The Bronze Gate
Song Wen's tense nerves relaxed slightly; with only one Wraith, dealing with it would be much easier.
He raised his hand and unleashed two palm Palm Thunder.
Seeing this, the Wraith hurriedly flapped its enormous wings, trying to shatter the two rapidly approaching bolts of lightning.
However, the narrow passage severely restricted its movement; its wings could not be fully spread, and it was too late to change its strategy.
The Palm Thunder struck the bull's head of the Wraith, unleashing a dazzling light and a deafening roar that shook the passageway and caused large rocks to fall from the ceiling.
Bathed in the lightning, the Wraith writhed in agony, emitting piercing howls, and a large amount of its ghostly energy was annihilated. Its aura weakened considerably in an instant.
Nine flying swords took the opportunity to whiz past the bull-headed Wraith and landed in the passage behind it.
The Exorcising Evil Sword Formation was activated, and a giant Lightning Sphere appeared, sealing the passage once again.
The commotion had already attracted the attention of the other Wraith in the Corpse Dissection Cave, who were now moving at the sound. The Exorcising Evil Sword Formation could halt their advance.
Song Wen dared not slacken in the slightest, and hurriedly made hand seals, and the Jade Pivot Divine Thunder Method Formula struck out.
"Boom!"
A silver ribbon fell upon the bull-headed Wraith, and lightning cascaded down like a waterfall.
The bull-headed Wraith was struck on the head by the Thunder Method and instantly froze on the spot.
A large amount of ghostly energy rose from its body, but it was quickly dissolved under the overwhelming power of heaven.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Song Wen lunged forward, his right hand piercing through the flashing lightning and landing on the bull's head.
A powerful devouring force emanated from Song Wen's hand. The bull-headed Wraith, which was fighting against the Jade Pivot Divine Thunder, was powerless to resist and was sucked into the black hole in Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness Black Hole.
The few Wraith blocked outside the Exorcising Evil Sword Formation launched several fierce attacks. However, whenever they approached the sword formation, they were intimidated by the Thunder Method released by the formation and had to retreat.
After several unsuccessful attempts, the Wraith finally quieted down.
After waiting for about half an hour, Song Wen saw that there was no movement in the passage and put away the sword formation again.
Only two third-tier Wraith were seen guarding the passage.
As soon as the sword formation disappeared, the two Wraith rushed towards the depths of the passage.
Song Wen dodged backward and retreated back into the Blood Refining Cave.
The two Wraith then entered the Blood Refining Cave.
Song Wen resorted to the same old trick.
Three lightning spears shot out, temporarily controlling the two Wraith, and then the Exorcising Evil Sword Formation temporarily sealed the passage.
Then, use the Jade Pivot Divine Thunder to weaken the Wraith, and then devour them one by one.
Following the same method, Song Wen devoured the remaining four Wraith after more than an hour.
After clearing away the Wraith, Song Wen arrived at the Corpse Dissection Cave.
He did not rashly leave the Corpse Dissection Cave, but instead lay in wait quietly Corpse Dissection Cave.
The commotion from the recent battle must have attracted the attention of those outside the cave.
Song Wen assumed that Xing Yixuan and Jing Lie would go into the Cave to investigate, but after waiting for half a day, no one came.
During this time, Song Wen thoroughly searched the Corpse Dissection Cave but found no treasures.
Song Wen summoned the Ghost King and sent Ghost King ahead to scout the way out of the Cave.
When they reached the Cave, the Ghost King suddenly accelerated, rushed out of the Cave, and arrived at the platform in front of the Cave.
Song Wen, who was ready for battle, was surprised to find that the platform was empty.
Jing Lie and Xing Yixuan have both disappeared.
Song Wen put away the Ghost King, concealed his aura, and headed down the mountain.
He had just flown off the platform when he suddenly heard a deafening roar from the mountaintop.
The entire mountain was trembling slightly, and countless rocks rolled down from it.
Song Wen's expression tightened, and he hurriedly quickened his pace.
At the summit of the mountain.
A majestic and ancient palace stands silently.
Inside the palace, four figures stopped before a tightly closed bronze door.
Behind the bronze gate, eight bronze gates were already open, and the ninth one blocked the four people.
Xing Wenyao sat upright on the ground, with nine small blue Squad Commander floating around his body.
The Squad Commander spun around Xing Wenyao, occasionally shooting out a beam of green light that landed on the bronze gate.
With each ray of azure light that fell, ripples spread across the bronze gate, causing it to tremble violently. Clearly, the activation of the formation was not far off.
Xing Gaohan, Jing Wuming, and Yinshuo stood a few feet behind Xing Wenyao.
Yinshuo watched Xing Wenyao's retreating figure and said.
"Xing Gaohan, can your Xing Family break this formation? Half a year has passed, and this bronze door still cannot be opened."
Xing Gaohan said, "Yinshuo, no one invited you to wait here. You are free to leave."
"Hehehe..." Yinshuo let out a strange laugh.
"Your Xing Family has explored this secret realm several times, yet you were blocked by a formation. Were you completely unprepared during these three hundred years?"
Xing Gaohan said, "The formations on these nine bronze gates are all different, and they are quite different from the formations Cultivation World today. Last time we explored this secret realm, our Xing Family only reached the seventh bronze gate. We knew nothing about the formations on the eighth and ninth gates, so how could we have prepared in advance? It's already a miracle that we were able to break two formations in just a few months."
Yinshuo said, "Over the past thousand years, your Xing Family must have gained quite a bit of benefit from this secret realm."
Xing Gaohan's face was ashen, his eyes piercing.
"Yinshuo, do you still want to take advantage of my Xing Family? This is a secret realm discovered by my Xing Family ancestors, and it naturally belongs to my Xing Family. But you, how exactly did you know about the existence of this secret realm and when it opened?"
Yinshuo said, "All cultivators in the Sea of Disorder know that my Limitless Island is descended from the Nether God Temple. This Nethergod Mountain Secret Realm is one of the old sites of the Nether God Temple. I learned of the existence of this secret realm by chance from the ancient books left behind by the Nether God Temple. What's so strange about that?"
As he spoke, Yinshuo glanced at Xing Wenyao, who was breaking the formation, a deep light flashing in his eyes.
Yinshuo did indeed learn from ancient books that there was a secret realm left behind by the Nether God Temple on Fangzhu Island, and he knew some of the secrets of the secret realm, but he did not know the specific location of the secret realm or when it opened.
He also personally or by sending his disciples to infiltrate Fangzhu Island on several occasions to search for information about the secret realm.
However, the Xing Family kept their secrets too well, even setting up an array in the valley at the entrance to the secret realm to cover it up, and Yinshuo was unable to find any valuable clues.
Until one day more than a decade ago, Yinshuo bumped into Xing Wenyao by chance while attending a small trade fair.
At that time, Xing Wenyao urgently needed a spiritual material to enhance his Life-Bound Treasure.
While the Xing Family appears to be united on the surface, they are not a monolithic entity in reality.
Within the three major branches of the Xing Family, undercurrents surged, with constant power struggles, intrigues, and fierce Lineage conflicts.
Yinshuo used this as a breakthrough point. Under his persuasive words and the lure of spiritual materials, Xing Wenyao revealed the location of the entrance to the secret realm and its opening time.
Xing Gaohan retorted sharply, "Nonsense! If what you say were true, your ancestors from Limitless Island should have opened this secret realm long ago. Why would it be my Xing Family's turn?"