Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 353 A strange combination of circumstances
Western desert region.

Not all cultivators are paying attention to the battle for Martial Emperor City.

The Ghost Cultivator Demon Sect's Netherworld Palace... from beginning to end, only focused on finding the artifact ghost.

They paid no attention to the battle at Tongtian City.

They still didn't pay attention to the battle at Wudi City.

Even the Holy Maiden of the Netherworld Palace didn't care about her ranking on the Golden List, which had dropped from eleventh to twelfth.

After long and persistent efforts, the Netherworld Palace has finally found hope in capturing the Ghostly Artifact!
The artifact ghost is extremely cunning and never clashes with powerful cultivators, making it extremely difficult to capture directly.

However, by continuously deciphering the relics that sealed the artifact spirits, the Netherworld Palace successfully mastered the method of forcibly summoning artifact spirits.

Inside the eerie altar, the Lord of the Underworld, clad in a black robe and composed entirely of bones, had ghostly flames flickering in his eyes.

The Holy Maiden of the Netherworld Palace, dressed in white with only her long black hair showing, had a solemn expression.

Besides them, there was another person, the withered soul of an old man. This soul was only at the Nascent Soul stage, but at this moment, the gazes of the Netherworld Palace Master and the Netherworld Saintess were both fixed on him.

Although this old man's cultivation level was not high, he was the top tomb raider in the Western Desert. His skills, spells, and experience were all designed to break various arrays and seals.

While searching for the artifact ghost, the Netherworld Palace was also capturing various talented individuals who could break ancient formations. They captured countless cultivators and directly enslaved their souls for their own use. However, after capturing hundreds of people, they still didn't achieve anything significant.

Until this tomb raider... successfully broke the seal on the demon artifact's formation.

If this damaged formation is repaired, the altar will act like the eye of a storm, forcibly absorbing the wandering artifact spirits and resealing them!

This altar was originally built to subdue the artifact demon, and even the artifact demon itself cannot completely destroy or resist it.

"All the materials you requested are here. If you can successfully reseal the artifact spirit here, you will become the deputy hall master of the Netherworld Palace. Not only will you be freed, but you will also have a new physical body reconstructed," the Netherworld Saintess said.

"Thank you, Palace Master, thank you, Holy Maiden... I will do my utmost. I'm not bragging, but my family has been tomb raiding since the Immortal Palace era. My grandfather and father were both Void Profound stage tomb raiders. It's just that by my generation, there aren't enough tombs to raid anymore, and the resources simply aren't enough to support my cultivation to the Void Profound stage, which is why we've fallen into this situation..."

"Enough with the nonsense." The Lord of the Underworld glanced at the shifty-eyed tomb raider. "Let's begin."

"Yes, yes, yes..." The tomb raider felt a deep sadness. He never imagined that he would spend his whole life raiding tombs, from Buddhist monks to ancient royal families, and even ancient immortals...

As a result, he was not captured by the Buddhist sect, nor by the ancient kingdom, nor was he killed by the ancient formation... In the end, he was captured by the hall master of the Netherworld Palace of the three major demonic sects, a powerful figure in the Dao Seeking stage, who personally descended and captured him.

None of us are good people, so why make things difficult for each other...

What merit or ability did he possess? He merely robbed some tombs; why should he be reduced to a remnant soul?

Is this the retribution for generations of tomb raiding in my family...?

The tomb raiders were still heartbroken, only hoping that the Underworld Palace would keep its promise.

He could tell that the current formation originated from the Immortal Palace era and was extremely profound. It was only because his ancestors had dealt with tombs from the Immortal Palace era for many years that he could barely make out its secrets.

To be honest, he wasn't entirely confident in repairing the altar and reabsorbing the sealed artifact, but given the current situation, he had to give it a try no matter what.

Otherwise, what awaits him is certain annihilation.

"It has to succeed!" Under the coercion of the Lord of the Underworld Palace and the Holy Maiden, the tomb raider began to repair the sealed altar. He didn't know how much time had passed when he subconsciously wiped his sweat, only to find that he was now just a soul and had no sweat left to wipe.

"How is it?" asked the Netherworld Saintess.

"I feel, I feel it should be done. Next, as long as we have a large number of magical treasures as sacrifices, we should be able to reactivate the sealing altar. This is a targeted seal. Once activated, it will unleash a suction force that will pull the object to be sealed no matter where it is!" "However, I estimate that to activate it, we will need to sacrifice at least one 'quasi-immortal artifact' level magical treasure..." the tomb raider said cautiously.

The Lord of the Underworld remained expressionless in response to the tomb raiders' words; it was merely a quasi-immortal artifact…

Although it is incredibly precious, it is nothing compared to the hope of being able to control a celestial artifact.

It reached out and handed a near-immortal artifact to the tomb raider...

The tomb raider nodded and began performing the sacrificial ritual with extreme nervousness.

After an unknown amount of time, the tomb raider suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Did you succeed?" asked the Netherworld Saintess.

He was overjoyed: "There was a small problem, but it should be a success. Under the power of the altar, the power of that artifact ghost will be severely limited, and it may even fall into a coma. However, because the altar is too old, its attraction may be weaker, and it may not be able to break through the void and quickly summon it. My lords, you can now use the altar as the center and intensify your search for it!"

"If we're lucky, it shouldn't be long before we find it, as it's being drawn to the altar!"

"We must hurry and not let others get there first."

"You are very good." The Netherworld Saintess gave him an approving look; he really was a capable person.

at the same time.

Somewhere in the western desert.

The artifact spirit that was possessing the Longevity Turtle suddenly felt a familiar power.

Its jellyfish-like, ethereal shape startled the long-lived tortoise inside.

The power of sealing...

The familiar sealing power instantly instilled fear in the weapon spirit.

Its consciousness went haywire as it sensed the sealing altar forcibly summoning it. However, the altar was created to restrain it, and the artifact ghost had no way to escape. It could only struggle inside the longevity tortoise, constantly urging and strengthening the tortoise's power in an attempt to break free.

However, in the end, he could not withstand the power of the sealing altar and soon lost consciousness.

After the artifact ghost lost consciousness, the sealing altar's attraction force began to forcibly draw the artifact ghost in, trying to pull it towards it.

However, at this moment, the Longevity Turtle, which had been strengthened to an extremely high level by the weapon spirit through the ultimate weapon spirit power, suddenly exhibited a completely different situation from that of ordinary magical artifacts with dormant weapon spirits.

Ordinary magical artifacts, even celestial artifacts, will simply be left lying on the ground, at the mercy of others, without any self-awareness once they lose their spirit.

But mechanical beasts are different; even without the control of their spirit, they will still act...

"Reboot complete, about to set off on the treasure hunt..."

After restarting, the longevity tortoise had a blank stare. Despite the attraction of the sealing altar, it paused for a moment, then ran towards something that attracted it even more than the altar... the immortal body.

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"It is said that after making it into the top ten of the Fortune Ranking, one will be blessed with good fortune and endless opportunities. One can find rare and precious treasures just by going out, which are ten times more powerful than my spiritual fortune. I wonder if it is true or not. Brother Lin, we have been traveling for so long, how come we have not seen you find any magic treasures yet?" Gao Sheng, looking at the Fortune Ranking, asked curiously as Lin Jing and his group walked out of Martial Emperor City.

(End of this chapter)