The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 256 - 241: The Gift of the Mysterious Turtle_1

Chapter 256: Chapter 241: The Gift of the Mysterious Turtle_1

The shattering land hidden beneath the clouds left Dong Tianze utterly horrified.

Feeling the rich nature’s spiritual energy, and looking at the lush forests, he was somewhat at a loss.

Such Fragment Land should not be concealed deep within the sea of clouds, it should not have gone undiscovered.

Moreover, it was right below the Meteorite Sea where the Heaven Phoenix bones shattered, how could it not be known to others?

After the disintegration of the Heaven Phoenix remains, the heads of all five major Sects of the Third Realm had personally come to investigate, why hadn’t they noticed this Fragment Land?

Dong Tianze was extremely puzzled.

"Dong Xiaozi, I’d like to see where you can run to now?"

"Ignorant of the vastness of the heavens and the earth, relying on the heavy weapons bestowed by Yin Spirit Temple, do you really think you are invincible?"

"As fellow Heavenly Phoenix Guards, we are all slaves to our master, you are not that much more noble than I am!"

"Yin Spirit Temple has no right to interfere with our Divine Guards’ deadly competition for supremacy!"

The man with the scarred face, stepping on an ancient zither, roared as he dove downwards.

Seeing the Black Iron Mountain plunging into the sea of clouds, he followed without hesitation and soon after, he saw a strange Fragment Land.

"Ah!"

This Individual Cultivator, who was also in the late stage of Hollow Profound Realm, was similarly shocked by the land below, appearing somewhat confused and bewildered.

The next moment, the gravity above the Fragment Land suddenly increased by dozens of times!

He and the ancient zither beneath his feet, like a meteor shooting toward the Panshi Fragment Land, shattered into pieces the instant they touched ground.

As he fell from the sky, accelerating, at the moment of impact, his bones "crackled" breaking I don’t know how many.

"Pugh!"

Sitting among the shattered pieces of the ancient zither, he immediately began spitting out blood non-stop, gravely wounded and in critical condition.

When he tried to stand up, he suddenly discovered that the earth was like a magnet and his body was like a piece of iron, firmly attached to the ground, unable to move even an inch.

Suddenly, he felt that the Fragment Land hidden beneath the sea of clouds was imbued with malice towards him.

—The entire Fragment Land seemed to be targeting him.

"This..."

Watching the man fall heavily, Dong Tianze, who thought he would have to fight a tough battle, was surprised to find that at the moment of the scarred face man’s impact, not only did the ancient zither with terrifying destructive power shatter, but he himself suffered a severe blow.

"My falling speed was far less than his, and my injuries were not as severe as his."

After pondering for a bit, Dong Tianze tried to control the Black Iron Mountain.

Unexpectedly, the Black Iron Mountain not only swiftly rose towards the sky, but the pond built from Spirit Jade within suddenly surged with an abundance of nature’s spiritual energy.

Here in this Fragment Land, the Black Iron Mountain became extremely light, and its speed of flight was also faster.

"This place is simply my blessed land!"

Dong Tianze’s expression lifted.

He steered the Black Iron Mountain, on guard as he approached the Divine Guard with the scarred face, and covertly observed his expression.

Soon, he saw despair and unwillingness in the other’s eyes.

Dong Tianze’s mind steadied.

He immediately made the Black Iron Mountain accelerate towards the man and proceeded to smash down violently with the sheer weight of the mountain.

The other, watching the Black Iron Mountain descending, struggled desperately.

But this opponent, despite being in the late Hollow Profound Realm, was like a grasshopper nailed to the ground with steel nails, unable to move in the slightest no matter how much he twisted his limbs.

"Boom!"

The Black Iron Mountain crushed the man’s skull to pieces.

A ray of holy light in the form of a Phoenix Seal emerged from the pile of bones as the Black Iron Mountain soared again, and Dong Tianze smoothly absorbed it into his brow.

