Chapter 579 What's Seen in the Crack
The spaceship rapidly approached the spatial rift.
At that moment, a terrifying attraction swept over, instantly enveloping the airship.
Zhong Cai, inside the flying boat, looked around.
Originally, protection was concretely represented by city walls, but now the airship is open, so the defense is actually a colorless and transparent protective shield.
Now, the suction and the protective shield are battling each other.
Zhong Cai could see clearly that there were many fine and dense patterns on the protective shield. These were various protective array patterns, intertwined with each other. Every time they resisted external attraction, countless changes would occur inside the array patterns, forming countless mysterious combinations that made people's scalps tingle.
However, despite watching it, Zhong Cai didn't quite understand it.
After all, he majored in alchemy, and he could easily distinguish many alchemy techniques that seemed bizarre to outsiders. However, with so many array patterns, he could only barely discern some of them and could not form a coherent understanding.
Wu Shaogan glanced at it a few times, seemingly lost in thought.
Besides honing his martial arts skills, he also read some books on weapon formations and talismans to relax, and now he has sorted out some of his thoughts.
But he didn't look at it much, only making a mental note of it.
He and A-Cai still have a long lifespan ahead of them. Since A-Cai is also somewhat interested in these array patterns, perhaps they can study them together when they have some free time in the future... It would be a way for them to find something to do together.
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The spaceship resisted the suction from the spatial rift, but it did not resist entering the spatial rift; rather, it sought to maintain its initiative.
Soon, the flying boat, covered in array patterns, plunged into the crack at a steady yet extremely fast speed!
Because the airship was ahead of the crowd, and the gravitational pull of the cracks was directed towards it, the mountains, trees, and other objects that were originally being dragged away were no longer enveloped by that energy and naturally settled down.
The crack hangs high and is quite stable.
It seems unlikely to collapse anytime soon...
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan piloted the flying boat, allowing it to sense the moment it passed through the crevice.
How long can this crack likely remain?
The flying boat quickly came to a conclusion.
[At least nine hours, at most three days.]
Zhong Cai nodded.
This cannot be calculated based on the longest duration; let's assume it's only nine hours... no, it's best to limit it to even less time.
Otherwise, if the crack closes automatically, the cultivators caught in it will only be able to get out by crashing the flying boat into space to destabilize it, or by finding places where cracks might appear and actively creating new "passages".
However, doing so would inevitably lead to concerns about potentially intruding into the territory of other factions. If it were a lower-level faction, it might be manageable, as compensation would usually suffice. But if it were a level nine faction, their defenses would be extremely tight, making it unlikely to break in. Such an action would likely provoke a sense of defiance and could potentially cause further trouble.
Noticing that Zhong Cai was in a daze, Wu Shaogan grasped Zhong Cai's hand and said, "That kid won't die."
Zhong Cai returned a smile: "I'm not worried about that. I'm just wondering what kind of enemy that kid has provoked, that he's been forced into a spatial rift."
Wu Shaogan paused, pondered for a moment, and said, "Tongtian, please."
Zhong Cai's lips twitched slightly: "Yes, that should be it."
Last time, this kid already provoked someone at the peak of Nirvana. If it's another Nirvana cultivator, even if the other party is on the Sky Ranking, the tactics will be somewhat repetitive—after all, this kid's uncle is the top of the rankings!
He just couldn't understand how he could have angered Tongtian.
That's quite a "skill".
Thinking of this, Zhong Cai's mind raced.
Soon, two unassuming figures quietly appeared behind the two.
Gu Yuan and Gu Zhong were mutated dragon armor soldiers—they were responsible for protecting the couple later.
Wu Shaogan touched the mirror to make sure that the route after entering the spatial rift would not be wrong.
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As soon as the airship plunged into the crevice, countless transparent blades came hurtling towards it at lightning speed, slamming wildly against the protective shield!
In that instant, the "pitter-patter" sound was like a torrential downpour, dense and numerous.
The transparent blade is actually a manifestation of the spatial storm. It is not actually the shape of a blade, but it has a very similar sharp and piercing feel, yet it is many times more powerful than an ordinary blade.
The offensive was extremely fierce.
The array patterns on the protective shield were constantly changing at an extremely fast speed, so fast that they were impossible to see clearly—after looking at them for a few more times, one would feel dizzy and one's mind would go almost blank.
That's pretty scary.
Zhong Cai dared not look too closely, only feeling that the array patterns were very busy.
Wu Shaogan maneuvered the flying boat to the right.
Zhong Cai remembered that when he looked at it earlier, it should have been a straight line forward, but now... So, he looked at the mirror again.
