Chapter 2108: Split selves not allowed inside

"No danger?"

An identical figure appeared before the clone.

He had expected to be ambushed by countless pseudo-gods upon teleporting, but to his surprise, there wasn't a single soul in sight.

"However, this place is a bit strange!"

The more deserted it seemed, the more unsettling it felt.

Jumping down from the altar, he was about to wait for Kui Xiao and the others to cross over when his heart suddenly clenched, and he hurriedly reached forward.

Before his hand could even touch the altar, a sword light suddenly shot up from beneath the ground.

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

A violent force swept through, and the altar couldn't withstand it, instantly shattering into several pieces.

The continuously flashing light ceased as the altar broke, and the spatial gate vanished from its original spot.

On the other side, Wu Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, his face ashen, and his body trembling uncontrollably.

"What happened?"

Seeing his condition, Kui Xiao and the others hurriedly looked over.

"Someone destroyed the altar, completely severing the connection. Master Zhang... he can't come back!" Wu Chen's face was pale.

"What do you mean he can't come back?"

Everyone was stunned.

Wu Chen explained, "There was only one altar in the Star Tracking Palace. With it destroyed, the passage to the Divine Temple is completely severed. Even if we wanted to rescue him, we couldn't. Likewise, the other party can no longer return through the passage..."

"This..."

Everyone trembled uncontrollably.

Zhao Ya and the others' eyes simultaneously turned red.

Can't come back... Teacher, will he be in danger?

It's all our fault for not being strong enough. Otherwise, Teacher would never be in such danger!

We must increase our strength as quickly as possible...

The few of them gritted their teeth, determination flashing in their eyes.

Looking at the shattered altar before him, Zhang Xuan clenched his fists.

It wasn't that he reacted too slowly; rather, the opponent had already placed a formation beneath the altar. The moment he arrived, the formation activated, automatically destroying itself and completely cutting off his retreat!

This meant that from now on, no matter what trap the opponent set, he would have to face it alone, with no way to return.

"Haven't you always wanted my Library of Heaven's Path? Without the altar, how can you perform your sacrifice?"

His mental state calm and undisturbed, Zhang Xuan looked up, surveying his surroundings, and said in a deep voice.

The opponent had sent Floating-Dust Son and others to capture Palace Master Du Qingyuan precisely for this object, having planned for so long. Yet now, they had destroyed it, which was almost unthinkable.

Could it be that the opponent no longer wanted his Library of Heaven's Path?

His voice lingered in the passage before him, echoing throughout the area. After waiting for a moment, there was no response.

It was as if that Master Kong wasn't here at all, or as if he was the only living being in this entire place, with no one else.

"I can only move forward..."

Not knowing what the opponent was planning or what their goal was, feeling as though he was being invited into a trap but had no choice but to enter, Zhang Xuan frowned, then still lifted his foot and walked forward.

The clone followed closely behind.

The passage wasn't long; he hadn't walked far when a magnificent hall appeared before him.

Unlike the Divine Temple he had seen before, this one was even more majestic and grand, suppressing a massive vortex of airflow, completely sealing it off so that not a single trace of power could leak out.

Zhang Xuan frowned.

The scene before him was like the mouth of a swirling current blocked by a ten-thousand-ton behemoth, with surrounding waves rising but unable to stir it in the slightest.

This hall was precisely like that.

The dark, swirling air currents, terrifying as if leading to an unknown darkness, were suppressed by the hall before him, like a valve blocking water flow or a stopper in a bottle neck.

With the altar destroyed, there was no retreat behind him; he could only advance.

"Let's go in!"

Regardless of any conspiracy, he could only enter to find answers. Staying outside definitely wouldn't solve anything.

Arriving at the entrance of the grand hall with his clone, he saw two enormous pillars inserted into the void, as if pinning the entire palace in place, preventing it from moving with the swirling currents.

Frowning, he activated his Eye of Insight and glanced at the pillars.

"Are they... pseudo-god level artifacts?"

His heart trembled.

The level of these two pillars had actually reached the pseudo-god realm.

The Wutong Sword appeared in his palm. He lightly tapped it forward, and sword qi whistled, shattering space into thin lines.

Clink! Clink! Clink!

It struck the pillars, causing sparks to fly, but left not even a trace.

"A single pillar is this formidable? What kind of place is this?"

His eyes narrowed.

He couldn't even break an ordinary pillar with his full strength. This hall was probably only stronger, not weaker, than the Divine Temple he had seen before!

The main gate of the hall was neither locked nor closed. Zhang Xuan lifted his foot and walked inside.

"Why aren't you moving?"

He turned his head and saw that his clone hadn't followed. Zhang Xuan frowned.

"I can't get through..."

The clone took a step forward, then immediately felt a peculiar pressure, involuntarily recoiling. It tried to advance again, only to retreat again, as if an invisible barrier stood before the hall's entrance, blocking it from entering.

"Can't get through?"

Stepping back two paces, Zhang Xuan went to where the clone was blocked and reached out to touch it. There was nothing there, an empty space, yet the clone remained utterly unable to move forward.

"Go into the storage ring first!"

