Among the Black Mountain Bandits, there are many buildings, headed by nine leaders, each of whom is sitting in an ancient castle building.
Zi Chen and the others came to these ancient castles and carefully explored every place, not sparing any corner.
A few hours later, the three met outside, with disappointment written all over their faces.
"We are too greedy. One thing like this is already a treasure, but we actually expect other things. And after so many years of squandering, even if there are good things here, they have been squandered long ago." Xingchen shook his head. said.
This place was created by Zhongdian's first owner. It was just an inconspicuous den of star thieves at first. However, the first owner died early in the battle. Xia Hande took over the place. With the title of Invincible Pseudo Saint, he stole the Black Mountain. He developed into the biggest thief in this area, and he must have squandered a lot of resources during this period.
In fact, Zi Chen guessed that the true intention of the big leader was just to maintain this star thief den, not to really expand it, because he wanted to hide his identity, but later the other party died in the battle, and Xia Hande didn't know why, and things happened Deviation.
Whether this is what happened is meaningless to Zi Chen. He has no relationship with the former leader. Even if he knows the secret of the other party, he cannot find other Luo Zong treasures. As for the Black Mountain Bandit, although he is a good power, but Zi Chen couldn't stop because of this.
He will only rest here briefly, and then continue deeper.
After searching to no avail, Zi Chen returned to Yuan Xia Hande's residence. The consumed holy power had now been restored to 7788%, so he could try to extract the rules of the holy power.
Zi Chen didn't have any experience in the area of soul devourers. Fortunately, the rules he understood were very unusual. When Zi Chen singled out this rule and filled his body, it was like opening up the inheritance of memory, and like getting a soul. The guidance is the same, it is natural to know what to do next.
With the holy power surging at his fingertips, Zi Chen mobilized the rules of the Soul Devourer and pointed at the holy power crystal with one finger. As the holy power was injected into it, he soon felt that kind of rule from among the many heavenly realm rules. The rules of the Holy Power, and then the Holy Power used the rules as a guide, turned into threads, wrapped around the rules of the Holy Power, and forcibly extracted it from the Holy Crystal.
Anyone who can do this is a Saint-level Soul Devourer.
The reason why the false saints are not strong in combat is because they only have one holy rule in their body, and the other rules are all heavenly realms. Zi Chen said at the beginning that the false saints are the heavenly realms that have gone astray. This statement is still correct. of.
The false saint completely gave up an ocean and got a well, and could only use the power of that well.
All this sounds simple, but when it comes to practice, Zi Chen realizes how difficult it is.
He tried it more than a dozen times, until all the holy power that had just been condensed in his body was exhausted, and then he reluctantly pulled out a holy power rule.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead and looking at the rule chip in his hand, Zi Chen sighed: "I didn't expect that it would be so difficult. If you want to condense a complete holy crystal, I'm afraid it will take a long time." A short time.”
Zi Chen was very dissatisfied with his speed.
But if outside saints were to know that Zi Chen could successfully draw out a rule of holy power with just a little bit of holy power condensed in his physical body, they would undoubtedly be shocked, and it would also cause a huge shock.
Because usually, it takes several days to extract a rule. If you are proficient, it may take up to a month if you are not proficient.
It was the first time Zi Chen tried to extract the rules of holy power, and he achieved such results. In the eyes of those who really know the industry, this is undoubtedly a monster-like existence, and it will also shock Zi Chen's purity of the rules.
Zi Chen was not satisfied with his speed, but he soon discovered that when he was extracting the rules of the holy power, the speed of condensing the holy power in his body was accelerated a lot.
This was a complete surprise, so Zi Chen concentrated on running his perfect body to restore the holy power.
After the holy power was restored, it continued to be consumed. During this repeated process, Zichen's holy power increased at a rate that was not weaker than the speed of the previous retreat.
This unexpected surprise made Zi Chen make up his mind to stay here for a while, and then work hard to extract all the rules of the Holy Power from all the crystal stones obtained this time that contain the rules of the Holy Power.
In his spare time, Zi Chen would also go out for a walk, explore the surroundings, and satisfy the many treasure hunting ideas that had dissipated in his heart.
Later, Zi Chen discovered a very strange phenomenon.
On this planet, except for the monks, there are no other signs of life. However, the buildings here are not only magnificent, but also each has formations. However, without the power of heaven and earth to maintain them, these formations are undoubtedly just decorations.
Logically speaking, such a den of star thieves should not be placed on such a ruined planet, because no one can guarantee how long these planets can last before they naturally collapse. If a force is really to be established, then those planets that are intact will The planet is the truly suitable place.
