HCB 164. Chapter 164 Grotto-Heaven Upgrade In The Pot, Space-Time Rift (Two In One For Subscription)
164. Chapter 164 Grotto-Heaven Upgrade In The Pot, Space-Time Rift (Two In One For Subscription)
Chapter 164: Grotto-Heaven Upgrade, Space-Time Rift (Two-in-One Subscription)
[Grotto-Heaven in the Pot: Immortal Realm Yunlai]
[Current Grotto-Heaven Level: Level 2 (210/200)]
[Upgrade Condition: Fishing Level 5, Requirement Met]
Su Ping looked at the information that appeared before his eyes and started to ponder. The formation in the area where Shana Vati was located had strengthened the barrier's intensity.
Without hesitation, he flew into the sky and chose to level up.
Suddenly!
A colorful light burst out from within the Immortal Realm Yunlai.
Roar!
The Green Phoenix and the Immortal Crane both cried out, producing a pleasant celestial melody.
Accompanied by a buzzing sound.
The two mountain peaks, which were originally just background scenery, flew slowly from afar and materialized!
Su Ping noticed that one of the two new mountain peaks still had some pavilions and towers, while the other had a peach blossom forest.
There were radiant light butterflies dancing in the forest.
At the same time, both of these mountain peaks were larger than before.
Su Ping was delighted and had a thought.
He began to rearrange them.
Immediately, only the Moon-Viewing Wind-Listening Pavilion, the Traveling Merchant Shop, and the Guardian Stone Lions were left on the main peak.
The Floating Dream Temple and the Burial Ground were together, while the Great Library and the Sealing Demon Tower went to another mountain peak.
On the last mountain peak, Su Ping took out the main building he had obtained long ago: Dawn Castle!
[Dawn Castle, Main Building, Quality: Rare, Exclusive to Grotto-Heaven in the Pot, Arrangement can slightly increase Grotto-Heaven Spiritual Qi output]
After arranging this main building, a white stone castle with a height of nearly a hundred meters, resembling Western European style, appeared on the mountain peak.
This castle had twenty-four usable rooms, an internal training ground, and a small prayer room.
Both the training ground and the prayer room had a slightly enhanced efficiency.
In addition, there were six Dawn Knights, twelve maids, and a butler.
However, they were more like the bound spirits of this castle and could only move within the range of Dawn Castle.
Since Dawn Castle was exclusive to Grotto-Heaven in the Pot, they couldn't be taken out.
Su Ping felt a bit regretful.
But he also knew that this was ultimately just a rare-grade main building, so it was already quite good.
And with this building, the concentration of Grotto-Heaven Spiritual Qi reached...
[Current Grotto-Heaven Level: Level 3 (20/500)]
"Finally reached level 3."
"Let me see, the Traveling Merchant Shop can also be upgraded to level 2, allowing me to buy more goods."
"More importantly, after reaching level 3 in Grotto-Heaven in the Pot, I can unlock new ways to obtain experience books and fishing coins by upgrading the Traveling Merchant Shop!"
"In that case, I shouldn't delay."
"Let's complete the upgrade task for the Traveling Merchant Shop first."
Su Ping thought about it and checked:
[Upgrade tasks for the Traveling Merchant Shop are available!]
[A: Challenge a Strong Enemy, a second-order difficulty strong enemy appears, complete the task after defeating them]
[B: Spend money to resolve a disaster, complete the task after paying 1000 fishing coins]
"Second-order difficulty?"
Su Ping looked at the Fire Knight and the Fox-Faced Witch, who were already at the second-order level.
He had long known that second-order difficulty was basically equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Realm in the Immortal World.
A strong enemy at the Foundation Establishment Realm?
Feeling confident, Su Ping confirmed that he could surrender at any time during the challenge, and the result of failure would only be an incomplete task. He could choose to continue and complete it later.
Su Ping chose option A.
Suddenly, his vision blurred.
The next moment, Su Ping found himself standing on an endless crystal land.
The sky and the surroundings were vast and empty.
The concentration of Spiritual Qi was similar to that in Grotto-Heaven in the Pot, so he didn't have to worry about recovery during the battle.
Immediately, Su Ping's expression turned strange.
He found that his storage Spiritual Weapon and storage bag were still with him.
It seemed that the use of external items was not prohibited in this challenge.
