Before arriving at the Eighteen Levels of Hell, every cultivator who participated in the fight for the cauldron had imagined what it looked like in their minds, especially after experiencing the first seventeen levels.
Sima Languan is no exception.
But he didn't expect the scene before him.
Passing through the wellhead that was rippling with mercury-like light, he was swept by a familiar and mysterious spatial wave. His figure disappeared at the wellhead and reappeared in the ripples on the other side.
Seventeen layers of picturesque landscape disappeared.
There are no more green mountains, no more turquoise river, no more milky white mist, and even the azure blue sky has disappeared.
What appeared before my eyes was actually an ancient and majestic wilderness!
The place where it stands is an ancient altar.
Looking forward, a dark grey and desolate plain spreads out before your eyes.
Countless towering ancient trees pierced the blue-grey sky. The tops of the taller ones were invisible, and the larger ones could not be hugged by nearly a hundred people. But every tree was rotten, with only some withered vines entwined around it.
Behind and backwards, endless desolate ruins stand silently.
It was as if it was once a prosperous city, but was buried in the dust of time. The tall city walls were broken, and the houses collapsed.
Only the towering stone pillars here and there still stand in every corner of the ruins and wasteland, with patterns of coiled dragons and crouching tigers engraved on them.
At first glance, there was only a vast expanse of gray and white.
What comes to your face is a sense of grandeur and vicissitudes.
Even a figure like Sima Languan was so shocked that he was speechless when he saw the magnificent scene when he stepped onto the ground.
At your feet is an ancient altar.
Dark grey stones, each six feet long, were piled up to form a circular platform that was larger at the top and smaller at the bottom, a full ten feet high. At this moment, he was standing on the top platform of the altar, which was about six or seven feet in diameter.
There were many dark brown and crude patterns painted around the platform, which were animals and birds of various shapes, but none of them had ever been seen by Sima Languan; the surface of the platform was uneven, as if something was originally inlaid here, but it was lifted up and removed by someone.
The air was filled with the stale smell of blood.
He looked around and his eyes fell on the dark brown patterns. Having peeled off various human and animal skins for a long time, he was very familiar with the smell.
It smells like animal blood.
It's like...
A long, long time ago, it seems that someone killed a beast and took its blood, and drew this pattern here as a formation.
There were some broken stones and rotten wood on the ground, which looked like some tools.
But they were all so rotten that if he touched them, they would turn into black ash and be blown away by the wind.
His brows suddenly furrowed.
Sima Languan stood on this round platform and felt that something was not right.
In everyone's impression, the Eighteen Levels of Hell in the Extreme Realm should be a purgatory where ghosts suffer.
But this eighteenth floor doesn’t seem to be in the extreme realm at all.
Apart from the altar and the city, Sima Languan would never forget the smell of blood on the edge of the altar. It was not the smell of deep white blood, but the smell of bright red blood...
The smell of living blood.
It’s hard to imagine that there was something living here
Shouldn’t the Polar Region be a place where no life exists
Is this place from ancient times or prehistoric times
The divine thoughts that were released were not taken back.
Sima Languan tried to find out more information, but apart from what he saw, there was no other sense coming.
"Where are the people..."
He entered the Eighteen Levels of Hell in pursuit of Jianchou, but now he was the only one standing here, and the real person he was chasing was nowhere to be seen.
Looking around, there seemed to be a silent swamp beneath the wilderness in the distance, without making any sound. The blue-gray sky covered it, but it always gave people a feeling of being covered with shadows, blocking the most brilliant and pure colors.
The whole world is gray.
Even Sima Languan, who was accustomed to the deep and cold tones of the extreme regions, felt extremely uncomfortable for some reason when he saw this world.
It seems that there is a huge danger hidden in this layer.
Without relaxing his frown, he simply shook the lantern in his hand.
The peeled human skin, or soul skin, was refined using special techniques, presenting a moving snow-white color, turning the dim light from the wick into a faint cold light.
