Chapter 1931: Entering the Formation

“No, Your Excellency Xu Yang, absolutely not! This place below is a true den of danger. If you force your way in alone, you’ll likely encounter great trouble. You are undoubtedly the strongest member of our team. If even you, the absolute core and leader, were to be controlled by the enemy, then the entire empire’s situation would spiral into an uncontrollable collapse.”

Nangong and the others immediately spoke up, trying to prevent Xu Yang from acting and urging him to change his mind. However, Xu Yang’s resolve was firm, and no one could sway him. He merely chuckled, shook his head, and calmly said,

“We have no other choice. It is their home turf, after all. But I stand by what I said: no one can stop what I, Xu Yang, intend to achieve. I truly don’t believe this so-called underground prison can genuinely restrict my power.”

After speaking, Xu Yang disregarded everyone’s objections. A brilliant golden light emanated from his body—the Law of Light manifesting its immense power. It directly allowed Xu Yang to bypass the outer protective layer of the Ten Extinction and Ten Desolation Array, bringing him straight to the array’s absolute core in front of everyone.

Such a forceful move completely stunned even the spiritual entity that served as the array’s core and had previously conversed with Xu Yang.

“What are you waiting for? Fulfill your promise immediately, or you will suffer my endless wrath.”

In an instant, Xu Yang’s overwhelmingly strong aura made the spiritual entity tremble in fear. Without the slightest hesitation, it immediately opened the sole passage connecting to the internal prison beneath the array.

Soon, a beam of colored light completely enveloped both the spiritual entity and Xu Yang. Then, with a flash, they vanished from everyone’s sight.

This was undoubtedly a life-or-death race against time. Xu Yang knew very well that until he broke free from this underground prison, the ten Martial God-level experts at the array’s core outside would remain trapped.

This meant that the sooner Xu Yang cleared the challenge, the sooner those Martial God-level experts could escape the continuous draining of their life force.

It had to be admitted that the internal space sealed by this ancient forbidden-level array achieved almost perfect concealment. In other words, once Xu Yang and the spiritual entity entered the prison’s inner space, his ability to sense any aura within the imperial palace vanished completely.

It was no exaggeration to say that this so-called prison could practically be considered a small world entirely independent of the outside space. Upon entering this confined space, Xu Yang instinctively wanted to release his spiritual power to probe the surrounding spatial layout, but he was decisively stopped by the spiritual entity beside him.

“Your Excellency’s power is formidable, but I must warn you: this exclusive underground prison is an extremely peculiar array formation. The orientation of this prison space is constantly shifting every second. This means that no matter how powerful your spiritual power, what you perceive will only be the layout of the space at a given instant. It will be of no help whatsoever for your rescue mission, and might even be counterproductive.”

Hearing this from the spiritual entity, Xu Yang immediately abandoned the idea. As someone who had mastered the complete system of Space-Time Law, Xu Yang clearly understood that when such an independent space was combined with the unique aspects of Space-Time Law, it could indeed produce incredible changes.

Thinking of this, a calm smile reappeared on Xu Yang’s face as he slowly spoke.

“It seems I must proceed as a player in this game. Before coming here, I always operated as the mastermind, setting up my own chess games. Honestly, I’m quite unaccustomed to this role. You had better raise the game difficulty to the extreme, otherwise, if I get my hands on that guy called the Priest, I will make him understand what true eternal damnation means.”

Xu Yang’s tone remained calm, but the spiritual entity beside him could clearly feel the flames of anger beginning to burn within Xu Yang’s heart.

Soon, Xu Yang and the spiritual entity approached a silver gate of light. The entity stopped there, turned its head, and spoke respectfully to Xu Yang.

“Stepping through this gate initiates the true challenge of the prison purgatory. If you wish to rescue your companions and ultimately meet the Priest’s true form here, you must continuously overcome obstacles along the path ahead. In this place, you may encounter unprecedented obstructive forces. The only hint I can give you is that all the forces present here are real. They may gravely injure you, or even cost you your life, and it’s even possible you could be sealed inside for all eternity in a certain stage. In the Priest’s words, this is a test of your comprehensive strength. You can also view it as a means for the Priest to buy time. But none of that matters now. What matters is that no matter what challenge you face, you must press on relentlessly.”

Xu Yang, of course, understood their painstaking efforts: delaying time as much as possible was absolutely beneficial for them.

On one hand, the situation on the main battlefield was changing every moment. The later Xu Yang returned, the longer the Priest and the dark forces’ disciples could continue to develop their schemes on the main battlefield.

On the other hand, the Ten Extinction Array at the entrance was constantly draining the life force of the ten Martial God-level experts. In essence, the Priest set up this trap to inflict unparalleled mental pressure on Xu Yang, preventing him from fully concentrating and unleashing his complete strength within the orchestrated scheme.

Objectively speaking, if this trap had been set for anyone else, that person would likely have lost the courage to even enter. However, this time, their chosen target was Xu Yang, which doomed their plan to failure, because they ultimately underestimated Xu Yang’s immense resilience.

Moreover, Xu Yang possessed an inexhaustible source of life force. As long as he could break through the blockade before the ten Martial God-level experts completely perished, their lives would be assured.

Without further hesitation, Xu Yang calmly took a few steps forward and passed through the silver gate of light. In that instant, all the scenery before him rapidly transformed.

Even Xu Yang hadn’t expected to be able to sense the traces of Space-Time Law in this place. Although the aura of this Space-Time Law was not distinct, and its completeness was far from comparable to Xu Yang’s level of comprehension.