81: Chapter 81: Qi Refining Eleventh Level, the Fallen Pavilion Opens!

I do not know how much time had passed, but when the last bit of starlight sand powder was completely integrated into the Meridians, the operation speed of the Five Poisons Nourishing Spirit Art inside Qi Yang's body suddenly increased tenfold!

In the Dantian Qi Sea, that pool of liquid poison wood deep pool which had already reached saturation began to expand crazily after the Meridians were widened!

"Drip, drop! Drip, drop!"

Drops of more viscous and deeply colored liquid spiritual power continued to condense one after another.

The aura on Qi Yang's body began to climb steadily, and the shackles belonging to the Qi Refining Tenth Layer were shattered without any hindrance under the support of the tenacious Meridians!

Qi Condensation 11th Layer!

An incomparably formidable pressure erupted from Qi Yang's emaciated body, shaking even the hard surrounding rock layers to produce fine cracks.

Qi Yang opened his eyes abruptly, two substantial dark green flashes of light instantly vanishing in the dim secret room, and even a harsh corrosive sound came from the air.

"Is this the Qi Condensation 11th Layer?"

Qi Yang slowly clenched his fists, feeling the surging power within his body.

Now, the tenacity of his Meridians had improved by more than several folds compared to before.

If he were to encounter an opponent of Lu Yuan's caliber again, he would not need to use the scapegoat paper doll as bait at all; relying solely on his Physical Body and liquid Poison Wood Spiritual Power, he could blast and kill him head-on!

"The feeling of skyrocketing strength is truly wonderful."

Qi Yang grinned and casually cast a cleansing spell, cleaning away the foul-smelling Impurities excreted from his body.

Just when he was prepared to swallow the wuxiang pill and re-conceal his cultivation base.

"Rumble!!!"

The underground of the entire Yunxing Abyss suddenly erupted with a violent tremor.

This tremor was not an earthquake, but a tearing sensation coming from the depths of the Void Realm.

Qi Yang's expression changed, and his powerful perceptual ability rapidly spread outward.

I saw that in the core area of Yunxing Abyss, the year-round raging star magnetic storm actually split from the middle to both sides, and a massive bronze palace exuding an ancient and vicissitudinous aura slowly emerged from the Void Realm.

Yunge Pavilion had opened!

Accompanied by the advent of Yunge Pavilion, an irresistible and terrifying spatial suction force centered on the bronze palace swept crazily in all directions.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, whether it was the Prodigy of the Three Major Sects or those Loose Cultivator lingering in the dark, all were forcibly dragged into mid-air by this suction force and sucked into the gate of the palace.

"Damn it!"

Qi Yang cursed inwardly.

Although he was hiding hundreds of zhang deep underground, that spatial suction force actually ignored the obstruction of the rock layer and acted directly upon him.

Qi Yang had no time to make any resistance at all; he only felt his vision go dark, and his entire body was forcibly dragged into the endless darkness by an unrivaled force.

When Qi Yang regained his vision again, he found himself already in a completely unfamiliar environment.

Surrounding him were towering bronze walls, engraved with intricate and ancient Formation patterns, emitting a faint dim light.

The ground under his feet was paved with an unknown black metal, which felt bone-chillingly cold when stepped on.

"This is... the maze inside the ruins?"

Qi Yang knitted his brows tightly, vigilantly sizing up his surroundings.

The air was permeated with an ancient and oppressive aura; the concentration of star magnetic power was more than ten times higher than outside, and perceptual ability was suppressed to the limit here, only able to barely probe a distance of five zhang in radius.

Qi Yang did not act rashly.

He immediately swallowed a grade 2 wuxiang pill, tightly sealing his newly Breakthrough Qi Condensation 11th Layer cultivation base, and re-disguising himself as the Loose Cultivator Old Ghost Yin with only the Qi Condensation 8th Layer.

In this perilous maze, exposing his true cultivation base was definitely a foolish act.

Playing the pig to eat the tiger was the true principle of survival.

The massive maze on the periphery of Yunge Pavilion was simply a giant meat grinder designed to slaughter intruders.

Qi Yang cautiously moved forward along the bronze passage.

In just half an hour, he had personally witnessed a dozen corpses with miserable deaths.