This time, he discovered that there were four routes on the mirror. On the route they had been planning to take, a blurry object had appeared in the center of the originally smooth path, giving off an ominous feeling.
Zhong Cai realized what was happening and pointed at the mess: "Old Wu, is this saying that a spatial storm suddenly appeared on that route?"
Wu Shaogan nodded and said, "The space within the rift is unpredictable. Just like this safe path now, it will soon become unsafe."
As he spoke, he turned the flying boat around again.
Zhong Cai indeed saw that a blurry object had appeared on the original route, and it was approaching at a visible speed—
Wait! Approaching?!
At that moment, Zhong Cai didn't know why, but suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
He rubbed his arms and felt every hair on his body stand on end.
Perhaps to confirm his horror and fear, Zhong Cai subconsciously looked to his right and saw that not far away, a "wave" was rapidly forming a huge and flat shape.
At first glance, it looks like countless waves rotating around a center, with long tails forming "blades" like windmills. The waves are rotating so fast that, driven by the force of countless rotations, they have a snow-white color... It is quite beautiful.
This thing is a spatial storm!
This thing is like a huge, sharp-edged wheel. Once it gets close to Zhong Wufu, it's like it's cutting you. You can imagine the creaking sound the flying boat makes under its "blade".
Despite the intensity of the spatial storm, it shouldn't be able to break through the ancient city's defenses. But once it truly attacks and reaches a stalemate with the ancient city, who's to say that the ancient city won't be injured?
Injury will affect performance.
Therefore, under no circumstances should this rotating space storm be allowed to get close.
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Fortunately, Wu Shaogan had noticed the sudden formation of this thing earlier, so he changed direction early on. So even though the "wheel" approached the couple very quickly, it didn't even brush against the edge of the flying boat and just passed by.
Zhong Cai exhaled, deliberately wiping away cold sweat, and said, "Old Wu, the changes and speed within this crack are too fast!"
Wu Shaogan nodded again and said, "The previous two times, it only took a few breaths to happen. We must change direction before that happens, otherwise we will definitely be hit."
Zhong Cai wholeheartedly agreed, saying sincerely, "I'm not as perceptive as you in this area, Lao Wu, keep it up and avoid them all!"
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "Don't worry, A-Cai."
Zhong Cai felt somewhat relieved.
Because the airship is purely controlled by thought, Wu Shaogan can still hold the mirror and judge the most appropriate reaction at the moment.
Wu Shaogan did not disappoint Zhong Cai.
He was able to successfully avoid every addition or subtraction of routes, and every change in danger along the route, and land on the new route at the fastest speed to continue approaching the target.
At the same time, Zhong Cai also witnessed several spatial storms.
In reality, the rotating type is not very common. The most common forms of space storms are thunderstorms, tornadoes, and another type is simply "rain falling in a small area of space".
The rain in the space could be heavy or light, but either way, it's actually "knife-like" rain, not just water droplets.
If someone were to accidentally enter such a "space," without a strong defense, they would basically be "cut to pieces"... the kind of person whose body wouldn't even be found.
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About an hour later, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan felt that they were about to catch up with their target.
Zhong Cai composed herself for a moment: "How should we hold them accountable later..."
Wu Shaogan pondered.
After thinking for a moment, Zhong Cai said frankly, "I'll go take a look first."
A short while later, the airship successfully approached a... huge reef?
On that huge reef, there were still some shadows faintly visible.
Is it... a living person?
That's a bit outrageous.
The absurd part isn't that there are living people, but that there are also huge reefs!
A spatial rift!
How can there be reefs floating there perfectly intact?
Is it because it has natural defense? Or is the reef itself so hard that even being swept by a spatial storm cannot damage it in the slightest?
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Zhong Cai stroked his chin and said, "I think one of those living shadows is our family's nephew."
Wu Shaogan: "It's him."
The airship continued to approach.
The mutated dragon armor soldiers also became increasingly vigilant, constantly on guard against attacks from the Tongtian cultivators.
As Zhong Cai got closer, he discovered that his nephew, his nephew's senior brother, and two other people were all huddled on the rocks, using a large tortoise shell to help them defend against the attacks from the other side.
The one attacking from the opposite side was indeed a middle-aged, highly skilled cultivator.
It must have been a relatively experienced master, whose movements were lightning fast, slashing at the large tortoise shell with incredible speed.
The tortoise shell itself, perhaps to protect the people on the reef, is now covered in wounds, yet it stubbornly stands in front of the young male and female cultivators, protecting them.
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