in the garden in the center of the city. The ancient Tree of Life's power gradually awakened, not only making the Miracle City area more bountiful, its powers could also be used to make Miracle City safer.

Cenarius was closely linked to the ancient Tree of Life, so this Treant leader's strength grew each day. With him leading the Treants as guards, as well as Miracle City's firm ally, the Elven King Lancelot there, even a fellow like Death Wing wouldn't dare rashly head to Miracle City.

The Miracle City army was also expanding, with the second generation equipment being spread throughout. The research into the warship and the mechs were also progressing smoothly.

The current Miracle City was a power of the Forest of Chaos that couldn't be ignored!

After Chu Tian's simple tour, he finally met the young miss he hadn't seen in a while in the City Lord's Palace's main hall. Meng Qingwu was busy managing the city, but her cultivation was not slow. The Meng sisters were currently in the peak 3rd True Spirit Layer, but this was mainly because Miracle City had too many resources. The elves frequently sent gifts, which even included Immortal Herbs. With this kind of treatment, even someone with the worst talent could increase their cultivation.

The young miss was now an important person in the Forest of Chaos.

Even the proud elves worshipped her and even the powerful Elven King was respectful to her. It could be said that the young miss was the real ruler of Miracle City. Every word from her could deeply influence the Forest of Chaos.

A person of this position had the same appearance as when they first met, wearing that same simple white robe. She had a serious beauty, but no arrogance. That noble and mature aura moved the hearts of everyone who saw her.

Chu Tian was afraid that the young miss would blame him. He didn't think that he would be gone for this long. He took the initiative to loudly say, "The True Spirit Pills the young miss prepared for me were damn useful. I achieved quite a bit in the underground world this time and the young miss owns half the credit! I've already finished this pill, give me another several hundred as emergency supplies!"

"All gone? Do you know how much the True Spirit Pills cost!"

"Miracle City is lacking everything but source stones, what is there to be afraid of!"

Young miss Meng Qingwu didn't lose her temper as she glared at Chu Tian, "You're not prepared to tell us where you ran off to play during the past few days? We've tried contacting you several hundred times and couldn't connect once!"

"That's right!" Meng Yingying questioned him in a fierce manner, "When I was sent to work in the elven territory, it couldn't connect whenever I tried calling your cell phone. Just what is going on? You have no choice but to confess today!"

"Two young misses, please calm down. I didn't think it would be like this, but who told me to go to the Purgatory World several thousand miles underground. Our existing communication lines can't pass through this thick layer of rock, so naturally you couldn't contact me!"

The two sisters revealed looks of surprise and astonishment.

Thousands of miles underground? What kind of joke was this!

"Don't rush, don't rush. Slowly listen to what I have to say." Chu Tian told them his adventures in the Purgatory World, "It should be like this."

Meng Yingying never thought Chu Tian would have experienced this kind of incredible adventure, "There's actually such a large space underneath us and there's over a billion underground residents? This is too incredible!"

Meng Qingwu knew that Chu Tian wouldn't lie to her. She said with knit brows, "There are all these underground worlds underneath us, this is a very big threat to Miracle City!"

"Why does young miss say this?"

"The matter of you and Yingying's assassination, we've already found some clues."

Wasn't this matter hard to investigate? The young miss actually found some clues. This meant that young miss was worried about the matter of Chu Tian and Meng Yingying's assassination, spending large amount of mental energy while she was busy to investigate this matter.

"We've eliminated the Savage Highlands, the Giant's Mountain Range, and the Dragon Ridge as suspects."

"Who could it be if not them?"

"We think the most likely perpetrator are the underground spirit insects, who are the people sent by the Spider Queen who Miracle Commerce has had several conflicts with."

The Subterranean World's people?

Meng Qingwu continued saying, "The Spider Queen as the leader of the spirit insects has always been interested in the surface. She wants the forest to be filled with chaos, that way the spirit insects can take advantage of it. Our appearance has clearly harmed their benefits."

