The six beams of light on the altar connected heaven and earth like six resplendent heavenly pillars, dying the altar and its surroundings in a dreamy and illusory manner.
The atmosphere in the Stoneman Array under the altar froze.
After a long while, Yin Demon Ancestor's expression eased up, and a cold light flickered in his eyes, "Master Jaderiver, why are you joining in the fun?"
Master Jaderiver was communicating with Iron Wood Daoist via Zhen Yuan. After learning that the altar was the key to obtaining the undying body, he was extremely astonished. After the astonishment, he became indescribably excited as he faintly smiled, "Yin Demon Ancestor, your words are incorrect. Treasures belong to the fated. Since the altar appeared here, it means that I also have some fate with it. How can you say I'm joining in the fun?"
"Hmph!" Yin Demon Ancestor coldly snorted. He knew that letting Master Jaderiver leave was impossible, so he said, "Master Jaderiver, I acknowledge your strength. However, apart from you, the others will have to scram. I think you don't want them to follow."
"This …" Master Jaderiver was somewhat hesitant as he glanced at Iron Wood Daoist and the others.
Iron Wood Daoist was anxious, "He knows more than any of us. Without us restraining him, the secret of the undying body will eventually fall into his hands …"
"You're courting death!" Not waiting for Iron Wood Daoist to finish, Yin Demon Ancestor was enraged. A gloomy black aura erupted as he slashed at Iron Wood Daoist, even including Black Snake Daoist and Old Man Sky Eagle. He wanted to kill them in one strike.
"Great Jade Spiral!"
At the crucial moment, Master Jaderiver formed a seal with both hands and used his prized profound martial skill, creating a whirling current around the three, blocking Yin Demon Ancestor's attack.
"Master Jaderiver, what's the meaning of this? Could it be that you want to fight to the death with me? "
Yin Demon Ancestor gloomily looked at Master Jaderiver.
Master Jaderiver cleared his throat and said, "They can't be killed. If you want to kill, you should kill those Astral Reaching experts. What do you think?"
"Not good!"
Hearing these words, the complexions of the Astral Reaching experts within the Stoneman Array changed. Each and every one of them erupted with Zhen Yuan and flew out like bees.
As for Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng, they retreated a hundred meters, operating their Zhen Yuan to the limit, preparing to retreat at any time.
"Hehe, die!"
Yin Demon Master didn't think that an Astral Reaching expert could affect him. However, everything that had happened before had left him with a bellyful of anger, and he could vent it out on an Astral Reaching expert.
"With the earth as the sky, kill!"
The Yin Demon Ancestor was proficient in the profound of earth. As he struck out with his palm, the universe reversed. The sky was no longer the sky, and the earth was no longer the earth. Not only did it mess up the direction of the escaping crowd, it also made them lose their sense of balance. They swayed left and right, looking extremely battered. Shortly after, an earthen yellow hand descended from the sky, covering the sun as it ruthlessly slammed down.
"What a terrifying profound meaning!"
Ye Chen's pupils shrank to the size of a needle. This palm strike of the Yin Demon Ancestor had already surpassed the scope of techniques, and had completely risen to the level of the profound mysteries of the universe. Within the range of the palm pressure, the heaven and earth shook, and the universe reversed. Within it, one would be like an ant, unable to display even thirty percent of one's strength. Using thirty percent of one's strength to resist the full power of the Yin Demon Ancestor was like smashing an egg against a rock.
The might of a Sea of Soul Master had thoroughly surpassed Ye Chen's imagination.
Just as the Astral Reaching experts within several li were about to be killed, the undying altar suddenly revolved. Six light beams interweaved into one, turning into a thick beam that pierced through the sky, piercing through Stunning Sky, Extreme Void Sky, and then Zenith Sky.
Meanwhile, the Stoneman Array beneath the undying altar suddenly caved in, revealing a vertical passage of unknown depth. The passage was ten li thick, and with the altar as the center, the gray tornado rushed up like a huge funnel. The mouth of the funnel went deep into the passage.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! "
Without any resistance, everyone within ten li was sucked into the funnel tornado. The Astral Reaching experts within ten li also couldn't resist the suction of the tornado. They went fast, but the speed at which they were sucked back was even faster. They were sucked inside, including numerous Stoneman statues.
"What's going on?"
As Sea of Soul Masters, Yin Demon Ancestor and Master Jaderiver naturally wouldn't allow the tornado to do as it pleased. They urged their Zhen Yuan with all their might, wanting to break free. However, the tornado's length was unknown, and its powerful suction even swept down the clouds in the sky. The few of them struggled a few times, but were once again sucked in.
Inside the passage, nearly a hundred people were rapidly descending, creating a scene of chaos.
"This scene is exactly the same as the pattern of the undying altar." Murong Qingcheng recalled the pattern of the undying altar. Apart from the altar, the flickering light and tornado were also carved on it. Presumably, once the undying altar appeared, the scene above would appear.
Ye Chen's forehead swelled, and his soul power fanned out. After a moment, he sucked in a deep breath, "This passage's depth is over a hundred li. This is troublesome."
