Chapter Thirty-Three: The Black Tripod

  It is said that ignorance is fearless. When a person is in a state of ignorance, they do not understand the world and are unaware of their own insignificance, so naturally they fear nothing. But as one stands taller and sees more, they come to realize the greatness of the world, and only then will they have a sense of reverence for things that are beyond their comprehension.

  Just like Ye Han's current situation, he was previously blocked by the enormous pressure of the four-winged great angel wrapped in iron chains in mid-air, and his body could not reach the location where the heavenly stone pillar stood. So, although shocked by the enormity of the heavenly stone pillar, it was only that, and did not delve too deeply into it.

  But now, under the coincidence of fate, Ye Han's soul mask has evolved again. His spiritual willpower also made a breakthrough, finally breaking through the original nine-level shackles and entering another profound and mysterious realm. The majestic spiritual willpower unfolded, and everything around him was like a three-dimensional image, clear, 365 degrees, without any blind spots, unfolding in his mind.

  A glimpse of a leopard's spots is hard to get the whole, previously because of the limitations of human vision itself, he could only see that pillar of heaven stone's cross-section. But now under the effect of spiritual willpower, he finally saw clearly. What was that heavenly stone pillar? Whether from outline or shape, it was unmistakably a finger with clear joints.

  It's just because it's too huge, and it's hard for people to associate it with a single piece.

  And at this time, under the effect of spiritual willpower, everything was clearly reflected in his mind. He even saw clearly the stripes, the ancient and rustic fingerprints on the enormous fingers that were hard to imagine.

  "Ah!"

  Ye Han's heart started racing rapidly with a 'thumping' sound that was impossible to suppress.

  This guess was really too frightening, and it even gave him a kind of chill that ran through his whole body.

  If it were as he imagined, then the owner of this finger would be the culprit behind everything. The finger emerged from underground and with just one strike, it annihilated the four-winged archangel-like being, tearing apart the earth and forming this unfathomable abyss. The terrifying aftermath slaughtered all the strong ones in this region, or rather, on the ancient battlefield, burying everything under dust.

  But what kind of existence would have such an incredibly terrifying power?

  What kind of terrifying existence would have a body that is fundamentally immeasurable? Compared to this existence, the Titan giant's skeleton seen before was like an ant. According to Ye Han's calculation, one finger was enough to be over 100 meters long, and this life form's body was probably unbelievable.

  And what kind of grudge does he have against the four-winged great angel under the legendary God of Light? Why did he take it upon himself to strike and kill the four-winged angel of light like a demon?

  And why would he appear here? Is it long dead or just sleeping in the deeper depths of this ancient land?

  Ye Han only felt that he had touched upon a terrifying secret, and the truth revealed in it made him shudder with fear, to the point where he didn't dare think about it anymore.

  At this point, his spiritual willpower has transcended the 9th level, and he has faintly touched the path to possessing true power.

  When gazing at the enormous, unimaginable giant finger that pierced the sky, he could faintly sense a thread of aura, like an endless and boundless ocean, which was the ancient level, so distant that Ye Han couldn't predict. Compared to it, his current spiritual willpower was just a drop in the ocean.

  Ye Han gazed at the enormous finger that pierced the sky, and as he looked at the ancient, mottled fingerprint on it, he gradually became entranced.

  It seems that the ancient marks on it contain information that communicates with the heavens and the earth, as if this space contains the most ancient truth, containing great mystery. But at first glance, it seems to be but not quite, like a tangled mess, unable to grasp its meaning.

  This chaotic feeling made Ye Han feel so distressed that he almost vomited blood.

  Ye Han's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth all slowly seeped out blood. He seemed to be entranced by the ancient fingerprints on that massive finger, unable to look away even if he wanted to. But his mind couldn't comprehend the meaning behind it, his consciousness was on the verge of collapse, his head felt like it was going to explode, and a jumbled mess of conflicting information flooded in, churning into a chaotic pulp.

