The Era of Gods-Chapter 689: Super Witch Artifact—The Gaia Pyramid?
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However, this instinctive resistance diminished when Lin Xiao retracted his strength into the depths of his body, shrinking the power he displayed to below Rank 8 before the world will could react. The world’s innate suppression visibly slowed down, and soon he reached a level that permitted entry.
If it were a weaker world, even Rank 7 would not be allowed.
But for the immensely powerful Canglan World, Rank 7 was nothing to fuss about. In fact, even an average Rank 8 strongman could force their way in, although that would definitely attract the attention of the World Guardians.
Breaking through the spatial constraints, Lin Xiao only felt a blur before his eyes, and he appeared above a super pyramid staircase so large that even he was astounded.
This structure had a total of ninety-nine tiers, each layered upon the next, becoming smaller as one ascended.
The width of the tier he was on was a full one hundred kilometers, with a vertical distance of ten kilometers to the next tier. Just on this one tier, over a span of one hundred kilometers wide and of indeterminate length, he could see densely packed buildings, with wizards everywhere, most of them indigenous sorcerers.
He looked up and saw, tens of kilometers away, on a wall that stood ten kilometers high, winding luminous lines like dragons, resembling witchcraft formations but far too thick.
Wang Wenchang, who was beside him, noticed his gaze and proudly explained,
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"This pyramid was built by Lord Jin Nantian over thousands of years. It is a super magical artifact in its own right, named the Gaia Pyramid, and serves as our main base in this world. With this super pyramid, we can withstand attacks from the much stronger Children of the Spirit Realm."
It truly was a witchcraft formation!
From what he could see now, this was a super war architecture, with ninety-nine tiers each one hundred kilometers wide and ten kilometers high, amounting to a height of one thousand kilometers and a diameter of ten thousand kilometers.
Such a grandiose project, aside from the major super fortresses in the Main World, had not been seen in any other worlds. Even without activation, its formidable scale and the looming sense of threat were enough to speculate on its terrifying might.
In other words, this super pyramid was essentially the foothold of the human Descenders in the Canglan World, an important trump card against the True Dark Apostle of the Soul Race.
Without it, they certainly wouldn’t stand a chance against the Soul Race.
Perhaps Jin Nantian’s strength was not inferior to that of a True Dark Apostle with an Ancestor’s Mark, but aside from the two Leaders, humans were far outnumbered by the Soul Race, whether in terms of Rank 8 or Rank 6. With the support of True Ancestor’s Mark, the Soul Race was vastly stronger than them.
On this super pyramid, the majority were indigenous wizards, all belonging to their faction.
According to Wang Wenchang, because of the Soul Race’s strength, even the natives of this world were extremely wary. Moreover, since the original inhabitants of this world were also humans, they were allowed to foster native wizards to serve them.
Although no Rank 8 powerhouse has yet been born among them, there are a few Rank 7 native wizards they have cultivated, with the number of those below Rank 6 exploding, even surpassing the number of Rank 6 Descenders.
They continued to walk and observe. Having left the area of the Transport Sorcerer Array, Wang Wenchang casually summoned a flying witchcraft carpet that was hanging on the wall. It flew over and landed at their feet, and the group stepped onto it. Wang Wenchang, with a warm smile, said to him,
"Let’s go. I’ll take you to register first, have your information entered into the database. Afterward, you can receive a series of newcomer benefits and we’ll get you a good position to settle in here."
"Thank you, Brother Wang!"
"No need for thanks. We’re both from Brilliant, we’re our own people. If I don’t look after you, who will?"
Wang Wenchang waved his hand and continued,
"That being said, you’re now a Level 4 Dawn Wizard, which makes you quite essential. It’s just a pity you haven’t made any notable achievements yet; otherwise, there would be good things awaiting you. But there’s no rush. Get settled and familiarize yourself here. After a while, you can take on a task or just wait it out. Given your background, you should be eligible for it in due time."
"I’ll take you over first and once you’re settled, I’ll introduce you to some companions who are also from Brilliant. We’re all our own people, and it’s good to support each other!"
Wang Wenchang was extremely enthusiastic. It was clear to see that his warmth was sincere. Lin Xiao wondered how he would react when the truth was revealed to him someday...
Then Wang Wenchang led Lin Xiao to the fiftieth level of the pyramid to complete various procedures. He was provided with accommodation within the enormous pyramid, supplied with a wealth of living necessities, and even assigned two wizard apprentices as servants. By the time they finished, it was already getting dark.
Wang Wenchang invited him for a meal. During dinner, Lin Xiao inquired,
"I heard that Lord Jin Nantian is also from Brilliant. His name is quite similar to that of a friend’s elder. I wonder if there’s any chance I could meet him?"
"Your friend’s elder?"
Not thinking too much into it, Wang Wenchang drank a glass of wine and said,
"That’s an easy request. Meeting Lord Jin Nantian isn’t difficult; any of us can request an audience. It’s just that recently, unfortunately, Lord Jin Nantian isn’t in the Gaia Pyramid, so you’ll have to wait for him to return before you can see him."