The underground was an unknown place. Although Astral Reaching experts could go up into the sky and down into the earth, there was still a limit. The sky couldn't be higher than the Stunning Sky, and the earth couldn't be lower than twenty or thirty thousand meters, which was forty to fifty li. Beyond this range was a place Astral Reaching experts couldn't go. At present, they had already gone dozens of li underground, but they still couldn't find the end. They were afraid that the depth of the passage was at least several hundred li.
Huff!
All of a sudden, the suction inside the passage increased sharply, and everyone's falling speed surpassed five times the speed of sound. Astral Reaching experts could certainly reach several times the speed of sound when rushing at full speed, but that was under normal circumstances. Right now, things were clearly not normal. They were falling at a crazy speed, and couldn't be controlled at all. Some of the weaker Astral Reaching experts almost vomited out their internal organs, suffering heavy injuries from the sudden increase in suction.
Almost subconsciously, Ye Chen grabbed Murong Qingcheng's soft little hand. Murong Qingcheng was startled for a moment, then clenched her soft hand.
Fifty li!
Seventy li!
One hundred and fifty li!
One hundred and fifty li!
Two hundred and fifty li!
"We're dead for sure! We've already gone two hundred li underground." Some Astral Reaching experts had long faces. If they had known earlier, they wouldn't have joined in the fun.
On the other hand, the expressions of Sea of Soul realm experts like Yin Demon Master and Master Jaderiver didn't change. A depth of several hundred li was still within their endurance range. Moreover, they firmly believed that this wasn't a disaster, but an opportunity for them. The secret of the undying body must be hidden deep underground.
Huff Huff …
The suction was still increasing, reaching seven times the speed of sound. Even Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng couldn't adapt to the sudden increase in speed. Their brows gradually creased.
"The suction is increasing. I'm afraid the true depth is beyond our imagination." Ye Chen tightened his grip on Murong Qingcheng's hand and transmitted his Zhen Yuan.
Murong Qingcheng said, "There has always been a rumor that there is another world in the boundless depths of the underground. I wonder if it has any connection with this passage."
"Since we're already here, let's take things as they come."
Ye Chen looked around. Everything was chaotic. Occasionally, he could see one or two faintly discernible stone statues. In this strange environment, the statues seemed to contain the martial dao, which was thought-provoking. His mood soon calmed down.
Three hundred li!
Five hundred li!
Eight hundred li!
One thousand li!
Soon, everyone arrived at the depth of one thousand li. Even Sea of Soul realm experts were somewhat frightened here. One thousand li underground was a place they had never been to before. They hadn't even heard of it. How deep the True Spirit Continent's underground was? From ancient times until now, no one could say for sure.
"Is the secret of the undying body really underground?"
Yin Demon Master's face flickered with a trace of fear. One thousand li below was more or less a dangerous forbidden zone for him. Normally, forbidden zones underground were basically impossible to enter, and the degree of danger far surpassed the forbidden zones on the surface.
Not far away, Master Jaderiver smiled bitterly. From time to time, he would urge his soul power to probe the depth, but the result made him extremely panicked. He couldn't find anything.
As for Daoist Iron Wood, Daoist Black Snake, and the other Sea of Soul realm experts, their faces were all deathly pale. They were prepared to resign themselves to fate. In any case, struggling would be futile. There was no need to think too much.
The suction continued to increase, reaching ten times the speed of sound from seven times the speed of sound. More than ten Astral Reaching experts vomited blood and died, turning into mindless corpses. Strangely, an illusory shadow floated out of these mindless corpses, fusing with the similarly descending stone statues. The statues seemed even more mysterious.
Two thousand li!
Three thousand li!
Five thousand li!
The endless descent made everyone indescribably frightened. What kind of concept was five thousand li? From the surface to the Stunning Sky, it was only a few hundred li. Five thousand li was more than ten times that. Moreover, the underground wasn't air, but earth. Every inch of the earth was several hundred times thicker than air. One could imagine how desperate it was to be buried inside.
Fortunately, the suction stopped increasing after reaching ten times the speed of sound. Otherwise, not more than fifty percent of the hundred people would have survived.
Six thousand li!
Seven thousand li!
Nine thousand li!
After nine thousand li, the suction finally slowed down, dropping from ten times the speed of sound to eight times the speed of sound, then five times the speed of sound, and then three times the speed of sound.
At nine thousand nine hundred li, Ye Chen measured the end and said with a deep voice, "If nothing goes wrong, we are about ten thousand li away from the surface."
"This depth is really despairing." Even though Murong Qingcheng was extremely calm, she couldn't help but feel heavy, as if there was a huge rock pressing down on her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.
The world below them was not completely dark, but rather a slightly dusky day. In their line of sight, everything was dark green, extending to the horizon. This was a huge rainforest, a rainforest in the underground world, and they had just descended from the grey clouds.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Coming out of the clouds, the suction suddenly disappeared. Only the statues, because of their weight, fell one after another into the rainforest, creating huge craters. The shockwave radiated in all directions, startling a large number of strange birds and forest beasts.
"What's going on? I can't feel my Zhen Yuan." Someone wanted to use his Zhen Yuan to slow down, but found that there was no reaction in his body, so he cried out.
"Me too!"
"Not good! Without Zhen Yuan, how can we survive in this damned place?"
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