Jian Yinghao, Gu Youlan, and Bai Yiyi looked at each other and could only use their true energy to attack the node indicated by Cheng Ling.
Boom~!
When they arrived here, the three of them had no reservations and gathered the strongest attack power. The sword energy layer roared and rolled violently. After a few breaths, the colorful clouds seemed to break apart, opening up a passage.
Cheng Ling hurriedly rushed over with everyone. After a while, the originally broken clouds gathered back together, and the escape route behind him was completely closed.
After looking at the status of Jian Yinghao and the other three, Cheng Ling said helplessly: "Okay, there is the last section of the path ahead. Let's take a rest and recover the consumed real energy."
Jian Yinghao, Gu Youlan, and Bai Yiyi hurriedly sat down cross-legged and regained their strength. The journey of dozens of miles is so exhausting that almost every node requires three people to use all their strength to defeat it.
It's a pity that Liu Qingyan can't help, and Cheng Ling needs to deduce the node position. The other people are not strong enough, so they can only let the three of them break the formation.
Fortunately, the spiritual energy in the sword energy layer is very rich, and the true energy is restored very quickly. Cheng Ling sat down. What he needed to recover was his mental strength. He had to continuously deduce nodes for a long time, and he also needed to pay attention to the environmental changes in the sword energy layer, which consumed a lot of mental strength.
Liu Qingyan glanced at everyone and saw that Xi Yan, Wu Chenlong, Song Yingjie, and Zhang Hu's auras had reached the peak of their realm and were about to be uncontrollable. He couldn't help but frown, this place was not a good place for a breakthrough.
He could only instruct: "You try your best to suppress your cultivation, and don't break through easily, especially the three of you who have advanced to become gods, but will lead to thunder and disaster. If there is another thunder and disaster here, we will all die." This is it.”
The four of them smiled bitterly, and Xiyan said aggrievedly: "Master, it's not that I don't want to suppress it. I don't know why, but the sword energy here and the true energy of this place are so strong that it is difficult to suppress it."
Wu Chenlong and others nodded at the same time and said, "Yes! We are like this too!"
It turns out that the four of them have reached the limit of their realm. Under normal circumstances, they can continue to transfer their skills and refine the purity of their true energy. But now, in the sword energy layer, the spiritual energy is rich and the sword energy is vertical and horizontal. Let alone refining the true essence, just a little movement of the skills will cause resonance, and a breakthrough may be achieved in an instant.
Fortunately for Zhang Hu, breaking through the Nascent Soul stage does not require experiencing thunder tribulation, but Xiyan and the others need to go through tribulations to advance to become gods. Covered by the sword energy layer and coupled with the God Transformation Thunder Tribulation, one can imagine how terrifying the attacks received by everyone were, and even Liu Qingyan did not dare to withstand it with confidence.
Glancing at Cheng Ling in front of him, he sighed inwardly. The road ahead was long and there were unforeseen changes. I really didn't know if he could lead everyone through the stone forest.
Cheng Ling naturally discovered the situation of the four people, but he had no choice but to recover his mental strength as soon as possible and speed up the deduction of nodes. If he delayed any longer, he was afraid that big problems would occur.
After a day, Jian Yinghao and the other three finally recovered their cultivation. Fortunately, the elixirs carried by the three of them were very high-end, and they restored their true energy quickly enough.
Cheng Ling stood up and said to Liu Qingyan: "Uncle, I still have to trouble you to protect them. Leave the matters ahead to me."
Liu Qingyan nodded silently.
Jian Yinghao asked: "Brother Cheng, the attack required to break the nodes is stronger now. Can you deduce how many more there are? I'm afraid that the next node will not be effective even with a single blow."
Cheng Ling said: "It doesn't matter. After the deduction just now, although the sword energy layer in front is the most dense, it only has the last three nodes, so it can be passed smoothly."
Jian Yinghao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good. There must be only three nodes, and the incremental attack power should be equivalent."
Not much difference. "
"Okay, let's go!"
Cheng Ling turned around and continued walking forward with everyone.
Arriving here, the sword energy layer became even more intense and turned into nine colors. The sharp sword energy kept attacking from all directions. Liu Qingyan held up the defensive light shield to protect everyone within it. Although there was no sword energy attack that escaped the net, her expression was not as relaxed as before.
Cheng Ling moved forward much faster. Along the way, he had deciphered the layout of the stone forest. He found some patterns and found the route faster.
After everyone moved forward for a certain distance, he stopped, pointed and said: "Brother Jian, the first node is right there!"
Without saying a word, Jian Yinghao joined forces with Gu Youlan and Bai Yiyi. The sword energy of the three people gathered together to form a combined force and hit that node heavily.
They had already used the combined attack method of the sword formation. In this way, the attack power was more concentrated and increased by one level.
The barrier at the node was broken down, and Cheng Ling continued to move forward.
Not long after, they reached the second node, and the three of them followed the same pattern and continued to attack.
After two consecutive points were broken, everyone was in high spirits. According to Cheng Ling's deduction, there was only one last point left. As long as it was broken, they could leave the Sword Qi Stone Forest.
The sword energy that passed through the last section of the road was even more fierce. The area covered by the defensive light shield was too large, and it became chaotic after being hit by the sword energy. Liu Qingyan had to exert her strength to the limit and constantly replenish the consumption of the light mask to ensure that it would not be broken!
