Shen Qian, who has a memory palace, only needs to concentrate and can remember all the details around him in an instant.
Even though the land in front of them has changed beyond recognition, and the dead atmosphere is no different from other places, but with Shen Qian's reminder, everyone who paid a little attention still noticed the difference instantly.
"There are many carrion corpses of monsters, and there seem to be mountains and seas among them..."
Cao Yi's eyes seemed to penetrate the thick ash on the ground, and his voice was low, "If that bastard Wu Yi sees this place, he will be so heartbroken that he can hardly breathe, right?"
This seems to be a funny joke, but no one laughs.
Even Shen Qian, who was originally on the opposite side of Wu Yi, felt a little heavy in his heart.
The nine-day battlefield is a fair competition. There is no right or wrong. The most we can say is life and death. But if Wu Yi died on the battlefield outside the territory, it is a completely different concept.
Even compared to Shen Qian, Cao Yi and Wu Yi were rivals because their names clashed in pronunciation, but at this moment, it was Cao Yi who thought of each other first.
"So Shen Qian, have you ever seen the candle dragon with your own eyes?"
I don't know whether it was to change the topic or because of genuine curiosity, Bai Fei suddenly asked.
In order to let everyone understand everything about the world of spirit witches to the maximum extent, Shen Qian added some details along the way, including the appearance of Zhulong at the end.
When Zhulong was mentioned, everyone showed interest.
After all, it is the most powerful monster that human warriors have ever seen since the revival of spiritual energy. There are historical records and news evidence.
Even among many titles, the opponent has been classified as a monster.
"Well... it's far scarier than imagined." Shen Qian paused and continued, "The teacher said that it is only half a step away from being a prince."
A transcendent prince?
Even though the seven of them are all first-rate evildoers, with far more knowledge than ordinary people, they still couldn't help but be shocked when they heard these four words.
"So, being a prince is not the end of martial arts."
Lin Sanmo, who had talked the least along the way, suddenly spoke. His eyes became sharp at this moment, as if they were sharp blades that could pierce the heaven and the earth.
"Wandering in the void and traveling through dimensions, this is the realm of great power, but we don't know how long it will take us to get a glimpse of it."
Qu Bai was also relaxed and fascinated.
Pride motivates everyone here to have strong confidence that they can go to places that ordinary people cannot reach. In their eyes, it is only a matter of time.
The off-topic conversation seemed useless, but invisibly it calmed the minds of the seven people a lot.
What Shen Qian could think of, they could also think of.
We don’t know what the future holds, but danger is almost inevitable.
Suddenly, a burst of black mist came towards us.
"Be careful!"
The seven people drank almost at the same time, but after taking action together, they discovered that the black mist was just a burst of ordinary smoke.
While everyone was stunned, an old chuckle rang out.
"Little friends, don't be nervous. You have to welcome guests and of course do some simple cleaning."
The old voice sighed again, "It's a pity that this place was destroyed after all. In the past, this place was very beautiful. To use the idiom of your human race, it was a picturesque place."
The black mist dissipated, and under the vigilant gaze of the seven people, a huge pit appeared in front.
There was scattered soil in the deep pit, and many rotten roots were buried. Only in the middle, next to an extremely thick tree stump, sat an old man in white robes.
At this time, the old man was slowly pouring some kind of green liquid into several wooden cups on the table, and there was a faint aroma of rotten wine coming over.
The moment Shen Qian saw the other person's face clearly, his childish eyes shrank.
"It's really you!"
The old man in white robe is the great protector of the spirit witch tribe that Shen Qian once fought to the death!
After hearing Shen Qian's confirmation, Lin Sanmo and the other six people instantly dispersed, vaguely occupying the seven-star position, and assumed a fighting posture.
This is the basic combined attack formation commonly used in the academy. It’s not that they don’t know more advanced ones, but for seven people with extremely outstanding personal strength, more advanced formations will limit everyone’s performance.
The old man turned a blind eye to the actions of the seven people, and just poured the nine glasses of wine on the wooden pile, then picked up the first glass and then turned around.
When they saw each other's frontal appearance clearly, the seven of them were a little surprised.
The left half of the cheek of the Great Protector of the Spirit Witch Clan was intact, but the right half of his cheek was covered in flesh and blood, along with the entire right half of his body.
It looked like his broken body had been forcibly stitched together, and the "needle and thread" interspersed were the vines crisscrossing his flesh and blood.