Zi Chen, who was confused in his heart, called over the two heavenly beings, Fat and Thin.
"My lord, I have misunderstood. This used to be a complete world, and all formations could be activated. However, unknown changes have occurred in recent years. The spiritual power on this planet has begun to flow away, showing signs of decay. Not only this The same is true for the planet and other nearby planets." Shou Tianjing said.
"There is still something like this. Have you checked it out? What's the cause?"
"When this situation was first discovered, everyone was very excited, thinking that a valuable treasure had been born in this star field. Chief Xia Hande even personally investigated the surrounding areas, but until all these planets were destroyed, the source of the abnormality could not be found. In the end, everyone gave up looking for the root cause and felt happy in their hearts. Over time, others got used to this."
Afterwards, Zi Chen asked the two of them some more questions, but did not find any useful clues.
However, the spiritual power of heaven and earth here cannot flow away for no reason, and it also flows together with the power on other surrounding planets. There is something strange in this.
"Could it be that the big leader back then came here to establish the Black Mountain Bandits not just to hide, but because he discovered something here and established a star bandit den, which was just a cover."
"Well, that must be the case. Luo Zong's destruction lasted too long, long enough for the two great families to forget them. And the other party may not have come here just to hide. He may have discovered the secrets of this place and was just deceiving them. die."
This possibility is also possible, deliberately giving up Zhongdian's soul control and making a false impression of death.
But Zi Chen thought about it carefully and felt that it was impossible, because the Black Mountain Bandit was created by the other party. Since he had discovered the secret long ago, he could live in seclusion here without creating the Black Mountain Bandit.
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Zi Chen never expected that he would see such a place full of secrets just for a short stay.
Almost all the people who were related to the big leader were killed in the battle. Even those who were not killed were killed by Zi Chen in this battle.
Only Xia Hande and the military advisor ran away. It turned out that the other party did not run away in the first place, but ran away after he blocked the second leader's forbidden weapon attack.
But there was only Xia Hande, and the military advisor was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps he had run away long ago, or perhaps he had been killed by Xia Hande.
But there is no doubt that all the problems lie with Xia Hande.
Zi Chen called Fat and Thin Tianjing again and asked them about Xia Hande.
"We don't know the specific things. We have never seen the real big leader. When we came here, Xia Hande was the big leader. And those people were almost all killed in a large-scale battle. That day During the battle, the big leader died, the original four leaders were seriously injured, and Xia Hande, who was still the second leader, was also injured."
"The only ones who survived that battle were him and the original four leaders. After that, Xia Hande became the big leader, the four leaders became the third leaders, and the original three leaders became the current second leaders. The other party has been killed by you, oh , during the First World War, the military advisor also participated in the battle, and it is said that he was also injured."
"Do you know who you are fighting?" Zi Chen asked.
"I don't know. It is said to be a family, but I don't know which family it is specifically. This matter has been forgotten for tens of thousands of years. We just overheard a few words when others were chatting. "
"Oh, there is another rumor. It is said that the name of the great leader, the Invincible Pseudo Saint, has long been lost. In the battle that year, he suffered extremely serious injuries and has not recovered yet. His combat power has also been greatly reduced. Just after that battle, the big leader kept saying that he was invincible against the false saint, but he never took action."
The two of them retreated, and Zi Chen went out to investigate. He used his perfect spirit to examine carefully, but found nothing unusual.
Maybe this place has secrets, but too much time has passed, and even if there were secrets, they were taken away first.
But for Xia Hande who disappeared inexplicably, Zi Chen had other thoughts in his mind. He vaguely felt that the other party might not have escaped, but was still somewhere here.
As for the battle that year, Zi Chen had different opinions, such as the fact that Xia Hande, who possessed the invincible pseudo-sage, was injured.
His opponent is definitely not a saint, otherwise he would not be alive. Zi Chen knows very well how powerful a being with the title of invincible is, and can kill someone of the same level instantly.
In a battle with the same level, he shouldn't be seriously injured, but if the opponent has extraordinary means, that's another story.
What if it was the original big leader who fought against Xia Hande?
The opponent's combat power may not be strong, but with the Treasure Pavilion, there are endless methods. In a desperate fight, it is still very possible to seriously injure Xia Hande.
Moreover, in that battle, only three people were alive, but the three surviving leaders died again not long after, leaving only Xia Hande and the military advisor.
As the former confidants of the big leader, the two did not know the magical function of the treasure pavilion. It was obvious that the big leader did not trust the two of them.
Zi Chen guessed that it was Xia Hande who killed the former leader.