novelbin Chapter 458 - 318: New Discoveries—An Immortal Formation Still Running After Hundreds of Thousands of Years (Part 2)
Chapter 458 - 318: New Discoveries—An Immortal Formation Still Running After Hundreds of Thousands of Years (Part 2)
Continuing onward, heading towards the center of Grotto Heaven, while constantly collecting various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Golden Cicada Flower, Eight Suffering Nirvana Flower, Seven Heart Soul-Nurturing Lotus, Dragon Locking Immortal Grass, Ten Thousand-Year Celestial Blue, Wind Thunder Immortal Apricot, Blue Sky Yellow Spring, Five Elements Containing Reishi....
On top of the giant peak, Su Yu waved his large hand to transfer a large patch of Five Elements Containing Reishi along with large areas of spiritual soil into the Sea Suppressing Realm. Just as he was preparing to set off again, he suddenly sensed something, looked down, and with a thought, opened the regional channel to see someone speaking inside.
Li Wenbin: I’ve discovered a separate residence protected by an operational Sect Defense Array deep in the Grotto Heaven. Inside, there is a palace, which appears to contain valuable treasures.
Wang Dan: Really? How can any array still operate after tens of thousands of years?
Li Wenbin: Coordinates Y52154, X55478, come and see for yourself.
Zhang Hong: I’m coming over right now.
Xia Qingping: We’re coming too.
Su Yu thought about it and also sent a message:
"I’m not far from here, coming right over."
He closed the regional channel, soared into the sky, discerned the direction, and transformed into a stream of light, disappearing from sight.
Though it was claimed to be not far, it was actually hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, yet the Primordial Magnet Radiant Escape took less than an hour.
An hour later, a flash of light in the void revealed a humanoid figure, none other than Su Yu.
With a sweeping glance, he saw a massive valley, several thousand kilometers in diameter, at the center where four mountains converged. Four celestial pillars stood tall, and at the center was enveloped by a gigantic Mountain Defense Array. Through the transparent light screen, an ancient palace could be seen standing inside.
"It’s really an operational array."
Dozens of figures hovered above the gorge, half of which were from the Human Race. Almost all Human cultivators had rushed over.
The other half were Horned Demon People, 17 out of 23 came, the rest were estimated to be on their way.
Su Yu flew over, and others looked at him in surprise but did not comment; being here alone at below level 200, he must possess true skills.
Li Wenwu introduced the newcomers via the channel:
"We’ve just circled around the array for inspection. It’s a standard Tier Four array with a defense power of 25 billion, but that’s not the point; the point is there seem to be Celestial Immortal Puppets inside, and not just one."
"No wonder I wasn’t here for long before the Horned Demon People arrived. It’s impossible to enjoy this alone."
"25 billion defense power....."
Su Yu looked down at the array and scratched his head.
"The defense power is quite outrageous."
Plus the Celestial Immortal Puppets, unless he transformed into a red dragon, and the red dragon form could persist, along with hundreds of Golden Core Cultivators fully exerting their efforts, perhaps it could be breached.
Just perhaps, with a greater chance of being unable to break it at all.
"Forget it, let’s observe the situation first."
He wasn’t going to take the initiative anyway.
The Horned Demon People’s thoughts were similar; they felt incapable of breaking it without relying on others. So both sides stood apart without interference, even those who went down to observe the array weren’t attacked.
Seeing this, Su Yu also flew down and began inspecting the array along the edge.
The light screen was transparent, placing a hand on it allowed him to sense the array’s defense power of 25 billion, 60% damage reduction, 200,000 defense strength, and a recovery speed of 500,000 per second.
"Oh my."
It was more exaggerated than imagined.
This was merely basic recovery, if the array was attacked, it would automatically draw mana or spiritual power from the mana pool to restore defense, with a maximum recovery rate of tens of millions per second.
If a Celestial Immortal were presiding over the array, the recovery speed could be further accelerated.
Generally, Sect Defense Arrays also come with numerous powerful prohibitions and features, like the Cyan Cloud Cover with Cloud Protection; upon activation, defensive power soars instantly, or offensive prohibitions that can turn the surrounding thousands of kilometers into a purgatory upon activation.
Fortunately, for the moment, they hadn’t done anything, and the array remained in a dormant state.
Su Yu circled the array once, encountering a few Horned Demons who were also observing the array, they exchanged glances and passed by each other.