"How long will that be, approximately?"
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"This is uncertain, it might take only a few months, or possibly even several years."
Lin Xiao....
There was no helping it; he could only settle down for the time being.
He couldn’t just ask where Jin Nantian had gone, it wouldn’t be good to ask such a sensitive question right after arriving.
Fortunately, he could afford to wait, even if it took a few years, he could just consider it a break.
Without tidying up his residence, he waved his hand indicating the two wizard apprentices to rest, and he sat down in the hall with his eyes closed in deep thought.
Since entering this world, he had felt the ever-present pressure of the world, as well as a faint sense of oppression from the void.
Although he had not met Jin Nantian, the True Dark Apostle, or the World Guardians, he was sure that this sense of oppression did not come from any of these three peak entities.
He attempted to communicate with Tishar, but she was still asleep with no response.
Although she was incomparably powerful as an Ancestor, being virtually impossible to harm, once injured, her recovery was exceedingly difficult and could only be gradually restored through sleep.
He had previously tried to infuse the World Origin Force he had devoured from the Mushroom Men’s world into her, but to no avail, for the World Origin Force could not heal the wounds of an Ancestor.
But that’s to be expected, if World Origin Force could heal, the Ancestors would have long since devoured world after world.
"This world, it’s rather peculiar!"
But it wasn’t certain to be a bad thing; he felt that Jin Nantian and the True Dark Apostle, along with this world’s Chief Guardian, all probably knew about it and none had left, indicating it wasn’t a danger.
If thought about from another angle, could this thing be the goal of Jin Nantian and the True Dark Apostle?
In the Crystalline Universe of the Wizard World, there are definitely more than one powerful worlds like this, so why must they stay in this particular world? Why summon other Descenders to this world?
Knowing that an Ancestor can only distribute up to three Ancestor’s Marks, and the weaker ones might only be able to distribute one or two, the True Dark Apostle representing the True Dark Ancestor would not stay in this world for no reason; he definitely had his own purpose.
If something was able to attract the attention of the True Dark Ancestor, this world was quite interesting; however, Lin Xiao... was not greatly interested.
Or rather, he dared not be too interested.
If this world had attracted the attention of the True Dark Ancestor, he, as a Son of the Human Divine Realm who had killed many Children of the Spirit Realm, was not a small target. With his identity in the Main World, he reckoned that he was only second to Jin Nantian in this world, coupled with Tishar, his wife, being with him, it would be a problem if the True Dark Ancestor noticed him.
Subsequently, he settled down properly and occasionally met and exchanged information with Wang Wenchang and other Descenders from the Brilliant Super College who were stranded in this world.
There weren’t many of them, twelve including himself when everyone was available, but they were quite united.
Their backgrounds were similar to Wang Wenchang’s, most were affiliated with subordinate forces of Radiance, and Lin Xiao was the only core descendant who had come out of Brilliant Super College; there was a senior from hundreds of sessions before him named Luo Yan, who now possessed the strength of Rank 7.
After confirming that he was indeed a member of Radiance, Luo Yan used his own authority to acquire for him a benefit mentioned previously by Wang Wenchang; an empowerment opportunity from the Gaia Pyramid that could forcibly elevate his spiritual power and mana by one rank, limited to those below Rank 7 because this artifact could not yet elevate a wizard’s will to advance to Rank 7.
This was also one of the main functions of the Gaia Pyramid: as long as enough of a certain power was accumulated, it could mass-produce advanced wizards.
Lin Xiao humbly accepted this generosity; it was a good opportunity for him to see just how strong this super wizard artifact was.
The result, however, surprised him. He did not need to go into seclusion or anything of the sort; he simply stayed at his residence inside the pyramid, and after some time, a mixed force of spiritual power and mana appeared directly above his head and poured into his body.
This scene reminded him of the Yan Huang No. 5 Super War Fortress, also characterized by its omnipresent influence within the range of the fortress; this was an artifact imitating the Super War Fortress of the Subspace of the Main World.
Clearly, this Jin Nantian had big ambitions. The Super Gaia Pyramid directly emulated the Super War Fortress of the Main World. If he could successfully ascend to Ancestor status in this world, this super wizard artifact would become Jin Nantian’s life-bound wizard artifact. To borrow from an ancient myth from the Yan Huang era called Primordial Chaos, it would be comparable to a Saint’s treasure of enlightenment, and its power would definitely reach that of other Super War Fortresses.
From this, one could see his ambition; if he truly succeeded in ascending to Ancestor, the Main World might see the rise of a new superpower.
As time passed day by day, Lin Xiao quietly remained a Rank 5 wizard who had just advanced through the power of the Gaia Pyramid, settling down in the Gaia Pyramid, using his granted authority to learn about this world, focusing his studies on the history of the Canglan World in hope of finding some clues.
Regrettably, he gained nothing; historical records contained no related content. However, from his interactions with other Descenders, he received surprising news.
Among the Descenders, one of the four Rank 8 powerhouses was a kin of Lord Jin Nantian named Jin Yuntian, who had previously been stationed outside but had recently returned.