Therefore... Su Ping raised the Memory Staff.
The memory illusion of the Fire Knight Elwin and the Exorcist Yun Kong emerged.
Then, the spirit pearl, the array tool, and various high-quality magical items were all activated and set up in position.
Northern Dipper Greedy Wolf Fist... Alright, just about to gather power.
Su Ping saw the figure of a formidable enemy appearing.
It was a bipedal earth dragon, about seven to eight meters tall, with a total length of over fifteen meters including its tail.
In overall appearance, it resembled a malnourished version of a tyrannosaurus rex.
However, its speed was much faster than the tyrannosaurus rex from the ancient era of the Water Blue Star.
And with the mastery of wind magic, a fierce wind was stirred up on the battlefield in the blink of an eye!
However, as Su Ping unfolded the array tool scroll,
This bipedal earth dragon, which had just approached within a hundred meters, was swept into the formation.
And arrived in Su Ping's own world!
The surroundings turned into a snowy landscape.
There were even bone-chilling water currents rushing out from the somewhat illusory ocean, pouring into the snow and wind.
As soon as the bipedal earth dragon entered this formation, it only had time to let out a few roars.
In Su Ping's eyes, it turned into a lifelike ice sculpture.
"My formation is so powerful!"
"No, it should be because I provided enough heavy water in the form of ice!"
"This formidable enemy seems to possess the oppressive force of a late stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Taking into account its size and racial talent, it should be considered a dual cultivation Foundation Establishment!"
"But even so, once it enters my formation, it will be at my mercy!"
Thinking of this, Su Ping paused the plan to besiege the opponent and activated the formation.
Suddenly, a waterspout mixed with cold wind and heavy water emerged from the sea, and stars in the sky shone brightly. Three virtual images of greedy wolves appeared and pounced towards the ice sculpture of the bipedal earth dragon.
It was just a combined attack using the formation.
When the virtual images of the greedy wolves and the waterspout collided with the ice sculpture of the bipedal earth dragon, the next second,
Su Ping heard a prompt, indicating that he had completed the challenge of the formidable enemy and that the Traveling Merchant Shop had been upgraded!
Easy, simple... but within reason.
After all, the strength of the formidable enemy was judged based on Su Ping's current realm.
However, with the array tool and so many trump cards, Su Ping's actual combat ability had long surpassed his own realm!
It was unexpected that it would be so easy.
The upgrade of the Traveling Merchant Shop was successful.
The little lynx that was lying in the shop suddenly stood up, meowed, and then disappeared with a swish.
Then, a round and chubby white rabbit wearing a hat appeared in the shop. It took off its hat, bowed to Su Ping, and indicated that the new goods had been updated and welcomed the esteemed master of the Grotto-Heaven to make a purchase.
Su Ping nodded slightly in thanks and opened the Traveling Merchant Shop.
In addition to a bunch of flashy but impractical Grotto-Heaven decorations, the number of experience books available for purchase doubled.
As long as he had enough fishing coins, it seemed that it would not be a problem to cultivate both the Fire Knight and the Exorcist Yun Kong at the same time.
In addition, Su Ping found that there was a card pack specifically for partner equipment in the shop.
It cost ten coins per draw.
However, unlike the Grotto-Heaven in a pot, this limited edition card pack for partner-exclusive equipment was limited to ten draws per week.
"Partner weapon equipment card pack, another pit for fishing coins!"
"But having specialized weapons and not having them does indeed have a significant impact on the strength of partners."
Su Ping resisted the temptation and looked at the most important thing after this upgrade.
The Abyss Rift Challenge Scroll!
Choose a place where the power of the earth veins gathers, and then use this challenge scroll.
The Abyss Rift will briefly open, releasing formidable enemies from the abyss.
After defeating them, fishing coins and experience books can be obtained as rewards.
The quantity of rewards and the difficulty of the abyss enemies that appear are closely related to the difficulty selected by the challenge scroll.
And the difficulty is related to the power of the earth veins that open the Abyss Rift.
Only places with particularly rich earth vein power can open high-difficulty Abyss Rifts.
Currently, with the level of the Grotto-Heaven in a pot, this Abyss Rift Challenge Scroll is available once a month and can be accumulated.
Su Ping directly chose to exchange for it.
Suddenly, a small thumb-sized pale green crystal appeared in front of Su Ping.
