Faced with the collapsed entrance of the passage, Huo Yuhao didn't even hesitate for a moment. His body entered the otherworldly space, and with its ability to go anywhere, he drilled downwards and fell directly.
Sure enough, upon landing in the passage, he found that it extended deep into the underground base of Illustrious Virtue Hall. The other end naturally led to the world outside Illustrious Virtue Hall, which was obviously much safer.
Just as he was thinking about how to find Ju Zi and the other girls, suddenly, a violent tremor came from the earth.
The entire ground seemed to have begun to tremble violently. The place where Kamui's Otherworldly Space had passed before, with a boom, collapsed in a large chunk. Thick soil mixed with smoke and dust rushed towards him.
Not good! Those soul engineers had discovered this place and were striking it with all their might. Moreover, it seemed as if the entire underground base was shaking violently, and the earth and stones around the passage felt like they were about to collapse.
If I had known, I would have just killed those dozen or so people, Huo Yuhao thought to himself. But compared to dealing with those people, it was better to quickly meet up with Ju Zi and the other girls. A step too late and he might miss the chance to rescue them.
For Ju Zi and the others, no matter how dangerous the end of the passage was, it was better than being buried alive here! At this moment, Huo Yuhao didn't even have a chance to hesitate. He immediately drove the otherworldly space downwards, heading straight for the depths of the passage.
Sure enough, not long after he had rushed out, there was another series of collapses behind him. It was already impossible for Ju Zi and the others to retreat the way they had come, unless they planned to be buried alive here.
After advancing for a short while into the depths, the passage ahead actually deviated and turned. This made Huo Yuhao feel even stranger. Although he had never entered Illustrious Virtue Hall, he could tell from the excavation of this passage that it had definitely existed for a long time. Could there be people from inside Illustrious Virtue Hall smuggling soul tools?
"Swish." Huo Yuhao flashed out from the end of the passage and appeared in a new one.
The soul tool lights on both sides of the passage were constantly flickering at this time, indicating its structural instability.
This should be the inside of Illustrious Virtue Hall, right? But where were Ju Zi and the others?
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao walked forward slowly, his Spiritual Detection fully open, searching ahead.
His current spiritual cultivation was not comparable to the Huo Yuhao from the same period in the original timeline. As soon as his Half-Step God King level spiritual power was released, it instantly took in the entire underground world of Illustrious Virtue Hall.
Suddenly, his heart stirred. He flashed into a passage on the left side. A pitch-black metal gate opened silently. Inside was very spacious; it was shockingly a laboratory.
At this time, this laboratory was already empty. This laboratory was very large, a circular laboratory with a diameter of over a hundred meters and a height of thirty meters. When Huo Yuhao stepped into it, he was immediately attracted by the behemoth in front of him.
It was a huge, humanoid metal body, with a height of fifteen meters. Its huge body was entirely cast from metal. Although it looked a bit crude, the overall structure had already been completed. The chest position was open, and inside, there seemed to be a seat-like object.
Huo Yuhao didn't just look with his eyes; he also directly scanned it with his Spiritual Detection. This scan was no small matter; he immediately understood what this thing was. On this giant metal man, he actually discovered thousands of core formations.
What was even more terrifying was that this giant metal man seemed to contain an extremely terrifying energy. This energy was the metal itself.
Huo Yuhao walked a few steps quickly and came before this huge metal man. The closer he got, the more he could feel the immensity of this metal man, comparable to the wood golem he usually summoned for battle.
Looking up at the open part of the metal man's chest, that should be the control room, right? This metal man before him definitely had a pivotal position for Illustrious Virtue Hall. It also represented Illustrious Virtue Hall's highest research in soul tools, and was also the predecessor of the mecha from the Dragon King Legend era.
Around the metal man's body, there were platforms at different heights, obviously built for processing it. Not far from Huo Yuhao was the lowest metal platform. At this time, only this platform still had some things connected to this metal man.
Huo Yuhao remembered that there was a Star Sapphire here that could store this thing. With a flash of his figure, he arrived in front of the platform. An object that had just appeared in his Spiritual Detection came into view.
It was something larger than a palm, like a heart-protecting mirror. The surroundings were decorated in silver-white, with a beautifully engraved core formation. But in the very center was a huge gem in the shape of a convex lens. This gem itself was a faint blue, and on it, six star lines flickered. That strange brilliance gave people a dizzying feeling.
The Star Sapphire was a magical gem that contained a vast amount of energy. This kind of gem contained a mysterious spatial power and was the best carrier for making spatial-type soul tools. If a piece the size of a fingernail were added to a storage soul tool, then the objects that this storage soul tool could store would immediately increase by more than a cubic meter.
The Star Sapphire itself was very precious, mainly because its production was low. But because there were no particularly large pieces in existence, its value was also limited.
Huo Yuhao did not hesitate. He held this huge, inlaid Star Sapphire and lifted it up along with the surrounding inlaid metal formation. He circulated his soul power and carefully injected it into it.
A suction-like sensation instantly emanated from the massive Star Sapphire in his hand. Simultaneously, a sphere of blue light ignited upon the giant metal man's head, shining with a brilliance that rivaled the gem's dazzling radiance.
A beam of blue light shot forth from the star sapphire's magnificent surface, fanning out radially through the air. The colossal metal man's forehead emitted a corresponding glow, and when the two azure lights met mid-air, their dazzling blue instantly illuminated the entire vast laboratory.
The burst of cerulean radiance was brief. By the time it faded, the giant metal man had already been drawn into the star sapphire.
Huo Yuhao gazed at the heart-mirror-sized, brilliantly blue sapphire in his hand. Though inwardly shocked, he was also ecstatic—this artifact would prove immensely useful in the future!
He had never expected his luck to be so good, to be able to obtain such a supreme treasure. He could feel that although this metal man was still a semi-finished product under research, it should already have a certain function. Moreover, on this metal man, who knows how many core formations were condensed. This was not something that could be described with just the word "benefit" for his research on soul tools. He believed that if he had time in the future to thoroughly study this huge metal man, then his attainments in soul tools would probably be able to catch up with Kong Deming.
He could even research soul tool mecha ten thousand years in advance.
Of course, that would be a long process. But at least, the existence of this metal man was equivalent to him possessing a soul tool encyclopedia published by Illustrious Virtue Hall.
Quickly storing the Star Sapphire storage soul tool in his hand into his own otherworldly space, Huo Yuhao turned and ran.
Huo Yuhao's only thought now was to quickly find Ju Zi and the others. With his powerful Spiritual Detection, he soon locked onto a passage deep underground that led to the outside of Ming Dou City.
There, he seemed to have discovered a huge soul tool moving rapidly.
Huo Yuhao immediately switched his detection method. Although the extension of his spiritual power was hindered underground, the distance of a spiritual straight-line detection was not something a range detection could compare to.
Immediately, a faint smile appeared on Huo Yuhao's face.
I've finally found you!