The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 245 - 230 Anomaly in the Mysterious Fog_1

Chapter 245: Chapter 230 Anomaly in the Mysterious Fog_1

In the depths of the dense "Mysterious Fog," a gigantic skeleton, as if cast from gold, appeared as though it wanted to traverse the boundless void.

Its skeletal form was like that of a lion or tiger, completely devoid of skin or flesh, with a pair of massive wings that seemed to be condensed from a golden ocean of electricity.

While in the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone, a single glance at it caused Pang Jian’s eyes to hurt so much that tears streamed down his face.

The lightning it released was exceptionally brilliant and dazzling, as if it were a supreme existence governing the Thunderbolt Profound Argumentation.

Pang Jian wiped away the tears, and with his bloodshot eyes, he bravely continued to stare into the "Mysterious Fog" of the Void Crack.

He immediately noticed that within the depths of the wings, which resembled a golden ocean of electricity, numerous thick bolts of lightning were transforming into a variety of strange living beings.

A sea of golden electricity, with intense lightning morphing into a plethora of peculiar Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts.

In another expanse of golden electricity, the lightning coalesced into many beings with slender limbs, resembling the intelligent creatures of the Human Race.

"Boom!"

The roaring sound of thunderous explosions incessantly shook the area around it.

Each peal of thunder was like the sound of the Great Tao collapsing, filled with a terrifying will that could obliterate heaven and earth with thunder.

Those who comprehended the essence of thunder to a very high degree seemed to be able to grasp the profound mysteries of the Great Tao related to thunder just by listening to the sound of the thunder.

Pang Jian was deeply shocked by this phenomenon.

In his memory, only when bones of a fallen Divine Phoenix shattered did such terrifying power release.

"What kind of existence is this, and why is it wandering in the depths of the Mysterious Fog?"

Pang Jian couldn’t help but ask himself in bewilderment.

As Pang Jian gazed at it, two clusters of golden lightning slowly condensed within the empty eye sockets of the creature, which lacked eyeballs.

The golden lightning, like brushstrokes, traced two clear characters deep within its left and right eye sockets.

——Purgatory!

As soon as the two characters appeared, Pang Jian, in the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone, suddenly had the strange illusion that he was remotely targeted by it, and it had instantly acquired a direction.

The next moment, the Purgatory Gate under Pang Jian’s clothes became increasingly hot."

"Whoosh!"

In Pang Jian’s Sea of Consciousness, all one hundred and twenty-eight threads of his Divine Sense began to rapidly shrink.

His vitality and spirit started to drain away frantically!

As he fixed his gaze on the colossal creature, it was as though he suddenly traversed the mysterious and vast river of time, witnessing the past of this enormous ferocious being.

It once had skin and flesh and emitted a blinding divine radiance all over. One day, it suddenly barged into the deep "Mysterious Fog."

It, reminiscent of a lion or tiger, seemed to be a deity from another world, yet it could only drift aimlessly deep within the "Mysterious Fog."

The creature that burst into the "Mysterious Fog" appeared unable to find its way back. It exhausted all methods but couldn’t escape the "Mysterious Fog."

After corrosion and decay over countless eons, its skin, muscles, veins, organs, and pupils eroded away day by day, gradually detaching from its body and turning into nothingness.

In the end, it was reduced to this bloodless golden skeleton.

Within the vast and endless "Mysterious Fog," it desperately searched for a path to return, as if it had been wandering for millions of years.

Unaware of the passage of time, not knowing how long it had been, it was always trapped deep within the "Mysterious Fog."

But today, at this very moment!

Because he stood in the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone, because of the sudden appearance of a Void Crack, because of the Purgatory Gate beneath his chest, it finally had a distinct coordinate!

The two characters "Purgatory" that abruptly emerged from the golden lightning in its eye sockets pointed directly to the Purgatory Gate on his body.

They also pointed to this world known as Purgatory!

Like crossing the vicissitudes of billions of years, Pang Jian suddenly grunted, and the multitude of conjectures and images in his mind abruptly vanished.

The many lost scenes now unknown, Pang Jian could only see the "Purgatory" in its eye sockets, flickering with golden lightning, watching it struggle to fly towards him.

It was getting larger bit by bit!

Pang Jian, exhausted of vitality and spirit, saw the one hundred and twenty-eight threads of Divine Sense in his Sea of Consciousness now as fine as hairs.

Hurriedly taking out Calming Pills, he shoved half a bottle of pills into his mouth and stared as the lion or tiger-like creature grew larger and larger, a strong sense of unease brewing within him.

He had a terrible intuition, feeling that the being trapped in the "Mysterious Fog" for an unknown number of years still possessed great power.

Even if its flesh was eroded away, even if its power was far from its peak, as long as it could step into the Purgatory World, it could still regain the power that should belong to it.

"This being should never appear in the Purgatory World; otherwise, Purgatory will face a tremendous catastrophe,"

Pang Jian murmured with a trembling spirit.

No sooner had this thought arisen than the Purgatory Gate under his clothes suddenly stopped being hot, while the four deeply engraved characters on the back slowly cooled.

"Sizzle!"

The increasingly large Void Crack suddenly began to heal at a faster rate!