"Whoosh!"

The Phoenix Seal on his brow instantly shone brightly, and strands of nourishing Alien Power poured into all the limbs of his body.

"Breakthrough, I will continue to break through!"

Atop the Black Iron Mountain, Dong Tianze laughed maniacally.

The divine strength contained within the Phoenix Seal of a late Hollow Profound Realm Godhood was enough to make him rapidly advance into the middle stage of the Hollow Profound Realm.

His body’s bones and his Divine Sense would thus be greatly enhanced.

At this time.

Elsewhere, Pang Jian, scoffed disdainfully, "Trash, with Hollow Profound Realm cultivation, killing only a late-stage Individual Cultivator, and yet I had to discreetly assist you with the Panshi Fragment Land."

In his heart, he communicated with the Mysterious Turtle, waiting for Dong Tianze’s realm to stabilize before banishing this man from the Panshi Fragment Land.

The Mysterious Turtle responded.

As he was about to cut off the connection, the Mysterious Turtle told him to wait a moment and asked him to form a light wave capable of transmitting items with a copper plate.

"Are you sending something over?"

Pang Jian’s brows twitched slightly as he shook his head and said, "That Black Iron Mountain, let’s keep it for him for now. I am not in a hurry to reclaim it."

"Not the Black Iron Mountain?"

Pang Jian was taken aback.

He surveyed his surroundings and, seeing that the Stone Forest was temporarily devoid of people, stepped behind a thicker stone column and took out the copper plate named ’Purgatory Gate’.

A brilliant light wave appeared at once.

"Whoo!"

A piece of tortoiseshell, only the size of a palm and blackish-yellow in color, emerged abruptly atop the light wave.

Soon after, the not too big, not too small piece of tortoiseshell covered his chest.

Like the Heart Protection Mirror Zhou Qingchen initially had, this piece of tortoiseshell guarded Pang Jian’s heart, preventing it from being pierced by sharp weapons.

"First the five miraculous leaves from the Sapling and now this hard piece of tortoiseshell, you are all concerned about me dying from a pierced heart."

Pang Jian chuckled in amazement.

The heart and the brain region are both fatal vulnerabilities for cultivators.

The Sapling of Cloud Marsh and the Mysterious Turtle of Panshi Fragment Land, fearing that his heart would be obliterated and lead to his death, thus gave special attention to that area.

Suddenly.

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The Qi and Blood spread throughout Pang Jian’s organs, strands of blood energy within the "Creation Divine Pool," were actually being absorbed extensively by the Mysterious Turtle shell.

The shell and the flesh around his heart were gradually fusing together.

To Pang Jian, the Mysterious Turtle shell felt as if it were becoming a part of him, as if it could breathe.

A thought from the Mysterious Turtle followed.

Its growth and transformation relied not only on the flesh and blood of higher-tier Ferocious Beasts but also on a hidden Fragment Land it possessed.

The more complete the Fragment Land, the more peculiarities it contained, the more it could promote its continuous strength.

A mineral vein and a tiny Underground Spirit Vein, along with Pang Jian sparing no expense to extract over a hundred thousand Spirit Jade to irrigate the Spirit Vein, allowed it to undergo a critical transformation recently.

After this transformation, it had the ability to condense a piece of Mysterious Turtle shell to protect Pang Jian’s heart.

According to it, the Mysterious Turtle shell used Pang Jian’s own Qi and Blood as power, not only was it as hard as Divine Iron, helping his heart withstand fatal stabbings.

It also possessed two fundamental Divine Skills of being the Spirit of the Earth—Burrowing and Pass Through the Mountain.

"Spirit of the Earth, Burrowing, Pass Through the Mountain!"

Joy leaked from the corners of Pang Jian’s mouth.

Afterward, Pang Jian followed the method it described, gathering his rich Qi and Blood into the Mysterious Turtle shell, activating the natural turtle patterns on the shell.

"Burrowing!"

