27: Outside the chessboard, start a new business

Shouts of killing, the roar of Magic Treasures, and the tragic cries of those dying instantly spread throughout Blackwind Mountain.

The Righteous Path allied army, like fierce tigers descending the mountain, charged into Blackwind Stronghold, killing everyone they saw.

Although the Demonic Path Cultivators were fearless in the face of death, they were utterly helpless against an enemy three times their number, and a half-step Nascent Soul expert like Song Daoyi.

From the very beginning, the battle was a one-sided slaughter.

Inside the Forbidden Ground's grotto.

Jiang Chen was deaf to the fighting outside.

His gaze didn't even linger for an extra second on the already insane "Child of Destiny," Li Feiyang.

A cripple.

A plate of leftover scraps.

He had no value left.

Jiang Chen turned and walked deeper into the grotto.

That area was an abandoned section, filled with debris and skeletons, appearing unremarkable.

But in his "Array Dao Heavenly Heart" vision.

Beneath the ground of this area, an incredibly complex and obscure energy circuit diagram was etched.

Countless energy lines intertwined and converged, ultimately pointing to a completely darkened and cracked stone platform at the center.

An ancient teleportation Formation.

According to Shadow Tower's intelligence, this was a relic inadvertently discovered by Blackwind Stronghold's ancestors.

However, due to its age, the Formation had long been damaged and unusable.

Li Tianxiong had also sought people to study it, and they all concluded that the Formation was completely Abandoned and beyond repair.

Over time, it was treated as a dumping ground for miscellaneous items.

But in Jiang Chen's eyes, this so-called " Abandoned" was merely a blockage of energy nodes and severe wear on the Formation patterns.

Its core "Spatial Dao" still existed!

He walked to the stone platform, extended his hand, and gently pressed it on top.

Formless Life Essence slowly injected itself through his arm.

At the same time, Array Dao Heavenly Heart operated at full capacity.

His brain, at this moment, transformed into a super machine with computational power surpassing everything in the world.

That ancient Formation diagram, complex enough to make any Formation Great Master's scalp tingle, was rapidly disassembled, analyzed, and reconstructed in his mind.

The function of each energy node.

The direction of each Formation pattern.

The target spatial coordinates of the teleportation Formation.

Everything became incredibly clear under his analysis.

"Repair completeness: seventeen percent..."

"Core spatial coordinates: three severely damaged points..."

"Energy supply circuit: nine breaks..."

Countless streams of information flashed through his Sea of Consciousness.

If it were any other Formation Grandmaster, it would take at least ten to eight years to repair this grand Formation; it wouldn't even be a thought otherwise.

But Jiang Chen, in just ten breaths of time, had already found the fastest and most efficient method to repair it.

He took out a large amount of Spirit Stones and various rare Materials containing spatial attributes from Mu Changqing's Storage Pouch.

These were the "parts" for repairing the Formation.

Jiang Chen's hand moved.

His fingers moved so fast on the stone platform that they left afterimages.

Spirit Stones were precisely embedded by him into inconspicuous grooves on the stone platform.

Strands of Formless Life Essence, transformed into the finest carving knives, re-engraved the worn Formation patterns.

Occasionally, he would stop, take out a rare "Void Gazer Stone" from his Storage Pouch, crush it into powder directly with his palm, and evenly sprinkle it on the critical nodes of the Formation, mending those damaged "spatial coordinates."

His movements were utterly seamless.

It wasn't like he was repairing an ancient grand Formation.

It was more like a watchmaker repairing a precise pocket watch.

Focused and efficient.

While he was repairing the Formation.

The battle outside had already entered a white-hot stage.

Li Tianxiong, like a madman, burned his Golden Core, exchanging injuries for injuries, actually managing to hold back several Golden Core experts, including Song Daoyi.

But this was merely a final burst of energy.

His life force was rapidly draining.

"Find the Soul Suppressing Demon Banner! That is the key to this mission!"

Song Daoyi, while entangled with Li Tianxiong, ordered his Disciples.

Large numbers of Righteous Path Disciples began to flood into every corner of Blackwind Stronghold, frantically searching for the legendary Demonic Path secret treasure.

Time passed bit by bit.

Half an hour later.

Jiang Chen slowly withdrew his hand.

The originally dim and dilapidated stone platform in front of him now emitted a faint glow.

The incredibly complex Formation patterns on it, as if re-infused with life, exuded a subtle spatial fluctuation.

It was repaired.

No.

Not just repaired.

A cold smile appeared on Jiang Chen's face.

During the repair process, he made a small "modification" to the core Formation patterns of this teleportation Formation.

He altered the original destination of this teleportation Formation—a safe Demonic Path stronghold located thousands of miles away.

He changed it to... a ten-thousand-year-old dormant Earthfire Demonic Vein, three thousand zhang deep beneath Blackwind Mountain!

That was the death core of this mountain range.

It was filled with violent, scorching, and destructive energy capable of melting metal.

This was supposed to be the escape route for the "Child of Destiny," Li Feiyang, to turn the tide in his desperate situation.

Now, Jiang Chen had transformed it into a luxurious tomb tailor-made for the Righteous Path allied army.

After doing all this, Jiang Chen did not leave immediately.

He used the power of Wood Element, and countless tenacious vines grew from the ground, re-entangling and covering this newly repaired teleportation Formation, disguising it as if it had long collapsed from disrepair.

Then, he turned and walked towards Blackwind Stronghold's treasury.

The show had just begun.

He not only wanted to be the director.

He also wanted to personally take the stage and play the most important role.