Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 1580: Secrets?

"I, Shi Yingming!" the Purple Gold Rat made a gesture of worship.

Uh, you really love to play, don’t you?

Shi Hao pondered for a moment, "If it weren’t for Yue Ying protecting me, I would have been gravely injured, even in the Undead state."

The Purple Gold Rat thought for a moment, "You’ve cultivated the Nine Deaths Supreme Technique and now possess combat power beyond limits. Even without that girl’s intervention, you wouldn’t die. However, having another large portion of Life Origin cut away would leave you with only a few thousand years of lifespan, which is quite normal."

Shi Hao did not feel pleased, as this wasn’t something to celebrate.

"Immortal Venerable’s power?" he looked at the Purple Gold Rat.

"It should be something sealed by an Immortal Venerable; this sword carries nearly half the power of an Immortal Venerable, stronger than a prospective Immortal Venerable," the Purple Gold Rat mused.

This somewhat surprised Shi Hao. He initially thought that the power of this sword reached the level of an Immortal Venerable, implying that whoever sealed the sword energy must be stronger than an Immortal Venerable. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

However, there are only nine Immortal Venerables in the world. So, is this the work of one of them?

Is the end of the muddy road actually the domain of an Immortal Venerable?

Yet, if it really were an Immortal Venerable’s domain, would they care if people knew?

Firstly, at least no Immortal King can walk across here.

Wouldn’t it be normal for an Immortal Venerable to visit another Immortal Venerable? Is there a need for such secrecy?

Could this possibly be the domain of a prospective Immortal Venerable?

Someone hiding here for fear of being killed by an Immortal Venerable?

This reasoning is plausible, but that sword energy is too terrifying.

Even a personal attack from a prospective Immortal Venerable might not be able to unleash such a sword, let alone seal it within someone else’s mind.

So, again, this doesn’t add up.

And there’s an even bigger issue.

Luo Anmin, he’s lived for millions of years!

Which Immortal King can live this long?

Even an Immortal Venerable can’t do it; they’d have to live through several lifetimes combined to reach this number.

Yet, the fire of life doesn’t accumulate past lives.

Therefore, Shi Hao believes that the end of this muddy road might hide the secrets to eternal life, or at least, significantly extend one’s lifespan, allowing an Immortal King, who could live only for 500,000 years in one lifetime, to reach a terrifying few million years.

This is certainly a huge secret, so it must be kept under lock and key.

Because they could live long enough, even if one’s aptitude wasn’t particularly great, with enough time, one could maybe slowly advance to the Immortal King realm.

Of course, being too foolish surely wouldn’t suffice either.

Also, who left footprints on this muddy road, and what realm did this person achieve, could they be stronger than an Immortal Venerable?

Are they at the end of this muddy road?

Have they attained eternal life?

Was Luo Anmin sent by this person?

In an instant, Shi Hao’s mind was filled with questions.

He looked at the Purple Gold Rat, only to see it glancing around, having no intention to communicate with him.

Clearly, this rat knows something.

Under Shi Hao’s prolonged gaze, the Purple Gold Rat felt a little embarrassed to continue playing dumb, "Lord does know a little about the Forbidden Land, but as for what lies at the end of this road, Lord truly doesn’t have a clue, not the slightest idea!"

Seeing it almost swearing an oath, Shi Hao didn’t press further and chose to trust it.

"This person was able to come over, it’s definitely not due to his own outstanding strength, but this battle armor, isn’t it?" Shi Hao began to remove the battle armor from Luo Anmin’s body.

Fortunately, he removed the helmet ahead of time, otherwise, if struck by that sword energy, it might have been damaged.

Shi Hao donned this battle armor and then looked at the muddy road.

He wanted to take a walk down it.

"Little Stone, be careful!" the Purple Gold Rat cautioned.

Shi Hao nodded, then slowly stepped onto the muddy road.

At that moment, a terrifying killing intent swept over, but all of it was blocked by the armor.

Shi Hao did not continue forward, but instead, carefully felt this killing intent.

This was a kind of... extinction force.

No matter what you are, it will all be obliterated.

Shi Hao turned and picked up a stone, throwing it onto the muddy road. Instantly, the stone turned to ashes, leaving not a trace.

He threw another piece of Immortal Gold, and the result was the same.

For the moment, he wasn’t willing to throw Myriad Thunder True Gold in to test if Immortal King Gold could resist this extinction force.

He stepped back onto the muddy road, slowly moving forward.

But after just a few steps, his expression changed.

Because the battle armor was beginning to disintegrate.

He quickly retreated, swiftly withdrawing.

He then looked at it, seeing more and more tiny holes appearing on the armor, which then grew larger, ultimately affecting the entire armor, and it shattered into countless fragments, falling to the ground, then quickly disintegrating completely, leaving not a scrap.

Shi Hao was astonished and looked at the Purple Gold Rat, seeing it equally shocked.

"Indeed, this armor is the key to this person’s ability to traverse the muddy road, but clearly, it’s only viable one-way," the Purple Gold Rat commented. "This material can resist the killing intent of the muddy road, but only for a limited time; it can’t work indefinitely."

Shi Hao nodded, becoming even more curious; this meant that even if someone captured Luo Anmin and seized this armor, they couldn’t make it through the muddy road.

Then, what if the secret on the other side got leaked? What difference would it make?

No one can get through!

So, how earth-shattering would this secret have to be, that even with almost no chance of passing, it must be kept so secret?

Eternal life?

Besides immortality, what other secret could be so significant?

In this world... is there truly immortality?

Shi Hao glanced at Luo Anmin’s body; isn’t this a living example?

Though he’s only lived for a few million years, he’s already wildly surpassed any Immortal Venerable.

If such a secret were known, would the current nine Immortal Venerables not do everything possible to enter?

Surely they would.

Even if they won’t do it now, when these Immortal Venerables approach the end of their lives, they’ll surely attempt it.

When Immortal Venerables risk it all, is it just a game?

Shi Hao began searching Luo Anmin’s body. This person came equipped with special battle armor, was it just for fun?

Perhaps, he carried a mission.

After some searching, Shi Hao found a special Spatial Spirit Tool on Luo Anmin.

But it couldn’t be opened.

It was sealed, and breaking it by force would only destroy the artifact, sending its contents into chaotic spatial flows.

"Too complicated, Lord is powerless here," the Purple Gold Rat immediately spread its hands.

"So, this individual must have come with a mission," Shi Hao tossed the Spatial Spirit Tool, "but we can’t open it, leaving us unable to make any deductions."

The Purple Gold Rat nodded, but this seal was too complex, far exceeding its abilities, and it couldn’t be attempted; one failure would cause the artifact to self-destruct, rendering it completely unsolvable.

"The end of this road seems to be hiding many secrets!" Shi Hao’s eyes sparkled with intense curiosity and interest.

"One day, I will tread this path and find out what’s truly there."