ATPnovel Chapter 83 Unexpected Guest
Chapter 83 Unexpected Guest
"Let's go!" Lian Feihua didn't hesitate and plunged into the river first. Everyone else followed closely behind.
The group quickly arrived at the spot where Liu Yu and the others had previously opened the crack in the riverbed. However, at this moment, the rock strata at the bottom of the river were as smooth as ever, with only a few scattered pieces of ice hinting that something had changed here before.
Lian Feihua's divine sense spread out like a tide, meticulously scanning a hundred-foot radius around the riverbed. After a moment, she withdrew her divine sense, her gaze turning coldly to her side: "Uncle Zhao, have you found anything?"
The Core Formation cultivator surnamed Zhao, who had been standing with his hands behind his back beside him, slowly shook his head: "Even I couldn't detect anything amiss. The method of concealment is indeed extremely skillful; this place is definitely not ordinary."
Upon hearing this, Lian Feihua's eyes flashed with a cold light, and she flipped her hand to take out a talisman that shone with spiritual light.
"An Earth-Shaking Talisman?" The cultivator surnamed Zhao appeared slightly surprised. "This talisman is difficult to create and is quite precious. Why don't I test it with a magic weapon?"
As he spoke, a pure gold mirror flew out from his dantian. It was his natal magic treasure—the Heaven-Burning Mirror.
The cultivator surnamed Zhao pointed towards the bottom of the river, and a crimson beam of light, as thick as a water bucket, suddenly shot out from the mirror. Wherever the beam passed, the river water instantly boiled and vaporized, forming a brief vacuum.
boom--!
A deafening roar echoed through the water, the violent force stirring up surging currents, sending rocks flying and churning mud and sand.
However, after the turbidity settled, everyone looked closely and saw only a shocking large pit on the rock layer, but nothing else was unusual.
The cultivator surnamed Zhao frowned slightly, and the Burning Heaven Mirror emitted a crimson light once more. One blazing beam of light after another slammed down, blasting the rock layers at the bottom of the river into flying fragments, and finally blasting out a huge crater ten feet deep, yet still no trace of any array portal could be seen.
Seeing this, Lian Feihua raised her jade hand, and the "Earth-Shaking Talisman" in her palm suddenly shone brightly, turning into a solid yellow light that quickly disappeared into the rock layer below.
The next moment, it was as if an invisible giant hand was tearing at the bottom of the river! The cracking sound continued without end, and the rock strata within a radius of dozens of feet around the point where the talisman landed suddenly cracked like a spider web.
However, that's all. Beneath the crack, there is still solid rock, and no passage or space as one might have imagined.
All her efforts were in vain. Lian Feihua gritted her teeth, her eyes blazing with anger.
She abruptly turned to the seven disciples responsible for surveillance, her voice icy: "Useless! I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourselves. Day and night, keep a close watch on this place! If there's any disturbance, immediately..."
Before the words were even finished, a sudden change occurred!
Somewhere at the bottom of the river, a complex and mysterious array suddenly lit up without warning, and extreme cold air burst forth from the center of the array, instantly freezing a large area of the surrounding river water.
At this moment, Lin Jingchu was in the ice hall, secretly activating the Xuan Chi Cold Light Array to cause trouble for Liu Yu and the others.
A look of surprise flashed in Lian Feihua's eyes, and she immediately swept her sharp gaze toward the group behind her.
Without needing to say more, several cultivators in the group who specialized in formations immediately understood and quickly stepped forward to investigate the flashing formation patterns.
……
Deep within the cave, in a stone chamber containing the corpses of insects.
"Look! This looks like the remains of a six-winged frost centipede!" The man surnamed He, who led the way into the stone chamber, exclaimed in surprise, his voice filled with ecstasy.
The four immediately began searching between the giant insect shell and the cracks in the ground.
A moment later, the woman surnamed Zhang said with regret, "It's a pity that the demon core has already been taken away. I suppose that senior took it with him when he left."
Liu Yu was quite satisfied: "Being able to obtain these two complete insect shell remains makes this trip worthwhile."
The four men quickly set to work, disposing of and collecting the two empty shells of the giant insects, each over ten feet long. After dealing with the insect carcasses, they began to examine the last stone chamber more carefully.
After a thorough search, they naturally found nothing. Just as the man surnamed He and his companions were slightly disappointed and preparing to leave, Liu Yu suddenly spoke up: "Wait! The thickness of the accumulated dust here is slightly different from other places. There might be a hidden layer or secret room behind this wall."
The group looked in the direction of the sound and saw Liu Yu squatting by the wall, picking up a layer of dust with her fingertips. It was the accumulated dust from years of dust that had been shaken off when the secret door opened and closed.
Lin Jingchu, who was hiding at the entrance of the stone chamber, felt a slight chill. Liu Yu's observation skills were so sharp!
