đź“– Chapter 999 - The Intimidating Galaxy Bow!
Wang Baole stood stock still without moving an inch. As he stared at the stone statue, his eyes gradually grew solemn.
Although the statue’s face was blurry and impossible to make out clearly, from its general appearance it could be seen that this statue was of a human cultivator. Its attire was in the style of the ancients, and overall, there was a powerful sense of time emanating off of it. Especially shocking was the sword on its back; despite being mere stone, it exuded a fierce sword intent that could even cause Wang Baole to feel danger.
It seemed that as long as he took a few more steps forward, the monstrous sword qi stored in the stone sword would immediately attack him, as evidenced by the mountains of sea beast carcasses piled up over the years.
Hesitation appeared in Wang Baole’s eyes. If possible, he didn’t want to disturb the temple. After all, the sword-bearing stone statue seemed to have the power to harm or even kill him.
And it had already been countless years, so most of its power had already dissipated. If it was back when the sword-bearing stone statue was at its peak, it would probably be able to slice heaven and earth open with a single strike!
However, although the statue seemed awe-inspiring, the years had definitely taken their toll. If Wang Baole’s true self was here, he was confident in forcing his way in. But in the end, there was still a difference between the clone and the true self, so he was forced to stop outside the statue’s range. Soon, Wang Baole’s gaze moved away from the statue and looked at the temple covered in seaweed. A bright glow suddenly appeared in his eyes.
There was no door blocking off the temple, so Wang Baole could clearly see that there was no altar dedicated to a god inside. Instead, there was a teleportation formation. This formation was also active, but it was different from the one below the rotting whale. There were thin threads coming from it that extended up to the surface of the sea and spread out to cover a large part of Earth.
These threads weren’t attached to any living things. Instead, they were connected to wells of spirit qi all over Earth, from which they continuously siphoned energy for the spell formation.
If there was no plan to integrate the Divine Eye Civilization into the solar system, then Wang Baole might have just chosen to ignore the arrangements here and leave. However, given the situation, he couldn’t do that anymore.
Wang Baole knew some things about the fusion of civilizations. Once the Divine Eye Civilization was integrated into the solar system, the spirit qi all over the solar system would skyrocket. When that happened, the spell formation here would also instantaneously absorb a huge amount of energy. And then… Wang Baole didn’t dare to gamble on what would happen next.
This was one of the reasons why he was going around sealing all the ruins on Earth. Thus, after a moment of silence, Wang Baole rubbed his brows and cupped his fists as he bowed toward the stone statue.
“Senior, this junior really doesn’t know whether this place will be medicine or poison for my Federation. Just in case, I’m going to seal this spell formation and cut off the connection with the outside world. I have no choice, so I can only beg for Senior’s forgiveness.” With that, Wang Baole began walking forward. One step, two steps…
But the moment he took the third step, the stone sword on the statue’s back suddenly buzzed. The sword qi that had been taking aim immediately burst forth, turning into a beam of light that shot straight toward Wang Baole!
Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and suddenly retreated. He took seven steps backward in a single breath, leaving the apparent range of the temple. However, the streak of sword qi seemed to have gone crazy. No matter how far back Wang Baole went, it continued to rush forward, as if it would kill him even if it had to chase him to the ends of the earth. Just as it approached him, a cold light flashed in Wang Baole’s eyes.
“Looks like it’s poison!” As he spoke, Wang Baole suddenly summoned a huge bow with a flip of his hand. The moment this bow appeared, the seabed quaked. In fact, the solar system itself trembled, and even the Sun seemed to dim. Little Missy and the Star Domain Realm ancestor of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, who were reminiscing on old times at the tip of the ancient bronze sword, suddenly turned to look in the direction of Earth with startled expressions on their faces.
"This is……"
"The Galaxy Bow!" Little Missy’s eyes became solemn as she muttered softly. At the same time, down on the seabed, Wang Baole grabbed onto the bowstring with his right hand as he faced the stone statue. He let out a low growl, and his cultivation base exploded forth. The nine Ancient Planets spun, and the Dao Planet emitted a dazzling light. Gathering all the power he could muster, Wang Baole… pulled back the bowstring!
Although it wasn’t fully drawn, it was still about 70% of the way there. The gemstones inlaid on the bow, which looked like Eternal Stars, flickered rapidly, and one of them… lit up!
