Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 570 The Great Tomb of Heavenly Secrets

"Is the coward's corpse inside the Heavenly Secrets Tomb?"

Upon hearing the words of the Buddha, Lei Chi took the Heavenly Mystery Tomb even more seriously.

The Cowardly Emperor founded the Holy God Palace and left behind his legacy there, so his strength must be extremely strong. Although Lei Chi now considers himself to be exceptionally strong and can easily deal with powerful figures like the Heavenly King, he still holds this Cowardly Emperor in awe.

In his mind, the Cowardly Emperor should be the strongest among all the powerful people he had ever met. People like the 152 Heavenly Venerable and the Ascending Heavenly Venerable were probably weaker than him. As for Yu Baichen's strength, Lei Chi couldn't judge it yet. Recalling his past experiences with him, he guessed that he was probably only at the level of the Victorious Heavenly King.

"It seems we must go and see this Heavenly Mystery Tomb. It contains many secrets, and perhaps the origin of the Divine Realm is also related to it."

Having made up his mind, Lei Chi nodded to the Buddhas and Sangha, outwardly acknowledging his guess.

The beings of the Floating Pagoda were overjoyed, saying, "I came to this starry sky for the body of a coward, but unfortunately I was alone and weak, and I was afraid I couldn't defeat that eternal Sonic. Now that you are my helper, great things are in sight! Good, excellent!"

As he spoke, he unleashed his power on his companions, slashing out with his sword as if splitting space, creating a long river in the void. He and Lei Chi were on this side of the riverbank, while the others were on the other side.

Those realm lord-level powerhouses were both shocked and furious. Several of them tried to attack the Thunder Pool and the Floating Beings, but all their attacks were ineffective, as they were separated by the void river drawn by the Floating Beings.

"Impressive technique!" Lei Chi exclaimed in admiration. "May I ask what level of Void Sword God you are, Senior Brother?"

"Haha, when I left the Holy God Palace back then, I only got a Level 5 Void Sword God certificate. If I were to take the exam again now, I might be able to get a Level 9 certificate!"

The Buddha, feeling quite pleased with himself, sheathed his sword and said, "I wonder what kind of cultivation method you are learning, Junior Brother. Since you have left the Divine Realm, your cultivation level must be extraordinary."

Lei Chi shook his head: "I no longer practice the divine skills of the Cowardly Sect."

"Not repairing it?" A playful smile appeared on Futu Zhongsheng's face. His eyes flickered, and he didn't press further, but said, "Once the Four Extremes of Heaven are broken, the Heavenly Mystery Tomb will appear. Junior Brother, at that time, you and I will probably have to face that eternal Sonic! He is our only great enemy. Once we defeat him, the exploration of the Heavenly Mystery Tomb will definitely go much more smoothly!"

Seemingly fearing Lei Chi might misunderstand, Fu Tu Zhong Sheng continued, "The Eternal Sonic I'm referring to isn't the Grand Speaker Sonic of the Supreme Council, but a monster born from the Heavenly Tomb. This monster can freely enter and exit the Heavenly Tomb, even if the Four Heavenly Poles haven't been eradicated. So, it's not wrong to say that the Heavenly Tomb is his lair. He usually slumbers, and Grand Speaker Sonic has countless connections with him and can awaken him. As for the Eternal Sonic's strength... it's at least stronger than mine. His body seems eternally immortal, making him very difficult to deal with."

Lei Chi said, "Oh? If that's the case, doesn't that mean that Grand Speaker Sonic has been controlling the Heavenly Tomb all along?"

Futu Zhong Sheng nodded: "You could say that. In short, if we want to explore the Heavenly Mystery Tomb and retrieve the coward's body, we can't avoid this guy."

At this moment, [Imagination] and [Heavenly Wrath] had already destroyed the fourth spatial anchor point, which was as if it had triggered a mechanism. The earth began to shake violently, the sky also changed, and the clouds disappeared rapidly.

Within Lei Chi's body, the pioneering quantum computer issued a notification: "Ding, all spacetime anchors have been removed, the cosmic center is activated, begin observation preparations!"

"Ding! To obtain better observation results, please approach or enter the center of the universe."

The celestial beings surrounding Lei Chi seemed to sense this as well. He looked up at the sky and said, "The four cardinal points of heaven have finally been breached!"

After speaking, he pointed forward, and ripples appeared in the air, and a small boat that seemed to be cast in bronze appeared out of thin air.

The Floating Beings jumped onto the small boat and said to Lei Chi, "This is my Void Ship. It can fly through the void and quickly reach the Heavenly Mystery Tomb. Junior Brother, come aboard!"

"good!"

Lei Chi didn't stand on ceremony. With a wave of his hand, he withdrew [Heavenly Wrath] and [Imagination], then stepped onto the bronze boat. The next moment, he felt the spatial fluctuations, and when he looked around, he saw a scene of fleeting light.

