Now, Jianchen's mission in the Sea of Illusory Stars could be considered complete. Not only had he collected enough Dragon Saliva Grass and Heavenly Star Powder, he even had quite a lot left over. The Dragon Saliva Grass in particular was close to a million years old. Coupled with the fact that they were almost extinct, it only made the Dragon Saliva Grass even more precious. Every single one of them would be a priceless treasure on the Tian Yuan Continent.
"I've found another material to forge the Azulet swords. I just wonder how many more I need," Jian Chen thought. Jian Chen thought to himself. He looked forward to the day when he would succeed with the Azulet swords. He also had a very strong feeling that the power of the swords would not disappoint him. This could be seen from the sword spirits alone.
To sword spirits, a sword was equivalent to a person's body and soul. If they lost their body, their soul would be extremely weak no matter how powerful it was. This could be seen from the deaths of Saint Rulers. Saint Rulers were extremely powerful when they were alive, but once their bodies were destroyed and their souls escaped, they could easily be wiped out. The sword spirits were equivalent to living beings who had lost their bodies and only had their souls. They were already so powerful in their weakened state, so once they recovered and found a suitable body, Jianchen struggled to imagine just how powerful they would become.
Although he had completed his mission in the Sea of Illusory Stars, Jianchen had no intentions of leaving. Instead, he explored the secrets of the Lunisolar Cave with Ruijin, Black Fish, and Black Fish. Jianchen was extremely curious about the changes that had occurred on Dragon Island in the past.
Other than that, there was an energy that the sword spirits were familiar with. This was what Jianchen wanted to continue exploring.
No one knew just how large the Lunisolar Cave was. Jianchen followed Ruijin and Black Fish for over ten kilometers without reaching the end. However, after traveling over thirty kilometers, figures gradually appeared in their field of vision.
These figures were all powerhouses of the Human Race and the Beast Race who had been reduced to walking corpses. They were frozen in their running motions.
Jianchen's face immediately became strange when he saw this. These walking corpses were the people who had been trapped by Ruijin using a secret technique of the Dragon clan.
The four of them stopped at the same time. They all stared at the trapped corpses in shock. A while later, Ruijin finally said with a heavy voice, "We've actually returned."
"This Lunisolar Cave sure is wondrous. Is this a formation?" Black Fish sighed in amazement.
"This formation is extremely profound. It's far more profound than the formations my Dragon clan has grasped. I actually fell into the formation without noticing at all. Moreover, I didn't find any information about this formation in my inherited memories. Could it be that this formation was naturally formed after what happened to the Dragon Island?" Rui Jin murmured with furrowed brows.
"This is the Eight Trigrams Maze Formation. How is this possible? The Eight Trigrams Maze Formation is … How can it appear here?" Suddenly, the sword spirits' shocked voices rang out in Jianchen's head.
"Ziying, Qing Suo, do you recognize this formation? Is there a way to break through it? "Jianchen asked curiously.
"We do recognize this formation. It's the Eight Trigrams Maze Formation. However, how can this formation appear here? Is there someone in this world who knows the Eight Trigrams Maze Formation? How is that possible?" Ziying's voice was filled with disbelief. He was extremely shocked.
"And this Eight Trigrams Maze Formation is a complete formation. The person who set it up must know the Eight Trigrams Maze Formation very well. Did someone come from the world we used to live in?" Qing Suo murmured. He was filled with doubt.
"Ziying, Qing Suo, we can't come to a conclusion right now. Just tell me if you have a way to break through this formation," Jianchen said.
"We're very familiar with this formation. Master, follow the steps I tell you," Ziying said.
Jianchen nodded slightly. He then said to Ruijin and the others, "I have a way to break through this formation. Seniors, please follow behind me and follow my steps."
The three of them stared at Jianchen in surprise. Clearly, they were very surprised and doubtful that Jianchen could break through the formation.
The three of them hesitated slightly before following behind Jianchen. They planned on trusting Jianchen for now. They wanted to see if he had a way to break through the formation or not.
"Pay attention to my steps. Don't make a mistake. You won't be able to make it out if you make a single mistake." Jianchen reminded everyone. He then connected with the sword spirits through his mind. He began to walk around in an extremely profound manner according to the sword spirits' instructions.
There were a total of forty-nine steps to make it out of the formation. When Jianchen took the eighth step, his surroundings immediately began to change. He discovered that he had actually arrived in a vast expanse of outer space. Stars filled the sky in all directions.
Afterward, Ruijin, Black Fish, and the Heavenly Enchantress all appeared behind Jianchen. When they discovered that they were in a vast expanse of outer space, all of them became stunned. They felt extremely shocked.
"This is truly a miraculous footwork. I only walked back and forth within a radius of ten meters, and I actually arrived at this place. Is this scene in front of me an illusion, or have we really arrived at the Outer Space?" Black Fish sighed in amazement. He found it rather difficult to tell whether this was an illusion or reality.
Jianchen looked around and frowned. He closed his eyes in thought and said, "This isn't an illusion. This is reality. We really have arrived in outer space. This formation was cast down by a terrifyingly powerful expert. He used the formation to connect the sky before creating a bridge that leads to an unknown place. Every step we take just happens to be a bridge that leads to the other side. Every step we take just happens to be on an extremely crucial point. If we make a single mistake, it'll be equivalent to stepping off the bridge and falling into the water."
