Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 729: Extreme Dark Forest

Shi Hao set off for the Extreme Dark Forest.

The portal to the abandoned celestial body was located within the Extreme Dark Forest.

Shi Hao found out that long ago, this abandoned celestial body was actually habitable, but it had grown old, its star core had lost vitality, and gradually it had succumbed to silence and death.

Therefore, the people who lived on the celestial body either moved away or had already died out, turning it into a waste star.

It was said that several Peerless Great Abilities had jointly extracted the star core, so it was true, that waste star had no development value left whatsoever.

What in the world was the Extreme Dark Forest?

It was a vast forest, stretching for countless miles and filled with towering trees reaching thousands of feet, making the whole forest as lightproof as a sealed container.

Therefore, walking in the forest was like walking in a dark cave without a glimpse of daylight.

Over time, it came to be known as the Extreme Dark Forest.

Although the teleportation portal was in the Extreme Dark Forest, its exact location was unknown due to its long disuse; there was only a rough area to go by.

Shi Hao was navigating with the help of the Spirit Exploration Compass.

Despite the eternal darkness of the forest, there grew a strange herb called Dark Pattern Root, which when used in medicine, could bolster one’s yang energy and was particularly effective in treating stubborn diseases caused by cold cultivation techniques.

In addition, it also had the effect of strengthening yang, which was a pressing need.

—Don’t assume that martial artists are necessarily strong in that aspect.

Cultivation is about converting all power for one’s own use, and all unnecessary consumption will come to a halt.

So, even though the powerful could live for a few hundred or even a few thousand years, they tend to have few children.

This brings us to Jin Huai’an. For someone over two thousand years old who managed to have the Jin sisters, he is truly impressive—perhaps the Dark Pattern Root played a part; after all, it’s always been a hot-seller in the star universe.

Shi Hao could probably sell the Dark Pattern Roots he collected for a good price since almighty beings have so few children, and not all born are promising. If more could be born, then perhaps one or two might be geniuses, right?

With the help of the Spirit Exploration Compass, Shi Hao’s harvest was substantial.

"Little Stone, don’t you plan to keep a few?" teased the Purple Gold Rat, "Aren’t you still without offspring?"

"Scram, do I need that stuff with my healthy and strong body?" scoffed Shi Hao, and that wasn’t just bravado; his body technique was incredibly strong, having cultivated the Tyrant Body Technique, and later even the Nine Deaths Heavenly Technique, rendering his physical strength indescribable.

Of course, as his mastery of the Nine Deaths Heavenly Technique deepened, the Tyrant Body Technique actually became less and less useful.

—After all, it was a body refinement technique developed from the Tyrant Body, but what about the Nine Deaths Heavenly Technique?

Coming from Yue Ying, it had to be an Immortal Technique and also ranked high among Immortal Techniques!

"Humph, you’ve got some insight at least," Yue Ying’s voice rang out.

Damn, just mentioning her activated that arrogant spirit tool everywhere!

Shi Hao stopped thinking about her and continued searching for Dark Pattern Roots.

The Spirit Exploration Compass was incredibly helpful; his gains were plentiful.

"Kid, put down the Dark Pattern Root in your hand!" a voice suddenly interrupted, "And that compass too, lay it down!"

Shi Hao turned around to see a man who looked to be in his thirties, greedily eyeing the Dark Pattern Root and the Spirit Exploration Compass in his hands.

"If you have issues in that department, you could go bid for Dark Pattern Roots at the auction house," Shi Hao smiled.

"No need for that hassle, if I kill you, these will be mine," the man pointed at Shi Hao and said.

Shi Hao sighed, "I just want to go home and make a little extra cash, why do you force me to kill people?"

"What did you say?" the man raised his eyebrows.

Bang!

But in the next instant, he was blasted apart by Shi Hao.

"Huh?" Shi Hao noticed that although the man had turned into a cloud of blood mist, a dark energy thread flew towards and settled on him, coating his body.

It caused no harm, nor did it affect Shi Hao in the slightest, yet it couldn’t be wiped or scrubbed off.

"Interesting, this seems to be a kind of grudge," Shi Hao muttered to himself.

Who cares?

Shi Hao continued forward, and although he was still searching for the Dark Pattern Root along the way, his overall direction remained unchanged—he was heading towards the area where the teleportation gate was located.

A day later, he arrived at the place.

He put away the Spirit Exploration Compass, as getting home was his primary goal; he couldn’t invert the order of priorities.

He extended his domain, searching carefully.

Now, his domain could cover a thousand-zhang radius, an extremely wide range; he believed he would find the teleportation gate very quickly.

Hmm?

It didn’t take long for Shi Hao to discover something unusual.

He walked over and saw a huge teleportation array ahead of him; he was all too familiar with this device, having used it to cross the Universe just a few days before.

However, there was a group of people here.

What’s going on?

This teleportation gate’s corresponding Celestial Body had long been abandoned. Logically speaking, other than him, who needed to use it as a stepping stone to return to Yunding Star, who else would visit that Waste Star?

Once gone, there was no return—only a starship could bring them back, otherwise, even a Peerless Great Ability would have to fly until they died of old age.

To suggest these people were collectively observing the teleportation gate, wouldn’t that be even more nonsensical?

Shi Hao released his domain to inspect the situation discretely.

"Hmm?" An elder in the crowd immediately raised his eyebrows. Boom, a terrifying presence burst forth, and he soared into the sky.

"Ancestor!"

"What’s wrong?"

"What happened?"

The others from the Liu Family called out in surprise; this was too sudden.

Shi Hao merely tilted his head up slightly; the elder from just now stood proudly above him, looking down at him from his superior position.

Just a Great Sacrificial Heaven power, why the arrogance?

Shi Hao griped internally, alright, indeed the elder was stronger than him.

"Who are you?" the Great Sacrificial Heaven Elder asked sternly, but upon a quick glance, he showed a sign of anger, "How dare you harm a descendant of the Liu Family!"

Oh? Was it that dark line on himself?

Shi Hao smiled faintly, his Little Star Universe opened up, and he slowly ascended to the same height as the elder, standing face-to-face with him.

Shit!

The elder’s face changed dramatically.

Great Sacrificial Heaven! Damn, this kid turned out to be a Great Sacrificial Heaven power!

But why was he only exuding the aura of the Supplementing Divine Temple?

No, the elder had previously sensed a domain, and coupled with the ability to fly, if the other person wasn’t a Great Sacrificial Heaven, he’d eat his shoes!

Although the elder himself was a Great Sacrificial Heaven power, he was self-aware; among those at the Great Sacrificial Heaven level, his combat power could not be considered top-notch. And Shi Hao? To become a Great Sacrificial Heaven at such a young age, how terrifying must his talent be?

Such a prodigy was bound to have the capability to sweep through his peers.

Therefore, it was absolutely necessary to avoid provoking him, or else it could only bring disaster upon oneself.

"So it’s a fellow Daoist!" he immediately changed his attitude, "My unworthy descendant offended the Daoist friend; I ask for your understanding and forgiveness."

Tsk, he changed faces faster than flipping through a book.