It didn't take long for Zhang Xuan to finish reading the book, and he exhaled deeply.
After a moment of contemplation, he walked over to a corner of the room and sat down cross-legged.
Some time later, his clone walked over and asked with a perplexed look, "What are you doing?"
"Whenever I run into a problem that I can't figure out, I like to face the wall and contemplate the universe and the vicissitudes of life …" Zhang Xuan turned around with a slightly pale face.
"Contemplate the universe? The vicissitudes of life? "
His clone was dumbfounded.
When did he come into possession of such a skill?
Why didn't he know about it before?
Even though he had no idea what was going on, he knew that his clone must have his own reasons for doing so. Thus, he nodded and said, "I'll take a look around, you can continue."
After saying those words, he turned around and left.
Roughly two hours later, Zhang Xuan exhaled deeply and stood up.
At this moment, his eyes were slightly reddened, and he seemed to be exhausted. His body swayed a few times, and he nearly fell to the ground.
His clone hurriedly rushed forward to support him before he was able to stabilize his body.
"I'm fine!"
Shaking his head, Zhang Xuan drove his Heaven's Path zhenqi three times, and only then did he feel much better.
"I have just checked the surroundings, and other than these items, there aren't any other traps. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the lowest level of the island!"
Seeing that Zhang Xuan had recovered, his clone lowered his voice and said.
Over the past two hours, he had scanned the surroundings thoroughly.
His comprehension of formations and celestial designers had reached Seven-star pinnacle, and even so, he was still unable to find anything amiss. This could only mean that there weren't any traps in the area.
"Un." Zhang Xuan nodded.
"What should we do then?" His clone frowned. "Do we really have to destroy the Celestial Designer Lock and release Vicious?"
He knew that his clone must have known something, but he was unwilling to speak of it.
"If we really destroy the Celestial Designer Lock, we'll surely be killed by the altar and become nourishment for Vicious!" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
"Then …"
"I have to find a way to destroy the altar. Once the altar is destroyed, the Celestial Designer Lock should open on its own …" Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment.
"It's that simple?" his clone asked doubtfully.
The core of the Celestial Designer Lock was that it was impossible to open it. As long as one destroyed the altar, one would be able to open it … Was this for real?
"We can only give it a try. Besides, even if we wish to open the Celestial Designer Lock, we'll have to destroy the altar first. Otherwise, we won't be able to get close to it …" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
"That's true …"
There was a special sword qi on the altar that guarded the Heavenly Designer Lock. If one wanted to approach it, they would have to destroy it first.
Zhang Xuan walked up to Zhang Xuan and took a look at him.
The altar was even more complicated than the one Zhang Xuan had seen before. The runes and words on it were so complicated that it was impossible to tell what they were for.
With a flick of his wrist, Zhang Xuan took out a spiritless Saint low-tier artifact that he had obtained from the Qiu Wu Palace and tossed it in.
Sou sou sou sou sou!
In the blink of an eye, the Sacred Artifact was torn to pieces by the sword energy.
The clone's mouth twitched.
Although his physical body could still be reformed after being chopped into pieces, his soul wasn't strong enough. If he were to really enter the sword qi, his soul would definitely be obliterated.
As the altar revolved, Zhang Xuan closed his eyes. A moment later, he opened them again and took out a pile of formation flags with a flip of his palm.
"What are you going to do with the formation flags?"
The clone was perplexed.
Weren't you trying to destroy the altar?
What were you going to do with it?
"The person who set up the altar is an 8-star expert. If I were to charge in forcefully, I might just cause the formation to explode. Thus, I intend to use a formation to destroy a formation!"
Zhang Xuan.
"You want to use a formation to destroy a formation?" The clone nodded in realization.
Using a formation to destroy a formation meant using a new formation to disrupt the operation of the existing formation and destroy its structure.
It sounded easy, but it was actually extremely difficult.
The existing formation already affected the surroundings. To set up a new one that was as powerful as the previous one … the difficulty was unimaginable.
However, the clone knew that since the main body had already made up his mind, he must have made preparations beforehand. Thus, he quickly retreated back to the stone steps.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Xuan floated in the air before flicking his wrist.
Wuwuwuwu!
The hundred formation flags in his palm shot out and landed in every corner of the room.
Hong long!
A massive formation immediately came to life.
"It's the Star Convergence Formation!"
The clone recognized the formation.
It wasn't a Slaughter Formation or an Illusory Formation but a Spirit Gathering Formation!
Even though the formation wasn't a grade-8 formation yet, it was at least a quasi grade-8 formation. It utilized the energy of the stars to gather spiritual energy.
Using such a formation to destroy the altar?
"That's indeed a good idea."
Even though he felt that the main body was far weaker than him at times, at this moment, he couldn't help but be impressed by the other party.
The altar was extremely powerful, and given the main body's strength, it was still a little lacking for him to set up a grade-8 formation that could destroy it. However, with a Spirit Gathering Formation of this level, things would be different.
Converging spiritual energy to the altar might seem like a compound formation that could enhance its prowess, but … everything had a certain level of tolerance.
This was the case even for an 8-star formation.
Initially, the altar had already borrowed spiritual energy from somewhere, and it didn't need to be replenished anymore. But now, the amount of spiritual energy gathered was increasing, and it was reaching its limits.
While the clone was still deep in thought, the main body took out ten thousand high-tier spirit stones and tossed them into the formation in order to speed up the rate at which the formation was gathering spiritual energy.
