Chapter 538 Nine Palaces Fire Array
Yan Xiang turned his head and saw that the retreat was blocked, and he was immediately shocked and angry.
The temperature in the square was still rising. If there was no retreat, even if they found the treasure, they would be trapped here.
With this thought, he sacrificed the fiery red round bead he had obtained before without hesitation, and then saw the red light on the round bead rise sharply, and hundreds of millstone-sized fireballs appeared above Yan Xiang's head out of thin air.
Yuan Ming's spiritual sense swept over these fireballs, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes. He immediately moved away from Yan Xiang.
Almost at the same time, Fairy Jin Yun on the side also made the same move.
Yan Xiang raised his hand and pointed, and all the fireballs hit the stone cave door like a rainstorm, and exploded!
A series of deafening roars sounded one after another, and hot mushroom clouds rose up, and the surging fire waves submerged the walls near the doorway, and then there was a manic flame wrapped in smoke and dust and exploded, and the whole square shook.
The shock waves made the other Nascent Soul cultivators unstable. Long Chong and Qianbao Daoren, two Jindan cultivators, took several steps back before they could stabilize themselves.
Yuan Ming and Fairy Jinyun had already retreated and were not affected by the shock waves.
Yuan Ming was not surprised by this. When the fireballs just appeared, he felt the amazing bursting characteristics in them. The fireballs formed by his Fire Cloud Secret Technique also had bursting characteristics, but compared with these, they were not worth mentioning.
However, even though the power of the fiery red round beads was amazing, when the smoke and dust dissipated, everyone saw that the gate was motionless, and there was not even a trace of burning on the door leaf, let alone potholes or cracks.
Now, except for Jinchao's clone and Fairy Jinyun, everyone's face became ugly.
Yan Xiang did not expect that his bombardment had no effect. He stared at the gate with a gloomy face for a while, and then jumped up, trying to bypass the gate, directly jump over the wall, and leave the square.
At the moment when his feet left the ground, the sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air suddenly came from the sky.
Everyone looked up hurriedly, only to see that seven huge suns were now hanging directly above the square, and at this moment, countless flaming arrows were flying down from the suns, and in the blink of an eye, they fell on Yan Xiang's head.
Yan Xiang's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly sacrificed a red gauze magic weapon, forming a crystal clear red shield around him.
However, the flaming arrows hit it and easily pierced the red shield.
Yan Xiang screamed, and was shot through the body by dozens of arrows, and his life and death were unknown.
The expressions of the people on the ground changed drastically, and they hurriedly sacrificed their magic weapons to protect their bodies.
Suddenly, a ball of golden spiritual light shot into the air, wrapped Yan Xiang, dragged him out of the range of the rain of arrows, and fell to the ground.
The flaming arrows behind stopped, did not chase him down, and slowly dissipated after a few breaths.
The people on the ground breathed a sigh of relief and put away their protective magic weapons.
The golden spiritual light spit out Yan Xiang, and then flew back to the body of Jinchao.
Yan Xiang's body was pierced with more than a dozen burnt wounds, and the whole person looked like a broken bag. Fortunately, his dantian, head and other key parts were not pierced by arrows, and there was still a faint breath.
Jinchao's clone turned his head and glanced at Lei He and others, and said lightly: "Why don't you heal him quickly, or do you want to see him sit here and die?"
Jinhua Zhenren and Lei He came to their senses, hurried forward, took out various pills and cast spells to treat him, but unfortunately the effect was not good.
"In addition to increasing life and improving cultivation, the peach just now also has a good effect on healing." Jinchao's clone said.
Jinhua Zhenren suddenly realized, and hurriedly took Yan Xiang's storage magic tool, took out the peach, and fed it to him.
This peach is worthy of being a fairy fruit. Yan Xiang's breath quickly recovered, and he woke up after half a foot in the gate of hell.