So it was like this. They deliberately found the dark elf and spirit beasts, using them to implicate the Dragon's Ridge and the Savage Highlands, also inciting conflict between the large powers. Normal people wouldn't suspect them, so it was a really good plan.

Did he mistreat Death Wing and Burst Claw?

Most of Miracle Commerce's firearms were being sold into their areas, mainly being sold to their enemies. Perhaps it has already made them incredibly miserable. But Chu Tian didn't think that this was a mistake. Even if the assassination matter wasn't their work, those fellows didn't have good ideas for Miracle Commerce.

Chu Tian didn't care that much, "The Purgatory World is very important to us. As long as we can control the Purgatory World, we can control the Abyss Gate. This will be our foundation for Abyss expansion in the future."

Meng Yingying was secretly stunned.

Abyss expansion?

This was too arrogant!

Meng Yingying had learned many things from Chu Tian during this time, so she had some understanding of the Abyss World. Miracle Commerce couldn't even be considered a peak power on the continent and Chu Tian was already having plans for the Abyss World. This fellows steps were too big!

Meng Qingwu neither approved or disapproved of this, but she was very interested in the Purgatory World. After all, this was an underground world and many resources that couldn't be found on the surface could be found in the Purgatory World, therefore there was strategic value to Miracle Commerce to set up a foothold in the Purgatory World.

"We have enough weapons, I think it should be enough to deal with a Purgatory World city."

"No, it's not that simple." Chu Tian explained the general situation with Darkness City, "It isn't enough to depend on our strength this time, I'm hoping to ask the Elven King Lancelot to make a move."

Meng Qingwu thought about this with furrowed brows. Lancelot's current relationship with Miracle City wasn't bad and if Chu Tian asked him to help, Lancelot probably wouldn't refuse. But the wood elves and dark elves didn't have a good relationship, which could even be considered bad. Lancelot making a move wouldn't have a good effect, right?

But they couldn't consider all of this now.

"The Miracle Academy has been finished in Miracle City and we're preparing to hold the opening ceremony." Meng Qingwu planned things for Chu Tian, "The Elven King has attached a great importance to this matter and I've also invited the Elven King to attend, so you can use this chance to mention this to the Elven King."

Chapter 552: Miracle Academy

Miracle Academy, it had the full name of Miracle Technology Research Academy.

This was a comprehensive academy created by Miracle Commerce in Miracle City, holding information from Qilin Hall, Yun Sect, the Spiritual Library, and etc.

The Miracle Academy had many different studies after first opening. The main two studies were traditional studies and modern studies.

The traditional studies included martial arts, secret techniques, Alchemy, refining techniques, and array techniques.

The modern studies included source energy technology, source energy matrices, matrix programming, source energy mechanics, and energy studies.

These majors all branched off into different studies. For example, in terms of cultivation studies, there was sword cultivation, body cultivation, demonic cultivation, and etc. In terms of source energy technology, there was elemental energy studies, spatial energy studies, spiritual energy studies, and etc.

The first group of studies recruited were only around two thousand people.

That was from over eight hundred thousand people who applied!

Almost all of the Forest of Chaos, the areas in Great Summer, Great Zhou, Northern Militant, and all the scholars from places where Miracle Commerce had power in all applied.

This was because the Miracle Academy created a new era, it would create many talented people for Miracle Commerce, the Forest of Chaos, and even the continent. Only two thousand people were selected from the eight hundred thousand who applied, what kind of intense competition was this? Every person that was selected was incredibly outstanding and lucky!

Miracle Academy had a plan to accept new students every half a year. Once the students entered the academy, they would spend five years studying. After those five years and they earned at least one professional degree, they could obtain a diploma from Miracle City to work in Miracle Commerce or anywhere else they chose to work.

Whether they stayed or left, those that graduated Miracle Academy were all peak talents in their professions!

Today was destined to be an extraordinary day, today was the day Miracle Academy had their opening ceremony. The students from various regions were selected and they were all transported to Miracle City. There were only forty students picked from Central State and they were picked from the tens of thousands that applied from Central State.

"Wa, this is Miracle City?"

"We've finally come to Miracle City!"