Hong long long!
With so much spiritual energy replenished, the formation began trembling. The concentrated spiritual energy immediately formed a powerful energy storm, causing the entire underground chamber to tremble non-stop.
Under the control of the formation, the tornado-like spiritual energy surged toward the altar.
The silent altar began to whirl, and a brilliant glow emanated from it. In the blink of an eye, it began to inflate like a balloon.
Boom!
With a deafening explosion, the altar finally reached its limit and exploded.
"It worked!"
The clone's eyes lit up.
Given the Star Gathering Formation's capabilities, it would have taken at least a month to destroy the altar. However, the main body had tossed out so many high-tier spirit stones, speeding up the process by leaps and bounds.
In less than an incense's time, the altar had already been destroyed.
With the altar destroyed, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief. With a wave of his hand, he kept the formation flags into his storage ring. Just as he was about to head over to the Celestial Designer Lock to take a look, he suddenly felt the killing intent from before growing even stronger. At the same time, a frenzied laughter echoed in the air.
"Hahaha … Zhang Xuan, it seems like I made the right decision in luring you here! Thank you for breaking the seal on me. I, Vicious, can finally return to the world! "
Along with the voice, the clone and Zhang Xuan suddenly felt as if their bodies had been sealed in place, and an incomparably powerful force threatened to crush them.
"This is bad … He isn't in the Celestial Designer Lock? What's trapping him here is the altar! "
Only then did the clone realize what was going on, and his face turned ghastly pale.
Previously, when he sensed the killing intent from the Celestial Designer Lock, he had instinctively thought that Vicious was in there, and as long as he destroyed the altar, he would be able to find the other party. But from the looks of it now, it seemed like the altar was the key to trapping Vicious!
It had nothing to do with the Celestial Designer Lock.
"Hurry up and leave!"
It was only then that Zhang Xuan realized what was going on, and his eyes narrowed in astonishment. With a loud roar, he stowed his clone into his storage ring before abruptly launching a palm strike forward.
Si la!
The Heavenly Demon Great Sorrow Palm wielded incredible might, and it immediately tore apart the sealed space. Zhang Xuan activated the Unbounded Voyager, and in the blink of an eye, he was already at the end of the flight of stairs.
Ten breaths later, he was already at where Hall Master Xing and the others were.
At this moment, they were still unable to find the exit, and they were still trapped in the underground chamber.
"Zhang Shi …"
Upon seeing Zhang Xuan, the crowd heaved a sigh of relief.
"Hurry up and leave!"
Zhang Xuan exclaimed anxiously.
The fact that Vicious had broken free from his shackles wasn't something they could deal with. The only thing they could do now was to escape as quickly as possible.
"There's a Dragon Severing Lock above … How do we get out?" Wu Shi asked.
When they first arrived, the Dragon Severing Lock had already sealed off the exit, so there was no way out at all!
"Don't worry about that. Follow me!"
Ignoring the doubts of the crowd, Zhang Xuan continued charging forward.
The crowd followed closely behind him, and as they walked down the flight of stairs, they saw the Dragon Severing Lock appearing before their eyes once more. It was as if they were trapped in there, making it impossible for them to escape.
"What should we do?"
Wu Shi asked anxiously.
"If it comes down to it, we should just work together. Even if the nine of us aren't strong enough to break the seal, we should still be able to forge a way out through the formation!"
Hall Master Xing said.
"That's the only thing we can do …" Wu Shi nodded. Just as he was about to speak, Zhang Shi suddenly walked up to the Dragon Severing Lock and placed his palm on it. "Hurry up and open it. We're going to get out of here …"
Jiya!
Before everyone's shocked gazes, the Dragon Severing Lock, which even a Leaving Aperture realm pinnacle expert might not be able to open, suddenly began cracking open.
"This …"
Everyone widened their eyes in shock.
It had already become a rule that no one would be able to escape from the Dragon Severing Lock … Yet, the young man just touched it, spoke a few words, and opened it …
This was way too exaggerated!
"Let's go!"
Zhang Xuan took the lead and dashed out.
Seeing that Zhang Xuan had left, Zhang Xuan knew that this wasn't the time to be thinking about this matter. Thus, he hurriedly followed after Zhang Xuan, and it didn't take long for the group to escape from the island.
Hong long long!
The shaking of the island grew more and more intense. Not daring to stop for a moment, the group rushed to the island from before, and as soon as they found their footing, the entire island floated into the air.
Everyone widened their eyes in shock, and their faces paled in fright.
It was common knowledge that it was impossible to fly in the Marshlands of the Northern Meadows. Yet, the entire island had actually floated into the air. Even though they were witnessing it with their own eyes, they still found it hard to believe.
Geji! Geji!
The island rose higher and higher, and soon, it was out of the marshlands. Following which, it flipped ninety degrees, and the island faced the crowd once more. At the same time, the soil on the island began to fall back into the marshlands.
"Is that … a human head?"
Division Head Liao suddenly exclaimed with a trembling body.
Everyone was taken aback. As the soil on the island began to fall, the entire island looked like a floating head, and the two pools of spring water were actually two massive eyes.
"Hahaha, I, Vicious, have finally come back to life! How do you want to die?"
A deafening voice boomed in the air.
The Vicious of the Marshlands of the Northern Meadows … had finally come back to life!
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