With a single thought, Pang Jian, who was standing on the Stone Forest terrain, suddenly sank downwards.

A profound comprehension appeared instantaneously.

Pang Jian, now beneath the ground by ten zhang, was full of surprise in his eyes; he felt the Mysterious Turtle shell’s "Burrowing" allowed him to jump into the depths of a lake, to move about as if underwater.

The ground was no longer solid matter but akin to water, like air.

As long as he activated the Mysterious Turtle shell’s "Burrowing" Divine Skill, he could appear and disappear below the ground, his current limit being... thirty zhang!

"Deeper!"

The delighted Pang Jian’s body once again sank downwards.

It was only upon sinking to the depths of thirty zhang that the wonders of the Mysterious Turtle shell were limited, preventing him from going any deeper.

However, his movements forward and back were still unrestricted.

—He could move freely within the interior of the thirty zhang deep earth.

Deep underground, he could clearly see small insects, the roots of dead trees, dead leaves, as well as the broken bones of Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts.

"It’s indeed an added method of escape."

The fascinated Pang Jian, right there in the deep earth, swayed back and forth using the "Burrowing" Divine Skill gifted by the Mysterious Turtle shell.

Soon, the rich Qi and Blood in his body were almost completely consumed.

"It uses too much Qi and Blood; it seems it still needs to be used sparingly and not as a regular technique."

He returned to the surface and, looking at the standing stone pillars, once again activated the Mysterious Turtle shell’s "Pass Through the Mountain" Divine Skill.

"Swoosh!"

He smoothly passed through a stone pillar as if moving through air, with no sense of resistance.

"As expected of the Spirit of the Earth, even just the two innate Divine Skills of the early stage are so extraordinary."

Pang Jian’s eyes lit up.

The existence of "Pass Through the Mountain" Divine Skill allowed him to ignore rock walls and move within renowned mountains and great rivers.

Whether searching for Strange Treasures within mountains, finding hiding enemies, or using it to preserve his own life, it was an excellent Divine Skill.

Unexpectedly, a small piece of Mysterious Turtle shell covering the heart could hold such many mysteries.

So, as the Mysterious Turtle continued to grow, could it grant him even more miraculous abilities?

"The irrigation of a hundred thousand Spirit Jade was not in vain."

After silently reflecting for a moment, he communicated with the Mysterious Turtle again, and soon learned his guess was correct.

According to the Mysterious Turtle, once it transformed to a profound and unfathomable state, it could condense even more miraculous Mysterious Turtle shells, constructing a complete suit of armor for Pang Jian.

This suit of armor would fit seamlessly with his body and enable Pang Jian to use its Spirit of the Earth’s innate Divine Skills, turning Pang Jian into a humanoid Spirit of the Earth.

"A humanoid... Spirit of the Earth."

The picture it described sparked a longing in Pang Jian’s heart.

At that moment.

The slightly exhausted Mysterious Turtle, while Pang Jian was envisioning the future, actively severed their sensory connection.

Pang Jian, in the Stone Forest, immediately took out a Pill to replenish his Qi and Blood, then drank a bucket of level-six Beast Blood. After making some adjustments, he continued on his way.

Whenever his Qi and Blood were abundant, he would occasionally burrow into the earth or pass through stone pillars.

He reveled in the wonders of the Mysterious Turtle shell.

Until...

"Bang!"

The Pang Jian who once again used the "Pass Through the Mountain" Divine Skill, felt as if he had hit a wall of iron, halting his steps with a dizzying impact.

Rubbing his head, Pang Jian looked in astonishment at a gray-white stone pillar, ten zhang high, standing upright on the earth.

Upon inspection, this pillar seemed no different from the others he had passed along the way.

Yet it was this pillar that caused Pang Jian’s "Pass Through the Mountain" Divine Skill to fail, leaving a lingering pain in his forehead.

"There must be something odd within the pillar."

Pang Jian furrowed his brows.

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