High above, the air currents are biting.
The giant eagle that Flander had transformed into spread its wings, like a brown lightning bolt, and darted through the clouds.
He flew extremely steadily, his broad back barely swaying.
Tang San stood on the edge of the eagle's back, his clothes fluttering in the wind, his eyes gleaming purple, sharp as a hawk's, scanning inch by inch the endless primeval forest below.
Below, the terrain is extraordinary.
No, it should be said that this place hides a treasure trove that is rare in the world.
Surrounded by mountains, shaped like a treasure basin, it must contain the convergence of yin and yang energies, and the clash of hot and cold.
Such perilous places often give birth to divine medicinal herbs that rival the wonders of heaven and earth, an opportunity that all soul masters dream of.
"That's it!"
He suddenly raised his hand and pointed.
Below, a depression sandwiched between two mountain peaks comes into view.
Looking down from above, the terrain there was exactly as he remembered it.
But... something's not right.
Tang San's brows furrowed instantly.
Logically speaking, the area where the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire is located should be half red like fire and the other half frost-white like ice, with the two extreme auras clearly distinct. Even if they are thousands of meters apart, the powerful energy can be clearly sensed.
But now, the depression below is a desolate and lifeless wasteland.
There was no ice, no fire, and not a trace of life.
Instead, there is a subtle sense of decay and coldness, echoing the sensations felt in the snail listening to the tide.
"Get down!"
Tang San couldn't help but feel a little impatient.
"Okay!"
Flander responded, folded his wings, and began to dive rapidly.
The wind grew sharper in their ears, and a moment later, the giant eagle landed smoothly on the edge of the depression.
As the light of his soul power faded, Flander returned to human form. He rubbed his slightly sore shoulders and was about to continue complaining, but the moment he saw the scene before him, he swallowed all his words.
Yu Xiaogang also stepped forward, his eyes behind his glasses filled with shock.
There was no forest or depression left in sight.
A huge crater, hundreds of meters in diameter, suddenly appeared before them.
The edges of the pit, the soil and rocks, all had a grayish-white color that had been completely drained of life, and not a single blade of grass grew there.
A putrid stench was slowly rising from the bottomless pit, making one want to vomit.
"What...what is this?"
Flander's voice was somewhat hoarse.
"Were you hit by a meteorite?"
Yu Xiaogang shook his head. He quickly walked to the edge of the pit, squatted down, and picked up a bit of soil.
The soil instantly turned to dust at his fingertips, devoid of any moisture or life.
"It was not caused by external force."
Yu Xiaogang's expression was extremely solemn. "It's more like... some kind of core energy here was drained all at once, causing the entire region to collapse and die."
He looked at Tang San:
"Mistress, is this the place you were referring to?"
Tang San did not answer. His gaze pierced through the thin layer of decaying aura and stared straight at the dark bottom of the pit.
He could sense that the alluring power originated below.
"I have to go down and take a look."
Tang San remained calm.
Fortune favors the bold.
"Flander, thank you for your help."
Flander didn't say much; since he was already here, he activated his Martial Soul True Form once more, and the giant cat-owl reappeared.
Tang San and Yu Xiaogang leaped onto the eagle's back.
The giant eagle carefully folded its wings and slowly descended vertically into the deep pit.
The deeper you go, the stronger the stench of decay, coldness, and evil becomes.
The light dimmed rapidly, and soon it was pitch black.
A faint halo of soul power shone around Flander, barely illuminating a radius of a few meters around him.
The pit walls were eerily smooth, as if they had been forcibly smoothed out by some force.
I don't know how long we descended, maybe hundreds of meters, maybe thousands of meters.
Finally, a faint, dim light appeared below.
Flander's spirits lifted, and he accelerated his descent, finally coming to a steady stop at the bottom of the pit.
The three jumped off the eagle's back, and when they saw the scene below, they were once again deeply moved.
The bottom of the pit was not the mud or rock that I had expected, but a huge, endless black platform.
The platform is paved with an unidentified type of rock, and is as smooth as a mirror.
At the very center of the platform, a huge circular magic circle with a diameter of over 100 meters was emitting a faint glow.
The patterns of the magic array were extremely complex, layer upon layer, and incredibly profound, as if they contained some kind of ultimate truth of heaven and earth.
It was like a sophisticated lock, firmly locking something deep inside this underground abyss.
However, at this moment, spiderweb-like cracks are clearly visible in the center of this "giant lock".
Wisps of black mist were constantly seeping out from the cracks, and that decaying, depraved, and malicious aura originated from there.
"Sealing array..."
Yu Xiaogang murmured in disbelief. As a master of theory, he instantly recognized the nature of this thing.
"What an extravagant undertaking! What kind of existence, what kind of ruin, requires such a massive effort to seal it?"
Flander nervously glanced around, lowering his voice:
"I think this seal is about to break. Let's leave quickly. This place is too eerie."
Tang San seemed not to hear what they were saying.
His eyes were fixed on the dissipating black mist, and his breathing was slightly rapid.
This is it!
The power he felt in the Conch of the Tide and his corrupted Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul originated from the same source!
That's not a trap.
That's a summons!
He could sense that what was sealed beneath the magic circle was calling to him.
Tang San slowly lifted his foot and walked step by step toward the center of the cracked magic array.
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