He beckoned, putting the clone into his ring. Turning, he walked inside, but upon reaching the barrier again, the clone abruptly reappeared, falling outside once more.

Zhang Xuan was startled.

Even hidden in the storage ring, it was still forced out?

This invisible barrier was a bit too overbearing!

"Since you can't enter, stay here..."

He tried several more times, using every method, but the clone simply couldn't enter like him. Zhang Xuan had no choice but to instruct it.

"It seems the opponent knows the clone is powerful and has used some method to restrict its entry..."

He became secretly vigilant.

That Master Kong, formidable as he was, had only fought the clone to a stalemate. It was likely he had discerned Zhang Xuan's true strength and used some unknown means to force his main body to enter alone.

If that was the case, it would be extremely dangerous inside!

To enter or not to enter?

Gripping the Wutong Sword in his palm, Zhang Xuan took a deep breath.

Even setting aside the blocked retreat, if he still didn't dare face Master Kong after his cultivation had already broken through to pseudo-god, then the notion of breaking through space and entering the Divine Realm in the future would just be a delusion.

For cultivators, mental fortitude is extremely important.

Only by being fearless can one forge ahead.

Perhaps the opponent deliberately prevented the clone from entering as a psychological tactic.

After all, life is singular. If his main body encountered danger, he would truly be dead.

Casting aside all negative emotions, Zhang Xuan lifted his foot and stepped into the grand hall.

Since he had decided to do it, nothing else mattered to him.

Inside the hall, it was pitch black; nothing could be seen.

The darkness before him seemed to invade his senses and spirit; even his Eye of Insight couldn't penetrate it.

"I'm in. If you want to kill me, make your move!"

Holding his long sword, Zhang Xuan looked around.

His voice echoed through the hall, reverberating everywhere, but there was no reply.

After taking a few steps back, Zhang Xuan felt a chill down his spine, then frowned.

He had only walked a few steps after entering through the main gate, but the entrance behind him had vanished!

Which meant...

He had probably fallen into some strange formation.

"Flaw!"

His palm landed on the wall behind him; he lightly touched it.

No matter what formation or strange thing it was, as long as the Library of Heaven's Path was present, he could instantly discern its true nature.

With a soft hum, no book appeared in his mind.

"This place... can it sever the Heavenly Dao?"

His face turned ashen.

It seemed to be Master Kong's doing without a doubt. No one knew about his Heaven's Path Deficiency except him and Luo Ruoxin. First, he prevented the clone from entering, then severed the Heavenly Dao, rendering the Library of Heaven's Path unusable, and even his Eye of Insight ineffective...

The opponent intended to treat him as blind and slaughter him alive!

"My eyes are useless, my divine consciousness can't probe, I can only rely on my ears..."

Nervous but not panicked, Zhang Xuan closed his eyes and listened intently.

Drip! Drip!

The sound of water dripping came from a distance.

"Go!"

He flicked his long sword, sending a sword qi straight towards the sound of the dripping water.

The sword qi was like a drop of water falling into the ocean.

It left not a single trace, not even the slightest reaction.

While he was confused, Master Kong's voice rang out: "Leave this room before the water stops dripping, otherwise... depart from here!"

"Depart from here?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

Hadn't the opponent deliberately lured him here?

Why would they now want him to depart from this place?

"With the altar destroyed, even if I leave this place, I can't go back. Instead, I'll be trapped here indefinitely... So, I can only follow his demands, find him, rescue Palace Master Du, and then... kill him!"

Taking a deep breath, he understood the opponent's scheme.

Even if he went out now, he couldn't leave this place. He could only continue forward according to the opponent's demands. No matter what the goal was, if he broke through everything, he would surely meet the opponent!

"I can't see anything, and there's no attack. It must be a trapping formation..."

Having affirmed his thoughts, he stopped making futile attempts and pondered.

He couldn't see anything, his divine consciousness and spirit were blocked, and even the Library of Heaven's Path was unusable. The hall definitely contained a trapping formation beyond imagination.

"Since it's a formation, the spiritual energy in its surroundings must not be uniform. As long as I find the pattern of the spiritual energy and locate the core and flags of the formation, breaking it will be simple..."

Mentally reviewing the methods for breaking formations, Zhang Xuan carefully sensed his surroundings.

Formations, with their flags and core, naturally wouldn't have evenly distributed spiritual energy.

As long as he found the pattern, he could find a way to break it.

This was also the most basic method of breaking formations on the continent.

As the most powerful formation master on the Master Teacher Continent, he was already thoroughly familiar with it.

"Wait, the spiritual energy here seems completely uniform..."

Upon sensing, he discovered that the spiritual energy all around was uniformly thick and thin, with no discrepancies. Zhang Xuan couldn't help but be startled.

He took two steps forward and sensed again; the spiritual energy density was still the same.

He walked a few steps to the left and right, and it was the same!

Could it be that there were no formation cores or flags?

That shouldn't be!

Any formation should have these elements.

A compass appeared in his palm.

Although he couldn't see the pointer on it, if he held it in his palm, he could still sense the direction and force whenever the pointer moved.