Chapter 614
Corpse Pit
After he was ready, he suddenly summoned his armor.
The body is protected within it.
At this moment, Ning Qi also felt the threat ahead.
I've already reached the level of a Golden Immortal, so why do I still feel a sense of danger here?
Ning Qi frowned as he observed the situation ahead.
Although the array formations and restrictions here are very strong, they are not enough to pose a threat to him.
So, it's clear that there's something going on below.
Ning Qi focused his attention downwards and then activated the Dao patterns.
They ventured forward to explore.
"Om."
With a loud bang, the Dao patterns transformed into countless rays of spiritual light and surged away.
In the blink of an eye, they were already entangled with the gale in front of them.
Because there was no human intervention, the strong winds and formations here did not fluctuate much.
"Master, what's going on?"
The spirit was already standing on his shoulder, intently watching the situation below.
His eyes were full of curiosity.
"I don't know either, let's see how things go first."
Ning Qi shook his head and focused his gaze downwards again.
At this point, he gradually noticed something amiss.
It turns out that someone is controlling this cemetery.
To be precise, they are not controlled by humans, but by the soul power here.
After years of depletion, this soul power no longer poses a significant threat.
But they still attack people who come here. Ning Qi's intrusion caused a disturbance in their ranks.
The threat he felt was not because of their strength.
It's because there's so much soul energy here; there are at least dozens of graves here.
Their combined soul power alone is enough to make people wary.
"I see."
After Ning Qi understood what was going on, he couldn't help but smile.
"Master, what's going on?"
Yao Ling was still confused, and while looking ahead, she didn't forget to ask more questions.
"This is all caused by soul power. We just need to conceal our aura."
"If we suppress our strength, we can go in without any interference."
After saying that, Ning Qi suddenly stopped breathing.
Then it flew downwards.
In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at the area where the cemetery was located.
"call!"
Here, the gale has weakened, and one can only feel the oppressive aura of the powerful beings who once inhabited this place.
However, these no longer pose a threat to Ning Qi.
After landing, he observed the situation.
"Master, there is a tomb here."
Yao Ling pointed to a spot and spoke to Ning Qi.
"Okay, let's go down and take a look."
Ning Qi nodded, then flew away, arriving in front of him in the blink of an eye.
Upon arriving at the entrance, I intently observed the situation.
It was discovered that this entrance was also protected by a restrictive formation.
However, this was not a problem for Ning Qi at all.
He activated the Dao patterns and then explored forward.
In the blink of an eye, he broke through these formations.
After solving the formation here, Ning Qi went directly to the entrance.
Without hesitation, I went inside.
"Master, be careful."
Yao Ling looked at the passageway ahead and couldn't help but offer a reminder.
"Don't worry, there's nothing here."
Ning Qi was also observing the situation ahead.
After walking a distance, I didn't find anything wrong.
They then sped up and quickly passed through the passageway.
Then we arrived at an open area where two passageways appeared.
"One lives, one dies."
Ning Qi looked at the passageway in front of him and smiled.
Which one should we choose?
The spirit of medicine flew back and forth in the void, at a loss for what to do.
"Choose the one with the heaviest death aura."
Ning Qi looked ahead and then said, "Trying to confuse our judgment might have worked in the past, but things are different now."
"Master, we must be careful too."
Yao Ling was still worried and couldn't help but say something.
"Walk."
Ning Qi simply agreed and then walked straight ahead.
Soon they arrived at this passage filled with deathly aura.
As he walked in, he was suddenly hit by a gust of foul-smelling wind.
It made him feel as if he was enveloped by a chill.
"So strong."
Yao Ling frowned and said in a deep voice, "Master, is this the right path?"
"It should be fine, let's go."
Ning Qi glanced ahead, then walked in again.
In this passage, he saw that there were corpses everywhere.
There were human figures, spirit beast figures, and traces of a fight.
This made Ning Qi gradually become vigilant, and he kept observing the situation with his eyes every now and then.
