226: Chapter 226 The Misty Cliff, the Empress's Trail

"Husband, I've sensed it!"

Chang Xiyue came to a sudden halt.

She tightly gripped Su Xuanchen's large hand, her cool and peerlessly beautiful face filled with excitement.

"It's the aura of the Ancient Empress!"

Chang Xiyue's voice carried an uncontrollable tremble.

Hearing this, Ji Luanxi whipped her head around.

Her stunning countenance was instantly filled with pleasant surprise.

"Really?"

Ji Luanxi walked quickly to Chang Xiyue's side and asked urgently.

"Sister Xiyue, are you sure your perception isn't wrong?"

Chang Xiyue nodded with great certainty.

"It definitely isn't wrong."

She closed her eyes, carefully discerning that faint, almost non-existent fluctuation in the air.

"My Karma entanglement with the Empress is extremely deep; this aura is incredibly pure, and it's in that direction!"

Chang Xiyue raised her slender jade hand, pointing toward an unknown region deep within the Primordial Immortal Realm.

Su Xuanchen's gaze sharpened.

He looked in the direction Chang Xiyue was pointing.

The Nine Tribulations Secret Codex surged into operation.

His massive and peerless Divine Sense instantly crossed layers of spatial barriers, firmly locking onto the coordinates of that region.

"Found it."

Su Xuanchen's tone was calm.

Without the slightest hesitation, he reached out both arms.

His left hand encircled Ji Luanxi's slender, willow-like waist.

His right hand held Chang Xiyue's soft figure.

"Hold on tight to me."

Su Xuanchen instructed in a low voice.

The two women obediently leaned into his embrace.

Golden light erupted beneath Su Xuanchen's feet.

The Law of Space shattered inch by inch beneath him.

The figures of the three instantly vanished from the spot.

When they reappeared, they had already crossed an endless distance.

Before them was an extremely vast and massive canyon.

At the bottom of the canyon, a thick, dense mist of Chaos permeated the air.

The mist presented an eerie dark red color.

Visibility was extremely low; beyond ten meters, everything was a blur.

A nauseating, thick aura of blood-fiend energy lingered in the air.

This blood-fiend energy was highly corrosive.

If an ordinary True Immortal inhaled even a single breath, their sanity would be instantly consumed by the desire for slaughter.

Ji Luanxi and Chang Xiyue frowned simultaneously.

The two women immediately circulated the Divine Power within their bodies, forming a protective light shield on their skin.

Su Xuanchen stood at the edge of the canyon with his hands behind his back.

He looked down from his high vantage point at the area shrouded in mist.

An extremely subtle yet terrifyingly peerless aura seeped out from the deepest depths of the canyon.

This aura was incomparably overbearing.

Even for a Mortal World Immortal like Su Xuanchen, a faint trace of wariness arose in his heart.

"This place is not simple."

Su Xuanchen spoke softly.

Golden light flowed in his eyes, seeing through the illusions.

"The canyon before us is merely a natural barrier."

Su Xuanchen informed the two women of his deductions.

"This sky-obscuring Chaos Mist and blood-fiend energy are all just a surface appearance."

"The true ancient land is firmly hidden beneath this barrier."

Chang Xiyue's face showed worry.

"Does Husband mean the Empress has already entered this ancient land?"

Su Xuanchen nodded in confirmation.

"In all likelihood, she has already gone in."

He withdrew the golden light, his expression turning serious.

"The Formation in this place is naturally formed and full of hidden dangers; you must follow me closely."

Ji Luanxi and Chang Xiyue exchanged a glance.

Both women saw the gravity in each other's eyes.

"Let's go."

Su Xuanchen took the jade hands of the two women.

The three of them stepped into the canyon side by side.

Just as they entered the range of the mist,

A massive suppressive force suddenly descended.

Ji Luanxi cried out in surprise.

"My Divine Sense is being suppressed!"

She exerted the full power of the Nine Phoenix Sacred Body.

Yet her Divine Sense was firmly stuck within a ten-meter range, unable to extend outward even an inch.

Chang Xiyue's situation was equally bad.

"I'm the same."

Her face was pale; her Lunar Divine Power was facing immense obstruction here.

"This mist not only blocks vision but also shields against Divine Sense detection."

Vision obstructed, Divine Sense sealed.

This feeling of completely losing control over their surroundings caused a great deal of unease to rise in the two women's hearts.

Su Xuanchen squeezed the women's hands.

"Don't panic."

He continuously channeled his own Mortal World Immortal Magic Power into the bodies of the two women.

"I'm here."

Su Xuanchen's Divine Sense was also suppressed.

But relying on the toughness of the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex, he forcibly propped open a hundred-meter safety zone.

By his own strength alone, he supported the mental strain of all three.