Among them, some Horned Demons used earth escape techniques to enter underground; he returned to his original place and transformed into a Celestial Ghost, burrowing into the ground.
After spending over two hours going around underground, he found no loopholes, even at the deepest point where Spirit Veins converged, there was no loophole; Spiritual Qi directly passed through the light screen barrier and was absorbed into the array.
After confirming no omissions, Su Yu said in the channel:
"I’ve just gone around the underground, and found no loopholes."
Someone immediately replied:
"Someone already checked underground before you came, no loopholes, we’ll have to attack head-on."
"Oh."
He closed the regional channel, but didn’t ascend, pondering while looking at his personal panel.
Great Wilderness Ancestral Dragon Claw (Supreme): Your dragon claw’s armor-piercing strength is at the current realm +1, ignoring all prohibitions and defense features to deal full damage, power +100%, attached feature: Sky-Splitting.
Sky-Splitting: Your attack can tear open space, breaking through all prohibitions and barriers below current realm +1, lasting 60 seconds, with a cooldown of 24 hours.
According to its description, the Great Wilderness Ancestral Dragon Claw could tear space, breaking through all prohibitions and barriers below the current realm +1.
Su Yu’s true realm was only Tier Two Foundation Establishment, realm +1 was only Tier Three Golden Core, certainly unable to break this Tier Four Celestial Immortal level Sect Defense Array.
But if he transformed into a Celestial Immortal-level true dragon, realm +1 would be Tier Five True Immortal, surely capable of tearing open the Tier Four Celestial Immortal level Sect Defense Array.
The effect of this supreme divine technique is fundamentally different from the Void-Splitting Great Divine Skill added by the previously possessed Sky-breaking Immortal Bone, but the effect is exactly the same, and even stronger.
This means he could do as before when he used to have the Void-Splitting Great Divine Skill, stealthily activate this divine technique to tear open a passage when others were unaware and sneak into the array.
However, the problem now is the array contains Celestial Immortal Puppets, more than one; sneaking in is easy, but there’s nowhere to hide.
This differs from when he infiltrated the Blood Evil Sect’s lair in southern Blue Mountain; back then, the Blood Evil Sect was under siege, with only one Golden Core Earth Immortal inside. Their main focus was dragged outside, so he could remain hidden.
Now, there are multiple Celestial Immortal Puppets inside, even with hundreds of Golden Core Cultivators from eight races coming over, unable to exert pressure. Sneaking in would most likely result in immediate detection.
Red dragon transformation is powerful, but hasn’t officially confronted a being of the same tier; he is confident fighting a not-too-high-level being of the same tier, but not multiple, especially within their array’s territory.
"Better to wait, attack the Sect Defense Array when everyone arrives."
"Many experts from prestigious backgrounds, some must have a way to break the array."
With this thought, Su Yu emerged from underground, returning to their gathering Flying Ship.
During this interval, more than twenty others had arrived, including ten Celestial Eye People, and all eleven from the Snake-man Race.
Golden Core cultivation speeds are swift, each race has its own regional channel, and after calling friends, more teams continued arriving to convene.
In the eighth hour, a team of humans arrived, increasing their total number to 27.
The newcomers were teams who entered the Grotto Heaven after them, and like them, other races were also having people arrive sporadically. Now, within the Grotto Heaven fragments, at least over 200 experts from various races were gathered.
Having waited nearly twenty hours in total, they now numbered 336 outside the array.
Feeling nearly complete, eight races each proposed a temporary leader to discuss a potential attack, the Human Race proposed Li Wenbin as their temporary leader.
Su Yu and the others stayed back, quietly awaiting their deliberations.
After nearly half an hour, Li Wenbin returned and told everyone:
"The plan is settled; the strategy is simple: everyone gathers in one direction and simultaneously attacks the Sect Defense Array."
"The first wave will be a probe; everyone uses conventional methods to attack to see the exact recovery speed of the array, deciding whether to unleash full burst, and how to do so."
Everyone nodded, having no objections.
Then Li Wenbin clapped his hands, gathering everyone to converge towards the center.
Li Wenbin’s advice came over the channel:
"Make sure to unleash your full potential, and make sure to activate your defense treasures, to avoid being ambushed, or if someone inside the Sect Defense Array initiates a counterattack, once a Tier Four Array retaliates, its power is extremely fierce; failure to notice may result in immediate death."
"OK!"