Chapter 745: Chapter 442: The Nemesis Begins to Show_2

During these days, Thunder Roc, Yama, and others had been suffering intensely.

Even though they tried everything possible, all efforts were in vain, and they could only watch as their bodies slowly crystallized.

Yama was the most severely crystallized and felt the most urgent. Thus, he had volunteered several times to take the risk and explore the Bright Star, but he was not allowed.

Until all the Crystal Silk had retracted back below the surface of the Dark Star, Zhao Sheng did not permit anyone to enter the interior of the spiritual realm.

Who knew what trouble it might cause if the Devil Mushroom got disturbed in the process.

They waited yet another period of time.

On this day, all the Crystal Silk finally retracted back below the surface of the Dark Star.

At this time, the void inside the Seven Star Spirit Realm became empty and eerily silent again, all the corpses had surprisingly been cleared away.

Only then did Zhao Sheng relax the tightness of his lips.

“Seven Stars upside-down, open the gate!”

As bloodlight fell onto the Star Nebula, the nebula dissolved in the blink of an eye, revealing a passage thirty feet wide.

Seeing the gate open, Yama and Thunder Roc instantly transformed into two streaks of tunneling light, rushing into the void of the spiritual realm, heading straight for the Bright Star.

Two breaths later, the tunneling light fell into the Bright Star, quickly disappearing below the surface.

Outside the spiritual realm, Zhao Sheng, expressionless, watched the desolate and silent surface of the planet, silently waiting for the results of the two men’s exploration.

Compared to him, Xian Kong, He Tai, and Daoist Ou Feng were clearly much more nervous.

Because the hope for curing the Crystalization Disease entirely rested on the Bright Star.

After a long wait, Thunder Roc and Yama still did not return.

Xian Kong could not bear it any longer and secretly transmitted a divine thought to Zhao Sheng, “My Lord, perhaps let your subordinate go and investigate!”

“Wait a little longer,” Zhao Sheng transmitted back coldly.

The Heart Demon had not returned yet, indicating that neither Thunder Roc nor Yama had died.

“My Lord, aren’t you afraid that–”

Hmph!

A cold snort, full of resolute decisiveness, instantly frightened Xian Kong into abandoning his cautious suggestion.

Fortunately, they did not have to wait much longer, just a little while later, two streaks of tunneling light suddenly burst from the surface of the Bright Star.

The tunneling light swiftly swept across the void, and in the blink of an eye arrived at the edge of the Star Nebula.

Zhao Sheng’s eyes flashed, and his figure flashed, abruptly appearing in front of the two streaks of tunneling light.

Seeing this, Thunder Roc and Yama immediately stopped their tunneling light.

Thunder Roc quickly took out an Image Capturing Pearl from his sleeve, gently tossed it into the air, and simultaneously transmitted, “My Lord, mission accomplished!”

Zhao Sheng extended his hand and collected the Image Capturing Pearl, channeling a strand of mana into it.

In an instant, the Image Capturing Pearl shone brightly, casting a lifelike three-dimensional image into the void.

The image was of the entire process of their exploration of the Bright Star.

From the start, the two of them descended smoothly, encountering no danger along the way.

However, Zhao Sheng soon discovered that, besides the thick Crystal Sand covering the surface of the Bright Star, the deeper they went underground, the fewer crystal stones appeared in the soil layers.

By the time they reached a hundred miles deep, no crystal grains could be seen in the surrounding rocks and soil anymore.

The following part of the image was quite boring, until suddenly, the two fell into an underground cavern.

Seeing the hundred yard jade wall and eighty-one White Jade Pillars on the screen, Zhao Sheng’s pupils contracted, and he suddenly had an epiphany.

Below the Bright Star, there was actually a Cross-border Transmission Array.

The latter half of the image was just the two exploring the Great Array, nothing else.

After watching, Zhao Sheng stored the Image Capturing Pearl and asked, “Besides this, have you discovered anything else?”

Thunder Roc, gauging the situation and seeing that the other party seemed not at all surprised by the existence of the Great Array, immediately began to speculate.

Just then, Yama took out a piece of gray ore from his sleeve and opened his hoarse voice, “There’s also this stone.”

Oh?!

Upon seeing it, Zhao Sheng couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise…

…

After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Zhao Sheng and the six were all gathered in the cavern deep below the heart of the Bright Star.

The cavern was about ten miles in area, with the ground completely paved with a layer of clear, smooth milky-white jade stone.

In the center of the cavern stood a huge jade wall a hundred yards high, radiating bright white light.

Eighty-one uneven White Jade Pillars surrounded the jade disc, all arranged according to the Nine Palaces Bagua positions.

