Chapter 71: Ancient Ruins Maze

  Soon, the Shan Guo and Zhao Guo forces entered the Qingping Lake area one after another, while the Niuliu Sect, Xue Xie Sect and Wugu Hall did not show any signs of blocking them!

  As the powers of Shan and Zhao entered, the Inverse Flow Sect, the Bloodthirsty Sect, and the Five Grains Temple no longer had any way to block others from entering. At this time, countless scattered cultivators and other small forces also followed suit and entered!

  However, not everyone can enter the ruins. The two four-stage demon beasts outside the palace ruins of Qingping Lake were killed, but there are still some other three-stage demon beasts that cannot be entered without the strength of the late Wu Wang.

  "Have you heard? The Inverted Flow Sect, the Bloodlust Sect and the Five Grains Temple have all abandoned their control over Clear Peace Lake. Now anyone can enter the ruins!" A middle-aged man with a pockmarked face said while drinking in a small tavern on the Black Earth Plains.

  "Cut, I knew this two days ago. I heard that many warriors have gone in, but many people have come back. It's said that without the strength of a late-stage Martial King, you can't even get in. Not to mention other things, just those three-stage demon beasts in Qingping Lake are enough to make you drink a pot." A man with a face full of acne next to him immediately retorted.

  "So many powerful people have entered, why haven't they killed all the demon beasts yet?"

  "You think those strong ones are as foolish as you? They probably didn't kill him just to block those low-level warriors from entering!"

  "Ah, I'm only at the early stage of Wu Wang, can't get in!" The man's face was filled with sadness, but immediately his eyes lit up and he excitedly said to the person beside him: "Why don't we enter together? If we go together, who knows, maybe we'll be able to charge into the palace. I really don't want to see the relic slip away right in front of me!"

  "Alright, let's give it a shot! However, there are still a few of us missing, let's find some more people!"

  At once, they went all out to pull together and prepare to enter the ruins.

  At the other end of the wine house, two young men overheard all this! The two were dressed in a green long gown and a crimson long gown, who were exactly Xu Hua and Luo Cheng!

  After receiving the news, the two of them rushed all the way here. Since they didn't know the road, after inquiring many times, it took almost a month to finally arrive at Hei Tu Ping Yuan!

  "Gentlemen, it seems we've arrived just in time! The entire Black Soil Plain is bustling with activity! I reckon there are even more people around Clear Peace Lake at this moment!" Luo Cheng picked up a cup of wine and downed it in one gulp!

  Xu Hua nodded and said, "The more people, the stronger the force, the more opportunities for us to take advantage of. However, we don't know much about the actual strength of these forces, and our own strength is still a bit weak! Let's gather some information first in the next few days!"

  Luo Cheng nodded and said, "Apart from the Inverse Flow Sect, the Bloodlust Sect, and the Five Grains Temple, many forces from the Single Kingdom and the Zhao Kingdom have also arrived. Among these people, there should be some Martial Honors or Martial Artists, but since this ancient relic has been discovered for so long without anyone truly obtaining the treasure within, it's likely that this relic is not easy to get! At the very least, the master of this relic must have understood the way of array formations!"

  "What's an array? What is that thing?" Xu Hua asked in confusion.

  Luò Chéng poured himself another cup of wine and said slowly, "The way of martial arts is vast and profound. The further you go, the more things branch out! When one reaches the realm of Wu Huang, they begin to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. Array techniques are a utilization of these laws. The path of array techniques is very powerful, capable of advancing or retreating, every strong power will set up an array outside their mountain gate!"

  "It can be said that the formation method can infinitely amplify the attack of a martial artist, and ten late-stage Martial Kings can rely on the formation method to kill mid-stage Martial Emperors!"

  "Even on the most powerful spiritual artifacts, there are inscriptions of formations, but now this Tianxuan Continent seems to be too weak, and most people have not even touched upon the path of formations!"

  "This is the formation method? Really too strong!" Xu Hua's heart slightly trembled, a Martial Emperor's strong practitioner was far stronger than a Martial King, let alone a mid-stage Martial Emperor. A mid-stage Martial Emperor could easily kill ten late-stage Martial Kings, yet ten late-stage Martial Kings were able to rely on formations to kill one mid-stage Martial Emperor, the power of formations was indeed formidable!

  "Gentlemen, if the formation really exists, it's absolutely not something that people who don't understand formations can break through in a short time. We might be able to obtain the treasure inside!" Luo Cheng looked very excited.

  Xu Hua suddenly exclaimed with joy: "Right, you got the memory of the Blood Saint and should understand the way of formation, so we are the biggest winners in this ruins appearance."

  "Although I'm not proficient in the way of formation, if it's just an ordinary formation, I can break it easily." Luo Cheng even had a urge to try, but he restrained himself. After all, this ancient relic has attracted so many powerful people, and even if they broke through the formation, it wouldn't be their turn to get the treasure!

