King of Creation-Chapter 772 - 762 Entering the Treasure Vault

In the back mountain area of the Stars Tower, the Stars Tower Master Yan Cong was leisurely strolling within the premises. The night guards, both overt and covert ones, were initially startled by this figure taking a walk at night, but upon realizing it was indeed the True Spirit Domain’s Stars Tower Master Yan Cong, the overt guards came out to salute, while the covert ones retreated back to their positions.

Even some of the patrol guards who had been drowsy and inattentive became alert due to Tower Master Yan Cong’s sudden appearance.

No one suspected the authenticity of this Tower Master Yan Cong they were seeing.

Even several deacons who were quite close to the Stars Tower Master Yan Cong wouldn’t doubt him, despite feeling that Yan Cong’s walking demeanor and expression seemed different from usual.

Because it was too much like him!

He looked almost identical to Yan Cong, even wearing Yan Cong’s favorite purple embroidered martial robe, leaving no one suspecting that he was impersonating the Tower Master.

No one would have thought that this Tower Master swaggering through the Stars Tower was actually a disguise Ye Zhen had concocted in fifteen minutes.

Ye Zhen used the Bone Shrinking Technique to adjust his height to be similar to Yan Cong’s and relied on the True Transformation Disguise Skill and various makeup tools to make himself look identical to Yan Cong.

If there were any flaws, there were two. One was in the cultivation aura; Ye Zhen had only the cultivation of the Peak of Third Stage of Vein Forging Realm, while Yan Cong’s cultivation was as high as the Peak of Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm.

However, it was nighttime, and none of the guards specifically tried to sense the Tower Master’s aura; besides, Ye Zhen was exerting an effort to discreetly conceal his aura, giving off an extremely indistinct impression.

The second flaw was in expression and gait. Given the brief time, Ye Zhen simply hadn’t had enough time to study them. But the darkness skillfully masked this flaw.

Thus, Ye Zhen advanced several miles within the Stars Tower, passing by nearly a hundred overt and covert guards without anyone detecting any flaw.

Before long, Ye Zhen followed his daytime memory to arrive at the entrance to the underground passage of the Stars Tower Treasure Vault. Advancing over a hundred meters, he saw the Spiritual Power Sealed Gate he sensed during the day. Before the Spiritual Power Sealed Gate, sat two martial artists in black martial robes.

"Sixth Stage of Vein Forging?" In an instant, Ye Zhen gauged these two people’s cultivation level.

Sensing an unfamiliar aura entering, the two guarding martial artists swiftly opened their eyes. Upon seeing it was ’Yan Cong’, the Tower Master, they stood up abruptly, "Greetings, Tower Master. Tower Master, at this late hour, why..." The two guards looked bewildered.

"Sun and Moon Divine Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong made a personal visit, purchasing some items overnight. I’ve come to fetch them!" Ye Zhen spoke while drawing out two black and purple two-colored Pass Order Tokens, waving them in front of the two guards, "No issues, right?"

Observing Ye Zhen’s actions, a trace of astonishment simultaneously appeared in the eyes of the two guards, their expressions somewhat surprised.

This hint of surprise in their expressions startled Ye Zhen privately; clearly, impersonating Yan Cong so hastily left many flaws.

Ye Zhen believed that the surprise in their expressions definitely stemmed from discrepancies in his mannerisms compared to Yan Cong’s usual behavior, leading these two guards to reveal such expressions.

Yet Ye Zhen was confident that, for the moment, these two hadn’t grown suspicious.

"You two come closer; this matter is somewhat confidential and I need to explain to you....."

Upon hearing ’Yan Cong’s command, despite some surprise, the two guards approached without suspicion. Ye Zhen gestured for them to come even closer.

An earthen yellow glow erupted from Ye Zhen’s palm, as the Earth Primordial Divine Palm struck downward.\p>

The two martial artists of the Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm barely had a chance to react; before they could even adjust their expressions, Ye Zhen’s Earth Primordial Divine Palm smashed their heads into pulp.

