Han Qiu was faster than Zhang Ruochen and quickly caught up with Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen said: "Even if we join forces, we will definitely not be Huo Jingcheng's opponent. I was already injured when I fought against Princess Zhenling, and I might be more seriously injured than you."
"What should we do?"
"Run away! If you really can't do it, you can only fight him desperately."
Zhang Ruochen and Han Qiu were already extremely fast, but Huo Jingcheng was even faster, chasing closer and closer.
"Whoa! Whoa!"
Huo Jingcheng flew into the hurricane, waved his arm, and slashed out two more wind blades.
In the current state of the two of them, it is impossible to block the power of the wind blade.
Zhang Ruochen and Han Qiu almost jumped to the left at the same time, rolling on the ground and dodging narrowly.
After they escaped from the woods, a thick white mist suddenly appeared in the air. There were ruins everywhere on the ground, including incomplete city walls, dilapidated streets, and some bones of humans and beasts.
"What's going on? Where is this place?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
Han Qiu was overjoyed and said: "I know! This is a primary ruins called 'Baiwu Ancient City'. It is said to be the place where the Half-Saint Baiwu once lived. However, after a long time, this place has completely
Abandoned. My disciples from Yuntai Sect and I once came here to practice. We actually escaped to the 'Baiwu Ancient City', now we are saved!"
"The primary ruins may still pose a certain threat to warriors in the Xuanji Realm and the Earthly Realm, but they are not dangerous to the warriors in the Tianji Realm. Do you think a primary ruins can stop Huo Jingcheng?
"Zhang Ruochen said.
Han Qiu said: "I remember that there is an underground palace in Baiwu Ancient City, which may be able to block him. Zhang Ruochen, come with me."
Huo Jingcheng chased after the two of them, constantly firing wind blades, splitting the dilapidated buildings in Baiwu Ancient City into four pieces.
"Get up!" Huo Jingcheng yelled.
The strong wind lifted up a wide street, and huge rocks smashed towards Zhang Ruochen and Han Qiu.
Zhang Ruochen used the Wind-controlling Flying Dragon Shadow, which seemed to turn into a flying dragon shadow, walking between the boulders and dodging it easily.
"puff!"
Han Qiu, however, did not have the skill of Zhang Ruochen. He was hit in the back by two boulders one after another. Blood spit out from his mouth and his delicate body was thrown forward.
With a swoosh, Zhang Ruochen moved sideways, caught Han Qiu, held her in his arms, rolled her around, and rushed straight into the gate of the underground palace.
Huo Jingcheng followed closely behind, wanting to rush in too.
"Boom!"
The stone door of the underground palace fell from above, blocking Huo Jingcheng from outside.
The stone gate is more than fifty meters high and is made of hard emery sandstone. Even for a warrior in the Tianji realm, it is not easy to blast the stone gate open.
"Bang bang!"
Zhang Ruochen hugged Han Qiu, rolled down the stone stairs, and fell to the bottom of the underground palace.
Zhang Ruochen was originally covered in bruises, but after such a fall, his whole body seemed to fall apart. He was lying on the ground, motionless and breathing heavily.
It was so thrilling, just a little bit overtaken by Huo Jingcheng.
Han Qiu was held in Zhang Ruochen's arms and pressed on Zhang Ruochen's body, unable to move. Previously, she was hit in the back by two boulders, suffering severe internal injuries and almost fainted.
She lay in Zhang Ruochen's arms, hugged Zhang Ruochen's neck with both hands, and whispered: "Thank you... thank you..."
At this moment, the two of them were in almost zero-distance contact, which was very charming.
Zhang Ruochen felt two soft peaks pressing on his body, smelled a faint fragrance at the tip of his nose, and immediately woke up. He touched Han Qiu's back with his five fingers, gently pushed Han Qiu's body, and pushed Han Qiu away.
Go aside.
Zhang Ruochen sat up with difficulty, took out a light-attributed spiritual crystal, and injected his true energy into the crystal.
The spiritual crystal emits bright light, illuminating the underground palace.
The underground palace is very vast, with a height of about 120 meters, a length of 200 meters, and a width of almost 80 meters. It is a very empty space, like an underground martial arts training ground.
On the stone walls of the palace, there are many ancient patterns carved on them, which seem to be some kind of formation patterns.
Han Qiu had also sat up, his face a little pale, he glanced at Zhang Ruochen and said, "Thank you for saving me just now."
Zhang Ruochen stared at her curiously and said, "Didn't you already thank me?"
"Really?" Han Qiu's face felt a little hot. He was afraid that Zhang Ruochen would hold on to what happened just now, so he added, "I can't remember what happened just now!"
"If you can't remember, forget it! Recuperate quickly! This underground palace has been abandoned for too long, and the defensive formation has long lost its effectiveness. A stone door alone cannot stop Huo Jingcheng for long."
As soon as Zhang Ruochen finished speaking, a loud noise came from the direction of the stone gate, shaking the entire underground palace slightly and causing particles of dust to fall.
