svetikya Chapter 220 Multi-Treasure Breaks the Formation
Chapter 220 Multi-Treasure Breaks the Formation
Chapter 220 Multi-Treasure Breaks the Formation
A sweep of divine sense revealed the figures of demonic cultivators patrolling at the foot of the mountain. They were dressed in uniform black robes, holding magical artifacts, and vigilantly scanning their surroundings.
Chen Yi and Ji Wuchen were both masters of concealment. Upon seeing this, they immediately put away their flying boat, circulated their internal magic power to hide their aura, and flew at low altitude using the most stealthy method of flight.
Ji Wuchen led the way, and the two bypassed the patrol and defense line at the foot of the mountain, climbing up the steep mountain wall until they finally arrived at a hidden stone cave halfway up the mountain.
The entrance to the cave is hidden by dense vines and cannot be found without careful observation.
The two pushed aside the vines and entered the cave. They walked along the dimly lit passage for about two miles when the passage suddenly widened.
Ji Wuchen suddenly stopped and turned to Chen Yi, saying:
"Brother Chen, this is the place."
There's a formation hidden behind the stone wall ahead. I'll break it first, and then we'll go in.
Chen Yi did not respond immediately, but instead turned his gaze to the array marks on the stone wall.
Hidden in the shadows of the rock wall ahead is a powerful fourth-order concealment formation.
The array appeared to blend seamlessly with the stone wall, yet extremely subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy surged within it like an undercurrent.
Even from a distance of several feet, Chen Yi felt a sharp pain in his divine sense.
Once he activated his ability to sense the world, he could perceive a strong sense of crisis and unease, as if a sharp edge was secretly locking onto him.
[A fourth-tier formation, capable of unleashing a Nascent Soul level attack, poses a significant threat to me!]
Chen Yi felt a chill run down his spine.
Seeing Chen Yi pause and concentrate, his expression slightly grave, Ji Wuchen, standing to the side, smiled calmly, his tone carrying a hint of certainty:
"Brother Chen, there's no need to worry. I've been here once before. It's just a fourth-order incomplete formation. Although it looks intimidating, it can't stop us."
After Ji Wuchen finished speaking, Chen Yi continued to lean closer to the stone wall, his fingertips hovering over the array patterns, carefully examining them.
The structure of this fourth-order formation is far more complex than it appears, with runes intertwined like a spider web.
However, nearly one-third of the spiritual energy circulation channels were broken, and the spiritual energy at the break points was extremely faint, clearly indicating that it was a remnant array that had been eroded by time.
The next moment, Chen Yi's aura suddenly subsided, but his divine sense spread out like a tide as he fully activated the "Perceiving Heaven and Earth" technique.
They attempted to capture the remaining spatial imprints deep within the formation and investigate the connection between this remnant formation and the anomaly that occurred in March.
suddenly,
His eyes suddenly sharpened as he noticed that although the array patterns on the stone wall were concealed,
However, there were several subtle traces of energy flow, and the traces were quite recent—clearly, someone had been here in recent years, and possibly more than one person.
He turned to Ji Wuchen and asked, "Brother Ji, every time you've come here to explore in the past two years, you've always gone in alone, haven't you?"
Ji Wuchen nodded with some confusion: "Yes, I've been investigating alone all along. What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Chen Yi narrowed his eyes, his tone somewhat solemn: "I just observed the array marks on the stone wall and discovered that it seems a third person has been here in recent years."
Ji Wuchen frowned, immediately raised his hand to his brow, a faint golden light flashed in his eyes, and he activated his Insightful Eye to carefully scan the array traces on the stone wall.
He stared at the stone wall for a long time, not missing even the finest patterns, before nodding solemnly:
"It seems that's true."
There were several traces of deliberate fluctuations in the array patterns on the stone wall, but the other party's method of removing the traces was so skillful that it was impossible to see anything unusual unless you looked closely.
Brother Chen, how did you figure that out?
Chen Yi shook his head slightly, saying in a calm tone that he had only sensed it.
He couldn't help but secretly envy Ji Wuchen's insightful spiritual eyes.
Within the range of the other person's vision,
It can clearly capture subtle energy fluctuations and trace changes, almost matching its ability to perceive the world with the help of the system. This supernatural ability is indeed useful when exploring and breaking formations.
Once they understood the situation, the relaxed expressions on their faces completely disappeared, and they became more wary.
