Chapter 844 521: Treasure
Purgatory World, the barren yet not desolate Great Rift area.
Wang Zhifan relied on the Invisible Deceitful Clothing to change his appearance to resemble a local, appearing as a relatively ordinary armored warrior, sitting cross-legged on a large rock in the corner silently cultivating.
He practiced diligently, often remaining motionless like a piece of wood for an hour, focusing on sensing and interacting with the nearby Space Law.
Effort naturally brings rewards. Compared to when he first came here and only triggered faint spatial ripples, he could now barely create a tiny spatial vortex in his palm, his influence on the weak space here growing stronger.
Currently, he once again conducted practice while still sitting cross-legged on the rock.
He lifted his palm, facing it downwards, and slowly pressed it against the surface of the rock beside him.
In the process, he fully activated the tiny spatial vortex, allowing it to continue appearing and slowly move downward with the movement of his hand, much like the youthful version of the Spiral Ball Skill from an anime.
Finally, when he gently pressed the "Spiral Ball" into the rock with his palm, something peculiar happened.
There was almost no sound, nor any scene of stone fragments splattering. A complex spiral pit suddenly appeared on the rock under his palm, as if a part of the stone had vanished into thin air, like a bubble suddenly bursting and disappearing silently.
"It succeeded. Now, in this Great Rift, I can not only connect with the Space Law but also exert some control over it, completing an attack-type spatial spell, which can be said to be another breakthrough to a new level."
He raised his palm, looking at the incredibly smooth spiral pit left on the rock below, feeling a sense of joy in his heart.
This truly counted as a small milestone on his cultivation path, achieving initial mastery over the Space Law. Although it can only be done in this law-weak Great Rift for now, it is undoubtedly a significant progress.
"Let's end here for today. I can foresee a long bottleneck period ahead. Continuing to grind here is not cost-effective. I should try to find a place where the Space Law is more stable to continue training, or turn my attention to study the Time Law."
Wang Zhifan then quickly stood up from the rock, stretching his limbs while calculating in his mind.
In his cultivation of the All Space-Time Eternal Freedom Profound Chapter, he had only tackled a lower simplified branch of a difficult sub-branch, with many more challenges to overcome in the future.
However, just as he pondered which world to venture into next, a burst of unbridled laughter reached him from the center of the Great Canyon not far away, seemingly from a dispute among several natives.
It should be noted that during Wang Zhifan's cultivation, this Great Canyon would occasionally have people teleporting in. It could not be said to be bustling, yet it would not be quiet for more than twenty minutes.
Sometimes only one or two people would teleport in, while other times there would be dozens or even hundreds, which is why this place is described as barren but not desolate.
"Hank! Do you plan to pay the guild fee or not?
If you can't even afford a single gold coin now, then get lost!
Our Iron Dragon Adventurer's Guild won't take useless trash like you into the Purgatory!"
"Uncle, didn't I pay the guild fee? Why are you asking again?"
"Who told you that was the guild fee? What you gave before was just the teleportation fee, got it? Pay up now!"
"Y-you didn't say that before!"
"Scram! You're just a little pest!
Just because you bought a sword, you think you're an adventurer?
Without our protection, you wouldn't survive to make it back!"
"Hahaha! This foolish kid! Thinks anyone can just explore the Purgatory? You're killing me with laughter!"
"Kid, listen to your uncle. Stay here and don't cause us trouble, or don't blame us for being rude!"
"Yeah! Consider this a growth lesson from our Iron Dragon Adventurer's Guild!
Don't feel too disgruntled! It's useless even if you do! Hahaha!"
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Amid the laughter, Wang Zhifan saw seven or eight natives, dressed in assorted attire, swaggering out of the Great Canyon, heading toward the Purgatory, leaving behind a small-statured young man wielding a short sword, trembling with anger but helpless.
This scenario, it should be said, had nothing to do with Wang Zhifan, but it reminded him of something he had neglected for a long time.
"What was my initial plan in this Purgatory World again... Collecting perfect-level equipment? I think that's what it was called...
Perfect-level equipment, according to my initial assessment, is at least of Epic Layer, and truly worth collecting...
Should I push the progress a bit today?"
He began pondering whether to search for equipment in the Purgatory, a decision somewhat influenced by the recently concluded Land of the Dead Soul instance.
He didn't manage to get any useful equipment in the Land of the Dead Soul instance, so he wanted to seek a supplement from other sources.
Just as he was debating internally whether to start the treasure hunt or continue with routine plans in other worlds, he suddenly sensed the young native, who had just been mocked and abandoned, running toward his position, clearly having noticed him.
"What's this kid running over here for? Could it be that seeing me alone and looking like an adventurer, he wants to team up with me? I don't have a habit of carrying dead weight."
Wang Zhifan immediately guessed what was likely to happen next, but he could responsibly say that he wasn't intending to take anyone along to hunt for treasures.