Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 1540: Petrified Zone

The Purple Gold Rat sneaked out again to pick some fruit, and on the other hand, it also wanted to check if the Immortal King Hengshan had left.

—Sure enough, the Immortal King hadn’t gone far. Instead, he had spread out his Divine Sense and was watching every move in this vast area.

However, Shi Hao wasn’t worried.

Because even if he walked out now, it was almost impossible for the Immortal King Hengshan to discover him.

Why?

Little Star Universe, it concealed his aura, no one could detect Shi Hao.

Perhaps an Immortal Venerable could, but the Immortal King Hengshan wasn’t an Immortal Venerable.

Of course, if the Immortal King Hengshan saw him in person, that would be different. Shi Hao’s Little Star Universe still didn’t have the ability to block an Immortal King’s direct gaze, but as long as his strength continued to increase, that day was not impossible.

—Back then, two Immortal Venerable successors, both Jade Immortals, weren’t they played around by Shi Hao?

Shi Hao continued refining the Immortal Fruit, and his cultivation was rapidly advancing.

One, two!

After completely refining two Origin Cultivation Fruits, Shi Hao’s cultivation soared to the Peak of eleven stars.

He could break through again.

Shi Hao just settled down briefly, and then he began the breakthrough.

No choice, his soul strength had reached the Immortal King level, so even if the interval between breakthroughs was short, what did it matter?

He smoothly advanced to twelve stars.

The Purple Gold Rat returned once again, but came back empty-handed.

Shi Hao didn’t mind. Origin Cultivation Fruits were extremely rare, and they had already gotten six in total, wasn’t that enough?

Can’t be too greedy.

It was time to leave.

Shi Hao quietly broke through the ground, with the concealment of Little Star Universe, his aura was perfectly hidden, unless seen with the naked eye, what could an Immortal King do, they would simply assume he didn’t exist.

Shi Hao didn’t go back to the Tree of Origin, that was definitely an area the Immortal King Hengshan would investigate carefully.

He moved deeper into the Forbidden Land. This area was so vast, there were so many places to explore.

A few days later, he naturally left the Immortal King Hengshan far behind. At this time, even without the aura concealment of Little Star Universe, he wouldn’t have to worry about being discovered by the Immortal King Hengshan.

However, for safety’s sake, and considering that the number of Immortal King level beasts was increasing, Shi Hao didn’t remove the aura concealment of Little Star Universe.

"The resources between heaven and earth are limited, why are there so many Immortal King beasts here?" Shi Hao asked in confusion, turning to the Purple Gold Rat.

"Firstly, the Forbidden Land is very, very large, maybe... not even smaller than the outside three thousand Immortal Realms? So, it’s also normal to have three thousand Immortal Kings here." The Purple Gold Rat replied leisurely.

"Oh, does the Immortal Realm have three thousand?" Shi Hao was surprised. There’s outside speculation that there were thousands of Immortal Realms, but no one had ever specifically counted.

Because the Immortal Realm was simply too vast.

The Purple Gold Rat nodded: "The nine great Origins evolve into three thousand minor paths; as long as you ponder one of these paths, you could possibly become an Immortal King. Moreover, each Immortal Realm has specific attributes, some inclined towards fire, some towards water, and some are mixes of metal and wood."

With its reminder, Shi Hao immediately nodded.

After crossing the Domain Wall for the first time, he discovered that the environment of the adjacent Immortal Realm had subtle differences from the Hongwu Immortal Domain. It turned out different Immortal Realms corresponded to different minor paths.

"However, in one realm, there can be two Immortal Kings!" Shi Hao said.

The Purple Gold Rat chuckled: "Immortal Kings aren’t like Immortal Venerables, one path only corresponds to one Immortal King."

So that’s how it is.

Shi Hao nodded, the Forbidden Land was very, very large, perhaps not smaller than the three thousand Immortal Realms, plus there were more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures here, so it bred so many Immortal King beasts.

However, that’s still too much.

Outside, in a realm, just having one Immortal King was already a lot, two at most, some Immortal Realms even had a gap without an Immortal King. You could say, Immortal Kings were extremely revered, but here, Immortal Kings were almost everywhere!

—In such a large Forbidden Land, can’t you spread out a bit? Do you have to concentrate on this inner area?

Shi Hao grumbled in his heart. Encountering an Immortal King beast was truly a headache; it would definitely chase after him relentlessly, making it very difficult to shake them off, leaving him with little time to search for treasures.

Unknowingly, he arrived at the stone statue.

After several years, the statue remained unchanged.

In front of it, there was a large number of petrified beings, mostly Jade Immortals, but there was also an Immortal King level beast. Despite all this time passing, it still hadn’t freed itself.

At the next moment, the right eye of the statue glowed, releasing all the beings from their petrified state.

At once, herds of beasts ran amok.

The Immortal King beast lunged, its target those Jade Immortal ferocious beasts.

It was still hunting?

Shi Hao was surprised, why wasn’t it fleeing?

Could it be!

A thought crossed his mind, after petrification, these ferocious beasts entirely lost their consciousness, completely unaware of their prior state, so when this Immortal King beast was restored, it still retained its hunting mindset. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Then, the statue’s left eye glowed, sweeping across, and all the ferocious beasts were petrified again.

This was interesting.

Shi Hao walked forward.

"Xiao Shi, what are you trying to do?" The Purple Gold Rat called out hurriedly.

"I want to be petrified and experience it firsthand," Shi Hao said. "Don’t worry, I’ll stop the moment I hit the outer edge, and once the petrification lifts, I’ll retreat immediately."

"Heh, ignorance is bliss." The Purple Gold Rat shook its head. "Once you enter that area, even if you’re released from the petrified state, your consciousness remains from before, thinking you still haven’t entered the Petrified Zone and should continue forward!"

"Otherwise, you think all those ferocious beasts are fools?"

The memory during petrification is non-existent, so once you’ve stepped in, you won’t realize you’ve entered this area and you’ll maintain your initial state, thinking you should keep moving forward.

This cycle repeats until you reach near the statue, from which you can never escape.

Otherwise, why would there be so many ferocious beasts before the statue?

This has been accumulated over countless years.

Shi Hao pondered for a moment and said: "I’ll stick to the outer edge, and once the petrified state is lifted, you can pull me out."

"Xiao Shi, why do you have to take such risks?" The Purple Gold Rat was puzzled.

Shi Hao smiled: "This ability is very interesting, I want to see if I can grasp it."

He had another safeguard, that is, Yue Ying, which was a quasi-Supreme Treasure, and should save his life in a critical moment.

The Purple Gold Rat was speechless, for the sake of power, you’re quite daring.

"Alright, I’ll do my best to keep you from dying," it said, understanding Shi Hao wouldn’t listen, so it figured it might as well not waste its words.

Shi Hao nodded, and he strode forward, soon reaching just a step away from the Petrified Zone.

Without hesitation, he stepped across.