novelden Chapter 655 Forcibly Opening a Path to Survival
Chapter 655 Forcibly Opening a Path to Survival
"There is an advanced maze formation, at least at the demigod level."
She murmured softly, "This is truly unexpected."
"Stay close to me, let's go through this formation and see what's behind it."
It looks no different from the previous area, but the trees here are clearly arranged in a certain order.
That's why it caught Mu Jinning's attention.
"A demigod-level maze? How could it appear here?"
Mu Jinning's voice was very soft: "The Death Forest has always been a taboo for cultivators. Even powerful evil cultivators dare not easily set foot there, which shows how terrifying it is."
So, who set up that kind of formation here?
"The secrets here are deeply hidden, and with our current strength, we don't know if we can uncover them."
Zhong Ran also sighed softly. They were confident in their extraordinary physique and had enough trump cards, so they ignored the advice of their seniors and insisted on coming in to try their luck.
But once inside, they realized that this place was truly extraordinary, and they had no idea whether they could break in.
But she believed she could still get out safely.
Previously, when Zhong Yan encountered a lone bone beast, its skeleton automatically disintegrated after he absorbed the death energy emanating from it.
If they appear in small numbers, Zhong Yan can handle it by himself, but what if they come out in large numbers like the swarm of bats last night?
Thinking of this, she felt a chill run down her spine, hoping that she was just overthinking it.
Zhong Yan and Mu Jinning were also somewhat taken aback, but it wasn't their style to just leave like that.
Following closely behind Zhong Ran, they stepped into the maze.
Asheng followed behind Zhong Ran, Zhong Yan was third, and Mu Jinning brought up the rear. He himself also knew formations, although he hadn't reached that level yet, but he was the best at bringing up the rear.
Not long after I went in, the inside had completely changed.
The land was no longer gray, nor were the trees gray; instead, it was a dark reddish-brown expanse.
No, that's not quite right. It should be said that beneath a gray background lies a dark reddish-brown earth.
This unusual scene made Zhong Ran stop and stare at the dark red land.
"Sister, what's wrong?" When Ah Sheng saw that she wasn't moving, he stopped as well and looked ahead past her.
However, he couldn't see anything.
Zhong Yan and Mu Jinning tried to sense the formation ahead, but due to its influence, they couldn't detect anything.
"Sister?" Zhong Yan also called her.
Zhong Ran explained, "The correct path to survival here seems to be fraught with danger. Ahead lies a patch of dark red land, but something just doesn't feel right to me."
"Even the Eye of Deception can't see through it?" Mu Jinning was also surprised.
Zhong Ran shook her head: "Not exactly. It is precisely because of the Eye of Illusion that I was able to see that black and red land."
There was a layer of gray, deathly aura on top; if it weren't for the Eye of Illusion, one wouldn't be able to detect the anomaly inside.
She urged her Eye of Illusion to look deeper, and her scalp tingled with fear.
Below, there were countless black and red beetles, each as big as her fist.
These black and red beetles have crab-like pincers and scorpion-like barbed tails.
"Those are all mutated beetles, and they are definitely highly poisonous."
It not only exudes an aura of death but also possesses deadly poison, and it is located within the life gate of the formation.
If you take the wrong path, you'll be trapped here; if you take the right path, you'll still be attacked.
This is not a gate of life; this is the real gate of death.
This formation was never intended for anyone to pass through easily.
Zhong Yan hesitated and asked, "Sister, what should we do? Burn it?"
Zhong Ran remained silent. She also wanted to burn it down, but since they were inside the formation, unless she found the core of the formation and broke it, an attack might cause the formation to change, which could make things even more complicated.
Mu Jinning asked, "Can we find another way out?"
A formation typically has only one exit point; to find another, it must be forcibly altered.
This is a formation that reaches the level of a demigod; it's not something that can be easily created.
But Zhong Ran possesses the ability to see illusions, so it's not impossible for her.
Zhong Ran nodded slightly and slowly led Ah Sheng backward: "This is the only way now."
There were many black and red beetles, but their exact number and whether there were other dangers elsewhere were unknown at the moment, so it was best not to touch them.
Therefore, in such situations, forcibly altering the formation and seeking alternative solutions is the right approach.
After retreating half a mile, Zhong Ran changed direction and walked until she reached a dead end. Then, she condensed array patterns in her hands and threw them into the array, forcibly altering the life gate of the array.
This is an extremely difficult task; she couldn't have done it without the Eye of Illusion.
She herself was unaware that at this moment, golden patterns, faintly visible in her mind's eye, were shimmering with golden light.
As these golden patterns flashed, she condensed the array patterns even faster.
Moreover, as these golden array patterns were injected, the array changed, and a golden road forcibly appeared.
Zhong Ran looked at the golden avenue and felt a sense of familiarity, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.
"Come with me." At this moment, she didn't have time to think further; she just wanted to get away from here first.
Zhong Yan pulled Ah Sheng along, with Mu Jinning following behind, as they stepped onto the golden road.
Once inside, Zhong Yan understood why he felt a sense of familiarity.
This was imbued with spatial power, forcibly carving out a path through the formation and passing directly through it.
"This avenue is quite interesting; it even seems to be shimmering with golden light," Zhong Yan remarked, admiring the avenue.
"Hurry up, I can't hold on much longer. This contains spatial power."
Zhong Ran reminded her that she wasn't very good at spatial power, and the space might collapse if she wasn't careful.
Upon hearing this, Zhong Yan dared not linger any longer and quickly crossed the avenue.
As the four emerged, the golden avenue vanished and collapsed.
"Sister, you can actually use spatial power?" Zhong Yan's voice was full of surprise.
Zhong Ran closed her eyes and sensed her body for a while, but found no spatial power.
"When I was condensing the array patterns just now, it seemed to seep in, but I don't know where it came from."
"Since we can't find it, let's just leave it for now. What's meant to be yours will be yours sooner or later anyway."
Mu Jinning smiled and said, "Ranran, you've grown up too fast, which has put a lot of pressure on us."
She even obtained the power of space, although it was still very weak, it was a real benefit.
Zhong Ran also laughed: "It must be the benefit I got in the Tomb of the Gods. After I sent my aunt and the others out, I met some geniuses from hidden families."
“Those geniuses all went inside to seek inheritance, and asked me to guide them. One of them possessed spatial power, and I also comprehended some of it inside, but not much.”