At that very moment, in the forbidden ice field, above the Crystal Palace, the huge, still ice phoenix suddenly brightened its eyes, then flapped its wings and cried out, as if it had suddenly transformed from an ice sculpture into a living creature.

"The time has come! Go!"

As the voice of the Ascending Supreme Venerable rang out, the enormous ice and snow phoenix seemed to receive a command. With a flap of its wings, it immediately flew into the sky, then transformed into a streak of light and vanished into the void.

Meanwhile, outside Tianji Star, a giant rock, like a cannonball, pierced through a space outpost with a roar, and continued its journey towards Tianji Star without slowing down.

On the boulder stood a proud figure, dressed in a white robe, with his hands behind his back, long hair flowing freely, and a faint golden light shining in his eyes.

He is none other than the ancient sage Yu Baichen, and also a notorious villain in this starry universe.

"This is Tianji Star? The culprit who killed my disciple forty thousand years ago, Grand Speaker Sonic, today, I've come to take your dog's life!"

Yu Baichen spoke calmly, then suddenly raised an eyebrow, noticing unusual spatial fluctuations.

"What happened due to such spatial fluctuations?"

Yu Baichen narrowed his eyes. He judged that something big must have happened on Tianji Star. After a slight hesitation, he tapped the boulder with his right foot. The boulder seemed to be subjected to a great impact force and changed direction, heading towards the spatial fluctuation that Yu Baichen sensed.

The boulder was just an ordinary boulder; countless others in the vast starry sky resembled it. But at this moment, it was comparable to an intelligent spaceship, moving at an extremely high speed, and its direction of travel was precisely where the Heavenly Secret Tomb was located.

Inside Floating Cloud Fortress, Sonic, the Grand Speaker of the Supreme Council of Tianji Star, had a gloomy expression.

"Damn it, Eternal Sonic hasn't fully awakened yet, and the four corners of the heavens have already been breached!" Sonic slammed his fist hard on the armrest of his seat.

"Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to go ourselves!" A voice, devoid of any emotion and sounding as if synthesized electronically, echoed in the void.

"That's the only way!"

Sonic shook his head, and the next moment he slapped the armrest of the chair, and he and the chair vanished in a flash of light.

In the center of Tianji Star, in the boundless sea, a floating island is rapidly solidifying, causing continuous rumbling sounds, like muffled thunder.

The small island seemed to be forcibly squeezing into this space. It looked very unreal, like a phantom. There was nothing on it, only a black pyramid, towering and eerily imposing.

There is also a semi-transparent light shield outside the island, resembling an eggshell.

The center of the starry universe that Lei Chi wanted to observe was this floating island. The rise of the four poles of the sky was like lifting a veil, finally revealing it. And the black pyramid on it was the Heavenly Secret Tomb!

hum!

A deep, muffled sound suddenly rang out, and ripples spread through the space outside the island. Then, a bronze boat slowly emerged from the void.

"We've arrived at our destination!"

Fu Tu Sheng Zhong's expression was filled with joy. He jumped off the bronze boat and waved to Lei Chi, saying, "Junior brother, let's get off the boat. The Heavenly Mystery Tomb is right in front of us, but we can't enter yet. We have to wait for the protective light shield to dissipate, otherwise we will be swept away by the spacetime turbulence and thrown light-years away in an instant."

Before he could finish speaking, a high-backed chair suddenly appeared not far away.

Sitting in the high-backed chair was none other than Sonic, the Grand Speaker of the Star Alliance Supreme Council!

The Grand Speaker remained indifferent, not even glancing at the Floating Pagoda and the Thunder Pool. He rose to his feet and headed straight for the floating island.

The light shield outside the island had no effect on him, and Sonic easily passed through it before stepping onto the island.

On the island stands an archway that appears to be cast in gold. Behind the archway, a staircase leads to Guan Hui and then into the pyramid on the island.

That seemed to be the right way to get to the island.

Sonic quickly passed through the archway and continued along the steps, soon entering the pyramid.

"Sonic!"

The Floating Beings watched Sonic walk away until his figure disappeared, then said, "Junior Brother, he's different from us. He has the Eternal Sonic within him, so he won't be swept away by the temporal turbulence. He's not very strong. If we encounter him again, and if there's an opportunity, we must kill him in one blow!"

Lei Chi remained calm as his AI computer rapidly reported: "Ding, the exact center of the starry universe has been detected. Analyze its operational patterns!"

"Ding, artificial traces detected. Combined with previously collected information, it has been confirmed as the Heavenly Mystery Tomb. The Heavenly Mystery Tomb is surrounded by an unknown energy field, and its interior remains unexplored."