"God, Miracle City is so beautiful, it's even more beautiful than we imagined!"

The people who came from Central State were old and young. The overall academic level of Central State was lower than the Great Zhou Country, the gnomes, and the elves, but since Miracle Commerce came from Central State and it was where source energy technology was introduced earliest, Miracle City gave it special consideration. There were as much as forty students that were accepted.

There was a young boy and girl among the Central State students who had passionate tears in their eyes as they wished they could kiss the ground underneath them. They were no one else but the Lin siblings from South Sky City.

Their growth could only be described as inspirational!

They came from a small country's small city and were ordinary juniors from a poor family, but with their above average faith and dedication to studying, they attracted Meng Qingwu's attention in Central State City. She gave them some technology and allowed them to study in Qilin Hall before allowing them to become researchers in the Yun Sect.

A month ago, Meng Qingwu announced Miracle Academy's enrollment plan and the Lin siblings immediately applied. Although their strength was ordinary, with their solid knowledge on source energy technology, this pair was picked from among thousands of others.

Miracle City.

Miracle Commerce's headquarters!

The siblings came to Miracle City with the mentality of coming on a pilgrimage!

Although they had spent some time as Yun Sect researchers, because their rank was too low, they could only participate in some lower level projects. Naturally they didn't have much savings. The fees for Miracle Academy were very high and even a hundred years of income wasn't enough to pay it.

This could be understood.

Whether it was resources or technology, the investment in Miracle Academy wasn't small. There were many technologies that could be considered secrets of Miracle Commerce, so the expenses were very expensive. Moreover, after entering the school, to learn the special knowledge they had, one had to pay a high price.

Those that had a backing could barely afford this kind of price, but for most normal students, they didn't have any backing or resources, so what should they do! Miracle Bank specially organized student loans. Each student can apply for loans to pay for their expenses and students could either participate in various projects while learning to pay for it, or they could slowly pay for it after their studies by working in Miracle Commerce.

In short.

Miracle Academy was a free school, but also a very expensive school. Each person that came here had endless possibilities.

Lin Xuan found several elves walking beside her and she excitedly poked her brother, "Look, look, those are elves!"

Miracle City had all kinds of races which shocked the siblings.

Several elven girls wearing school uniforms saw the siblings and revealed friendly smiles, "Are you also students coming to learn? We are elves from the Silver Moon Forest, we're mainly here to learn mechanical techniques. These are sisters from the Eternal Forest, they are here to learn matrix language and coding. What about you gus?"

"We're Yun Sect researchers from Great Summer Country's Yun Sect." Lin Fan was a bit embarrassed facing these beautiful and noble elves, "We are here to learn source energy technology."

An elf called out in surprise, "Wa, you guys are from the Yun Sect?"

Another elf's expression changed, "We heard the Yun Sect is very powerful, the matrices for the Source Energy Supercomputers were invented by the Yun Sect! My dream is to compile a system for the supercomputer with the matrix language."

The Lin siblings were a bit embarrassed. Although they were from the Yun Sect, they weren't high level members.

"We'll be friends from now on! Everyone, let's work hard together!"

The elves were friendly and honest, making the Lin siblings feel very flattered. The students from various places arrived at this time and there were many races among them, with most of them being either elves, gnomes or humans.

In this new batch of students, around half of them were elves and they were all elites chosen among elves. They would become the trailblazers for new technology and would change the future of the elven race. Therefore, the elves placed a heavy importance on this and the Elven King Lancelot, the various council members, and the City Lords all came.

"Chairman Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu!"

The Lin siblings saw their idols once again, instantly being filled with awe. Them being able to reach this day, wasn't it all from following in Chu Tian's footsteps?

The Heaven's Alliance became bigger and bigger to this day.

The Lin siblings had already decided to create the Heaven's Alliance in this school.

This was not a normal kind of worship, it was almost a kind of divine faith!

The Miracle Academy students began to arrive, all of them coming in school uniforms. They all stood in the schoolyard, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Miracle Commerce's vice chairman and Miracle City's vice City Lord Meng Qingwu personally came up to give a speech. Her speech had some pleasantries, talking about the regulations of Miracle Academy and the great support Miracle Commerce gave the school before giving a personal announcement.

