MM Racing Chapter 19 Purgatory Tower
Chapter 19 Purgatory Tower
Zhao Tianpeng opened the treasure basin, took stock of the treasures inside, and reached in to take out a bronze lamp that burned eternally.
"A counterfeit coffin lamp?"
"The lamp casing is ordinary, but the lamp oil is the same as that used in the coffin lamp. It is oil extracted from the body of a saint and is added to the coffin lamp."
Zhao Tianpeng poured all the lamp oil into the coffin lamp, and then began to take treasures from the treasure basin.
"Tsk, the Immortal Robe is even more advanced than the Jade Robe, and there are also a few King-level Divine Weapons."
"Is Duan De some kind of 'street rat'?"
"Speaking of which, he has reincarnated so many times, where did he hide all the treasures he collected before?"
Zhao Tianpeng was no longer satisfied with getting benefits from the squirrel; he was now thinking of finding the pine tree hole and taking all of the squirrel's savings.
"This is... the Soul-Summoning Pearl? It's said that even a scattered primordial spirit can be summoned back and reassembled. How could Duan De have found such a heaven-defying treasure?"
When he pulled a divine pearl out of the treasure bowl, he was astonished. Having such a treasure was like having multiple lives.
"My darling!"
"If one can decipher the mysteries within this treasure, one might be able to create a scripture specifically for cultivating the immortality of the primordial spirit."
He carefully placed the Soul-Summoning Pearl, then took the little girl to a sect with a domain gate. He casually gave her a weapon from the other shore, and she obtained the qualification to travel to the Northern Region through the domain gate. While waiting for the domain gate to open, he visualized all the Dao patterns and runes of the entire huge Xuan Yu Platform in his mind.
As the Xuan Yu Platform shone brightly into the sky, the domain gate opened, and Zhao Tianpeng and Xiao Nannan entered an absolutely tranquil, pitch-black void. Here, time did not pass, light and shadow did not appear, and there was utter silence.
At this moment, Zhao Tianpeng's mind was as clear as a mirror reflecting the void, the endless mysteries of the void flowed in his heart, and the veins of space gradually became clear in his eyes.
It felt like a fleeting moment, yet also like ten lifetimes. The void ahead cracked open, allowing one to feel the passage of time.
When they emerged from the void, they found themselves in a small town.
Zhao Tianpeng bought a map of the surrounding area in the city. It depicted the mining areas and oases within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles around the city, and indicated the various forces and places where supplies could be obtained.
He found the Origin Stone mining area of Yao Guang Holy Land on the map. Ye Fan ran out of the Yao Guang Holy Land mining area, which was about 80,000 to 100,000 miles away. He circled a general area on the map and then set off with Xiao Nannan to search for Zishan.
Zhao Tianpeng rode the divine rainbow, carrying the little girl across the desolate northern lands, and they would find an oasis to rest in the evening.
Half a month later, as usual, Zhao Tianpeng found a small oasis to rest at night. In the middle of the night, the sound of hooves rang out outside the oasis, and dozens of riders galloped out of the night, reining in their horses at the edge of the oasis. A bloody smell wafted over.
Zhao Tianpeng glanced at them and saw that they were a group of bandits with blood-stained bags slung over their horses, clearly indicating that they had just massacred a village or caravan in an oasis.
"Boss, look!"
"There's a little brat over there with a girl!"
One of the bandits looked at Zhao Tianpeng and the little girl with shining eyes: "That little brat can be sold to the mining area, and the girl can be sold for a high price in the city."
The bandit leader sized up the two men, waved his hand, and said, "That brat has a good face. If you take him to the city, you can sell him to someone with a particular fetish for a good price. Be careful, or you won't get a good price if you ruin his appearance."
The other bandits laughed and pointed, not realizing that a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy could possibly rebel against them.
As they spoke increasingly offensive words, Zhao Tianpeng's expression grew colder. He let out a cold snort, a snort imbued with divine power that resounded like thunder in the ears of the bandits. The bandits, who had been laughing and joking, were struck dumb as if by lightning. The light in their eyes suddenly went out, and one by one they fell off their horses, their breaths fading, and their laughter ceased.
"They're ugly and speak rudely, yet they're all talented."
"It's just that its cultivation level is too low, so it's not very useful."
