Chapter 1532: How Deep Does It Go

A hundred li away, Li Yan felt as if the entire world here had suddenly shaken violently.

Then, the originally calm sea beneath his feet, following this violent shake, seemed to have had a seizure. Without any warning, it crazily stirred up monstrous waves.

In that instant, the sea surface erupted with angry waves crashing against the sky, a scene of a tsunami and fierce winds.

The waves rose high, rushing straight to the clouds. The light shield where Li Yan was was struck by one wave after another, some like long spears, some like mountains, either piercing or slapping against it.

After the light shield flashed with patches of white light, it blocked them all one by one. But the sea below seemed even angrier, as if its boundless ferocity had been provoked, and it became even more violent.

The island in front also emitted a deafening rumble, but it did not collapse.

Standing inside the light shield, Li Yan saw that the spiky ball flashing with red light was only slightly delayed at the cave entrance.

The next moment, with the force of smashing the dry and rotten, it scattered the chaotic powers at the cave entrance!

Then, it plunged headfirst into the cave, carrying with it a continuous rumbling sound as it went further and further away.

With such fierce momentum, Li Yan could imagine just how terrifying the power of that spiky ball flashing with red light was.

Great Master Lan had concentrated the power of the formation she laid out onto a single point and then had it all explode inside the mountain cave.

Therefore, although the surroundings were in a heaven-and-earth-shaking tumult, that was all there was to it.

Such great power was the result of Great Master Lan’s formation borrowing the power of the formation once set up by the old Sect Master and his team, combining the two and erupting forth.

This was also the fruit of Great Master Lan’s uninterrupted research over the years.

Moreover, she also had to consider how to utilize the original grand formation while trying her best not to destroy it.

This was to prevent a situation where, if they failed, the grand formation set up by the old Sect Master would be completely destroyed. If they wanted to return here next time, it would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

As soon as the ball of light entered the mountain cave, it carved a path through thorns and brambles, continuously rushing inward. Wherever it passed, a normal space was cleared out, causing those chaotic powers to disappear one after another.

Great Master Lan and Elder Hao in the air, after blocking the shockwave of light from the cave entrance, their magical power surged like a tide, respectively injecting it into the triangular formation on the ground below.

Elder Hao’s magical power split into three streams, respectively hitting the three sharp corners of the formation. At the same time, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, under the absorption of the original formation, was continuously injected into the three corners.

Great Master Lan’s magical power, on the other hand, was injected into the center of the triangle, pulling the vast power within the triangular formation and continuously shooting it forward along the emitted white pillar of light.

Just like that, the tip of the white pillar of light pushed the spiky ball flashing with red light, which rushed forward like a wave breaking through the cave, dissolving all the power within.

This formation itself could only produce the red spiky ball that could break restrictions, but it needed a majestic and unparalleled power to push it. This required the help of a top-tier expert like Elder Hao.

At this time, soul power was already useless. Only his kind of world-destroying magical power, coupled with the infusion of heaven and earth spiritual energy, could sweep everything away.

And Great Master Lan, after years of comprehensive consideration, used herself as the formation eye of the grand formation, continuously communicating the powers of both ends and driving the formation.

The magical power of the two surged like a tide, but the expressions on their faces became more and more solemn.

This was because the red light spiky ball that was carving a path through the cave, although driven by Elder Hao’s seemingly endless magical power, was continuously shrinking as it advanced.

Through the propulsion of their magical power, the two could also clearly sense the size of the sphere. In just fifteen breaths, the red light spiky ball had already shrunk to more than forty zhang, consuming more than half of its restrictive power.

But at this time, the red light spiky ball had already gone out more than a hundred li and was still continuously advancing. But the front was still the same; they had not yet seen the cave entrance, nor did they know how long the cave passage was.

After another five breaths, the red light spiky ball had shrunk to more than twenty zhang, and its speed began to slow down. The expressions of the two obviously became tense.

They knew that this time, the formation was a success!

But they didn’t know how long this mountain cave was, so they could only arrange the restriction-breaking formation to the maximum power it could currently support.

But at this time, it still gave them a feeling of a distant future, not knowing how deep it went.

After another three breaths, a layer of dense sweat appeared on their foreheads. This formation, which was created with the strongest resources of the sect, had still not broken through the passage ahead…

If they failed this time, who knew what year or month it would be before they could gather these refining materials again? It might even be difficult to gather them all.

Some of the materials in this set of formations had never been discovered again. This might be an indication that some of the formation refining materials were no longer in the Earth-True Domain.

After another two breaths.

“Bang!”

Although the two were still frantically pushing their magical power, a loud bang came from under their feet.

The triangular formation let out a roar and, in an instant, collapsed into streams of white light that shot out in all directions.

“Not good, the power of the grand formation is exhausted. Let’s get in there quickly!”