  His head was emitting white heat, his body temperature rapidly rising, and he had completely fallen into madness. If this continued, he would soon die from a burst skull due to an overload of information that his mind could not withstand.

  It was at this moment that it seemed to have sensed the crisis of its own body. The tiny, snake-like energy that had been dormant in the heart suddenly jumped and then rapidly combined in a very strange way, jumping continuously...

  Affected by that wisp of aura, the soul mask that had already transcended to a 9th-level existence within the brain domain also began to quiver rapidly. The majestic spiritual willpower howled out, overloading and supporting the operation of thoughts. At this moment, in the depths of Ye Han's eyes, countless tiny golden runes refreshed continuously like strings of encrypted information.

  It's analyzing? Under the influence of that strange gas machine, Ye Han's spiritual power in his mind is actually analyzing and decomposing the fingerprints on that ancient giant finger at this moment. It's like unlocking a string of interconnected passwords, and then rearranging and recombining them in its own way.

  Stimulated, the subtle breath that had been dormant in his heart suddenly stirred, like a small dragon, and moved to Ye Han's dantian. In the vast ocean of Dou Qi, according to the password deciphered from the fingerprint, it entwined and split, constantly recombining, rearranging its structure in an optimal sequence, reorganizing itself...

  Gradually, a rough outline emerged. It was like a round, lumpy shape with three legs. And the color of that aura also became deeper and deeper.

  Finally, after an unknown period of time, the combination and arrangement of the air machine were almost complete. The air machine suspended in Ye Hanshan's dantian recombined into a small black cauldron.

  A black tripod cauldron, suspended in the air above the dan tian, surrounded by a white misty war qi, floating and sinking, as if suppressing something.

  At this moment, due to the intense overload beyond thinking, Ye Han's face, eye corners, nose, both ear holes, including his mouth, all started bleeding.

  And the physical endurance, seemed to have reached its limit at the moment when the small cauldron was finally completed, Ye Han spat out a mouthful of blood. Then, having no more strength, his face turned pale and he sat down on the ground with a thud, unable to get up again.

  Heaving heavily, Ye Han felt his entire body aching all over. The result of overexertion was that his body had sustained multiple injuries. In his mind, the originally golden, majestic and noble soul mask, which resembled a golden demon sculpture, had also dimmed and lost its luster, quietly floating in the mental space, no longer showing any signs of activity.

  Ye Han continued to cough up large mouthfuls of blood, staining the front of his clothes red. This time, the loss was great, and he didn't know how long it would take to recover. He felt the faint aura in his dantian reorganize and rearrange into a small black cauldron. Unaware of its meaning, he found that he couldn't activate it at all.

  "If this trip doesn't yield anything, then I'll be thoroughly screwed!" Ye Han let out a bitter laugh, looking utterly disheveled.

  Just as he was about to calm down and recover from the internal injuries, his expression suddenly changed. It's unclear if it was triggered by the previous analysis touching some sort of taboo. The fingerprints on the massive Heavenly Finger gradually disappeared, followed by intense tremors. The entire abyss began to shake violently, with dust falling from above, as if it were about to collapse.

  Just then, from the depths of the earth came a dull thudding sound: "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!"

  When the sound was made, it was very muffled at first, but it grew louder and louder, until it seemed to reverberate throughout the entire abyss. It was a bit like the sound of a big drum beating, or like the sound of a heartbeat or an air pump, with a low-pitched "thumping" sound that made everyone who heard it feel their blood boiling over. With each beat, Ye Han felt his own pulse vibrating in response, as if the sound had grasped his entire heart and was making it difficult to bear.

  He was already seriously injured, and now he had even less strength to resist, feeling his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, drooping lower and lower, sleepier and sleepier.

  Then, a warm energy enveloped his entire body, and with a flash of white light, Ye Han lost consciousness and disappeared from the spot.

  This was his last perception before he lost consciousness.

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