Although it wasn’t fully lit, it still emitted weak rays of light. All around Wang Baole, bursts of Eternal Star fire flickered into existence, and the source of these flames was none other than the bow!
Just as Little Missy had said, this bow… was the Galaxy Bow replica that Wang Baole had found in the storage ring together with the mysterious bottle and the paper human cutout!
Although it was just a replica, it still contained heaven-shaking, earth-shattering power. Even the current Wang Baole would only be able to fully draw it once he fused with his true self!
With just his clone, he could only pull it back 70% of the way, but even so… the pressure it gave off immediately caused the streak of sword qi that had been shooting toward Wang Baole to suddenly stop. As it hovered in the air, it seemed to be hesitating.
“I will only cut off the power source of the spell formation so that it can’t activate on its own. I won’t do anything else!”
Wang Baole didn’t let go of the bowstring as he stared warily at the streak of sword qi. However, his expression grew fierce and his words carried harsh determination. After several breaths of time, the streak of sword qi suddenly retracted, returning back to the stone sword. The pressure emitted by the statue also disappeared.
Although the sword qi was gone, Wang Baole didn’t let his guard down. He kept the bow drawn as he walked toward the temple step by step. The stone statue remained completely motionless as he passed it, and even when he finally stepped into the temple, it didn’t show any signs of activity at all.
Seeing this, Wang Baole didn’t waste any time. He suddenly lifted his right foot and stomped down on the spell formation. Rumbles echoed out, and the spell formation inside the temple immediately shattered. At the same time, those tiny threads extending out of it all snapped.
After repeatedly examining the area to ensure that nothing was wrong, Wang Baole left the temple. He didn’t put away the Galaxy Bow until he was a thousand meters away.
He wouldn’t draw this bow easily. Once he really released an arrow, he would instantly become incredibly feeble. Thus, unless he had no other choice, he would definitely choose not to shoot.
Luckily, everything had been resolved peacefully. Although he originally wanted to destroy the temple entirely so as to avoid future troubles, the current result was still satisfactory. Wang Baole looked back at the temple one more time, then vanished.
When he reappeared, he was just outside of the final set of seabed ruins. This set of ruins was composed of a mountain and a stone gate. Looking at the runes on the stone gate that held the meaning of “Sea-Suppressing”, Wang Baole’s eyes slowly narrowed.
What happened next was different from what he’d been expecting. Perhaps the standoff with the stone statue outside the temple had caused some changes to occur on this Sea-Suppressing Mountain, but when Wang Baole approached the gate, it actually… opened on its own!
When it opened, a figure suddenly walked out from the stone gate!
The one who walked out wasn’t a cultivator. It looked like an old man in a green robe, but in reality, it was a wooden puppet.
The puppet held two items in its hands. One was an ancient jade slip, and the other was a formation disk. As Wang Baole stared vigilantly, the puppet placed these two items down in front of Wang Baole, then turned and walked back to the stone gate. With a wave of its hand, the mountain behind the gate instantly turned transparent, allowing Wang Baole to clearly see everything inside.
This mountain appeared to be a cave abode, but aside from some stone tables and chairs, it was mostly empty. The only other thing of note was an altar, but there was no longer anything on it. However, judging from the altar’s layout, it was obvious that there used to be something enshrined there.
Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and looked down at the formation disk that the puppet had brought. Obviously, this formation disk used to be on that altar, and the reason why the puppet brought it out was to tell him that the cave abode no longer held a teleportation formation.
This matter was quite strange. After the puppet caused the mountain to turn transparent, it cupped its fists toward Wang Baole and walked back inside. Soon, the mountain returned to its former opaque state.
Wang Baole fell silent. After a while, he lifted his right hand, and the jade slip and formation disk were immediately sucked into it. He looked at the formation disk first, and hundreds of spots of light immediately appeared in his mind. These light spots dotted the entire Earth, and each one represented the location of a teleportation formation.
However, most of the light spots were already dim, seemingly indicating that the teleportation formations were no longer active. This formation disk seemed to be the core that controlled all the teleportation formations.
“It’s giving this to me?” Wang Baole frowned and turned his gaze to the jade slip. As soon as his divine sense touched it, a historical record instantly appeared in his mind!