226: Chapter 226 The Mysterious Black Snake

Yun Jian's words gave the surrounding Cultivators hope.

"Is that true? You mean we can find a way to break the Maze Formation here and obtain treasures?"

"Yeah, doesn't that mean we can recover our spiritual power?"

The other Cultivators said excitedly.

Hearing this, Yun Jian felt somewhat uneasy. If they all recovered their spiritual power, with so many treasures in these rooms, it would be chaotic if they started fighting over them.

But if they didn't break the Maze Formation now, they would only be able to walk in circles here.

Yun Jian sighed inwardly. He looked at Ye Jing, who was in front, and immediately said, "Fellow Daoists, wait a moment. If the Maze Formation is broken and we can recover our spiritual power, then everyone shall seek treasures on their own and must not engage in internal strife or killing!"

He deliberately raised his voice, his gaze sweeping across the crowd with a hint of firmness in his tone.

"This Hall of the Demon God is already extremely dangerous. Internal strife will only turn us all into lost souls within the formation or food for Yao Beasts.

Furthermore, Senior is presiding here. If anyone dares to snatch treasures recklessly and stir up trouble, do not blame my Qingyun Sect for joining forces with the other Sects to clean house first!"

These words were clearly meant to restrain everyone, but secretly, they were a message to Ye Jing, establishing the bottom line of sticking together while also pushing Ye Jing into the role of maintaining order.

After all, only Ye Jing had the strength to suppress everyone present. With him presiding, no matter what ulterior motives they had, they wouldn't dare to act out easily.

Hearing this, the excited expressions of the crowd subsided a bit.

"Elder Yun is right!"

"Let's break the formation to save our lives first. Treasures will depend on each person's Opportunity; we definitely won't fight to the death over them!"

"Indeed, I have the same intention."

The Cultivators echoed one after another; no one dared to defy him at this critical juncture. After all, whether they could even get the treasures alive was still uncertain.

Seeing this, Tao Yue stood up to agree, stabilizing the Chixiao Sect Cultivators: "My Chixiao Sect Disciples will strictly follow the agreement, prioritizing breaking the formation over Opportunity, and will never engage in private combat."

Seeing the two major Sects take a stand, the Disciples of the other smaller Sects had no further objections.

Yun Jian breathed a sigh of relief and said respectfully to Ye Jing, "Senior, let us follow the source of the Evil Qi to find the formation eye and break the formation to escape as soon as possible!"

Ye Jing nodded slightly without saying much. He raised his hand to activate the golden light bowl, making the golden light shine even brighter, shielding everyone within the light barrier.

"Lead the way."

Yun Jian didn't dare to delay. He hurriedly held his Compass and walked quickly, following the flow of the Evil Qi.

As they drew closer...

The black mist grew increasingly dense, as if it intended to surround them completely.

Dull rumbles suddenly came from the end of the corridor. The previously open hall doors all slammed shut, and the ground shook violently.

The black and red runes on the walls flashed frantically. The dense black mist stopped testing them and surged toward everyone like a tide, its power several times stronger than before!

Ye Jing's eyes narrowed. He immediately increased the spiritual power injected into the golden light bowl. The brilliant golden light instantly surged, turning into a golden light barrier that enveloped everyone.

The black mist struck the barrier, making sizzling corrosive sounds and emitting puffs of black smoke, yet it remained unable to break through the defense.

At the same time, Hei Feng suddenly stood up, his body emitting the violent pressure of a Second-Order Demonic Beast. With his fangs bared, he let out a deafening roar toward the source of the black mist, actually forcing back the front wave of Evil Qi.

"Tian Hao, protect everyone and follow closely behind me," Ye Jing instructed via spiritual transmission, walking slowly with the golden light bowl in his palm.

The golden light barrier moved slowly with his steps, and wherever it passed, the black mist completely dissipated.

