Chapter 96 - : Boulder Formation (2/2)
“Little Tanuki, where should we go now?” Ye Chen asked. Although the Sunken Jade Tower was incredibly vast, the inside was full of all kinds of restrictions. Some places could not be reached by walking and had to be circled around at the edge of the boundary. When Ye Chen swept his Astral Body over them, he immediately felt a huge power that made others tremble in fear. Tian Yuan, who arranged these spells, was truly amazing!
Little Tanuki shook its head slowly.
Ye Chen sighed inwardly. The map in his hands recorded how to enter the Sunken Jade Tower but there was no map for the inside of the Sunken Jade Tower. He was just like a headless fly bumping into things. When his Astral Body had sensed a strange energy, Ye Chen immediately hid far away.
Another advantage of the Astral Body was that it could leave behind a trace. Even if he got lost, he could still find it by using the energy left behind by the Astral Body.
Along the way, Ye Chen would occasionally find some dead human combatants or mystical beast corpses. The Celestial Chi of these corpses were all sucked dry. There seemed to be some traces left behind by struggles between combatants and mystical beasts. The humans and mystical beasts fought each other but their Celestial Chi and Psyche ended up being food for the evil spirits and demons.
After an unknown amount of time, around two to three days later, Ye Chen finally got away from Qiu Ying and the others. They had most likely gone down a different road but for now, Ye Chen still did not dare to walk back yet. The Sunken Jade Tower’s mysteries also incited Ye Chen’s curiosity. Although he did not dare to venture too deep, there was no harm in familiarizing himself with the first floor of the Sunken Jade Tower. The evil spirits of the first floor were not too strong and with Tian Yuan’s gift, he might come to the Sunken Jade Tower often in the future.
Twisting and turning around countless restrictions, Ye Chen also did not know which part of the first floor he was in. He carefully explored around. There would be groups of demons from time to time but Ye Chen was already used to that. He would be fine as long as he maintained his Astral Body.
In the distance, a long and shrill whistle sounded, followed by the booms and bangs of a battle. It sounded especially fierce as if there were hundreds of thousands of people locked in a fight.
It was human combatants who were at least Ninth Level and above! Along the way, Ye Chen found that the spell around him had the effect of amplifying noise. The sound of battle should be from a few dozen miles away.
Perhaps the human combatants or mystical beasts had discovered something which resulted in a fight.
Ye Chen was after all, still a youngster. After thinking for a moment, he was unable to hold back and ran in that direction.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh, the sound of the wind whistled in his ears.
About two hours later, a vast plain appeared in Ye Chen’s sight. He gasped when he saw the scene in front of him. A huge array appeared on the distant ground. The array was made of boulders, covering hundreds of acres of land. Several boulders were connected with long chains, at least thousands of meters long. In the sky, six huge evil spirits hovered. Their feet were locked by the long chains and they floated in the air like giant kites.
The evil spirits were ferocious and occasionally dropped to the ground. Their terrifying mouths blew out bursts of icy cold wind from time to time.
Ye Chen hid on a slope and watched.
The eastern side of the formation had thousands of mystical beasts, Celestial Beasts, and evil spirits grouped together while the western side had five to six hundred humans huddled together. They were Ninth Level combatants. With such a group of people, it would undoubtedly cause a magnitude nine earthquake if they were placed in the outside world.