Maze's End
Just before the wind-blade dragon was about to get close, Niu Ying finally managed to set up the formation.
A pale golden light screen illuminated, firmly protecting the Ma Qi within it.
"Ta-da..."
A series of metallic clangs rang out.
The wind blades shattered one after another.
The array's light barrier also swayed incessantly.
Niu Ying, trapped in the middle of the formation, gritted his teeth, his face contorted in a ferocious expression.
He desperately channeled the little remaining magical Law Power within his body to stabilize the formation.
Fortunately, Xing Yixuan's furious attack was like a storm, and even though the two Golden Core cultivators from the Jing Family joined forces to resist, they were still overwhelmed and exhausted.
In order to rescue the two Golden Core cultivators of the Jing Family, Jing Lie had no choice but to turn his Wind Blade Dragon and slash at Xing Yixuan.
Unnoticed by anyone in the fierce battle, the bloodstains left on the stone platform and the remains of the fallen Ma Qi had vanished without a trace, leaving no trace behind.
The pieces of meat that were just fresh have now become dry and rotten, as if they have been eroded by countless years.
Even the soul of Ma Qi, which had been torn to pieces, vanished without a trace.
It was as if Ma Qi's death had awakened some strange entity deep underground, which devoured all of Ma Qi's Essence Blood, and soul fragments.
On the cold stone platform, streaks of blood-red lines slowly emerged.
These patterns, like vibrant blood vessels, spread and flow across the stone platform.
As the crimson patterns continued to spread, the entire stone platform was stained with a bewitching red, as if bright red blood was seeping from within the stone platform, carrying an indescribable eeriness.
The five people, who were in the midst of a fierce battle, were also startled by the strange change in the stone platform and stopped fighting.
The three members of the Jing Family were closest to the exit, giving them a geographical advantage.
Ignoring the reason for the strange change in the stone platform, the three turned around and rushed towards the stone steps.
In the ruins left by the demonic forces of the Nether God Temple, any sudden change foreshadows an ominous sign.
"Xing Yixuan, if you want to get out of this cave, you must exchange it for the treasures you obtained in this cave!" Jing Lie shouted loudly.
This underground mass grave has only one exit. If he blocks the stone steps, Xing Yixuan and Niu Ying will really be unable to get out of the mass grave for a while.
"Wishful thinking!" Xing Yixuan rebuked sharply.
There were no other treasures in this pit of corpses besides the Baleful Crystal. Even if there were, Jing Lie Jing Lie wouldn't let her out even if she gave them to him.
Xing Yixuan was well aware of this. She waved the Raging Water Banner, and the surging torrent chased the three members of the Jing Family into the passage.
A deafening roar suddenly filled the passage as the torrent surged upstream, relentlessly crashing against the stone walls.
Jing Lie looked back and saw a surging torrent of water rapidly approaching.
"Wind Wall!"
Jing Lie unleashed several wind walls in succession to block the water flow behind them, buying the three of them a moment to escape.
At that very moment.
The stone platform in the center of the mortuary suddenly began to shake violently, as if a powerful force was awakening deep underground.
Suddenly, the stone platform rose from the ground.
The stone platform was much longer than I had imagined.
Or rather, it wasn't a stone platform at all, but a thick stone pillar. A large part of the pillar was buried underground.
"Boom!"
The stone pillar struck the dome of the burial pit.
The impact seemed to shake the heavens and earth; the entire dome trembled violently, and countless fragments of stone rained down.
The stone pillar itself also developed obvious cracks from the impact and began to crumble.
However, what is even more surprising is that after the stone pillar struck the dome, it did not stop its upward trend.
It pierced the dome!
Huge cracks spread across the dome, as if a demon were opening its hideous maw, ready to devour everything.
The stone pillars continued to rise from the depths of the earth, seemingly without end.
Large amounts of stones fell from the dome, quickly burying the crater.
Jing Wuming discovered that this underground labyrinth was far more difficult to navigate than he had imagined.
Although he had a map of the maze, the Wraith that appeared there from time to time caused him great trouble.
These Wraith are all fourth-tier Wraith, and are very powerful.
Jing Wuming in Thunder Method and had no Divine Sense attack techniques. If he hadn't been prepared in advance and obtained some high-level thunder talismans before entering the secret realm, he would have had a real hard time dealing with these Wraith.
It's incredibly difficult!
Once, he was chased by three Wraith. He fought his way back and finally managed to defeat Wraith, only to find that he had lost his way.
It took him a great deal of time to find the correct path again.
After a month, he finally reached the end of the maze.
It was a bronze door.
To Jing Wuming's surprise, the bronze door was half-open.
"Someone beat me to it!" Jing Wuming exclaimed in surprise.
How is that possible?
He has a maze map, giving him a huge advantage over the others.
Divine Sense is severely restricted within the maze. Without a map, Jing Wuming believes that even if he waits until the secret realm closes, he will not be able to escape the maze.
"Who can navigate the maze faster than me?"
While filled with surprise Jing Wuming concealed his aura and carefully passed through the bronze door.
On the other side of the bronze door was a huge underground passage.
There was almost no ghostly mist inside the passage, except for a small amount near the bronze door.
It must have been after the bronze door was opened that the ghostly mist from the maze began to permeate the area.
The Cave is winding and twisting, and many naturally formed stone cones stand inside.
The Cave wasn't completely dark; bright red light emanated from some cracks in the ground, casting a crimson glow over the Cave.
Reddish magma flows through these fissures.
Upon entering the Cave, the oppressive feeling on his Divine Sense immediately disappeared, making Jing Wuming feel much more relaxed.
However, he did not recklessly release his Divine Sense, for fear of disturbing those who arrived first.
Jing Wu slowly flew to the center of the Cave. After looking around, he could clearly see that the Cave ran east to west.
The Cave to the east is gradually shrinking, while the Cave to the west is showing a tendency to expand.
Jing Wuming decided to head west.
He hadn't gone far when he heard the sounds of fighting.
After carefully flying for several miles inside the Cave and turning several bends, the Cave in front of us became even larger.
Jing Wuming pressed himself against the stone wall at a bend in the road, looking up at the other side of the bend.
A huge underground cavern came into view.
In the center of the cave hall, there is a high platform several hundred feet in size.
In the center of the high platform stands a square stone pillar several meters long and wide.
The stone pillar reached directly to the top of the cave and pierced into it.
At the base of the stone pillar lies a massive stone coffin.
The stone coffin was very large, like a stone chamber.
The stone coffin had no lid; the stone pillars were inserted directly into it.
There are four chains at the four corners of the stone coffin, and the chains are about the thickness of an arm.
One end of the chain was inserted into a corner of the high platform, while the other end extended into the stone coffin, as if binding some powerful being.