Chapter 821 - 278: Forceful Treasure Seizure (Part 6)
The extreme western region to the west of Flame Lake City, seeing such anomalies, indicates that there is a high possibility of some kind of opportunity there.
Whether to search for Shen Wen'an and Xu Zhan or for the opportunity, Huang Lingshan decided to go and take a look.
"Aunt and seniors, please be careful."
Shen Chongming thought it over and eventually shared the incident of his third uncle, Shen Wen'an, having his memory erased when he ventured into that area years ago.
After Huang Lingshan nodded, she, along with several other Sword Immortals from Cyan Ruo Sword House, left Yunshui City and headed towards Flame Lake City.
This time, Jiang Xiuqi did not accompany them.
Currently, Luoxia Mountain is solely upheld by him.
Moreover, with Huang Lingshan and others gone to the Far West, he must stay behind to support and assist the Shen Family, preventing the Southern Border forces from harboring any intentions.
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Dragon-slaying Valley.
Since Shen Wen'an and Xu Zhan killed three Golden Core cultivators from the Tribulation Fire Sect last time, they have spent almost two more months searching within the valley to no avail.
The two sauntered within the complex valley, not daring to fly into the sky to search.
"Uncle, here..."
Xu Zhan took out a bottle of elixir from the storage bag that could replenish a cultivator's spiritual power and handed it to Shen Wen'an behind him.
In the Dragon-slaying Valley, suppressed by the Myriad Dragons Array, no spiritual power existed in the surrounding air.
He, as a body cultivator, didn't mind much, but Shen Wen'an was clearly significantly affected.
Fortunately, having previously killed three Golden Core cultivators from the Tribulation Fire Sect, they seized a lot of elixirs and spirit crystals from them.
Otherwise, relying solely on the elixirs and spirit crystals they carried, they would have struggled by now.
Shen Wen'an accepted the jade bottle, poured out two pills, and swallowed them, refining them while surveying the surroundings, "We must think of a way."
"Continuing to search aimlessly like this, who knows when we'll find more cultivators from the Tribulation Fire Sect."
Xu Zhan nodded slightly and asked, "Uncle, do you have a good idea?"
Shen Wen'an halted his steps, his gaze surveying around, then looking at the overhead blood-hued mist swirling.
The blood-colored mist contained terrifying, chaotic grudges of vengeful spirits of the dragon species.
Once inhaled, the powerful resentment would cause them immense trouble.
Shen Wen'an had, unfortunately, inhaled a wisp before, suffering considerably.
Diverting his gaze from the void, he suddenly looked at the ground beneath.
"Xu Zhan, guard me!"
After saying this, Shen Wen'an directly sat cross-legged on the ground.
He thought of a way!
The purpose of a few Tribulation Fire Sect people infiltrating the Dragon-slaying Valley was to destroy the Myriad Dragons Array and release the Celestial Dragon Temple suppressed beneath the valley.
Although not interested in formations, back then, he was, after all, a disciple of the renowned array master Pei Zhao.
Through osmosis, and also because fellow disciples at the Hidden Cloud Courtyard in Qiyun Valley often sought his help to test the power of arrays,
Shen Wen'an was not completely ignorant about arrays.
This time, he wants to see if he can utilize his knowledge of arrays to find the crucial nodes of the Myriad Dragons Array.
The entire Dragon-slaying Valley is vast, and the Myriad Dragons Array covers a large area.
Shen Wen'an believes that the Tribulation Fire Sect folks infiltrating this place are not causing random destruction without purpose.
To quickly destroy an array, if the array base cannot be found, destroying key nodes of the array is one way.
This method, although not as fast as directly destroying the array base, seems to be the method the Tribulation Fire Sect people are likely using, as they have yet to find the twelve True Dragon Array Bases.
Sitting cross-legged, he released a sliver of his divine sense, attempting to penetrate the ground beneath.
With the Myriad Dragons Array's suppression, his divine sense could not extend far, but he still vaguely sensed the energy pathways of the Myriad Dragons Array beneath the earth.
After feeling the direction of the array's energy flow, Shen Wen'an retracted his divine sense and slowly opened his eyes.
"Let's go."
Following the general direction of the energy flow, he immediately led Xu Zhan swiftly forward.
After advancing several hundred zhang, Shen Wen'an sat down cross-legged again, carefully sensing the direction of the array's energy flow once more.
