Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1221 - 1221 706 Nine-Wall Interaction

Chapter 1221: Chapter 706: Nine-Wall Interaction Chapter 1221: Chapter 706: Nine-Wall Interaction Chapter 0706: Nine-Wall Interaction

After discovering the Millennium Corpse Water, Qi Tian became even more cautious, daring not to be the slightest bit negligent. He continued to shift his focus to the next wall, intending to grind on the wall using the method he had just utilized and then to use the sensing function of the Heavenly Dao Engine to probe behind the wall to see if there were any dangers.

This plan was excellent in design, as it had already proven its effectiveness, allowing Qi Tian to avoid a very significant threat. It seemed only natural for Qi Tian to apply this strategy to the next wall. However, when he actually set about doing it, he found that sometimes, things that should be straightforward could suddenly become unexpectedly complicated.

As Qi Tian directed the glaze sand to condense into a fine grinding wheel, the wall, which had been silent up till now, suddenly began to change; its surface rippled like ripples spreading across a calm lake after a stone was thrown in. The ripples were faint, not making a sound, as if something had been lying dormant within the wall and, upon detecting its prey, was stealthily striking to deliver a deadly blow.

The moment ripples appeared on the wall, Qi Tian noticed them. He knew all too well the dangers that confronted him, so how could he not be constantly vigilant about everything around him?

With the sensing function of the Heavenly Dao Engine for Spirit Qi, he was able to completely monitor the entire Inner Underground Palace, leaving no detail overlooked. Even if he lost the support of the sensing function of the Heavenly Dao Engine, Qi Tian could still detect changes in the wall at the first instance. Don’t forget, at this time, the entire Inner Underground Palace was filled with dense fog, all of which was released from the glaze sand. Through the fog, the glaze sand was just as capable of monitoring the entire Inner Underground Palace. Even the slightest disturbance could not escape its detection, and the moment it detected anything, it would immediately notify Qi Tian, allowing him to make the necessary preparations.

Qi Tian’s heart immediately jumped; he was greatly worried that an entity he couldn’t contend with had emerged from the wall. It did not have to be exceedingly powerful; even something at the Second Level of the Nascent Soul Stage or the third would possess enough strength to crush Qi Tian thousands of times over. Even using all the tactics he possessed, Qi Tian still would not likely be able to withstand it, and the only option left would be death.

Of course, Qi Tian wouldn’t just obediently accept his fate and wait to be killed. He immediately began to make preparations. He locked onto the few tactics he could employ, ready to launch an attack before whatever was in the wall could emerge, hoping for a vital strike to kill. In doing so, perhaps he could gain some initiative.

The methods Qi Tian could currently utilize included primarily Master Ming Ren’s flying sword, followed by the glaze sand. After the glaze sand, there was another item— the ghost face he had subdued. Although his current realm had fallen below the Nascent Soul Stage, when necessary, Qi Tian could provide the ghost face with enough energy to temporarily restore it to Nascent Soul Stage strength. Besides these, the Millennium Corpse Water and the little rice worm could also provide Qi Tian with sustained combat capabilities.

Except for the flying sword, all these things were opportunities that Qi Tian acquired after entering the Saint’s Tomb. It could be said that if the Saint’s Tomb held many opportunities, then the most essential part of them all had fallen into Qi Tian’s hands; his gains could be considered the greatest. Now, at the time when he might need to use them, Qi Tian certainly wouldn’t be stingy—he was ready to employ them all to get through the immediate crisis.

From the moment Qi Tian noticed the ripples on the wall to the point he made his preparations, hardly any time was spent—it was but an instant before he adjusted his mental state and was ready to respond.

The ripples on the wall, for some reason, ceased after fluctuating for a while. Just when Qi Tian thought something was about to emerge from them, an unexpected change occurred—the ripples slowly disappeared, and the wall returned to its smooth state, as if nothing had happened at all.

Qi Tian was utterly puzzled by this development; however, since the ripples had vanished, provoking them to reappear was not an easy task. Qi Tian directed the glaze sand to re-condense into a grinding wheel, which flew in front of the wall, awaiting his command, and then began to drill into the wall.

Qi Tian hesitated. The appearance of the ripples on the wall was definitely not a coincidence—their presence surely concealed some secret, and to unearth this secret, drilling was indispensable.

But just as the grinding wheel was about to touch the wall, Qi Tian urgently called a halt, preventing the grinding wheel from continuing its drilling.

In those brief ten or so seconds, Qi Tian had realized many things; the emergence of the ripples on the wall was unquestionably not a good sign. A very bad but not necessarily the worst possibility was that something formidable lay hidden within the wall. It need not be exceptionally powerful—if its strength was comparable to that of the ghost face at the Outer Tomb Door, it would be enough for Qi Tian to have a serious problem.