Especially when we arrived at a relatively spacious passageway.
Soon we saw two more deep pits here.
"Master, this place is full of corpses!"
Yao Ling was the first to go and check the situation, and immediately realized that something was wrong.
The pit was filled with a large number of corpses.
Many of the corpses were already rotten, but there were no bones.
"strangeness."
Ning Qi also came over and looked at the corpse in the pit: "Why didn't it rot?"
"It seems like there's some kind of formation here protecting them from decay."
"Moreover, in this way, their strength in life will also be imprisoned here."
Yao Ling, standing beside him, offered a serious analysis.
"Hmm, not bad."
Ning Qi nodded, then his eyes lit up: "Perhaps, this way they can support the operation of the outer array and mechanisms."
"what?"
Yao Ling widened her eyes and said, "Master, you know what... that might actually be true!"
"In other words, if we break the binding formation here, wouldn't people from outside be able to come in smoothly?"
After he finished speaking, Ning Qi fell into deep thought.
He looked at the pit in front of him with a puzzled expression.
The spirit of medicine flew around beside her, also looking uneasy.
"You're right."
After a while, Ning Qi came to his senses and returned to the pit entrance: "However, if we break through it like this, wouldn't all that power be wasted?"
"Yes, but there's nothing we can do. These people don't know how much longer they'll be dead."
"It's quite remarkable that their skills have been able to be confined here."
“Once it is broken, I feel that they will immediately be released and return to the world, becoming part of the power of the law.”
Yao Ling sighed, revealing a look of deep agreement.
"If there were a way to take all these skills for myself."
"Then, my Golden Immortal strength will surely reach a new level."
Ning Qi stretched out his hands, looking at the power surging in his palms: "I should be around the first rank of Golden Immortal now."
"This is only the initial glimpse into the basics. If we were to take all the power here for ourselves..."
"I can at least reach the strength of a fifth-grade Golden Immortal, and with my Immortal and Demonic powers operating simultaneously, I feel that even a ninth-grade Golden Immortal expert would be a match for me."
"Master, but... wouldn't this be too risky?"
Upon hearing his words, Yao Ling frowned: "There are indeed quite a few powerful practitioners here."
"But it's also very dangerous. We don't know if there's any evil energy here, or if there are any other formations below."
"Fortune favors the bold; if you are hesitant and timid, you will miss an opportunity."
Ning Qi didn't care at all, and then waved his hand: "Shi Xiaokun, come out."
"Owner!"
After he said that, a wisp of Shi Xiaokun's divine consciousness appeared from his sea of consciousness.
"I want to go down here and claim the power here for myself."
"You and Yaoling will protect me here."
Ning Qi pointed to the pit below and said to the two, "I'm leaving my Dharma body here. If anything happens later, take my Dharma body with you and leave immediately."
"With the medicine spirit here, it can still help me recover."
"Understood, Master! Leave this to us."
Shi Xiaokun didn't say anything, but simply agreed.
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you."
Seeing that he agreed, Ning Qi stopped arguing.
After giving a brief explanation, he suddenly leaped down.
After he reached the bottom, he felt the stench of death, which made him want to vomit.
However, Ning Qi, being a Golden Immortal, simply used his aura to isolate everything here.
At the same time, before he was about to refine the power here, he also condensed his own Dharma body.
They then returned to the pit entrance.
"Owner!"
Yao Ling looked at his Dharma body and hurriedly stepped forward.
However, this time Ning Qi ignored him and sat down cross-legged.
"This is the master's Dharma body; do not disturb him."
Shi Xiaokun came over and stopped Yao Ling.
Meanwhile, Ning Qi had already found a sacrificial platform below the cave entrance and sat down.
Below him lay countless corpses.
These once powerful individuals have been reduced to puppets, used to operate the array mechanisms.
However, Ning Qi had no time to grieve for them, and instead immediately began to circulate his cultivation technique.
He then began to circulate his immortal and demonic powers simultaneously.
It then transformed into an invisible net and began to explore downwards.
