Outside of Time - Chapter 1318

Chapter 1296 Erniu’s Great Treasure

Erniu licked his lips, his eyes blazing with a frenzied ghostly fire.

At this moment, his body presented a truly astonishing sight.

The part of his body beneath his head, which had already recovered somewhat, was now rapidly growing at a visible speed, thanks to the writhing of his flesh.

The entire process took only a dozen breaths, and Erniu’s body was fully revealed.

An aura far surpassing his former self erupted from his new body. He

was no longer at the early stage of the Dominator realm, but had reached the mid-stage.

Xu Qing hadn’t seen this scene on his senior brother for a long time, and witnessing it again brought back memories.

“Senior Brother’s cultivation has never relied on cultivation itself, but rather on breaking seals!”

“However, breaking seals requires a certain price, and the price increases with each subsequent seal…”

As Xu Qing pondered this, as Erniu’s body became complete, waves of icy coldness emanated from his body, spreading in all directions, while blue light also shone on his body.

Even through the flesh and blood, Xu Qing could see what seemed to be another body within his senior brother’s body!

That body was entirely blue, as if formed from blue ice, filled with ferocity and antiquity, extremely similar to the Source Abomination Xu Qing had encountered on the primordial mother planet.

Gazing at this body, the speculation about his senior brother’s origin resurfaced in Xu Qing’s mind.

“However, senior brother is different from the Source Abomination of the primordial mother planet. He has existed for many lifetimes, and after each death, he would be resurrected in a different form in the next life.”

“This characteristic is similar to that of gods.”

The difference in cultivation level allowed Xu Qing to see more clues.

But even so, Er Niu’s secret was only less shrouded in mystery in his eyes.

“Everything should be finally revealed after returning to Wanggu.”

As Xu Qing pondered, Er Niu, whose aura and cultivation had both increased, looked even more crazed.

“Let me tell you, Little Aqing, I can sense a treasure in that direction!!”

“This is an invitation of destiny, a preordained opportunity. I have a feeling that treasure is waiting for me.”

“At the same time, this is also an opportunity for me to break more seals!” “

After I finish this big task, Little Aqing, don’t you like absorbing goddesses? You don’t need outsiders to catch them for you; your senior brother will personally go and catch a few for you.”

“Don’t even mention goddesses; if you like divine sons, I’ll go and catch one too!”

Erniu said proudly.

What he cared about most was his dignity as the senior brother.

This dignity manifested in two ways: one, being surpassed by his junior brother, and two, someone actually comparing how well they treated Little Aqing in front of him!

He couldn’t tolerate this!

“Let’s go!”

With that, Erniu’s body blurred, transforming into a long rainbow and heading straight into the distance.

Xu Qing smiled and followed.

Although he knew very well that within this fourth star ring, the Immortal Venerable was now supreme, and all the Immortal Lords had descended, so apart from the place where the Divine Venerable had left, there were no other truly mysterious hidden places.

At most, there were only a few so-called forbidden zones.

As Xu Qing’s cultivation level and experience increased, he had developed his own understanding and judgment of the term “forbidden zone.

” “Forbidden zones are generally shrouded in mystery, with ancient origins, but they can coexist with the outside world for many years and be defined as forbidden zones, so their level of danger is likely mutual.”

“For the present world, forbidden zones are dangerous, and for forbidden zones, the outside world is equally dangerous.”

“Otherwise, their range wouldn’t be confined to their designated area.”

“Of course, there are exceptions… such as the Ancient Continent. However, there shouldn’t be any similar places in this fourth star ring.”

“But since Senior Brother wants to go, then let’s go and see.”

Xu Qing walked forward, his gaze fixed ahead.

And so, time passed.

Several months flew by.

Although the destination wasn’t very far, the star ring was too vast, so reaching the place Er Niu had sensed was still a long journey.

Even with the aid of multiple supply stars for teleportation along the way, it still took them nearly four months to finally see their destination.

In the distance, a vast void rift stretched across the deep sky,

like a scar on the cosmos, extending endlessly and spanning multiple universes.

Thick fog filled the rift,

while crimson dust swirled around it.

This was one of the four forbidden zones of the Fourth Star Ring.

Throughout history, few who ventured here had survived.

And none of the gods who died here had ever returned.

Gazing at the rift, Erniu’s madness intensified.

During these months of travel, he had repeatedly witnessed Xu Qing’s status among the cultivators here, seen countless powerful figures, and witnessed countless battles between cultivators and gods.

Meanwhile, two more goddesses… had been sent along the way.

All of this had become a stimuli, whipping him like lashes, fueling his madness.

His urge to accomplish great things was growing ever stronger.

Gazing at the distant, empty rift, Erniu licked his lips and growled,

“That’s it!”

“Little Qing, I can feel it! There’s treasure there, a huge treasure!!”