What's even more terrible is that Xiyan and the other four are almost unable to suppress the true energy in their bodies. Although they were all within Liu Qingyan's defensive light barrier, the light barrier only blocked the sword energy from attacking them. The agitation caused by the sword energy resonated with his own true energy, which was still unavoidable.
"Master, I can't hold it in anymore!" Zhang Hu said with a bitter look on his face and guilt.
"Hold on a little longer, we'll be there soon!"
Cheng Ling was so anxious that his forward speed increased by one level. After a while, he finally reached the last node. Before everyone could see the scene clearly, he threw out several formation flags and wrapped everyone in them.
Soon, outside Liu Qingyan's defensive light shield, another layer of light shield rose up, which greatly weakened the sword energy in the sword energy layer, making the people in the formation breathe a sigh of relief.
Without the excitement of the sword energy, the true energy of Xi Yan and others finally calmed down a little, and they could barely suppress it again.
The crisis was temporarily over, and they looked forward. At first glance, their eyes widened, and they couldn't believe what they saw!
I saw that the original Jiucai sword energy layer almost turned into deep black. Not only that, from the ground to the air, they were completely connected together, forming a wall of energy.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Uh-huh!
The sound kept coming, and the sword energy was almost condensed into a long sword. It kept shuttling and colliding on the air wall. As long as it got close, it would definitely be strangled until there was only a layer of powder left!
Wu Chenlong took a breath and smacked his tongue: "Such a strong sword energy, such a sharp sword pressure, boss, how can I survive this!"
Cheng Ling's face was solemn, his eyes focused, and he remained silent. He already knows the location of the node, but such a strong sword energy can only pass through it instantly in a very short period of time to avoid being hurt. But this is obviously impossible to do. If he is alone, he can still try.
But don't forget, there are nine people in their group, and it is impossible to pass quickly in a few breaths of time. His mind was racing, thinking hard about countermeasures. Only by opening up a stable channel could he ensure that everyone could pass smoothly.
In his eyes, flashed
The mysterious lines just stood motionless. Everyone watched as the black hair on his head continued to turn white one by one. They couldn't bear it, and they didn't dare to speak and disturb him. They could only stand quietly behind him, staring closely at his ridge-like back.
Jian Yinghao and Liu Qingyan both sighed in their hearts, Cheng Ling was so amazing. In terms of combat power, he may not be the best among everyone, but in terms of ability, he is definitely a well-deserved leader. Even Liu Qingyan, his uncle, can only place his hopes on him.
During this trip to explore the secret realm of the Sword Tomb, he was the one giving orders almost all the way, and he was the only one who could lead everyone to the location in front of them. Another person would definitely not be able to go so deep into the Sword Qi Stone Forest.
While Liu Qingyan admired him, she felt even more moved. The Secret Realm of Sword Tomb was in crisis every step of the way. It was just the first stone forest level, and it took almost half a year to break through. In such a dangerous place, he still insisted on leading Xi Yan and others.
Although she was protecting them all the way, it didn't mean that Cheng Ling didn't put his mind on protecting them. This was entirely for the long-term development of the sect. Only with multi-level development, the sect would become stronger. .
If Cheng Ling was more selfish, he could have invited himself and Jian Yinghao to explore together. Presumably, without the burden of Xi Yan and others, the progress would be faster and many crises could be eliminated.
Although he is a sect leader, he is also a cultivator in essence. Cultivation is meant to compete with heaven for opportunities and resources. No sect leader will take big risks and put himself in dangerous situations for the sake of the sect's juniors.
Cheng Ling stood there for three whole days. His long hair was completely white, hanging on the back of his head like a white waterfall, his eyes were blood red, and his mental strength was only less than half percent.
He closed his eyes, relieved his fatigue a little, then opened them again and said to everyone: "Don't worry, I found a way to leave this place."
Liu Qingyan asked: "What method?"
Cheng Ling said: "In the past few days, I have deduced the location of this place and found that the sword energy here is too dense. It is absolutely impossible to break through forcefully. The only way is to use formations to arrange a space passage and use it as quickly as possible." Only by rushing outside the sword energy layer can you pass smoothly."
Jian Yinghao asked: "Does the node location here still need to be breached?"
"Yes! Only by destroying the nodes can I establish a channel. Otherwise, the sword energy will be too strong and the channel will not be able to support it. Once established, it will be chaotic or even annihilated!"
"Okay, let's ask Brother Cheng for directions!"
"Okay, this time, the four of us will attack together. Are you ready?"
"Ready!"
"beat!"
Rumble~!
A loud noise was heard, and the sword energy layer rolled violently, as if forming a sword energy tornado. Cheng Ling narrowed his eyes and shouted: "It's right here!"
He flicked his hands continuously, eight formation flags floated in the air, and he kept making mysterious seals in his hands. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, white steam was rising from the top of his head, and his white hair was floating, as if he was about to stand on his head!
"break!"
After drinking tea, his whole body felt as if he had been fished out of water. After finishing the last few moves, he shouted loudly, and the eight formation flags were arranged into a square space and embedded in the sword energy wall.
Soon, the sword energy wall seemed to have been knocked open, forming a square black space.
Cheng Ling shouted loudly and said: "Brother Jian, Uncle Liu, take them away quickly!"
Jian Yinghao and Liu Qingyan were startled, and hurriedly led everyone to rush into the black space. As for Cheng Ling, they believed that he would be able to leave!