Ji Wuchen didn't delay any longer and took out a palm-sized bronze compass from his storage bag. This was a "Formation-Breaking Compass" specially used to break the incomplete formation, and it was also a mid-grade magic weapon.
He channeled his magic into the compass, causing the needle to spin rapidly. Simultaneously, his eyes flashed with golden light, activating his Insightful Eyes.
With the help of the Spirit Eye to find flaws and the magic treasure, the Formation-Breaking Disc,
He easily found the core energy hub of the formation, which was on an inconspicuous protrusion in the center of the stone wall.
He pressed the protrusion, and a flash of light appeared in his hand.
At the same time, the Formation-Breaking Disc was affixed to the stone wall, and a burst of spiritual light flashed on the magical artifact.
At last,
The patterns on the compass gradually overlapped with the array formations on the stone wall.
With a series of soft "clicking" sounds, the stone wall slowly parted to the sides.
The entrance to the hidden fourth-order remnant array was revealed, with faint black lightning patterns swirling around the edges of the array, which stung upon contact.
Chen Yi was secretly surprised; this was a remnant formation of the fourth rank.
Although it was ancient and had flaws, it was still so easy to break through, which shows the power of Ji Wuchen's spiritual eye and his family heirloom.
After the fourth-order incomplete array was activated, Ji Wuchen looked around and found that the passage inside was completely different from the route he had taken when he entered last time.
The once straight passage now has several bends, and lingering lightning marks remain on the ground.
Ji Wuchen scratched his head, somewhat bewildered.
"I never expected that this fourth-order formation would cause the routes within the mountain to change!"
Brother Chen, we may have to explore the road ahead anew.
Ji Wuchen's noodles were slightly warm. His boast that "no one can stop me" was still ringing in his ears. Now, facing the new situation of the remnant formation, he had clearly failed.
Fortunately, Chen Yi didn't mind and simply nodded and said "okay".
As he spoke, Chen Yi summoned the treasure-hunting rat, which darted to the front and sniffed around to explore the way.
He then took out the shell of the semi-finished third-tier tortoise puppet. The shell was covered with anti-lightning runes and glowed with spiritual light. He casually placed it on his back to prevent possible array attacks.
Finally, he shielded Ji Wuchen and the Treasure-Seeking Rat in front of him, and slowly followed at the back of the group to bring up the rear.
Seeing his cautious approach, Ji Wuchen thought to himself that he was "making a mountain out of a molehill," but considering the pressure of the formation, he didn't say anything and only activated his Insightful Eye.
His pale golden gaze swept across both sides of the passage, where the rock patterns and rubble were clearly visible. However, the view was blocked by the dense fog-like energy of thunder spirits and earthly evil spirits ten feet away, and beyond that, only a chaotic halo remained.
The two walked silently for several hundred feet when the passage ahead cracked open with a soft "click," splitting into left and right paths.
Ji Wuchen's gaze swept across the fork in the road. His spiritual light was almost solid, but the energy on both sides was chaotic, and the power of thunder and earthly evil were intertwined, making it impossible to discern the correct direction.
He turned to Chen Yi, his tone helpless, and said, "Brother Chen, we need to scout ahead. Would it be alright to send your spirit pet, the Treasure-Seeking Rat, to check ahead?"
Chen Yi gently shook his head, tapping the tortoise shell rune with his fingertip, his tone cautious:
"The lightning energy here is abnormal, and there may be a killing formation targeting living creatures. Sending the treasure-hunting rat is too risky. Let the puppet try it first."
"A puppet will do."
Ji Wuchen nodded, and then added:
"But this place is like an ancient fourth-tier territory, and ordinary second-tier puppets are not sensitive enough to detect the danger deep inside."
"How about this one?"
As Chen Yi spoke, he took out a palm-sized puppet rat demon from his storage bracelet.
Its entire body is made of a special dark silver spirit gold, and its eyes are pigeon blood red perception crystals that can simulate the aura of living things. Its grade is quasi-third level.
"good!"
A look of surprise flashed in Ji Wuchen's eyes, and he secretly admired him:
This near-third-tier puppet is more agile and has better perception accuracy than many of my own magic weapons in places where vision is obstructed and energy is disordered. I didn't expect Brother Chen to have such skills.
Chen Yi exerted force with his fingertips, injecting a trace of magic power. A red light flashed in the eyes of the puppet rat demon, and its figure flickered as it darted into the left fork in the road, so fast that only a blur remained.