"Then what will happen if we fall into the water?" Ruijin asked with a heavy voice. Although Jianchen's words sounded like a fantasy to the three of them, they did not doubt him at all.
Jianchen communicated with the sword spirits and told them what he had learned from them, "I don't know either. This formation connects the sky and the earth, so it's extremely vast. Everything before us is real. We've already arrived in outer space through the bridge created by the formation. Only by stepping on the bridge can we reach the end. If we make a single mistake, we might return to the bottom of the Lunisolar Cave, or we might become lost in the vast universe, never to find our way back."
Even though Ruijin and Black Fish's strength had reached the Ninth Heavenly Layer of the Holy Emperor's, their faces changed when they heard Jianchen's words. They were very powerful, but that was only on the Tian Yuan Continent. In outer space, they were insignificant.
This was because outer space was a place that even the Holy Emperor did not dare to set foot in. At the very least, the Holy Emperor did not dare to venture too far, or he would become lost. He would not even be able to tell up from down, left from right.
"It's hard to imagine just how terrifying the person who cast down this formation is. They've actually cast down a formation in outer space. It's unbelievable," Black Fish sighed in amazement as he expressed his sincere respect and admiration.
"Even experts like the Holy Emperor can't do something like this. Maybe only experts who have surpassed the Holy Emperor can do something like this. I just don't know if this has anything to do with the ancient divine beast, the Winged Tiger," Ruijin said with a heavy voice.
"Let's not talk about that for now. Everyone, follow me closely. Don't get separated, or it'll be dangerous," Jianchen sternly said as he slowly and profoundly advanced.
They immediately stopped talking. They carefully followed Jianchen's footsteps. With every step they took, the surrounding space would change slightly, as if they could cross an extremely great distance with every step.
When the four of them had taken thirty steps, the scenery before them suddenly changed. The surrounding space had vanished, and they had arrived in a tunnel that was ten meters wide. The surroundings of the tunnel were chaotic, so they could not see anything.
"This is a spatial tunnel," Jianchen said with a heavy voice.
"What's a spatial tunnel?" The Heavenly Enchantress asked out of curiosity. This was the first time she had heard of a spatial tunnel.
"I don't know either." Jianchen shook his head. He had learned this from the sword spirits, so he was extremely unfamiliar with everything here. Many things had even exceeded his knowledge.
The Heavenly Enchantress, Black Fish, and Ruijin all rolled their eyes at Jianchen. They all cursed inside, "How can you say that if you don't know anything?"
They walked through the tunnel step by step. When they reached the fortieth step, the tunnel suddenly began to violently tremble. Afterward, a powerful storm of energy suddenly appeared in the distance, rapidly approaching Jianchen's group.
Jianchen's face suddenly changed. He cried out, "Oh no, we've encountered a spatial storm that's commonly seen in outer space. Let's move faster!" With that, Jianchen suddenly sped up, quickly moving forward.
The three of them became extremely stern as well. They all followed closely behind Jianchen. They had no idea if they could return if they became lost in the boundless outer space.
The spatial storm attacked from behind, rapidly moving toward Jianchen's group of four. They were forced to move forward as quickly as they could. Jianchen no longer cared about the four of them. He quickly moved forward and reached the forty-ninth step very quickly.
When he reached the forty-ninth step, the area before Jianchen suddenly opened up. The spatial tunnel and the spatial storm had all vanished. He seemed to have arrived in another world. The surroundings were calm and there was no danger at all.
Jianchen did not have the time to study the unfamiliar world. He hurriedly turned around and saw the space ripple. The Heavenly Enchantress in a violet dress appeared before Jianchen in some panic. Her forehead was covered in sweat, clearly from being overly nervous.
The Heavenly Enchantress immediately let out a sigh of relief when she saw that she had finally left the damned tunnel. She roughly looked around before turning around, waiting for Ruijin and Black Fish to arrive.
Very soon, ten seconds passed. Ruijin and Black Fish did not appear before Jianchen and the Heavenly Enchantress.
Jianchen's expression became ugly. He had an ill omen. He said with a heavy voice, "Have the two seniors been sucked into the spatial storm?"
The Heavenly Enchantress' expression changed slightly when she heard that. After a moment of hesitation, she said, "Let's wait a little longer. With the Holy Emperor's strength at the Ninth Heavenly Layer, he shouldn't be in too much danger."
Jianchen and the Heavenly Enchantress waited for another two hours, but Ruijin and Black Fish still did not arrive.
"Looks like the two of them really can't make it," Han Li said with a heavy voice. His expression was very ugly. Although he had not known Ruijin and Black Fish for very long, the two of them had still helped Jianchen in the past, so Jianchen felt rather uncomfortable. Moreover, losing the two of them was equivalent to losing two very powerful fighters.
The Heavenly Enchantress sat nearby silently with her zither. Her face was stern. The dangers in this unfamiliar world were unknown. Without the two Holy Emperor's Ninth Heavenly Layer experts, their future path would be extremely difficult. Their lives might even be in danger.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
