Chapter 437: Formation Collapses!
Translator: AstralGhost Editor: Kurisu
"That... ah... I've just broken through, and haven't grasped my strength properly yet, so the blow was a bit heavier than expected..."
Bei Feng smiled awkwardly when he felt everyone's stares on him.
The entire group looked at him with exasperation, their eyebrows twitching uncontrollably. If they had known it was going to be like that, they wouldn't have let him attack. What kind of help was this? Are you conspiring with the freaking lava?!
Seeing that the lava was falling too slowly, you decided to lend the aged thing a hand and help it to fall faster?
Everyone felt an intense weariness rise from their chests when they looked at the hundred meter wide hole behind the boulder caused by Bei Feng's punch.
'If this was just a random punch from him, it seems like I've still overestimated myself a little. Based on what he's shown us, he's not any weaker than me. And even if he had a huge fortuitous encounter, being able to train to such a level in just 10 over years shows that he's definitely not an idiot. In that case, what's your trump card?'
Ling Xu knew that Bei Feng was not joking with his words. His strength had really improved in a fundamental way, and he hadn't learnt to control his strength properly. Right now, Bei Feng was definitely still hiding many things from everyone.
Originally, Ling Xu had estimated that he would have about 70 percent chance of winning if he engaged in a life-or-death match with Bei Feng. But based on the strength that Bei Feng had shown so casually, as well as his possible trump cards, Ling Xu guessed that he would only have a 50 percent chance of emerging victorious.
If he wanted to stop Bei Feng from escaping, the loss he would suffer was too heavy. In that moment, the earlier thought of eliminating Bei Feng that he hadn't completely given up on was thoroughly extinguished in that instant.
"Hur hur, a wise choice indeed."
Bei Feng turned around and smiled at Ling Xu knowingly.
'Was I discovered? As expected, a person who managed to cultivate to the Controlled Dan realm using just over 10 years and without going through the test of time like us is indeed extraordinary.'
Ling Xu just happened to be looking at Bei Feng as well. When the latter turned over, he felt his heart freeze for a second and then relax. Was it really the correct decision not to take action now? Shaking his head lightly, he also returned a smile.
Bei Feng's mental power was immensely strong right now, directly able to affect reality even though it was an immaterial force. He was not like before, only able to rely on the special qualities of Soaring Rainbow to have an advantage over his opponents. With such a strong mental power, Bei Feng's senses were much sharper.
Bei Feng could feel that Ling Xu's true face was not like what he'd shown on the outside. From the moment they left the Dragon Imprisoning Ground, he could constantly feel a trace of ill intent emanating from the latter linger on his back.
Although Ling Xu had hidden it very well, he was not able to conceal his intent from Bei Feng. His actions had been an act to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. But from the looks of it, the effect was not bad at all. The trace of ill intent lingering behind him had finally disappeared completely.
If what he did had not been enough to make Ling Xu back down, he wouldn't have minded flipping the table entirely and tearing off all faces. F*ck the plan, we'd talk after killing him!
Bei Feng definitely had the strength to directly flip the table upside down. One could say that apart from nuclear weapons with a large destructive range, basically only a big group of Controlled Dan Heavenly Experts ganging up on him would cause him any trouble.
Not far away from the hole that Bei Feng had created with his fist was another huge boulder falling from a 200 meter wide hole. Bei Feng sent another fist forward, smashing yet another hole and directly collapsing the formation!
From the huge fissure stretching over a thousand meters long, thousands of tons of lava instantly poured downwards from behind them, covering the entire ground with lava.
An intense heat surged through the cavern, carrying with it an unpleasant smell which filled the entire cavern.
Fortunately, Bei Feng and the rest could fly, and there was still a lot of distance between the formation in the air and the ground. However, the level of the lava was rising rapidly. Without needing to wait a long time, the entire ground'd be completely filled!
As they flew forward, a thousand meter tall lava waterfall cascaded down from the sky, forming an extremely grand scene in front of them. Of course, the prerequisite of being able to admire such a scene personally was that one had to be able to survive in such an environment!
Everyone's auras shot up explosively once again as they instantly started dashing around the huge lava waterfall.
When the group rushed into the passage, the lava had already overflowed into it. Around 20, 30 meters of the tunnel were flooded with lava. If it hadn't been for a huge boulder blocking the entrance of the tunnel and slowing the advance of the lava, the tunnel would have been completely flooded already.
The group's speed was faster than the lava, quickly exiting through the freezing lake. When they came out, the rest of the Controlled Dan Heavenly Experts were outside.
This freezing lake was over a thousand zhang deep, but it was only able to halt the lava's advance for a single moment.
"Gu-lu, gu-lu!"
Very quickly, layers of bubbles appeared on the surface of the lake, as if the water was being boiled.
The lava at the front surged out of the tunnel, instantly cooling down and solidifying when it came into contact with the freezing waters of the lake.
Although the lava behind arrived with a strong pushing momentum, it was ultimately stopped and solidified as well.
"Boom!"
"Pa-da!"
The entire underground space shook and trembled like an earthquake, and the small stones on the ground jumped around with clacking noises.
Everyone's faces turned heavier in an instant as an ominous feeling flooded their hearts. If it was just some tremors, it naturally would not affect these experts much. But if anything else occurred because of the tremors, that would be the worst-case scenario.
The group exchanged a single glance, and without any hesitation, everyone turned and fled!
Compared to when the lava had been chasing them, they were fleeing even faster as they rushed to return to the surface!
Bei Feng carried Mystic One, Bai Xiang, and the Cerberus along with him as his speed instantly increased like a rocket blasting off.
"Boom!"
A heaven-shaking explosion suddenly rang out, causing the entire underground world to shake violently!
A powerful shock wave blasted out, instantly sweeping across everything. The entire group of Controlled Dan Heavenly Experts were thrown into disarray by the blast.
"Quick, leave! This is only the beginning!"
"Bloody bastard! Just what kind of pervert would design this kind of stupid formation!"
"That bastard is simply too evil! I hope his sons are born without ****!" The group of Controlled Dan Heavenly Experts cursed freely as they ran. At this point, none of them maintained their usual demeanor as experts.
An explosive might like this was clearly not something a volcanic eruption could cause. When the huge formation underground had collapsed, the even more shocking grand formation had designed an even more powerful explosion to completely drop the place! In other words, the collapse of the underground formation had already been calculated by the creator, and a stronger formation had been laid out around it!
Originally, while the collapse of the first formation was strong, it should only have the strength of that earlier gush of lava. But now that they have joined another formation to guide this devastating force, it had formed a very destructive force similar to atomic fission!
Compared to what was about to come, that destructive force previously was just an appetizer!
The group's speed was extremely fast already, but they still sprinted with all their might. No one knew how many other formations the lunatic who designed this place had added to the first formation to chain the explosions!
If it was only one or two, it was still fine. But three or four would be a catastrophe!
The explosive might that followed after the previous one would increase manifold. The people here were only at the level of Controlled Dan Heavenly Experts, but the following explosions would kill even Transcendent realm cultivators if they were caught up in it!
This was also where a formation master was the most fearsome. Perhaps they themselves were not very powerful, but to a formation master, cultivation was only something that helped them to set down their arrays better.
If a formation master was given enough time and resources, things like fighting across realms and such were as simple as eating and drinking. Furthermore, the number of people they could deal with at a single time was not limited to just one, but an entire group!
In fact, if they had the geographical advantage, and proper materials and resources, a formation master could even kill across several large realm gaps in cultivation levels!