Chapter 842: Traversing through Outer Space (1/2)

Chapter 842: Traversing through Outer Space

Having come this far, Jian Chen had completed what he needed to do in the Fantasy Star Ocean. No matter if it was the extremely-valuable Dragon’s Saliva or the stardust, he had collected more than enough. The Dragon’s Saliva in particular; the dozens of grasses all approached a million years in maturity and combined with the fact that they were almost extinct, it made them even more valuable. Each grass was like a priceless treasure on the continent.

“I’ve obtained another material for forging the Azulet swords. I just wonder how many are left.” Jian Chen thought. He greatly anticipated the day where he could forge the two swords and he felt an extremely strong intuition that the power of the swords would not disappoint him at all. He could feel this from just the sword spirits.

The swords to the sword spirits were like a human’s body to his soul. If they lost their body, no matter how powerful their soul was, they would still be extremely weak. This could be observed with the falling of Saint Rulers; the bodies of Saint Rulers were extremely powerful but once their souls fled their body, they could be easily wiped out. Right now, the sword spirits were just like that, a soul without a body. Even when they were weakened, they were already so powerful. Once they fully recovered and entered a suitable vessel, Jian Chen could not imagine just how powerful they would become.

Although he had fulfilled what he needed in coming here, Jian Chen had no intention of leaving. Instead, he ventured onward in the Lunastron Pit with Rui Jin and the others. He was also extremely curious about the transformation of the island that occurred all those years ago.

Other than this, the sword spirits had even sensed a familiar energy here. This was also a target of Jian Chen’s continued investigation.

The area of the Lunastron Pit was unknown. Jian Chen followed behind Rui Jin and Hei Yu. They traveled for a dozen or so kilometers in one direction but still had not reached the end. When they traveled over thirty kilometers, figures gradually appeared in their sights.

All these figures were humans or magical beasts that had become living corpses, currently frozen in a running posture.

Seeing this, Jian Chen’s complexion immediately became odd. These corpses were trapped here by Rui Jin’s secret technique from the Dragon clan before.

The four of them stopped their steps simultaneously. They stared at the frozen corpses ahead in shock. Only after a while did Rui Jin speak with a deep voice, “We’ve actually come back to where we were before.”

“The Lunastron Pit really is mystical. Is this perhaps a formation?” Hei Yu exclaimed in wonder.

“This formation is extremely great, much more profound than the formations that my Dragon clan uses. Even I did not sense that I had fallen into a formation at all. Additionally, I haven’t been able to find any information regarding this formation in my inherited memories. Perhaps this formation was formed naturally after the island changed?” Rui Jin murmured with his eyebrows furrowed.

“This is the Eight Trigrams Disorientating Formation! How- how- how is this possible! The Eight Trigrams Disorientating Formation is the- Why would it appear here!?” Suddenly, the shocked voices of the sword spirits sounded in Jian Chen’s head.

“Zi Ying, Qing Suo, you recognize this formation? Is there a way to break it?” Jian Chen asked curiously.

“We indeed recognize this formation. It’s the Eight Trigrams Disorientating Formation but how can this formation appear here? Is there anyone else in this world who knows it? Impossible.” Zi Ying’s voice was filled with disbelief. He was in extreme great shock.

“And this Eight Trigrams Disorientating Formation is the complete thing. The person who set it down must have an extremely high understanding of the Eight Trigrams Disorientating Formation. Has someone from our previous world come here before?” Zi Ying murmured. He was filled with doubt.

“Zi Ying, Qing Suo, it’s not like we can come to a conclusion about this right now. You should tell me if there’s any way to break through this formation first,” Jian Chen said.

“We’re extremely familiar with it. Master, walk according to the steps we dictate,” Zi Ying said.

Jian Chen nodded slightly, before turning to the three others. “I have a way to break through the formation. Seniors, please follow me from behind and imitate my footsteps.”

With that, the three of them stared at Jian Chen in amazement. They clearly were extremely astonished and skeptical about Jian Chen’s ability to break through the formation.

The three of them hesitated for a while, before they all followed behind him. They decided to trust Jian Chen this once to see if he had a method to break through the formation or not.

“Pay attention to my footsteps. You must not take a step wrong. If you do, you won’t be able to break out.” Jian Chen warned everyone, before using his mind to communicate with the sword spirits. He began to step back and forth with an extremely profound method according to the sword spirits.

There were forty-nine steps required in total to walk out from the formation. When he took the eighth step, the surroundings immediately began to change. He discovered that he had actually arrived in a vast starry sky.

Afterward, Rui Jin, Hei Yu and the Heavenly Enchantress all appeared behind Jian Chen. When they realized they were now in a vast starry sky, they all stared blankly. They were extremely shocked.

“This really is a mystical set of steps. I’ve only walked about in the radius of ten meters, yet I’ve actually arrived in this place. Is everything before me an illusion or have I really come to outer space?” Hei Yu said in shock. He could not tell whether what he saw right now was real or fake.

Jian Chen observed the surroundings. He furrowed his eyebrows and closed his eyes in thought. “It’s not an illusion. It’s real. We’ve really come to outer space. The formation was cast down by someone great with terrifying abilities. He used a formation to connect a part of the outer space, before forming a bridge into somewhere unknown. The steps we’re taking right now to walk out of the formation just happens to match the bridge that leads to the other side. Every step matches perfectly with an extremely crucial point of the bridge. Stepping wrongly would be like stepping off the bridge and falling into the water.”

“If we fall off into the water, what would be the outcome?” Rui Jin asked with a deep voice. Although what Jian Chen said was like a fictitious story to the three of them, they believed it firmly.