Bathed in this Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, everyone's auras rapidly grew.
"What?!"
Suddenly, the hidden leader and his subordinates in the air at the center of the formation were flabbergasted, their faces filled with disbelief. Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"How is this possible? He can actually absorb the energy of the formation!"
The energy that Wang Chong had pulled out to help Ouyang Changheng and the others was none other than the energy of the world that they had used to open the gate and charge in to strengthen the formation's attacks.
Even if they were beaten to death, they wouldn't dare to believe that such a thing could happen.
"No matter what, this kid must die! Release all the Stellar-Piercing Beetles! I want to see just how much more ability he has! "
The leader roared, his face filled with rage.
Originally, his target had been the martial artists in the formation, but now, Wang Chong had replaced them, becoming their absolute target. In an instant, all the golden beetles were released to deal with Wang Chong.
… …
Within the formation, Wang Chong had attracted all the golden beetles and immediately charged into the next formation gate. At the same time, Wang Chong's body exploded with waves of sharp Sword Qi, blowing up several golden beetles in the air.
Upon smelling the aura of their own kind, the golden beetles were stimulated into a frenzy. All of them swarmed toward Wang Chong. Bzzz! In a flash of light, Wang Chong and the golden beetles disappeared from everyone's sight.
Behind them, within the formation, there was a moment of deathly silence. Everyone looked at each other, unable to say a word. This was especially true for those Zhengqi League experts who had cursed at Wang Chong. Their faces were filled with shame, their expressions complicated.
"In the end, you've saved us yet again!"
Ouyang Changheng sighed inwardly as he looked in the direction that Wang Chong had left.
"Did you all hear that? Everyone, get ready. In ten breaths, we'll leave immediately!"
Ouyang Changheng took a deep breath and quickly regained his composure.
…
Although he had managed to save Ouyang Changheng and the others with just a few punches, the actual situation was not as easy as he had imagined. Every time Wang Chong used the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, the condition of his body worsened. In just a few moves, Wang Chong's condition had worsened considerably.
Looking through Wang Chong's Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor, one could see that Wang Chong's face was pale.
"Alarm Gate, Stop Gate, View Gate, Open Gate … After passing through two more formations, I'll be able to reach the core of the formation!"
Wang Chong thought to himself. This time, Wang Chong did not encounter many warriors. Once one got too close to the core of the Origin Immortal Formation, death was almost assured. No martial artist could reach such depths.
Wang Chong relied on his enormous calculation and deduction abilities to go deeper and deeper. The attacks from all around him kept getting stronger, but most of them were dodged by Wang Chong.
Boom!
The earth rumbled and space shuddered. In the blink of an eye, Wang Chong had broken through another formation and reached the second layer of the Origin Immortal Formation.
In front of him, waves of blood-red light rushed toward him, dyeing the surrounding space red like glass. And at the edge of the formation, Wang Chong saw massive dark red stone slabs for the first time.
These stone slabs were ten-some zhang tall, and their surfaces were carved with special inscriptions. Moreover, all of them were moving.
Astral-Absorbing Stone!
Wang Chong recognized them at a glance. He had only learned of these special and top-class metal stones from his conversations with the Formation Elder. In ancient times, almost all the powerful formations near the core would use a special material like the Astral Absorbing Stone.
Using this metal stone as the core of a formation could create a special zone that would cause any martial artist who entered to lose Stellar Energy at a faster rate. This was also designed to protect the core of the formation.
Although Wang Chong had heard about it from the Formation Elder, this was his first time seeing it.
In the modern era, where the art of formations had been lost, this sort of thing basically didn't exist anymore.
It seems like I'm right. If I go forward, I'll reach the core of the formation, leading straight to the formation eye!
Wang Chong's body swayed as he broke through the formation and continued forward.
More and more golden beetles gathered around him, their screeching growing louder and louder. At a glance, there were hundreds, if not thousands, of them.
Unlike before, these golden beetles seemed to understand that Wang Chong's Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor would be difficult to break, so they changed their strategy and began to circle around Wang Chong.
But even though they had given up on attacking, they were only getting more and more dangerous. These golden beetles were like crouching beasts, eyeing their prey. The moment they found an opening, they would immediately deal a fatal blow.
Moreover, these golden beetles continued to circle around Wang Chong, completely blocking off Wang Chong's vision. All he could see was a black mass. At this point, Wang Chong could only use Psychic Energy to replace his eyes. But even so, there was still a significant gap between using Psychic Energy and what he could see with his eyes.
