The Hydra's body was also too massive, with tough, thick skin. Liu Yilin didn't inflict much damage, relying mostly on Ning Beichen's output.
However powerful this Hydra was, whether it was a god or a monster, it was no match for Ning Beichen's Transcendent cultivation. After fifteen minutes, nine bloody serpent heads lay on the ground.
The Hydra's body was also pierced like a sieve by Ning Beichen's "Sword Shakes Wind and Rain," lying in a pool of blood.
With the elimination of the Hydra, the Holy Temple's base was essentially wiped out by Ning Beichen and Liu Yilin. Even if some escaped, they likely wouldn't pose a significant threat.
Ning Beichen and Liu Yilin also acquired a considerable amount of data from a secret chamber within the Holy Temple, and discovered an evil laboratory.
"Gene transfer, memory replication, human cloning..."
Looking at the data retrieved from the Holy Temple's laboratory, Ning Beichen and Liu Yilin realized that many things that had puzzled them before were now even more incomprehensible, causing them both to break out in a cold sweat.
This was not a Holy Temple; it was clearly a demonic one.
If they hadn't infiltrated the Holy Temple's stronghold, they would have had no idea what the Holy Temple was doing.
"Beichen, this experimental data is too evil. We should destroy it," Liu Yilin suggested.
"Destroying it is for the best, so it doesn't fall into the hands of ambitious individuals later," Ning Beichen nodded. He and Liu Yilin didn't need these things. Destroying them was the only correct course of action.
The two of them set the data ablaze, along with the laboratory, to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands and causing harm.
A few days later, Ning Beichen and Liu Yilin left Mount Roraima. Little did anyone know that the Holy Temple, which had existed for a thousand years and was shrouded in mystery, was no more.
Those who knew the inside story dared not speak. No one knew who was responsible, but to be able to eradicate the Holy Temple, it was certainly not a common force.
Not long after, Ning Beichen and Liu Yilin returned to the island.
The Transcendent they had captured was now confined in a secret room on the island, his limbs bound with alloy chains as thick as a man's fist, his body thoroughly restrained.
Zhou Yu was bewildered.
His cultivation had been sealed. He had tried countless times to break the seal but failed.
"Who told him that everyone here was an ant? That the strongest was only a Grandmaster, and they could run rampant and be invincible here!"
Zhou Yu was on the verge of cursing.
But he was tied up, bound in a way that resembled a crab, leaving him no room to struggle. Zhou Yu was on the verge of tears.
Every time he roared insults, they ignored him and shoved a disgusting, foul-smelling sock into his mouth, making his life a living hell.
Just as Zhou Yu wondered when this humiliating ordeal would end, he finally saw the person who had captured him.
It was this person who had sealed his cultivation, captured him, and had him brought here and imprisoned.
So, the moment Zhou Yu saw Ning Beichen, he struggled excitedly, emitting muffled sounds from his sock-stuffed mouth.
Ning Beichen was somewhat speechless seeing the smelly sock in his mouth.
When he had instructed his subordinates to take the Transcendent away, Ning Beichen hadn't had much time to give detailed instructions, and this was the result.
However, Ning Beichen had no intention of pitying him.
Ning Beichen removed the sock from his mouth, and Zhou Yu finally breathed in fresh air. For days, the stench of the sock had nearly suffocated him.
"How dare you treat me like this! Do you know who I am?" Zhou Yu roared furiously.
But the next moment, the sock was back in his mouth.
"Don't threaten me. I have a bad temper. If you speak to me like that again, I'll throw you into a cesspool and lock you up," Ning Beichen told him.
Zhou Yu immediately dared not make a sound, but his eyes were filled with hostility towards Ning Beichen.
Ning Beichen ignored his hostility and took the sock out of his mouth again, saying:
"What's your name? Where are you from? Why were you on the airplane, that metal box you appeared in?"
Ning Beichen began to interrogate him, and to ensure he understood, he specifically explained what an airplane was.
"My name is Zhou Yu. I'm from the Transcendent Realm. I don't know why I appeared in that metal box. That day, powerful figures from the Transcendent Realm joined forces to open a passage to this world, and six of us entered this world through the passage..."
Zhou Yu, unwilling to endure the experience of having his mouth stuffed with a sock again, reluctantly answered Ning Beichen's questions.
Only six people entered, which matched the six streaks of light seen by some that day. The number was correct. With only six people, not a large-scale invasion, Ning Beichen felt somewhat relieved.
"What is your purpose for coming here?" Ning Beichen asked.
"We came here to find some ancient things."
Zhou Yu's answer was vague, clearly hiding something.
"Be more specific. Don't think you can fool me. What are you here to find? This world is like an ant to you. What could make you cross realms at all costs?" Ning Beichen asked.
"I'm not entirely sure myself. I only know it's a thin bronze piece."
Zhou Yu finally disclosed.
Upon hearing "thin bronze piece," Ning Beichen's heart skipped a beat, because he possessed that very thin bronze piece. He hadn't expected people from the Transcendent Realm to covet it as well.
"What does this thin bronze piece you're talking about look like? What is its use?" Ning Beichen asked, pretending to be unfazed.
"I don't know what it looks like, only that it records an ancient incantation. Our purpose for coming here is to find this thin bronze piece and take it back to the Transcendent Realm...
That's all I know." Zhou Yu stated.
He wasn't lying to Ning Beichen about this, as it was indeed his purpose for coming here.
"Do you know where the thin bronze piece is?" Ning Beichen asked.
Zhou Yu shook his head. "I don't know. I only know it's somewhere in this world, and our goal is to find it."
"You don't know this, and you don't know that. This world is so vast, how do you plan to search? Just the six of you?" Ning Beichen looked into his eyes and asked.
"We... we plan to control some major powers in this world and have them help us search, as we don't have enough manpower."
Finally, Zhou Yu couldn't withstand Ning Beichen's intimidating gaze and revealed their intentions.