67 Chapter 1224: Releasing Vicious (2/2)
On the surface, overlapping a Spirit Gathering Formation on top of the already powerful grade-8 formation may seem like a foolish act, but… everything in the world had a tolerance limit.
Even grade-8 formations were no exception to the rule.
It was unknown where the altar received the required spiritual energy to drive the formation from, but the energy that it received was already plenty, and there was no need to supplement it anymore. Thus, if a Spirit Gathering Formation was set up on top of it, it would not be long before the spiritual energy gathered in the altar's formation exceeded its limit.
While Zhang Xuan's clone was still analyzing the situation, Zhang Xuan whipped out ten thousand high-tier spirit stones and placed them into the formation in order to speed up the rate at which the Starlight Convergence Formation was gathering spiritual energy.
Hong long long!
The massive influx of energy swiftly formed a gigantic energy whirlpool, causing the underground chamber to shake intensely.
Under the control of the Starlight Convergence Formation, the massive whirlpool of spiritual energy swiftly dived into the altar.
The altar emanated a brilliant glow, and a moment later, it began to inflate swiftly like a balloon.
Boom!
The altar had finally reached its limit, and a deafening explosion resounded in the underground chamber.
”We have succeeded!” The eyes of Zhang Xuan's clone lit up.
He had thought that even with the prowess of the Starlight Convergence Formation, it would still have taken at least a month in order to destroy the formation. However, the main body's act of tossing ten thousand spirit stones into the formation had hastened the process by innumerable times.
In less than an incense's time 1 , the altar had already exploded.
Upon the altar's destruction, Zhang Xuan swiftly packed all of his formation flags back into the storage ring.
Barely after he did so, the killing intent in the underground chamber suddenly intensified, and a frenzied laughter sounded. ”Hahaha! Zhang Xuan, it seems like I really made the right choice in luring you here! I really have to thank you for freeing me from my restraints! I, Vicious, have finally returned to the world!”
As those words were spoken, Zhang Xuan and his clone suddenly realized that their bodies had been frozen by some kind of power, and an incomparably powerful might weighed down on them, threatening to crush their bodies.
Coming to realize what had just happened, the face of Zhang Xuan's clone turned ghastly pale. Sh*t, he wasn't trapped in the Celestial Designer Lock but… the altar?
As they had sensed that the killing intent originated from the Celestial Designer Lock, they had instinctively assumed that Vicious was inside there. They had thought that the destruction of the altar would allow them to deal with Vicious… but it turned out that they were sorely mistaken! The true seal that was restraining Vicious was actually the altar itself!
”Quick, escape!” Seemingly having just realized what had just happened as well, Zhang Xuan's eyes narrowed in astonishment. With an anxious bellow, he swiftly executed a powerful palm strike.
Si la!
The powerful might of the Heavenly Demon Great Sorrow Palm swiftly tore apart the frozen space trapping him. Zhang Xuan stretched his hand forward to return his clone into his storage ring before executing the Unbounded Voyager. His silhouette blurred, and in the blink of an eye, he was already at the other end of the passageway.
Rushing all the way up, it took only ten breaths for him to return to where Hall Master Xing and the others were.
They had been attempting to find another exit to the Ghost Cavern so as to secure an escape route, but their efforts had been futile.
”Principal Zhang!” Upon seeing Zhang Xuan, the group heaved a sigh of relief.
”Follow me! We need to escape from here as fast as possible!” Zhang Xuan urged.
Vicious had been freed from his restraints, and he was not someone whom they could deal with at the moment. The only thing they could do right now was to get away as fast as they could.
”But the Dragon Severing Lock is still blocking the entrance… How are we to leave the Ghost Cavern?” Wu shi asked.
With the entrance sealed and no alternative exits in sight, they had nowhere to escape to!
”Don't worry about that and follow me!” Paying no heed to the doubts that the others harbored, Zhang Xuan continued charging forward.
The remaining members of the group were perplexed, but they chose to follow him. Passing through a long passageway, they finally arrived before the Dragon Severing Lock once more. It was still firmly blocking the entrance, sealing their escape route.
”What should we do?” Wu shi asked anxiously.
Hall Master Xing gritted his teeth and said, ”Since it has already come down to this, why don't we combine the strength of all nine of us together through a collaborative formation to attack the Dragon Severing Lock? We might just be able to force our way out.”
”It seems like there's no other choice…” Wu shi nodded.
However, halfway through his words, he realized that Zhang Xuan had already walked up to the Dragon Severing Lock, and stroking the massive rock gently, the latter said, ”Open up. We need to leave.”
Jiya!
Before everyone's shocked gaze, the Dragon Severing Lock, which even a Leaving Aperture realm pinnacle expert might not have been able to destroy, suddenly began nudging aside.
”This…”
Everyone widened their eyes in shock at the unbelievable sight before them.
It was an established fact that unless one possessed strength greater than the forged Dragon Severing Lock, there would be no way to pass through a path that it sealed. Yet, the young man before him had actually managed to get the Dragon Severing Lock to nudge aside just by touching it gently and saying a few words to it.
This was too exaggerated!
”Let's hurry up and leave!” Zhang Xuan urged as he took the lead forward.
On the other hand, the others also know that this was not the time to be dozing off, so they quickly caught up to Zhang Xuan and escaped from the little island.
Hong long long!
The shaking of the little island swiftly intensified, and by the time the group finally leaped back to where they had been prior to entering the Ghost Cavern, amid a furious flinging of mud, the little island actually began rising into the air.
Everyone's eyes widened in shock.
Geji! Geji!
The little island rose higher and higher, and it did not take long before it was fully freed from the marsh. Following which, the little island did a 180-degrees turn, and as the mud shrouding it swiftly fell back into the marsh, its true face finally unfolded.
Amidst the crowd, Division Head Liao's body trembled as he spoke the words that were in everyone's mind. ”Is that… a head?”
Shockingly, the little island was shaped similar to a head. The lake that they had encountered prior to entering the Ghost Cavern was actually one of the two eyes of the head!
A glint flashed across the massive eyes as a powerful voice boomed. ”Hahaha! I, Vicious, have finally returned! Tell me, how do you want to die?”
Vicious of the Marshlands of the Northern Meadows was finally back!
Roughly 15 minutes.