Chapter 1930: Entering the Underground Prison

"There's nothing to hesitate about. Sir Xu Yang has braved fire and water in this imperial palace to save us, not just once. Now it's time for us to repay him."

The old Daoist, who usually seemed the most unreliable, stepped forward at this critical moment, becoming the first to declare his stance.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the old Daoist leaped, landing precisely on one of the ten formation eyes of the Ten Desolations Array. Witnessing his actions, Xu Yang couldn't help but feel moved.

After all, helping Xu Yang break this formation required them to burn their own vital life essence. Such a sacrifice was an immense drain on a Martial God level expert.

Yet, the old Daoist showed no hesitation. He wasn't the only one; several other Martial God level experts from the Changyun Heaven Sect's Elder Council followed suit.

None of them showed the slightest hesitation. It was precisely this display of unwavering loyalty that revealed to Xu Yang the rare and invaluable quality of valuing camaraderie within the Changyun Heaven Sect lineage.

This also solidified his resolve to strongly support the Changyun Heaven Sect in the future, even helping them become the most powerful martial arts sect in the Ancient Martial God Way.

Given Xu Yang's strength, such a thought was by no means an empty boast. Once the time was right, his influence alone could elevate the Changyun Heaven Sect to the pinnacle of the Ancient Martial God Way.

"Three more of you old guys will suffice. We'll personally guard the remaining positions."

Nan Gong added. In truth, the five Martial God level living fossils hadn't expected the seven elders from the Changyun Heaven Sect to support Xu Yang, an outsider, so strongly.

It had to be said, Xu Yang's charisma and influence were truly formidable. After a brief moment of hesitation, the white-robed old Martial God, who was their leader, personally gave the order. Three of the five entered the formation eyes, while he, accompanied by another Martial God level living fossil, approached Xu Yang.

"Once the formation activates, I will use my spiritual energy to guide the ten individuals within the formation eyes. If the operation is successful, each of these ten Martial God level experts guarding the formation eyes will release a portion of their life essence, converging it towards the location of this formation's hidden 'living eye'."

"Once that living eye is activated, my companion here will personally engage it. And as soon as the living eye reveals a weakness, Sir Xu Yang must personally strike and shatter it."

"At that point, the entire sealing system of the formation will collapse within a very short time. Then, a sufficiently powerful soul energy will emerge from the very center of the formation eye. Sir Xu Yang will need to suppress that soul aura."

"However, you must not completely destroy it. That soul aura is the most crucial guide for you to enter the underground prison. You can also consider it the true guardian of this formation."

"In other words, only by gaining its recognition will you be qualified to enter the sealed area. As for the rest, you'll have to manage it yourself."

Xu Yang shook his head with a wry smile and spoke.

"As expected of an ancient forbidden formation. If even one step goes wrong, that living eye will likely collapse on its own, and by then, no one will ever find the true entrance to the underground prison!"

The white-robed Martial God nodded gently. "Indeed. This formation doesn't possess strong destructive power, but its most troublesome aspect is its variability. It's also the most potent method for sealing."

Xu Yang nodded slightly. Once prepared, he released a surge of spiritual energy, unifying the aura of all ten Martial God level experts within the formation eyes into a single frequency. Then, everyone began working together to attempt to break the array.

Rumble! Powerful aura fluctuations finally began to unfold at this moment.

Ten Martial God level experts struck simultaneously, each releasing a concentrated burst of vital life essence. One could only imagine the terrifying energy contained within the entire ancient forbidden town.

If a powerful external force were to strike the surface of this formation at that moment, it could severely injure all the Martial Gods within it in a single round.

Of course, Xu Yang was always thorough. To prevent any unforeseen variables, while instructing everyone to activate the formation, he had already released his three main divine artifacts to guard the external space of the entire formation, ensuring a smooth process for breaking it.

Furthermore, Xu Yang could almost confirm that the priest manipulating everything from behind the scenes was also likely within this underground prison. Driven by this thought, Xu Yang quickly focused his attention, scrutinizing the flow of power in every formation eye, awaiting the appearance of the living eye.

Finally, a highly agile formation eye outline materialized. Xu Yang, without hesitation, brought down a Void Palm Print, directly suppressing it. Before the other Martial God level living fossil beside him could even act, Xu Yang had already completed the move.

The precision of his force and the accuracy of his target selection utterly stunned the living fossil beside him, who turned to Xu Yang with an incredulous look and exclaimed,

"Good thing we didn't choose to fight you before, or we wouldn't even know how we died!"

Xu Yang, however, had no particular thoughts on this, merely smiling calmly.

Following this, the massive Void Palm Print began to exude a powerful martial aura, using it to melt away the soul-guarding form of the entity that was the living eye.

Only when the entity began emitting pained whimpers did Xu Yang initiate communication.

"Stop struggling. Immediately open the exclusive passage into the formation eye!"

Stripped of its disguise, the guardian formation eye gradually materialized into the outline of a complete soul form, yet it didn't seem to yield so easily.

The exact features of this soul's outline were unclear, but the soul aura it emitted gave Xu Yang an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"Entering the underground prison isn't impossible. As long as you're willing to meet the conditions I set, I can guide you."

Xu Yang didn't immediately refuse; instead, he was intrigued and wanted to hear its true purpose.

"Only one person can enter this passage. If I detect a second aura touching me, the entire passage to the underground prison will immediately force itself shut, and the Ten Directions Array will instantly collapse."

Faced with the telepathic message from this soul aura, Xu Yang decisively accepted.

He knew very well that this was a trap set by the priest. It was clear that even more terrifying powers awaited him within the underground palace.

"I agree to your condition."