As the large net surged downwards, it was stirred by the wisps of corpse energy present.
Finally, it transformed into pairs of withered hands, as if trying to tear apart his vast net.
"go."
Ning Qi took a deep breath and then concentrated all his strength.
It continued to press downwards, and in the blink of an eye, his giant net was torn apart.
But Ning Qi did not give up; this was just the beginning.
After his roar, he once again conjured a giant net.
It spread downwards.
However, this time he did not stop. After one net descended, he condensed two or three more.
In one breath, nearly a hundred giant nets condensed and simultaneously enveloped downwards.
The countless withered hands below were not afraid.
He kept attacking, tearing his giant net apart piece by piece.
However, these hands also experience wear and tear during this process.
Each time a giant net is torn apart, hundreds of these withered hands are shattered.
In the very end, Ning Qi's giant net was about to merge with the corpses below.
These hands ultimately couldn't hold on and were crushed by Ning Qi.
"call!"
At this moment, Ning Qi was also not feeling well.
This level of energy expenditure was the first time he had experienced it since his breakthrough.
Because he hadn't fully adapted, he had expended too much energy when he was condensing the giant net.
He was covered in sweat at that moment.
However, a look of relief appeared on his face.
Although it was costly, it was at least effective.
His giant net had merged with the corpses below and then began to slowly devour them.
"Buzz!"
As he devoured, the boundless power below seemed to have discovered him.
It began to surge and spread over the corpses.
This made Ning Qi's eyes widen, but he quickly calmed down.
They weren't attacking him like they were attacking the withered hand; rather, they were welcoming him.
And so, the power of these countless corpses began to be devoured by his giant net.
Gradually, it was refined by him and flew towards Ning Qi along his giant net.
The power that had been completely refined then surged into his body.
He refined it once more, and after two refinements, this power had become one with him.
Gradually, Ning Qi's aura began to rise.
However, he did not allow these auras to run rampant here.
This would easily attract the attention of outsiders.
If people find out that he has already reached the level of a Golden Immortal, then things will get complicated.
"Master is amazing, he fused with it so quickly."
Shi Xiaokun looked down from the cave entrance and exclaimed in admiration, "It won't be long before he's able to refine all the corpses here."
"I wonder what level I'll be able to break through to in the end."
The spirit of medicine was also there, looking down.
"No matter what, it's better than before, that's enough!"
Shi Xiaokun smiled and said, "If we can refine it, we won't lose out."
"Correct!"
Yao Ling nodded in deep agreement upon hearing this.
……
While they were refining the corpses here, the demon army, which was engaged in a fierce battle with the mechanical puppets outside, suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
"Commander Wang, why aren't the mechanisms here working?"
A guard came over and reported the situation to Wang Haoran.
"what?"
Wang Haoran was engaged in a fierce battle with several puppets when he heard the guard's words and immediately showed a surprised expression.
"Commander Wang, these puppets have also weakened!"
"No, some of them are no longer moving."
"..."
Before anyone could respond, the people here began to exclaim in surprise.
Many people have noticed that these powerful puppets are no longer moving.
Most of them are mechanisms that have completely stopped functioning.
"What's going on?"
Xue Xiaotian also walked over, his face full of doubt.
Looking at the situation before me.
"I don't know, maybe the young master and his men tampered with it inside."
Wang Haoran shook his head, then looked into the depths: "In that case, let's get started, take down these puppets, and dismantle the arrays and restrictions within them."
"To prevent them from resurfacing, we'll bring them all back and reignite their power."
"Yes!"
"..."
After he gave the order, the demons began to move.
One by one, they stepped forward and dismantled the array's core components from the puppets.
Make them completely incapacitated.
With these puppets under control, their greatest threat was completely eliminated.
"Commander Wang, what do we do next?"
Lu Wantian looked ahead and finally stepped forward to ask.
"You stay here and keep watch, I'll go inside and report the situation."
Wang Haoran looked back and said in a deep voice. (End of Chapter)