Chapter 1886: Chapter 1886: First Arrival in the Upper Domain
No matter how much Elder Mullins tries to defend the top-tier force behind him, it’s merely venting in front of Wyatt Barnes and the other two.
Such venting, while changing nothing, did release a lot of his inner grievance.
Because he voiced all his frustrations!
"Go ahead... Once you reach the Upper Domain, be cautious. The Upper Domain is far more brutal than you can imagine! If possible, it’s best to align with a force first. Among the Upper Domain, the mortality rate for Loose Cultivators has always been the highest."
Elder Mullins spoke sternly as he allowed Wyatt Barnes to enter the ’realm transport formation.’
Years ago, the Martial Dao Sacred Land had not been split into two, so there was no division of ’Upper Domain’ and ’Lower Domain’.
However, back then, the overall power of the Martial Dao Sacred Land was far inferior to now.
Just because the new ’Upper Domain’ of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, as an independent ’False Dimensional Plane’, even if only ’False Dimensional Plane’, is a level higher than the Lower Domain.
The resources for cultivation and the environment there cannot be compared to the original Martial Dao Sacred Land.
With limited cultivation resources, back then all the strong in the Martial Dao Sacred Land rushed in, and forces above the third-rate level also moved in one after another.
Thus causing the later ’Upper Domain’ of the Martial Dao Sacred Land to show an extremely prosperous scene of Martial Dao!
Wyatt Barnes’ father ’Lanni Barnes’, the House Master of Mansion of Azure Clouds, possessing cultivation at the peak of the Earth Saint Realm, could even rival an initial stage Heavenly Saint Realm with some techniques... He’s regarded as one of the two strongest in the Lower Domain, quite formidable, isn’t he?
However, such strength, placed in the Upper Domain, doesn’t rank near the bottom, but is not ranked at all.
In the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, the rankings for Martial Artists, Taoist Cultivators, and even Demon Cultivators are most directly shown in the "Extreme Saint Ranking"!
The "Extreme Saint Ranking" had existed before the Martial Dao Sacred Land was divided into Upper Domain and Lower Domain.
Wyatt Barnes’ master, the existence once known as ’Sword Saint’, the descendant of ’Breezy Wind’ of the Seven Terminating Sect, had once been ranked first on the "Extreme Saint Ranking"!
The person ranked first on the "Extreme Saint Ranking" is also recognized as the number one in the Martial Dao Sacred Land, representing supreme glory.
Since the division of the Martial Dao Sacred Land into upper and lower domains, the strong sought on the "Extreme Saint Ranking" are all from the Upper Domain.
The strength of the Lower Domain, even Lanni Barnes, those like Augustine Landon, and even the last rank of `Extreme Saint Ranking` at the 1000th position, aren’t able to squeeze in.
In fact, the person who forcefully descended upon Mansion of Azure Clouds and seized the Demon Sealing Monument from Wyatt Barnes, that elderly of the Mysterious Buddha Sect named ’Cade Simpson’, a Saint Immortal Realm expert, ranks beyond the 500th position on the "Extreme Saint Ranking".
Hence, it can be seen what a hidden dragon, crouching tiger the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land is!
Cade Simpson, is at least an elder of the Mysterious Buddha Sect!
Yet still finds it difficult to break into the top 500 of the "Extreme Saint Ranking".
In the Martial Dao Sacred Land, while strong are gathered, it’s naturally more perilous.
"Thank you, Elder Mullins, for the reminder."
Wyatt Barnes and the other two were fully aware of some situations regarding the Martial Dao Sacred Land, and they all turned serious upon hearing Wyatt Barnes’ reminder.
"Go ahead."
Elder Mullins glanced at the realm transport formation and said to Wyatt Barnes and the other two, "The realm transport formation lasts for a maximum of a quarter of an hour each time it’s activated."
Wyatt Barnes and the others nodded, and then the three flew out, almost simultaneously landing in the realm transport formation.
Upon entering the realm transport formation, Wyatt Barnes immediately felt wrapped by a gentle force.
When this force completely enveloped him, he found suddenly the world turning pitch dark.
When the light reappeared, he was already in a passage formed by a semi-transparent barrier.
The passage was long, seemingly endless.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
...
Simultaneously, a piercing whistle resonated in his ears.
Outside the semi-transparent barrier forming the passage, snake-like electric powers were rampaging, occasionally some snaking through the barrier and sweeping in.
Of course, the electric snakes passing through the barrier became extremely minuscule and much weaker in power.
Even so, those below the Great Saint Realm cannot survive when faced with such electric forces.
Only those above the Great Saint Realm can ensure their safety, even face them with ease.
"Is this the ’space turbulence’ outside the passage when traversing dimensions?"
Wyatt Barnes easily dodged streams of turbulence entering the passage, his mind stirred silently.
He thought this because Elder Fire had spoken to him about some matters concerning realm traversal, including this ’space turbulence’!
According to Elder Fire, the space turbulence met during traversal in lower realms of the worldly dimensions isn’t strong, at the pinnacle of worldly dimension strongs can completely ignore these forces.
