King of Creation-Chapter 713 - 704: Life and Death Road

"How is that possible? I, Bian You, have wandered the Jianghu for so many years, I definitely understand such basic principles!" Facing the interrogation from the Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao, Bian You naturally denied it outright.

"Then why were they trapped in the formation?"

"Haven’t they come out now?" The Divine Calculator Bian You replied nonchalantly.

"If they had received your Talisman Communication, they should have appeared before Elder Yangh and the others, not now!" Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao sternly questioned.

"Who knows what they were up to inside that’s unspeakable..." Bian You’s words were cut in half when he was pressured into silence by Lan Shuiqiao’s extremely unfriendly gaze.

It wasn’t just the Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao; even Yangh Yiguan, Hu Qingtong, and Ma Yue’s gazes towards Bian You started to turn unfriendly.

"Inside this formation, the interference from the Spiritual Power Storm is tremendous. Perhaps the aura of the Talisman Lead was blocked by the Spiritual Power Storm, or maybe the Talisman Communication just happened to pass through the Spiritual Power Storm without being received. That could be the reason."

Seeing that he had provoked anger from the crowd, Shadow Blade Shao Mo hurriedly came out to explain. Divine Calculator Bian You also uttered a sound of agreement, implying that was indeed a possible explanation, with an attitude that showed his disdain for further clarification.

A cold smile hung on Ye Zhen’s face; he would be surprised if he believed it.

Luckily, Ye Zhen had the Sword Heart Enlightenment and the ability to control Earth Spiritual Power brought by the Goldback Stone Beast King. Sword Heart Enlightenment allowed Ye Zhen to remain unaffected by the formation and to discern directions clearly, while Divine Sense extended out attached to the omnipresent Earth Spiritual Power, guiding Ye Zhen’s path.

It was thanks to these two abilities that Ye Zhen could lead Feng Qingyue safely through this Heavenly Time and Place Enchanting Soul Formation without any dangers.

"It should be like this."

After a moment of silence, Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao barked, "I believe everyone present here is an old hand in the Jianghu and would not dig their own grave. In such a life-threatening place, if anyone dares to do such a thing, I will be the first to not let them off!"

The first part of her statement seemed to muddle through the issue at hand, but the second part was a clear warning.

"Exactly, if anyone dares to do such a thing as betraying their teammates, we others will also not let them off!" Yangh Yiguan seized the opportunity to issue a stern warning.

Frustrated by being the mediator, he had not expected Divine Calculator Bian You to show such colors.

Everyone present was not a fool and had already understood the situation, especially Yangh Yiguan and Ma Yue, who knew of the conflict between Ye Zhen and Bian You before, and had long noticed that Bian You was deliberately setting a trap for Ye Zhen and Feng Qingyue.

Afterward, Yangh Yiguan turned to Ye Zhen, "Young Hero Ye, since the misunderstanding is resolved, shall we continue?"

"Whether it’s a misunderstanding or not, everyone knows in their hearts. What goes around comes around, hmph!" With a cold snort, Ye Zhen proceeded forward with Feng Qingyue.

Even though they were marching forward in a huff, Ye Zhen and Feng Qingyue didn’t dare to be careless in the slightest.

The two of them not only activated their Protective Spirit Armor but also controlled their breathing through their mouths and noses. After advancing over a hundred meters, the path ahead suddenly opened up, revealing three forks in the road, each seemingly endless at first glance.

"How can there be three forks? Which one should we take?"

At the same time, the group of Yangh Yiguan, Ma Yue, Bian You, Shao Mo, Lan Shuiqiao, and Hu Qingtong also caught up from behind.

"Young Hero Ye, this is the second defensive checkpoint of the Ten Thousand Beast Valley, the Life and Death Road!" Yangh Yiguan said.

"Life and Death Road?" Ye Zhen’s eyebrows twitched slightly. "Are you saying, out of these three diverging paths, there are roads to life and death? Two lead to death, and one leads to life?"

