Chapter 971 - 870: Mission Accomplished
Chapter 971 - 870: Mission Accomplished
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in disbelief. They were sure that they had only passed through the Space Crystal Wall and had not sensed any Transmission Energy in the vicinity.Yet the group ahead told them they were transported here by Transmission Energy, which left them shocked and incredulous.
"There might be something strange with those people ahead!"
A Martial Artist from Duan Gujin's side exclaimed.
The other Martial Artists, hearing this, immediately heightened their vigilance towards the group of Martial Artists in front.
"The group ahead might be an Illusion Technique; we need to be careful!"
The Martial Artists on Duan Gujin's side advised earnestly.
After hearing this, the other Martial Artists quickly drew the Dark Weapons from within their storage rings.
Quickly, the large group of Martial Artists approached Duan Gujin's team. Seeing how highly alert Duan Gujin and his people were, they also promptly heightened their vigilance.
Duan Gujin immediately called out loudly, "Comrades ahead, we ask you, how did you come in here from the outside?"
The group of Martial Artists immediately understood the meaning behind Duan Gujin's words; they were being suspected!
Thinking it over, they found it reasonable for the others to be suspicious.
"We were transported here by a force of Transmission Energy, how about you?"
A Martial Artist from the front answered.
"We just directly passed through the Space Crystal Wall ahead and came here. You say that your way of entering was completely different from ours. How do you expect us to trust you?"
Duan Gujin said.
"Oh, so that's it!"
The team behind instantly realized why Duan Gujin's team was so cautious towards them.
"What did you encounter on your way?"
Duan Gujin asked.
"Here's what happened: after receiving our orders, we searched for the Thunder Sect Ruins everywhere. We searched many places and finally found a place very similar to a Transmission Tower. We then activated that Transmission Tower, and afterward, we were transported here by a force of Transmission Energy!"
A Martial Artist explained.
"So that's how it is!"
Both groups of Martial Artists checked each other's identity tokens, and some of them were even acquaintances.
With that, they no longer doubted each other's identities.
"What should we do next?"
Both groups of Martial Artists began discussing.
"Why don't we just go in together?"
The crowd counted the number of people, quickly discovering there were a total of thirty-seven in the group.
One Martial Artist immediately suggested that everyone hold a piece of paper with their queue number written on it, to prevent getting lost inside later.
No one present opposed this suggestion.
Soon, everyone obtained their queue numbers.
Afterward, they all approached the white castle, ready to open the iron gate.
However, despite using all their strength, they could not push open the tightly locked gate.
So, they thought it might require other methods to open the gate.
After all, they had previously tried pushing stone walls to retract iron doors underground.
They searched the area for Mechanical Traps, but no matter how hard they searched, they ultimately failed.
As time ticked away, after exhausting every method, they still couldn't open the gate of the white castle.
"Heavens! What is going on?"
Quite a few Martial Artists began to wonder, as they had used all their might but still couldn't enter the white castle.
At this point, most of the Martial Artists' Recording Name Plates showed no points.
Only a few Martial Artists encountered some Demons within the Forbidden Land and gained some points by slaying them.
Duan Gujin and his companions began searching nearby, seeking a way to break into the white castle.
They attempted every means, but ultimately found nothing; the white castle was as sturdy as steel. Even if all of them launched a concentrated assault on the iron door with all their Skills, the iron door remained unmoved.
They initially thought they could attack the white castle from another location, but soon discovered that other areas had very strong Space Crystal Walls.
The Space Crystal Walls were very firm, and no matter how much Power they used, they couldn't destroy these walls.
"Heavens! What's going on?"
Watching time pass by, the crowd grew anxious.
This time, Ascension Academy gave them ten days to find the Thunder Sect Ruins, yet they only discovered the Thunder Sect Secret Hall, which somewhat matched the Elders' description.
The present Martial Artists wondered if they had found the wrong place, but they really had no way of finding out the answer.
In the following days, Duan Gujin and other Martial Artists were all agitated, eager to uncover the mysteries of this place. But despite their efforts, they found nothing.
Upon observation, he could only deduce that inside the white castle there was a powerful Divine Weapon Qi.
However, he couldn't understand why beneath the white castle there was an extremely terrifying Death Aura.
"Could this white castle be meant to suppress the Death Power below? It doesn't quite seem that way!"
Duan Gujin racked his brains over it for a while but couldn't come up with an answer.
He observed that the Array Power inside the white castle was far stronger than him, and judged that unless a master of the Peak of Shattering Void tackled it, there would be no way to break through the iron gate outside the white castle.
Some Martial Artists thought the problem might lie with the statues outside, while others believed they should simply report this matter to the Ascension Academy Elders.
"This time Ascension Academy's task was to find the Thunder Sect Ruins with all our capabilities, not to enter inside!"
After failing to find a way inside, many Martial Artists could only console themselves with this.
As day after day passed, ten days quickly slipped by, yet the Martial Artists present still couldn't find a way to enter the white castle.
Helpless, everyone could only use the Teleportation Plate to transport themselves back.
Upon returning to Ascension Academy, they narrated their previous experiences to the Ascension Academy Elders.
A day later, they were informed that they had successfully completed the task.
"Haha, I did say right? This time's task was just to find the Thunder Sect Ruins; finding the ruins counts as task completion!"
Many Martial Artists hearing this news were filled with excitement.
After hearing the news, Duan Gujin was initially pleased, but for some reason, he felt an ominous foreboding. He always felt that the Thunder Sect Secret Hall he discovered had many strange aspects.
But what exactly was wrong with the Thunder Sect Secret Hall, he couldn't say for the moment.
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