Chapter 765 - 765: 717 Flaw 4

For a moment, Zhang Rongfang simply hovered in mid-air, waiting for the final outcome.

His life attribute had now broken through to a height of over ten thousand, with immense cellular vitality.

Even if he released a drop of blood, it could create a vast dead zone.

Having not acted publicly in over a decade, except for Long, no one else knew the extent of his current abilities.

However, the situation was beyond his expectations.

The thousands of Bloodlines and the two Blood Fairies sent down were being continuously surrounded and gradually enveloped in blue light, disappearing without a trace.

In a matter of minutes, only a handful of Bloodlines managed to escape from the yellow sand. The rest were completely gone.

"Continue to send people over, bring a few from the Spirit Extreme Institute," Zhang Rongfang instructed the Bloodlines beside him, his expression unchanged.

Fourteen years of recuperation had given him much deeper patience and sophistication than before.

At this time, he did not rush in but continued to send people down to probe.

This was to observe the opponents.

Meanwhile, deep underground.

On a lonely island floating above a sea of magma, several Secret Keepers, along with Ounan and Gongsun Yi, silently watched the battle above through a light screen.

"This is the fully activated Nabux, the king of the Second Secret Lock's Secret Keepers!" the lead Secret Keeper exclaimed with a hint of fanaticism as he spread his arms wide.

"This level of commotion can't stop him," a calm female voice came from mid-air.

"Of course, I know that, but that's just Nabux's auxiliary abilities. The true form of it has awakened..." the person in the black robe declared loudly.

"A mere nephew isn't enough to lure him down. We need to up the stakes," the female voice continued.

"Indeed. So... how about this?!" the person in the black robe subtly grasped at the bronze door.

Immediately, an invisible aura seeped out from the bronze door and dispersed upward, wafting through the desert ground.

"Since the stakes aren't enough, let's make him have no choice but to act!" the black-robed figure laughed aloud.

Ounan and Gongsun Yi exchanged a glance and quietly retreated to a distance.

"The Second Secret Lock, Nabux, is probably all part of their bait to lure the Blood Alliance. We should leave, there's nothing left for us now," Ounan whispered.

"Better get far from here first," Gongsun Yi agreed with a nod.

The two stealthily leapt into the air along the edge of the lonely island, heading far away.

Swoosh.

Ounan released a thin metal wire from his hand, attaching it to the ceiling of the cave, and quickly swung away.

But just then, the entire cave started to shake slightly.

This enormous cave, with a diameter of at least tens of kilometers, was trembling altogether at this moment.

A large amount of rocks and sand began to fall from above.

Suspended in mid-air, Ounan was still reeling from the shock as the stone he had just used for leverage fell. He nearly plunged into the magma, but he managed to switch stones in time.

As he hung in mid-air, he looked back at the floating island.

And what he saw was an unforgettable sight.

Below the entire island, where there should have been empty space, huge bronze-colored human-like bodies began to appear.

Within seconds, as if transitioning from invisibility to visibility, a massive bronze-colored metallic giant, with the island as its head, appeared before them.

"Nabux... is that Nabux!?" Gongsun Yi was held in Ounan's arms, equally shocked as she looked on at the scene.

This time, the size was far greater than the Secret Keeper King of the First Secret Lock.

The head alone, resembling an island, measured several kilometers in diameter, not to mention the other body parts.

Boom.

In an instant, dazzling blue light began to surface across Nabux's entire body.

Waves of spatial distortion twisted and surrounded it.

"It's trying to escape!! That's the teleportation blue light!"

Suddenly, at the top of the cave, more than a dozen Bloodlines emerged from the cracks, the first thing they saw was the enormous blue giant.

Their blood-red eyes reflected the scene before them.

These images were also transmitted through a mysterious connection, quickly reaching Zhang Rongfang's mind above the ground.

"The Second Secret Lock!?" Zhang Rongfang's previously calm expression instantly tightened.

From the data obtained by his subordinates about the Second Secret Lock, the massive blue giant should be the king of the Secret Keepers of the Second Secret Lock — Nabux.

And now, Nabux was about to leave, in the process of being transferred.

The blue light on its surface had previously been used to continuously teleport away many Secret Keepers and Bloodlines.

And now, Nabux's entire body was enveloped in that brilliant blue light, which meant...

It's trying to escape!!?

After painstakingly locating the whereabouts of the Second Secret Lock, the Chana Palace and the Human Immortal Bloodlines had spent over ten years searching together, only to find it here.

Through the eyes of the Bloodlines, he watched the Secret Keeper King who was preparing to transfer away.

Zhang Rongfang's thoughts flickered continuously.

'Should I intervene to stop it!?'

This was clearly a trap, a bait, but there was no choice, this bait was just too tempting.

Finally.

Zhang Rongfang pulled his blood robe, covering his entire body.

Swish!

He suddenly vanished from the spot, his space ability unfolded, directly pinpointing teleportation to the location of the King of Secret Keepers below.

