Supreme Devouring God

Chapter 1716 1716: The National Treasury

The Battle of Chu Imperial City.

Turned the Chu Imperial City into a wasteland.

However, the Imperial Palace remained intact, protected by a grand array.

At this moment, squads of soldiers were patrolling around the Imperial Palace in groups, the defense extremely stringent.

Those entering and leaving the palace were all members of the Royal Family.

Qin Chen took out the blueprint of the palace layout he had previously obtained from Li Guangxuan, then glanced at it to find the location of the treasury.

He planned to go to the treasury first.

Then seek out Fang Hanchuan.

He retrieved the Heavenly Concealing Skin from the God Devouring Crystal and draped it over himself.

Originally, the invisibility effect of the Invisibility Talent was already quite excellent, and with the addition of the Heavenly Concealing Skin, Qin Chen was perhaps even harder to detect than a wisp of air.

"There are many restrictions and arrays inside this palace. Fortunately, you have the Heavenly Concealing Skin, otherwise, with just the Invisibility Talent, you could deceive human eyes, but it'd be difficult to fool the arrays and restrictions," the Little Fairy said.

Qin Chen glanced at the blueprint and memorized it completely in his mind.

He walked straight into the Imperial Palace.

By now, the sky had turned dark, but inside the palace it was as bright as daylight, with massive fire altars burning brightly around each hall.

Qin Chen proceeded smoothly.

Without any obstruction.

He arrived in front of the treasury.

The treasury was a crucial location for the Royal Family, so when Qin Chen bypassed the outside guards and arrays and restrictions and truly reached the front of this treasury, it was eerily quiet.

Not a single person was around.

Moreover, there were no fire altars, it was extremely dark.

The surroundings of the treasury were constructed with a dark-colored metal, approximately twenty meters high and a hundred meters wide, like a rectangular iron box, exuding an indestructible feeling.

"It seems I'll have to twist space to enter the treasury."

In the Tongtian Realm, experts could shake the void, twist space, and enter another space, known as 'Nihility Space,' achieving 'Crossing the Void.'

Of course, the Nihility Space is extremely dangerous.

Occasional bursts of void turbulence, void storms, void vortices, and more occurred there.

Hence, very few Tongtian Realm experts chose to cross the void.

But at this moment, Qin Chen clearly had no other option; he first twisted space, entered the Nihility Space, reached the space within the treasury, and then came out.

Following the Little Fairy's guidance, Qin Chen found a dead angle in the array.

It's worth mentioning that without the Little Fairy, even if Qin Chen reached this spot, when he twisted space, he would still be detected by the array.

The disturbance of space twisting is quite significant.

But as no one was present here, and Qin Chen found a dead angle in the array, he clearly took advantage of a loophole.

"Boom."

A muffled, thunderous wave emanated from Qin Chen's physical body; he tried his best to minimize the disturbance as the void around him slowly began to twist, displaying ripples like water.

Qin Chen placed his palms together, then extended them into claw-like forms, pulling violently to each side with both hands.

This scene appeared somewhat peculiar.

As if he was pulling the air apart.

But in truth, as Qin Chen's hands were drawn open, the space immediately began to twist, finally revealing a small black gap.

This was a space rift.

Once a space rift appeared, it was much easier.

Qin Chen quickly grasped the space rift with both hands, then his strength surged again.

"Tear."

As if something was being forcibly ripped apart, a half-human-high rift appeared in the space, leading to another space from which emitted a nihility aura.

"It's said that in ancient times, many people sought treasures within the Nihility Space. I wonder if that's true?"

Qin Chen observed the nihility space within the rift, musing aloud.

The Little Fairy said, "Of course it's true. The Nihility Space is like another world and naturally harbors various treasures like the Primordial World."

"But there's a premise: you must have enough confidence and strength to handle the occasional, random void turbulence, void storms, and other calamities within the Nihility Space."

Qin Chen clicked his tongue, "Though I've never experienced it, it must be terrifying."

He thought no more, stepping through the rift into the Nihility Space.

Without the support of his power, once Qin Chen entered the Nihility Space, the space instantly closed up, healing automatically, leaving no trace behind.

Originally, it was already quiet around the treasury.

But inside the Nihility Space, it was even quieter, and as Qin Chen looked around, there seemed to be nothing—an expanse of darkness devoid of air, primordial energy, or spiritual energy.

It was like a death space.

Qin Chen ceased his thoughts.

He stepped forward several times, estimating the approximate distance, then tore through space to enter the treasury.

"Not good!"

But just then, Little Fairy's urgent voice suddenly echoed in Qin Chen's mind.

Qin Chen was startled, "What's wrong?"

"Hurry, tear through space and leave; there's a small-scale void turbulence!" Little Fairy exclaimed.

In truth.

As soon as Little Fairy finished speaking, Qin Chen had already sensed the disturbance of void turbulence, as if a massive tide was rushing towards him, intending to bury him.

"I need to keep moving forward; otherwise, if I exit immediately, I'd still be outside the treasury. Most importantly, I might trigger the array."

Qin Chen looked forward, gritting his teeth immediately.

He swiftly stepped forward several paces.

This all took place in just a tenth of a second.

Yet.

Void turbulence had already arrived.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Qin Chen glanced once and was shocked: the black floodwater, like the maw of a giant beast, exuded a deathly aura and vibration, intent on consuming everything.

The entire space shook.

"How unlucky can I get!"

Qin Chen's expression changed; he had merely entered the Nihility Space for a moment and was already faced with void turbulence. Such luck, truly unparalleled.

"Bang!"

Qin Chen immediately thrust his fists forward, rupturing a hole within the space.

The turbulent momentum of the void turbulence was keenly felt by Qin Chen; at that moment, his scalp nearly exploded.

"Shuh."

Without a moment's hesitation, Qin Chen leaped into the rift, hardly having time to assess the environment on the other side of the crack.

The moment Qin Chen exited the Nihility Space, the space rift behind him instantly healed.

"That was truly thrilling."

Qin Chen let out a sigh of relief.

The aura emanating from the void turbulence was something Qin Chen had no doubts about: if the turbulence engulfed him, he knew what his fate would be.

Calming his mind.

Only then did Qin Chen observe his current surroundings.