The two of them moved and stopped like this, soon arriving at an unfamiliar place.
As Shen Wen'an sat cross-legged on the ground again, releasing his Divine Sense to feel the energy of the grand array, he suddenly discovered that not far beneath him was a node of the grand array!
Moreover, this array node had already been destroyed!
"Xu Zhan, search carefully, there should be some traces nearby!"
Confirming that this array node was damaged, Shen Wen'an immediately stood up and began to search the surroundings carefully with Xu Zhan.
They couldn't fly in the sky, and likewise, the people of the Tribulation Fire Sect didn't dare to either.
All of them moved on foot, and inevitably left some traces.
"Third Uncle!"
After a simple search, Xu Zhan suddenly found a half-blurred footprint on the branch of an ancient tree!
Shen Wen'an came over, gently touched the footprint, then looked up at the lush tree canopy above.
At this moment, he vaguely understood why, since the last time they killed those three Tribulation Fire Sect cultivators, they had been circling for so long without finding more.
"Didn't expect this bunch of bastards would choose to hide in the trees!"
Xu Zhan also realized the crux of the problem and angrily punched the ancient tree in front of him.
Shen Wen'an returned to the location of the array node, carefully feeling the energy flow of the array from various directions, and combined with the footprint on the tree, he already had a rough judgment in his mind.
"Let's go, take a look over there."
The two of them quickly sprinted wildly towards the left front.
Not far from them, in the dense forest, a figure in a black cloak was sitting cross-legged on the ground, continuously forming spells with his fingers, manipulating the mysterious liquid in the pottery jar in front of him to drill into the ground.
The scarlet liquid, like a flexible little snake, wriggled quickly into the soil under the manipulation of the black-robed figure.
Moments later, the scarlet liquid emerged from the soil wrapped around a bone measuring a foot long!
The black-robed figure showed a hint of joy on his face, then quickly stored the jade-like bone into his storage bag. As he was about to get up and leave, he seemed to hear some noise!
He suddenly turned around and waved his hand, sending the scarlet liquid from the pottery jar behind him!
Roar!
The scarlet liquid expanded rapidly against the wind, strangely emitting a roar and transforming into a four-legged monster enveloped in golden flames!
The moment the four-legged monster landed, it charged directly toward a boulder not far away!
"Heh... Your instincts are quite sharp."
"I've been looking for you guys for so long, finally caught one today..."
Xu Zhan's voice rang out as his figure suddenly leaped from behind the boulder, meeting the incoming flaming beast with a punch!
Boom!
Having suppressed himself for over two months, the force of his punch was immense!
The fist, enveloped with a lot of Qi Blood Power, compressed the surrounding air into ripples!
The incoming flaming monster was directly blown apart by his punch!
The scarlet liquid with golden flames exploded, splattering everywhere.
After demolishing the flame monster with a punch, Xu Zhan took a sudden step forward, charging directly at the black-robed figure.
He had always thought that the reason they were trapped in Dragon-slaying Valley for so long was all because of these pesky rats in front of him!
After painstakingly searching in this sunless place for an unknown time, he had finally managed to find one.
Now, he didn't even plan to use a magical artifact, he just wanted to rush over and use his fists to pound this guy to death!
The black cloak figure apparently didn't expect Xu Zhan to be so fierce, destroying the flaming monster he summoned with a single punch.
Only to see Xu Zhan's body shrouded in blood flames, charging in with unstoppable momentum, the black-robed figure's hand gestures slightly changed, and in an instant, the scarlet liquid that had just been blown apart by Xu Zhan shot from all directions!
Xu Zhan, caught mid-charge, reacted too late and was immediately covered by the strange substance!
Seeing the thing squirming quickly, about to completely envelop Xu Zhan's body, a sword aura rapidly struck from behind him!
The sword aura precisely sliced alongside Xu Zhan's body, sweeping away a large portion of the scarlet liquid while also slashing towards the head of the black-robed figure!
Poof!
The black-robed figure couldn't dodge in time, and his head was grazed by the sword aura!
The black cloak covering his head was torn apart, and a blood line appeared on his cheek!
Taking the opportunity to break free of the strange liquid on his body, Xu Zhan gazed at the black-robed figure and was suddenly stunned!
"Bald monk!?"