197: The situation in the ancient city's hidden realm

Chapter 189: The Situation in Qingyu Ancient City Mystic Realm

The team recuperated, and the injured members at the forefront of the team quickly recovered under the treatment of Sea Dandelion.

During this time, Jiang Chen and other uninjured members also cautiously tried to swim towards the Magic Array's gap.

Peeking from outside the Magic Array's gap, the dense Ghost Specter army had once again gone into hiding, concealed within the ancient city buildings, completely out of sight.

A continuous stream of black aura flowed out from the gap, emitting an eerie and ominous presence.

It seemed that as long as they didn't enter the Magic Array, these guys wouldn't be disturbed.

"These Ghost Specters seem to be reared by this ancient city's blessed land," Lei San said, frowning slightly as he observed the movements inside the Magic Array.

"Hmm, probably, but there are just too many of them!"

Jiang Chen replied, while uncovering building debris and retrieving Ghost Specter carcasses.

Ghost Specters are a rare species, difficult to encounter in common sea areas, so their price is much higher than other Commander Rank sea beasts of the same level. Jiang Chen naturally wouldn't miss a chance to earn more money.

Moreover, the Ghost Specter's three skills were not bad, but Jiang Chen felt that his pet beasts might not be able to learn them, as they were Necromancy System skills and his pet beasts were not of the Necromancy System.

After death, the Ghost Specter looked somewhat bizarre.

Its lower body, a black smoky phantom composed of necromantic energy, had disappeared, leaving only the upper part of its body.

And this part of the body looked extremely ugly.

Its entire body appeared as if all liquids had been drained, with black, wrinkled skin resembling withered tree bark.

Its dark, fanged monkey-like face bore two crimson eyeballs, and coupled with only its upper torso, it looked terrifying and shocking.

Jiang Chen didn't mind its appearance; after all, those as handsome as him were rare in the world. As long as it could be sold for money... A Commander Rank sea beast in its early stage sells for 1 million, mid-stage for 3 million, and late-stage for 6 million. Ghost Specters are rare sea beasts, so their price can be 30% higher than sea beasts of the same period!

"When this ancient city was prosperous, it must have been incredibly grand!" Lei San sighed, "How such a large number of Ghost Specters were cultivated is hard to imagine."

"I wonder how the other four Sea Clans of the Southern Wasteland Sea are doing?" As the team's rest was nearing its end, Long Shijie, Zhang Shanfeng, and a few others slowly swam towards the Magic Array's gap.

"I've already had Xiao Jiu send out several Water Clones to search, and we should have news later," Jiang Chen said when he heard Long Shijie's question.

"We'll wait for your news," Long Shijie and Zhang Shanfeng nodded.

So far, they had been in this Qingyu Ancient City Mystic Realm for some time, but they hadn't encountered any Sea Clans yet, and their situation was unknown.

This Qingyu Ancient City Mystic Realm was vast, and they still hadn't encountered Vajra Fish or other Sea Clans, so they must have been teleported to different directions of the ancient city.

That raised a question: if they were in other directions of the ancient city, would they also encounter the Ghost Specter army in front of them?

If there was no Ghost Specter army in other directions, then their hard work here would be somewhat foolish.

Long Shijie and the others also nodded slightly at Jiang Chen; fortunately, someone in the team possessed clone skills, otherwise, it would be truly difficult to gather intelligence on other directions of the Sea Clans.

While waiting for Jiang Chen's scouting report, everyone also tried to continuously lure out waves of Ghost Specters and eliminate them.

Although these Ghost Specters were all Fourth-level Commander Rank sea beasts, if placed in the outer sea, they would definitely be powerful experts and overlords.

Unfortunately, the weakness of Necromancy System species was perfectly displayed at this moment; their low intelligence made them very easy to deceive.

As long as one person walked into the Magic Array, Ghost Specters would rush out angrily, their single-mindedness making them very easy to lure.

And as soon as Jiang Chen and the others moved too far away, these Ghost Specters would obediently return to the Magic Array.

It was clear that these Ghost Specters all had a command in their minds: to guard something within the Magic Array and not to stray too far.