When he held this crystal in his hand,
Su Ping could feel that the Abyss Rift Challenge Scroll transmitted a message:
No earth veins were found nearby. Please leave the Grotto-Heaven in a pot and continue to use it.
Su Ping's heart moved.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared in the Immortal World.
However, as soon as he returned to the Immortal World and held the crystal in his hand,
The information he sensed made Su Ping greatly surprised!
Su Ping saw thousands of dark red veins gathering on a gray map similar to the Immortal World map brought by the crystal.
However... all these vein gathering places were marked as contaminated and unusable without exception!
"The veins of the entire Immortal World... have all been contaminated?"
"This world is even worse than I thought!"
Su Ping closed his eyes and memorized every detail of the gray map brought by the crystal. After releasing the crystal and sighing softly, he comforted himself that he still had the Water Blue Star to seek refuge.
The worst outcome would be to completely give up everything in the Immortal World and live out the rest of his life on the Water Blue Star.
Moreover, there was a high probability that he would live a long life in the future, and who knows what opportunities for longevity he might encounter!
After thinking it through, the impact on his soul caused by what he had seen before slowly dissipated.
Su Ping also reorganized his mood and used the teleportation spell to return to the Water Blue Star.
In the familiar environment of the Water Blue Star, Su Ping tightly grasped the crystal representing the challenge scroll for the Abyssal Rift and sensed it.
This time, the gray map representing the entire Water Blue Star also appeared in Su Ping's mind.
The gathering places of the veins of power were reduced to fifty this time.
But this was normal. The Immortal World was much larger than the Water Blue Star and was filled with Spiritual Qi.
It was reasonable to have more gathering places for the veins.
Fortunately, although there were fewer gathering places for the veins on the Water Blue Star, they were all marked as usable.
In addition, judging from the depth of the color, one-fifth of them were represented by the dangerous dark red color.
This indicated that there were still high-quality gathering places for the veins.
There was no need to worry about not being able to open high-difficulty Abyssal Rifts in the future after his level continued to improve.
Su Ping remembered the map.
He got up and left for one of the gathering places for the veins.
...
In a small fishing village near the seaside in "Bongzi" country.
Only a group of old men and women were left among the local fishermen.
The young people, including children, had all gone to the big cities and had reached the point where they wouldn't even come back for holidays.
At the end of the fishing village, there was a temple dedicated to the Sea God.
The face of the idol enshrined in the temple had long become blurred, just like the calligraphy outside.
The several middle-aged men and women who had finally found this place couldn't tell which deity it was for worship in the temple.
"What the hell! Why does this place smell so bad?"
"Oppa, didn't you say this is a famous Sea God temple? Why do I feel like we've been tricked?"
"Never mind, let's take photos and measurements first..."
"Alright, hurry up and get to work. You won't lose a single penny of your bonus!"
The man in a suit who was leading the team frowned and issued the task.
Then he scanned the surroundings and basically confirmed that this place still had some history. Those guys who owed money didn't say a word.
In the current "Bongzi" country, places like this with some history and involving mysterious elements were full of business opportunities!
He couldn't compete with those big shots who developed famous mountains and rivers.
But at least he could come to these small places and pick up some leftovers!
The man in the suit opened his phone and looked at the terrain around him. He already had a preliminary business plan in his mind.
He was quite satisfied with this place. It was close to the highway, had water and electricity, and still preserved many ancient buildings that looked historically significant.
It saved a lot of money on creating an old look.
Then he would build a simple inn near the temple, find a few event companies to package the historical heritage and ancient myth stories, and stack some stones together with ropes, claiming they were divine stones to add a sense of mystery.
Then he would hire an experienced witch and a few part-time priestesses.
This route of worshiping the Sea God could be launched!
Right! The most crucial thing was to find those powerful sects to endorse it!
With their endorsement, when they said that this place had once received divine revelations, the believers would definitely flock here, right?
Thinking of this beautiful prospect, a smile unconsciously appeared on the man in the suit's face.
As for whether this would be disrespectful to the gods...
The man in the suit looked at the ugly idol and disdainfully dismissed the idea.
He believed in the Saint Lord, and these wild gods were just made up by ignorant villagers to comfort themselves.
If they were disrespectful, so be it. Besides, even if this thing really had a spirit, it should be grateful to him for bringing so many people to know about it, right?