Some were chopped into pieces by the Gengjin Sword Qi suddenly shot from the walls, some were burned into charcoal by the earthly fire spewed from the ground, and some even fell into illusion Formations and killed each other.

But these lethal killing Formations, which were fatal to others, seemed like a mere formality in front of Qi Yang.

The Five Poisons Nourishing Spirit Art endowed him with a keen perception of Spiritual Qi flows; before any Formation operated, it would produce subtle Spiritual Qi fluctuations.

Relying on this near-cheating intuition, Qi Yang avoided one fatal trap after another as if walking on flat ground.

He even had the leisure to loot those corpses, unceremoniously putting several Storage Pouch filled with Spirit Stone and Medicinal Pill into his pocket.

"This maze is too big, and it seems to be constantly changing."

Qi Yang stopped at a fork in the road, his brows slightly furrowed.

Just as he was about to choose a passage with relatively gentle Spiritual Qi fluctuations, a burst of violent spiritual power collision sounds suddenly came from the depths of the right passage, along with a familiar and clear sword hum.

"Su Qinghan?"

Qi Yang's heart stirred.

He immediately converged his aura, clinging to the bronze wall, and quietly sneaked toward the direction where the sound came from.

Passing through a long passage, the view ahead suddenly widened, and a huge bronze hall appeared.

In the center of the hall, an ultimate Formation exuding a terrifying gravity fluctuation was impressively set up—the Thousand-Pound Heavy Earth Formation.

Inside the Formation, several corpses wearing Xuantian Sect inner sect attire lay sprawled haphazardly on the ground, their bones shattered and blood flowing from their seven orifices by the terrifying gravity.

And in the center of these corpses, Su Qinghan's moon-white long dress had long been soaked by sweat and blood.

She knelt on one knee, her hands tightly grasping her long sword, stabbing the sword body deeply into the bronze ground to resist that terrifying gravity that seemed as if it would grind her to pieces.

Her complexion was as pale as paper, and a trace of deep despair permeated her peerlessly beautiful face.

The spiritual power within her body was nearly exhausted, and she was barely supporting herself entirely on that sharp Sword Intent.

"This Formation has already been tampered with, and its power is several times stronger than before; this is meant to put her to death."

Qi Yang, hiding in the shadows of the passage, saw through the clues of the Formation at a glance.

This method of modifying the Formation was very covert; it was definitely not naturally formed, but secretly manipulated by an expert proficient in Formations.

Qi Yang's gaze swept rapidly around the bronze hall, and soon in a corner at the top of the hall, he discovered a few imperceptible Spiritual Qi threads connecting to the core nodes of the Formation.

"Playing tricks right under my nose?"

Qi Yang smiled coldly.

Of course he could not directly jump out to save people; how could a Loose Cultivator Old Ghost Yin at Qi Condensation 8th Layer break open an ultimate Formation of this level?

Once exposed, Su Qinghan would definitely suspect his identity.

Qi Yang took a deep breath, his hands rapidly forming seals under his wide sleeves.

He mobilized that trace of pure liquid Poison Wood Spiritual Power within his body, silently spreading along the gaps of the bronze walls to the top of the hall.

"Swoosh!"

The Poison Wood Spiritual Power transformed into an invisible sharp blade, cutting off the Spiritual Qi threads connecting the core of the Formation with absolute precision, and taking the opportunity to corrode a key node of the Formation.

"Hum!"

The Thousand-Pound Heavy Earth Formation emitted a muffled hum, and a life gate large enough for a person to pass through appeared on the originally flawless Formation light screen, and the terrifying gravity also suddenly stalled accordingly.

Although Su Qinghan inside the Formation had exhausted her spiritual power, her combat intuition remained sharp.

The moment she sensed the gravity weakening, she forcibly squeezed out a trace of potential, pulled out her long sword, and transformed her whole body into a sword light, rushing out of the Formation along that life gate.

"Bang!"

Su Qinghan heavily fell onto the bronze ground outside the Formation, panting heavily.

Her Meridians had been severely damaged, and she didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Right at this moment, Qi Yang in the shadows of the passage flicked his finger.

An exquisite jade bottle transformed into a stream of light, carrying a clever force, and landed steadily into Su Qinghan's embrace.

Su Qinghan was startled, instinctively grasping her long sword wanting to counterattack, but when she saw clearly the jade bottle in her embrace, she couldn't help but freeze.