Chapter 36: Mechanical Airship

Wind Howl Desert Ancient City.

Inside a cultivation chamber at the [Wind Sand Inn].

Puppet secret threads combined with World Essence completely sealed off the entire inn room from the outside world.

Gunie was sitting cross-legged on the cultivation seat, deeply immersed in practice.

A few days ago, after selling a large amount of Life Spring Water and gathering ten thousand Holy Source Coins, Gunie found a secluded inn and devoted himself to comprehending the Essence here.

In this high-dimensional transcendent world, the Essence fluctuations here were stable, vast, and profound.

Gunie found that cultivating here was much more effective than comprehending in the Oya Continent, and also smoother and more natural.

Earlier, when Gunie entered the Holy Feather Dark Source Continent, he had felt that the Essence fluctuations there were more stable than those in the Oya Continent.

At that time, Gunie thought it was because the Holy Feather Dark Source Continent was somewhat special.

Now it seemed that it was the hierarchy of the transcendent world itself that caused the differences in Essence fluctuations.

"Buzz..."

A slight tremor interrupted Gunie's deep cultivation.

Opening his eyes, Gunie turned his hand and took out the communication token given to him by Duolan Si.

He permeated his perception into it.

"East side of Wind Howl Ancient City, Crab Source Energy Tower, departure in three hours."

After sensing it, Gunie slowly put away the communication token.

"Has he already found a mechanical airship?"

After a brief thought, Gunie stood up and began to pack, preparing to set off.

Over this period, with continuous contemplation of World Essence, Dark Essence, and Destruction Essence,

Gunie had made rapid progress in all three Essences.

However, Gunie had not made a detailed comparison between Dark Essence and Destruction Essence.

But he could roughly judge.

Not to mention his strongest World Essence.

Even with Dark Essence and Destruction Essence, Gunie's progress was enormous, far surpassing most Transcendent Masters.

Once he entered the Divine Kingdom Battlefield for life-and-death struggles, Gunie would be able to understand more clearly the gap between his Essence comprehension and that of others.

...

Half an hour later, after asking around along the way,

the Crab Source Energy Tower appeared in the distance.

The Crab Source Energy Tower, as its name implied, was a massive mechanical crab that seemed to be crouching in the desert, covering a vast area.

At the same time, Gunie could see a large number of mechanical airships around the Crab Source Energy Tower.

Though called mechanical airships, these vessels were not small in size.

The smaller ones were ten meters long and four to five meters wide.

Medium ones were twenty to thirty meters long and ten meters wide.

Large mechanical airships were fifty to sixty meters long and over twenty meters wide.

These mechanical airships were forged from living machinery. Besides their extraordinary materials, they all possessed formidable defensive energy barriers, corresponding flight energy arrays, and wind energy arrays that matched the airflow.

When flying, these mechanical airships achieved considerable speed.

After observing for a while, Gunie flew into the entrance of the Crab Tower.

Just as he entered through the main gate,

"Gunie, over here." Duolan Si's voice came over.

Gunie flew directly toward Duolan Si and landed beside a round table.

At that moment, Duolan Si was drinking some wine at the table.

As soon as Gunie sat down, he felt many gazes fall on him, full of malice.

Looking at Duolan Si and then sensing those gazes, Gunie said softly,

"Someone is watching us."

"Hmm, don't mind them, just be careful." Duolan Si said nonchalantly.

"They wouldn't dare make a move here."

"Mm." Gunie nodded slightly.

Sensing Gunie's unease, Duolan Si spoke softly.

"Earlier, at a spot in the Shue Wind Desert Battlefield, a demigod died, and I got his corpse along with his storage equipment."

"Actually, there wasn't much on that demigod."

"But that group of freelance mercenary warriors seemed to have used some means to spy on me obtaining the demigod's remains. They didn't care how much value the demigod had; they just targeted me."

"Then, during my escape, I killed a few people and also got injured."

"That's when I met you at the edge of the desert."

"You were still that strong even when injured?" Gunie was secretly astonished.

"If you hadn't been injured, those two Transcendents would have been easily killed by you?"

"Pretty much." Duolan Si smiled.

"Truly unfathomable guy." Gunie muttered to himself.

"This time, I found an airship that goes directly to the Floating Blazing Sky Continent."

"Two demigod strongmen are heading to the Floating Blazing Sky Continent, and we are going along with them."

"A free ride, well, a free airship." Gunie thought to himself.

"Traveling with these two demigods, those people won't dare act rashly. Even if they do, they might not be a match for us."

"That's true." Gunie nodded slightly.

Duolan Si was very strong, but Gunie was no weakling either.

"Although it's a shared trip, the necessary fees still need to be paid. Transcendent Masters pay 200 Holy Source Coins, Divine Envoys and Ancestral Spirits pay 100 Holy Source Coins."

"The fee is still within acceptable range." Gunie nodded lightly.

"Are there many people traveling this time?" Gunie asked.

"Not a few. I asked around; it seems there are over fifty Transcendent Masters and more than twenty Divine Envoys and Ancestral Spirits."

"That is quite a number. Are there so many people heading to the Floating Blazing Sky Continent?" Gunie asked with some confusion.

"Of course." Duolan Si smiled.

"You should know, the Floating Blazing Sky Continent is a gathering place for geniuses and strongmen."

"If you want to stand out, show your talent, and even be noticed by major powers, you just need to become a two-star or even three-star gladiator there, and many transcendent forces will court you."

"If you can become a four-star or five-star gladiator, even the strongmen of divine kingdoms will pay attention to you."

"Of course, if you want to join the Controller Kingdoms, you need to become a six-star or even seven-star gladiator."

"However, four-star and five-star gladiators are not many, and six-star and seven-star gladiators are even rarer."

"Moreover, the rewards for each battle of six-star and seven-star gladiators would make even demigods envious."

"Generous rewards are also one of the reasons why Transcendents are willing to enter the arena for life-and-death struggles."

"That's one of the reasons I'm heading to the Divine Kingdom Arena." Gunie said softly in his heart.

The World Anchor was so valuable that even divine strongmen might not be willing to buy it.

And Gunie wanted to purchase the World Anchor with his strength as a Transcendent Master.

The difficulty was可想而知.

One of the ways to quickly earn rewards was to go to the Divine Kingdom Arena for life-and-death battles.

The rewards earned directly were one aspect.

The hidden way to earn rewards was the betting pools in the Divine Kingdom Arena.

Generally, when a one-star gladiator engages in a one-on-one life-and-death battle, there would be odds in the Divine Kingdom Arena.

Gunie couldn't control the outcome of others' battles.

But he could easily control the outcome of his own battles.

First hide his strength, then gradually climb from one-star to two-star, three-star, and even four-star or five-star.

Throughout the process, there would be many battles. Gunie only needed to slowly keep betting on himself to win, and as the snowball rolled, he would amass a great deal of wealth.