Just as he was thinking this...
The man in the suit suddenly heard the sound of drizzling rain outside.
"I hate rain!"
He muttered and walked out of the temple.
He had just taken out a cigarette and was about to light it.
Suddenly, his body stiffened, and the cigarette fell from the corner of his mouth!
He widened his eyes and discovered that, at some unknown time, the fishing village not far away and even the road were filled with armored vehicles and transport vehicles.
Moreover, there were even armed helicopters and large drones flying overhead...
"..."
The man in the suit remained silent for a few seconds before silently taking out his phone.
Immediately, he saw a message notification pop up on his phone!
"Evacuation notice? What on earth is going on!"
After reading the contents of the message, the man in the suit rubbed his head and was about to make a phone call to confirm, but he found that his phone had lost signal long ago!
And soon...
The South Korean army, who were persuading the elderly to evacuate, also discovered these stragglers.
Facing the fully armed military that came to help them evacuate...
The man in the suit and his subordinates, although uneasy, chose to cooperate.
However, the man in the suit, sitting in the evacuation vehicle, was surprised to find that these elderly people in the fishing village were still very capable of fighting.
Many of the elderly people were determined not to evacuate, no matter how dangerous the situation was publicized. They even raised various weapons and launched attacks.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of farce would continue for a while until one side increased their compromise.
But this time was different.
The man in the suit saw a military officer scolding a few times.
Immediately, in groups of four, the soldiers directly lifted these elderly people from their homes, yards, and even fishing boats, and even used tools to tie their hands and feet before dragging them into the vehicle.
Seeing this scene, the man in the suit's eyelids twitched, immediately realizing that this might not be a drill or a usual disaster warning.
He couldn't help but hope that the evacuation speed of the convoy could be faster.
However...
Accompanied by a purple thunderbolt falling from the sky, a deafening roar sounded.
In the direction of the sea...
A red crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea.
At the same time, the crack was slowly opening at a visible speed.
From the perspective of the man in the suit, he could feel that the crack was initially just a line, but quickly became as thick as a thumb.
The atmosphere of fear and unease enveloped him.
Causing him to shout out, hoping that the car would go faster, even faster!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
More war machines were piled up on the nearby hills.
Various artillery and even rocket launchers were deployed on these hills, aiming at the abnormal crack on the sea.
In the sky, the drones of South Korea and the United States were the first to approach the red crack.
Through high-definition cameras...
The commander sitting hundreds of miles away and the high-ranking officials of South Korea could clearly see the expansion of the crack.
And amidst a burst of exclamations, they saw dozens of compound eyes suddenly emerging from the crack!
The owners of the compound eyes failed to break through the crack and enter this world.
But their extremely ugly and bizarre appearance, beyond human imagination...
Still gave a great shock to most of the people in the command center.
Causing many individuals with weak psychological endurance to experience a brief mental shutdown.
In a large room, a foul smell of excrement and urine filled the air.
The highest-ranking general of South Korea coughed a few times and looked at the special guests in the room:
The representative of the Star of Enlightenment Church, the leader of the church, Li Yongxiu, who brought important news and requested a meeting with the supreme leader of South Korea as a precaution.
Through this period of testing and sincere contact...
They had almost confirmed that this leader did indeed have at least one Transcendent behind him.
However, it seemed that this leader, Li Yongxiu, did not receive the reward of becoming a Transcendent.
But even so, no one dared to underestimate the spokesperson of such a Transcendent.
Especially after the incident in the Cherry Blossom Country, even the most carefree individuals had to consider the relevance of the situation.
Therefore, when the leader Li Yongxiu requested a meeting with the supreme leader of South Korea, citing receiving a divine oracle, his request was almost immediately approved, and he met the important figure he wanted to see.
In fact, the leader Li Yongxiu didn't know much.
It was just during his daily prayers that he suddenly heard the voice of the gods.
Instructing him to notify the South Korean authorities to go to a certain place to fortify and take precautions just in case.
He himself didn't expect that the matter mentioned by the gods in such a calm tone would be such a huge temporal and spatial crack!
And within the crack, it seemed that there were monsters from another world peering at them!
This... was practically solid evidence of the existence of the Otherworld!
And what's worse, was that the Otherworld was preparing to invade their world?
Did he, inexplicably, get involved in the clash between two worlds like this?
(End of this chapter)