The technique he practiced was the most unpredictable and special one among the ten great ghost tribes, and even in the entire Jiyu. Just like Jianchou had not guessed that he would emerge from the light and launch a surprise attack, no one else in Jiyu had expected it either.
Who said that ghost cultivators can’t hide in the light
Originally, he was determined to win that attack just now.
Jianchou had just experienced a fierce battle with Shang Lu and entered the relatively safe Prison Office. In addition, with the protection of the formation, he should be completely defenseless.
But her reaction...
It's really too fast.
It is obvious that this was a female cultivator who was only at the Soul Pearl Realm before entering the Ding Zheng realm. It was impossible for her to have gone through many battles before and developed the so-called "Qi Sensing" and "Combat Intuition".
But she just blocked his attack without any warning.
"I'm getting more and more curious..."
There was a hoarse charm in Sima Languan's voice. The joy of encountering prey beyond his expectations slowly surged up, making him start to look forward to it.
What kind of secrets does this female cultivator have
What effect will her beautiful skin have on his lantern
However, everything depends on finding this female cultivator first.
On the previous seventeen floors, the locations where the prison warden was teleported on each floor were fixed and the same for everyone. There was no reason for it to change after entering the eighteenth floor.
Jianchou must have just hidden himself.
In the distance in front of the altar was an ancient wilderness with an open plain in the middle. Sima Lan Guan guessed that no matter how fast Jianchou was, he could not escape to the front in such a tiny time difference.
So…
There are only ruins behind.
The dry grass, one or two people tall, covered the ground and buried people's footprints; further ahead was the dilapidated ruins.
The best hiding place.
Sima Languan had an interested smile on his lips. The ferocious half of his face looked more ferocious, while the handsome half looked more handsome. He only kept his spiritual thoughts flowing out, jumped from the altar, and flew forward close to the ground.
"Rustle..."
A faint sound was heard from the dense grass.
Sima Languan's figure paused immediately.
He was silent when he was flying in the air, and it was also quiet when he stopped, but his eyes were already in the direction where the noise came from.
After flying down from the altar, the old smell of blood faded away, replaced by the smell of new blood.
The dried grass is a grayish white color.
But on some of the leaves, there were actually a few white marks left.
Tsk.
Injured.
Sima Languan laughed out loud, and sneered: "You are seriously injured and dying, so why not give me this beautiful skin!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the cold light on the human skin lantern suddenly became blazing!
A deep blue smoke actually emerged from the lantern and condensed into a painful beautiful face, as if it was about to fly out from the human skin wrapped around the lantern.
But it is still tied to it.
Only the cold light was grasped by Sima Languan's slender five fingers, and it was like pulling out layers of vast smoke, scattering like stars, and casting towards the direction of the blood!
“Rustle, rustle!”
The light and smoke fall like rain!
But when it fell to the ground, it was like a stream of exploding stars, bombarding down!
From behind the bloodstain, the ground radiated in a fan shape, more than thirty feet wide, and immediately became a mess. All the Tianshi grass turned into ashes the moment it touched the light and smoke.
The entire ground immediately became bare.
A figure in a light blue robe finally had nowhere to hide.
"See you!"
Sima Languan knew the other party's identity clearly without any need to identify him. He laughed loudly and raised his hand without hesitation. He actually pulled out a light blue sword with a cold glow directly from the human skin lantern!
"My sword is a perfect match for you!"
Jianchou didn't say anything.
Because she was ambushed by Sima Languan when she was passing the 17th level of the Prison Administration, although the Six Meridians Divine Mirror blocked most of the attacks for her, she was also affected and had hidden injuries on her body, so her face looked particularly pale.
But the corners of his eyes and eyebrows became colder and colder, as if there was a hint of frost and snow.
Seeing Sima Languan coming to attack, she, who was originally sitting cross-legged, became expressionless. She slapped the ground with one hand and jumped up from the ground.
At that moment, everything was silent.
A faint milky white light emanated from around her, exuding a translucent feeling.
But is Sima Languan an ordinary person
She retreated very quickly, and he chased her just as fast!
