The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 204
Chapter 204 Fog Forest (3)
“Altar Master Blood Eagle, what happened?” A mysterious figure shrouded in a black robe asked.
The Blood Eagle Altar Master’s face revealed a painful expression. After a while, he calmed down and said through gritted teeth. “My Blood Shadow avatar has been destroyed!”
“Oh? Who dares to destroy your Blood Shadow avatar?” The black-robed man was a little surprised.
“It’s a young man. I don’t know who he is. He concealed his cultivation. I was carelessly tricked by him. I wanted to capture him, but I was killed.”
“Why do you want to capture this person?” Another black-robed man asked.
The Blood Eagle Altar Master replied, “This person was lingering in that deep pit for a long time. It seems that he was investigating something. I think it might be related to the death of your junior brother Gui V, so I want to capture him and interrogate him.”
“You’ve been wandering around the pit for a long time? Normally, people don’t go there to check. It seems that my junior brother’s death is very likely related to him. You should have caught him. You did the right thing.” The black-robed mysterious man didn’t have any expression on his face. He continued, “This man first killed my junior brother, but now he has come to the Fog Forest. I wonder what he wants to do. Could it be that he discovered the secret here? Don’t let anything unexpected happen to him!”
“No matter what, if this person destroys my avatar, I will definitely tear him to pieces!” The Blood Eagle Altar Master’s face revealed hatred. Without this avatar, he would lose this part of his cultivation forever. His aura quickly weakened a little. This was the drawback of the Blood Shadow Divine Art.
‘”There’s no hurry. It’s not too late for us to seek revenge on him after we’ve finished this important matter. Don’t ruin the big matter because of impulse. The fourth blood pool has already reached its final stage and will soon succeed. We have to endure it.” The black-robed man warned.
“Alright, I’ll listen to you, Mr. Gui Yi.” The Blood Eagle Altar Master nodded, his eyes glittering with malice.
In front of their eyes, there was actually a huge pool of blood, gurgling with hot air. Countless bubbles would occasionally emerge from below, bounce and burst on the water surface, splashing out a small amount of blood.
A bloody aura rose up, causing one to feel nauseated.
Such a big pool was actually filled with blood! He didn’t know how many people he would have to kill to be able to create it. From what they said, there was actually more than one pool of blood like this!
The black-robed man muttered to himself, “We’ve been preparing for three years! As long as we build the last blood pool, we’ll be able to activate the Blood Sea Array and corrode the array eyes of the Bewildering Immortal Array. At that time, we’ll definitely be able to break through the array and enter the deepest depths of the forest.”
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Although something unexpected happened, it didn’t scare Li Qing. A Diabolism expert who had cultivated the Blood Shadow Divine Art was nothing, and it was not worth him to be afraid of.
On the contrary, knowing that there were many experts from Diabolism moving in the depths of the Misty Forest and plotting something big made him even more curious, wanting to explore it.
Li Qing followed the detailed map in his hand and continued to walk into the Misty Forest.
With the guidance of the map, it was indeed much more convenient. Li Qing relied on his powerful strength to charge forward and kill any demonic beast. No danger could stop his footsteps.
About a day later, he arrived at the center of the forest.
This place was already a deserted place, deep and dark, ancient trees towering into the sky, and the surroundings were completely silent. It seemed that even the demonic beasts had disappeared from this place.
It was filled with dense fog, rolling like waves, covering everything in the forest. Even with the Xiantian expert’s eyesight and spiritual sense, they could only feel a blur.
Li Qing knew that the dense fog in front of him was very likely a terrifying formation.
“It really feels like an Immortal Confusion Array!” He couldn’t help but mutter to himself.
Before coming here, he had specially collected some books on array formations and carefully studied them. He had grasped quite a bit of basic knowledge, at least he had some understanding of the approximate form of array formations.
Moreover, he had memories of the Demon Ancestor’s inheritance in his mind, which greatly benefited him. After all, Demon Ancestor himself was a formations master, and he was very experienced. After obtaining these memories, Li Qing learned them and quickly understood them.
He could tell at a glance that the fog formation in front of him was almost identical to the one he had encountered before!
However, knowing the structure and form of the formation doesn’t mean that you can break through the formation. Otherwise, what’s the use of the formation in this world?
Li Qing couldn’t help but sigh. Seeing the dense fog in front of him, he knew that it was impossible for him to break it. If he wanted to enter, he would probably have to rely on luck. At best, he could go deeper than ordinary people, and similarly, he could not reach the deepest core.