At first, everything went smoothly. The puppet moved forward steadily, and the aura fed back by the sensing crystal remained stable without any abnormalities.
Just as the puppet rat demon had run about five hundred feet away, a bolt of purple lightning suddenly struck down from the top of the passage.
The speed was so fast that there was no time to react.
With a crisp "crack",
The puppet rat demon was instantly charred black, its parts flying everywhere.
The connection between Chen Yi and the puppet was also abruptly severed. His consciousness was slightly shaken, and a sharp pain appeared between his eyebrows.
This sudden attack came without warning; the passage had been perfectly calm when we checked it just moments before.
This shows how dangerous and eerie the environment was. It was precisely because Chen Yi did not rashly send the treasure-hunting rat or himself forward that real damage was avoided.
Seeing this, Ji Wuchen quickly stepped forward and asked:
"Brother Chen, are you alright?"
He immediately said that he would personally find the materials to make the puppet rat demon and compensate Chen Yi, feeling secretly ashamed.
It was originally agreed that he would be in charge of exploring the path and breaking the formation, but unexpectedly, at the critical moment, it was Chen Yi's puppet that avoided the danger, and he himself did not play much of a role.
Then, looking at the fork in the road to the right, Ji Wuchen took a step forward, but Chen Yi stopped him, his tone calm:
"Wait a minute."
Before he finished speaking, he had already taken out another puppet rat demon from his storage bracelet, quickly infused a wisp of magic power into it with his fingertip, and the puppet's eyes flashed red as it darted into the fork in the road on the right.
But just as they walked three zhang away, the ground of the passage suddenly made a soft "click" sound, and several sharp spikes with lightning patterns suddenly sprang out, piercing the puppet rat demon's body like sharp blades.
With a "bang," the puppet exploded, scattering fragments everywhere. The lightning bolts spread rapidly along the ground for half a meter, instantly scorching the rock walls it touched.
Upon seeing this, Ji Wuchen was so frightened that he quickly took two steps back, his eyes filled with lingering fear.
Comparing the results of the two forks in the road, Chen Yi frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then analyzed:
"The lightning attack from the left fork in the road is swift, but it only targets living creatures, and the lightning energy will dissipate briefly after the attack."
The trap on the right fork in the road was accompanied by a continuous, spreading lightning bolt, making it even more dangerous. Perhaps the left path was the correct one.
"Brother Chen's analysis makes sense, but how confident are you?"
Ji Wuchen pressed on, his tone tinged with caution, for this matter concerned safety and allowed no room for carelessness.
"Fifty percent," Chen Yi replied calmly.
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Ji Wuchen was speechless. So you were just guessing too.
Unbeknownst to him, the instant the two puppet rat demons were attacked, Chen Yi had quietly activated his "Perceive Heaven and Earth" ability. His divine sense spread out like a fine net, clearly capturing the energy fluctuations deep within the two forks in the road:
Although there were remnants of lightning on the left, there was no further killing intent.
On the right, there are more complex traps hidden, and entering rashly would likely lead to great danger.
However, he couldn't openly tell Ji Wuchen about this ability to "perceive the world," so he could only vaguely mention it as "50% certain."
Then, Ji Wuchen took out a palm-sized array plate from his storage bag.
This is actually a special kind of magic artifact for guiding navigation. The surface of the disc is engraved with intricate runes, and there is a silver pointer in the center.
He slowly poured his magic power into the array plate, the runes glowed faintly, and the pointer began to spin wildly. After a while, it gradually stabilized and eventually pointed to the left.
"Brother Chen's analysis is correct. It seems that the left side is more likely to be the correct path."
Ji Wuchen breathed a sigh of relief, and his tone became more relaxed.
After saying that, he took the lead and stepped into the left fork in the road, walking ahead to scout the way, while not forgetting to activate his Insightful Eyes and vigilantly scan his surroundings.
The two walked several thousand feet through the cave, and the passage gradually widened. Suddenly, a stone gate covered with lightning patterns appeared in front of them.
The stone gate was entirely dark black, and the lightning patterns on its surface moved slowly like living things, emanating a faint sense of pressure.
Ji Wuchen leaned closer to examine the area, but his expression gradually became serious.
This was a type of formation he had never seen before, and even with his knowledge, he couldn't recognize its layout.