There was nothing at the top of the jade pillars, not even a Seven Stars Ruyi embedded there.

At that time, an invisible barrier enveloped the Cross-border Transmission Array.

As soon as Zhao Sheng’s Divine Thought touched the barrier, it was immediately rebounded by a mysterious force, almost causing him a slight disadvantage.

After examining the array carefully, Zhao Sheng slowly furrowed his brows.

The jade disc was fine, at least its surface showed no damage.

However, of the eighty-one White Jade Pillars, seven had several fine, long cracks on their surfaces, seemingly damaged.

Daoist Ou Feng was the most meticulous observer and was the most obsessed with the array.

As he watched, he suddenly shouted in excitement, “Cross-border Transmission Array! This is clearly the legendary Cross-border Transmission Array!”

Upon hearing this, Yama Ancestor secretly sneered; he had already learned of the Cross-border Transmission Array from the old thief of Tianqiong.

Otherwise, he would not have risked everything to come here, only to end up in such a dismal state.

Indeed, apart from him, the others were all kept in the dark, completely unaware of the true nature of the Seven Star Spirit Realm.

“No, wait….,” Yama suddenly thought of something, and his Nascent Soul trembled, instantly radiating a dazzling black light.

After observing the array for a long time, Zhao Sheng temporarily gave up the idea of attacking it and turned his attention back to the task at hand.

He first instructed Yama and the three others to search for the dark green ore. Meanwhile, he asked Daoist Ou Feng to continue studying the Transmission Array, aiming to break through the invisible barrier as soon as possible.

Just as Yama and the others left the cave and began searching for ore on Bright Star.

Zhao Sheng sat in a corner of the cave, waved his hand and threw out the Ten Thousand Talisman Plate, setting up a Three Light Jade Void Array to prevent disturbances.

After completing these tasks, he took out the dark green ore from the Space Storage Seal and began to analyze its characteristics.

The unknown ore was only the size of a fist, irregular in shape, and mostly gray rock on the surface, but embedded within the rock were sparse, glass-like transparent crystal grains.

To the naked eye, this piece of ore looked no different from ordinary rocks, hardly noteworthy.

However, under the cover of the Divine Thought, this gray ore emitted a dark green radiance all over.

Touching the ore, a faint tingling sensation came from his palm, as if slightly burned.

Zhao Sheng was greatly surprised, knowing that his physical strength was not far off from another Body Refiner of the same level.

The light emitted by this unknown ore could even harm him, which was simply inconceivable.

If it were an ordinary mortal, they might likely be corroded into a puddle of corpse water without even coming within thirty feet of the ore.

Even Qi Refiners and Foundation Establishment Cultivators would probably not withstand the exposure to the dark green radiance.

Thinking of Yama Ancestor’s report, Zhao Sheng’s eyes shifted, and with a flick of his hand, there was already a square box made of Black Tansy Gold in his palm.

He lifted the seal, opened the box, and inside were bunches of thumb-thick Crystal Clusters.

Zhao Sheng tossed the ore into the box, unleashed his Divine Thought with full force, enveloping the entire box, and concentrated on observing the situation inside.

Soon, he could not help but reveal a slight smile.

In the Black Tansy Gold box, the Crystal Clusters began to dissolve bit by bit, and transformed into a vast amount of Spiritual Energy, merging into the surrounding void.

After four hours, the Crystal Clusters in the box had completely disappeared, leaving not the slightest residue.

All things in the world have their antidotes!

Zhao Sheng probably didn’t expect that the nemesis of the Devil Mushroom would be an unknown ore.

No, to be precise, it was the transparent crystal grains embedded in the ore.

The transparent crystal grains, extremely similar to the Demon Fungus Crystals, emitted a dark green radiance that had a strong lethal effect on Devil Mushrooms.

Four hours later, Yama and the others, including Thunder Roc, returned to the cave in succession.

The gray ores they handed over, when piled up, stood half a person tall, weighing less than a hundred pounds.

Just…

Viewing the dazzling and glaring, sky-piercing dark green radiance, Zhao Sheng moved quietly a yard away, but his skin still transmitted a clear stinging sensation, just like being pricked by needles.

After fortifying an outer layer of Mana Light Shield, he was shocked.

Because the stinging sensation on his skin had not diminished at all.

Only after continuously setting up nine layers of Mana Light Shield did the stinging sensation on his skin completely disappear.

Zhao Sheng also discovered something; the intensity of the dark green radiance wasn’t directly proportional to the quality of the crystal, but rather, it surged exponentially.

Truth be told, Zhao Sheng was truly astounded.

What was the origin of these transparent crystal grains? They possessed such mystical characteristics!