Those green vines are still surging, and their roots reach deep into the ground.
To describe it more appropriately, the Great Protector is like a kite sewn together by vines, with a strange aura all over his body.
"This person is weird. Death doesn't look like death, life doesn't look like life..." Bai Fei, who is most sensitive to life and death, couldn't help but frown after sensing the other person's aura.
Sha Bi whispered: "Isn't that what the corpse puppet technique is, but the corpse puppet technique doesn't have its own thinking."
"It's impossible to judge his level, so be careful." Cao Yi also reminded.
"This place is not quite right either..."
After Shen Qian glanced around, he frowned.
"What's wrong?" Everyone was puzzled.
"This used to be the source of life in the world of spirit witches. After the world was destroyed, the two poles were reversed. Then this was the 'Death Gate'. If you look carefully at the ravines in the ground, can you see anything?"
Shen Qian asked.
Everyone was startled, and then carefully observed the seemingly naturally formed ravines in the pit. After a moment, Qu Bai's eyes narrowed.
"They... look like some kind of strange shapes."
"Yes, although it is not a totem known to my human race, it does have a certain special charm, but it has been temporarily obscured."
Shen Qian took a deep breath and expressed his guess, "If I'm not wrong, this seems to be the core of some kind of formation, but... I can't tell what kind of formation it is right now."
"Array?"
Everyone instantly became more solemn and subconsciously stepped back some distance.
"Shen Qian, we meet again."
When everyone was whispering or even retreating, the old man didn't react at all. It wasn't until everyone finished communicating that his deep eyes fixed on Shen Qian after scanning around, and then he slowly spoke.
"Who is the person behind you?"
Shen Qian looked directly at the other person and asked directly.
The Great Protector was startled when he heard this, then smiled and said: "Why can't it be me?"
"You don't have this ability."
Shen Qian shook his head, "To intervene in the Nine Heavens Battlefield, you must be a strong person within the human race, and you must be a top strong person, so...who is he?"
Bai Fei and others all glanced at Shen Qian and suppressed the complex emotions in their eyes.
In fact, they all vaguely thought about this level, but they obviously did not think about it more thoroughly than Shen Qian.
"The Nine Heavens Battlefield is a divine object refined by many great powers in ancient times. Although it has gone through tens of millions of years and is now only a shell, it is not something that can be manipulated by just anyone."
The Great Protector smiled and said, "Since you have thought of this, let me ask you, who is presiding over the Nine Heavens War, and who has the ability to do anything under his nose?"
"King of Zhouyi?" Shen Qian took a deep breath and said the three words that had been buried in his heart for a long time.
It's hard for Wu Wei to say, but the King of Zhou Yi was present. With his great power and proficiency in divination, could it be that the other party had no foresight of such a danger?
Shen Qian didn’t believe it.
So after much thought, it seemed that it could only be the other party.
But what Shen Qian doesn't understand is...why?
Although I don’t know the other party’s complete purpose, one thing is certain. From the moment the ten of them stepped into the world of spirit witches, the other party never thought about letting them come back alive.
King Zhou Yi can be said to be the de facto leader of the human race. What is the significance of his doing this?
Even Shen Qian felt that there was no need to bother. He really wanted ten people to die. Even if it wasn't on the Nine Heavens battlefield, there were probably at least ten thousand ways to do it without anyone noticing.
That is the super strong one among the princes!
Who can stop them?
Even though there were many doubts, when he saw the great protector smiling and saying nothing, he knew that nothing could be asked.
"So...you just want to destroy us all?"
When he just had a conversation with the Great Protector, Shen Qian had already reached the limit of his mental perception.
Although he is not a real mountain and sea, his spiritual core is much stronger than that of a warrior who has just entered the mountains and seas, and his perception can easily cover a kilometer range.
But... Shen Qian found neither an ambush nor anything unusual.
Even Shen Qian couldn't sense anything about the formation that seemed to exist in this big pit.
Although he was feeling uneasy, after Shen Qian analyzed it, he still tended to think that there was really only one Great Protector here.
After all, if there is really a powerful prince hiding in this world of spirit witches, then the other party does not need to pretend to be him to attack and kill him.
Even Shen Qian now has absolutely no power to fight back against the prince.
"No need to look for it, I am indeed the only one."
The Great Protector sighed, "You have no idea how difficult the top warriors of your human race are. Once princes get involved, they can easily detect the traces of cause and effect, so... the only thing left to do is to crawl out of the grave again."
