Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

Chapter 247 Level Seven Beast
A crimson flame, like a ring, illuminated the deep darkness.

Dozens of wispy, ethereal black shadows emitted mournful howls on a spiritual level, their seemingly real yet illusory bodies simultaneously disintegrating.

A tiny green light flashed down from the sky, and Gao Wu twirled his Destiny Sword, collecting dozens of round, bean-sized crystals on the spine of the sword.

From the fiery, swift sword to the use of the sword as a vessel to hold crystals, the transformation from hardness to softness is light and natural, demonstrating the exquisite skill of high-level swordsmanship.

Gao Wu was quite pleased with himself. For more than ten days, he had been sweeping away the Shadow Ghosts deep in the mine. Dealing with these elusive and unpredictable alien spirits, his swordsmanship had improved rapidly, and he was not far from reaching the Great Perfection realm.

With a flick of his sword, he collected dozens of supernatural crystals into his pocket. By the end of the day, his pocket was filled with hundreds of crystals.

The main problem is that there are too many Shadow Ghosts in the underground mine. They always pop up in groups, with at least dozens of Shadow Ghosts.

In just over ten days, Gao Wu and Song Mingyue ventured deep into the tenth level of the mine, slaying more than ten thousand Shadow Ghosts.

The shadow ghosts may seem harmless, but they all possess source power at the martial arts master level. They can generate mental force fields, control cold air attacks, and switch between reality and illusion.

The only drawback is its limited attack methods, which pose no threat to truly skilled players.

However, their sheer number is enough to make up for all the shortcomings.

For masters like Song Chunqiu and Xie Bei to face dozens of Shadow Ghosts, they must unleash their full martial arts intent and blast the Shadow Ghosts to pieces before they can kill them.

Gao Wu is different; he can easily kill Shadow Ghost by simply adding a layer of Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra to the Heavenly Fate Sword.

With his 25 points of agility and superb swordsmanship, killing the Shadow Demon was as easy as popping a balloon.

In this way, killing the Shadow Demon becomes very simple.

Song Chunqiu followed the operation for two days and discovered that Gao Wu's fire control ability was a natural counter to Shadow Ghost, which put him at ease.

For the next ten days or so, Gao Wu followed Song Mingyue around.

The mine was deep and endless, and the mine tunnels were wide enough. Gao Wu and Song Mingyue went deep into the mine tunnels and killed all the shadow ghosts along the way.

Most of the large amount of alien spirit crystals obtained were fed to the mechanical warhorse, which restored the severely damaged mechanical warhorse to its peak condition and even improved its energy level.

It was precisely because they could ride warhorses to advance quickly that Gao Wu and Song Mingyue were able to continue to penetrate deeper into the territory.

The mine tunnels were like an underground labyrinth, with complex and winding passages. According to Gao Wu's calculations, their location was nearly three hundred kilometers below the surface.

Without mechanical warhorses, the daily round trip would consume a lot of time.

The military's exploration of the mine only extends to the top two layers, with the furthest point from the entrance being no more than ten kilometers away.

The mine was dangerous to begin with, and it was also home to a large number of Shadow Ghosts, so no one could venture deep inside.

Gao Wu wouldn't have gone this far if it weren't for the energy crystals of the alien spirits.

As Gao Wu ventured deeper, he realized something was amiss. The vein itself might be natural, but a passage wide enough for a tank to drive through was definitely not naturally formed.

It is very likely that some race dug out the complex tunnels for mining purposes. Perhaps this race eventually perished, or transformed into shadow ghosts.

Extraterrestrial spirits cannot appear out of thin air; they must have a source.

Song Mingyue agreed with Gao Wu's guess, and she also felt it was necessary to investigate the mineral vein thoroughly.

If there are any powerful alien spirits or beasts lurking deep within the mine, then one must be careful when mining here.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue rode their mechanical warhorses slowly forward along the passage. Gao Wu, sitting in front, wore scarlet eyes on his face. With this strange object, he could see through the darkness without any secret techniques and could also defend against poison gas. In this environment, it was simply a divine object.

He was armed with the Crimson Dragon Armor, and there was no need for him to take any risks, even though he was physically strong, as he didn't know what might be hidden deep underground.

Song Mingyue wore a black armor battle suit on the outside and a Seven Laws Divine Robe underneath, making her fully armed.

The surrounding environment was unusually dark, with only the diamond crystals embedded in the stone wall shining with a faint, needle-like light of source energy.

Fortunately, Gao Wu and Song Mingyue could communicate telepathically at any time, so the mental energy consumed was negligible. In addition, the mechanical warhorse could fly, and the two of them and the horse floated forward silently like ghosts in the darkness.

Even so, the life force emanating from the two was difficult to conceal.

Upon entering a vast, open cavern, they were immediately swarmed by countless shadow ghosts.

"I'll do it." Song Mingyue said, activating the Seven Laws Divine Decree, and the tiny golden needles shot out at a speed faster than bullets.

The wisps of shadowy ghosts were instantly pierced by the golden needles, then decomposed into wisps of gray smoke, leaving behind crystalline energy cores.

The biggest problem with Shadow Ghosts is that they don't have a real body. This allows them to switch between reality and illusion, but they are most afraid of attack techniques that target the soul.

The Seven Laws Divine Decree had its demonic mark erased by Gao Wu, but it retained the seven divine powers. A powerful martial artist could withstand a stab with his physical body, but the Shadow Ghost's spiritual core would be directly destroyed by the seven divine powers.

