Chapter 74 A Shocking Turn of Events (1/2)

”Buzz...”

A sound rang out as the four companions passed through the gateway of light one after the other, arriving at the inner dimension of the Dragon Trapping Well. The gateway shut itself up as they entered, and it was completely dark inside, as if the evening sky had been completely swallowed by the dark night. Wang Bugui attempted to unleash his sense field and realized that it was now restricted to a small radius of fewer than 100 meters. After some observation, he noticed that there was only one path available to them, and he did not know where it led to exactly.

”The radius of my sense field is about 100 meters. What about you guys?” asked Wang Bugui.

”50 meters,” Lyu Hao replied as he frowned.

”Same here,” Zhao Changge replied, frowning as well.

”About the same as you people. I have a treasure that can help us scout ahead, however. I can take point,” Yu Wude suggested as he drew out a compass.

The four of them looked at each other and nodded before heading in the same direction. Yu Wude took the lead, while Wang Bugui followed behind him and tried to pick up any movement in the vicinity. Zhao Changge and Lyu Hao watched their backs in case of a sudden emergency.

They were not traveling very quickly, and there were still no signs of external activity after they had walked for more than 10 minutes. There were also no signs of other living beings, and the only thing they could see was the animal remains strewn along their path.

They increased their walking pace a little and advanced for a few more kilometers, but it was the same as before. The dark and wide path was filled with animal carcasses and there were no living beings around. There were even no dead souls around either.

It was far too quiet, so quiet that the silence had become oppressing. Anyone that spent any more time here would surely be driven insane.

All of a sudden, the compass in Yu Wude's hand began to give out a golden glow. He signaled for the others to stop and said softly, ”There's a magical formation in front of us. We'll disarm it as we walk, follow closely behind me!”

”Right, I sense a few strong auras around us. Be careful, everyone,” Wang Bugui said as he nodded in agreement.

The four of them increased their level of alertness and moved off again. Yu Wude's fingertips were emitting a golden glow and he would draw a talisman of light quickly with every step he took, before casting it into the void. Wang Bugui suddenly realized that each talisman was actually preventing a magical power from the formations around them from being triggered. He let the others stop after they had taken 49 steps, and he waved his arms quickly before taking another step forward.

Before long, he had drawn a golden seal, and it attracted all of the other seals and scripts they had encountered thus far. They fitted into the various talismanic words of his seal, and gold light began to burst forth from where they were standing. This was followed by a resounding clacking sound, as if something had been shattered.

”Hehe, it's done; the first formation has been disarmed. Let's move on,” Yu Wude said as he turned to look at his companions. Now they believed that he was being reliable. After disarming another seven formations, they encountered a trickier one. Many undead soldiers and fearsome ghosts were summoned from it, and they could not seem to be able to get rid of all of them.

”Hey! Fatty, why haven't you disarmed this formation yet!” Zhao Changge roared as he smashed a wandering soul to pieces with a punch.

”Damn you. I don't know who set up a Ghost Portal Formation here, there are so many of them that we can't possibly kill them all. We need someone who's extremely powerful and shatter its heart with pure Yang energy! But one of you is Lyu Bu incarnate wielding his double-bladed halberd, while the other is Zhao Yunlong reborn with his dragon gut silver spear; both of you have too much inauspicious aura,” Yu Wude said to Lyu Hao and Zhao Changge as he killed another vicious ghost with a talisman.

”Where is the center of this formation?” Wang Bugui asked as he grabbed hold of Yu Wude.

”Take nine steps east and 81 steps north,” Yu Wude hurriedly said.

”I'll disarm this formation. Be extra careful, everyone!” Wang Bugui said firmly as he charged toward the center of the formation.

”Alright, we'll assist you!” Yu Wude said before summoning a small platform and igniting 49 beams of blazing fires to clear out a path for Wang Bugui. Upon seeing this, Lyu Hao and Zhao Changge drew out their weapons and helped to cover Wang Bugui as well.

”Hyah!”

Zhao Changge shouted. A dragon gut silver spear appeared in his hand, and his handsome face was reflected in its silver shaft. He whirled the spear and stabbed multiple times with it, killing all of the undead soldiers swarming toward Wang Bugui from the left, before he swept it in a huge arc, slaying dozens of souls in the process. Wherever the cold steel tip of his spear hit, the undead would be slain.

”Have a feel of my halberd!”

Lyu Hao was also keeping busy. A double-bladed halberd had appeared in his hand. Its shaft was blood red, and while the blade was glinting brightly, its upper portion was also reddish, as if it had been dyed with freshly obtained blood. The weapon whistled in the air as Lyu Hao spun it around, and each blow took out a huge batch of the undead. Wang Bugui was to the right of him, and none of the lost souls dared to touch him.

He had already used his Hell Step to arrive at the center of the formation, and a golden glow was surging out from all parts of his body. He then transformed his prana power into solar energy before giving out a Break Heaven Fist.

”Rumble!”

There was a huge sound as the fist struck the center of the formation, causing it to shatter along with the ground nearby. The shockwave from his punch rippled through the earth, as it spread from the epicenter of his strike toward its surroundings. The undead had vanished completely, leaving only a crater hundreds of meters wide.

”What great skill you have, Brother Bugui; you can channel both extreme Yin and Yang energy. What sort of martial arts have you learnt?” Zhao Changge asked, praising his friend as he walked over with spear in hand.