Chapter 312 - Insidious Traps (1/2)
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Yan Zaizen swiftly flew through the cave that hole led to. The cave was quite spacious and obviously man-made. It was curved in a square and felt like a long rectangular corridor. The walls releases fluctuations of mountain energy and vibrations.
As he flew through, his expression darkened. He was right behind the others, but his current speed was considerably slower than theirs. Vital energy wasn't meant to support flying, but physical movement, so he was behind the others.
Even his senses couldn't grasp their current locations. ”With my spiritual sense weakened and losing my heavenly sense...my qi-sense isn't sufficient to cover the distance. Also…” As he deduced, he looked at the walls once more, ”the walls are interfering with my qi-sense.”
Thinking up to here about his apparent weaknesses, he realized why Eshe and the others had used him as bait. If it wasn't for his profound understanding of laws, wouldn't he have to run away from those Yaoguai? If that happened, he feared death was his only road.
”I need to conserve my true-essence...it is my main combat strength.” Yan Zaizen was at the peak-True Essence Realm, but with his understanding of laws, he could close the gap. The only issue was consumption of energy. When he took those four steps towards Mei in the Sword Paradise Realm, he realized the consumption was quite frightening.
He even had peak-Dantian Refinement and peak-Crimson Star to support himself. Even still, the stronger the law, the more energy was required to support it.
Yan Zaizen kept flying for about two minutes. He was slightly startled by the sheer distance of the corridor. Stopping in mid-air, he looked around and furrowed his brows.
”Shit!” Yan Zaizen cursed heavily, looking back towards the entrance to see utter darkness and ahead for the same. ”I may be slower than them, but I should've seen some evidence of their existence…”
He realized that he was entrapped in an illusory formation, likely an array of some sort. They must've set it up as a back-up in case the Yaoguai returned. This was the first time Yan Zaizen truly saw the craftiness of cultivators.
He clasped his palms together, his eyes erupting with an amber-gold light and his dao integrated into his spiritual sense. Suddenly, his spiritual sense was amplified for a brief period. It extended for a certain range before suddenly collapsing.
Yan Zaizen placed his hand on his chest as his soul felt pained. The pain was like a small balloon was trying to contain a gallon of water. Yan Zaizen felt like his soul had been stretched too far.
His breathing became heavy for a bit and his eyes flickered, ”my nascent soul can't withstand my False Grand Dao?” This was the first time he had felt this way. The Dao Path was somewhat linked to the soul, so he felt it shouldn't be possible. However, when he thought of what the Dao was and how it can amplify all aspects of one's being, he could only begrudgingly accept it.
”If my soul is too weak, then I can't amplify my soul…” Yan Zaizen looked towards the ground, but his eyes didn't reveal a hint if defeat, but pure unyielding intent.
”Then, I can only break through the formation via brute force.” Coming to this conclusion, he ignored his true-essence reserves and erupted fully. A whirlwind of power spun around him fiercely. His dao once more was evoked, but this time it was directed towards his qi-foundation!
As his dantian, heart, meridians, and pathways were infused with pure power of his dao, his back became straighter and his eyes became imperious with unyielding belief in himself.
Clenching his fist, he drew upon the Domain of Death! The Siphoning Shadow of Death concept surged, his fist was shrouded in ever-siphoning deathly aura. His Law of Death had reached the perfect-Domain level, and it seemed to transform the cave into a cemetery of death!
”Ha!” He smashed his fist onto the ground, descending rapidly to increase his momentum.
Boom!
A crushing sound echoed in the cave, and the shadow of death was like a tidal wave of water as it flowed in all directions. It didn't take long before the shadow started feeding on the essence of the formation and cave he was in.
A shattering noise abruptly resounded. After this shattering sound appeared, a shift of surroundings took place and Yan Zaizen's eyes widened as he realized where he was.
At the mouth of the hole!
He retracted his fist, his domain, and absorbed the remnant energy of the formation into himself, but his reserves had already dropped by ten percent off that strike alone. If he wished for a more powerful attack, his true-essence medium was simply insufficient. In fact, if he didn't have such a stable foundation with his dao, breaking an illusory formation of this level with his cultivation bases was impossible.
He didn't waste any time and shot into the hole. When he did, he flew for thirteen seconds before he started to slow. The cave had scratch marks all around and traces of blood. He narrowed his eyes as he saw the combat signs nearby.