Chapter 1374 1360: True Face

The Luminous Bead on the man's left hand kept flickering with a hazy glow, like a swirl of cloud and mist coiling around his body, breathtakingly beautiful, like a dream, like an illusion.

That should be the Nine Revolutions Celestial Mist Pill.

To be able to affect an entire area and produce so many ink monsters, this Deceitful Object was indeed terrifyingly dangerous.

The more perverse its effect.

The more terrifying its side effects were bound to be.

But at this moment, who among them would be thinking about the side effects of the Nine Revolutions Celestial Mist Pill? Everyone who saw this thing just wanted to stuff it straight into their own pockets.

On the other side, the Seven-story Buddha Tower.

Gold Buddhist light kept flashing out in strands, tranquil and serene, like the supreme treasure of a Buddhist Sect.

Inside the Kunlai Daoist Palace.

There were many things related to Buddhism and Daoism.

For example, that black Butcher Tower from before, the strange mechanical monk on it, the Martial Arts manuals of the Buddhist Sect, and that black Demon Buddha Relics.

Although its function was unknown.

However.

For it to be valued so highly by the Gear Monk, it was clearly no ordinary item; it was just unclear whether the Gear Monk or that mysterious masked man would come out on top.

Zhou Yi, after obtaining the "After the Celestial Demon Golden Body Transformation," was already perfectly satisfied.

Greed swallowing an elephant is how one gets stuffed to death.

If he went to snatch that Demon Buddha Relics as well, he would probably become a target of public anger, besieged by the Gear Monk and the masked man. That would be dangerous, hardly the kind of carefree steadiness he wanted.

Facing the two treasures in this man's hands.

Everyone's eyes burned hot, not concealing the desire in their hearts in the slightest, but the first to come into contact with these two treasures were still the few who had been the first to step onto the platform.

They belonged to the same faction.

So their division of labor was extremely clear: three of them charged the Nine Revolutions Cloud Mist Pill at the same time, while the other two went straight for that little seven-story golden Buddha Tower.

However.

Just as they were about to touch the items.

An invisible wave of Powerful Qi spread out.

Very quickly.

The five of them were instantly flung far away by this Powerful Qi, slammed into the nearby wall, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

A trace of dread flashed through their eyes.

They no longer dared to advance.

At this moment.

A faint sigh sounded.

The man whose life force had completely vanished began to tremble all over, then started to convulse; after twisting several times and assuming a bizarre posture, he suddenly stood up.

"Ai..."

"I had already been sleeping here for so long, and hadn't planned on waking up, yet you all just had to come disturb my rest..."

The man turned around.

A sliver of amusement in his eyes: "So lively. I haven't seen this many people in a long time."

His body, previously withered and shriveled, rapidly grew full at this moment; flesh and blood filled out his entire frame, and in an instant he became a vigorous young man in his prime.

He clenched the Nine Revolutions Celestial Mist Pill tightly in his left hand.

Exerted a bit of force.

At once, that Celestial Mist Pill swelled and spewed out countless mists, instantly shrouding the surroundings, making it impossible to clearly see what was around.

After these mists billowed out.

Within that endless whiteness, ink monsters were rolling and roaring; each person could only see within a meter around themselves, everything else blocked by the vast white mist.

Within this mist.

A shout that shook the heart rang out: "World-in-the-Palm!"

In an instant.

The seven-story golden little Buddha Tower kept growing larger, and in the blink of an eye turned into a gigantic Butcher Tower, pressing down on everyone.

Zhou Yi found this thing incomparably familiar.

It was practically identical to that golden Buddha Tower forged jointly by the Buddhas in those paintings from before.

Zhou Yi took a deep breath.

If this Buddha Tower came crashing down, most people would probably be crushed directly into powder; even those who weren't would be sucked into the tower.

Truly worthy of "World-in-the-Palm."

This single move from Li Ziqiang instantly thrust everyone into an extremely perilous situation, but those daring enough to come in here to vie for treasure—how could any of them be pushovers?

Just as the Buddha Tower was about to land.

A burly man in the crowd suddenly enlarged, his body constantly swelling until he grew to a size almost equal to the tower.

He raised both hands high.

And fiercely braced the base of the Buddha Tower, not allowing it to fall further.

This man had actually managed to hold up the entire tower.

Li Ziqiang, newly awakened, clearly hadn't realized that the world was no longer the same as before.

He watched this scene with great interest.

A hint of puzzlement in his eyes, but he quickly returned to normal; with a downward press of his finger, the Buddha Tower suddenly flew up, shooting into that dark nebula above their heads. Beams of golden light streamed down from the top of the tower; anyone touched by the golden light shrank in an instant and was drawn into this golden Buddha Tower.

Such a terrifying Deceitful Object.

Zhou Yi's scalp practically crawled.

The stronger a Deceitful Object's Ability, the more horrifying its side effects; although he didn't know what the side effects of this Buddha Tower were, Zhou Yi felt the other party definitely couldn't use it without limit.

For all he knew.

The man might just be forcing himself right now.

But those who had been sucked in probably wouldn't fare well either; killing them outright might be unlikely, but at the very least they'd be skinned.

Zhou Yi signaled Ning Ying and the three from Extreme Bliss Heaven with his eyes.

Then kept retreating.

This Li Ziqiang before them was not someone who could be brought down by numbers; those two heaven-defying Deceitful Objects alone were enough to flatten any numerical advantage. On top of that, the terrain here clearly gave him home-field advantage.

Unless among the crowd.

There was another powerhouse of equal strength.

However.

Judging from the current situation, there didn't seem to be such a person.

"This is bad. Fighting here is too favorable for that bastard. Fall back, drag the battlefield outside," someone shouted loudly.

Clearly, others had also noticed the problem here.

At this time.

Zhou Yi had already retreated out to the entrance of the passage, back into the main hall where those Buddha paintings had been hanging.

Except.

An unexpected change suddenly occurred.

Although the Seven-story Buddha Tower was hanging in the nebula in the sky, out of reach, at this moment it seemed to sense something, suddenly stopped radiating golden light, and began to shrink continuously.

Li Ziqiang was also very puzzled by this change.

He had slept for far too long, and he didn't know what had happened to the Seven-story Buddha Tower he'd once obtained from this secret realm.

The first thing he thought of was that female ghost who had always harbored murderous intent towards him.

Back then he had traded some things with her, but in that deal, she had delivered the goods while he had failed to provide enough payment.

Strictly speaking, he had paid nothing at all.

But he quickly ruled out this possibility.

The Seven Treasures Pure Gold Tower was a supreme treasure of the Buddhist Sect; that female ghost wanted nothing to do with it—how could she possibly make the tower so afraid?

Li Ziqiang's eyes turned cold as he prepared to end this quickly.

He had slept until now precisely for this day of awakening, to escape this damned place. The fact that so many people had entered now meant that the great restriction of this secret realm had been opened; this was his only chance to leave.