After the Supernatural Calamity, everyone knew—Fierce Ghosts could perform spiritual barriers, turning certain areas into their own domains for hunting and killing.

Excluding the special Fierce Ghosts like Nightmares that don't need spiritual barriers and only shuttle through various dreams.

Most Fierce Ghosts' spiritual barriers appear where they manifest.

How many Fierce Ghosts were born within the Celestial Pool of Tianshan over four years? No one dared to speculate recklessly.

These various spiritual barriers can only layer up like Russian Matryoshkas—a large one covering a smaller one, like survival of the fittest.

"But we can continue moving forward now, right?"

Puppet Ghost said while chewing on pieces of Terracotta Warrior.

It could sense that after Xu Feiqiong was shattered by Wu Liang's punch, although the barrier overshadowing everything hadn't lifted, the limitations on this road were gone.

Meaning the off-road vehicle could continue forward into territories of other nurtured ghosts.

"Let's go. Since she called herself Xu Feiqiong, I reckon the barrier above belongs to the 'Queen Mother of the West' within the Celestial Pool of Tianshan, covering at least up to the West Queen Mother Temple over there."

Wu Liang descended slowly from the sky, returning to the off-road vehicle to drive along the road.

Originally, the idea to drive in was just to save some traveling effort; he never expected to stay here for ten days or half a month.

But given the current situation, he seemed unable to fly directly to the destination from above and could only test the road forward.

After all, within the Gu Zhong of the Celestial Pool of Tianshan, he couldn't guarantee there wouldn't be City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghosts...

Another battle at the level of Fierce Dragon Ghost here would not be a good thing.

......

When the off-road vehicle carrying Wu Liang and nine ghosts could no longer move forward, they stopped again.

Facing the scene ahead, both Wu Liang and the Fierce Ghost Minions from the Ghost Compendium fell silent.

After a long time, Nightmare spoke helplessly, "Boss, I think we can toss this map away."

Wu Liang nodded, then silently tucked the Celestial Pool of Tianshan map given by Ha Wulei back into his pocket.

Because, unsurprisingly, he probably couldn't drive directly here now.

Looking at the two peaks pinching together, forming a gorge-like landscape, the stone walls imposing like two doors swung open nearby.

This was indeed the natural mountain pass into the Celestial Pool area, dubbed the "Stone Gate Line" Celestial Pool Stone Gate!

"So, under the huge barrier above, the internal terrain of the Celestial Pool has long changed, right?" Wu Liang contemplated.

Driving all the way, not seeing any man-made structures before reaching the Celestial Pool Stone Gate location clearly signified a problem.

The Celestial Pool of Tianshan is inherently a large scenic area, with various tourist service centers and ticket booths visible everywhere.

Even though the Supernatural Calamity passed over four years, no one entered here, there should still be traces of building ruins left!

The only possibility was—Ghost Wall!

Within various large and small spiritual barriers, one's position shifts accordingly.

"Wow, this Stone Gate is really magnificent!"

"Indeed! The craftsmanship of nature created such a spectacular view!"

"A poem goes: 'Majestic stone gorge, Jasper Pool door; steep cliffs hanging, danger breaks souls. Nature's craftsmanship cleaves, a straight path to lofty sky!'"

"..."

Suddenly, a series of inexplicable voices echoed in Wu Liang's ears, all essentially praising the grandeur of the Celestial Pool Stone Gate.

He instinctively turned to look beside him—the Puppet Ghost munching snacks and the Nightmare with its spiritual body hovering outside.

No Fierce Ghost Minion had spoken the previous words!

"Did... any of you hear someone speaking?" Wu Liang frowned and asked.

But Puppet Ghost only looked puzzled as it swallowed Terracotta Warrior fragments, shaking its head like a bobblehead, while Nightmare shrugged, indicating it noticed nothing.

Clearly, the speaking sounds were heard only by him.

"Strange, is there a Fierce Ghost nearby?"

Muttering to himself, Wu Liang got out of the off-road vehicle, planning to carefully observe the surroundings, maybe another Xu Feiqiong type of thing was hidden in the vicinity.

Da-da—

As his footsteps landed solidly, briefly observing the surroundings made Wu Liang's pupils contract sharply.

The gap between the two sides of the Stone Gate seemed off!

The sides of the Celestial Pool Stone Gate are roughly a hundred meters wide, the narrowest part being around ten meters.

Yet after getting off the car and having a wide view, scanning around showed the stone wall distance to be approximately only ten meters now!

His position hadn't reached the narrowest part of the Stone Gate at all!

"Iron Gate Pass, Iron Gate Pass, Celestial Pool refuses guests just like this, the reclusive one should return home."

The ethereal voice reappeared in his ear again, swirling around, and Wu Liang immediately focused on listening carefully for the sound's source.

Right after the voice faded, before he could confirm the precise location, the stone wall distance again became seven or eight meters!

"Damn! Is this thing trying to crush me?"

Utterly unaware when the stone walls moved, as if they were originally this close, Wu Liang's expression grew slightly serious.

This level of concealment… should at least be Red Robe Level, right?

Instead of relying on itself for killing, it used the terrain to crush those trapped within?

"Assuming, just hypothetically." Wu Liang shook his head, his legs gradually lifted off the ground, saying helplessly, "If I could fly into the sky, how would you respond?"

Reckless flying might attract other Fierce Ghosts' attention, but merely ascending to dodge the Stone Gate's pinch wouldn't matter.

He wanted to see how the imposing stone walls could completely close from both sides!

Boom—

When Wu Liang flew past the original height of the stone walls, looking down revealed the gorge landscape entirely closed into a stone mountain.

Before he intended to descend to check the situation, his body began shaking uncontrollably, his vision blurred, accompanied by faint voices whispering in his ear—

"Boss… boss… don't sleep here…"

"Strange… there's no sign of spiritual attack… why suddenly fall asleep? I'm the Nightmare!"

"Speaking of, if the boss falls asleep… is there anyone steering now?"

"Crap! The car is going to crash into the wall!"

"..."

Huh—

Wu Liang gasped for a breath, eyes suddenly widening, feet stomping on the brakes, and his hands expertly maneuvering the steering wheel to safely park the off-road vehicle on the roadside.

At this point, the distance to the Stone Gate's entrance was less than ten meters.

And the Stone Gate gap began to shrink again!

Everything returned to the starting point!

Entering surely results in being crushed like a sandwich.

Not entering, flying to the sky might lead to returning to this scene again.

As if everything was indicating to him—the only correct choice was to retreat and leave!

Just as the voice said earlier, the Celestial Pool is rejecting his entry.

But in this situation, Wu Liang grinned slightly, looking at the Stone Gate that changed distances each blink without any fear, saying calmly:

"The same trick won't work on me twice. I've already pinpointed where you are…"

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