Chu Tian was appointed the principal.

The Druid Prophet Yoda and the gnome Great Elder Clark, these two erudite individuals were named vice principals. The Elven King Lancelot would be named an honorary principal to show the elves' support.

Hence, the Miracle Academy was officially established!

After the ceremony was over, Chu Tian found Lancelot. He was prepared to talk to him about the Purgatory matter and ask him for his help.

Suddenly an unimaginable incident happened.

"This is bad, Nangong was caught by the Dragon Lord Death Wing in the Dragon's Ridge. We have already lost contact with elder sister Nangong!" Meng Yingying quickly came in to find Chu Tian, "After the Dragon Lord locked up Nangong in Dragon City, he sent an envoy to Miracle City. He wants us to give Dragon City an explanation or he will kill elder sister Nangong. What do we do!"

Chu Tian's face fell, "What? Something like this happened!"

Nangong Yun was active around the Savage Highlands and the Dragon's Ridge. She sold large amounts of weapons to the rebels of these areas, causing a lot of trouble for the Dragon Lord and Beast King.

This was already a very dangerous line of work.

Miracle City gave Nangong Yun enough Transport Scrolls, but if Death Wing personally caught her, she wouldn't even have the chance to use the scrolls.

"Our Miracle City isn't like before. Nangong Yun is a high level member and has a high position in Miracle City, so even if the Dragon Lord has caught her, he wouldn't do anything to her." Meng Qingwu said to Chu Tian, "How about I go to Dragon City, you still have the matter of the Purgatory World….."

Chu Tian shook his head.

There was no rush with Darkness City.

This was because compared to Darkness City, saving Nangong Yun was more important. Death Wing was strong enough to contend with the Eternal Forest, so it could be imagined how much influence he has. There was no guarantee nothing would happen to Nangong Yun.

"Nangong Yun is not irreplaceable like vice City Lord Meng Qingwu. It wouldn't create fundamental damage to Miracle City if Death Wing killed her and it would create a life and death struggle with Miracle City. This is not something easily taken care of."

Lancelot walked in.

Chu Tian was a bit stunned, "Your highness, the Elven King is saying….."

"With my understanding of Death Wing, he wouldn't do something as stupid as this. This is just capturing a hostage and forcing you to go to Dragon City to negotiate." Lancelot then said, "I'll go to Dragon City with you."

"What?" Chu Tian was a bit surprised by Lancelot, "The Elven King wants to go to Dragon City? The Eternal Forest has been fighting the Dragon's Ridge for many years!"

"Fights can be resolved." The Elven King slowly said, "The elves are tired of fighting. With this great environment, why must there be constant death struggles in the Forest of Chaos? I hope to use this chance to let everyone talk this out. Let's not cause any more problems for each other."

Good!

If the Elven King went, Chu Tian would be confident!

Dragon City, the Forest of Chaos' richest city. Chu Tian wanted to see just how rich it was.

Chapter 553: Dragon City

The Dragon's Ridge had Nangong Yun's secret transport point, so Miracle City's Transport Tower was directly connected to the Dragon's Ridge.

The Dragon's Ridge was the longest mountain in the Forest of Chaos, spreading over tens of thousands of miles. The entire Dragon's Ridge was filled with over three hundred kinds of ores and there were over twenty different cities. There was only a single master here, the powerful Dragon Lord!

No matter how many rumours there were in the forest, when standing in front of the real Dragon City, people would realize just how grand it was. Dragon City was in the center of the Dragon's Ridge. With gold as a main theme, it was like a giant wave with a backdrop of grand mountains behind it.

Forest cities occupied large spaces and were very spread out, but Dragon City was very different. Dragon City was not inferior to Miracle City, with its buildings densely placed, basically being the same as human cities.

Those high towers reached up to three hundred meters and they were all made from fine obsidian bricks with elaborate golden patterns. Each tower had a dragon living at the peak and the weakest dragon was in the peak 9th True Spirit Layer.