Pang Jian then saw the being, which had been drifting in the "Mysterious Fog" for who knows how many years, and the "Purgatory" characters within its eye sockets miraculously disappeared.

It seemed to have lost a definitive coordinate once more.

Once again lost in the "Mysterious Fog," it would be trapped there for millions of years, until another opportunity arose.

It appeared extremely unwilling, and its wings, like a sea of golden electricity, burst with even more dense golden lightning, spreading in all directions.

Regrettably, there was no target to attack in the "Mysterious Fog."

The void crack finally healed completely.

The splattering golden lightning mixed with the original silver-white lightning formed cascading waterfalls of gold, which still hung in midair.

Pang Jian, now drenched in sweat without realizing it, stood in the middle of several broad waterfalls, watching the healed crack with eyes wide in amazement.

"Purgatory’s Gate."

He subconsciously pressed his right hand against his chest, touching the copper plate through his clothes, and waves of shock surged in his heart.

He felt the copper plate named "Purgatory’s Gate" suddenly become immensely heavy.

The Gate was also a directional coordinate.

When the words "Purgatory’s Gate" emerged, at certain special times, he seemed to hold the power to open and close the gate!

Just now, had he not closed the gate in time, allowing the void crack to continue tearing open...

He couldn’t imagine what consequences would arise if the terrifying Different Kind successfully crossed the "Mysterious Fog" and stepped through the crack into the current Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone.

"Why do I have this object in my possession? What merits or abilities do I have to hold such power?"

Pang Jian’s mind was in turmoil.

He felt an unbearably heavy burden forcibly placed on his shoulders, and if he wasn’t strong enough, if he wasn’t cautious enough at certain critical moments...

This world seemed about to be plunged into an apocalyptic disaster!

"Boom! Pff, pff, pff!"

Sudden sounds of thunder and lightning strikes erupted.

Pang Jian, whose spirit was deeply hammered, had no choice but to turn and look behind.

He then saw many disciples dressed in the garb of Black Valley, Demon Sect, and Sky Water Swamp, bringing out their Strange Treasures and Spiritual Artifacts to attack the White Crane circling in the sky.

The White Crane cursed as it soared through the lightning in midair.

This foul-mouthed White Crane had a pair of dark crane claws, one of which was fitted with a small storage ring.

The other claw was grasping a dry bone covered with cracks.

Clutching the bone, it flew back and forth across the sky, miraculously collecting strands of thick golden lightning into the bone.

"Whoosh!"

The thick lightning that pierced through the sky and earth of the Forbidden Zone became a single thread of golden lightning the moment it entered the bone.

The White Crane, while collecting golden lightning from all around, never stopped spewing vulgarities from its mouth, constantly insulting the family members of its pursuers, or their yet unborn children.

Possibly to avoid bringing trouble to its master, it carefully refrained from mentioning its mysterious owner, who it claimed should never be violated.

"Screw your mother! Go die!"

The White Crane pulled dazzling strands of silver-white lightning from afar to Thunder Punishment Land, striking down at the disciples below.

Some weaker disciples from the three sects at the Hollow Profound Realm’s early stages and the Innate Realm died one after another.

Gradually, the flight of the sinister White Crane in the void became heavier.

Pang Jian watched attentively and noticed that every time the White Crane collected a strand of golden lightning with the dry bone, its graceful flight slightly deformed.

He immediately understood that despite the golden lightning being as thin as a strand of hair in the bone, it still made the bone increasingly heavy.

Yet, the White Crane, intent on collecting all the golden lightning, could not throw the bone into the storage ring.

And those disciples from the Demon Sect, Black Valley, and Sky Water Swamp chasing it had no ability to collect the golden lightning themselves. Having been previously attacked by this evil White Crane, they naturally kept chasing it relentlessly.

Clearly, they also noticed its flight through the void was no longer agile and sought to acquire the bone it held.

"Luo Yuan, you..."

Only after the void crack had disappeared did Lei Kun dare to come beside Pang Jian, saying gravely, "You were so close to that crack, did you see anything?"

Pang Jian shook his head and said, "I only saw strands of lightning splashing out from the endless, dense Mysterious Fog."

"The Mysterious Fog enshrouds the entire Purgatory World. That sudden void crack... could it lead to the boundary of Purgatory?" Lei Kun, without a doubt, frowned and said, "Cultivators, if they carelessly enter the Mysterious Fog, will almost certainly vanish mysteriously."

"It’s not just us. Even the formidable cultivators from the Upper Realm and higher avoid contact with the Mysterious Fog. Luo Yuan, you were too reckless just now; you shouldn’t have been that close."

Lei Kun admonished.

At this time, the disciples of the three major Sects from the Upper Realm were still battling the White Crane.

The White Crane and those people all ignored Pang Jian and Lei Kun, with no spare effort to bother with them.

"Mhm, I was indeed a bit careless; it won’t happen again."

Pang Jian humbly accepted the advice.

"Being able to take advice, you’re really not bad, kid."

Lei Kun smiled in satisfaction, finding the Sword Tower’s youngster increasingly pleasing to the eye, and said, "I know of another much-talked-about disciple from your Sword Tower, his name is Pang Jian."

"I’m truly grateful that I decided not to listen to Jiuyuan and left decisively."

"Otherwise..."

Lei Kun sighed deeply, shaking his head with myriad emotions.

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