Seeing the shadow ninja sucked in, Dao Long remained unfazed. He waved his staff, sending a magic bullet crashing into the golden box.
A miraculous scene unfolded.
Dao Long's magic bullet was potent, capable of shattering even rock.
Yet, upon striking the golden box, it not only suffered no damage but the Uguat Ogu eye on its surface absorbed the magic bullet as well.
After trying several different spells, Dao Long nodded in satisfaction. He seemed to have figured out the golden box's purpose. However, he had no intention of explaining it to the others. Perhaps he felt that with the limited intellect of the seven present, any explanation would be wasted on them, so it was better left unsaid.
Unbeknownst to them, Dao Long produced a large cloth from somewhere. In a flash, he wrapped the golden box tightly. Then, he handed it to the shadow ninja who was waiting nearby.
"That's it?"
"Just wrap it up with a piece of cloth?"
The others stared at the golden box, now steadily held by the shadow ninja, feeling utterly speechless. They had expected some formidable magical artifact, only to find it dealt with so easily. If they had known it was this simple, they could have handled the wrapping themselves.
Dao Long ignored their stunned expressions and waved them away, leading the shadow ninja back into the Shadow Kingdom. Before he left, however, Dao Long paused and said to the group, "Your mission is complete. You may return."
With that, he entered the Shadow Kingdom and departed.
When Dao Long emerged from the Shadow Kingdom, he was already in his own room.
The shadow ninja respectfully placed the item on the table and left.
Dao Long stepped forward and unwrapped the golden box, beginning to study it carefully.
At some point, the lid of the golden box had been closed, and Dao Long's attempts to open it had been futile.
To verify his conjecture, Dao Long waved his staff, unleashing a barrage of spells at the golden box.
But no matter how much magic Dao Long cast, the Uguat Ogu eye on the golden box absorbed it all. After a long while, even Dao Long began to feel the strain, beads of sweat rolling down his face.
Subsequently, Dao Long rested at least three times to replenish his depleted magic power, finally satiating the bottomless pit.
*Click.*
With a crisp sound, the lid of the golden box sprang open.
Dao Long stepped forward, lifted the lid, chanted a spell, and then plunged his hand inside.
He withdrew his hand, revealing a magic energy sphere the size of a baby's fist in his palm.
"As expected."
Looking at the magic sphere in his hand, Dao Long's initial hypothesis was confirmed.
This golden box could absorb all magic, purify it, and condense it into the purest form of magic power within the box. At least, based on the information available, this was one of the golden box's functions.
Although Dao Long wished to research it further, this item was specifically requested by Bai Qi. As an intermediary, Dao Long couldn't keep it for too long. Even if he were to ask Bai Qi for it again for research, he needed to deliver it to Bai Qi promptly.
With this thought, Dao Long hesitated no longer. He re-wrapped the golden box with the cloth and quickly entered the Shadow Kingdom, heading towards Bai Qi's palace. Sultan Novel Network.
Inside the palace.
Bai Qi received the golden box from Dao Long, unwrapped the cloth, revealing the golden box beneath. He held it in his hands, examining it from all angles, and nodded with satisfaction.
Compared to the Eye of Horus, this was what he truly desired.
Seeing Bai Qi in good spirits, Dao Long below cautiously asked, "My lord, what is this golden box used for?"
Bai Qi raised an eyebrow at the question and retorted, "Didn't you research it after obtaining it?"
Dao Long paused for a moment and then replied, "I did research it myself, but besides knowing that it can absorb and refine various forms of magic power, I gained no other insights."
"Hmm," Bai Qi said, placing the golden box on a nearby table. "This object is not a product of this world."
Bai Qi's words only piqued Dao Long's curiosity further. Not of this world?
This was something Bai Qi had only recently discovered.
The world, already a fusion of various distinct worlds, was an incredible phenomenon in itself. However, in his recent explorations, Bai Qi had discovered from the records of ancient ruins and ancient books that this world was far more complex than he had imagined.
Perhaps in ancient times, when the world was powerful enough, it had actively salvaged fragments of worlds from the void to achieve greater potential for growth.
Some particularly unique world fragments could not fully integrate with this world, instead existing as secret realms or small worlds, attached to the main world.
However, with the decline of the dark energy, the world began to deteriorate. Many world fragments that were unstable and unable to fully merge with the main world started to separate and detach.
Even though these world fragments detached, during the period of their attachment, many people accidentally entered them and brought back items not belonging to the main world. The golden box was one such item.
Absorbing magic and converting it into stored energy was only one of its abilities. Alternatively, it could absorb any energy and convert it into its most primitive state for preservation. If an object were placed directly into the golden box,
the golden box would use the absorbed and converted energy to nourish that object.
This was also why the ancient Egyptians used it to house the Eye of Horus after bringing it out from the small world.
However, this was merely one of its many uses.
With a grand wave of his hand, Bai Qi made the golden box fly up from the table, hovering in front of him and spinning rapidly.
With another wave, there was a series of *clack clack* sounds, and the golden box spontaneously disassembled in mid-air, breaking into irregularly shaped building blocks.
"Let me see."
Bai Qi was not in a hurry. He took out a thick ancient book and carefully flipped through its pages.
"Ah, found it. First, like this, then like this, and then like this..."
Bai Qi held the book in his left hand and directed the building blocks with his right as he read.
The building blocks suspended in the air rapidly reassembled under Bai Qi's direction, and in a flash, the original golden box transformed into a pyramid.
Looking at the pyramid in the air, Bai Qi said, "Come out, I know you're in there."
Seeing no response, Bai Qi was not to be trifled with. He unleashed a torrent of dragon's breath.
Just as the dragon's breath was about to strike the pyramid, a layer of dark lightning formed a protective shield around it, completely blocking the dragon's breath.
Seeing this, Bai Qi remained unhurried. He sat back on his throne and quietly watched the spectacle.
Then, streams of dark energy emanated from the gaps in the pyramid, forming a colossal black thundercloud in the sky above.