Great Master Lan’s body swayed violently in the air along with the explosion.

She first let out a muffled groan, and then, circulating her magical power, she forcefully suppressed the violent surge of aura in her body and immediately said to Elder Hao.

As she spoke, her entire person had turned into a long rainbow and shot into the mountain cave below. Elder Hao also followed closely…

Inside the mountain cave, the entire cave wall was still covered with many electric arcs of various colors, which were flashing rapidly and continuously, and at the same time emitting a series of piercing crackling sounds.

The two ignored this completely. With just a flicker, they soon went deep into the cave for more than three hundred li and then suddenly stopped.

At this time, in front of them, the intertwining and flashing lights of various colors appeared again. It was a chaotic and incomparable power.

They were just like the cave entrance before, forming another intertwined and flying curtain of light.

But this curtain of light was still somewhat different from before. As they flew and intertwined, they actually had a tendency to slowly push towards the cave entrance again.

Great Master Lan’s face changed greatly when she saw this.

She immediately waved her large sleeves repeatedly, and one formation flag after another appeared in front of her. She simultaneously and rapidly formed hand seals.

“What is the situation ahead?” Elder Hao asked in a low voice.

“This is what happens when you don’t completely break through the mountain cave and can’t communicate with the normal rules of the outside world. The situation here now is like an existing tree root!” Great Master Lan answered quickly.

She knew that Elder Hao was not asking about the matter of the formation breaking the restriction, but was asking why the already broken restriction could regenerate.

According to their previous thoughts, as long as the restriction here was broken, this place should be like a formation. The broken restriction would naturally disappear.

At this point, even if they still failed to break through the mountain cave, for them, it was already a partial success.

First, it showed that this formation was indeed useful, and the direction of the Soul-Suppression Palace’s restriction-breaking was also correct.

Second, although they did not completely succeed this time, they already had a direction. They could go back and continue to look for materials to refine this formation.

Even if the power of the formation was weaker next time, the difficulty of continuing to break the restriction would be much less.

Perhaps even after going deeper, the distance to the other end of the cave might not be far.

But the situation in front of them was not what they had imagined. Those chaotic powers spread out again, preparing to fill the entire mountain cave once more.

Great Master Lan’s answer was also very concise. It was because they had failed to cut off its root and could not form a normal operation of rules with the outside world.

As Great Master Lan answered, the speed of her hands became even faster. A formation in front of her was instantly set up.

Then, very quickly, those chaotic powers that had begun to spread again came into contact with the formation.

“Bang bang bang…”

A series of loud bangs came from the ground, the top of the cave, and the cave walls in front.

Then, these places erupted with smoke and dazzling light.

Those were the formation flags that Great Master Lan had driven in. Because the formation could not resist the spreading power, in a very short time, the formation was forcefully squeezed and burst.

“I’ll go in and take a look!”

A fierce glint flashed in Elder Hao’s eyes.

He now wanted to know if the area behind this curtain of light was already close to the other end of the cave. If he could break through, maybe he could cut off the source of these strange powers from the other side of the cave.

The sect had gone all out. If they were to be beaten back to their original state so quickly, how could he be willing to let all their efforts go to waste? At this time, he didn’t care about taking risks.

He was only informing Great Master Lan, not discussing it.

As he spoke, a yellow light flashed on the surface of his body, and a furry thing suddenly appeared, like the fur of some kind of demonic beast.

Then, Elder Hao’s figure shot into the curtain of light like lightning.

Great Master Lan watched all this with anxiety and worry in her eyes, but she also knew that when Elder Hao and Elder Tang were trapped before, they had entered the mountain cave’s light curtain more than once.

So, Elder Hao still had a certain understanding of this place. She thought he should be able to retreat in one piece.

But after only five breaths, a figure shot out from the light curtain in front like lightning. Then, a smell of burning drifted out, drilling straight into one’s brain.

Elder Hao’s entire body was emitting thick green smoke as he revealed his figure.

“Cough cough cough… no good, after entering for dozens of li, it’s still an endless stream of chaotic power… cough cough cough.”

Elder Hao tore off the layer of fur on his body. Looking at the large patch of burnt marks on it, a look of heartache flashed in his eyes.

Then, with a surge of magical power in his hand, the green smoke immediately dissipated. He casually put the item away. After hearing this, Great Master Lan also showed a look of disappointment.

And just as the two were talking, their bodies had already retreated again at the same time. Great Master Lan continuously summoned one formation after another, but they were still ineffective.

Thus, in front of them, it was as if firecrackers were being set off for the New Year. The sound of explosions never stopped.

Great Master Lan’s face became uglier and uglier. In fact, after she summoned the first blocking formation and it was instantly squeezed and burst, she already knew that she could not stop it.

Under this circumstance, the first formation she could take out was naturally the best. Later, although she didn’t hold out any hope, she still used other methods.