The colourful energy and the rich heaven and earth spiritual energy seemed like it could explode at any moment.

With how big Dragon City was, most of the buildings were useless decoration or purely just works of art. All kinds of legendary powerful metals and jewels were all displayed here like pieces of stone, showing the shocking wealth of the Dragon Lord.

The gems covered the ground and the crystals were made into walls. This was a extravagant and luxurious illusion city.

If one had to find the most expensive building in Dragon City, it was the Dragon Palace in the center of the city.

The Dragon Palace was four-five hundred meters tall and humans were just tiny specks of dust in front of it. This palace was a huge and magnificent project, being able to hold hundreds of thousands of people, not to mention that it used uncommon materials. It was covered in crystals and seemed transparent, but when one looked deeper, they couldn't see into it at all. There was light coming from each brick and there wasn't a pattern scheme to it, it was just like fish swimming in the water. However, it was filled with a powerful life energy that was filled with beauty and might.

The crystal Dragon Palace was where the Dragon Lord lived.

Just a single brick from this giant palace was enough for a normal person to live a carefree life.

That damn nouveau riche dragon, he really spared no effort in showing off his wealth. Chu Tian was filled with jealousy looking at it.

In the main hall of the Dragon Palace, each jade column was over three hundred meters all. Both sides of the hall were filled with precious treasures. This large hall didn't need to be illuminated, the light from the gems illuminated every part of it. There was a large throne carved out of crystal placed at the front of the hall which wasn't a normal throne. This throne was several meters tall and was as high as a building for normal humans.

A black dragon's several meter tall body casually laid on the throne. When there was a slight movement from it, the entire gem mountain shook. The mountain kept shaking like there was a flood shaking up the entire space.

"Lancelot, I don't remember inviting you."

The Dragon Lord stretched out its long neck and its thin eyes filled with a threatening gaze. It was staring right at the Elven King Lancelot like the Elven king filled it with dissatisfaction.

Lancelot gave a casual smile, "You should know that Chu Tian is our Eternal Forest's most important partner, the elves must guarantee his safety. I never thought that Thunder's Fury and Burst Claw would also be here, it really is a coincidence."

There were two extra figures in the crystal Dragon Palace hall who were no one else by the powerful giant Titan Thunder's Fury and the fierce looking Golden Behemoth Burst Claw. The two of them had reduced their size with a secret technique, but the powerful aura could not be disregarded.

"Elf, mind your own business!" Burst Claw took a step forward. Although he didn't make a move, an invisible aura came out, instantly knocking over several mountains of treasures, "Even if you are here today, don't think about protecting this human bug!"

The Dragon Lord's throne was very dazzling. The Giant Black Dragon slowly stood up and his dragon aura spread all around him, creating glass shattering sounds all around. Those were brittle priceless treasures shattering from the experts' auras, finally turning into dust.

Chu Tian was submerged in the sea of their power.

Even if the Dragon Lord said nothing, this wild anger showed everything, "Miracle City has sold large amounts of dangerous weapons near the Dragon's Ridge and Savage Highlands, deliberately provoking war, causing large losses for us. What is Miracle City's City Lord prepared to say about this?"

"The Dragon Lord needs to have discretion with your words." Even when Chu Tian was faced with this situation, his expression didn't change at all. His hands crossed behind his back and he firmly took two steps forward, "Who doesn't know Miracle Commerce does business. Wherever there is a need for weapons, we will be there. We only have supply and demand in our eyes, money and profits. If it has caused sirs Dragon Lord and Golden Behemoth any trouble, I can only apologize. I ask you to release my people first and we'll discuss other matters after."

Death Wing let out a cold laugh, a sound that was enough to shatter anyone's mind, "You want me to release the person with a few words, you're treating this problem too simply."

"This is a very simple problem to begin with. Everyone is smart, therefore we know what we should and shouldn't do." Chu Tian casually said without any fear, "That's right, Nangong Yun is one of my most loyal and talented subordinates, but you're completely mistaken if you think you can use just this to threaten me and Miracle City. You wouldn't need to wait until now to kill a hostage, so there's no need to go around in circles. Just give me your conditions, we can have a frank discussion about this."

