Chapter 393 I Established a Sect in the Cultivation World (22)
Zhou Jue looked at the magnificent palace, then at Jing Bai beside him who was already eager to try, and nodded.
"Walk."
With permission granted, Jing Bai instantly transformed into a golden streak of light and charged towards the central palace at an astonishing speed.
Zhou Jue followed behind at a leisurely pace, his divine sense constantly shrouding the surroundings.
At this moment, across the entire secret realm, countless beams of light simultaneously illuminated thousands of floating islands, all converging towards the same destination with a clear objective.
Although everyone was in a hurry, they maintained a considerable distance from each other, and an invisible tension permeated the air.
Everyone knows that the real battle has only just begun.
Zhou Jue and Jing Bai weren't the fastest, but they weren't slow either. They quickly flew over dozens of floating islands and arrived below the central palace.
The towering staircase made of light was right before my eyes.
At the beginning of the steps was a huge white jade plaza, where hundreds of cultivators had already gathered.
These people were the first to arrive here.
Instead of rushing up the steps, they clearly divided into more than a dozen small groups, eyeing each other warily and also at those who came later.
Zhou Jue's arrival did not cause much of a stir; a Golden Core cultivator at the Great Perfection stage was simply not enough in this situation.
However, Jing Bai, who was beside her, had somewhat restrained his powerful aura as a ninth-tier demon beast, but his pure golden vertical pupils and silver-white long hair still attracted the attention of many people.
"Sister, why aren't they going up?" Jingbai asked curiously in a low voice.
Zhou Jue's gaze fell upon the towering staircase.
At the bottom of the stairs, a visible, rippling light curtain was enveloped.
On the light screen, countless mysterious and complex runes flowed slowly like swimming fish, exuding a powerful aura that made one's heart tremble.
“It’s an array,” Zhou Jue said slowly.
"An array?" Jingbai blinked, then leaned forward and tentatively touched the light barrier with her finger.
Buzz—!
The light screen shuddered violently, and a tremendous force rebounded instantly.
Jing Bai let out a muffled groan, staggered back several steps from the shock before regaining his balance.
She shook her slightly numb fingers, her little face full of surprise: "What amazing rebound force!"
"It's more than just impressive."
Not far away, an old man dressed in a Bagua Taoist robe stroked his beard and said in a deep voice, "This is an ancient complex array, with each link interlocking and affecting the whole. I have studied arrays for more than three hundred years, yet I still cannot see through even a fraction of it."
Beside him, another formation master from a major sect nodded in agreement: "That's right. This formation not only has defensive and reflective capabilities, but it also contains various variations such as illusion and illusionary killing. If you try to break the formation by force, you'll probably get burned."
The crowd began to discuss amongst themselves, and the atmosphere became somewhat heavy for a moment.
"What do we care about formations! With the combined strength of a hundred of us, surely we can break through a shabby door?"
A burly man with an impatient temper couldn't hold back any longer. He roared and summoned his natal magic weapon, a huge battle axe, which he slashed fiercely down at the light barrier.
Seeing this, the others also decided to give it a try and took action.
In an instant, the brilliance of hundreds of spells and magical artifacts converged into a colorful torrent, fiercely bombarding the light screen.
Rumble—!
A deafening roar echoed throughout the square.
However, the seemingly thin layer of light barrier, after enduring such a fierce attack, only shook violently a few times, and the runes on its surface flowed faster, before completely neutralizing all the attacks without showing any sign of breaking.
Instead, a counterforce more than ten times stronger than before suddenly erupted from the light screen!
"not good!"
"Retreat quickly!"
The dozens of cultivators closest to the source didn't even have time to react before being blown away by the force.
Those with weaker cultivation levels coughed up blood on the spot, collapsed to the ground, and their breath became weak.
Even the burly man who led the attack was shaken so badly that his blood surged and his face turned deathly pale.
After that, no one dared to make any rash moves.
Zhou Jue mingled in the crowd, also pretending to study the formation in front of him, his brows furrowed.
This formation is indeed complex; even with her expertise in formations, she couldn't find any flaws.
"Brother Tongzi, scan it and see if you have any information about this in your database," she silently called out in her mind.
[Ding! Scan complete.]
This formation is called the 'Nine-Bend Interlocking Heavenly Gang Formation,' one of the commonly used protective formations of ancient immortal abodes.
According to the database, breaking this formation requires finding nine hidden key points and simultaneously dismantling them using a special method.
[The shop has selected the optimal solution for the host: the 'Universal Barrier-Breaking Talisman,' priced at 200,000 points, which can ignore all restrictive formations.]
"Two hundred thousand...you might as well rob a bank!" Zhou Jue's lips twitched.
She suddenly remembered Senior Old Tree. Senior Old Tree was such a kind person. He taught her all the formations and cultivation techniques that cost hundreds of thousands or millions of points for free.
She also misses Senior Listening Sea Beast! The generous senior always sends her treasures from time to time; perhaps Senior Listening Sea Beast has this 'All-Purpose Barrier-Breaking Talisman'.
Unfortunately, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst.
Zhou Jue sighed, then suddenly a brilliant idea flashed in his mind: the Boundary-Breaking Shovel!
A thought suddenly popped into Zhou Jue's mind.
Her first prop, she remembered that the description of this shovel mentioned that it could ignore all kinds of energy shields and energy barriers.
Various energy shields? Does this 'Nine-Bend Interlocking Heavenly Gang Formation' count as an "energy shield"?
"Never mind, let's try anything!"
Having made up his mind, Zhou Jue pulled Jing Bai along and moved towards the edge of the square without leaving a trace.
There was a huge stone sculpture nearby that blocked everyone's view.
"Sister, what are we doing here?" Jingbai asked in a low voice.
Shh, watch my performance.
While pretending to be observing the formation and looking for flaws, Zhou Jue secretly took out the Boundary-Breaking Shovel from the secret box.
She crouched down, as if studying the array patterns on the ground, then, seizing a moment when no one was paying attention, she grabbed the Boundary-Breaking Shovel and gently... shoveled down at the light screen beside her feet.
Sizzle—!
The seemingly indestructible light barrier actually had a gap the size of a washbasin where it was struck by the Boundary-Breaking Shovel!
Through the gap, you can even see the staircase made of light inside.
Zhou Jue was shocked. Really... that amazing?!
Isn't it a bit of a waste for her to just leave this shovel lying around in her spatial storage every day?!
Before she could even feel happy, the moment the gap appeared, the surrounding runes rushed in and repaired it perfectly in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Jue took a deep breath, his heart pounding.
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