She tried to use the power of multiple interconnected formations to evenly distribute the squeezing chaotic power, but it was completely useless.

“Let me try!” Elder Hao said after putting away his magical treasure.

His attainments in formations were not as good as the other’s, but his cultivation was countless times stronger than Great Master Lan’s, and he had even learned a high-power forbidden art.

After hearing this, Great Master Lan did not delay any longer. Her figure immediately retreated, while Elder Hao took a step forward and blocked the front directly.

Then, his hands began to form hand seals rapidly, and then an even louder, heaven-shaking and earth-shattering sound came from the mountain cave…

Fifty breaths later, an even stronger, muffled roar, like a hidden dragon emerging from the abyss, caused the entire island to jolt violently.

The mountain peak on the island was like a cannonball, constantly bouncing up and down, but it did not collapse.

Inside the mountain cave, Elder Hao and Great Master Lan had already retreated another dozen or so li. At this moment, Elder Hao’s face was as red as a tide, a flush of blood.

After he had cast one art after another, although he could slightly stop the spread of the chaotic powers and wanted to seal them, it was simply impossible.

Under this circumstance, even if he and Elder Tang San were both here, even with their combined strength, they could at most only extend it for another half an hour.

In the end, Elder Hao decided to destroy the already cleared cave passage to see if he could form a new cave entrance in front of them.

According to the previous pattern of the cave entrance appearing, after these powers went out from the new cave entrance, they would also quickly fall into the sea.

So, he activated his most powerful forbidden art!

The full power of a Body Integration Realm cultivator, if in the lower realm and allowed by the laws of heaven and earth, could annihilate and make the entire Desolate Moon Continent and Wind God Continent disappear into the void with a single blow.

But in this mountain cave, Elder Hao’s full-power, heaven-shaking blow could only make the entire mountain cave shake continuously, as if the entire space was about to be destroyed.

But in the end, it did not collapse, and not even any rubble fell.

The reason why the Immortal Spirit Realm could produce countless strong people was because its laws of heaven and earth were stronger and could fully support the cultivation and destruction of cultivators.

And this mountain cave itself was filled with various chaotic powers. Those powers had not been able to burst the entire mountain cave, so how could Elder Hao’s attack achieve this goal?

If it were really possible, the old Sect Master before, including him and Elder Tang San here later, would have used this violent method to forge ahead long ago.

But he had just thought that since the chaotic power behind had been eliminated a lot, could it be done?

The result was still that it was completely impossible. Instead, he was subjected to an extremely powerful backlash.

Looking at the chaotic power that continued to spread and advance little by little, Elder Hao forcefully suppressed the surging qi and blood in his heart. A sense of helplessness had already arisen in him.

In fact, the blow just now was not his strongest magical art attack.

But this place was a chaotic power, and there was no soul present. And their strongest attack was soul art.

In terms of the normal Dharma cultivation arts of the Body Integration Realm, he could only display sixty to seventy percent of his own strength. But what could he do?

“Let’s go back. At least we have found the correct method…”

Elder Hao could only look at Great Master Lan helplessly.

This was the only result they could achieve this time. He was also full of divine abilities but was unable to stop the spread of these light curtains.

But fortunately, after all their hard work, they had figured out the function of that set of formations, so it wasn’t a complete waste. They finally had some clues.

Since the method was useful, then if they spent another hundred thousand or a million years to prepare a stronger formation, there would still be hope of opening this passage one day.

Great Master Lan also nodded with a sad expression. But that being said, could they still find these materials for refining the formation?

And just at this moment, the two of them suddenly turned their heads to look. A figure had arrived in a flash.

“What are you doing here?”

Great Master Lan’s already depressed mood became even more unpleasant after seeing the newcomer.

The person who came was Li Yan. Li Yan’s aura was a bit unstable; he should have been affected after leaving the light shield summoned by Elder Hao.

At this time, there was still a length of three hundred li in the cave. When the two of them sensed Li Yan, he was already in front of them. This distance was just a matter of a thought for a Spirit Transformation cultivator.

After Li Yan arrived here, his eyes immediately looked ahead.

“Seniors, let me try!”

He did not answer Great Master Lan’s question, but instead, without any warning, said such a sentence.

And as he spoke, two magical treasures suddenly appeared in his hands, and were then immediately summoned.

When Great Master Lan saw this, her face sank.

‘What on earth is this Li Yan trying to do?’

But seeing that Elder Hao on the side only frowned but did not speak angrily, she did not say anything more.

She had always thought well of this Li Yan. Both his cultivation and his character were of the highest quality.

Therefore, in the recent period, Great Master Lan had been thinking of taking him as a disciple.

But Li Yan, who had always been steady and mature, was suddenly so rude today. She was also afraid that his reckless actions would annoy Elder Hao.