Yun Jian hurriedly led the way with his Compass. Tao Yue supported the still-recovering Ruan Xiao as they followed closely. The other Cultivators lined up, staying within the light barrier without straying an inch, not even daring to breathe loudly.

The group walked along the source of the Evil Qi. The seemingly endless corridor finally came to an end, and a hall, pitch-black and covered in Demon God reliefs, appeared before them.

The hall doors were tightly shut, with dense Evil Qi constantly seeping from the cracks; this was indeed the source of the Evil Qi.

However, there were eerie red runes on the door that made everyone feel deeply uneasy.

Since the group's Spiritual Qi was scarce, they didn't dare to approach easily.

Seeing this, Ye Jing patted Hei Feng. Hei Feng immediately stepped forward and took a Bite out of the rune Restriction.

A shrill scream rang out as several dark shadows twisted out, shrieking. However, these shadows did not attack anyone but instead flew away rapidly.

The sight chilled the hearts of the Cultivators.

A Ganglei Sect Disciple spat upon seeing this. "As expected of a Demon God! To commit such evil acts—who knows how many skeletons are inside this Hall of the Demon God!"

"Heh, he was already a Soul Transformation Demon God. To be able to Cultivate to such a level, the blood debt of living beings on his hands must be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood," a Cultivator sighed.

But that was a Soul Transformation Demon God! He was already a figure at the level of an Immortal, not someone they could speculate about at will.

At this moment...

A cloud of black-red blood mist suddenly exploded where Hei Feng had performed a Bite on the rune Restriction. A shrill shriek pierced their eardrums, making everyone's blood boil.

The seemingly ordinary rune Restriction actually contained a hidden backlash. Hei Feng let out a pained low growl, the fierce light in his beastly eyes surging as the Physical Body's brute force of the Second-Order Demonic Beast erupted completely.

His sharp claws dug fiercely into the hall door, gouging out several deep marks, and the frequency of the rune's flickering immediately became erratic.

Ye Jing moved up and continued to use the golden light bowl, its brilliant golden light suppressing the rampaging blood rune.

Hei Feng took another Bite of that door. In an instant, black mist surged up, and the Restriction on it shattered and vanished.

The door swung open, and a giant black snake immediately emerged from within.

The black snake was over ten zhang long, its entire body covered in ink-black scales with edges glowing with dark red blood-light. Its pupils were vertical slits of dark gold, like two underworld lamps, locking onto everyone.

Its forked tongue was crimson, spitting out foul-smelling black mist that caused corrosive ripples in the air wherever it passed.

Even more terrifyingly, a pair of twisted black horns grew on the black snake's head, wrapped in fine Demon God runes, and the Evil Qi around it was almost solid.

"This... this Demonic Snake is so strong!"

As soon as the black snake appeared, Yun Jian cried out in alarm. Everyone immediately held their breath, their bodies unable to move even a fraction.

Hearing this, the crowd's Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering. They thought breaking open the hall door would allow them to break the formation and escape, but who knew it would draw out such a malevolent entity.

The Ganglei Sect Disciple who had just denounced the Demon God was now trembling, stumbling back several steps into the Cultivator behind him, his previous vigor completely gone.

The black snake let out a shrill shriek toward the sky. The sound waves stung everyone's eardrums and made their blood churn incessantly. Then, its massive body suddenly swung.

Its thick tail, carrying enough brute force to split mountains and shatter rocks, lashed out fiercely at the golden light barrier! "Boom—!"

A deafening explosion erupted. The golden light barrier shook violently, and the golden light bowl in Ye Jing's palm buzzed incessantly as the brilliant golden light instantly shattered.

Ye Jing let out a muffled groan and spat out a mouthful of blood. Seeing the black snake attacking again, he shouted loudly.

"Stop dazing! Use everything you've got!"

With just a light attack, the black snake had nearly beaten Ye Jing to death. Even Hei Feng was now too terrified to step forward, completely suppressed.

This black snake was extremely powerful, not something they could contend with.