Chapter 715
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Seeing that Ye Wushuang had already drawn his sword, Xu Wen immediately chuckled nervously and waved his hands hastily, “Look, you’re alone, and so am I. I’m genuinely seeking cooperation with you.”
“As the saying goes, even the strongest cannot defeat many. You’ve seen it for yourself—they all come in groups, while we’re on our own. It’s dangerous.”
“I appreciate your concern, but I’m perfectly fine. I’m used to being alone,” Ye Wushuang replied, turning back and continuing down the stairs.
Xu Wen followed slowly, smiling, “I won’t harm you. I don’t stand a chance at being in the top seven in the Hundred Nations Martial Contest anyway.”
Ye Wushuang, while cautiously watching the path ahead and guarding against Xu Wen from behind, said directly, “You’re very strong. I don’t have a guaranteed victory over you. The top seven… you have a real shot at it!”
“Uh, I guess so? I’m not weak, which is why I’m proposing this cooperation. You won’t lose out,” Xu Wen insisted.
Ye Wushuang was truly speechless.
“Ah…” At that moment, a scream of agony suddenly echoed from ahead.
Both of them paused, but in the next moment, they quickened their pace and moved downward.
The staircase descended a full hundred zhang. Their feet landed on the ground, which was made of solid granite. Ahead lay a cavernous hall.
Originally, this hall, located a hundred zhang underground, would not have been illuminated by sunlight. However, at the top of the hall, there was a luminous stone with a diameter of over nine zhang.
The round stone was embedded in the ten-zhang-high ceiling, emitting a soft glow that illuminated everything within the hall clearly.
The walls around the hall were also studded with glowing jade stones.
In the center of the hall stood three grand halls.
The halls, each three zhang tall, were entirely made of ironstone, radiating a black glow that gave off an extremely eerie feeling.
The scream had come from in front of the main hall’s entrance.
Ye Wushuang and Xu Wen crouched down at the staircase entrance, observing the scene ahead.
“They’re from the Chi Yan Empire,” Xu Wen whispered. “We’re lucky. Among this group, the people from the Chi Yan Empire are the weakest.”
Ye Wushuang said nothing, his gaze fixed on the scene ahead.
The three black and solemn halls were connected, with only one main entrance. The entrance was one zhang high and half a zhang wide, secured by a copper lock. Iron chains connected to the four corners of the door were engraved with extremely complex patterns.
At this moment, Chi Yu Tian looked at the injured disciple and asked, “Are you alright?”
“Brother Yu Tian, the seal on this door is too powerful. If we make a mistake in breaking it, we’ll suffer a backlash from the seal,” the young man replied with a grim expression. “With my level of a second-grade spiritual array master, I can’t break it.”
Hearing this, Chi Yu Tian’s face darkened.
“Li Yun was a master in the Way of Ten Thousand Laws, and the Li clan is most skilled in spiritual arrays. It’s said that he was a master of array techniques in his time. Everything left here must be sealed with numerous spiritual arrays,” a young man beside Chi Yu Tian said.
“Yu Tian, use the fire-melting rock!” someone suggested.
Chi Yu Tian’s expression changed upon hearing this.
“Good idea!”
Gritting his teeth, Chi Yu Tian clenched his hand, and when he opened it again, a strangely shaped stone had appeared in his palm.
The stone was entirely fire-red, with its edges smoothed out, but it seemed to have molten lava flowing inside, which was quite astonishing.
At the staircase entrance, Xu Wen exclaimed upon seeing the strange stone, “Fire-melting rock, a unique treasure of the Chi Yan Empire.”
Xu Wen tugged at Ye Wushuang and said, “I won’t take any treasures from the hall. How about you give me this fire-melting rock?”
Ye Wushuang ignored him.
Fire-melting rock is an extremely rare type of stone. It has its own internal space that can hold endless lava. When combined with a martial artist’s spiritual technique to draw out the lava, it possesses an incredibly powerful explosive force.
Such a rare stone is indeed very rare and valuable in a region like Qingzhou.
In front of the ancient hall, Chi Yu Tian, holding the fire-melting rock, seemed as if he was enveloped in flames, his fire-red hair standing on end.
Gradually, the scorching lava from the fire-melting rock began to flow out, covering Chi Yu Tian’s body.
As Chi Yu Tian’s blood boiled within him, a thunderous roar echoed continuously.
“The imperial family of the Chi Yan Empire has the Chi Fire Bloodline!” Xu Wen remarked again. “I’ve heard that when the Chi Fire Bloodline is fully developed, it can melt rivers, mountains, and seas. It’s incredibly powerful.”
Chi Yu Tian, activating his Chi Fire Bloodline, drew out the lava from the fire-melting rock. Gradually, with a tight grip, he threw a punch.
The lava surged, actually melting the grand door of the hall.
“Amazing, amazing. A Heavenly Gang realm martial artist, with the power of the Chi Fire Bloodline and this fire-melting rock—this guy is truly formidable. He’s not weaker than anyone else here,” Xu Wen exclaimed in admiration.
It was Xu Wen who had said that Chi Yu Tian was the weakest among the groups, and it was still Xu Wen who praised his strength.
This guy is really a chatterbox no matter when.
Boom…
A violent roar echoed.
The hall door was melted open, and the talismans on the copper lock suddenly burst into gusts of energy, attacking Chi Yu Tian directly.
“Humph!”
Chi Yu Tian let out a cold snort, gripping the fire-melting rock tightly and throwing a punch at the copper lock…
Boom!!!
A deafening roar resounded.
A terrifying wave of energy sent Chi Yu Tian and the others reeling backward.
From within the hall, a沧桑且强横的劲气，扑面而来。
Chi Yu Tian was the first to bear the brunt, retreating more than ten zhang and falling to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood that was tinged with fire.
“Yu Tian!”
The others were also impacted, but clearly not as severely as Chi Yu Tian. They quickly got up and rushed to his side.
“Don’t touch me!”
Chi Yu Tian barked coldly.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, flicked a pill into his mouth with a snap of his finger, and gradually calmed his bloodline. The lava spewing from the fire-melting rock also gradually disappeared.
After a while, Chi Yu Tian slowly got up, his invincible aura as strong as before.
“Brother Yu Tian is so amazing!”
“You’re stating the obvious. Who in our Chi Yan Empire doesn’t know the great name of Prince Chi Yu Tian?”
“This time, Prince Yu Tian will definitely make it into the top seven and become one of the coveted prodigies of the Seven Great Sects.”
After a round of flattering, Chi Yu Tian calmly said, “Let’s go inside and take a look.”
The hall door was broken open, and Chi Yu Tian, having withstood the backlash of the seal, now led the way as the others stepped forward and shattered the main door.
Inside the ancient hall, the沧桑且古老的气息越发令人觉得不可思议。
Chi Yu Tian stood in the center of the hall, seeing that the entire hall was made of ironstone. In the depths of the hall, there was a blood pool.
The blood pool bubbled with blood, a square of one zhang in size, and its血腥味 filled the entire hall.
Chi Yu Tian ordered, “Go check the left and right halls.”
“Yes, sir.”
The dozen or so people immediately dispersed.
Chi Yu Tian approached the blood pool, watching the blood bubbles burst with a popping sound…
