Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 948: The Power of the Millstone

Chapter 948: Chapter 948: The Power of the Millstone

Shi Hao instinctively felt something was amiss.

The Dark Empire guarded this place so tightly, indicating their immense value on this stone mill, and even the Purple Gold Rat mentioned that it most likely originated from the Forbidden Land of the Immortal Realm.

Could such an item not be precious?

There could only be one possibility, which was that so many almighty beings had barged in and couldn’t possibly take the mill away.

That’s right, if it were so easy to move, how could it be considered a thing of the Forbidden Land in the Immortal Realm?

Shi Hao still followed along; after all, with the Immortal Abode, at worst, he could just stay a bit further from that millstone.

Everyone rushed into the tunnel in a frenzy, and the Dark Warriors along the way were naturally easily slaughtered. For those with the Heaven Building Ladder, even wearing a ten-star Battle Armor didn’t mean you had Heaven Building Ladder-level defense!

And without the Black Warriors’ supervision, the captured townspeople naturally turned back and fled.

The scene was chaotic, a complete mess.

All the almighty beings kept moving, and although it wasn’t convenient to speed up here, they were not slow at all.

Soon, the large pit appeared.

Since everyone had seen the memory image of Shi Hao, they naturally knew the millstone was at the bottom of this pit.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, people from the Immortal Realm rushed out without hesitation.

So what if it’s a thing from the Forbidden Land? They knew that they were currently in the Mortal Realm, where everything must follow the rules here, so their cultivation was suppressed, as was the millstone, and even more severely.

With the same Heaven Building Ladder, who would fear whom?

Shi Hao drove the Immortal Abode to the top of the pit; he dared not go down. Even the Purple Gold Rat was so scared, making him feel a sense of crisis even within the Immortal Abode. This millstone must be terrifyingly evil.

The almighty beings rushed in like moths to a flame, with only a limited few staying out, and the rest had entered the pit.

Shi Hao emerged from the Immortal Abode, gathering the Light Element, and looked down into the pit.

Huh?

A few almighty beings, who had stayed behind out of caution, saw him appear suddenly and their eyes narrowed.

Indeed, this kid has an item from the Immortal Realm, and he could follow them all the way without being detected at all.

This is a good thing too!

Moreover, seizing the millstone would have risks, but this kid was just at the level of Ascending to Saint Position, killing him should be relatively easy, right?

However, thinking of Shi Hao’s treasure, said to be called the Immortal Abode, their actions might be futile, and besides, they were busy seizing the millstone, so it was better to assess the situation first.

Below, the millstone continued to turn, and even without corpses being pushed down, it did not stop operating.

Shi Hao felt a surge of cold air, feeling that the aura of this stone mill was many times stronger than before.

The Purple Gold Rat said this millstone hadn’t yet awakened, so the Dark Empire used blood sacrifice to "nourish" it, hoping to awaken it for their use.

Now, although the millstone hadn’t fully awakened, its power is definitely much stronger.

Otherwise, why didn’t the long-haired woman stop them from breaking in?

"Haha, an ancient treasure, this old man will take it!" An almighty being took action, reaching for the Stone Disc.

Even though the millstone was massive, with the ability of the Heaven Building Ladder, it could easily be refined and shrunk to carry along.

Boom, the power gathered, forming a dark green giant hand that grasped the Stone Disc.

"Ah!" However, the next moment, he was in a predicament, hurriedly withdrawing his hand, then shaking off the forceful hand, but he looked at his palm in horror, seeing dense lines all over it.

This wasn’t manifested by some secret technique but appeared for some unknown reason.

Buzz, the lines glowed, and a terrifying scene appeared. His hand immediately shattered piece by piece and scattered away, with the lines still spreading, climbing toward his arm!

The almighty being decisively chopped down at his own elbow, severing it at the elbow, and as it fell, it fully disintegrated, not a sliver left.

At last, those lines vanished and ceased to glow.

Hiss!

All almighty beings suddenly halted their actions.

Reaching the Heaven Building Ladder, which of them was not incredibly wise?

So, they quickly figured out that what happened to that person was due to touching the millstone.

But the problem was, the almighty only touched it with a hand formed by energy, and it could still backfire?

This was too unbelievable.

That one-armed almighty also looked at the millstone in horror. The giant Stone Disc kept turning, and besides its size, it showed no peculiarity. But now, it instilled fear in every heart.

"Can’t touch it? Then dig it out from below, carry it with something, and just take it away."

"Yes, do it like that."

The almighty beings thought of another idea and quickly began to implement it.

They continued digging, trying to fully expose the millstone, then make a carrying frame to directly carry the Stone Disc away.

Because there were too many almighty beings, only a few hundred went down; otherwise, there wasn’t enough space for them to operate and would affect their performance instead.

"What’s going on?"

"Huh, why can’t I control my own body?"

"Damn!"

Just then, those hundreds seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, being drawn to the millstone.

This power was irresistible!

"Ah!" Immediately, screams of pain erupted. The first was drawn to the millstone, though he resisted desperately, only letting his feet touch the millstone first. He tried to push himself away, but with one grind, the legs were ground to pulp!

The millstone operated without the slightest pause, pulling that almighty in, and his screams instantly ceased.

That almighty was dead, crushed to pieces, turned into blood.

A cultivator of the Heaven Building Ladder, though not of the Absolute Summit level, met such a miserable and pathetic end.

The millstone’s power was indescribably terrifying.

Though Shi Hao was shocked at heart, he also found it unsurprising.

—If it didn’t have such a terrifying power, how could it be worthy of being a Forbidden Land artifact?

"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!"

The screams never stopped, and all the almighty beings who fell in were dragged to the millstone, mercilessly ground into blood. The blood flowed, disappearing instantly.

This sent chills down the other almighty beings’ spines. Thankfully, they hadn’t been the ones who fell; otherwise, they would have met that tragic end.

Too terrifying, too unbelievable!

Isn’t this the Mortal Realm, where there should be Mortal Realm rules? How could something so powerful be occurring?

Hundreds of almighty beings, though not all reached the Heaven Building Ladder, the weakest were at Ascending to Saint Position, yet they were all effortlessly disposed of.

"Retreat!" They all decided it was time to retreat; this thing was too evil and it required an almighty from the Immortal Realm to counter. Otherwise, however many people they had, it might not suffice to fill it.

However, just then, the millstone began to glow, with ancient symbols appearing, indescribably eerie.