"Ding! High-level energy entity detected. Based on previously collected information, its identity has been confirmed as Sonic, the Supreme Council Chairman. According to its energy level, its estimated combat power is 3.03 million!"

"Ding, high-level energy entity detected. Its identity is unknown, but it is suspected to be a divine being. Its combat strength is unpredictable. Analyzing its life structure... Analyzing..."

In Lei Chi's view, Sonic did not enter the Heavenly Mystery Tomb alone; a large snake was coiled around his body.

The giant serpent was pure white, with four eyes, the pupils of which were also white. Its life form was very special, and it possessed a unique power of time, making it seem as if it did not exist in the current time and space, but rather existed simultaneously in the past, present, and future. Those who have not mastered the spatial dimension should not be able to see it.

"That strange snake, could it also have come from the Heavenly Mystery Tomb? Its combat power is probably not weak either..."

Lei Chi seemed to be deep in thought.

At this moment, the Kaituo Light Brain issued another notification, informing that the Thunder Pool Ascension Grand Venerable had arrived.

Sure enough, just a few breaths later, the enormous ice phoenix descended from the sky, and the Ascended Great Venerable jumped down from its head. His long silver hair flowed like a river behind him, looking quite strange.

The Ascending Heaven Grand Venerable nodded towards Lei Chi, and with a wave of his hand, the enormous ice and snow phoenix rapidly shrank, finally transforming into a white pellet, which the Ascending Heaven Grand Venerable held in his fingertip before putting it away.

"The Heavenly Tomb is fraught with danger. If you wish to enter, you must proceed with extreme caution!"

The Ascending Venerable said something indifferently, glanced at the Floating Pagoda and its inhabitants, and then drifted forward, entering the Heavenly Mystery Tomb.

She was also unaffected by the light shield from outside the island.

Futu Zhong Sheng narrowed his eyes and said, "I've heard that the entire northern ice plain of Tianji Star is a powerful magical artifact that fell onto Tianji Star countless ages ago. There is a group of strange cultivators on it who possess a peculiar spell called the Faith Technique. Their leader is called the Ascension Grand Venerable, who once fought against the Eternal Sonic in the North Sea for ten years without a clear victor. I suppose that's her."

Lei Chi said, "Senior Brother knows many secrets; Junior Brother admires you."

The Buddha said, "After all, I've been wandering in this star field for forty thousand years, and I've done quite a bit of research! This Ascended Great Venerable is a reclusive expert, so it's not surprising that she can ignore the light barrier. We need to wait a little longer; perhaps another ten minutes will be enough..."

Lei Chi shook his head, but said, "32 minutes and 15 seconds!"

This was the time calculated by the pioneering optical brain. At this time, Lei Chi had begun to observe the Heart of the Universe and had gained a slight understanding of its operating rules.

For Lei Chi, entering the Heavenly Mystery Tomb was not urgent. He had already observed the center of the universe and was steadily growing stronger, so it was fine to explore the Heavenly Mystery Tomb later.

In his mind, the ultimate secrets of the universe were more valuable than the Heavenly Secret Tomb.

Suddenly, Lei Chi sensed something and looked up at the sky.

A fireball is rapidly approaching in the sky.

With Lei Chi's keen eyesight, he could naturally tell that it was not a real fireball, but a huge meteorite, and he could also clearly see the white-clad man on the meteorite.

"Yu Baichen, Senior Yu!"

Lei Chi was shocked. He never expected that after so long, he would meet this ancient sage again here.

With a loud bang!

The meteorite exploded in mid-air. Yu Baichen, with his hands behind his back, descended from the sky. He also discovered the Thunder Pool and his expression showed surprise.

"A great villain!" the Floating Beings said, squinting. "I didn't expect the infamous villain who's known throughout the starry sky to be here. Heh, this is quite a lively day!"

As they spoke, the Void Sword God drew his sword, clearly quite wary of Yu Baichen.

Lei Chi said, "Senior brother, don't be nervous. This is Senior Yu Baichen, who is also a member of our Divine Realm."

"Yu Baichen?" Fu Tu Zhong Sheng raised an eyebrow. "That ancient sage trapped in the Tomb of the Gods?"

"Yes, it's me!"

Yu Baichen cupped his hands in greeting, then looked at Lei Chi and said, "You were once just a nobody, but now even I can't see through you. What kind of cultivation method have you mastered?"

Lei Chi returned the greeting with clasped hands, saying, "This junior has cultivated divinity and is now called Great Unification, but it is merely a simulation of the universe within my body!"

"Unification? Simulating a universe within one's body? Interesting!" Yu Baichen nodded, then looked at the Floating Pagoda and said, "Your strength is quite formidable. Are you a disciple of the Cowardly Sect?"

Upon hearing this, Lei Chi's doubts were resolved.

As expected, Yu Baichen was also aware of the Cowardly Sect.

(End of this chapter)