The three groups did not come into conflict. They all stood at the entrance to the ninth floor and studied one another before continuing on their way. All of them were filled with caution. Not only did they have to be wary of the dangers from the palace, but they also had to be wary of anyone in the surroundings. No one dared to be careless.
The dozen or so people climbed the long stairs and finally reached the ninth floor. However, when they arrived, everyone was dumbfounded. What appeared in front of them was not the majestic hall they had imagined, but nine pitch-black passageways. They did not know where they would go.
Everyone could not help but stop. They all stared at the pitch-black tunnels with furrowed brows. The light in their eyes flickered. This situation had completely exceeded what they had expected.
"Do we have to go through these tunnels to reach the ninth floor?" An old man in the third group guessed.
Jianchen scanned through the nine tunnels sternly. Afterwards, he expanded the senses of his soul as hard as he could in an attempt to investigate the situation inside.
However, Jianchen's soul was suppressed even more here. He was only able to expand his senses to a hundred meters away. He could not see as far as the naked eye.
"We've already come this far. There's no turning back. Whether you want to obtain the legacy of the emperor of the Eight Wastelands or leave this place, you have to make it to the ninth floor. Nubis, let's pick a random path," Jianchen said sternly.
Nubis nodded. "That's the only thing we can do now."
Afterwards, Jianchen chose a random tunnel and left with Nubis. Mo Ji and the other two followed them.
When Jianchen's group vanished into the tunnels, Tesniak and the other group each chose a tunnel and left as well. The two groups remained together.
The tunnels were like gourds. The entrance was small, but it was a completely different world inside. When Jianchen's group passed through the long tunnel, they actually arrived in a huge, spacious space that was around a thousand meters in diameter.
Around this space, there were nine huge stone pillars standing there. The stone pillars were completely blood-red and emitted a demonic red light, surrounding the entire space.
Boom!
Suddenly, a muffled rumbling sound came from behind them. They saw that Jianchen's path of retreat was blocked by a huge stone door. The material of this stone door was exactly the same as the door on the second floor of the palace that was used as a treasure room. Its defensive power was terrifying.
The hearts of Jianchen and the others sank. They already had a bad premonition.
Suddenly, a powerful energy fluctuation appeared. The nine stone pillars surrounding the open space emitted a dazzling red light. Then, the light intertwined in mid-air, forming a blood-red dome of light that enveloped the entire space. Aside from the blood-red dome, there were no other colors in the space. Jianchen and the others felt as though they were in another space.
"This is a very powerful formation, and it's a killing formation." Nubis said with a deep voice. His face was extremely stern, and his hands quickly turned golden. He was ready for battle.
Jianchen's face also became stern. He could sense how terrifying the killing formation was with the King Weapon in his hand. Just from its might alone, he could tell that the killing formation was far more powerful than any formation on the eighth floor of the palace.
Suddenly, the sound of waves rang out in everyone's eyes. In the sky, a sea of blood that seemed to have been formed completely from blood rained down, turning the space Jianchen was in into a sea of blood in an instant.
The sea of blood constantly bubbled and churned, as if it had become a surging ocean. Furthermore, Jianchen and the others could vaguely see countless vengeful spirits howling at the top of their lungs from the splashing waves from time to time. They turned into sinister and terrifying ghost faces that opened their bloody mouths wide to bite at everyone. It was a hair-raising sight.
A thin layer of bloody mist slowly drifted towards everyone, enveloping them very quickly. The bloody mist had the effect of harming the soul. As soon as it approached them, it immediately invaded their minds, making it impossible to defend against.
Jianchen and the others immediately felt a piercing pain in their heads. They immediately became dizzy, becoming somewhat delirious.
"This is Baleful Yin Qi!" Jianchen cried out. Disbelief filled his face. The Baleful Yin Qi was exactly the same as the Baleful Yin Qi he had sensed from the four protectors of the Bloodsword sect.
Jianchen had gained some understanding of Baleful Yin Qi on the Tian Yuan Continent. It was said that it was a special energy formed from slaughter. Aside from the three great assassin organizations, the Bloodsword Sect, no one could grasp this power.
Baleful Yin Qi possessed the wondrous effect of affecting the mind. There was no way to defend against it at all. The only option was to endure it. It was said that if the Baleful Yin Qi was powerful enough, it could even directly disperse the soul of the target, wiping them out. It was extremely powerful.