"boom!"
"boom!"
…
Huo Jingcheng began to attack the stone gate. Every time he slashed out a wind blade, it would leave a deep mark on the stone gate.
Almost every second, the stone door will be shaken by the blow.
Zhang Ruochen and Han Qiu did not dare to delay, so they immediately took the healing elixir, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to heal.
An hour later, Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes and stood up. Hearing the loud noise coming from outside, his eyes showed deep worry.
After an hour of recuperation, Zhang Ruochen's injuries have probably recovered by 10%, but it will take at least two days for him to recover.
With the defensive strength of the underground palace's stone gate, it probably wouldn't be able to stop it even for two hours, let alone two days.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the formation patterns on the stone walls of the underground palace, pondered for a moment, and walked over.
Han Qiu also opened his eyes, saw Zhang Ruochen's actions, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"In our current situation, once the stone gate is breached, we will definitely die without even a chance to escape."
Zhang Ruochen dragged his chin, stared at the lines on the stone wall, gently touched the stone wall with his fingers, and said: "If we can repair the formation inscriptions in the underground palace and activate the defensive formation, then even if Huo Jingcheng's cultivation is ten times stronger,
I probably won’t be able to break in.”
Han Qiu shook his head and said: "It's useless. The formations here were burned by Half-Saint Baiwu himself and are very profound. A formation master from Yuntai Sect studied here for three months and couldn't do it.
Research the formation."
Zhang Ruochen said: "Although I am not a formation master, I have read many advanced formation books and have done some research on formations. Maybe I can repair part of the formation inscriptions here."
Han Qiu rolled his eyes at Zhang Ruochen and said: "I don't know where you get your confidence. Even the formation master cannot study the formation. Do you think you can study it thoroughly in just an hour?"
"The formation master of your Yuntai Sect is only a fourth-level formation master at most. Do you think he has read a fifth-level formation master? A sixth-level formation master?"
"Have you seen it?" Han Qiu said.
Zhang Ruochen's mouth curled up slightly and he said, "If I guess correctly, the formation inscriptions on the stone wall of the underground palace are a sixth-grade formation."
Array Master can be said to be a very noble profession in the Kunlun world.
If a city or a sect is protected by a formation, it can easily be breached by wild beasts, the city massacred, and the sect exterminated.
Therefore, every city will have a city defense formation, and at least a third-level formation mage is required to set up the city defense formation.
For example, the city defense formation in the royal city of Yunwu County must be supervised by a fourth-level formation master before it can be successfully deployed. The power it unleashes is enough to crush the martial arts myths of the Tianji Realm.
In the thirty-six counties of Tianmo Ridge, fourth-level formation mages are already at the pinnacle of existence.
As for the sixth-grade formation that Zhang Ruochen mentioned just now, that was something Han Qiu couldn't even imagine.
It is impossible for the Inner Palace Academy of the Wushi Academy in Tianmo Wucheng to have a sixth-grade formation book, let alone the Yuntai Sect.
Han Qiu stared at Zhang Ruochen in shock and said, "The formation master from Yuntai Zongfu also talked about the formation inscriptions of this sixth-grade formation. Are you really proficient in formation inscriptions?"
"It's not that I'm proficient, I just read a lot of sixth-grade formation books." Zhang Ruochen said solemnly.
The complexity of the sixth-grade formation is beyond the imagination of ordinary warriors. To explain a formation clearly, a sixth-grade formation master must write at least as much information as a book.
It can be said that a formation is just like a book.
If a book on sixth-level formations were circulated, it would definitely be snapped up by formation masters. As long as they could learn something from it, it would be enough to raise their attainments in formations to a higher level.
However, from what Zhang Ruochen said, he seemed to have read many books on the sixth-grade formation, so Han Qiu found it quite incredible.
If Han Qiu knew that Zhang Ruochen had read many seventh-level and eighth-level formation books, I wonder what she would think?
Han Qiu asked: "How sure are you that you can arrange a sixth-grade formation?"
"Deploying a sixth-grade formation?"
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said: "Based on my current understanding of formations, it is impossible to arrange a sixth-grade formation. However, if we just repair this sixth-grade formation, there is still a certain possibility. Moreover, it is not necessary at all.
Complete restoration, even just one tenth, would be enough to stop Huo Jingcheng.
Zhang Ruochen took out an inscription pen and began to repair it based on his own understanding.
The inscriptions of the sixth-grade formation are quite complex, mysterious, and delicate, which test the mental strength of the formation master. Even a small mistake will cause the formation to fail to operate.
The sixth-grade formation mage is an existence that Zhang Ruochen also needs to look up to.
Their mental power has reached level 40 or above.
They can use their mental power to communicate with birds and beasts; they can use their mental power to transmit messages to people thousands of miles away.
Repairing the sixth-grade formation is a big challenge for Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen did not dare to touch those complex inscriptions easily and could only repair some simple inscriptions. Even so, he was cautious and focused on integrating into the formation inscriptions.