Feeling the warmth coming from their palms, the women's panicked emotions gradually calmed down.

Su Xuanchen was fearless, leading the two women carefully forward through the mist.

The surroundings were deathly silent.

Only the slight sound of the three people's footsteps echoed at the bottom of the canyon.

The atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.

Chang Xiyue's nerves were highly strung.

She stared fixedly at the rolling blood-colored mist ahead, fearing some terrifying Primordial Fierce Beast would suddenly pounce out.

Su Xuanchen walked at the very front.

He noticed the tense state of the two women behind him.

With a thought,

He suddenly halted his steps.

His figure came to a dead stop on the spot.

Chang Xiyue's entire attention was on the surrounding mist.

She hadn't expected Su Xuanchen to stop so suddenly at all.

"Aiya!"

Chang Xiyue bumped straight into Su Xuanchen's broad and firm back.

Her nose hit so hard it hurt.

She couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

Ji Luanxi, walking on the other side, heard the commotion.

She was already in a state where every rustle of grass was a hidden enemy.

This cry of surprise caused her hair to stand on end.

"There's an enemy!"

Ji Luanxi gave a delicate shout.

She didn't even have time to think.

The power of the Nine Phoenix Sacred Body within her exploded.

A ball of blazing Nine-Colored Divine Fire erupted from her palm.

Without even looking, she struck directly toward the direction of Chang Xiyue's cry.

The violent palm wind, mixed with divine fire, instantly tore through the mist.

"Boom!"

The palm wind didn't hit any enemy.

But that violent aftershock slammed squarely into Chang Xiyue.

Chang Xiyue was already unsteady on her feet.

Shaken by this aftershock, she was sent flying backward.

Ji Luanxi completely panicked now.

"Sister Xiyue!"

She shouted in panic.

Her figure turned into a streak of firelight as she lunged over.

Ji Luanxi caught Chang Xiyue's waist in mid-air.

The two rolled on the ground a few times before barely stabilizing themselves.

Ji Luanxi hurriedly helped Chang Xiyue up.

She looked around warily.

"Where's the enemy? Where is the enemy?"

Aside from the rolling mist, there wasn't a single shadow of a Primordial Fierce Beast.

Nor was there the slightest trace of an enemy's aura.

A suppressed low chuckle came from the side.

Ji Luanxi looked toward the sound.

Su Xuanchen was standing not far away.

His arms were crossed, his shoulders twitching.

His face was full of a mischievous, gloating smirk.

Ji Luanxi understood instantly.

There was no enemy at all.

It was all this bad guy's prank!

Chang Xiyue rubbed her sore nose and gave Ji Luanxi a disgruntled look.

"You girl, you're always so reckless in your actions."

She complained helplessly.

"Attacking without even looking clearly, I was almost hurt by you."

Ji Luanxi, knowing she was in the wrong, felt her face flush bright red.

She glared indignantly at the culprit.

"It's all your fault!"

Ji Luanxi rushed in front of Su Xuanchen, puffing out her cheeks.

She raised her pink fists and began pounding on Su Xuanchen's chest.

"Scaring us like that! Being so mean!"

With her little strength, hitting Su Xuanchen didn't even count as an itch.

But Su Xuanchen was extremely cooperative.

He deliberately put on a pained expression.

"Ouch!"

Su Xuanchen clutched his chest, retreating repeatedly.

"Murdering her own husband! Luanxi is murdering her husband!"

While dodging, he loudly begged for mercy.

Ji Luanxi was amused by his exaggerated performance.

"You're still faking it!"

She stopped her actions, hands on her hips, and gave him a coquettish glare.

After this little farce,

The originally oppressive and tense atmosphere instantly vanished into thin air.

The two women's taut nerves also completely relaxed.

Just then,

Chang Xiyue, using the range of Divine Sense Su Xuanchen had propped open, saw the scene ahead clearly.

"Husband, there's no way forward."

She pointed ahead.

Deep in the mist, a dark red cliff wall stood across their path.

The cliff towered into the clouds, its top nowhere to be seen.

Both sides also extended infinitely into the mist, completely blocking the way.

Ji Luanxi walked forward.

She reached out her fair jade hand and gently touched the surface of the cliff.

The touch was extremely icy.

That chill drilled straight into her heart through her fingertips.

Its hardness was comparable to ten-thousand-year refined iron.

Even more pungent was the extremely thick smell of blood radiating from the cliff's surface.

"How can it be a dead end?"

Ji Luanxi's face was full of confusion.

She withdrew her hand with some frustration.

"Did we go the wrong way?"

Su Xuanchen stepped to the women's side.

He looked at the dark red cliff before him, his gaze profound.

"We didn't go the wrong way."

Su Xuanchen spoke to soothe the two women's emotions.

"Through this cliff is most likely where the true ruins of Opportunity lie."