Xu Qing didn’t speak, his gaze piercing the starry sky, landing on the enormous void rift, penetrating the crimson dust of the outside world, and looking into its depths.

He vaguely saw what appeared to be an altar.

This scene caused Xu Qing to ponder, recalling the information he had gathered from the outside world about the four forbidden areas of the Fourth Star Ring during his journey.

“The place where the previous God-Emperor was sealed!”

“He was personally sealed by this generation’s Fourth Star Ring God-Emperor, eternally imprisoned here.”

“At the same time, he is rejected by the new rules of the Fourth Star Ring woven with the divine authority of destiny, thus cutting off any possibility of leaving.”

Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed; this was all the information he had obtained, without considering cause and effect.

And according to Xu Qing’s character, he wouldn’t go to such a sealed God-Emperor’s place, but at this moment…

Xu Qing glanced at Erniu.

“Furthermore, I came to this fourth star ring in search of an opportunity to revisit the illusion of the God of Pain.”

“Although I didn’t have the experience of entering this place in the illusion of the God of Pain, but… anything is possible.”   Thinking

of this, Xu Qing suddenly raised his hand and waved it forward.

With this wave, a tremendous power emanated from his body, slamming downwards.

Instantly, the starry sky outside the void rift seemed to turn into a mirror, collapsing in an instant, turning into countless fragments.   Also affected was the crimson haze that shrouded the starry sky outside the rift,   which also appeared to be forcibly peeled away.   Then, Xu Qing raised his right hand and lifted it upwards, and the collapsed starry sky fragments immediately rearranged themselves.   In this process, the crimson haze was forcibly separated and torn apart, finally revealing a series of hollow passages crisscrossing in all directions before Xu Qing and Er Niu.   “Senior Brother, let’s go in, but there are some dangers inside.” Xu Qing stared at the rift and said in a low voice.   “…” Er Niu looked at the passages within the mist, the scene of Xu Qing’s shattered starry sky reassembling flashing through his mind, and he felt somewhat exhausted.   At the same time, he became even more determined to become stronger.   So, with a swift movement… he didn’t rush forward himself, but instead rapidly approached Xu Qing’s side, nodding.   ”You go first.”   Er Niu wasn’t stupid; he knew that with Xu Qing’s current cultivation level, any danger he spoke of would be fatal to him.   Even if he wasn’t afraid of death, he’d rather die from overeating than die on his way to eat.   So, while dignity was important, his junior brother wasn’t an outsider.   Thinking this, Er Niu suddenly felt less weary.   Hearing this, Xu Qing’s expression turned solemn. He took a step forward, chose a passage, and headed straight for the crevice.   Er Niu immediately followed.   And so, the two of them continuously traversed this passage. Although they encountered some setbacks along the way, Xu Qing’s cultivation level allowed them to overcome them relatively smoothly.   Several days later, they finally traversed all the crimson mist and appeared before the enormous crevice!   Standing there, Xu Qing’s pupils contracted.   His gaze pierced through the mist within the crevice, and in the haze, he saw a world within it.   In that world stood an incomparably magnificent altar.   That altar was constructed from the bones of countless gods!   Faintly, many ferocious insects seemed to crawl across those bones.   And on that altar lay a massive bronze coffin!   Countless divine chains extended from the void within the cracks, firmly locking the coffin in place!   An ancient aura, a primordial sense of time, and endless mystery and majesty emanated from the coffin and chains, rippling in all directions, as if telling all living beings: This place… is forbidden!   And this forbidden place wasn’t just the altar, the coffin, and the chains; in another direction, there was a figure.   That figure wasn’t a cultivator; it belonged to a god.   To be precise, it was a corpse.   The corpse of a god.   And only the upper half!   The moment he saw it clearly, Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed sharply, his mind reeling.   He had seen this person before!   ”The Lord of Li Zhu!”   Xu Qing’s heart jolted. He knew from the battle report that the Lord of Li Zhu had fled   , severely wounded, but he never expected that the opponent would be here, and… already dead! Just as Xu Qing   ’s mind was in turmoil, Er Niu beside him raised his hand and pointed in a direction within the mist of the crevice, his expression crazed and greedy, speaking rapidly. “Little Qing, I can’t see inside, but I can sense that direction. There’s a great treasure I need there. Can you help me see what good things are in that direction?”   Xu Qing hesitated, the direction Er Niu was pointing was that corpse…   ”What?” Er Niu urged.   ”That’s a god’s corpse.” Xu Qing looked at Er Niu.   ”A god’s corpse? Isn’t that some great treasure? What realm is that god’s corpse?” Er Niu was somewhat disappointed, but still asked.   ”The Lord of Li Zhu…” Xu Qing said softly.   The moment those two words left his mouth, Er Niu’s figure transformed into a blur, rushing towards the mist.   He had completely gone mad.