However, he would not give up without trying.
After observing carefully for a while, he lifted his foot and walked inside.
As soon as they entered, it was as if they had entered a vast white world. A dense fog pounced on them, making them unable to see clearly. They only felt that everything around them was hazy.
With his senses, he walked around randomly. After a while, he walked out from another direction.
Apparently, the first attempt failed.
“It is indeed the Immortal Confusion Array! Furthermore, the scale of this array is obviously much larger than the one in the Hundred Flowers Valley.” Li Qing was very sure in his heart.
The Hundred Flowers Valley’s Immortal Confusion Array was a simplified version compared to the one in front of him.
This array was even more powerful and covered a much wider area. Just the mist released enveloped the entire forest.
After only trying once, he naturally wouldn’t give up so easily. After summing up his experience, he went back inside again, and knowledge about formations appeared in his mind, constantly dispelling all sorts of illusions that confused people’s hearts.
But unfortunately, this time, it still didn’t succeed. However, it was gratifying that he was able to go deeper this time, so he had made some progress.
For the next few days, he continuously tried to enter. Although all these attempts had failed, their knowledge of formations had become more and more proficient, and they were able to enter deeper places.
Unfortunately, he was still unable to break through this grand formation, and it was difficult for him to reach the core of the formation.
Just as he was trying for the last time, he suddenly found traces of human activity in a corner of the fog.
These traces seemed to be relatively new, as if someone had only left behind a few days ago.
Normally, no one would be able to enter such a deep place unless it was a Diabolism expert!
Li Qing revealed a happy expression and thought to himself, “Since I can’t enter by myself, why don’t you follow these Diabolism experts into it?”
Thinking of this, he began to follow the traces left behind.
However, when they were halfway there, these traces suddenly disappeared, as if they had never appeared before. It was extremely strange.
Li Qing couldn’t help but frown. Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind, and he remembered that this was the Immortal Confusion Array. It couldn’t be measured by common sense.
Tracing things like this was simply impossible in such a place, because people’s various senses would be unknowingly misled by the grand formation. In the end, they would definitely take another detour and walk outside.
If they were able to enter the depths of the fog after tracing their tracks, then it would be a bit too easy to break through the Mysterious Immortal Array. All they needed to do was to get a rope to guide them in their direction.
However, the truth was that this method did not work at all. Even if there was a straight rope that pointed in the direction, leading straight into the depths of the fog, it was impossible for the people outside to successfully enter.
In the Mysterious Immortal Array, one’s mind would be misled. The rope was indeed real, but what one saw might not necessarily be real. It might unknowingly change from real to false.
His eyes were watching the rope walk, but the rope in front of him could be an illusion. The real rope had long since separated from him, heading in another direction.
Even if he grabbed the rope with his hand, he would still be deceived, because his sense of touch would also be misled by the Bewitching Immortal Array. He was indeed holding onto the rope in his hand, but it was actually a fake feeling created by the Immortal Confusion Array, causing people to unknowingly catch sight of it.
This was the terrifying aspect of the Bewildering Immortal Array. Vision, smell, and even touch could be fake!
“Since this move doesn’t work, then I’ll just wait and see. Since these people have come out once, they will definitely come out a second time.” He thought to himself that he would not give up easily.
Since there were traces of Diabolism’s movements here, it proved that they must have mastered a certain method to move freely in this place. As long as he waited here for a while, he might be able to meet these people.
Li Qing made up his mind and waited there silently. Since he had a spatial ring on his hand, there was no need to be afraid that he would starve to death.
After three whole days, things finally changed. At that time, Li Qing was hiding in the bushes, closing his eyes to rest, when he suddenly heard the human voice.
He immediately opened his eyes and was refreshed.
The sound of humans speaking could not be an illusion. The reason for that was because the Immortal Confusion Array misled people’s vision and hearing, causing them to lose their direction. However, they did not create illusions out of thin air.
Therefore, these voices were real! It’s just that the location can’t be determined.
Li Qing immediately pricked up his ears and listened. He heard one of them say, “City Lord Baifu, I didn’t expect you to tell me such a secret. In fact, you want to use our Lu Clan as your backing, right?”
“Patriarch Lu, there is indeed a part of this reason. After all, it is extremely dangerous to cooperate with the people of Diabolism.” City Lord Baifu’s voice sounded flattering.
