Martial Master

After observing the mysterious rusty sword for half a day and still gaining nothing, Qin Chen could only helplessly put away the rusty sword.

As for the evil formation plate, after being completely absorbed of its black aura, it turned into dust, leaving nothing behind.

Only the Fire Refining Insect and the Qi Devouring Ant still emitted a trace of evil aura, as if they had undergone some mysterious changes under the transformation of this black aura.

Qin Chen worriedly inspected them for half a day, and after discovering that this black aura posed no harm or influence to the Qi Devouring Ant and Fire Refining Insect, he finally put them back into the black gourd.

In the place where Ge Peng and the others were, the bodies had long turned to ashes, leaving only a few storage rings behind, which Qin Chen picked up with a wave of his hand and stored away.

They were all powerful Wuzong practitioners who had trained for years in the Black Death Swamp, so they must be quite wealthy.

Not to mention, just the Black Jade Grass he had heard about at the Black Cult Association earlier, as well as the Black Olive Root he had just seen, were already invaluable.

However, Qin Chen did not have much time to check the storage rings of the few people; after putting them away, he quickly turned his gaze to the location of the Ku Yun Zhi.

The entire underground ruins were in disarray, with debris and broken formation flags everywhere, but Ku Yun Zhi, located within the restriction, was extremely safe and had not been affected by the previous explosion in the slightest.

At this moment, Qin Chen even felt grateful for the defensive restriction; without this defensive restriction, it would have been impossible for Ku Yun Zhi to remain unharmed.

At this point, the restriction had already been breached at one corner by the previous Six Harmony Refining Array. Qin Chen approached and carefully observed the restriction.

Restrictions and formations share commonalities, but restrictions are much simpler than formations. Some powerful martial artists can set up simple restrictions, but true high-level restrictions are not any simpler than complex formations, and they can be even more formidable.

Originally, Qin Chen thought this restriction would be no problem for him, but once he saw the entire restriction clearly, he immediately realized he had been gravely mistaken.

The defensive restriction before him was incredibly complex, with a dense and dizzying structure that was far more formidable than he had expected.

In fact, Qin Chen was certain that even in his past life, he wouldn't have been able to set up such a restriction.

Moreover, if it had not been for a new restriction method he learned in Ancient South City, Qin Chen felt he might not even have been able to understand the restriction before him.

"Who on earth set this up?"

Qin Chen's scalp tingled; he had previously only seen the restriction from outside the formation. Although it was quite complex, he thought that with his restriction cultivation, it would not be difficult to break it.

Now it appeared that this was extremely difficult.

Qin Chen felt a weight in his heart. After going through such life and death experiences, he had encountered another daunting problem before obtaining Ku Yun Zhi.

His heart immediately turned bitter.

"This restriction is indeed very complex, and I want to unlock it; it will not be an easy task. However, since the Six Harmony Refining Array was able to open a breach in this restriction, it indicates that this restriction has weakened significantly over the passage of time. It may not be impossible to break it."

After feeling dejected for a moment, Qin Chen quickly perked up.

Restrictions, like formations, also require the drive of energy.

A ninth-level formation, once it loses energy, will lose its effectiveness and might even be less effective than a first-level formation.

And the same applies to restrictions.

Qin Chen understood very well that if this restriction were still in a complete state, let alone the Six Harmony Refining Array, even a stronger formation would not be able to break it.