After Reincarnation, The Omnipotent Ancestor Reaches The Top
Chapter 679 - 643: Her Former Home, Dark City’s Weakness (1 more)

Chapter 679: Chapter 643: Her Former Home, Dark City’s Weakness (1 more)

At the end of the Summit of Extremes lay a high mountain cascading with streams, a place believed to be spiritually auspicious.

Gazing at the mountains where egrets soared through the cloud sea, they were astounded.

"Have you always known about this place?" Old Lynch stared at Chloe Stephens in surprise.

Chloe’s voice was very soft, "Let’s go."

In her every move, she appeared to be very familiar with this area.

Suppressing their doubt, they arrived at the foot of a peak ahead, "Our task is to collect medicine."

They still remembered their mission, as herbalists, they had the basic qualities of their trade.

Chloe stood at the foot of the peak, watching them perform their task.

Albert Webb and Daniel Lynch joined them as well.

Old Lynch stood by Chloe watching them scale the cliff.

"Let’s rest over there..."

Before Old Lynch could finish his sentence, Chloe had already walked ahead.

Reaching an abrupt cliff, down below in the clouds lay an ancient tower.

The pinnacle of the ancient tower pierced the sky straight up through the clouds.

So tall it looked as though it could shred the sky.

Looking far ahead, it seemed there was no end in sight.

"Never knew such a place existed beyond the Dark City. Incredible," Old Lynch exclaimed. Despite his advanced age, this was his first time knowing about these strange places in the Dark City.

Old Lynch couldn’t help but admire the wisdom of the one who established the Dark City.

Everything you could think of was present, as well as the things you could not.

"What an excellent hideaway place, a heaven in the mundane world!"

"This place is filled with reverse matter, there is no spiritual energy at all, it would actually consume your cultivation. If you stay here for a year, your ancient martial arts would be completely wasted."

Old Lynch: "..."

This place was different from the secret place that opened after the Golden Gate, it really did consume one’s cultivation, with a sense of reverse extremity.

Chloe walked to the other side, clearing dense vines to reveal a stairway heading down.

Old Lynch stared wide-eyed, "There are people living here! Didn’t you say it consumes one’s cultivation? Isn’t it just ordinary people who live here?"

"Except for special ancient martial artists."

Old Lynch: "..."

The two headed down, walking through the ancient towers.

The ground was covered in creeping weeds. As they pushed the door open, there was a square in front of them, appearing like a home of a Taoist.

Old Lynch looked at the abandoned cauldron in the center and questioned, "Was this place previously a Taoist place?"

In their Herta Kingdom, Taoism used to be the most popular.

Buddhism and such were things that were introduced from other countries.

Ancient myths were also composed by their ancestors, no one really knew if these were true.

"This place was once the ultimate land of ancient martial artists. Passing the Summit of Extremes would allow them to truly become ancient martial artists," Unlike now, just about anyone could become an ancient martial artist.

"Ah? That doesn’t seem too hard."

They had merely weathered extreme conditions and came here.

"The Summit of Extremes in the past was deadly. To enter this place, you must face it with an ordinary mortal body."

"That, that is indeed brutal."

One could imagine the cruelty of that scene.

Wait.

"Chloe, how do you know all this?" Even he didn’t know about these things, yet she seemed to know it all.

"Because this used to be my territory, this, is my home."

She loosely referred to it as home.

Old Lynch: "..."

The little girl must be talking nonsense.

For so many days and nights, she had been entering and exiting this little world. No one knew that the previous owner of the place was.

Old Lynch suddenly stared at the girl, "Chloe, are you actually a thousand-year-old demon possessing a little girl?"

Chloe: "..."

Old Lynch narrowed his eyes, "I guessed it right!"

Chloe turned away, "After gathering all the herbs, let’s go. If you stay in here for too long, I can’t guarantee there wouldn’t be any adverse effects by the time you go out."

Listening to Chloe’s words, Old Lynch didn’t dare to stay in this place any longer.

Chloe and Old Lynch returned to their original spot, looking forward, the old tower remained as it was before.

The only difference was that, having heard Chloe’s words, Old Lynch now found the old towers particularly eerie.

"Chloe, do you find the placement of these old towers a bit like a battle formation?"

Chloe didn’t reply.

But she knew.

If one wanted to destroy the Dark City, this was the best weak point. Here is the real place that supported the operation of the entire Dark City.

As for why she knew, she had already forgotten.

*

After collecting the herbs, they immediately left the place that seemed like a paradise but was actually a deadly, strange place.

Looking back from a distance, after the storm, there was a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

When they returned to where they were, Austin Godfrey was standing at the door waiting for them.

"You haven’t left?" Albert Webb was a bit surprised.

Austin Godfrey’s gaze fell on Chloe, "I was waiting to leave with you."

Without saying a word, Chloe walked past them.

"Master Austin, we will follow you," the elders quickly followed suit.

Austin Godfrey only brought the elders, Nelly Powell, and Harry Holmes. Everyone else returned to their original positions and left this place with the Hell Gate.

"Chloe, is it ok that Austin is taking people away?" Albert Webb walked beside her and asked softly.

"It’s his business," If Austin wanted to take them, they wouldn’t die.

"He seems to be a bit different towards you..." Albert Webb wanted to suggest he might be interested in her.

With an expressionless face, Chloe said, "I’m different with you as well."

Albert Webb: "..."

Why did he feel a chill down his spine?

Daniel Lynch kept glancing back at Austin Godfrey who was following them. Nelly Powell and Harry Holmes, who came out with Austin Godfrey, seemed to dislike the group of people in front of them.

They were just a group of herbalists, yet they dared to ignore Master Austin.

Especially that girl named Chloe, Master Austin was so great, what made her worthy of his favor?

Nelly Powell pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, reluctantly withdrawing her icy gaze.

For the first time, they left the harsh outside environment and arrived at the peaceful territory of the Dark City.

The elder did not seem surprised, after all, he had been outside the mansion before. Otherwise, how could there be such modern things inside?

Nelly Powell and Harry Holmes had never been outside before, for a moment, they were captivated by the environment.

"Chloe."

Right when Chloe was about to lead them ahead, Austin Godfrey stopped her.

Chloe didn’t stop.

Nelly Powell huffed, "Master Austin is calling you, didn’t you hear?"

Austin gave her a fleeting glance. Nelly Powell paused, retreating unwillingly.

"I want to know, what happened - a hundred years ago," Austin looked at Chloe, asking.

Chloe responded indifferently, "Didn’t you already get the answer you wanted from the Hell Gate?"

"I want to know, why?"

Why the suicides took place.

What was she looking for all those years?

There were too many secrets around Chloe.

"As your friend, I am merely concerned about your mental health, there’s no other meaning in it," Austin explained with a sigh.

Chloe did not answer Austin, and swiftly walked away.

Everyone was left in a confused state by Austin’s words.

What happened a hundred years ago? If Austin wanted to know, he could’ve asked the elders who had lived for a century, how could Chloe have an answer?

Nelly Powell said discontentedly, "Master Austin, see how she is disobedient and ignoring you."

Austin looked steadily at Chloe’s retreating figure, loss in his eyes.

Chloe was unwilling to accept him as a friend any longer.