Upon hearing these words,
Huo Xuedao's expression froze completely.
Ye Qiubai raised the jade pendant in his hand and said, "Alright, no need to ask him anymore. The location is clear now, let's go straight there."
Chu Ran his arms and frowned, asking, "Is it believable?"
Ye Qiubai glanced at Chu Ran. "Believe it or not, it's up to you. I trust him more than a traitor."
At this moment, Yang Shao chimed in, "There's no better way right now, and judging from Huo Xuedao's expression, he's probably right."
Yang Shao was only saying this to others.
He believed that if Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Xu Yeming, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu in the Holy Temple were all so extraordinary, then the people they trusted must also be extraordinary.
After all, they had witnessed far too many unbelievable things from Ye Qiubai and his group...
"There is indeed no better choice." Ba Xiyue made the final decision, nodding. "Time is of the essence. Every moment of delay means more deaths. Let's go."
Following Fang Qiong's instructions, the group quickly arrived at a location three zhang southeast of the garrison headquarters.
This place looked no different from other places, filled with dark red blood mist and surging Evil Qi.
However, upon closer inspection, one can detect a slight stagnation in the flow of the blood mist, like an invisible reef in a river.
"Seven feet off the ground." Ye Qiubai looked up at the void.
Hong Ying focused her senses for a moment, then nodded and said, "There are indeed faint spatial fluctuations, but they are extremely unstable."
"Three breaths..." Qin Zhao gripped the sword hilt tightly, his eyes sharp. "It must be successful on the first try."
Time was of the essence. Outside Mount Zhenyue, Han Shouyi, Lu Mingyuan, Jiang Yi, the Twelve Elders, and others were engaged in a fierce battle with seven Evil Cultivator at the Peak of the Formless Realm, their roar echoing across the sky.
The death toll continues to rise.
"Ready?" Ye Qiubai looked at everyone.
Everyone nodded.
"I'll break it." Ba Xiyue took a deep breath and took out a golden token, which was the token used by the Banan Imperial Clan to mobilize the power of the nation's destiny.
She raised the token high and chanted an ancient incantation in a deep voice. Imperial dragon energy surged from the token, transforming into a small golden dragon that rushed towards the southeast, seven feet above the ground!
"Now!"
The moment the golden dragon touched that space, the void trembled violently, and a dark red rift, barely wide enough for two people to pass side by side, was suddenly torn open!
The crack was not filled with rocks, but with a twisted, blood-red passage. A dark light could be faintly seen flickering deep within the passage, leading to the interior of the mountain!
"Enter!"
Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying rushed in first, followed closely by Xu Yeming and Ning Chenxin, and the rest filed in.
Three breaths passed in the blink of an eye.
The crack behind him suddenly closed, and the blood mist returned, as if it had never been opened at all.
Inside the passageway.
All around were twisting and writhing crimson barriers, as if one were inside the veins of some giant beast. The nauseatingly strong Evil Qi and the stench of blood filled every inch of space, and this aura was also eroding and affecting everyone's mind.
Ning Chenxin pondered for a moment, then with a wave of his hand, a small golden tree appeared in his palm.
It's the Heavenly Seal Treasure Tree!
The faint golden light emanating from the Heavenly Seal Treasure Tree enveloped everyone, finally allowing them to breathe a sigh of relief.
The passage winds its way down, deep into the mountainside.
The deeper you go, the heavier the Evil Qi becomes. You can even hear the wailing and crying of countless vengeful spirits within the barrier. These are the remnants of countless lives devoured by the evil formation, never to be reincarnated.
"This evil formation... just how many people has it harmed?" Ning Chenxin's face was filled with grief, and the Daoist scripture in his hand Dao Scripture faintly as he tried to soothe the wailing remnant souls, but to little avail.
Yang Shao frowned deeply and said, "According to ancient texts, the Sacred Church Sect has always acted this way, resorting to any means to achieve its goals. However, this time the scale is indeed larger than expected; it seems their ambitions are far from small."
After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the view ahead suddenly opened up.
At the end of the passage was a huge natural cave.
The cave is an irregular circle, nearly a hundred feet in diameter, with a high dome. Natural stalactites can be vaguely seen, but now these stalactites have been stained dark red and are constantly dripping viscous blood droplets.
The sight in the center of the cave caused everyone's pupils to contract.
That place was not the expected array hub or rune core.
It was a nine-tiered altar entirely constructed of bones!
The altar was about ten zhang high, and each layer was densely inlaid with human skulls, with ghostly green flames flickering in their eye sockets. At the top of the altar, a dark purple crystal with a diameter of more than ten zhang floated, and dark red energy, as viscous as liquid, slowly flowed inside the crystal, beating like a heart.
With each pulsation, a vast amount of Evil Qi erupts from the crystal, flowing out through countless blood-red veins on the cave ceiling, maintaining the massive Blood Prison Soul Refining Array that covers the border!
Even more chilling was the fact that an incredibly complex crimson magic circle was carved on the ground around the altar. The magic circle's patterns were made of congealed blood, with faint black mist rising from it. At each of the eight points of the magic circle, a pitch-black banner was planted, moving without wind, and each banner was embroidered with a hideous ghost face.
"This is the true core of the array..." Yang Shao gasped. "That dark purple crystal is probably a core formed from the Essence Blood, and soul of at least ten thousand cultivators, serving as the energy source for such a massive evil array!"
Qin Zhao's hand gripping the sword bulged with veins. "Destroy it, and the evil formation will break!"
However, just as everyone was about to take action—
A sudden change has occurred!
The eight black banners surrounding the altar suddenly shook violently, and the hideous demon faces on the banners simultaneously opened their scarlet eyes!
"Hehehe... It's finally here..."
A sinister, eerie laugh echoed through the cave, its direction impossible to discern.
The eight banners shone with a brilliant black light, and from each banner emerged a blurry black shadow. The shadows quickly solidified, transforming into eight figures clad in black robes, their faces shrouded in shadow.
They were not physical entities, but rather beings similar to souls, yet their auras were so strong that each of them had reached the Dharma Aspect Realm level!
The leader, a man in black robes, raised his head, his gaze, hidden in the shadows, sweeping over the crowd like a venomous snake, finally settling on Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Xu Yeming, and Ning Chenxin.
Ye Qiubai and the other three frowned.
This feeling... is like this was all a trap from beginning to end, a carefully crafted deadly trap to lure you in!
Moreover, these were eight experts at the Dharma Aspect Realm... These eight were all soul beings, yet they still far surpassed their current realm.
"It's much faster than expected. It seems that person was right; we can't underestimate you." One of the dark figures said slowly, his voice hoarse like sandpaper.
Upon hearing this,
Ba Xiyue and the others' expressions turned ugly.
"Did you deliberately lure us here?" Ba Xiyue's face was extremely ugly.
The shadowy figure laughed loudly, "It's a bit too late to realize this now! The Banan Divine Kingdom... the Chu Clan... the Supervisory Sacred Hall... and Mount Qingcheng, the prodigies of these four forces are quite suitable as the first step in the revival of my Sacred Church. Perhaps dying obediently would be a more peaceful death!"