The crucial point was that they had no alertness whatsoever in front of their leader, the Tower Master. Why would they need to be alert? Moreover, they were too close because when Ye Zhen gestured for them, his palms were already three inches behind their necks.

A slight exertion, and the Earth Primordial Divine Palm came crashing down, leaving no time for them to react.

Casually picking the storage rings from the two, Ye Zhen activated the purple Pass Order Token with spiritual power. As purple luminescence wrapped around Ye Zhen, he took a step forward, seemingly merging into the Spiritual Power Sealed Gate. With a further push, he passed through the gate and entered the treasure vault passage.

The passage to the vault was extremely silent, silent to the point of resembling a deathly realm; under such circumstances, even the faintest sound from Ye Zhen’s walking could stir a slight noise.

Ye Zhen already sensed that four grand Divine Senses had enveloped him from above; however, those four senses receded upon touching him, presumably recognizing ’Yan Cong’.

Ye Zhen felt somewhat fortunate; such layered isolation of Spiritual Power Seals by the Stars Tower made it so that unless alarm bells sounded, disturbances outside would go unnoticed.

"Subordinates greet the Tower Master!"

Upon Ye Zhen’s arrival, four guards were already waiting and simultaneously saluted ’Yan Cong’.

"Hmm.... You’ve worked hard!"

Mumbling indistinctly, Ye Zhen continued forward, casually taking out the purple Pass Talisman; as a gentle purple glow wrapped around Ye Zhen, he passed through the four guards and headed directly toward the fiery sealed Spirit Gate ahead.

Aware of the lesson learned from the previous two guards, Ye Zhen understood that Yan Cong, the Stars Tower Master, had a different procedure for entering the Stars Tower Treasure Vault compared to the one Deacon Ding followed during the day.

Thus, Ye Zhen deliberately adjusted his actions this time, but he didn’t expect this change alone to deceive the Stars Tower guards.

The Stars Tower had been passed down for hundreds of years; guards in the Treasure Vault were undoubtedly specially trained and highly vigilant. Even if Ye Zhen could briefly mislead them as Yan Cong, they would certainly become suspicious.

If these people start to have doubts after Ye Zhen enters the treasure vault and then block him inside, then the fun is really going to begin.

Ye Zhen is just waiting for an opportunity now!

Seeing the figure disguised as Yan Cong take out the Treasure Vault Pass Token, the guard in front of Ye Zhen, with a cultivation level as high as the Seventh Stage of Vein Forging Realm, slightly relaxed his gaze. After hesitating for a moment, he made way for ’Yan Cong,’ intending to let him pass.

This small detail made Ye Zhen instantly realize that he didn’t have much experience entering this treasure vault.

However, getting this far was already enough!

Almost at the moment when Ye Zhen and the strong Seventh Stage of Vein Forging Realm expert passed by each other, hundreds of green vine-like lights suddenly surged from Ye Zhen’s palm, lightning-fast, entangling the two treasury guards to Ye Zhen’s left.

At that very moment, a black and white light flew out swiftly from under Ye Zhen’s ribs, lunging towards the two treasury guards on Ye Zhen’s right.

These four treasury guards could never have imagined that the Tower Master ’Yan Cong’ would suddenly attack them!

Bang! Bang!

The sound of watermelon breaking echoed twice, as the figure of the little Cloud Winged Tiger King flashed like an illusion. With just a gentle tap of its paws, the two unsuspecting treasury guards to Ye Zhen’s right were left unconscious without any chance to react, merely hearing the wind in their ears before losing all awareness!

The two treasury guards on the side of the little Cloud Winged Tiger King were dealt with silently, but the two treasury guards on Ye Zhen’s left, whom he attacked personally, encountered a slight mishap.

Because Ye Zhen’s attack was so sudden, the nearest Seventh Stage of Vein Forging Realm treasury guard was nearly wrapped into a cocoon by the light vines of the Mid-grade Spirit Artifact Thousand Vine before reacting, struggling as his spiritual power surged explosively.