What's even more troublesome is that although the formation on this gate is only at the near-fourth rank, it is arranged with extreme ingenuity.
There are no obvious flaws, and even if Chen Yi's near-third-tier puppet were used to test it, it would probably be to no avail.
Ji Wuchen turned to Chen Yi behind him and said:
"Brother Chen, please step back a bit. This formation is tricky. I'll go up and try to break it."
But when he turned around, he found that Chen Yi had already retreated to the corner of the cave entrance a hundred feet away with his spirit pet, the treasure-hunting rat.
The man and the mouse poked their heads out and quietly observed from the edge, clearly prepared to deal with any unexpected situation.
Seeing this, Ji Wuchen shook his head helplessly, feeling that his reminder was completely unnecessary.
He said no more, took out the magic artifact he had used before, and stuck it on the stone door. He kept adjusting the intensity of the magic power input with his fingertips, carefully studying the direction of the array patterns.
After fiddling with it for a long time, the runes on the array-breaking plate lit up and dimmed again, but they still couldn't find a flaw in the array, or even pry open a crack.
Left with no other choice, Ji Wuchen could only put away the array-breaking plate, his expression somewhat grim.
He took a deep breath and retreated to Chen Yi's position, a hundred feet away.
His internal magical power surged suddenly, and the seemingly ordinary vest on his body suddenly lit up with a pale golden spiritual light, revealing itself to be a defensive treasure armor.
Seeing his actions, Chen Yi's eyes flashed with curiosity, and he asked:
"Brother Ji, what's going on?"
"Prepare for brute-force attack!"
Ji Wuchen's tone was certain.
Unable to find any flaws in the formation, and unwilling to diminish the prestige of the eldest son of the Ji family in front of Chen Yi, he had no choice but to stop holding back and intend to forcefully break open the stone door.
Upon hearing the words "brute force," a slight look of surprise flashed in Chen Yi's eyes. His gaze swept over the not-so-wide cave.
Although the rock wall was thick, it couldn't withstand a violent impact, so he immediately asked:
"Brother Ji, this is a near-fourth-tier array gate. If we forcefully break it, won't the energy released when the array gate shatters collapse the entire cave?"
"Don't worry, Brother Chen."
Ji Wuchen spoke with certainty.
"This Thunder-Attracting Peak has existed for tens of thousands of years. Under the baptism of thunder for tens of thousands of years, the rocks of the entire mountain have long become as hard as spirit iron, extremely tough."
The power of a mere quasi-fourth-order array gate shattering wouldn't be enough to cause the cave to collapse. Of course, if Brother Chen still has concerns, I, Ji, also have a solution.”
Before he finished speaking, Ji Wuchen had already taken out two magical treasures from his storage bracelet and held them in his palm.
The first item was a white, translucent bead about the size of a baby's fist. The inside of the bead was filled with a soft, gentle white light, not glaring.
One could faintly sense the immense energy contained within, and the power emanating from it exceeded the scope of a mid-grade magic weapon, subtly touching the level of a high-grade magic weapon.
The other magical artifact was of a similar grade to the bead.
It was a metal ruler about the length of a palm, its body gleaming with a dark golden luster. It was covered with densely packed runes and arrays, with subtle spiritual light flowing between the runes. It was clear at a glance that it was no ordinary object.
"Two top-grade magic treasures?!"
Chen Yi looked surprised.
But a sense of worry also arose in his heart.
With Ji Wuchen's current cultivation level, does he have enough mana to support the operation of these two high-grade magic treasures at the same time?
It should be noted that in the cultivation world, the level of a magical artifact is always strictly matched with the cultivation level of the cultivator.
For a typical mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, using a low-grade magic weapon is just enough to unleash its power;
Mid-grade magic treasures require cultivators in the late Core Formation stage to wield them effectively.
As for high-grade magic treasures, the magical power and spiritual sense required to activate them often reach the level of the Nascent Soul stage, which is far beyond the control of ordinary Core Formation cultivators.
Of course, this only applies to the normal situation for ordinary cultivators.
As a top-tier genius, Ji Wuchen formed a Golden Core of far superior quality and had just broken through to the late stage of Core Formation, making his cultivation foundation far more solid than that of ordinary cultivators.
Chen Yi silently estimated in his mind that with Ji Wuchen's resources, being able to barely drive a high-grade magic weapon was probably the limit.
If he were to drive two items simultaneously, even a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages would likely find it extremely difficult, let alone a Core Formation cultivator in the late stages.
