515: Chapter 515 World Core

This battlefield was not a place that Nie Ning had chosen at random.

When he had discussed the plan with Claude initially, Claude had always been wary of him.

Although Claude had entrusted him with the formation to restrict the world core, he had specifically withheld the Boundary-Locating Disk used to pinpoint the world core.

Without the help of the Boundary-Locating Disk, he naturally couldn't pull off any schemes inside.

Unfortunately, Claude probably hadn't expected that while Nie Ning truly had no way to locate the world core back then, he was able to do so recently.

Just a while ago, due to the continuous perfection of the world rune, Nie Ning was able to use the world rune to sense the location of the world core.

This was also the reason why he had suddenly turned traitor and deliberately set the battlefield here.

As expected, the guardian had been lured out.

Of course, there was also the possibility of failure.

For instance, if the people from the Yin-Yang Sect and the Extreme Phase Demon Palace couldn't hold their ground, or if they failed to lure out the world core's guardian.

In that case, the plan would be stillborn, and he might even face retribution from Claude and the various powerhouses of the Lata World.

But times were tough these days, and even for Nie Ning, who had always wanted to avoid getting involved in trouble, there was no other choice.

If he kept acting timidly, there would be absolutely no possibility of him dealing with Nales.

And the world core sounded incredibly powerful; if he could obtain it, even if it was useless to him, he might be able to use it to trade with the Extreme Phase Demon Palace and attempt to leverage their power to deal with Nales.

All in all, his life was cheap; there was no reason not to take a gamble.

In reality, it wasn't that Nie Ning hadn't considered directly telling the Extreme Phase Demon Palace about his problem.

But the problem was that he was just a lowly Tier 5 Transcendent.

Compared to dealing with a god, dealing with him was clearly more cost-effective, and the world core might be his opportunity to solve this trouble.

Of course, he still had to see what the situation with the world core actually was, and whether it was worth the Extreme Phase Demon Palace making a move.

Nie Ning didn't hold high hopes for this, so he was more inclined to use the world core to strengthen the Power of the World Rune.

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Nie Ning watched from the edge of the battlefield for a while, then, utilizing the breath-concealing bead mystic tool given by Claude and the concealment of the Power of the World, he quietly slipped away along the edge of the battlefield toward a distant island.

Fearing discovery, Nie Ning didn't dare to get too close to the battlefield, and it didn't take long for him to arrive at the island.

The island only had a few small hills and some strange blue-green plants, with a small pond located in the center.

The entire island was plain and unremarkable, with nothing special about it.

Claude had once said that the world core did not exist in the current world, but usually resided in a sub-space constructed to attach to the main world.

Nie Ning activated the Eyes of Corruption; countless eyeballs filled Nie Ning's eyes, and at the same time, a constantly changing rune appeared within each eyeball.

With the help of the world rune and the power of the Eyes of Corruption, the scene before him changed drastically, turning into a world filled with various elements.

Not long after, a touch of black in the colorful world caught Nie Ning's attention.

"Found it!"

Nie Ning observed for a moment, then looked back toward the battlefield.

Although he was already quite far away, the perception of a high-tier Transcendent was no joke; if he were to forcibly tear open the spatial node, it would easily attract others' attention.

In Claude's original plan, the goal was to directly tear open the spatial node to lure out the guardian, so no other methods had been provided.

"I have to take a gamble."

At this point, Nie Ning didn't have many choices left.

Immediately, Nie Ning transformed into his human form, and the Tier 2 god-forbidden ring on his wrist flew toward the spatial node.

The spatial barrier nearby was extremely hard, and with his strength, he was unable to break it open; in the previous plan, Claude was supposed to be the one to do it.

Nie Ning fixed the god-forbidden ring onto the spatial node, then used the Power of the World to prepare to forcibly tear open the space.

Perhaps due to the affinity of the Power of the World, this step was a bit easier than Nie Ning had imagined.

As the god-forbidden ring slowly opened, a spatial rift appeared within it.

But perhaps having sensed that the world node had been opened, the restricted guardian began to struggle frantically, its massive body causing the chains to rattle and creak.

Knowing that time was tight, Nie Ning couldn't care about much else and had no choice but to increase the output of the Power of the World.

With Nie Ning's efforts, a gap of nearly half a meter was quickly opened.

Seeing that the time was right, Nie Ning transformed into a black cat and leaped directly into the god-forbidden ring.

The entire small island remained as it was, without any changes.

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Nie Ning followed the god-forbidden ring into the area where the world core resided, and what met his eyes was a sea of flowers filled with all kinds of strange blossoms.

Ignoring those precious rare herbs and plants, Nie Ning's gaze locked onto the center of the flower sea.

A hundred-meter boulder that looked plain and unremarkable stood there.

The boulder was made of gray material, shaped like a cylinder that was thicker at the bottom and thinner at the top, with a pair of upward protrusions on both sides.

Seeing this, Nie Ning couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"This is just too plain."

If the world rune hadn't pointed here, he probably would have just thought it was an ordinary rock.

The world core did not have a unified form; it could be a flower, a blade of grass, a little bird...

After observing his surroundings and confirming there was no danger, Nie Ning lifted his foot and walked slowly toward the boulder.

As the distance grew shorter, when he was within ten meters of the boulder, Nie Ning felt an anomaly in the world rune.

He reached out to summon the world rune, and at this moment, the boulder suddenly lit up with white light.

With the boulder as the center, three huge circular formation diagrams appeared, with a large number of runes jumping and flipping on them.

At the same time, a huge pressure descended upon Nie Ning, pressing him directly onto the ground.

Nie Ning gritted his teeth and activated the world rune; the pressure on his body immediately weakened significantly.

Slowly getting up from the ground, Nie Ning's gaze locked onto the boulder.

According to Claude, the way the world core determines enemies is very simple, mainly based on the aura of the world carried by individual living beings.

If one is listed as a hostile target by the world core, they will be directly subjected to a devastating blow from the world core.

As the core of a world, its attack power is naturally ridiculously high; conventional Tier 9 Transcendents cannot withstand it head-on.

Of course, this is the standard for a normal Level 5-7 world, which is a world with an upper limit within Tier 7.

But in this world, Tier 8 powerhouses have appeared, and there might even be peerless Tier 9 experts; one doesn't need to think to know how terrifying the world core's attack power is.

Now, with the help of the world rune's power, the pressure on Nie Ning is just a warning.

If he were to continue approaching the world core, he would inevitably be detected by the world core for the aura of another world on him.

By that time, Nie Ning would be eliminated by the world core in an instant.

Even if he were from this world, rashly approaching the world core would not be a wise choice.

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