After Yi Yun found the scroll that recorded the array, he sat cross-legged by the lake and began reading it.
The scroll was extremely complicated and the content recorded was profound. Even as a Desolate Heaven Master, Yi Yun had to study it word by word to understand its meaning.
Ling Xie'er sat by the disk array and watched Yi Yun meditate. Although she was pure by nature, as a spiritual being, she could distinguish between good and evil. She sensed that Yi Yun did not have any ill intentions towards her.
"If only he were a little stronger." Ling Xie'er cupped her tiny face and sighed.
At that moment, Ling Xie'er suddenly sensed something. She looked up at the pure Yang waterfall that surged high in the sky.
She stared at the waterfall for a moment before looking down at Yi Yun.
Seeing that Yi Yun was completely engrossed in the scroll, she quietly stood up. With a flash of her body, she transformed into a beam of light and vanished. And when Ling Xie'er disappeared, the gray flame in her body was blocked by an invisible barrier. It was unable to break through the barrier and could only remain in the array …
Although Ling Xie'er was the Heretical God Fire Seed, the gray flame was where Ling Xie'er's essence resided. If the gray flame could not leave the array, Ling Xie'er would never be able to leave the land of buried flames.
…
"Ah!"
In the darkness, a tragic cry suddenly sounded. A few figures suddenly appeared beside a mountain wall.
"Stop screaming. If you attract another humanoid monster, it won't be as simple as losing a pair of legs," said Liu Ruyi coldly.
The person she was referring to was none other than the Heaven Secrets Chapter's Master Tianxiao.
At that moment, Master Tianxiao was in an extremely wretched state. His legs had been completely severed from the base of his thighs. He was covered in blood and one of his hands was gone. If his other hand were to be severed, he would be no different from a tortured human swine.
At that moment, as Master Tianxiao had completely lost his combat strength, the two child-like deputy palatial lords of the Seven Star Dao Palace had used a mechanical puppet to trap his body. Then, they hung him with a rope. He looked as wretched as one could imagine.
When Liu Ruyi mentioned the humanoid monster, Master Tianxiao immediately felt a chill run down his spine. He did not dare to scream again.
"Lead the way. It's just a broken leg and a missing hand. Our Seven Star Dao Palace has already promised to reattach them for you. What are you afraid of?" said the two children with hoarse voices.
Of all the people from the Seven Star Dao Palace, only the three of them were left. Even the deputy palatial lord had perished.
As for the Heaven Secrets Chapter disciples that Master Tianxiao had brought with him, he was the only one who barely managed to survive. And this was only because Liu Ruyi felt that he was still useful, so she deliberately protected him.
Along the way, not only did they encounter that terrifying humanoid monster, but they also encountered ancient creatures. They were almost completely wiped out.
Yi Yun's words of schadenfreude towards them had all come true.
"With the three deputy palatial lords around, I'm naturally not afraid," said Master Tianxiao with a bitter expression.
Not afraid? He regretted it so much that his intestines turned green!
Originally, he thought that he could get some benefits in this secret plane, but now, not only did he not get anything, he also lost two legs and an arm.
How could the three deputy palatial lords return after coming so far? They had paid a terrible price and would only rest after obtaining the Yang spirit.
Master Tianxiao knew that if he could not lead the way, he would be of no value as a cripple.
"The environment here is already different from the places we passed through previously …" Master Tianxiao's remaining hand held the compass as he constantly made inferences. "This place is probably not far from where the Yang spirit is."
"You have already said that twice …" Liu Ruyi gave Master Tianxiao a displeased glance before saying coldly, "I'll trust you once more."
"There's nothing I can do. The Heaven Secrets Compass is not in my hands," said Master Tianxiao weakly.
One of the child-like deputy palatial lords used a rope to hang Master Tianxiao up as the quartet continued proceeding forward.
Not long after, they heard rumbling thunder in front of them.
"This is …" They came in front of the molten waterfall.
The waterfall was majestic and unfathomable. The pure Yang aura tumbled like waves. The weaker ones, such as Master Tianxiao, immediately felt like their bodies were being roasted by fire.
He had already lost both his legs and an arm. He was extremely weak and he had to endure the burning of the pure Yang laws. Even his beard had curled from the heat.
"The pure Yang aura below is extremely pure. The Yang spirit is probably beneath the waterfall," said the child-like deputy palatial lord as his eyes lit up.
Even if he could not be certain that it was the Yang spirit, there was likely a treasure beneath the waterfall.
"I wonder where that little bastard, Yi Yun, is. If he's here, I'll definitely skin him alive and use his soul to refine pills!"
Yi Yun's mockery of them was still fresh in their minds.
They had not encountered Yi Yun along the way, so it was possible that Yi Yun was here.
"He probably thinks that he can obtain the treasure. However, he might have the life to come here but not the life to bring the treasure back. Everything here will be obtained by my Seven Star Dao Palace and refined into a supreme treasure. "Liu Ruyi pricked up her brows as she sneered.
And at that moment, Ling Xie'er was secretly watching the quartet from within the waterfall.
She could tell that among the four, other than one on his last breaths, the other three had extremely powerful auras.
However, the three of them had been injured along the way. Although their auras were strong, they were unstable.
"Do they have such a huge grudge with that person named Yi Yun?" Ling Xie'er thought out of curiosity. Suddenly, she blinked her large eyes. "Yi Yun … Could it be him?"
Ling Xie'er was a part of the worldly array. She could sense anyone who came to this underground world.
She knew that there were many of them and they were the same batch. Then, their enemy could only be Yi Yun, who was acting alone.
Upon hearing the quartet discuss how to deal with Yi Yun after capturing him, Ling Xie'er stroked her chin and pondered. Yi Yun had been lured down by her. If these people were to see Yi Yun after entering, it would be equivalent to her harming him.
Previously, Ling Xie'er felt guilty when someone died trying to crack the array. Now that Yi Yun was lured to the side of the array by her, there was no way she could watch helplessly as these people killed Yi Yun.
"It would have been great if he had left on his own after realizing that he couldn't crack the array. Since these people are here for me, I'll lure them away first, "thought Ling Xie'er.
In fact, Ling Xie'er did not have any good solutions against the three people with powerful auras. She had been trapped here for hundreds of millions of years and was already very weak. Furthermore, her essence — the gray flame — was still trapped in the array's core. There was no way she could deal with the trio.
Seeing that the quartet were about to jump into the waterfall, Ling Xie'er did not have the luxury of time to think. She leaped out of the waterfall she was hiding in.
"Who is it!?"
Liu Ruyi bellowed angrily before she was taken aback.
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