Chapter 745: Chapter 745

"Look! What is that?"

Midnight was nearly upon them. Just as everyone began to wonder why the celestial array remained completely inactive, someone spotted something unusual and cried out, pointing toward the center of the hurricane.

Behind the wall of gray wind, a speck of blood-red light had appeared at some unknown point.

Judging by its location, the light clearly came from the deepest part of the storm, yet they could see it clearly from where they stood, and it was vividly bright.

Qin Sang narrowed his eyes slightly. He understood that a phenomenon had emerged, which likely meant that the process of breaking the array had already begun inside.

"Take out your jade pendants. With them, we’ll receive protection. Without them, we won’t be able to move a step inside the celestial array."

Following Xiang Yi’s command, everyone took out their jade pendants one after another.

Just then, Xiang Yi suddenly activated a spirit talisman. With a flick of his finger, the talisman ignited without flame, and a transparent thread shot out from it, attaching itself to the jade pendants in everyone’s hands.

Everyone grew wary, but they couldn’t stop the thread in time.

"Daoist Xiang, what is the meaning of this?" asked the young man carrying a sword, his expression turning grim and his voice cold.

Xiang Yi gave a faint smile. "Please don’t be alarmed. I only worry that something unexpected might happen when we charge into the array and that we’ll become separated. All of you know how little time we have. No one wants to waste it trying to search for others once we’re inside, right? You should understand, Seven-Kill Hall is vast. If we get split up, regrouping will be nearly impossible. I’ll remove the spirit talisman later."

Qin Sang frowned inwardly and activated his spiritual consciousness to probe the thread, but couldn’t identify the type of power it carried.

It was said that this mission was linked to the leader of the Dongji Alliance. If anyone had planned to turn against the alliance before even leaving Seven-Kill Hall, none of the seven present would dare follow through on it.

The Dongji Alliance was an enormous power with influence spread across the entire cultivation world. Its alliance leader was also a peerless expert.

Both the righteous and devilish paths, along with various merchant alliances, were willing to give the alliance leader due respect. Offending him would make life difficult whether one was in the Inner Sea or the Demonic Sea.

Still, there was no guarantee someone wouldn’t try to slip away under cover of the array.

The jade pendants were fragile and could easily be destroyed. If Xiang Yi wanted to tamper with them in secret, it would be all too easy. His act of openly attaching the thread was likely a warning to everyone.

As long as it didn’t interfere with his own goal of finding the ancient teleportation array, Qin Sang had no intention of provoking the Dongji Alliance and didn’t mind the thread.

Although the others were displeased, they suppressed their objections as well.

After this brief conflict, everyone finally noticed that the blood-red light had begun to rise slowly from the heart of the storm, like a Blood Moon, climbing high into the sky and facing the hurricane directly.

Then, without the slightest warning, the Blood Moon shattered.

Countless fragments exploded outward.

In an instant, dazzling blood-red light erupted, cascading from the heavens and crashing into the heart of the hurricane. A strange and invisible wave of power suddenly burst from the storm’s core and swept out in all directions.

The impact of the wave shook their minds. They stared at the storm without blinking.

"The Blood Moon has opened the array," Qin Sang murmured, recalling the scene years ago when the Small Polaris Array broke open the celestial array.

Unfortunately, the force of the blood-red light colliding with the celestial array was being completely blocked by the hurricane. Inside remained shrouded in chaos, and nothing could be seen clearly.

That strange wave of power continued to erupt. It carried no earth-shaking roar, yet instilled a deep, unsettling dread.

"The wall of wind is splitting! The array is broken, go now!" Someone suddenly shouted.

Qin Sang focused his gaze. The solid wall of gray wind, once seamless, had somehow split open, forming a visible crack.

Turbulence spread from the hurricane’s center. After the first crack appeared, the entire wind wall began to fracture rapidly, lines and gaps crisscrossing in all directions. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on NoveI[F]ire.net

The hurricane looked as though it might collapse at any moment.

Even the whirlpool beneath the sea began to churn and shift.

The surrounding wind force weakened noticeably, bringing a brief moment of eerie calm.

Xiang Yi moved no slower than the others. Upon seeing the crack, he immediately gave the order to charge.

Qin Sang and the others followed close behind. In just a few flashes, they arrived at the wind wall and picked one of the narrow openings without hesitation, rushing straight into it.

Once they entered the crack, their field of vision shrank even further. Gray qi was everywhere, obscuring everything else. As for the celestial array of Seven-Kill Hall, they couldn’t even tell which direction it lay in.

Thankfully, the jade pendants would guide their way.

Qin Sang and the others stayed tightly grouped around Xiang Yi, following his lead without breaking formation.

Not long after entering, the barrier within the jade pendants automatically activated, as though it had connected to something at the center of the hurricane. Immediately after, eight rays of blood-red light shot over from ahead and enveloped each of them in an instant.

"The light of the Blood Moon. This must be the power of the spiritual array that Xiang Yi mentioned, capable of shielding us." Qin Sang nodded silently.

Once they were covered in the blood-red light, the dreadful sense of oppression vanished. The light shielded them from the hurricane’s erosion.

They continued forward. The scenery before their eyes remained unchanged—nothing but a murky gray—but the blood-red light around them grew increasingly intense, clearly indicating that some unknown change was occurring outside.

The blood-red light became so dazzling that it was nearly impossible to see anything beyond it with the naked eye.

In a place , they didn’t dare release their spiritual consciousness to probe the surroundings recklessly.

Left with no other option, they could only rely on the jade pendants for guidance and silently press on.

A terrifying force suddenly surged from ahead and slammed into them.

The blood-red light trembled violently, sending ripples through it.

Wrapped within the blood-red light, they were powerless to react. There was nothing they could do but worry and watch nervously, fearing the light would shatter.

Fortunately, the impact passed as quickly as it came, and the blood-red light regained its calm.

But the peace didn’t last. A new wave of impact soon followed, even stronger than the last. The assaults came in rapid succession, one after another.

Under the constant barrage, the blood-red light began to thin. Qin Sang was finally able to make out a vague glimpse of the world outside. What surprised him was that the source of the impacts seemed to be waves of water.

These spirit stones were worth every bit. Without the jade pendant, there was no way he could have passed through the celestial array on his own.

Though the blood-red light appeared fragile, it remained remarkably sturdy, shielding them the entire way and even keeping their formation intact.

Gradually, everyone began to feel more at ease.

"We should be almost through the celestial array."

Qin Sang had been silently keeping track of the time. Comparing it with the information he had gathered earlier, he estimated that the breakthrough was close.

Seven-Kill Hall and Ziwei Palace... What connection is there between them? Is the ancient teleportation array really inside the Sky Tower? I’ve waited fifty years to come here. I hope I’ll find something useful...

His thoughts drifted with emotion, and suddenly, his expression shifted. He lowered his head abruptly and stared at the Thousand-Jin Ring on his finger, a look of complete shock on his face.

Just now, the Thousand-Jin Ring had pulsed with an unusual fluctuation.

He swept it with his spiritual consciousness and discovered that the bone flute, now fused from two sections, was glowing and pointing toward the direction on his left.

Ever since the two sections had merged, the bone flute had never shown any reaction, no matter how Qin Sang tried to test it. This was the first time such an anomaly had occurred.

And this kind of clear guidance was entirely unprecedented.

"It’s calling to something!"

Qin Sang was utterly stunned. "Is it another section of the bone flute? Or something else entirely? Why didn’t it react back when I found the second section?"