The Great Wild God - Chapter 276

Chapter 276 Crack The Eight Desolates
Three months later, in the nameless wilderness three thousand miles north of the Divine Night Sect, after everything was ready, Chen Xun held the Eight Desolate Flag in his hand and hung over the lonely cliff. He rushed over to help Zhao Cheng’en as promised. Chang Xi said,

“There’s no need for you guys to hold back. We’re going to test how strong the Eight Desolate Flag is this time! If you accidentally shatter the Eight Desolate Flag, there’ll be a big boss here anyway …”

Hearing Chen Xun’s irresponsible words, Chang Xi was so angry that she kicked up a huge rock that was several zhang tall and threw it at Chen Xun.

Chen Xun smashed the boulder into pieces and casually planted the Eight Desolate Flag on the cliff. Immediately, a black torrent spread out in all directions with the cliff as the center. In the blink of an eye, the thick profound ice covered the surrounding wilderness and mountains that were nearly two thousand feet in radius.

Chang Xi, Zhao Cheng’en, and the others stood at the edge of the icy plains and felt the bone-picking and flesh-scraping chill piercing into the depths of their bones like needles. They never expected that the Eight Desolate Flag in Chen Xun’s hand would be several times more powerful than when Jiang Xing Kong used it.

The Eight Desolate Flag was the most precious treasure in the world, even if it was a Heaven Ranked magical artifact of the lowest rank.

At most, they could still keep the Eight Desolate Flag in their hands for a year. Chen Xun didn’t even have the luxury of using conventional methods to unravel the true mysteries of the Eight Desolate Flag.

Chen Xun refined the Eight Desolate Flag once more, and when he landed, he took root. His mind, soul, and intent extended along these invisible tentacles into the depths of the earth. Through the solid rock layers, he felt that the dim Profound Nether Qi was like a black undercurrent in the depths of the earth that was frantically converging towards the Eight Desolate Flag’s vortex Eye …

Heavenly Flame to Yang, Profound Underworld to Yin.

The Demonic Snake had once used the Eight Desolate Flag to suppress the Heavenly Flames in its body. Chen Xun thought of this. Even if he didn’t devour a large amount of living beings’ flesh and blood, if he could borrow the Profound Nether Qi, it might be possible to refine the Heavenly Flames. However, he had to first unlock the mystery of the Eight Desolate Flag connecting the Earth Vein the Profound Nether Qi.

The Eight Desolate Flag was capable of absorbing the Profound Nether Qi of the Earth Vein. Chen Xun’s divine sense could also sense the existence of the Profound Nether Earth Vein through the Eight Desolate Flag. However, the Eight Desolate Flag was a treasure passed down from ancient great powers. The refining method had long since disappeared.

The Earth Vein Profound Nether Qi flowed into the Eight Desolate Flag, and Chen Xun was only able to defend against the enemy through a limited number of spell formations and restrictions.

To Chen Xun, merely using the Eight Desolate Flag to defend against the enemy was far from enough.

Unless he could break the restriction of the formation inside the Eight Desolate Flag, it would be possible for him to absorb the Earth Vein Profound Nether Qi after returning the Eight Desolate Flag to Mansion of Marquis Martial to perfect the secret method of refining the Heavenly Flame.

At the periphery of the desolate ridge, there were over a hundred disciples from the Myriad Streams Valley, Cuiwei Lake, and Qingwu Ridge blocking the entrance and exit.

Zhao Cheng’en held the Demon Slaying Sword. Chang Xi also took out the Spring Breeze Rain Sword that she had refined over the past two years. Lei Wanhe, Gu Jianfeng, Qing Xuan, and the others also took out their magical artifacts and used their fierce sword energy to transform into violent lightning bolts and thunder bolts. At the same time, the disciples of Myriad Streams Valley and Cuiwei Lake also used their two chariots to transform into four hundred zhang spirit flood dragons and frantically attack the Black Ice Plains …

Chen Xun wanted to use this method to squeeze the power of the Eight Desolate Flag to its limit, so that his divine sense could penetrate the barrier of confining his divine sense and enter the core formation restriction of the Eight Desolate Flag. Only then would he be able to pry into the true mysteries of the Eight Desolate Flag absorbing the Earth Vein Profound Nether Qi.

This method seemed clever, but it required Chen Xun to trust Zhao Cheng’en and Chang Xi without reservation. He also needed Zhao Chengen and Chang Xi to cooperate with Chen Xun without any reservations in order to be able to control the fire to an extremely good level. Not only did he need to reduce the barrier of divine sense within the Eight Desolate Flag to an extremely weak level, he also needed to prevent the Eight Desolate Flag from being destroyed.

As the offensive from the outside gradually intensified, the barrier of the Eight Desolate Banner’s divine sense gradually weakened to its limit. Chen Xun felt as if his divine sense was piercing through a layer of transparent water waves, entering a mysterious and boundless space filled with surging Profound Nether Spirit Essence.

