Staring at the monster, Long Chen and the other two screamed in terror, instinctively slashing at the monster with his sword.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, Long Chen's Seven Absolute Sword struck heavily against the monster's head, sparks flying, and Long Chen was shaken so hard his blood surged as he retreated in disarray.
The moment Long Chen unleashed his sword, he finally realized that this monster was nothing but a corpse.
"Damn, this scared me to death, my heart is about to leap out." Guo Ran was so scared that sweat broke out all over his forehead.
No matter how bold they are, suddenly stared down by terrifying monsters, they panicked.
It was the corpse of an immortal being, but its species was unrecognizable. It looked like some kind of rodent, but its entire body was covered in scales, extremely strange.
Its body was pierced through by a massive spear, pinned to the spot. But the spear was only half a piece, clearly a broken weapon, likely thrown directly by someone and nailed to death the monster.
The three dared not move recklessly and looked around the area. They discovered it was an underground palace, with many parts already collapsed, and in many places, even huge corpses could be seen.
However, some of these corpses had already been buried, so their full forms were unknown. It was unclear what kind of corpses they were, but they were certainly not human.
"This place was originally a palace, buried by the thick soil of the external wars, which is why it looks like it today." Xia Chen glanced at the pillars around him and said.
As a formation master, he had some understanding of architecture. At a glance, he could tell this was buried, unlike the previous underground palace.
"Unfortunately, it has been dead for too long. Although its body has been preserved, its essence and blood have lost vitality to keep it from decaying." Xia Chen examined the monster's corpse and couldn't help but say regretfully.
"Boom!"
Long Chen directly stored the monster's corpse into the chaotic space and threw it into the black soil to decompose. It was useless to Xia Chen, but to Long Chen, it was a treasure.
"Boss, you guys split up to search for treasures first. I'll see if I can activate part of the formation here. If I can, we can restore the entire layout, so we won't have to search everywhere." Xia Chen said.
Long Chen nodded. This was actually a good idea. If Xia Chen could activate the grand formation, they could accurately understand the distribution of this faction, which was much better than three people randomly searching.
Long Chen and Guo Ran separated, each feeling along the sides of the collapsed palace. Long Chen soon encountered a rat-like creature and pulled it out of the ruins, throwing it into the chaotic space.
However, this monster's corpse was separated; he only had half his body, and the other half was nowhere to be found.
What shocked Long Chen was that the monster had been cut by a sharp blade, the cut on its bone smooth as a mirror, clearly showing that the weapon that cut it must have been incredibly sharp.
Long Chen couldn't help but feel shocked. This was an immortal being, its bones comparable to immortal divine weapons. To be able to cut such wounds—Long Chen couldn't imagine just how sharp that weapon must be.
As Long Chen moved forward, several landslides appeared ahead. He had to avoid them, but after several circles, he ended up back where he started. Guo Ran was the same. Clearly, the space where they were was was very small, and to explore other areas, they would have to keep digging.
"Boss, let's go." Suddenly, Xia Chen exclaimed in surprise.
"What?" Long Chen Q&A.
"I've found the location of the grand array's main hub. We'll head over right away."
The three boarded strange machines and dug all the way. After an hour, they reappeared in a grand hall.
This grand hall was enormous, spanning tens of thousands of miles in circumference, and was extremely well preserved, with endless array patterns visible.
Xia Chen arrived at the center of the main hall, where there was a floating platform a hundred zhang square, densely packed with various formation disks.
Long Chen was both surprised and delighted to see these formation disks, his eyes full of excitement: "These are formation disks from ancient times, and their exquisite craftsmanship is thousands or hundreds of times more exquisite than those we have today." "
Don't talk about those useless things. We don't have much time to study these things. Let's first see if we can activate the grand formation. If not, let's see how much we can take with us!" Guo Ran said.
Xia Chen hurriedly searched the formation disk, and soon he tapped one of the disks with a finger.
With a soft "buzz,"
a three-dimensional pattern appeared before the three of them—a magnificent architectural complex.
When they saw the towering gatehouse, the three exclaimed in surprise. It turned out this three-dimensional pattern was exactly what the sect looked like before it was destroyed.
"Battle Heaven Divine Sect—wow, what a domineering name!"
When he saw the plaque on the gatehouse, Long Chen couldn't help but blurt out the words. These four characters were written by the first generation Jiuli Immortal Script. Long Chen didn't know many of them, but these four characters were among those he knew.
"This scale is enormous, with palaces stretching for millions of li. It's hard to imagine how powerful they were before their downfall.
Unfortunately, no matter how strong they were, they could not escape the fate of destruction. Guo Ran looked at the scene before him and couldn't help but sigh, full of regret.
Xia Chen was not captivated by the scene, but instead stared at the formation disk on the floating platform, continuously calculating. Suddenly, he activated a formation disk.
"Rumble rumble...
Suddenly, the entire hall trembled, and then the surrounding walls cracked, revealing several large doors.
"Hahaha, the treasure vault is perfectly preserved and opened. Let's go take a look."
Xia Chen's face was filled with ecstatic joy, and Guo Ran was even more excited, asking which direction to take.
"No need to go, we'll teleport over directly."
As he spoke, Xia Chen directly took a formation disk from the floating platform. The array glowed, and the three of them vanished in an instant.
"Buzz!"
When the three reappeared, they were already in front of a large gate. Xia Chen took out the formation plate and placed it above the door.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
The door trembled, countless runes lit up, but the door never opened.
Seeing Long Chen and Guo Ran's confusion, Xia Chen explained, "In the past, opening this gate required several key holders to confirm simultaneously."
Now that the key holders are dead, the gate will summon them. However, after a certain amount of time, if none of them respond, the gate will open automatically. However,
the wait was somewhat long—a full three hours passed, yet the gate kept flickering without any sign of opening.
At this point, Xia Chen was getting anxious. He didn't know how long the gate had been set up; if it took too long, they wouldn't be able to hold out any longer.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
Fortunately, they didn't wait long. The runes above the gate suddenly dimmed, and then the door slowly opened.
When the gate opened, the three were overjoyed, and Guo Ran couldn't wait to enterHe tried to rush inside, but Xia Chen grabbed him.
"You can't just barge in. If you trigger the trap, you're doomed."
Xia Chen took the formation plate from the door and placed it directly into the groove in the floor in front of the door.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, the array disk lit up, and rays of divine light appeared on the earth, leading straight to the depths of the treasury.
Xia Chen signaled that they were completely safe. The three then walked deeper into the treasury, opening nine doors in a row and finally arriving at the real treasury. Seeing the scene before them, the three exclaimed in unison,
"We've struck it rich!"