Thus, Lei San and the others effortlessly lured out wave after wave of Ghost Specters, eliminating nearly a thousand of them.

During the elimination, Xiao Jiu sent out several Water Clones, which explored along the left and right directions of the city gate, as well as the three directions above the city-protecting Magic Array.

After some time, the exploration results from the three directions came in successively.

First, along the left and right directions of this ancient city's city wall, Xiao Jiu's several Water Clones ran for nearly two to three hours!

Although the Water Clones were in an invisible state, and their speed was relatively slow to prevent detection, they still explored nearly one to two kilometers.

Soon, the Water Clones discovered that on the left and right sides where Jiang Chen and the others had entered, two majestic city gates were also found.

At the left city gate, the Azure Water Asura Clan appeared. According to the battle scene, they also encountered the Skeleton Legion at the city gate.

After advancing for some distance, they also encountered the same situation as the Human Race.

They were also blocked by a Magic Array within a Magic Array, and when they broke through the Magic Array, they awakened the Ghost Specter army!

Xiao Jiu's Water Clone, the moment it saw the Azure Water Asura Clan battling the Ghost Specter army, was discovered by the Azure Water Asura Clan and instantly killed.

Jiang Chen was not surprised by this; the Azure Water Asura Sea Clan were assassins of the sea, and the Water Clone only had 30% of the main body's strength, so being able to get close enough to take a look was already very difficult.

At the right city gate were the Vajra Fish and Red Skull Devil Fanged Fish Clans.

The two clans were crowded together, and they also encountered the Skeleton Legion and the Ghost Specter army.

And along the top of the city-protecting Magic Array, the Water Clones spent even more time.

They traversed mountains and rivers for nearly three to four hours, and finally discovered another city gate.

The team that appeared at this city gate was precisely the last Dragon Head Moray Eel Clan.

At this point, the overall shape of the entire Qingyu Ancient City Mystic Realm emerged: it was a huge circular ancient city with four city gates: East, South, West, and North.

The Human Race team was at the South City Gate, the Vajra Fish and Red Skull Devil Fanged Fish Clan were at the East City Gate, the Dragon Head Moray Eel was at the North City Gate, and the Azure Water Asura Clan was at the West City Gate.

The five clans encountered completely identical situations: after passing the first obstacle, the Skeleton Legion, in front of the city gate, they arrived before the second obstacle, the Ghost Specter army.

At this time, the direction of advancement for all five clans was the same, all pointing directly towards the center of the ancient city.

And because there were two Sea Clans, the Vajra Fish and Red Skull Devil Fanged Fish, at the East City Gate, the progress on the East City Gate side was the fastest, having already lured and eliminated a large number of Ghost Specters.

Long Shijie, Lei San, and others listened quietly to Jiang Chen's report, immediately gaining a clear understanding of the overall situation.

"Hmm?"

Just then, everyone sitting on the eaves suddenly felt the entire Mystic Realm darken.

Everyone was startled and quickly looked up.

They saw that the red blood moon, which had been circling above their heads, suddenly underwent a drastic change; it now seemed as if a total lunar eclipse had occurred!

A huge shadow appeared from the right, slowly obscuring the red blood moon!

Without the illumination of the blood moon, the entire Mystic Realm immediately became half dark, pitch black!

"What... what's happening?"

"Is something else about to happen?"

Everyone was greatly alarmed; the sudden change caught them off guard.

"Whoosh!"

However, the darkness in the world did not last long. Just as the blood moon was completely obscured by the darkness, that black shadow continued to move!

However, after it moved, what reappeared was not the blood moon, but an incredibly huge, brilliant orb of light!

Instantly, the entire Qingyu Ancient City Mystic Realm became as bright as day!

The entire ancient city was brightly lit and sparkling, as if they had arrived in a warm summer afternoon!

"It was night just now, and now it's day?" Jiang Chen was greatly surprised, dumbfounded!

"Oh?"

And just then, everyone couldn't help but exclaim again.

Because they saw that the previously broken gap in the Magic Array now shimmered with spiritual energy, and runes appeared, rapidly restoring it to its original state!

The broken Magic Array had been repaired!