Chapter 2055: The Mountains of Oblivion! (1/2)
Even though he had made ample preparations before leaving, such as having Miyasame Ayaka disguise herself as him and show his face from time to time, Wang Chong knew that it would be impossible to deceive Genesis Supreme over the long term.
Even if this man couldn't enter the capital, he still had other ways of investigating.
Wang Chong did not have as much time as it seemed.
Swoosh!
Once he was about ten li away, Wang Chong stopped holding back. His Stellar Energy blazed as he used the Shadow Fiend Art to vanish into void, advancing into the north with astonishing speed.
At this point, even if one were within one thousand feet of Wang Chong, one would find it very hard to see Wang Chong.
The Shadow Fiend Art was even faster than the Starlight Step, making him nigh undetectable. But still, something had been perceived, and mental waves slowly scanned the area. However, they did not find Wang Chong.
Several hundred li away, Wang Chong had already successfully escaped, and he placed all his focus on the divine embryo.
As time passed, the realm was calm and peaceful.
In the King of Foreign Lands Residence, Miyasame Ayaka, the new 'King of Foreign Lands', made occasional appearances, and Genesis Supreme's men seemingly noticed nothing strange.
Around two days later, Wang Chong reached an extremely barren and desolate region between the capital and Beiting.
Precipitous peaks rose from the earth like blades and swords, vast and magnificent, their slopes covered in lush forests. It all exuded an extremely primitive atmosphere.
Such heaven-piercing mountains, grandiose and bursting with mystery, were not uncommon in the realm.
But if one looked carefully, one would discover that near the base of the mountain, concealed under the forest canopy, was a strange forest of black stones.
The stones were randomly distributed like scattered swords, but they were also like burning flames that were difficult to approach.
The Mountains of Oblivion!
This was the name given to these stones by the Beiting Protectorate!
Though these mountains were lush, the strange and craggy stones at their base made it impossible for warhorses to get close, as they would easily get injured. Not even pasturing was possible, so both the Tang and Hu ignored this region.
The region was also extremely remote. Whether one was coming from the north, south, east, or west, whether one was engaging in commercial activity or mobilizing soldiers, one would never have to pass through this area.
Even the name of the mountains had been chosen very casually.
In truth, few people knew this name, because nobody really cared.
But Wang Chong knew the name. In the apocalyptic era, these randomly distributed black rocks that looked like tongues of flame earned the mountains the name of 'Mountains of Black Flame'!
In the apocalyptic era, it had served as a gathering place for refugees in the north, though humanity later retreated to the south.
”This is the place!”
As Wang Chong looked at those strange stones, his hair tossed around by the chilly winds, a smile crept onto his lips.
”Finding the Black Flame Mountains is the same as finding the divine embryo!”
Bang!
The moment he arrived, he sent a vast amount of Psychic Energy radiating out into his surroundings and then surging into the ground.
The Black Flame Mountains covered an immense area of seventy to eighty li.
Wang Chong had not participated in that earthshaking battle, so he only knew that the divine embryo was beneath the Black Flame Mountains, not its exact location.
In addition, the ground here was too tough to physically search, so he could only use Psychic Energy to search for the divine embryo's location.
Buzz!
Wang Chong's Psychic Energy searched under the ground, and all he could 'see' was darkness. One thousand feet, two thousand feet, three thousand feet… Wang Chong's Psychic Energy probed deeper and deeper. In a few moments, he had already gone down ten thousand feet.
But the only thing under the various kinds of soil and loose rock was solid lithosphere.
After searching the entire area, Wang Chong did not discover anything special.
”It's still not enough. I have to go deeper!”
Wang Chong's eyes flashed, and he immediately strengthened his Psychic Energy.
A few moments later, Wang Chong had delved down to a depth of twenty thousand feet.
Any deeper and I'll hit the granite layer! Wang Chong said to himself.
Ordinary warriors rarely paid much attention to the underground world, but Wang Chong knew the composition of the earth like the back of his hand. Farther down, the soil would be replaced entirely by firm rock.
As expected, a few moments later, Wang Chong sensed hard and tough rock appearing in his senses.
Wang Chong's Psychic Energy clearly began to significantly slow as it passed through, but it still moved at an extremely fast pace.
Thirty thousand feet!
Forty thousand feet!
Sixty thousand feet!
Still, Wang Chong turned up nothing.
Sixty thousand feet!