Chapter 55: "Furnace Hell" Opens Ahead of Schedule

  The camp of the Xuantian Sect, Lu Qi looked up at the continuously shaking sky, his eyes filled with anger and hatred. "Who is it? Who will be the first to enter the Grand Array?" He led a group of fellow disciples here, with great ambitions and aspirations, aiming to use this opportunity to establish the prestige of the future sect master. But unexpectedly, someone had beaten him to it, how could he not feel disappointed? In his heart, he could only pray that this person would not pass through the array, and be killed by the Grand Array. However, seeing the Grand Array shaking more and more violently, he knew that the opponent was likely about to break through the array, and gritted his teeth in anger.

  The elite of the Xuantian Sect were also filled with helplessness. Being the first to enter the "Furnace Hell" meant getting the opportunity to snatch the treasure. If someone had already swept through it, what soup could the latecomers still scoop up?

  The strong standing in mid-air had their eyes fixed on the front, and no one could get close to them. They could only speculate and discuss the identity of the person who was approaching.

  Under the vast starry sky, several medium-sized law arrays stood suspended in mid-air, while the energy of the ancient array was cut off, leaving only a little more than half.

  The blue pillar in the center was getting closer and closer, as a fierce battle unfolded over the "camp stone" between Lin Huan and the ancient array. The number of "camp stones" in the large array was dwindling, but Lin Huan, with his increasing familiarity with the ancient array's energy, was now confident that he could break through the large array at any moment.

  Qingyu Xianjing female disciple and Li Shi witnessed him opening up all the way, expanding, and being conquered by Lin Heng again.

  Such a powerful and flawless ancient formation was dug out by this person, creating a passage, which is truly astonishing. This silent and low-key young strongman seems to be an obstinate and determined fool, who views even the most formidable predicaments as nothing, turning them into stepping stones for victory under his relentless attacks.

  On the other side of the starry sky, an old man with a kind face sat cross-legged on a prominent rock, his eyes gazing in Lin's direction. The changes caused by the array had long alarmed him.

  It was just him and Lin Huan on this side of the partition, with a terrifying energy that was difficult to cross, so they could only stay in place.

  The ancient array's violent shock didn't cause his body, which was as still as a pine tree, to budge in the slightest. His icy gaze shot towards Lin Huar this way, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

  "What sect do these young people come from? Especially that young formation master, how can he be so fierce and actually detect the 'camp stone' of the ancient formation? And can think of a way to break the formation with an unprecedented method, breaking through this ancient formation?" He looked at Lin's precise and familiar strike, and sighed in admiration: "Talents are indeed emerging one after another! My Yue Yu has been studying for decades and only just figured out some clues, but someone else's young kid comes here for a few days and can break the formation!"

  "This young man is even more capable than those who entered first two days ago!"

  Lin Heng and his group naturally didn't know that beside this hidden ancient formation, there was another senior watching.

  Lin Heng was also busy and couldn't even look up, these several hours of continuous array deployment had consumed five large boxes of fire crystal stones. To know that these were all small-scale arrays, the consumption was so massive, it can be seen that his work was meticulous and laborious, and the energy he spent was enormous.

  He watched as the blue pillar in the center was only a few meters away, and he had to temporarily stop his hand, taking a short rest.

  Setting up the formation method, what is most exhausting is the divine consciousness. Lin Heng sat down and only felt that his brain was solidified, dazed and confused.

  She saw his face turn pale and knew that he had over-exerted himself, so she carefully approached him and handed him a small porcelain bottle, saying: "This is 'Xiao Qing Shen Dan' which has great benefits for nourishing the mind."

  Lin Heng thanked and took it over, gurgling all into his mouth, then sat cross-legged in stillness.

  "The effect of '1 Xiao Qing Shen Dan' was indeed divine, Lin Heng felt his tired and weak spiritual sense being nourished like sweet dew, greedily absorbing it. In just half a cup of tea's time, he was revitalized and restored to normal, immediately starting work again, several small arrays reconnecting to form a medium-sized spell array. The ancient array looked like a hollowed-out mountain, or an apple that had been bitten by a child, with a large chunk missing from the side."

  Three hundred and sixty blue light pillars, only over three hundred roots left, the rest of the dozens of roots collapsed early, turned into a group of energy, slowly flowing in space.

  "It's almost here! It's about to break through!" Fang Lanlan exclaimed, looking at the large door in front of her that was emitting an ancient aura, less than ten meters away.

  The disciples of Qingyu Xianjing and Li Shi were all excited and thrilled, they had traveled thousands of miles to get here, just to enter the gate in front of them. Now that success was within reach, this excitement and joy was really hard to describe.

  Lin Heng didn't have much psychological fluctuation, and for him, the treasure hadn't arrived yet, so he wasn't excited at all. His eyes revealed a hint of surprise, as if someone had entered inside?

