Chapter 1408: The Lost Energy-Absorbing Stones! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
In the bath of worldly Origin Energy, the Righteous Alliance experts began to rapidly recover their energy.
”What?!”
This abrupt sight stunned the leader and two subordinates hidden in the center of the formation. The disbelief on their faces was so strong that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
”How could this be? He can use the energy of the formation!”
The energy that Wang Chong had pulled on to assist Ouyang Changheng's group was none other than the worldly energy that this trio had unleashed to strengthen the attacks of the formation.
Even if they had been beaten to death, they would have never believed that such a thing was possible.
”This kid has to die no matter what! Release all the Stellar-Piercing Beetles! I'd like to see how he deals with that!” the leader furiously bellowed.
His original target was all the martial artists in the formation, but now, Wang Chong had jumped to the top of the kill list. In a flash, all the golden beetles were released to deal with Wang Chong.
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Within the formation, after attracting the attention of all the golden beetles, Wang Chong plunged into the next formation gate. As he was leaving, Wang Chong sent out a burst of Sword Qi to blast down several golden beetles in the air.
Upon sensing this energy, the golden beetles went mad, all of them rushing at Wang Chong. Bzzzz! In a flash of light, Wang Chong disappeared together with the golden beetles.
Behind him, for a brief moment, there was an eerie silence. Everyone looked at each other in speechlessness. Those Righteous Alliance experts who had cursed and reviled him before were now red with shame, complicated expressions on their faces.
In the end, you still saved us yet again!
Ouyang Changheng looked in the direction Wang Chong had left and internally sighed.
”You all heard it, right? Everyone, get ready. In ten seconds, we'll leave this place!”
Ouyang Changheng took in a deep breath and quickly began to issue orders.
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Although Wang Chong had seemed to save Ouyang Changheng and his group with just a few moves, it was not as it seemed. Every time Wang Chong used the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, his body's condition would worsen, just as it had just now.
If one could see through the Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor, they would realize that Wang Chong's face was pale white.
Alarm Gate, Stop Gate, View Gate, Open Gate… Another two layers and I will reach the core! Wang Chong remarked to himself.
This time, Wang Chong encountered no more martial artists. No martial artist was capable of venturing so deep, as anyone who got this close to the core layers of the formation was essentially doomed.
As Wang Chong relied on his prodigious calculation ability to go deeper and deeper, the attacks around him became stronger, but Wang Chong managed to avoid the vast majority of them.
Boom!
The world groaned while space shuddered. In the blink of an eye, Wang Chong had broken through the layer and finally arrived at the second layer of the Origin Immortal Formation.
Blood-red light filled his vision, giving the surrounding space the appearance of red glass. And at the edge of this area, Wang Chong saw enormous slabs of dark red stone.
These slabs were more than one hundred feet high, and special characters had been drawn on them. Moreover, all these stone slabs were moving.
Energy-Absorbing Stones!
Wang Chong immediately recognized them. When he had been speaking with the Formation Elder, he had come to learn of these special inscribed stones used in formations. In ancient times, almost all powerful formations would use Energy-Absorbing Stones for the parts near the core of their formations.
In using these inscribed stones around the formation core, one could create a special region that would cause any martial artist who entered to rapidly lose Stellar Energy. This was a means of protecting the core.
But Wang Chong had only ever heard about such things. This was his first time seeing them.
In this era where the understanding of formations was on the decline, these things had essentially ceased to exist.
It seems like I was right. Up ahead is the core region of the formation, leading straight to the heart!
Wang Chong shot forward into the formation.
More and more golden beetles appeared around him, clicking and chirping. At a glance, there were thousands upon thousands, simply too many to count.
But unlike before, the golden beetles seemed to understand that Wang Chong's Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor would be difficult to breach, so they changed tactics and began to circle around him.
Yet even though they had given up on attacking, they only seemed more dangerous. These golden beetles were like lurking beasts, hungrily eyeing their prey. The moment they spotted a weakness, they would launch a fatal attack.