"I, cough, cough, cough..." Yan Xiang just opened his mouth after waking up and said only one word, then spit out a mouthful of blood, and then he couldn't stop coughing.
Jin Hua Zhenren and Lei He quickly stuffed another healing pill into his mouth to help him dissolve the drug power, and the coughing stopped.
Gu Xuanyang looked at this scene and suddenly looked up at Jin Chao's clone: "Senior Jin Chao seems to have anticipated this situation?"
As soon as these words came out, Jin Hua Zhenren and Lei He also looked at Jin Chao's clone, with questioning in their eyes.
The rain of arrows appeared too suddenly, and even if the cultivation was high, there should be time to react, but Jin Chao's clone was able to take action at the right time. I'm afraid no one would believe that it was not anticipated.
Just now in front of the wall, Jin Chao's behavior of stopping everyone was also very suspicious.
Faced with doubts, Jinchao's clone had no intention of defending himself: "Yes, I won't hide it from you now. Jin had the honor to come to Sanxian Island many years ago. I know the situation here very well, but I do know a little bit."
When this was said, everyone else's face changed.
"There is a Nine Palaces Fire Array in the square here. Now the gate of the array has been sealed. We are all trapped in the array. If we want to get out, we can't rely on brute force. We can only find the nodes of the array and break it to get out." Jinchao's clone continued without waiting for everyone to ask.
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly looked around, trying to find traces of the array.
The square was wide and empty, with only nine red jade palaces of the same style standing on it. The floor and walls were also made of red jade, and there was no mark of array patterns on them. It didn't look like there was an array covering it.
But soon, everyone found that the location of the nine palaces on the square was a bit strange.
Among the nine palaces, only one is located in the center of the square, and the seven suns are directly above it, while the other eight palaces are located at the edge of the square, close to the wall, and are also distributed according to the directions of the Eight Diagrams.
While observing, Yuan Ming quietly contacted the first soul in the Heaven Stealing Cauldron, asked him to sit on the lotus platform, and released his consciousness to explore the sun in the sky.
The rain of arrows that attacked Yan Xiang fell from the sun, which also shows that the seven suns above the square may also be part of the Nine Palaces Fire Formation.
The consciousness of the first soul soon came into contact with the scorching sun in the sky, and a fire poison that was much more fierce than the red fog in the stone forest instantly invaded the consciousness, but due to the isolation of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron, it did not have any effect on the first soul.
He soon discovered that the seven suns seemed to be vaguely connected to the seven palaces on the square. Only the palace in the center of the square and the palace in Li had no connection with the sun in the sky.
"You don't need to look for it. The key to the formation is actually located in these nine palaces. As long as we break them all, we can easily leave the formation. However, the core of the formation hidden in the central palace hall is the most powerful. Even if all of us work together, we can't break it. Fortunately, we don't have to worry about it. As long as we solve the other eight key points, we can solve the crisis." Jinchao's clone spoke faster and explained.
At this time, Yan Xiang temporarily suppressed his injuries and recovered some strength. Hearing Jinchao's calm words, he thought of his life hanging by a thread just now, and couldn't help asking: "Since you know the situation here, why do you still bring us in to die?"
"Hehe, what you said, even if I told you in advance to stop it, wouldn't you come in?" Jinchao's clone sneered and asked back.
Yan Xiang opened his mouth and was a little speechless.
"Senior Jinchao, why did you let me wait outside for a while just now, and didn't come in until Qi Ri Lingkong?" Yuan Ming suddenly asked.
After hearing this, the others looked at Jinchao's clone.
"The seven suns in the sky are also derived from the Nine Palaces Fire Formation. Although the seven suns in the sky will make this place even hotter, they will also release most of the power into the sky, which will give us more hope of breaking the formation." Jinchao's clone explained.
"I see, I said too much." Yuan Ming nodded.
Gu Xuanyang frowned and said, "Okay, now is not the time to argue about this. We must break the Nine Palaces Fire Formation as soon as possible. If we delay for too long, we will all die here."