However, the control of the Thousand Vine over the Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm treasury guard on the outermost side was a step slower.

"Tower Master, you..."

By the time the Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm treasury guard roared in anger upon realizing the situation, the light vines of the Thousand Vine had sealed his mouth, causing Ye Zhen a false alarm.

Fortunately, this was deep underground, with a sealing of spiritual power both front and back, otherwise, that one shout would have been a dead giveaway.

Without any hesitation, Ye Zhen’s two palms slammed out like lightning, directly shattering the hearts of the two treasury guards, his fingers flashing like flowing light, stripping all the storage rings from the four treasury guards and stringing them around his chest with Heavenly Silkworm Silk, then looking towards the final fiery-colored sealing gate.

Ye Zhen didn’t know what lay beyond the fiery-colored sealing gate, but there must be formation defenses. However, with the Pass Order Token or Identity Token of the Tower Master Yan Cong, he should be able to enter the defensive formations freely, right?

With a movement of divine sense, the purple Pass Order Token erupted once again, enveloping Ye Zhen in a burst of purple light as he pushed straight towards the fiery-colored sealing gate.

This fiery spiritual power sealing gate was extremely thick, with a thickness of spiritual power alone reaching three inches. Ye Zhen speculated whether the Stars Tower had directly drawn in a fire element spirit vein to support the treasure vault’s defense.

Like swimming underwater at a depth of a hundred meters, Ye Zhen took a whole ten breaths to pass through the fiery spiritual power sealing gate under the cover of the purple Pass Order Token’s light.

As soon as he stepped through the gate and took a step forward, illusions suddenly emerged, as if fire meteors were falling from the sky towards Ye Zhen.

The moment the illusions rose, Ye Zhen was shocked, for he had long since entered a state of Sword Heart Enlightenment, and under his perception, he discovered that these meteor-like illusions were not entirely illusory.

Some were true fire meteors, terrifying fireballs condensed and compressed from vast amounts of fire spirit power, emanating an extremely terrifying aura.

If he were hit by one, Ye Zhen estimated that even martial artists at the Seventh or Eighth Stage of Vein Forging Realm would get hurt, and that kings in the Establishment Realm might not be able to withstand the layers of meteor strikes for dozens of breaths.

In a critical moment, Ye Zhen hurriedly poured spiritual power into Yan Cong’s black Identity Jade Token and purple Pass Order Token, not knowing which token took effect, as they emitted a bi-colored black and purple glow simultaneously. As soon as the black and purple glows rose, the meteor illusions vanished abruptly.

Even the dozens of pure fireballs compressed from pure fire spirit power silently veered to the side in face of these two glows, dissipating with a puff into countless threads of fire spirit power, merging back into the grand formation.

Concurrently, as the black and purple glows ascended, a winding, passage-like fiery line appeared before Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen estimated that this should be the path through the defensive grand formation in front of him, clutching tightly the Heavenly Level Defense Talismans he had acquired not long ago, he cautiously followed the fiery line into the grand formation.

The facts proved Ye Zhen’s speculation correct, as once stepping in along the fiery line, there were no illusions, nor any movements of fire spirit power around.

Along the way, Ye Zhen proceeded with extreme caution, wary of stepping wrong at any point.

About twenty breaths later, the fiery glow before his eyes dimmed, and a rather expansive underground space unfolded before Ye Zhen.

Almost simultaneously, a cold voice abruptly echoed in the space, "What business does the Tower Master have coming here in the middle of the night?"

Upon tracking the voice and sensing the aura around the silhouette, Ye Zhen’s heart skipped a beat, his nerves tightening to the utmost, eyes wildly fluctuating!

Establishment Realm King!

Ye Zhen never expected that inside the Stars Tower treasure vault, there would be a king of the establishment realm on guard! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to support it with recommendations and monthly votes on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)