But the promises made by the other six major forces have already made the hearts of the talented people participating in the competition extremely hot.
Then finally, someone couldn't restrain the greed and desire in his heart, and walked directly into the ancient stone forest.
This move was like a chain reaction. In just a few breaths, the figures were like locusts, swarming towards the stone forest.
"Let's go too." Ye Guchen said, his tone always calm and unhurried.
Then, Ye Guchen and Su Jianshi entered directly.
On the other side, Xia Yubing and others, Yuan Mie, and the gray-robed man Hongchenxue also entered.
In addition, even Song Daozhen, Chu Xiqing and others have persisted until now and also entered the stone forest.
For those who want to enter the Venerable Cave, the seven major forces have not expressed anything.
Although they are bound to capture the Venerable Cave, the real resources in it are obviously not something that these Qi Refining Realm warriors can snatch away.
Therefore, the people of the seven major forces don't care about letting them enter first to get a chance. Anyway, when the time comes, they will still decide who belongs to the cave amidst the geniuses.
The person who belongs to the cave is the one they really want to compete for.
As soon as he entered the stone forest, Ye Guchen felt that this place was unusual.
From the outside, it looks like nothing more than a weathered ancient stone forest.
But as soon as Ye Guchen and others entered it, they saw the surrounding fog was thick and filled with blinding fog.
The standing stone pillars have faint patterns flowing on them.
This is not a sealing formation, nor is it an attack and killing formation.
"Is it a maze?" Ye Guchen's tone was solemn.
Although the maze formation has no offensive and killing power, in many cases it is more terrifying than the killing formation.
Because the maze not only confuses the mind, but also wears down people's will. If the mind is not strong, it may take a few days to become manic, and finally become a headless fly.
Ye Guchen possesses the Six Paths Shura Sword Formation and has done some research on the formation. Although he has not reached the master level, he can still find out a few things.
"Master Dugu, leave it to me." Just when Ye Guchen was about to explore the formation, Fairy Qin said from the side.
"Does Fairy Qin have a way to break this maze?" Ye Guchen asked.
"You can give it a try." Qin Fairy pursed her lips and smiled, and used the guqin again.
She plucked the strings with her slender fingers, and the sound flowed out like a clear spring. It was not as lethal as in the previous battle, but it was extremely pleasant to the ears.
If it weren't for the inappropriate time, Ye Guchen would have wanted to sit down quietly and listen to the music of the piano.
Seeing that there seemed to be appreciation in Ye Guchen's eyes, Fairy Qin also felt a little proud.
Her name is the Qin Fairy, and if she cannot conquer others with the sound of the piano, she will be living up to her reputation.
"If Mr. Dugu likes to listen to the little girl's music, you can play it for him every day in the future." Qin Fairy said with a wave of eyes.
Just as Ye Guchen was about to speak, Su Jianshi beside him said in a sour tone: "Sure enough, beauties who know how to play the piano are attractive. Don't you think so, silly boy?"
"This... I don't understand the music, so I might sound like a fairy." Ye Guchen smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Fairy Qin pursed her lips and smiled and said nothing.
As the sound of the piano spreads, the surrounding terrain arrangement is also under the control of the piano fairy.
"The general route is already known, let's go to the center of the stone forest." Fairy Qin said.
She does not identify the direction with the naked eye, but relies on feedback from the sound of the piano.
The maze can confuse people's eyes and minds, but it cannot confuse their hearing.
With Fairy Qin guiding the direction, Ye Guchen and others moved faster.
However, not long after, a scream suddenly came from not far away.
"Everyone, be careful." Ye Guchen took out the Falling Star Soft Sword.
Su Jianshi and Bai Yanji were on guard on the left and right, while Fairy Qin was in the center guiding the way.
However, as the crowd went deeper, the screams became more intense, one after another.
call out!
A black shadow suddenly shot out from the diagonal and flew towards Bai Yanji's direction.
"What is that?" Bai Yanji was stunned for a moment, then struck out with a random palm.
A ray of palm energy suddenly landed on the black shadow, but what was surprising was that the black shadow directly penetrated the true energy and flew toward Bai Yanji's face.
call out!
A streak of blood-colored sword light passed across, cutting the black shadow in half.
Ye Guchen and others took a closer look and found that it was a dark insect like an earthworm with sharp mouthparts.
"This is...a soul-sucking insect!" After Ye Guchen and others looked at it, their tone was slightly solemn.
Soul-sucking insects have the unique ability to be immune to the true energy. After burrowing into the human body, they will directly escape into the sea of qi to absorb the true qi until the sea of qi is exhausted.
To a certain extent, it is similar to a blood-sucking insect, except that it sucks true energy.
Ordinary soul-sucking insects are only second-level monsters that can be killed easily.
But the danger of soul-sucking insects is that they do not act alone, but in groups.
You can imagine how terrifying the scene would be when surrounded by a large group of densely packed soul-sucking insects that were immune to Qi attacks.
"Let's go quickly. There must be a lot of soul-sucking insects in this ancient stone forest." Ye Guchen and the others looked at each other, and their footsteps were all flying.
However, when one soul-sucking insect dies, a large number of soul-sucking insects will be attracted.
As the sound rang out from all around, a large swarm of soul-sucking insects, like a swarm of ants, also surrounded and killed them.
"kill!"
Ye Guchen slowly raised his hand, and the Tianyang Xuanming Fire exploded. The strange fire alternated between extremely hot and cold and spread out, forming a wave of fire that collided with the swarm of soul-sucking insects.
There were countless hissing sounds in an instant, and large swathes of soul-sucking insects were burned into pitch-black powder in an instant.
"Wonderful fire in heaven and earth!" When Fairy Qin and others saw this, their eyes were filled with joy.
The strange fires of heaven and earth have a restraining effect on all kinds of snakes and insects, so for others, the swarm of soul-sucking insects that they avoid like tigers and wolves is not that big of a threat to Ye Guchen.
Ye Guchen circulated the Tianyang Xuanming Fire to form a flame shield, covering Su Jianshi, Qin Xianzi, and Bai Yanji in it.
As the flames overflowed, the surrounding soul-sucking insect swarms also retreated in fear.
Not long after, Ye Guchen and others rushed through the range of the soul-sucking insect swarm and arrived at the center of the stone forest.
Ye Guchen dispersed the flame mask and looked around.
Compared with the large group of people who entered the ancient stone forest before, the number of people who were able to solve the maze and break through the swarm of soul-sucking insects was only 1 out of 10, and many of them were even injured.
"That should be the entrance to the cave." Ye Guchen looked intently.
In the center of the stone forest, nine stone pillars are arranged in a circle, forming formation patterns on the ground. The center is as dark as a cave.
Looking at this Venerable Cave, it should also be located underground.
"Let's go." Ye Guchen waved his hand without any hesitation.