Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1223 - 1223 0707 Ghost Face No.3

Chapter 1223: Chapter 0707: Ghost Face No.3 Chapter 1223: Chapter 0707: Ghost Face No.3 Chapter 0707: Ghost Face No.3

While cutting through the wall, Qi Tian was most worried about two points. The first was that it might disturb the other walls, leading to the activation of the Nine-Wall Interaction, which would certainly result in disastrous consequences. The second was that it might alarm something lurking within the wall, which would be extremely detrimental to his continued efforts to cut through it.

Fortunately, by the time he had finished cutting this particular wall, neither of his worst fears had materialized. Qi Tian let out a long sigh of relief and immediately began to meditate and recover.

Although the piece of wall that he had cut down wasn’t very large—less than two hundred square meters in area—the perimeter was quite significant, almost two hundred meters. He had painstakingly cut it down bit by bit using the flying sword of a Nascent Soul Master.

For him, this was undoubtedly a vast undertaking. It was not just physically and mentally exhausting but also served as an extreme form of tempering. The gains he made were substantial. And when there was time to assimilate this experience in the future, his realm of cultivation would definitely see a significant advancement.

Of course, Qi Tian dared not spend time trying to advance his cultivation here inside the Inner Underground Palace. The sheer number of potential dangers here made it decidedly not a place for cultivation.

After the restoration, Qi Tian stood in front of the wall again. He aimed his right hand towards the wall, and his palm opened into a dark void from which all available Transporting Whirlwinds burst forth, flying towards the wall.

Qi Tian planned to use a one-off method to deal with the wall, which was simple: use the Transporting Whirlwind to roll up the entire wall and transfer it to the storage room of the Heavenly Dao Engine. Regardless of whether the wall contained Spirit Qi or not, he intended to convert the wall into fuel using the Heavenly Dao Engine. Even if that proved impossible, he could still suppress the wall in the storage room, preventing whatever was inside from becoming a threat to Qi Tian.

Qi Tian had successfully transferred the entire Outer Tomb Door into the storage room of the Heavenly Dao Engine. Although this wall was somewhat larger than the Outer Tomb Door, the previous success gave him hope that this task would not be too difficult. However, when he actually tried to move it, he found that even with all the Transporting Whirlwinds in action, the wall wouldn’t budge an inch.

After several attempts, all of which failed, Qi Tian couldn’t determine the reason. Whether the total weight of the wall exceeded the limit of what the Transporting Whirlwind could move, or whether an Array or presence inside the wall prevented it from being moved, he didn’t know.

Either possibility proved to Qi Tian a sobering reality: the idea of solving the problem by circumventing the rules was simply impossible.

Qi Tian scratched his head, as this development came as a surprise. He really wanted to just turn around and leave, to deal with the other walls, but the problem was right there, and it had to be faced and resolved sooner or later. So, he could only sigh and then send a message to Emperor Jianwu and the others to prepare for potential danger. Next, Qi Tian commanded the Glazed Sand to transform into a grinding wheel and begin spinning rapidly as it approached the wall.

As the grinding wheel drew closer, ripples began to spread across the wall again, growing more pronounced with the wheel’s proximity. Finally, the ripples began to surge as if something was about to burst forth imminently.

Qi Tian was exceedingly cautious, positioning all the Transporting Whirlwinds in front of him to form a dense protective barrier in anticipation of any forthcoming risks. At the same time, he held his flying sword in hand. At this moment, opting for the Yonghe Stick as a weapon of combat was out of the question; only the flying sword might be suitable to deal with a potentially powerful enemy.

As the grinding wheel continued its advance, when it was about to touch the wall, the surging waves atop the wall grew violent, evoking a feeling akin to a looming tempest.

Qi Tian quickly utilized the Heavenly Dao Engine’s ability to sense Spirit Qi, instantly completing a check on all the other walls, finding that none exhibited any abnormalities and remained as calm as ever.

With no other walls causing trouble, Qi Tian was allowed to focus his efforts on the problem at hand.

Under the relentless pressure of the grinding wheel, the wall’s behavior grew more and more unusual. Just as the wheel was about to make contact, a black shadow suddenly burst through the churning waves and lunged at the grinding wheel.

Although the appearance of the shadow was sudden, Qi Tian had been anticipating this very moment. Upon its emergence, he captured it immediately and, using the sensing abilities of the Heavenly Dao Engine, conducted a full-spectrum analysis.

The shadow was another ghost face, a head without a body, immensely powerful as a Nascent Soul entity. This was all within Qi Tian’s expectations. What gave Qi Tian some relief was that, although this ghost face was at the Nascent Soul Stage like the one at the Outer Tomb Door, its strength was slightly inferior and did not match that of Ghost Face No.3.

The ghost face was incredibly fast. After bursting from the wall, it swallowed the grinding wheel in one bite. Without a body, it was unclear what it planned to do after ingesting the wheel, but Qi Tian wasn’t about to let the ghost face consume the Glazed Sand. He ordered it to launch an immediate counterattack, without the slightest delay, to prevent any mishaps.