Chapter 2205 - 2206: Trapped Formation
Chapter 2205 - 2206: Trapped Formation
The dense light covered the original scenery, causing Lin Chen and Chen Jie to be separated within it.Earlier, when they entered, they were holding each other's palms, but now, Lin Chen tried to grasp again, only to find nothing but air between his hands.
However, Lin Chen was well prepared and did not appear panicked. From his Storage Ring, he could vaguely sense their positions.
But that's all he could do.
After several breaths, Lin Chen finally felt the ground solid under his feet, as the light dissipated, revealing a dense forest of green wood before him.
Lin Chen raised his head and surveyed his surroundings.
The ancient trees around him, even the shortest ones, towered several zhang high, spreading out lush leaves like umbrellas in mid-air, filtering the scorching sun's rays into slivers of golden light scattered.
After completing a full circle, Lin Chen withdrew his gaze, realizing the morning scenery wasn't much different from outside.
Had he not experienced the intervening light, Lin Chen would have thought he was still in the mystical realm.
Everything felt so real.
But the Spiritual Energy here seemed extremely thin. When Lin Chen opened his eyes, the Spiritual Energy within him seemed to flow out without any sign of returning.
Even if Lin Chen used it afterward, the consumption of Spiritual Energy was minimal, but the recovery speed was just too slow, causing him to furrow his brow, and he finally decided to retract it.
In the dense forest, Lin Chen was unafraid. Although it was his first time here, he had been in this kind of environment countless times.
As Lin Chen pondered, noises echoed around him. Though distant, the momentum felt could be transmitted here, making it predictable what kind of scene might occur at its center.
But Lin Chen paid little attention to these at the moment.
He stepped lightly, moving silently among the dry branches and leaves.
The items in his Storage Ring allowed him to sense the positions of Chen Jie and Sun Tianming.
Their directions weren't the same, so Lin Chen thought for a moment and decided to move towards the nearer silhouette.
If there was no such item, so be it, but when existing, naturally they must reunite first.
Lin Chen walked cautiously, unaware of who the closest person was or what he might encounter on the path.
In the forest, apart from occasional bouts of noise, Lin Chen saw no signs of life—only clustered wood beyond woods, nothing else.
As he walked, Lin Chen began to feel something amiss.
His brows furrowed, having traveled several li, yet the sensation from his Storage Ring seemed to become more distant, instead of nearer.
This was too abnormal, puzzling Lin Chen.
"Open."
Suddenly, Lin Chen shouted, and after a shout, his eyes opened widely. Despite spending some Spiritual Energy, Lin Chen wanted to understand what was happening before him.
With his eyes open, looking around, his keen vision transmitted the whole scene to his mind.
Within moments, Lin Chen's eyes flashed sharply, his mind stirring, and the Tianyan Ancient Sword from his Storage Ring was instantly grasped in his hand.
He walked gracefully, heading towards a particular spot.
Upon opening his eyes earlier, he distinctly sensed a slight unique fluctuation of Spiritual Energy there.
These fluctuations were quickly hidden away, but Lin Chen did not let any trace slip by.
He halted several meters ahead and then moved his wrist, letting the sword unleash a Spiritual Energy as it swung forward.
That ahead seemed mere air, but when Lin Chen's sword touched it, it felt as if sinking into a quagmire, slowing the sword's momentum.
Lin Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. Seeing this, he decided to unleash the Spiritual Energy on his sword!
These basic sword techniques Lin Chen used skillfully. When the Spiritual Energy burst forth, one could clearly see the agitated Spiritual Energy, even distorting the air.
"Formation?"
Lin Chen retracted the sword, for that place, even though he sliced the air wall until twisted, he hadn't broken through it.
"Brother Sun said to break a formation, you must first find the formation's core eye."
Lin Chen thought to himself.
Clearly, the earlier place wasn't the core eye location. The previous fluctuations seemed emitted by someone hidden behind the formation.
But as for formations, Lin Chen understood little, let alone finding a flaw within.
He took a deep breath, instead deciding not to seek the core eye.
With his breath stabilized, Lin Chen wielded his sword, pouring a surge of Spiritual Energy from his Dantian, transforming into streams converging into his arm.
This convergence contained a surge of sword energy, strengthening as it flowed, gaining force as it neared his shoulder, erupting from his arm, gathering on the sword.
This technique was the sword energy Lin Chen practiced painstakingly.
Over more than a month, Lin Chen continuously honed this sword skill, so using it didn't feel unfamiliar, but rather proficient, more powerful than during the trial!
This was the result of training.
"Not good!"
As Lin Chen swung his sword, outside the formation, a shout of misfortune rang out, with the momentum carrying an invincible sharpness.
The strength displayed far exceeded the expectation beyond the formation.
Lin Chen wielded the sword, pointing straight ahead. Though unaware of the core eye's location, he understood the logic of overwhelming force defeating techniques.
This formation only serves to trap people; he didn't believe a strong man couldn't break it!
The sword swung forward as Lin Chen slashed.
The swing wasn't fast, but within it, the sword continued gathering momentum, this momentum escalating.
On the Tianyan Ancient Sword, Spiritual Energy nearly solidified, emerging from its body, extending several inches beyond the blade.
With one slash, the sword sank like previously into deep mud.
But this time, it merely paused before the sword swung down, the air within exploding, like a curtain tearing open wide, revealing the outside scenery.
And Lin Chen swiftly slipped through the crack.
Though outside looked much like inside, Lin Chen smiled, knowing he had escaped the formation's range.
Because before him stood a short man, looking up at Lin Chen with fear in his eyes, perspiring heavily, as if he had just exhausted much effort.
"Was it you who set this formation?" Lin Chen's gaze was cold.
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