Published: November 30, -0001
"Ah!" At the same time, in just an instant, screams echoed within the formation as many martial artists were enchanted by the demonic energy and instantly touched the dangerous restrictions, turning into dried corpses, their blood evaporating into nothingness.
This blood dissipated strangely within the formation, unknown to where it was absorbed.
"Hmph, playing tricks." Lou Zimo coldly snorted, and a palm-sized compass appeared in his hand. As soon as the compass appeared, five-colored rainbow lights burst forth, gradually pushing the demonic energy away.
"Seven Xuan Dou Tian Star Instrument?!" The Extreme Mirror Dan Emperor exclaimed in surprise.
Long Batian and the others also looked over, their expressions filled with astonishment. Qin Chen exclaimed, "Lou Zimo actually brought in this Seven Xuan Dou Tian Star Instrument?!"
The Seven Xuan Dou Tian Star Instrument was a treasure of the Qi Pavilion, best for exploring formations, establishing the world's latitude and longitude, seeking dragons and auspicious sites. It was one of the top treasures of the Qi Pavilion, on the same level as the Heavenly Control Wan Zhun Array Disk.
However, their functions were different. The Heavenly Control Wan Zhun Array Disk was specifically used to set up formations, even capable of arranging a ninth-level imperial formation in an instant, with immense power, while the Seven Xuan Dou Tian Star Instrument was used to search for high-level formations, looking for flaws and patterns within the formations; their clever uses differed. Once the Seven Xuan Dou Tian Star Instrument was activated, it began to slowly expel the demonic energy from this area.
Immediately, within the demonic energy formation, pillars emerged, inscribed with strange runes and restrictions, each carved with vivid demons that, upon a mere glance, could evoke evil thoughts.
The martial artists from before had accidentally touched these pillars and instantly turned into dried corpses, their essence and life force flowing away in an instant. These pillars were terrifyingly strong and exceedingly bizarre.
It should be known that several top-tier Martial Gods from Thunder City had died outside; therefore, don’t think that being strong means one can be fearless. The danger level was such that even peak Martial Gods might not come out unscathed.
"Everyone be careful, walk around these pillars, and it should be fine," Lou Zimo said with a frown, appearing curious about the pillars, carefully observing as if analyzing something.
The group wished that Lou Zimo would hurry and lead them away, but he stood still, and they felt embarrassed to urge him, only feeling anxious inside, silently bitter. Qin Chen was also attracted to these pillars, as he noticed they somewhat resembled the pillars of the underground palace he had seen in the Black Death Marsh, seeming to follow the same style, but the patterns and restrictions were somewhat different.
He carefully analyzed these patterns, wanting to find some clues. Why did they absorb essence and blood, and why were they exactly the same as those in the underground palace of the Black Death Marsh?
"Lou brother, these are just ordinary array pillars, is there really a need to look for so long? It would be better to hurry along and cross this demonic energy formation as soon as possible."
Finally, Long Batian, unable to contain his impatience, spoke up.
"If you want to cross the formation, then just go ahead without complaining," Lou Zimo coldly snorted, giving no face at all.
"You..." Long Batian was infuriated; if it weren't for needing Lou Zimo now, he wouldn't have to swallow his anger. He could only keep a grim face, secretly angry; this old man was so disrespectful, how well they had cooperated before! Unable to suppress it, he glanced at the Extreme Mirror Dan Emperor and others, only to find them with their eyes slightly closed, appearing calm and unhurried, making him curse himself for being so foolish to take the lead.
Lou Zimo looked for a long time but found no clues. He then controlled the light of the Seven Xuan Dou Tian Star Instrument to wrap around the pillars, clearly wanting to use its power to analyze the structure of the pillars.