  The disciples of Qingyu Xianjing couldn't see it, but as a formation master, he clearly saw that there was a missing piece of energy on the right side of the ancient gate.

  He observed for a while and didn't bother to care about it anymore. Just go in if you want, anyway there are layers of mechanisms inside, you can't rush to the deepest part at once.

  Lin Heng looked back and measured the distance to the original cliff edge, this location was already thousands of meters away from the first small-scale formation.

  Li Shi looked at his hesitant eyes and couldn't help but ask: "What happened?"

  Lin Hengru said bluntly: "We have dug to the central area of the ancient array, if we activate the law array again and dig away a large energy region below, it's like digging a very large tunnel under a beach house. The tunnel has already reached the middle of the house. If we dig away another big piece..."

  Li Shi immediately understood his meaning: "Are you saying that this great formation may collapse?"

  Lin Heng nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

  Fang Lan and the others also turned grave, the destructive aura of this ancient array was surging violently. Although they were in a small-scale spell array space, they still feared that they would be able to feel its energy with their feet on the ground. Once the ancient array collapsed, these small and medium-sized spell arrays would definitely be destroyed. If it collapsed and they couldn't open the ancient gate in time, wouldn't they lose their lives here?

  "If it collapses, wouldn't that mean the people outside will immediately discover this place and rush in?"

  Lin Heng shook his head and said, "The collapse of this great array will not immediately turn into nothingness, but the energy will scatter and make this place a region where no one dares to approach. If others want to come in, it will be at least two days later, because by then, the energy here can dissipate and reveal this door."

  "Then let's proceed, two days' time is enough for us to take the lead."

  For them, being able to arrive two days earlier than others was already very satisfying.

  Two days is enough time for them to thoroughly search around.

  Since it was this beautiful woman who spoke, Lin Yang had nothing to say. He only saw him continuously inserting the space stone, and after a while, a small law array successfully connected with the "campstone" closest to the ancient gate, opening up a passage.

  However, as Lin Huan had worried about beforehand, at the same time, a huge crack split from top to bottom of the entire ancient formation, extending out several fine cracks, and then a second huge crack. Those unmatched blue light columns swayed back and forth, each sway causing space to collapse once again.

  On the other side, Yue Yu was stunned and didn't dare believe what was happening in front of her: "The Great Array has collapsed."

  This grand formation opens once every three thousand years, and by opening, it means that the energy is converging, no longer forcing people, and there has never been a collapse. But today, this formation actually made that young man completely explode? Probably tens of thousands of years ago, that ancient predecessor didn't think there would be today.

  Inside is so fierce, and outside is even more earth-shaking.

  Those violent black clouds burst out in all directions at a speed of hundreds of miles per second, and the originally gloomy and dark swampy land began to rumble and rise like something huge was inside. Soon, the swamp exploded, and dazzling light, like a fiery red sun, emerged from beneath the ground.

  Everyone instinctively covered their eyes.

  The original black cloud area slowly rose hundreds of roots of blue light pillars that were collapsing, one of which suddenly collapsed, and the rolling vast energy splashed out, causing a large-scale collapse of space. Those splashing vast energies swept across tens of kilometers in an instant, and many strong men were caught off guard and swallowed up instantly.

  When they see a person, they either flee outward or desperately urge the flying treasure they are riding to rise up quickly.

  "The defensive array has collapsed... The Furnace of Hell has appeared ahead of schedule!"

  Someone shouted, and everyone's hot blood suddenly boiled over, their eyes gleaming with intense greed.

  The mighty allure of ancient treasures makes them forget the preciousness of their lives.

  Those treasure hunters who were fleeing outward also stopped in their tracks and turned to look at the emerging Furnace of Hell.

  And in a distant sect, the giant Zhong Jing was equally tense, staring at the "floating shadow" in mid-air, watching the changes in the Furnace Hell.

  After the collapse of those hundreds of blue light pillars, the original site of the Furnace Hell was filled with a thick layer of energy that drifted everywhere like an ocean, and no one dared to approach. Those tens of thousands of treasure hunters who were waiting for the big array to collapse and preparing to rush up couldn't help but show disappointment.

  Rolling energy rolled over with a "ding" sound, a bright red light flew up to the sky and rushed straight into the clouds.

  The strong men surrounding the area thought it was a treasure flying out, just wanting to fly close and snatch it, but immediately felt that this red dot was suppressing an extremely terrifying energy, and quickly retreated backwards.

  That red light flew up to tens of thousands of feet high, suddenly expanding, a fine line of ripples rapidly spreading out in all directions. Ten miles, twenty miles, one hundred miles, two hundred miles... One thousand miles, this ripple spread fully to one thousand miles outside before slowly coming to a stop.