Whoosh!
A moment later, a pure black flame imbued with destructive energy soared out of Wang Chong's body. The fearless golden beetles hissed and hissed as they fell from the sky like raindrops.
Not only that, even the golden-spotted wings on his back had been scorched black.
"Mm?"
This scene greatly surprised Wang Chong. He had only planned to burn the beetles away because they were too densely packed together and he couldn't see anything. He hadn't expected that the Fire of Mara he had obtained from the mysterious black-robed men would have such a powerful restraining effect on the golden beetles.
The moment the Fire of Mara appeared around Wang Chong, all the golden beetles seemed to be greatly frightened and scattered. Using this rare opportunity, Wang Chong immediately leapt forward. Under the countless attacks of poisonous smoke, arrows, rocks, and giant pillars, he sped up and headed for the core of the formation.
Behind him, the golden beetles circled once in the air and chased after Wang Chong like maggots.
Boom!
The void shook again. In the blink of an eye, Wang Chong passed through another layer of formation and arrived at the first layer.
The fluctuations of the world's origin energy around him grew more intense, and the dangerous aura also multiplied.
Wang Chong didn't stop, quickly heading for the core of the formation.
Buzz!
Just as he was about to reach the core, the golden beetles chasing after Wang Chong suddenly shuddered, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying. They all retreated and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
"Mm?"
Wang Chong frowned, greatly surprised. He had seen the ferocity of these golden beetles before. Even though he had used the Fire of Mara, he had been unable to chase them all away. That kind of maggot-like attack was enough to make any cultivator tremble in fear.
But now, these golden beetles had actually retreated on their own. This was really not like them.
"But this is good. At least I can save some Stellar Energy."
With a thought, Wang Chong instantly dispersed the Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor on his body. Although the armor's defense was extremely powerful, it also consumed a shocking amount of Stellar Energy. Without the threat of the golden beetles, Wang Chong could last even longer in the formation.
Wang Chong suppressed his thoughts and quickly headed for the center.
After a short while, he passed through the last array gate. His surroundings suddenly fell silent, and Wang Chong finally saw the center of the formation.
From a distance, Wang Chong could immediately see the stone pillars at the edge of the formation core that looked like the ribs of a massive beast. Each of these stone pillars was crystalline and translucent, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, all of them like daggers stabbing into the sky.
From a distance, the surface of these stone pillars was painted with mysterious black runes.
"These should be the source of the formation's power! Through these stone pillars, the entire formation guides energy to the surroundings, causing all the formation doors to constantly change and become extremely dangerous. "
These stone pillars were very important to the formation, but it was not easy to reach here. Just the massive calculations alone were enough to keep the majority of cultivators outside.
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong flew over.
"The formation eye of the formation is like the eye of a storm. Although there is a storm outside, the danger here is not so great."
Wang Chong thought to himself.
The surroundings of the stone pillars were calm and tranquil. Wang Chong quickly passed through them and appeared around the massive stone pillars. As his gaze swept over the words on the stone pillars, Wang Chong raised his eyebrows as he immediately recognized them.
"Bird Seal Script!"
Wang Chong looked at the black words on the stone pillars and was greatly surprised.
Previously, when investigating the Confucian Sect, Wang Chong had come into contact with these words from the Spring and Autumn Period. However, they were different from what Wang Chong had seen in the ancient records. These words were somewhat similar to Bird Seal Script, but they looked even more ancient.
Wang Chong did not understand the meaning of these Bird Seal Script, but Wang Chong could sense that these words contained an extremely powerful power.
As Wang Chong continued to read, he saw some other characters and symbols on the stone pillars. Suddenly, his eyes flitted over a special symbol at the bottom of the stone pillar, and his pupils constricted, his face paling.
"How is this possible?! It's … it's that symbol! "
Wang Chong's body shuddered as he stared at the bottom of the stone pillar. It was the symbol of an ancient beast. The ancient beast's head had long since disappeared, leaving behind only two sinister-looking curved fangs and a lower jaw. There were some tiny tadpole characters on the lower jaw, making it look extremely ancient. The strangest thing was that there were actually traces of black mist seeping out from the tip of the ancient beast's fangs, giving off an indescribable sense of mystery.
"Why are the symbols of the Doomsday Altar here? What's going on here? What does the Origin Immortal Formation and the Origin Immortal Lord have to do with all this? "
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