If it weren’t for Chen Xun’s strong divine sense, he would have been torn into pieces by this frantically surging Profound Nether Spirit Essence.

A spiral heavenly staircase-shaped phantom tower stood upright, standing in the dark space of the Dark Underworld. The phantom tower was densely packed and overlapping, all of which were made up of profound talismans that were even more complex than the stars of the Vast Heavens.

In that instant, Chen Xun’s divine sense collapsed.

Chen Xun did not know how long he had lost consciousness. When he woke up, he discovered that he was lying in Qing Xuan’s embrace, his face pressed against her warm and soft chest. He subconsciously wanted to rub against her for a few more times, but he asked Qing Xuan to block his face.

It seemed that Chen Xun only realized that they were still on the lonely cliff when Qing Xuan rebuked him.

Chang Xi stuck her head out and asked, “Has your divine sense entered the Eight Desolate Flag’s core restriction?”

“Why don’t you care if I’m fine?” Chen Xun asked.

“You don’t want to die anymore. Who cares if you’re fine?” Chang Xi curled her lips and said.

Zhao Cheng’en was also secretly shocked when he saw Chen Xun wake up so quickly.

The Eight Desolate Flag was a heaven-step treasure. Even though it was slightly inferior to the Kui Long Heavenly Diagram, it was not much inferior.

The core formation restrictions inside the Eight Desolate Banner, the overlapping profound talismans, were exceptionally complex. They were not even below the eighth or ninth level of the Kui Long Yang Refining Technique, and were not something that Heaven Origin Realm cultivators had the ability to comprehend.

He had to forcefully comprehend. The only possibility was that his divine sense would collapse just like Chen Xun had.

Zhao Cheng’en didn’t dare to use this method to forcefully penetrate his divine sense into the Eight Desolates Flag, but the Great Freedom Sword Intent Chen Xun had comprehended had already condensed into a seed of understanding. He wasn’t afraid that the collapse of his divine sense would hurt his divine soul, so he dared to try such an extreme method.

However, the time his divine sense stayed in the Dark Nether Space was too short. In an instant, his divine sense collapsed, and Chen Xun didn’t understand anything at all.

Chen Xun confirmed that there weren’t any hidden injuries left behind. He patted his butt and stood up, saying, “Let’s try again.”

“If you cultivate your primordial spirit, perhaps there is still a sliver of possibility. Now, even if you try a thousand times or ten thousand times, it will still be the result.” Chang Xi said somewhat dejectedly.

Chen Xun chuckled, “Even if I can’t break the restriction of the core formation of the Eight Desolate Flag, it’s still excellent for me to use this method to temper my divine sense. Why don’t you try it out as well?”

His divine sense collapsed, remolded, remolded, and remolded. If this continued, his divine sense would be greatly tempered, but not everyone could try this method.

Zhao Cheng’en smiled bitterly and said, “Other than you and Chang Xi, others who try this method rashly will only seek their own death.”

“If you have a 10-20% chance, then let’s try again. Why don’t we go back to the manor as soon as possible and stop wasting everyone’s time here?” Chang Xi said.

If he really wanted to temper his divine sense, cultivate his primordial spirit, and cultivate the many profound arts and secret arts of the Divine Sect, now that hundreds of disciples from Myriad Streams Valley, Cuiwei Lake, and Qingwu Ridge were all here, he would definitely arouse Mansion of Marquis Martial’s vigilance.

Outside the sect, they did not have the protection of the sect. If the Marquis of Yuan Wu Manor secretly instigated one or two Yuan Dan rogue cultivators to barge in and cause trouble, the situation would be exceptionally dangerous.

“Even if I can’t completely crack the refining method of the Eight Desolate Flag, if I try this, I’ll benefit greatly from both cultivating and forging,” Chen Xun said. “We’ll try for another half a month. At that time, regardless of success or failure, we’ll leave this mess to Jiang Ke to clean up …”

Chen Xun used this method to spy on the core formation restrictions within the Eight Desolate Banner. He was naturally twenty to thirty percent confident that he would be able to pull Zhao Chengen, Chang Xi, and the others out to help. However, this involved the secrets of the Void Origin Secret Palace, so he was temporarily unable to tell them frankly.

With conventional methods, even if Chen Xun successfully penetrated his divine sense into the Profound Nether Space within the Eight Desolates Flag, he definitely wouldn’t be able to comprehend such a complex and profound formation restriction.

If the restriction of the core formation of the Eight Desolate Flag was so easy to break, how could Mansion of Marquis Martial allow the Eight Desolate Flag to remain in their hands for three years?