  "If possible, we can enter it as much as we want without breaking the formation." Xu Hua was still thinking of using that formation to block those strong people.

  Luo Cheng narrowed his eyes and said, "It depends on what kind of formation is in the ruins. If it's an ordinary maze or a confinement array, it's still relatively simple. But if it's a killing array, we can only enter after breaking it. Hopefully, it's not a killing array!"

  After the two of them had eaten and drunk their fill, they strolled around the black earth plain, inquiring about various news, and headed towards Qingping Lake.

  These days, more and more people are entering the ruins, but the entire palace is very large, it seems that no matter how many people enter, they can all be accommodated!

  However, no matter how many people have entered, so far, no one has been able to truly enter the core area of this palace and obtain the treasure!

  In the palace, in a certain area, the four masters of the Single Kingdom, the lords of various cities, and their subordinates all looked extremely ugly!

  "Feng brother, you're knowledgeable and experienced, do you know what's going on with this strange place? Why did we walk around for dozens of times and still end up back at the starting point?" asked Zhou Jia Zhu, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

  Everyone looked at Feng Yu, they were all strong martial artists of the Wu Huang level, and several of them were even city lords in control of a city, but as for such a strange thing, they really didn't know.

  Feng Yu's eyebrows were deeply furrowed, as if in thought. After a moment, he said somewhat uncertainly: "Perhaps we've encountered the legendary Array Dao! Only the Array Dao would be so mysterious!"

  "What is Jinzou? I've never heard of it before?"

  "I've never heard of it either, what is an array method?"

  "Feng Xiong, what is an array?" asked Dai Zongwei, the master of the Dai family.

  Feng Yu explained: "The formation method is a means of using the laws of heaven and earth. The way of the formation method is vast and profound, and since ten thousand years ago, the way of the formation method has begun to decline. However, among the top powers on the Tian Xuan Continent today, there should still be an intact inheritance of the formation method, after all, the formation method is very important for a major power!"

  "I think what we've encountered should be a trapping array, mainly used to trap people, if it were a killing array, perhaps all of us would have been dead by now!"

  "Hiss..."

  "Who would have thought that there was such a powerful method as this formation? I wonder if Brother Feng has a way to break the formation?" said the master of the Yun family.

  Feng Yu sighed with a bitter smile and shook his head: "You guys overestimate me, the way of formation is vast and profound, how can I possibly understand it?"

  "What should we do then? As Feng said, the formation is not something ordinary people can understand. What are we supposed to do? If we don't do anything, won't we be stuck here forever?" The lord of Shuihuacheng asked anxiously.

  "We came for the treasure, but not to be trapped, what's to be done?"

  "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have taken this trip for nothing."

  "Everyone, don't worry, although I don't understand the way of arrays, but I still have some knowledge about arrays. Arrays can't be activated without reason, activating an array must require a large amount of spiritual energy. Presumably, there are many spirit stones at the center of this array, so it will run, if the energy in these spirit stones is exhausted, then this maze will also break."

  "What are we going to do? None of us know how many spirit stones there are here, are we just going to be trapped in this sorrow?"

  "Everyone attack all around, although we can't break the siege, we can greatly consume the spiritual energy within the siege." As soon as Feng Yu said this, everyone began to attack all around.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The colorful energy attacked the surroundings, a large amount of true energy scattered out, and waves of energy ripples rose up. However, most of the people present were strong martial artists who didn't care about these energy fluctuations at all! But their indifference doesn't mean others are indifferent too. There are more than just them here, many later-entering martial kings and warriors were hit by these scattered energies, severely injured. Slowly, panic began to spread throughout the entire palace.

  Zhao Guo's side, as well as the forces of Niuliu Zong, Xie Xue Zong and Wugu Dian, after learning about Shan Guo's method, also followed suit. Although they didn't know why Shan Guo's strongmen did this, they didn't believe that the other party would do so without reason!

  Although the people of State of Zhao and State of Chu often meet each other, they are very restrained, at this time neither of them wants to take action! However, it is inevitable that both sides will tease each other a bit, which makes the people of the Niuliu sect secretly laugh.

  Three days later, the forces of the two countries met again. However, this time the people of Zhao looked at the people of Shan with a very unfriendly gaze. Chen Wu Hou, who was in charge, said: "Doing it this way seems useless? Are you sure you're not joking?"

  "Fart, who has the mood to joke with you!"

  "We didn't ask you to follow us, what are you complaining about?"

  Finally, Feng Yu said: "This is effective, but I'm not sure how long it will take to persist. Before seeing the treasure, I don't want to fight with you, what do you think!"

  "Good!" Chen Wuhou slightly paused for a moment.