Chapter 573
Chapter 573
From the moment Su Yang stepped into this area, she was certain that Ji Ruyan was within it.
What puzzled her was that although she had previously used the Gu Law in Ji Ruyan's soul to sense Ji Ruyan's approximate location, she could not sense Ji Ruyan's exact location here.
This is a little strange.
Logically speaking, she should have been able to pinpoint Ji Ruyan's exact location!
Thinking of this, Su Yang frowned slightly.
"Junior sister, come with me!" Xia Ning said softly to Su Yang.
Unable to pinpoint Ji Ruyan's exact location, Su Yang could only have Xia Ning lead her to the location where Ji Ruyan had set up the array, as she had previously mentioned.
She wanted to know why Ji Ruyan had gone to so much trouble to hide that thing, and even set up a formation to prevent it from being exposed, which even Xia Ning couldn't break through.
What exactly is Ji Ruyan hiding within that formation?!
The Heavenly Abyss is extremely vast, its area almost equal to the combined area of the seven domains of the Canglan Realm. Therefore, it took Su Yang and Xia Ning a full month to travel here using their current peak Nascent Soul stage speed.
The northern part of this abyss is at absolute zero, and no living being can survive here for long.
But what's most strange is that in this northern land, Su Yang sensed an extremely strong life force underground.
Perhaps Ji Ruyan decided to place that thing here because of the extremely rich life energy here!
Thinking of this, Su Yang's expression darkened slightly.
An hour later, Xia Ning, who was walking ahead of Su Yang, suddenly stopped.
She said to Su Yang:
"Junior sister, it's there!"
"That's where the formation is located!"
"The restriction I set up before was here, but it has long been destroyed..." Xia Ning murmured.
"I just don't know if that woman discovered the restriction I set up..."
Su Yang looked at the spot Xia Ning was pointing to and frowned slightly.
Immediately afterwards, Su Yang stretched out a hand.
A silver soul worm flew out of thin air from her fingertips, which were as thin as scallion roots.
Following Su Yang's instructions, the Silver Soul Insect slowly flew towards that place.
It lingered in the vicinity for nearly fifteen minutes, thoroughly examining the area Xia Ning had pointed out.
The silver soul insect flew back to Su Yang's fingertip once more.
After a long while, Su Yang lowered her eyelids and said, "Senior sister, there are indeed traces of an array set up here, but now, the array should no longer be here."
Upon hearing this, Xia Ning's eyes flashed with understanding.
"As expected? She found me!" Xia Ning said through gritted teeth.
"Then what should we do, junior sister? You are knowledgeable about formations, is it possible for you to find that formation?"
After thinking for a long time, Su Yang finally pursed her lips and said in a deep voice:
“I can only give it a try, but I can’t guarantee I’ll find her, and it will take some time.”
Xia Ning breathed a sigh of relief. "Since Junior Sister has a method, let's give it a try. If it still doesn't work, then we'll think of another way."
Su Yang nodded.
Then, her phoenix eyes flashed with a silvery-gray light.
"Buzzing—"
Countless silver soul insects flew out of Su Yang's body, quickly burrowed into the ground, and flew rapidly in all directions, carrying out a carpet search.
These silver soul insects of hers are all manifestations of the laws of Gu. If Ji Ruyan is near the silver soul insects, the silver soul insects can quickly sense the trace of the remaining laws of Gu on Ji Ruyan's soul.
At that time, she will be able to find Ji Ruyan's whereabouts!
The search for the Silver Soul Insect took three full days.
Three days later, Su Yang suddenly opened her eyes.
"Senior sister, we found it!"
After hearing Su Yang's reminder, Xia Ning immediately woke up from her seat.
A fleeting hint of excitement flashed across her indifferent eyes.
These three days felt like an eternity.
Every minute and every second was agonizing for Xia Ning; even when she sat down to cultivate, she couldn't calm her mind.
Xia Ning had a strong intuition that if she really couldn't find any trace of the formation or destroy anything within it, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Fortunately, she ran into her junior sister Su Yang on the way.
"Where?!"
Su Yang narrowed her eyes slightly, a glint of light flashing within them. "Senior sister, come with me!"
The two figures quickly disappeared from the spot.
Two hours later, Su Yang stopped.
She stretched out her palm, and a silver worm suddenly flew onto it.
The silver-souled insect nuzzled affectionately against Su Yang's palm before being put away by her.
Su Yang looked at the open space that seemed to have nothing unusual about it.
What met her eyes was a vast expanse of white snow.
But Su Yang's sharp eyes remained fixed on that area.
"Junior sister, is it over there?!" Xia Ning followed Su Yang's gaze.
Su Yang nodded slightly, "Senior Sister, it's there! I can sense a strong array aura! And Ji Ruyan too!"
"Ji Ruyan? Is she the strange woman who placed that thing that looks like insect eggs?"
"Senior sister, this formation is not a simple one. It also has a small teleportation formation that will automatically teleport you to a different place every once in a while."