Just as he was about to teleport down, a transparent rift opened mid-air in the underground cave.

Before he could step through the rift.

Suddenly, a dazzling blue light shone brightly around him.

Before Zhang Rongfang could regain his senses, a whirlwind spun around him, and as his vision blurred, he found himself in a completely pitch-black, empty space where nothing could be seen.

In front of him, in the air, a door slowly appeared, glowing brightly.

The door was an ordinary semi-circle, filled with an extremely glaring white light, making it impossible to see what lay beyond.

Hiss....

After a sudden faint hissing sound, steps began to gradually manifest between Zhang Rongfang and the door.

The steps were semi-transparent, with many patterns and characters engraved on the surfaces and sides.

"I am the King of Secret Keepers of the Second Secret Lock—Nabux." In the darkness, a cold female voice slowly emerged.

"What I control is the blockade of consciousness, memory, and perception."

"Blockade? Nabux, can you tell me, what are the three Secret Locks guarding against?" Zhang Rongfang quickly asked, regaining his composure.

This had always been his greatest confusion.

"Guarding against the expansion of catastrophe." Nabux coldly replied. "End of answer."

"Next, I will leave this place. If you wish to exit, you need to answer the calculation problem of the steps below you.

Beneath you lies the Mind Test Staircase. It consists of three levels, and you must answer them correctly.

If any answer is incorrect, you will remain in this space forever, losing your qualification to exit."

Mind Test Staircase!?

Zhang Rongfang suddenly understood the trick that the stars were playing.

The test from the King of Secret Keepers of the Second Secret Lock must be the Mind Test Staircase, and this test could keep him sealed here, unable to respond to others outside.

So, as long as they took advantage of this moment to do what they wanted to....

"I never expected, the Second Secret Lock challenge originally meant for Long, turned out to be my first encounter."

Zhang Rongfang's expression remained unchanged. Since he confirmed that the stars' target was him, then the opponents would not forget his absolute revival ability.

"So.... what method will they use to seize the opportunity to kill me!?"

With a thought, he utilized his space ability, and transparent ripples encircled his entire body.

But only for a moment.

The ripples quickly vanished, the space ability failed, and he remained in place.

"Fire."

Zhang Rongfang was not surprised, raising his hand to conjure the powerful flame of the Vermilion Bird in his palm.

Southern Ming Separation Fire.

He gently tossed it, but before the golden-red flame could fly half a meter, a blue light flashed, and it disappeared instantly.

"Interesting." Zhang Rongfang continued attempting various other abilities.

But none of the powers could escape the blue light's embrace.

With just a flash of blue light, everything vanished without a trace.

Only the door, glowing brightly in the darkness, and the steps engraved with patterns and symbols, remained unmoved.

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"He's in!!"

At this moment, above Nabux's head, on the lonely island.

A group of Secret Keepers cheered excitedly.

Blue lights flashed, as various masked figures appeared one by one on the island.

Despite the masks, they could still roughly identify each other's identities through unique bodily features.

Sol, Ra, Fen from the Spirit Alliance, Xuezelas from the Human Alliance. And the three kings from the Chana Tower!

"We succeeded!" Sol remarked with a complex expression. "We successfully sent the Blood King into the Formatted Space. Even if Long entered there, escaping would be difficult. Unless he completes all the Mind Test Staircase problems, his consciousness will never be able to leave!"

"What exactly is the Formatted Space!?" Fen from the Spirit Alliance frowned and asked.

"It's a peculiar space unexpectedly discovered by the Spirit Eye Race, where we and Long were initially created." Ophelia, one of the three kings, replied.

"I've researched it for many years, and only when a life's consciousness breaks through to a certain absolute limit and crosses into a brand-new framework does it touch there." Ra added calmly. "To describe it more specifically, it's a small area that can only be reached when all consciousnesses in the world reach a certain height of qualitative transformation."

"Since it's a consciousness space, how could Long, the strongest physical being, be created there?" Xuezelas questioned in confusion.

"The top elders of the Spirit Eye Race possess not only top intellect but also extremely terrifying telekinesis. With telekinesis technology, they mastered the virtual-real conversion technology." Ophelia explained.

"The Formatted Space is a place that all advanced consciousnesses in this world have contacted.

Apart from using the back door of the Spirit Eye Race to enter and exit, there also exists the legendary Mind Test Staircase. It has three levels, and after answering them correctly, one can pass through the Path Door and acquire all Taoist knowledge."

Ming supplemented, with a heavy tone of hatred in his voice.

"But unfortunately, the Blood King cannot leave. He can neither find the Spirit Eye Race's back door nor possibly answer those three Mind Test Staircase questions left by other advanced consciousnesses.

After all, those are the steps left behind by the three strongest advanced consciousnesses who fell while trying to approach the Path Door, with their reluctance. He doesn't even have the qualification to answer, as he didn't enter with a normal awareness transcendence."

"So, this time, the Blood King is finished. With his primary consciousness sealed, we can proceed to address the red transformation issue." Ming remarked with a hint of satisfaction.