Long Chen continued forward, the aura of death growing thicker ahead, making his soul tremble.
The further he went, the denser the pile of corpses became. What shocked Long Chen was that the corpses here were no longer just bones, but still filled with flesh and blood. On the corpses, there was still a large amount of life energy, as if they had just died.
When Long Chen approached the corpses, he found that within them, there seemed to be a formation empowering them. The aura of death emanated from them, and at the same time, it was absorbing the life energy between heaven and earth, flowing along the blood grooves on the ground into deeper darkness.
Long Chen suppressed the urge to store these corpses into the chaotic space and walked toward the depths of the darkness along the direction of the blood groove.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, Long Chen shuddered all over his body, and was sent flying by a terrifying force. He staggered back more than ten steps before steadying himself.
Long Chen was startled. At his feet, there was still a pool of blood. The bloodstain had dried, but from the bloodstain, Long Chen sensed a familiar aura.
"It's Chu He's blood." Long Chen's heart pounded wildly.
This meant that Chu He had come here back then, seriously injured, and therefore had to retreat.
"Don't be afraid. This barrier suppresses according to your realm. Just because Chu He can't get past it doesn't mean you can't." Qiankun Cauldron said.
Suppressing according to one's realm is a commonly used formation barrier, meaning the barrier recognizes the visitor's cultivation level and thus controls their strength.
Weak cultivation means the barrier's rebound power is weaker; the stronger the cultivation, the stronger the rebound power. This is a common way to conserve energy.
Otherwise, even when an ant approaches, it requires the power of a defensive emperor. If someone lets a swarm of ants in, the energy of the grand formation will be depleted in no time. The biggest advantage of this defense method is energy savings.
However, it also has a fatal flaw: at a certain realm, a limit is set. If a person exceeds this limit, the barrier cannot withstand it.
"Buzz!"
This time, Long Chen summoned the Starry Sky Battle Armor. When he touched the barrier again, his whole body trembled violently, as if he had crashed into a wall, causing a dull pain in his chest and nearly coughing up blood.
"Why go to all this trouble? Let me split it open! "Dragon Bone Evil Moon said impatiently.
"No, keep it quiet, don't disturb the inside." Long Chen said hurriedly.
Although this barrier was terrifying, Long Chen believed he could break through; the key was how to do so silently.
"Buzz buzz buzz... Long
Chen slowly circulated the power of the stars, causing the barrier to tremble gently. Only then did Long Chen see that it was a black light curtain. But as Long Chen pressed against the barrier, silver spots appeared on it.
Long Chen's body slowly embedded himself inside the barrier. The further he went, the greater the pressure. He felt as if his body was about to burst, but he didn't dare to unleash his full power, lest the barrier emit a violent roar.
Gritting his teeth, Long Chen walked forward step by step. After crossing ten zhang within the barrier, he suddenly felt his whole body relax, and he was overjoyed—he had finally passed through the barrier.
As Long Chen had just passed through the barrier, a vast demonic might swept in. Caught off guard, he was nearly knocked down, his bones creaking under the pressure, nearly bursting apart.
Long Chen struggled to lift his head and look ahead. Inside the barrier, he found a humanoid monster standing a thousand zhang tall.
The humanoid creature had long arms and legs, wielding a white bone spear, with a pair of silver wings growing from its back. When Long Chen saw the monster's head, he couldn't help but cry out in surprise:
"Winged Demon?"
Long Chen could hardly believe his eyes. The Winged Demons he often saw in the mortal realm had actually appeared here.
Although this giant winged demon looked somewhat different from the Winged Demon Clan in some ways, its aura and head were exactly the same as the Winged Demons Long Chen had seen before.
It stood there, endless imperial might surging. Clearly, this was a Demon Emperor-level existence, and one of the most terrifying among them. Though it had been dead for countless years, its body was immortal, and its aura never leaked.
"Its aura is no different from the Winged Demon, and its bloodline pressure is the same as that of the Heavenly Demon Clan. What kind of monster is this?" Long Chen looked at the monster and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Long Chen suddenly recalled the placement of the corpses outside, as well as the blood grooves on the earth. His heart pounded wildly:
"Could it be that this is also an altar, using those corpses as sacrifices to exchange for the vitality of heaven and earth, hoping to awaken this giant demon corpse?"
Thinking of this, Long Chen couldn't help but feel shocked. If this was true, and if this demon corpse was awakened, it would be a disaster.
"Buzz buzz buzz... Long
Chen gradually approached the demon corpse and found its blood energy surging to the sky, yet no soul fluctuation. Summoning his courage, Long Chen crawled toward the demon corpse, step by step toward its head. Long Chen had to get close to its head to confirm whether it was truly dead.
When Long Chen climbed onto the demon corpse's neck and paused for a while, seeing it showed no movement, he grabbed its fur and continued climbing upward.
However, when Long Chen climbed to the top of its head, he found that the center of the demon corpse's head was bare, drawing a hexagram pattern, and at the very center of the pattern lay a parrot about one foot long.
When Long Chen saw the parrot, he was startled. At first, he thought it was a painted totem, but he never expected it to be a real parrot.
What puzzled Long Chen most was that the parrot was entirely emerald green, green to the extreme. Every hair pipe seemed to flow with green liquid. That green was a kind Long Chen had never seen before, as if all the green in the world had been poured out but could not reach this level.
It had been quietly lying within the divine map of the hexagram, but the moment Long Chen appeared, its head slowly turned, and a pair of eyes as big as mung beans stared at Long Chen.
It seemed somewhat surprised to see Long Chen, and Long Chen was also stunned when he saw the green-feathered parrot. The two stared at each other for a long time without speaking.
After several full breaths, Long Chen kept sensing the green-feathered parrot's aura, finding it extremely weak and sensing no danger from it. It seemed to pose no threat to Long Chen at all.
"Little one, don't be afraid. Can you tell me how you got here?" Long Chen, afraid of startling the green-haired parrot, lowered his voice as low as he spoke.
"Kid, how can you talk to your Sixth Master?"
However, the green-furred parrot rolled its eyes, clearly displeased with Long Chen's name, and spoke in human language.
However, the moment it spoke, Long Chen's body trembled violently, and his expression changed instantly.