Dapeng's Time Travel Life

Chapter 452 First Clues and a Mysterious Gathering

After Zhang Peng broke through to the Tribulation Transcending stage, the cultivation world appeared calm on the surface, but undercurrents were surging beneath. After discussing countermeasures with Murong Yu and Liu Ruoli at the Lingxiao Pavilion, he immediately launched an investigation into the mysterious organization. Relying on his powerful spiritual sense at the Tribulation Transcending stage, Zhang Peng searched every corner of the cultivation world for clues about the mysterious organization.

One day, in a remote town, Zhang Peng detected a faint fluctuation of dark spiritual energy. This fluctuation was extremely subtle; had it not been for his keen spiritual sense, he would have been completely unaware of it. A thought struck him, and he immediately traced the source of the fluctuation. The fluctuation disappeared in front of an abandoned house in the town. Zhang Peng channeled his spiritual energy and cautiously entered the house.

The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, dilapidated, and filled with an old, musty smell. Zhang Peng carefully observed his surroundings and noticed some strange footprints on the ground. The shape and size of the footprints were unusual, and they didn't seem to be left by humans. He squatted down and touched the footprints with his fingers. A faint dark spiritual energy emanated from his fingertips.

"These footprints...could they have been left by a mysterious organization? What are they doing here?" Zhang Peng was filled with doubt. He stood up and continued searching the courtyard, finally finding a tattered map in a dilapidated house. The map was marked with some strange symbols and locations, one of which was circled in red.

Zhang Peng picked up the map and studied it carefully. He noticed that most of the locations marked on the map were remote and sparsely populated areas, while the circled location seemed to be an ancient ruin. "Could this ruin hold what the mysterious organization wants?" Zhang Peng wondered to himself.

He carefully put the map away and left the abandoned mansion. Back at Lingxiao Pavilion, Zhang Peng showed the map to Murong Yu and Liu Ruoli. "Look," he said, "this is a map I found in an abandoned mansion in the town. The ruins marked on it are very likely related to the mysterious organization's plan."

Murong Yu looked at the map, frowned, and said, "I've never heard of this ruin before, and the symbols on it are very strange. It seems we need to find a way to figure out what these symbols mean."

Liu Ruoli gently stroked the map, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I remember there seems to be a record of this symbol in the ancient books of Lingxiao Pavilion. We can go to the library to look for it."

The three immediately went to the library of Lingxiao Pavilion and began to peruse ancient books. After some searching, they finally found a record of these symbols in an ancient book. It turned out that these symbols were a kind of ancient script, recording a place called "Shadow Ruins." It is said that a powerful magical artifact with earth-shattering power is hidden in the Shadow Ruins.

"Could this magical artifact be what the mysterious organization is looking for?" Zhang Peng said with a grave expression. "If they get their hands on this artifact, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Murong Yu clenched his fist and said, "Then we absolutely cannot let them succeed! Let's set off now for the Shadow Ruins."

Zhang Peng nodded and said, "However, we cannot go there rashly. There must be countless dangers hidden in these Shadow Ruins, and we must be fully prepared."

So, the three began preparing the items needed for their journey to the Shadow Ruins. Zhang Peng, leveraging his Tribulation Transcending stage strength, refined some powerful pills and magical artifacts. Murong Yu cultivated the Chaos Breeze Sword to an even higher level, and Liu Ruoli also made a new breakthrough in her cultivation of sonic power.

With everything prepared, the three left Lingxiao Pavilion and flew towards the Shadow Ruins. Along the way, they carefully avoided the mysterious organization's spies, afraid of alerting them.

When they arrived at the mountain range where the Shadow Ruins were located, they found it shrouded in a thick fog. A mysterious aura permeated the fog, sending chills down their spines. Zhang Peng channeled his spiritual sense, attempting to penetrate the fog and locate the ruins. However, the moment his spiritual sense touched the fog, it was repelled by a powerful force.

“This fog is strange; let’s proceed with caution,” Zhang Peng said. He cast a “Chaos Law Shield,” enveloping the three of them, and slowly walked into the fog.

Upon entering the mist, they discovered that the spiritual energy here was extremely chaotic, as if countless forces were colliding with each other. Suddenly, a deep roar came from ahead. A gigantic monster slowly emerged from the mist, its entire body covered in black scales, each scale shimmering with a cold light, and the icy breath it exhaled instantly froze the surrounding air.

"This is the Frost Abyss Demon Python, its strength is at the early stage of the Integration Realm!" Zhang Peng's expression changed drastically. He quickly cast "Law Cage," enveloping the three of them within it to defend against the Frost Abyss Demon Python's attack. The Frost Abyss Demon Python roared angrily, swinging its massive tail towards the cage...