The ability to see through others' expressions and read their thoughts is particularly useful.
Ji Wuchen looked at Chen Yi and explained with a smile:
"Brother Chen, please rest assured, although this treasure is a top-grade magic weapon, the origin of that spirit pearl is somewhat special."
It was created from a fourth-order shell-like demon that took a thousand years to develop.
This precious pearl serves two purposes: first, it provides defense; second, it can absorb a large amount of energy in a short time, and it doesn't require much magical power to control, making it very convenient to use.
"I see."
Chen Yi nodded slightly, then, with the treasure-hunting rat, silently retreated several hundred feet further, widening the safe distance.
Ji Wuchen was already used to Chen Yi's cautious nature and was not surprised. Ignoring the commotion behind him, he took out the white pearl from his storage bag.
With a flick of his finger, the pearl slowly floated up and, from a distance of a hundred feet, came to a steady stop beside the array gate in front of him, like a floating white lantern.
The Spirit Pearl swayed gently in the air, its surface gleaming with a soft white light, illuminating the dim surroundings.
A moment later, the smile on Ji Wuchen's face faded, and his expression suddenly hardened. The powerful magic power of the late Golden Core stage began to surge wildly around him, pouring into the solid ruler magic weapon in his hand like a tidal wave.
As more and more magical power was poured into it, the originally dull solid ruler gradually emitted a dark purple light.
A terrifying pressure comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator emanated from Chi, causing the entire cave to tremble slightly.
Ji Wuchen suddenly hurled the solid ruler forward, and the ruler transformed into a blinding beam of light, shooting towards the array gate like a sharp sword, its speed so fast that its trajectory was almost invisible.
"boom!"
After a dull, loud bang,
With a crisp "crack," the near-fourth-order array gate shattered, sending fragments flying.
The terrifying energy fluctuations that should have followed the shattering of the array gate were nowhere to be seen.
It turned out that the violent energy generated by the explosion was instantly absorbed by the floating spirit pearl, with more than 90% of it being absorbed, leaving only less than 10% of the aftershocks spreading in all directions.
The energy fluctuations that blew through the cracks in the cave to the back had already become extremely weak, and most of them were intercepted by Ji Wuchen, who was blocking the way in front.
Chen Yi and the treasure-hunting rat, who were hundreds of feet away, only felt a slight breeze, which barely even stirred their clothes.
Once the dust had completely settled, Chen Yi stepped forward and walked to Ji Wuchen's side, his tone full of admiration:
"Brother Ji is indeed amazing!"
You not only managed to break through this near-fourth-tier formation by brute force, but you did it almost silently. This ability is something even most Nascent Soul cultivators probably can't match.
At this moment, Ji Wuchen had consumed more than 70% of his magical power. His face was somewhat pale, and fine beads of sweat were seeping from his forehead, clearly indicating that he was exhausted.
But he forced a smile, maintaining his composure.
"Such a trivial matter is not worth mentioning. As I said before, what can be resolved will certainly be resolved."
After saying that, he raised his hand and took out a white porcelain bottle from his storage bracelet, uncorked it, and poured the drop of shimmering millennium dew into his mouth.
The moment the dew entered his throat, Ji Wuchen's almost depleted mana and divine sense began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Chen Yi watched from the side, his eyes filled with admiration and envy.
In just a short while, Ji Wuchen's breathing became stable again, and his condition returned to its peak.
Then, the two of them walked together toward the broken array gate ahead.
After Ji Wuchen put away the Spirit Shell Pearl and the Solid Ruler, and looked down at the back of the array gate,
But suddenly he froze.
Behind the gate was no passageway at all, but a cold stone wall – a dead end.
"No way? Could this be a fake entrance to a magic array?"
Ji Wuchen had just exerted so much effort and even consumed a drop of precious millennium dew to recover his condition.
All his efforts were in vain, and even he felt his mood instantly worsen.
However, just as Ji Wuchen was wondering, Chen Yi suddenly spoke:
"Wait, the puppet I left at the right fork in the road can still sense faint energy fluctuations over there."
Under Ji Wuchen's questioning gaze, Chen Yi ordered the treasure-hunting rat to quickly go back and investigate the situation.
Not long after, news came from the other side.
Chen Yidao:
"Brother Ji, the fork in the road on the right is open. Let's go."
(End of this chapter)