However, what the Yuanwu Marquis Manor had never expected was that the Kui Dragon Heavenly Diagram in Jiang Bin’s hand was something that Old Kui had directly refined into with a secret technique, and Old Kui had already reflected his true body technique into Chen Xun’s soul.

Even if others had the Kui Long Heavenly Diagram, they still needed to comprehend the Kui Long Yang Refining Technique to the ninth level before they could master the divine ability of the Nine Arts Collection One Phase. However, regardless of whether it was spirit power or spirit essence, Chen Xun naturally had the Divine Ability of the Nine Arts Collection One Phase in the Kui Long True Body Form created by the Spirit Sea.

Chen Xun’s divine sense didn’t need to comprehend when he entered the Dark Nether Space. As long as his divine sense stayed for a bit longer, he could use the divine ability of “Nine Arts Gathering One Phase” to directly seal the formation restriction into a secret talisman dragon scale …

Of course, there were many dangers to this method.

Theoretically, he could gather nine techniques into one, but the Kui Dragon technique Chen Xun was visualizing was actually created by the spirit essence he was cultivating. It was still a far cry from the true body technique formed by the Kui Dragon primordial spirit. Whether or not Chen Xun would be able to print out such a complex and profound formation restriction was truly unknown.

It really couldn’t be done. Chen Xun only needed to copy this part of the formation restriction that absorbed the Earth Vein Profound Nether Qi. However, at the same time, he needed to have a deeper understanding of the formation restriction inside the Eight Desolates Flag. He even needed to dismantle this part of the formation restriction.

Zhao Cheng’en and Chang Xi naturally tried their best to help Chen Xun.

Although they didn’t know that Chen Xun’s ultimate goal was to perfect the Heavenly Flame Secret Technique, they knew that even if Chen Xun was able to unravel the slightest bit of the Eight Desolate Flag’s mysteries, his artifact forging skill would be greatly improved. This was extremely beneficial to everyone.

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Regardless of whether Chen Xun could completely crack the Eight Desolate Flag’s secret or not, their attempts could not continue for a long time.

They were only three thousand kilometers away from the Divine Night Sect. In the past few days, such a huge commotion had not only alerted the small and medium-sized sects nearby, but also spread to the Divine Night Sect.

Although Jiang Ke did not know what Chen Xun and the others meant, he would never sit and watch them destroy the Eight Desolate Flag. After knowing the news, he rushed to Daoist Gu Yang to complain. La Xia rushed over to stop Chen Xun and the others from doing anything wrong.

Xia Xiangyi rushed over and was secretly shocked to see what Chen Xun and the others were doing in the wilderness.

Although he didn’t think Chen Xun had the ability to crack the refining method of the Eight Desolate Flag, Chen Xun and the others dared to make such an attempt, which meant that Chen Xun’s comprehension of artifact forging far exceeded that of an ordinary artificer.

Chen Xun ignored the aftereffects of the collapse of his divine sense and made such an attempt. This also meant that Chen Xun’s divine soul cultivation was not even inferior to his.

Before he started cultivating his primordial spirit, his soul was so strong. Among the direct disciples, only Fang Xiaohan and Chang Xi could compare with him, right?

Is Da Xiaoyao’s sword intent really that strong?

Xia Xiangyi, Jiang Ke led dozens of people to come aggressively, and with Daoist Gu Yang’s decree, Chen Xun naturally could not continue to try to crack the Eight Desolates Flag.

However, in the past month, nearly a thousand attempts had not come back without success. Chen Xun had already imprinted this part of the restriction on the Kui Dragon Formation to absorb the Earth Vein Profound Nether Qi.

This part of the formation restriction was far more profound and complex than Chen Xun had expected.

The Kui Dragon Form on Chen Xun’s spiritual sea was like a hell Underworld Dragon that had rushed out of the Profound Underworld Earth Vein. Not only were its scales dark and profound, even the capital of the ferocious dragon was covered by this abnormally mysterious formation restriction. It was strict and did not reveal the slightest crack.

Seeing Xia Xiangyi, Jiang Bin rushed over aggressively. Chen Xun immediately cut off his divine sense with the Eight Desolate Flag and smiled at Chang Xi. “Mansion of Marquis Martial is in a hurry to redeem the Eight Desolate Flag. Leave it to them now …”

The Eight Desolate Flag took root on the ground. Chen Xun and Chang Xi let go now. Jiang Bin would have to stay here for three to five months before he could take the Eight Desolate Flag away.

Xia Xiangyi brought Daoist Gu Yang’s decree and was only responsible for supervising Chang Xi and the others to hand over the Eight Desolates Flag to Mansion of Marquis Martial.

Jiang Bin’s teeth were itching with hatred. Back then, he had only said that it would be redeemed by Mansion of Marquis Martial after three years. Even if the Eight Desolate Flag was accidentally destroyed during these three years, they could not find an excuse to insist that they were wrong.