Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 400: The Exit

They had all been together through cultivation, improvement, and training, especially in the life-and-death battles at the Great Beast Fighting Arena. They had all seen what Tang San had done for humanity and for them, and he had asked for nothing whatsoever in return. Despite knowing that Tang San had some secrets, they all avoided probing. Even the mayor had said nothing. Considering everything Tang San had done, all they could do was trust him.

"Right, don't say anything. We know nothing. But, Little Tang, is there no power of time here?"

Gu Li looked at Du Bai with genuine envy. He had worked incredibly hard to reach the seventh order. Yet, Du Bai's Celestial Fox Transformation, which was undoubtedly harder to cultivate, had just been raised to the seventh order by virtue of Tang San touching his shoulder. It made Gu Li’s eyes turn red with envy.

Tang San shook his head helplessly and said, "There really isn't, senior brother Gu Li. When the auction starts, let's see if we can find some high-order Chrono Croc blood to help you advance."

Gu Li's Chrono Croc Transformation might be just a second-tier bloodline, but the more he cultivated, the tougher it got. In fact, it was every bit as difficult as cultivating a first-tier bloodline. Its power was simply incredible, and it was only classified as second-tier because no Demon Emperor had ever emerged from this lineage.

The mysteries of time were even more profound than those of space. Even Tang San, a former God King, didn't dare to claim mastery over it.

Without the interference from the Hell Garden, their return speed was naturally much faster than when they entered.

They experienced singing twice more during this time. Within their field of vision, there were almost no warm-colored flowers left. Only the hundred-meter range around them, influenced by Tang San, remained surrounded by warm colors.

The distant exit light pillar gradually became clearer. There was still plenty of time before the Hell Garden closed, allowing them to continue forward without rushing.

Their energy consumption was slower than recovery because warm-colored flowers constantly surrounded them. They remained in peak condition.

As they approached the exit, the energy fluctuations from that direction began to enter Tang San's perception.

They could see the light flickering continuously near the exit pillar from a distance.

Tang San had his companions stop and focused his senses on the distance.

The exit pillar now appeared enormous in their view, like a ladder connecting heaven and earth.

Around the light pillar was a small area surrounded by warm-colored flowers, about ten meters in diameter. Outside this area were large and menacing cool-colored flowers. These cool-colored flowers were equivalent to seventh-order nymphs at the very least. If anyone entered this area, they would be immediately attacked.

The battle was taking place in the area where the cold and warm-colored flowers met.

According to the timeline, it was the last day before the exit would close. Whether due to restraint in earlier battles or other reasons, Tang San sensed that at least eighty percent of the powerful participants were still present. Including them, this meant most of the participants were still alive.

Half of the participants needed to die for the exit to open. Otherwise, once the Hell Garden fully closed, all participants would die here. In other words, the battle had started because time was running out.

What made Tang San gasp was the terrifying strength these teams displayed. He could sense it clearly—almost every participant was at the ninth order. The weakest were at the early ninth order, and at least a dozen peak ninth-order powerhouses were fighting fiercely.

Tang San shared his findings with his companions and quickly retracted his domain, reducing the number of warm-colored flowers around them to avoid detection.

Given the situation of the great battle in the distance, their course of action was clear. Without a domain, they would have had to join the fray, seeking cooperation with the strongest team to secure their exit. But now, with Tang San's domain, which made him seem like the master of the Hell Garden, all they needed to do was sit back and watch.

Even if the Hell Garden closed, they wouldn't have to worry about their lives being threatened, thanks to the protection of Tang San's domain.

What they needed to do now was wait until the battle over there had nearly finished.

The originally perilous team battle now felt incredibly easy for the Shrek Squad. This left them with mixed feelings.

"Let's rest here." Tang San said with a smile. The battle over there was fierce and wouldn't end anytime soon. Since they were waiting anyway, he took this opportunity to thoroughly understand the peculiarities of the new domain ability of his Discerning Eye of Heaven.

In his previous life, he had also possessed domain abilities; more than one, in fact. In this life, relying on his memories, he had planned to develop at least one of his original domains in the near future.

However, due to the different circumstances of this plane, he needed to find the right opportunity. Unexpectedly, he had acquired a strange domain.

The five of them hid themselves among the flowers. They were still several kilometers away from the exit, surrounded by only a few warm-colored flowers, making it unlikely they would be discovered. No one would risk venturing thousands of meters into the cool-colored flowers to investigate a hunch.

The cool-colored flowers around the exit now appeared to blanket the sky, and anyone approaching would face a frenzied attack.

Tang San sat cross-legged and focused his inner sight.

He first sensed the changes in Crystalline's aura.

Crystalline was still sleeping soundly, but Tang San could feel that this crystal imprint was continuously absorbing energy. She was absorbing a significant portion of the natural energy going into him.

He then shifted his consciousness to the Discerning Eye of Heaven.

The black-and-white energy halo swirled around the imprint. With that, the imprint now had a more domineering aura compared to its previous ethereal and aloof nature, and it was clearly larger than the other imprints. The Lion-Tiger Transformation imprint was formidable, but it had no courage to resist in front of this one. The same was true for the Peacock Transformation.

The black-and-white energy flows intertwined, and Tang San could feel that luck and misfortune were maintaining a balanced state. Essentially, this domain's principles were similar to those of the original Celestial Fox Transformation. Using luck would increase misfortune, and that misfortune needed to be released, and vice versa.

When these two different energies intertwined, the domain's primary function seemed to be amplification of fortune or misfortune. The luck and misfortune within the domain, one hundred meters in diameter, would instantly change according to Tang San's will.

Naturally, this domain saw its best use in the Hell Garden. When he used it here, he might as well be part of the garden; nothing here could affect him.

Tang San realized that the core mystery of the Hell Garden was the formation of the Heavenly Garden and Hell Garden by luck and misfortune, respectively. He dared to say that this plane was closely related to the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor, and it seemed he was now being treated like a direct descendant of the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor. He wondered if the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor also possessed this mysterious domain he had formed.