Golden needles shot out in the darkness, and before a hundred shadow ghosts could even get close, they were already pierced and destroyed by the golden needles.

Over the past ten days, Song Mingyue has continuously slain shadow ghosts, which has also greatly honed her spiritual power and helped her master the Seven Laws Divine Decree.

At this moment, slaying the group of shadow ghosts felt effortless and easy.

Her powerful mental strength also gathered all the alien crystals into a ball and placed it in Gao Wu's pocket. Gao Wu praised her through mental resonance, "Well done!"

He then added, "As is customary, the minions have all been cleared out; a big monster should appear soon!"

Song Mingyue used her mental powers to wander around but found nothing unusual. She replied, "It's not a game. It's normal that there's nothing."

"That's possible!"

As Gao Wu spoke, he released his Yin Spirit to survey the surroundings. This underground cave was several miles in circumference, with a dome a thousand meters high, and it looked somewhat like a super-large martial arts hall.

There was nothing inside the cave except for the faint source energy glow of large diamond crystals on the stone walls.

The Yin spirit did not discover any life force, but it did find an unusually dense source of energy on a mountain wall.

"What is this?" Gao Wu's heart stirred, and he rode his Yin Spirit to rush into the stone wall.

Since the Yin spirit cannot interact with physical matter, it can ignore almost all physical matter.

In the eyes of the Yin spirits, the thick, solid stone walls are like layers of thick black smoke, which can block the Yin spirits' senses but cannot truly prevent them from entering or leaving.

After walking a few meters through the thick darkness, the Yin spirit saw the boundless sky and the blazing sun above.

Gao Wu can transform his visual state through his Yin Spirit, so he can see the sky is azure, the sun is as bright as a wheel, surrounded by layers of light, and occasionally there are bursts of flames.

Looking around, the mountains stretch endlessly, and to the left and ahead, the vast blue waves resemble the sea...

Whether it's the sky, the mountains, or the clear water, it's all the same as the environment of Camp 197.

Most importantly, the blazing sun in the sky is visually identical to the real world.

However, Gao Wu was quite certain that this was another world, because the level of source energy here was ten or even a hundred times higher than that of the secret realm.

The dense source energy flowed everywhere like water, and even the Yin spirit could feel the viscosity of the source energy.

Yin spirits can sense and control source power. At the same time, source power can also erode yin spirits.

The Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra reached its perfect state, enabling the Yin Spirit to withstand this level of source energy erosion and resist the blazing sun from the sky.

Gao Wu had entered many secret realms, but this was his first time entering another world.

Because everyone would warn him that the other world was dangerous and that he should not enter it unless there were special circumstances.

When Gao Wu was at Meixinzhai, he was prepared for the situation to turn bad, so he fled to another realm to avoid trouble.

The whole process went smoothly, and he didn't need to escape.

Gao Wu looked around through the Yin God and found it hard to describe the feeling of entering another world. Apart from the unusually strong source energy, it looked no different from Earth.

Many descriptions have stated that the geographical environment of this other world is very similar to that of Earth. This includes the sun, moon, and stars, which are all quite similar.

There are currently two main theories about other worlds: one is a mirror space, and the other is the convergence of multiple universes, each a mirror image of the other.

These claims lack any substantial evidence, because the power of otherworldly sources would interfere with all electronic devices, and there are various powerful alien beasts and races, making human exploration of otherworldly realms extremely limited.

Gao Wu was looking around when he suddenly saw the branches and leaves of a forest swaying, and the ground seemed to be shaking.

After waiting for a while, he saw a huge black snake slither out of the woods. The black snake was more than thirty meters long and one meter thick, with a triangular head and cold, menacing, vertical, emerald-green pupils.

Such a colossal creature gave Gao Wu an immense sense of oppression. Even more terrifying was the dense aura of source energy emanating from the giant snake.

Looking closely, the Yin spirit could see a radiant light, as bright as the sun, emanating from the snake's head. Gao Wu was startled; this was clearly an energy core possessed only by a level seven beast!
This giant black serpent was at least a level seven beast. Even if the Yin God wouldn't be discovered, Gao Wu still instinctively felt tense.

He had seen Martial Saints and Martial Kings, but these powerful figures were highly skilled and kept all their source energy contained, unlike the giant snake which released it completely.

In comparison, the giant serpent exerted a hundred times more pressure on him than any Martial King or Martial Saint.

The giant black serpent was unaware of the Yin spirit and swam into the lake on its own.

Before long, huge waves surged in the lake, and a fish more than ten meters long leaped out of the water. A huge black shadow flashed and swallowed the fish whole...

Gao Wu could see it clearly from the side; the black giant snake was enormous, but it was even faster at hunting than he was.

This must be the territory of the black giant serpent; only the abundant resources of the vast lake could sustain such a colossal creature.

The real problem is that there is already a spatial passage in the stone wall. The difference in the source energy between the two spaces is eroding the stone wall, and it is feared that the stone wall will collapse soon.

Another problem is that level-seven beasts are extremely sensitive to source energy. If the giant serpent discovers this spatial passage, not only will Camp 197 be wiped out, but the entire Northern Continent will be under immense threat.

The destructive power of a level seven beast is terrifying. If it were to enter a city, it would be a catastrophic disaster.

For the sake of the mineral deposits, and for everyone's safety, this snake must not be allowed to live!

(End of this chapter)