Chapter Ninety Great Hall

  Today is the third watch...

  The huge bluestone floor in front of them creaked and cracked as Zhang Chong and his group stepped on it, having borne the weight for thousands of years.

  The sky was shrouded in a gloomy hue, with no radiant light shining down from above. The light was just enough for people's eyes to see ahead. Earlier, Huashan and Yunwu had gone up to the sky to investigate.

  Huashan waved his hand and the Qinghua sword suddenly grew several times larger. His body lightly jumped up, riding on the Qinghua sword, rushing upwards. A wisp of light smoke passed by, and he flew up first. Yunwu also swung her Light Cloud Sword, creating a pale purple mist, closely following behind him.

  These two are indeed worthy of being disciples of a renowned sect, with exceptional innate talent that can be seen at a glance. After half a year of being besieged in the Great Array of Mantra Sounds, their mental state has become much stronger than before, and even their sword intent has been refined to a great extent.

  Before they could even react, the two of them flew back. Zhang Chong's guess was correct - this sky was just a residual power of the ancient city, not the real sky. In other words, they were still underground.

  It is said that a centipede dies but does not stiffen, this ancient city, although it has long since lost its prosperity, still has enough strength to trap these people, and it is precisely because of this strength that the ancient city can be preserved underground for so many years, until their arrival.

  It can be imagined that in those years, the ancient city of Shicheng was powerful to what extent. Unfortunately, a beast tide easily annihilated them all.

  After walking for a while, the streets began to take shape in front of me. On both sides of the street, many shops stood there, but that place was deserted, leaving only thick dust.

  Zhang Chong's fingers lightly touched the door of the shop, and with a soft creaking sound, the door dissipated into smoke and disappeared. The objects in the shop were like illusions, standing there but already completely rotten.

  They didn't dare to speak loudly, fearing that the vibrations of their voices would cause the already fragile houses to collapse in an instant. They only dared to tread lightly, and after passing through several streets, they could see patches of white bones on the ground. From the shape of the bones, it was clear that there were both beast-like creatures and humans among them, and from the appearance of the corpses, it was evident that they had undergone an extremely brutal battle before their deaths.

  "Let's go in the direction where the skeletons are densely packed," said Bai Li, his idea immediately gaining everyone's approval. The denser the skeletons were, the more brutal the battle had been in that place.

  Following the footprints, they walked quickly for about an hour, and saw a huge palace. The surroundings of the palace were empty, leaving only the lonely palace standing there. Although it was lonely, it had a subtle imperial aura.

  The hall suddenly attracted everyone's attention, and on the steps leading to the grand hall, the corpses of the spiritual beasts were densely packed, almost impossible to insert a needle. What was strange, however, was that the temple door was tightly closed.

  This discovery immediately lifted Zhang's spirits. Good heavens, judging from the situation, this place hadn't been invaded by any demonic beasts. It seemed that there would definitely be some great things left inside. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and quickly ran to the front of the temple door.

  He pushed the temple door with his hand, but it was tightly closed and couldn't be pushed open. The surroundings were faintly lit with a red glow, which flashed and then went out.

  It's the fourth-level "Jade Lock Formation". Zhang Chong has become extremely familiar with formations after this period of formation cultivation, and he can judge that there is a formation on this door just by looking at it.

  His hands emitted spiritual power and magical aura. At present, there were three forces in his body, but the heavenly and earthly powers were still the weakest among the three. However, this didn't matter because the heavenly and earthly powers were like leaders, controlling the other two forces within him. As a result, even before he had cultivated the heavenly and earthly powers to their strongest state, he could already make good use of the spiritual power and magical aura in his body.

  In less than an hour, the door creaked open and a stream of fresh air gushed out, giving everyone a brand new feeling. Compared to the decay in other parts of the ancient city, this breath was full of vibrant life force, completely different from elsewhere.

  With eager hearts, they slowly entered the hall, everything inside was fresh and new, allowing them to walk in slowly.

  In the center of the hall, a delicate golden ring floated in mid-air, exuding an ancient aura, instantly drawing everyone's gaze. Once you glanced at it, nothing else in the hall could divert your attention from that spot.

  "It's too beautiful." Wang Mingyang sighed, his words of praise speaking for everyone. The delicate golden ring was only the size of a palm, but it was engraved with dense symbols. On either side of the ring were two dragon-like beasts, their faces identical to those on the bronze mask Zhang Chong had obtained earlier. The two beasts leaned against the golden ring, their heads facing the crystal jade bead at the top of the ring, which seemed to be alive and occasionally emitted a misty aura. Below the golden ring were seven small jade rings, each one exquisitely crafted.

  "Is this the array eye of the Grand Hall?" Zhang looked at the delicate golden ring and couldn't help but praise it. In his heart, he understood that not all large arrays were like the previous Mantra Array, which hid the array eye deeply, making it impossible to find.

  If the array eye is strong enough, or if the person setting up the formation is confident in their superior strength, they will instead place the array eye in the most conspicuous position to confront the enemy head-on. This approach may lack finesse, but it has a more powerful attacking force. This is also the most commonly used method for setting up a killing formation.

  "Everyone, don't wander around for now. I suspect that this hall is laid out with powerful killing arrays," Zhang said in a deep voice. Just then, Wang Mingyang couldn't wait any longer and hadn't even heard the words, already striding into the depths of the hall.

  "Boom~~~" Only a loud, long whistle was heard, and Wang Mingyang had already been blown away like a sandbag. Liu Sheng's figure was equally swift as lightning, rushing towards Wang Mingyang, his battle intent ignited in an instant, catching Wang Mingyang's body.

  The delicate golden ring emitted a clear and melodious sound, but it was also accompanied by angry roars. The two beasts leaning against the ring seemed to be alive, breathing in and out, causing the seven small jade rings below to sway back and forth continuously.

  As the jade ring swung, a person wearing a bronze mask slowly emerged from the place where Wang Mingyang was ambushed. The man's body carried a chilly killing aura, and through the ferocious mask, one could see that his eyes had a hollow glow. However, there were no weapons in his hands.

  "Be careful~~~" Bai Li's gaze was sharp and had already seen that this person's strength was strong, not below his own. And just at this time, from the other three directions of the temple, one person walked out each. Those three people were the same as the first one who came out, wearing a cyan copper mask, with a cold and fierce killing aura on their bodies.

  Looking at the emergence of these four people with ill intentions, although the crowd didn't know why they had passed through ten thousand years without dying, it was a huge danger floating in their minds.

  Bai Li took a step forward, holding the black sword and making a fist, just as he was about to speak, but unexpectedly, a loud shout came from mid-air, shaking the nine heavens.

  Among the loud cheers, in mid-air, four people wearing bronze masks and bare-handed suddenly jumped down. Their left hands were clenched into fists, while their right hands formed palms, rapidly rushing down from mid-air.

  From the palm of his right hand, a loud noise suddenly erupted, and four pale silver light balls shot out, rushing towards where everyone was.

  "Be careful~~~" Bai Li lightly shouted as she rushed forward first.