Zhao Tianpeng stared at the corpses of the bandits on the ground, lost in thought. Most of these people were at the Bitter Sea or Life Spring realms, with only the leader at the Divine Bridge realm. If they were to be used to refine battle corpses, they would be of little use, as they were too weak. But wasting talent would be a shameful act.
"What should we do?"
Just as he was deep in thought, his gaze fell on the mounts of these bandits. These mounts were no ordinary horses; they were all shimmering with scales, tall and robust. These were dragon-scale horses, shaped like horses, covered with blue scales, and could travel four or five thousand miles a day without getting tired.
These mounts, however, gave him a flash of inspiration. In the Ghost Path, there is a great artifact called the Purgatory Pagoda. This pagoda is used to forge Ghost Path soldiers and armored pagodas. The more armored pagodas are forged and the stronger they become, the greater the power of the Purgatory Pagoda becomes.
These corpses, along with the talent acquired from outside the Fire Domain, are suitable for crafting the Purgatory Pagoda.
Having figured out how to deal with these talents, Zhao Tianpeng took out the Great Luo Silver Essence Pagoda, with the Devouring Demon Canopy floating above his head. He channeled a wisp of the Devouring Demon Canopy's divine energy into the Great Luo Silver Essence Pagoda to reforge it. On the originally gleaming silver pagoda, streaks of dark divine marks appeared, outlining scenes of purgatory. Just looking at them, one could almost hear endless vengeful spirits wailing in one's ears.
Once the Great Luo Silver Essence Pagoda was refined into the Purgatory Floating Pagoda, Zhao Tianpeng put the talents he had gathered in the Fire Domain together with the bandits on the ground. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of innate essence onto the Purgatory Floating Pagoda, causing the pagoda to scatter a divine light that absorbed all the talents, dragon-scale horses, and their weapons and materials into the pagoda.
He channeled his divine power into the tower, causing divine light to surge within and countless strange runes to roam the tower's surface. In a short while, all those talents were forged into iron-armored pagodas.
As the Purgatory Pagoda spun, dozens of dark lights landed and transformed into a hundred or so heavily armored cavalrymen. Each plate of their armor was inscribed with mysterious incantations, and they held a forest of spears. Their aura was unified, and streams of yin energy flowed around them, making them look like ghost soldiers who had emerged from the underworld.
"When they are in formation, they can kill a Dao Palace cultivator at the first level. But when they are released to fight, they are not very useful. Only when there are a large number of them can they be used to activate the Purgatory Pagoda and unleash terrifying killing power."
Zhao Tianpeng looked at the armored pagoda in front of him with dissatisfaction: "The cultivation levels of these people are still too low. Perhaps it would take 100,000 armored pagodas in formation to unleash the full power of the Purgatory Pagoda."
"However, this is the limit. To unleash a higher level of killing power, at the very least, one must use an ironclad pagoda made from the remains of a cultivator from the Immortal Realm. These ironclad pagodas can only serve as a transition."
He focused his gaze on the jade bone corpse he had put away. With his current cultivation level, refining this powerful corpse would only yield him enough power to become a dragon. However, if he found a suitable place and used source techniques to refine it, he was confident that he could refine the jade bone corpse thoroughly and obtain the power of a powerful being. This would allow him to join the battle formation and activate the Purgatory Pagoda to unleash even greater killing power.
"Never mind, we'll find a more auspicious location to perform the ritual later."
"However, there are many bandits in the northern region, so gathering 100,000 armored soldiers shouldn't be a problem... right?"
Zhao Tianpeng decided to harvest bandits along the way to use them as materials to forge iron armored pagodas. If he could really gather 100,000 iron pagodas to drive the Purgatory Pagoda, it would be equivalent to having a top-notch warrior protecting him.
Soon, legends of underworld soldiers began to circulate within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.
"It is said that recently a gate to the underworld has been opened in the northern region, and underworld soldiers have rushed out from it."
"All the bandits within a radius of ten thousand miles were slaughtered, and their corpses were all taken to the underworld."
"This matter seems to have alarmed powerful forces. To ensure the safety of the mining area, someone has already come to investigate the situation."
"It is said that the Thirteen Great Bandits also sent people to investigate this ghostly army that specializes in killing bandits."
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