Death Wing, Thunder's Fury, and Burst Claw were all stunned.

Although they knew this human Chu Tian was bold, they never would have imagined he was this body. He was still calm when faced with the three giant leaders.

Although the three leaders had this goal, for Chu Tian to say it this clearly, it was not giving them any face.

The Elven King Lancelot gave a soft cough, "The Eternal Forest and Miracle City are already inseparable allies, so you will have to fight the Eternal Forest if you fight Miracle City. Doing this won't do anyone any good, this is something everyone can see, so why not give me some face."

"Alright, we'll give the Elven King some face." The Dragon Lord shrunk his body again and laid back down on the crystal throne, "What is Miracle City's City Lord planning to do about this?"

Chu Tian's reply was very straightforward, "We will stop selling weapons in those areas, give you due compensation, and apologize."

The three leaders looked at each other in blank dismay.

Was this fellow pretending to be a fool or was he a real fool?

Was this bit of compensation enough? What do we need your apologies for!

Whether it was the wealthy Dragon Lord or Burst Claw with his powerful army, they didn't care about this compensation at all and they didn't need any apologies. They caught Nangong Yun to force Chu Tian out this time mainly because they were jealous of the elven changes and they wanted to follow in their footsteps.

Only they didn't have good relations with Miracle City and couldn't mention this matter.

The three leaders could become leaders of their forces, meaning their wisdom and eyes weren't weak.

Miracle Commerce was wildly expanding in the forest and all kinds of incredible technology was revealed. How could the three leaders not see the influence and potential of these items? They wanted to share in these technology like the elves, letting their influence and wealth exploded. To them, to Chu Tian, and to the entire Forest of Chaos, this was a very beneficial thing.

The four giants with Miracle City.

This was enough to create endless possibilities!

If Chu Tian had come alone, they could talk after capturing Chu Tian, but who told Chu Tian to come with Lancelot. Although the three of them working together were not afraid of Lancelot, Miracle City has something called a Transport Scroll. With Lancelot blocking them, Chu Tian could retreat.

Lancelot saw Chu Tian acting like a fool and said, "City Lord Chu Tian, we are all forces of the Forest of Chaos, it is better for use to work together. I think we should use this chance to let all five sides discuss this matter, what do you think?"

"Cooperation?" Chu Tian revealed an awkward expression, "Miracle City isn't lacking in allies now that our development is good. If too many people come in without following the rules, it would make the alliance too full."

This seemed to be directly rejecting the three leaders!

Thunder's Fury's face fell, "Human, you think you can run freely in the Forest of Chaos just based on you? We've given you face these past few months, otherwise with the strength on our three sides, you really think you can develop in the Forest of Chaos?"

"Thunder's Fury is right. Actually you are just a small piece in the forest and you aren't worth any attention from us with our statuses. As for the matter of you selling weapons, although it caused a bit of trouble, it didn't count for much." The Dragon Lord spoke with a solemn look, "However, Miracle City's current alliance with the Eternal Forest has disrupted the power balance of the Forest of Chaos, so we can't ignore it."

Burst Claw was even more direct, "The Transport Towers, the Space Warehouses, the communication devices, the weapons, the Smart Brains, the banks, the factories, and etc.! Everything the elves have, we also want or wait for war to start!"

"For this matter? Just say it earlier!" Chu Tian shrugged his shoulders and said, "It isn't that I don't want to cooperate, only our Miracle City's resources and abilities are only enough to reform the elves. I'm afraid it won't work."

The Dragon Lord gave a dissatisfied snort, "Dragon City is the richest city in the Forest of Chaos. Anything the Eternal Forest can take out, Dragon City can also take out. What problem is there?"

Burst Claw and Thunder's Fury felt the same.

Chu Tian thought about it and reconsidered, "If you want to work with Miracle Commerce and benefit from Miracle Commerce's technology, then help me with a small matter first. I believe that with your powers, this matter will be easily taken care of."