"That's right, but since the person who set up the formation dared to put the key points of the formation in the open, it will definitely not be easy to break it. Senior Jinchao, do you have any advice on this?" Jinhua Zhenren echoed and turned his head to ask.
Jinchao's clone nodded, turned his right palm, and a ball of golden light appeared in his palm, and eight red talismans flew out of it and fell in front of everyone.
"This is the forbidden-breaking talisman I made specifically to solve the Nine Palaces Fire Array. It can break the forbidden area outside the palace. However, there should be other obstacles inside the palace, which you need to solve by yourselves." Jin Chao's clone said.
Jin Hua Zhenren saw that there was also a forbidden-breaking talisman in front of Yuan Ming and Long Chong, and frowned immediately.
"Senior Jin Chao, do you mean to let the Jindan juniors also be responsible for breaking the restrictions of a palace?" He asked hesitantly.
"Now time is tight. If we delay for a moment, the hope of breaking the formation will be slim. I know the strength of Jin Yun and Qian Bao. It is not a problem for them to be responsible for a palace alone. As for your son and Yuan Xiaoyou, if they join forces, they may not be unable to break a hub." Jin Chao glanced at Yuan Ming and Long Chong.
Jin Hua Zhenren was a little worried: "That being said, they are not strong enough after all. We cannot guarantee that we can break the hub, let alone them?"
"Don't worry, I have already prepared for this."
As he said that, Jin Chao's clone waved his hand, and Fairy Jin Yun, who was standing quietly beside him, immediately took out two fire feathers from her storage bag and distributed them to Yuan Ming and Qian Bao Taoist.
The fire feathers were soft and warm, and they would slowly flutter even without wind, just like a living flame. They seemed weak and powerless, but they contained a strong evil spirit. Even Gu Xuanyang was a little frightened when he saw it.
"This is the evil feather that I spent a hundred years to condense. After it is sacrificed, it can burst out with a full-strength attack equivalent to that of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, which is enough to break the formation." Jin Chao's clone explained.
Seeing that he was so well prepared, Jin Hua Zhenren could not dissuade him anymore, so he could only pull Long Chong aside and give him detailed instructions.
Yuan Ming put away the fire feathers, but he was not nervous in his heart, but just looked at Fairy Jin Yun thoughtfully.
Jin Chao could give such a treasure to Fairy Jin Yun for safekeeping, so there must be some relationship between the two.
Could they be father and daughter? But Jin Yun did not have any demonic aura, so he should not be a demon beast in disguise.
Jin Yun noticed Yuan Ming's peeping and immediately glared back at him. Seeing this, Yuan Ming smiled awkwardly and immediately looked away.
Since they had decided to break the formation, they did not delay any longer. After a brief discussion, they quickly assigned their targets and began to act separately.
Yuan Ming and Long Chong were assigned to the Dui Palace. They soon arrived at the gate of the palace. As soon as they approached, a red formation appeared on the palace gate, blocking their way.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming immediately took out the ban-breaking talisman given by Jin Chao, injected mana into it, and threw it towards the gate.
The forbidden talisman turned into a stream of light and drilled into the palace door. Then Yuan Ming and the others heard a muffled bang. The magic array on the palace door was instantly broken. Dozens of cracks of varying sizes appeared on the palace door. Then it instantly exploded inwards and turned into countless fragments.
Yuan Ming and Long Chong looked at each other, took out their magic weapons, and stepped into the palace carefully.
In the center of the palace, a large magic array was slowly running. Countless red runes emerged from the magic array, entwined into a ball in the air like a chain, as if wrapping something. There were bursts of hot air coming from it, making the temperature in the hall hotter than the square.
"This is the formation hub that Senior Jin Chao said. We just need to attack it? It's that simple?" Long Chong asked in disbelief.
Yuan Ming did not answer. He released his spiritual sense to cover the surroundings, but did not find any hidden danger.