  A massive and overwhelming pressure burst into the sky, several unknown seventh-grade powerhouses were waiting to charge into the "Furnace Hell" Only to feel a tremble in their souls, in an instant, their divine consciousness shattered, exploding into a ball of blood mist!

  Those powerful beings thousands of miles away saw this scene and all felt a chill run down their spines.

  The land of the ancients is just that, annihilating seventh-grade cultivators as easily as blowing out a candle. Fortunately, I had known early on that this place has a devastating destructive power over those above the seventh grade, and did not dare to approach it. If one were to be momentarily greedy, they would surely die and their Dao would disappear.

  However, as the ripple expanded, all the floating shadows in front of them disappeared, and they could no longer perceive the environment ahead.

  The gleaming crystal formations illuminated the dark corridor with a faint light, and Lin Huan slowly surveyed this mysterious ancient land.

  After the entrance of the furnace hell, it is this small turning point in front of you, surrounded by winding corridors that lead to unknown places.

  "Mr. Lin, our agreement has officially come to an end. I hope we can cooperate again next time." Fang Lanlan said with a bow.

  Lin Huan and Qing Yu Xian Jing's collaboration was to bring them into the Furnace Hell, while Lin Huan obtained their "Tian Tian Teng". It was at this moment, also until the moment of parting. This journey together for several months,

  Especially when Lin Heng defeated Dong Ji Xing and saved her, she unknowingly felt a sense of closeness to him.

  "It was a pleasure working with you." Lin Hong said with a smile.

  After finishing speaking with the disciples of Qingyu Xianjing, he bid farewell and then stepped onto a corridor path with Li Shi.

  Not far from walking out, Li Shi handed over that yellowed ancient map to him and said: "Our cooperation is also a complete success!"

  Lin took over the map, carefully identified it again and confirmed that there was no mistake. He said, "Let's part ways here, I hope we both gain a lot."

  The first defense of the Furnace Hell is the outer large array. But it's not just one defense, Lin Heng believes that the defenses behind will not be much worse than the defensive array. He and Li Shi are different, this map is the first time he really got it in his hands, so the first thing he did was to study the map.

  The whetstone does not know the woodcutter, he must understand the internal hell of the blast furnace in order to maximize his own safety and find what he is looking for as quickly as possible.

  Just as Lin Huan was about to leave, Fang Lanlan took out a small animal that looked like a mouse but was covered in gold and placed it on the ground.

  "This is the Tongdi Golden Mouse Beast borrowed by Master from Old Man Shi Quan, which can sniff out rare treasures within dozens of miles. As long as we follow it, we can find the ancient treasure of Hell."

  Other female disciples were worried about being trapped in this maze-like place, unable to cope, and did not expect that the future head of the sect had such a wonderful treasure.

  With this golden mouse beast as a guide, it's likely that obtaining the treasure will be easy. The girls looked at the golden mouse beast with its small, shining eyes and found it to be clever and lovely, and they all felt great interest.

  Fang Lanlan didn't rush, but instead arranged the ten people into a formation, assigning various tasks for when a crisis occurred.

  Wait until it feels right and there is no omission, then put the golden mouse beast on the ground.

  The golden mouse beast may not be adapted to the local environment, and it wandered around in a daze for several small circles before sniffing this and that with its little nose.

  Before long, as if sniffing out prey, he walked towards a passageway in the middle. Qingyu...

  Xianjing's disciple was overjoyed and hastily retreated from behind.

  In the dark corridor, Lin walked cautiously, turning corners from time to time, and stepped inside step by step.

  From this map, the Furnace Hell is not only a huge maze but also a deadly place with many mechanisms. Every certain distance apart, there must be hidden mechanisms that can kill people. If it weren't for having this map, which marks the location of the mechanisms, Lin Lang would absolutely not have been able to walk so deep...

  Unfortunately, although the map marked several halls and palaces, they all seemed to be ordinary halls and palaces, without any indication of a treasure or the core of the cave. So Lin Yang could only continue to grope his way forward, according to his estimate, there was a most suspicious place on the easternmost side of the Furnace Hell.

  On the map, only a small black dot is marked at that place, but from the scale of the map, the area of that place is vast.

  It should be a courtyard or a grand hall.

  Of course, apart from this location, there were three or four other places that were also highly suspicious, but Lin decided to head here first.

  These underground corridors have not been entered for thousands of years, emitting a musty smell. Lin Heng walked and walked, fearing that this place had been closed for too long, and staying inside for too long would lead to hydrogen sulfide poisoning, carbon dioxide poisoning and the like.

  Looking at the map, Lin Hang constantly compared his position, afraid of getting lost.

  As I get closer to those places, my heart can't help but feel a little tense: damn it, will I accidentally bump into some kind of ancient killing treasure or high-level Chaos Purple Mansion treasure?