313: Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Gods and Demons Formation

Before setting off, he had made over a hundred mechanical armored submersible fish, but they weren't used. Han Huohuo didn't regret it; since it was an adventure, whether they were used or not wasn't important, but it was still necessary to be well-prepared.

Before Han Huohuo could catch his breath,

Sophia came looking for him again.

"Lord, do you remember that ruin we found last time? I also asked you for some mechanical soldiers, and we finally conquered it, but it's a bit strange. Do you want to go take a look?"

"How is it strange?"

"There are many black three-legged bird guards in the ruin that we defeated, but the entire ruin is like a formation. In the very center, there's a transparent coffin with a lifelike corpse inside, just like a living person. We didn't really dare to move that coffin. Do you want to go take a look?"

Another corpse?

Han Huohuo sighed. He couldn't live like this anymore. Strange things were happening everywhere, and recently, he seemed to be inseparable from corpses. He didn't even know where the corpse from the seabed had gone, and now another one appeared.

"Let's go, let's go take a look!"

The ruin was not far from Shura City. Han Huohuo followed Sophia and teleported to Shura City, then transferred to an Armored Vehicle and drove all the way to the ruin.

After the last insect plague, the land was barren everywhere. The corpses of dead insects left too many toxins. Although tenacious weeds slowly began to grow, crops were more delicate, and the land could not yet be cultivated. It would probably take several more years to recover.

Even the river water here was still green, emitting a foul odor.

A few hours later, the vehicle ascended a temporarily cleared mountain path and finally reached the entrance of the ruin in a valley.

This ruin was full of stone pillars, with profound runes carved on them. Even though they had all collapsed during the battle, they still occasionally leaked a trace of powerful magical energy.

There were corpses of three-legged crows everywhere.

The battle seemed very fierce; these crows had good combat power.

There were cages nearby, and Sophia had even captured some live ones.

Han Huohuo glanced at them.

【Three-legged Golden Crow】: Sun Divine Beast, can be tamed, Tier 6.

【Combat Power】: Strength 100, Defense 50, Stamina 120, Intelligence 30.

【Special Skills】: Flight: Extremely agile in aerial movements.

Fire Breath: Possesses fire-breathing ability, dealing physical damage.

【Drops】: Golden Crow Claw, Golden Crow Beak,

【Chance to Drop】: Sunstone

It was actually a Tier 6 monster, no wonder it was so difficult to deal with. A large number of Tier 6 flying monsters were still very terrifying.

Han Huohuo noticed that this was a tamable beast.

"Are you going to tame this type of bird?"

"Yes, we found a large number of bird eggs and caught some live ones. We're preparing to try and tame them. This type of troop has strong combat power."

As they were talking, the few of them had already reached the very center of the ruin, where there were eight black pillars surrounding a crystal coffin.

Inside the crystal coffin was a corpse wearing ancient armor.

Han Huohuo didn't look at the corpse but first examined the black pillars around him. He pressed his Time-Space Eye, and the Time-Space Eye slowly opened, revealing that these black pillars each released a black magical thread, connecting to the crystal coffin.

Black energy flowed along the magical threads, but this flow was in reverse; it wasn't the energy from the pillars flowing into the crystal coffin, but the energy from the crystal coffin flowing into the pillars.

Many strange pieces of information entered Han Huohuo's mind.

Han Huohuo suddenly understood the purpose of this formation.

This was a magic-absorbing formation. The person in the middle became a battery, and these pillars were constantly discharging that battery in the middle.

Initially, this battery had extremely strong energy, and a continuous stream of energy entered the formation, making the formation extremely solid and impossible to enter.

But as time passed, the energy of the corpse inside was almost completely released, and this formation finally revealed a flaw. Then, after being impacted by insects once, this ruin was revealed.

This was truly a magical formation.

The corpse in the middle was probably the enemy of the person who set up the formation, but the corpse was too powerful to be destroyed, so they could only use this method to use the power of time to eliminate him. Even if he escaped one day, his power would be greatly diminished.

Han Huohuo closed his Time-Space Eye and walked to the pillars. The pillars were covered in intricate magical patterns, shimmering brightly.

【Magic Absorbing Pillar】: A terrifying magic bane, capable of absorbing magical power. If eight Magic Absorbing Pillars form a formation, they can even drain the magic power of gods!

After reading the system's description, it was quite frightening.

"Lord, this ruin is very strange. It seems to be entirely built around these 8 pillars. Outside these 8 black pillars, there are another 64 pillars, and outside those 64 pillars, there are another 4096 pillars, three distinct layers of pillars."

"What about the other pillars? Why are only these 8 pillars left?"

"Some of the outer pillars might have been destroyed by insects, but they didn't attack the inside. Then, during our battle, they were all blown up by our artillery, leaving only these 8 pillars."

Han Huohuo stretched out his hand and placed it on the black pillar, feeling the pillar vibrating.

Then he looked back at the crystal coffin.

The vibration was coming from that coffin.

This was a Nine Heavens Ten Earth Demon Subduing Grand Formation. These 8 pillars were the formation eyes, but now the outer auxiliary pillars had all been destroyed, and these 8 pillars had also suffered significant damage.

Clearly, they couldn't quite contain the corpse inside the coffin.

Han Huohuo sighed, "Tear down these eight pillars."

Sophia hesitated slightly: "Lord, this formation is clearly suppressing the corpse in the crystal coffin. We don't know what that thing in the coffin is. Wouldn't it be too dangerous to release it so easily?"

Han Huohuo rolled his eyes at Sophia, thinking, *You've already blown the pillars to this state, what good is containing it now? This person is about to break free. Releasing him now might even earn us a favor.*

*What if he comes out and sees that you're trying to contain him? Wouldn't that create a mortal enmity?*

*Still so young!*

Sophia wasn't stupid. She immediately understood Han Huohuo's gaze and quickly arranged for mechanical workers to come over and start digging.

Unexpectedly, although these pillars were only a few meters high above ground, they were buried over ten meters deep underground. The mechanical workers dug for a long time before finally excavating all the pillars. They were too large to even fit into a ring. Han Huohuo had them transported to Tongtian City for research.

Then he walked to the crystal coffin and pushed open the lid with force.

The corpse inside suddenly opened its eyes and looked at Han Huohuo.

Han Huohuo said with a smile, "Hello!"

The armored warrior was a bit bewildered, slowly sitting up from the coffin, muttering, "Who am I? Where am I?"