Shen Luo looked up and saw slender streaks of light appearing across the stone chamber's ceiling, gradually revealing an intricate, densely patterned formation.
At the center of the formation was the phantom of a Divine Tree, remarkably similar in appearance to the Divine Tree's Primordial Spirit. Its branches and leaves swayed as rings of azure-green light continuously spread from its surface, brimming with rich life force.
At that moment, a faint sound came from where the nine blue rivers of light converged. A layer of azure-green radiance began slowly spreading outward, eventually forming a hemispherical curtain of light that enveloped the entire circular formation.
"Wood possesses spirit, creation gives birth to three lives. The Martial God quakes in fear, demonic aura shall not rise. Demon-Sealing Formation... activate!"
Yun Zhongting shouted sharply. The entire circular formation shuddered violently, and specks of light began glowing across the stone chamber's four walls, seemingly echoing the circular formation.
The nine people within the formation also began chanting softly.
The words of the chant seemed to be some special secret language of the Divine Wood Tribe, with an exceptionally distinctive cadence. There seemed to be a peculiar resonance among the nine voices as they merged together. Though not loud, they filled the listener with a sense of ancient desolation.
Accompanied by the heavy sound of grinding stone, the thick slabs at the center of the circular formation split into three sections shaped like the character for "person," slowly sliding backward.
A pitch-black hole was revealed beneath them.
The instant the opening appeared, strands of black demonic aura surged up from within. At first, they rose slowly, but after only a few breaths, their speed increased rapidly. In the blink of an eye, they filled the spherical curtain formed by the azure-green light.
Seeing this, Wuman'er