"I guess she didn't notice the restriction you set up before, but because the teleportation array was triggered, it accidentally triggered the restriction you set up."
Xia Ning: "I see... I thought that your formations were just an auxiliary means for you, or just a hobby. I didn't expect that in addition to your extraordinary combat strength, you are also so outstanding in the art of formations."
Su Yang paused for a moment upon hearing Xia Ning's words of praise.
She glanced at Xia Ning with a somewhat strange expression.
Xia Ning looked at her with some confusion. "Junior sister, why are you looking at me like that?"
Su Yang quickly shook her head, "No...it's nothing."
She just never expected that Senior Sister Xia Ning, who cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness and was always cold and indifferent to everyone, would actually praise her...
"Junior sister, you just said that the formation is about to move. What should we do?" Xia Ning asked with a frown.
Xia Ning was completely unfamiliar with formations, so she needed to follow Su Yang's instructions completely for the next action.
Su Yang waved her hand, "Senior sister, I can do it."
After Su Yang finished speaking, she made a hand seal, and seven silver soul insects flew out and headed towards the formation.
Immediately afterwards, the seven silver soul insects landed in seven different locations.
They were arranged in the shape of the innate Bagua Qiankun, and then the seven silver soul insects shimmered with a strong silver-gray light.
Under the dazzling light, the seven silver soul insects began to fly rapidly in the air. Their speed was so fast that they even left afterimages.
In a short while, silver chains appeared out of thin air.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Su Yang gave a soft shout.
"Loose! Lock!"
As soon as Su Yang finished speaking, the several silver chains slammed into the ground with a whoosh.
Boom!
Suddenly, eerie black mist began to emerge from the ground covered by white snow and ice.
Black mist filled the air, and a powerful array was revealed before Xia Ning and Su Yang.
Seeing this, Xia Ning exclaimed, "Junior Sister, this is the formation!"
Su Yang carefully examined the formation and pondered for a moment.
Then, she waved her hand, and several more silver soul insects flew out.
These silver soul insects instantly transformed into several sharp cones enveloped in chaotic spiritual energy, and instantly pierced towards several corners of the formation.
Click!
The moment these spikes pierced the formation, a shattering sound rang in the ears of Su Yang and Xia Ning.
Upon seeing that the formation was showing signs of cracking, Xia Ning immediately swung her Frost Sword and shot several beams of sword light towards the cracks.
Bang!
The formation has now been completely shattered.
Xia Ning: "Junior sister, the formation is broken!"
The formation was completely broken, and then a huge abyssal rift suddenly appeared before the two of them.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"Ahhhh!"
"Stop! Stop! I don't want to! I don't want to have any more babies! I don't want any more of these disgusting worm eggs to come out of my stomach!"
"Ahhhh!"
Suddenly, a series of heart-wrenching screams reached Su Yang and the other person's ears from the bottomless abyss.
Both of them were startled by the extremely pitiful scream.
A look of surprise flashed across Su Yang's eyes.
Ji Ruyan, what's wrong?
What do you mean by 'Don't let so many disgusting worm eggs crawl out of my stomach'?
Could it be...
Ji Ruyan is raising an insectoid race?!
However, the next moment, from within that abyss, a giant insect leg suddenly stretched out from the mouth of the abyss.
Immediately afterwards, a giant flying centipede suddenly flew out.
As soon as it climbed up, it saw Su Yang and Xia Ning not far away.
"Hiss hiss hiss hiss—"
The giant flying centipede roared and flapped its wings, lunging at the two of them.
"Junior sister, leave it to me!"
As soon as Xia Ning finished speaking, a chill silently emanated from her. Her figure flickered, and in the blink of an eye, she rushed to the flying centipede.
"Roar!"
The thousands of long and sharp insects beneath the flying centipede lunged at Xia Ning, trying to riddle her with holes.
Xia Ning held the Frost Sword, and the Frost Sword Intent permeated her entire being.
A series of cold sword lights directly severed all the insectoid creatures of the flying centipede.
"hiss--"
The flying centipede roared in pain.
Before it could make any move, Xia Ning snorted coldly, threw out the Frost Sword, and rapidly formed hand seals.
Suddenly, the heavy snowflakes falling from the sky surged and gathered together.
Immediately, a blizzard tornado condensed.
It swept the flying centipede away with a destructive attack.
In an instant, the flying centipede was shredded into fragments by the blizzard tornado.
But after Xia Ning dealt with the flying centipede in front of her, strange movements occurred again within the abyss.
Su Yang and Xia Ning only saw countless insectoids scrambling to crawl out of the abyss.
There are all sorts of Zerg, including the Mantis, Black Beetle, Flying Centipede, Bloodthirsty Bat, Skybreaker, and Thunder Serpent!
Not only that, they were a huge, densely packed mass.
In an instant, the pure white of the snowfield was even covered by the insectoids that crawled up and turned black.
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