If using some techniques like setting up a transport array, enhancing space passage, can also lessen these forces.
Just like the place Wyatt Barnes is now at, the space passage between the Lower Domain and Upper Domain.
Like a semi-transparent barrier forming a tunnel-like passage, blocking most of the space turbulence’s power.
The space turbulence that managed to get in also grown very weak, even those in the Great Saint Realm can easily handle it.
Though Wyatt Barnes’s cultivation is at the peak of Great Saint Realm, due to the presence of solar True Origin, his internal strength alone rivals those at the peak of Human Saint Realm.
Therefore, as he traversed this space teleportation tunnel, it was as smooth as walking on solid ground.
Augustine Landon, who was a martial artist at the initial stage of the Human Saint Realm, followed closely beside Wyatt Barnes, moving effortlessly just like Wyatt.
As for Oliver Watson, it was needless to mention.
A person with half a foot into the ’late Earth Saint Realm’ could completely disregard the weakened force of the spatial turbulence.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Wyatt Barnes and the others exchanged glances before reaching a consensus without speaking, heading swiftly towards the other end of the passage.
They were not sure how much time had passed.
It felt like merely a moment, yet also like a century had gone by.
While advancing rapidly, Wyatt noticed his entire body enveloped once again by a gentle force.
Just like before, when his whole body was wrapped in the gentle force, he felt darkness before his eyes.
When light reappeared before him, he found himself in a vast ’Herb Garden’...
The reason he immediately recognized being in a Herb Garden was because as soon as light reappeared, he smelled the fresh and pleasant scent of herbs.
As his attention shifted to his surroundings, he noticed a large expanse of spiritual herbs planted in various areas.
Woosh! Woosh!
Just as Wyatt was observing the Herb Garden before him, the sound of the wind came from beside him, indicating Augustine and Oliver had arrived.
Upon realizing they were in a Herb Garden, they both were taken aback.
"So many spiritual herbs... the land of the Upper Domain is truly magical?"
Oliver Watson’s face was full of surprise.
In the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, the environment required for spiritual herb growth was extremely stringent; even for artificial planting, one needed to find soil suitable for the herbs.
Such soil in the Lower Domain was indeed worth its weight in gold, very rare!
Thus, the presence of this large expanse of spiritual herbs was undoubtedly highlighting a fact:
The soil used to plant these herbs was the invaluable and rare ’Spiritual Soil’ in the Lower Domain!
"So much Spiritual Soil... and so many spiritual herbs... We’re rich! We’re rich!!"
At the same time, Augustine came to his senses, his eyes gleaming as he looked at the surrounding Spiritual Soil and herbs, as if these were all about to fall into his possession.
Wyatt Barnes and Oliver Watson’s expressions turned grave; they exchanged glances and saw anxiety in each other’s eyes.
"Augustine, these Spiritual Soil and herbs must belong to someone... otherwise, they wouldn’t be growing so neatly! Moreover, anyone who possesses such a vast Herb Garden, even in the Upper Domain, must be someone formidable!"
Wyatt Barnes secretly gasped and promptly reminded Augustine.
Upon hearing this, Augustine began seriously examining the surrounding herbs.
Soon, he discovered the distribution of these herbs was orderly, with each type of herb planted systematically spaced, demonstrating careful planning.
Instinctively, Augustine’s expression changed, "They really belong to someone... Damn it! Where have we been teleported to?"
The ’cross-domain teleportation array’ of the Lower Domain in the Martial Dao Sacred Land was fixed in one place.
The ’cross-domain teleportation array’ in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land was distributed and fixed in multiple places in the Upper Domain.
Nevertheless, regardless of whether it was the teleportation array in the Upper Domain or the Lower Domain, once involved, where one would be teleported was uncertain.
However, it was certain that those entering the teleportation array together would be teleported to the same place.
As are Wyatt Barnes, Augustine Landon, and Oliver Watson now.
"Let’s go!"
Without any hesitation, Wyatt Barnes took to the air immediately, not forgetting to call Augustine and Oliver along.
Fearing their presence might be noticed by the owner of this Herb Garden and anger the said person.
No matter whether this Herb Garden belonged to an individual or a power, it was not something they could afford to provoke!
Upon hearing Wyatt Barnes’s soft shout, Augustine Landon and Oliver Watson, recognizing their footing as a ’time bomb,’ took to the air immediately, following Wyatt.
Just as the power of Wyatt Barnes and his companions surged, intending to leave the Herb Garden at the fastest speed.
"Since you are here, none of you need to leave!"
A voice suddenly echoed in the void, elderly yet containing an undeniable tone.
Next, Wyatt Barnes sensed an invisible force appearing, like a mountain descending upon him.
Boom!
In an instant, the terrifying power within the invisible force shattered all the True Origin flooding from Wyatt Barnes’s body, directly hurling him back into the Herb Garden, disheveled.
Meanwhile, Augustine Landon faced similar circumstances...
Even Oliver Watson was suppressed.