"Exactly, this Life and Death Road is extremely mystical. According to the pattern we discerned during our previous exploration, the life and death conditions of these three paths change every 15 minutes!

Last time, we sacrificed four lives before we could get through this Life and Death Road," Yangh Yiguan said with a somewhat tragic expression.

"Four Disciples at the Vein Forging Realm, just vanished without a trace on this Life and Death Road. After passing through, the Disciples that I brought were seven dead and three maimed..."

"Elder Yangh, the dead cannot be brought back to life; don’t be too heartbroken. The most important thing now is to enter the Ten Thousand Beast Valley successfully and achieve your wish!" the kind-hearted Feng Qingyue consoled.

"I request that everyone pool their wisdom and strength to find a brilliant way to get through this Life and Death Road!" Elder Yangh made a gesture of appeal with his hands.

"Yangh Guan’er, since you already knew about this Life and Death Road, why didn’t you bring three or four expendables along? Just let them scout the way for us, and wouldn’t that settle it?" Divine Calculator Bian You reproached.

As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Zhen, Feng Qingyue, Hu Qingtong, and Lan Shuiqiao all furrowed their brows, obviously finding Bian You’s suggestion quite disagreeable.

"Master Bian, you may not know but I do have a few Death Soldiers in my hand. However, the first Grand Formation can only be passed by Martial Artists at the Vein Forging Realm. The Death Soldiers under my command are all of rather low Cultivation," explained Elder Yangh.

"Can we fly over it?" Ye Zhen looked up at the somber sky.

"Fly..."

Yangh Yiguan’s lips curled into a bitter smile. "Haven’t you all noticed? Since stepping into the passageway of the Ten Thousand Beast Valley, flying has been impossible."

"What?"

At those words, everyone was shocked and their Spirit Light burst forth around them as they tried to take flight.

One couldn’t realize it without trying to fly, as soon as they tried, their expressions changed drastically.

The moment they were merely ten feet off the ground, it felt as if a mountain was pressing down on their shoulders; their bodies instantly became tens of thousands of times heavier, and they couldn’t ascend even a little bit higher.

Shadow Blade Shao Mo, with a Cultivation that reached the Sixth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm, found it somewhat unorthodox. His body burst out with an extremely dazzling radiance, with his Spiritual Power shining as blindingly as the sun in an instant.

Even with all his power exerted, Shao Mo could only ascend another half a foot before the next moment, as if struck by lightning, his body trembled violently, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out, and he fell straight to the ground.

"Ascending half a foot, that heavy pressure immediately increased by more than tenfold, as if several Establishment Kings were pressing down..." Shao Mo gasped, his face filled with shock and terror. free𝑤ebnovel.com

The others fell from a height of thirty feet, unable to fly across even the highest point of ten feet, and form the pathway of the three small trails which were at least fifty meters tall.

For a time, everyone’s expression turned extremely ugly.

"If this old man’s guess isn’t wrong, this should be the Geomagnetic Heavenly Spirit Grand Formation, which can, according to the needs of the Formation, bestow the Power of Geomagnetism on the ground or reverse it to the sky. At this moment, the situation should be that the Geomagnetic Spiritual Power has been reversed to the sky, and confined to a certain area.

It’s marvelous; this Formation passed down from a thousand years ago, is indeed incredibly marvelous!" Divine Calculator Bian You suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Ye Zhen’s heart stirred.

In fact, the moment he tried to fly to the sky, Ye Zhen had felt something was amiss, faintly feeling that the suppressive force in the sky was very similar to the Geomagnetic Field; unexpectedly, Geomagnetic power could be reversed, and this must be related to the location of the Ten Thousand Beast Valley.

Ye Zhen felt that this Ten Thousand Beast Valley was very likely a Secret Realm; otherwise, many of its marvelous aspects would be impossible to achieve.