This is done."
The words of the Great Protector seemed to confirm Shen Qian's suspicion, and Bai Fei and others relaxed a little.
According to what Shen Qian said, this great protector is as high as the seventh level of the mountains and seas. They have tried their best and are not without the strength to fight.
"It's almost time."
The Great Protector raised his head and glanced at the non-existent sky, but he laughed lightly and slowly spilled the first glass of wine on the ground.
"I don't think you dare to drink this glass of wine, so go drink underground."
Then the second cup, the third cup...
The Great Protector poured a total of nine glasses of wine on the ground.
Shen Qian was a little puzzled. Ten people had come in, but three had already died. Why nine glasses of wine?
Before he could delve into the details, when the ninth glass of wine was completely buried in the ground, as if a certain ritual had been completed, the Great Protector suddenly opened his arms and murmured something.
"Lord, your most devout believers will surely live up to their mission!"
Boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, vines several meters thick suddenly stretched out from the Great Protector's body, and then scattered, quickly covering the sky and blocking out the sun.
The figure of the Great Protector slowly rose into the air under the support of those vines.
During this process, his aura is constantly increasing. Every time it rises, the world becomes more depressed.
Mountains and seas, first heaven, second heaven, third heaven...
In Shen Qian's increasingly solemn eyes, the other party's aura returned to its peak level almost in the blink of an eye, and it was still growing stronger.
At a certain moment, the originally dry sky began to be lit up by stars, and the realm of the Great Protector also reached a certain critical point. When the stars fell, the vines re-weaved into a big tree, and his aura also broke through in one fell swoop.
The Seventh Heaven of Mountains and Seas!
No, this is still not the end.
As one star after another lit up, the opponent's aura continued to rise, and soon reached another critical point, and then began to waver.
The peak of the seventh heaven of mountains and seas... can even be called half a step to the eighth heaven of mountains and seas.
The seven people looked at each other and saw the heaviness in each other's eyes and the hint of despair.
It is true that they are geniuses, and their combat power far exceeds their own level, but facing a super strong man who is close to the eighth level of the mountains and seas, they... still have no chance of winning.
The Great Protector stretched his arms, and the vines connected to his body also stretched, as if that was his real body.
"Up?"
Lin Sanmo seemed to be consulting, but his tone was extremely affirmative.
Shen Qian and others all nodded slightly. Facing an enemy that far exceeded themselves, passive defense would only lead to death.
However, just when the seven people had just rushed out together, a vine that stretched for a kilometer suddenly whipped over, blocking the seven people's route of action.
"What are you guys so anxious about? I never said I would take action myself."
Snap!
The vines struck the seven people one after another at a speed that exceeded their perception. With a muffled sound, the seven people were forced to retreat.
However, the injuries were not serious, as if the Great Protector had deliberately spared his hand.
The vines spread out, but they did not attack the seven people. Instead, they vaguely formed a cage that sealed the world, trapping the seven people in it.
While the seven people were frowning, the Great Protector took out a scepter from nowhere and suddenly waved it towards the surrounding world.
"The sky is the cauldron, the earth is the furnace, the spiritual stones are the firewood, and the corpse is the guide."
The Great Protector muttered something, and when he finished reciting four sentences, there was a sudden roar between heaven and earth.
The roar was so loud that even Shen Qian went deaf for a moment.
When he recovered from the shock, he immediately looked around and saw an extremely shocking scene.
Fire!
The overwhelming green fire obscured the view.
The sky is burning, the earth is crackling, the corpses of monsters on the ground, the mountains and rivers in the distance... everything that can be seen is burning.
But Shen Qian couldn't feel any temperature. He only felt a kind of crazy and crazy thing surging in the dark, as if something violating taboos was happening somewhere.
At this moment, Shen Qian suddenly understood what was going on with the sense of dissonance and weirdness that had existed from the beginning. The inscriptions on the formation flags he found, and the weird patterns in the big pit, no wonder it made them
He looks familiar yet strange.
Because they were put in the wrong place.
They should have appeared on the cauldron for refining medicine, but instead they appeared on the formation flag and on the ground.
Shen Qian didn't know what kind of mysterious method this was, but he suddenly realized...
The Great Protector is actually using this world as a cauldron to refine medicine.
But, what level of elixir is worthy of using the whole world as a cauldron?