"Junior Brother Xu, take a look and see how to open this wall?" the man surnamed He asked, turning his head.
Before the man surnamed Xu could answer, the woman surnamed Zhang scoffed impatiently, "Why go through all that trouble!"
With a flick of her wrist, she summoned a cone-shaped magical artifact. A flash of light appeared, and the cone ignited with intense flames, hurtling towards the rock wall!
"Boom!"
The stone wall shattered with a crash, sending rocks flying and revealing a hidden chamber behind it!
The four people's eyes were instantly drawn to the ancient altar in the center of the room.
"They actually found out..." Lin Jingchu thought to himself in the hall, but he wasn't particularly nervous.
There was originally a stone tablet next to the altar that recorded secrets, but his clone had already taken it down and put it into his storage bag.
This altar is the entrance to the "Panlong River Secret Realm." Many demonic beasts with dragon bloodlines inhabit this realm. The demonic beasts that occasionally appear on the treacherous rapids of the Panlong River are those "spit" out of the secret realm by its unstable spatial passages.
To find that elusive exit in the vast and mysterious realm, one must sense it through the jade tablet.
The remaining stone base was unremarkable, and Liu Yu and the others glanced over it without noticing anything amiss. Instead, they focused their attention on studying the altar.
Seeing that their attention was completely drawn, Lin Jingchu's clone slowly moved his body, preparing to quietly leave.
Suddenly, the man surnamed He exclaimed in surprise, "Eh!" and pulled the precious pearl from his storage bag. The pearl was slightly warm to the touch, and its surface was flashing rapidly with light!
"Oh no! The entrance to the riverbed has been opened!" He exclaimed in alarm, his face changing drastically.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jingchu, the true form of the body in the hall, turned serious and decisively extended his divine sense outward to investigate.
A moment later, the sound of splashing water rang out one after another, and several figures in red rushed out of the cold pool.
The sinister-looking man at the head of the group instantly sensed the probing divine sense. The flying sword beneath his feet suddenly shone brightly, and his figure transformed into a streak of blood-red light as he rushed into the tunnel.
In the late stage of Foundation Establishment, his divine sense alone was several times stronger than mine. Lin Jingchu's heart tightened, and he could no longer bother to keep his figure hidden.
He activated the Water Ripple Step and instantly appeared behind the Frosty Jade Gate. His fingers moved in a series of hand seals like butterflies, and beams of spiritual light rapidly struck the jade gate.
The moment he saw the figure of the man in red.
"Boom!"
The icy jade gate slammed shut with a deep, resounding thud, isolating the inside from the outside.
Although the gate was closed, the crisis was not over. Before his divine sense was completely blocked by the jade gate, Lin Jingchu "saw" more and more red-clad figures rushing out of the cold pool. Among them, one aura was as deep as an abyss, undoubtedly a Core Formation cultivator.
The restrictions on this icy jade gate won't hold them off for long.
It seems there's only one path left. Without hesitation, Lin Jingchu turned and stepped into the portal leading to the Ice Crystal Courtyard.
The hall returned to silence, with only the chill lingering in the air. After a dozen or so breaths, the entrance door suddenly began to dim and shrink rapidly, eventually disappearing completely, revealing the ice-sculpted wall behind it.
……
The atmosphere inside the insect-infested stone chamber was heavy.
The man surnamed He looked anxious: "Who's targeting us? Damn it! To be able to force open the underwater entrance without a key, whoever did this is no ordinary person!"
Liu Yushang managed to remain calm: "Senior Brother Xu, you just said that this altar might be some kind of ancient teleportation array? Please investigate it quickly. Let's close the core entrance and buy some time."
Just as she finished speaking, an aged yet calm voice came from outside the stone chamber: "The gate of light, I have already closed it for you."
"Who goes there!" Liu Yu and the other three people changed color at the same time and unleashed their magical artifacts.
Not only that, the four of them also released the spirit beasts and insects they had cultivated.
The giant tortoise belonging to the man surnamed He, the poisonous scorpion belonging to Liu Yu, the swarm of fireflies belonging to the woman surnamed Zhang, and the white python belonging to the man surnamed Xu.
For a moment, the stone chamber was filled with the shadowy figures of beasts and the buzzing of insects, creating a tense atmosphere.
An elderly man with an air of otherworldly grace, dressed in a green robe, slowly walked in from outside the stone chamber. It was Lin Jingchu's clone in disguise.
Facing the four wary men, he remained calm and replied, seemingly unrelated to their question, "It is the Demon Flame Sect that is eyeing you."
Although Lin Jingchu didn't know whether the Demon Flame Sect's trip was aimed at Liu Yu and her group or whether they were after the Panlong Secret Realm, he was certain that they had been drawn here by Liu Yu and her group.