However, knowing that the reason for the inability to fly was due to the Geomagnetic Heavenly Spirit Grand Formation didn’t make much difference to Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen could use the Essence Spirit Pearl of the Silver-horned Rhinoceros King to project a Geomagnetic Field.

But he certainly couldn’t counteract such an immense Geomagnetic Field; at best, it would only allow Ye Zhen to fly a little higher than others.

"Master Bian, since we know this is the Geomagnetic Heavenly Spirit Grand Formation, is there a way to break through it?" Yangh Yiguan asked with eager eyes.

"This Geomagnetic Heavenly Spirit Grand Formation is a large-scale Formation that purely amplifies the Attribute Power. The techniques of breaking Formations have no effect in front of this kind of Formation.

Unless you can allow this old man to reach the core of the Geomagnetic Heavenly Spirit Grand Formation, there might be a possibility of breaking the Formation," Bian You said.

Bian You’s answer filled everyone’s eyes with disappointment.

"Can’t we use Demon Beasts to break the Formation, to differentiate for us which path is life and which is death?" Shadow Blade Shao Mo suggested.

"Yes!"

Bian You affirmed with certainty, "Among the eight of us, we have four Demon Beasts. Let them break the Formation, at most sacrificing two Demon Beasts, we can pass this trial.

If we’re lucky, maybe only one Demon Beast will need to be sacrificed, or even none at all!"

Bian You’s expression was somewhat excited, "Yangh Guan’er, we’re risking our lives to come help you; you wouldn’t begrudge even one Demon Beast, would you?"

"How could I!" Yangh Yiguan forced a smile.

"But, do you really think these three small paths will allow you to pass them smoothly? As soon as you step on this path, various Spiritual Power attacks will pour down like a torrential rain.

Martial Artists at the Vein Forging Realm might be able to pass through by dodging and weaving, but with the Demon Beasts’ huge bodies, they won’t make it halfway before getting bombarded to death!

The last time we tried this, seven Heavenly Level Middle Grade Demon Beasts all died on this very path; no matter the path of life or death, they couldn’t make it halfway before being slaughtered!" Yangh Yiguan continued with a wry smile.

"Let this old body give it a try!"

As she spoke, Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao moved suddenly, stepping onto one of the small paths!

Whoosh!

Almost the instant she stepped on it, a shrill sound of air tearing echoed, and dense, blue Spiritual Power Arrowheads poured down like rain from the sky, instantly covering Lan Shuiqiao’s surroundings.

Lan Shuiqiao’s Spiritual Power burst forth, her cane pointed out like lightning. She moved forward merely three meters before leaping out of the path, her expression already extremely tense.

Ye Zhen and the others were left dumbfounded by the scene; it was too formidable.

"That’s right, with the Demon Beasts’ massive bodies, they indeed can’t pass through. Each strike is equivalent to the full force of a Martial Artist at the First Stage of the Vein Forging Realm. It’s not too powerful, but it’s so dense. Under such conditions, even a Heavenly Level High Grade Demon Beast couldn’t make it to the end safely," Lan Shuiqiao said.

"Elder Yangh, the defensive Formations left behind by your Beast Taming Sect’s ancestors are too terrifying. This is practically a certain-death path," Hu Qingtong said with her brows furrowed.

Yangh Yiguan smiled again bitterly, "Originally, this was only meant to deal with outsiders who broke in. Our own people could pass through it easily with the guidance of a Talisman Seal.

If the ancestors knew that the Beast Taming Sect would face such a calamity today, they probably wouldn’t have made this defensive measure so terrifying. It’s a pity..."

"So what do we do now? Are we supposed to be trapped here?" Lan Shuiqiao frowned.

"Yangh Guan’er, didn’t you say that Ye has a Demon Beast that can change size drastically and move incredibly fast? Other Demon Beasts are hindered by their size, but Ye’s size-changing Demon Beast should be able to pass!"

No sooner had Divine Calculator Bian You spoken than all eyes turned to Ye Zhen!(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)