"Only the assassins of the Bloodsword sect can cultivate Baleful Yin Qi. How can there be such power here?" Jianchen constantly questioned himself. He was extremely unsettled. After all, this was the divine hall of the Eight Wastelands, the former residence of the Eight Wastelands Emperors. Yet, the formation here actually possessed Baleful Yin Qi. Did the former Emperors of the Eight Wastelands possess this power as well?
Fortunately, the Baleful Yin Qi was not powerful. It was not enough to wipe out Jianchen and the others. At most, it would affect them slightly and hinder them from using their strength.
Suddenly, the sea of blood began to churn even more violently before slowly condensing into a hundred-meter-tall blood-red giant. It radiated with a great presence.
The blood-red giant's appearance was unclear, but it gave off an indomitable feeling as it stood there. It radiated with a great pressure, as if it was a god of the world.
At this moment, the blood-red giant moved. It directly extended a finger towards Jianchen and the others. With that finger, its arm began to elongate and its finger expanded. It actually extended to a distance of several hundred meters, shooting towards Jianchen and the others with a great pressure.
Jianchen's Saint Weapon shone with a black light as a destructive energy filled the space. Nubis's palms shone with golden light as powerful energy constantly pulsed from them. Mo Ji and the others all took out their weapons and unleashed their full strength. Afterward, they all worked together and unleashed their strongest attacks at the blood-red giant's finger.
Boom!
With a great rumble, their attacks collided with the blood-red giant's finger. Immediately, a violent shockwave of energy wreaked havoc in the sea of blood.
The blood-red giant's finger paused and its forward momentum came to a halt. On the other hand, Jianchen and the others were all blown away without exception. They all paled. Nubis and the others all vomited blood. They were already heavily injured. Jianchen also had blood flowing from his mouth. He was also heavily injured.
After the five of them flew back tens of meters, they hit the edge of the formation and fell to the ground. Immediately, a few mouthfuls of blood spurted out from their mouths.
Jianchen stood up with a flip and stared at the blood-red giant in shock. His face was extremely grim.
The blood-red giant's strength had far exceeded their expectations. Jianchen had already determined that the blood-red giant's strength was at least on par with the Holy Emperor's 5th Heavenly Layer or even 6th Heavenly Layer. It was definitely not something they could deal with.
"Damn it, this formation is too powerful. It actually created such a powerful thing. How can we be a match for it?" Nubis cursed as he got up from the ground. He immediately took out a bunch of Tier 6 Radiant Shrine Pills from his spatial ring and stuffed them into his mouth.
Mo Ji and the other two also took out jade bottles from their spatial rings. At the same time, they poured out jade-green medicinal pills and consumed them with pained expressions.
The medicinal pills they consumed were clearly much more effective than the Radiant Shrine Pills. Their complexions immediately changed at an unbelievable speed. Their recovery speed was even faster than Nubis's.
A tremendous pressure appeared from behind and the blood-red giant moved once again. The same finger shot toward Jianchen and the others with a terrifying pressure.
The three of them were filled with despair. The blood-red giant was just too powerful. They were still heavily injured, so they could not block the second finger.
Jianchen stared at the approaching finger. Suddenly, a golden light shot out from between his eyebrows and the saint artifact appeared in his hand. He immediately opened the door and a soaring sword Qi immediately surged out. The Emperor Armament that had been trapped by the Artifact Spirit flew out with the soaring sword Qi. As soon as it left the artifact space, it collided with the huge finger.
With a boom, the blood-red finger shattered from the attack of the Emperor Armament. It turned into a sea of blood that fell to the ground, but it all flowed toward the blood-red giant in the next moment, fusing with its body.
The blood-red giant's arm regrew. At that moment, its attention was focused on the Emperor Armament. Its huge, blood-red hand directly reached toward the Emperor Armament.
The Emperor Armament was infuriated. It radiated with a powerful sword Qi and chopped off the giant's hand in a single stroke.
However, the blood-red giant was an unkillable existence. The severed arm immediately turned into a sea of blood and fused with its body, allowing it to regenerate.
"I hope the Emperor Armament can destroy the blood-red giant." Nubis was overjoyed. He seemed to have seen the flames of hope right now. Even the three of them were the same.
However, what the Emperor Armament did next exceeded their expectations. It no longer tangled with the blood-red giant. Instead, it flew to the edge of the formation and slashed at the space there, creating a huge hole in the formation. Afterward, it flew out and fled.
Jianchen and the others were stunned, but they soon returned to their senses. They all charged toward the hole as quickly as they could. At that moment, they pushed their speed to the limit.
With the assistance of a secret technique, Nubis was at the very front. He was the first to leave the formation, followed by the three of them. Jianchen was the last because he was further away from the hole.
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