A faint light blue lightsaber appeared three inches in front of Jianchou's brow in the blink of an eye.
But at that moment, Jianchou, who had an expressionless face, actually smiled at him, a smile that seemed very kind...
Something seems wrong
Sima Languan has always been very sensitive to crises, and his mind almost immediately flashed through everything that happened after he entered the eighteenth floor.
After analyzing Jianchou's whereabouts, he found white blood after leaving the altar, and thus found Jianchou's traces...
Is it that easy
In other words, is it really that simple for this female cultivator who has survived all the way to the seventeenth floor safely and even has a great chance of competing for the top spot
It's a trap!
Such a thought popped into Sima Languan's mind in a flash!
“Zheng!”
He drew his sword and turned around even faster than when he came!
But he had just retreated less than six feet when Jianchou in front of him made a finger gesture!
"Formation coming!"
Along with this shout, behind Sima Languan, where Jianchou had just been, there was a sudden explosion, and stone chips flew everywhere! Thirty or fifty dark lights suddenly rose from the ground!
A fierce murderous aura emerged from the formation almost immediately.
A killing array!
Sima Lan's heart was cold and his murderous intent suddenly became intense. Before the formation was activated, he actually stopped his retreat and rushed forward without any warning!
The ability to change direction so abruptly was enough to make the monks outside the eighteen levels of hell break out in cold sweats.
But here, what greeted Sima Languan was not any expression of fear, but the smile on Jianchou's lips that suddenly deepened, and the even more stern coldness in his pupils!
Still a clear shout -
"Formation coming!"
This time, Sima Languan only moved forward three feet!
"boom!"
The formation plate that had been buried underground for a long time finally exploded suddenly under Jianchou's finger gesture, and a hundred-foot-long dark blue light rose up!
There was no intention to kill, it was just a trap, but it was solid and it trapped Sima Lan, who had no way to escape, without any room for rejection!
"Bang!"
He had no time to stop his body from moving forward, and it suddenly hit the edge of the formation, causing him to feel dizzy. Infinite gravity surged from all directions, like a heavy hammer hitting him!
The whole head was buzzing!
Jianchou's figure was hovering at the edge of the formation, and the sword formed by Sima Languan's light was only one foot away from her.
but…
It's about one foot.
She had bought herself enough time, so she remained calm and replied with a smile: "This Earth Binding Formation is also very suitable for you, Master Sima."
Sima Languan's face turned dark, and he spurted out a mouthful of white blood.
I couldn't even lift my arms, and it was even harder to move. The spirit power in my body seemed to have encountered a huge resistance, and it was moving extremely slowly...
"you-"
It's just an earth-binding formation.
Jianchou had experienced the feeling of being trapped in it before, and of course he could understand Sima Languan's inner anger, but it was useless.
Xie Buchen was indeed a genius, and his improved formation was already ruthless.
Combined with the essentials she learned from the owner of the old house and further modifications, it already had an unfathomable power.
not to mention…
Jianchou seemed to have not seen the tragic situation at Sima Languan. He only spared this formation and actually leaned over where he had been sitting cross-legged before and picked up the black jade on the ground that served as the eye of the killing formation.
Step on the eight trigrams and walk the steps of the nine palaces.
Jianchou turned around and placed the black jade next to the trap array under Sima Languan's horrified gaze!
The center of the formation moved, and the killing formation that had not trapped Sima Languan also moved with it, unexpectedly covering the entire trapping formation with extreme precision!
The killing was superimposed at the same time, and hundreds of sharp spikes emerged from the ground!
Inside the formation, there were bursts of thunder rolling. The deep purple lightning drew the energy of the earth from all directions and smashed towards Sima Languan who was trapped in the formation!
At this moment, in the Eight Directions Yama Palace, several Yama Lords could no longer conceal the shock on their faces.
Emperor Song's eyes were filled with murderous intent: "This female cultivator is not right! It is impossible for a cultivator from my Extreme Realm to have such an extraordinary attainment in formations!"