Chapter 1609: Chapter 1605: Racing Against the Clock

Shen Luo cast a spell to dissipate the chill in the Hall, and, with a raise of his hand, a golden light swept up the remnants of the Human-shaped Armor in front of him.

He first took the Spirit Boots from the feet of the Human-shaped Armor; the Azure Spirit Patterns on them flickered incessantly, with the words ‘Pacing Azure Cloud Boots’ engraved on the side in small characters.

Shen Luo activated his Divine Sense to probe the boots and quickly found that this pair of Spirit Boots contained sixty layers of Wind property prohibitions. The prohibitions were incredibly profound, and many aspects were beyond his comprehension.

“What an excellent pair of Spirit Boots! Cai Zhu, put them on quickly,” he exclaimed admiringly, without hesitation passing the boots to Nie Caizhu.

Nie Caizhu took the boots and suddenly threw them out, turning into two streams of Green Light that merged into Shen Luo’s body and appeared on his feet.

Immediately, Shen Luo felt his feet enveloped in a powerful Wind Spirit Power, making his body extremely light as if he could ride the wind and fly at any moment.

“Cai Zhu, I seized these boots to bolster your strength…” Shen Luo hurriedly said.

“These boots require Wind property Spiritual Power to unleash their full potential. I don’t cultivate Wind property God’s Power, so they’re not very useful to me. Cousin, the Wind and Thunder Spirit Patterns within your arm are a perfect match for these boots. Moreover, our subsequent exploration will mainly rely on you as the powerhouse, so the stronger you are, the better,” Nie Caizhu interrupted Shen Luo.

Shen Luo furrowed his brows, wanting to say more.

“Come on, Cousin, Wu Luo might have already gone to the next layer by now. Let’s not waste time on these trivial matters,” Nie Caizhu said.

Seeing this, Shen Luo said no more, and took the pair of Greatswords from the hands of the Human-shaped Armor, sensing the Dark Thunder prohibition on it.

A surge of Cold and Thunderous Power transmitted to him, causing the Soul Power in his mind to churn violently.

“It’s indeed the Xuan Yin Thunder; this thunder is exceedingly rare. To think that Tianyan Palace contains Magical Treasures infused with Xuan Yin Thunder. The Purple Extreme Ice Flame is the same – just how many treasures does Tianyan Palace possess!” Shen Luo was secretly astonished, but without further contemplation, he stored the Black Greatsword and the remains of the Armor in the Free and Easy Mirror.

At that moment, ripples formed in the Void, revealing a Silver Light Door.

“Looks like the situation is the same as before,” Fire Spirit Child said as he flew over from afar.

In his hand, he held a white Stone Ball the size of a human head, covered with Spirit Patterns that seemingly corresponded to the Prohibition Sphere within the wall. How Fire Spirit Child managed to extract the sphere was unknown.

“Cai Zhu and Fire Daoist friend, you should both go into the Free and Easy Mirror to serve as my backup,” Shen Luo said, glancing at the Stone Ball in Fire Spirit Child’s hand.

Nie Caizhu and Fire Spirit Child didn’t object and returned to the Free and Easy Mirror.

Shen Luo stepped forward. Although he had not yet refined the prohibitions inside the Pacing Azure Cloud Boots, his speed had doubled, and he disappeared into the Light Door in a flash.

…

In Peace Valley, after Shen Luo and Wu Luo were teleported away by the Array, the black filaments around Che Qingtian and the others gradually collapsed, and it did not take long for them to break free.

The trio immediately flew towards the Teleportation Formation, but, regrettably, the Formation had reverted to its previous state; the white light no longer flickered, nor did it continue to operate.

“Damn it, damn it!” Che Qingtian was in a furious rage, muttering to himself with bloodshot eyes.

Seeing Che Qingtian like this, both Yan Lie and Wanshui Zhenren felt a twinge of fear and took a few steps back subconsciously.

“Looking at the current situation, it’s rather unlikely that we’ll be able to explore this Tianyan Palace,” Yan Lie communicated with Wanshui Zhenren through a private message.

“Since that’s the case, it’s best if we figure out a way to leave sooner rather than later. This white-clothed man seems to be of an extremely high Cultivation level and a bit mad. We are no match for him even if we join forces, and staying here is nothing but bad news. Do you have any method to leave this place?” Wanshui Zhenren replied through a private message.

“I did not before, but now that might not be the case,” Yan Lie replied with a smug smile, producing the Soul of Ink Brush and the Azure Sky Ink Stone.

“Is this what we just got from Shen Luo? Can these two magical treasures help us escape?” Wanshui Zhenren showed a surprised expression.

“The Azure Sky Ink Stone and Soul of Ink Brush are the life-bound magical treasures of the previous Hallmaster of Fangjin, possessing great powers to manipulate space. As long as we can properly refine these two treasures, we should be able to tear through the space here and return outside,” Yan Lie said, channeling his mana into the two treasures.

The two treasures lit up slightly, and the white light within the teleportation array flashed in response.

Che Qingtian’s expression changed drastically, and he abruptly looked over towards Yan Lie and the other person.

…

Shen Luo’s vision blurred for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he was already in front of the five-layered Grey Tower with its gate half-open.

He didn’t linger in front of the tower and after a brief investigation, flew straight into the black passageway behind the tower gate, moving quickly.

Not knowing whether Wu Luo had already entered, he had to race against time to move forward.

As he passed the spot where the maze map was hidden, Shen Luo’s steps faltered, and he turned to look, seeing the witch text traces still on the stone wall.

“It seems this is indeed the same place as before, not an illusion,” he muttered in relief.

Knowing Wu Luo’s ability to create extremely realistic illusions, he took each step with the utmost caution.

Shen Luo didn’t delay any further and continued onwards, soon reaching the Heavenly Puzzling Maze.

Everything inside the maze was the same as before, and the Guiding Stele was quietly situated there.

With the map of the place in his hand, Shen Luo had no worries and leaped forward into the maze.

With the boost from the Pacing Azure Cloud Boots, his figure disappeared into the maze pathways in the blink of an eye.

A flash of light on the walls of the black passage behind him, and a dark silhouette appeared slowly, it was Wu Luo.

“Shen Luo, I wouldn’t have imagined you could still keep up like this, you indeed are the person I need to be most wary of, but since you’ve been afflicted with my Black Demon Incantation, your life is now in my hands,” the sorcerer muttered to himself, a sinister smile appearing on his lips as he made a hand gesture.

In the void at the entrance of the maze, tiny black lights appeared, so fine that they were hard to see with the naked eye.

The black lights brightened and expanded rapidly, turning into five threads of silk-like black strands, each flickering with many black spots. On closer inspection, one could see that each black spot was an extremely tiny black skull head, all of them silently screaming with ferocious expressions, emitting a bone-chilling aura.

Unfortunately, these black threads had already been broken, naturally by Shen Luo just now.

Flames began to flicker on the severed strands and soon they vanished without a trace.

Wu Luo then stepped into the Heavenly Puzzling Maze as well, his figure quickly disappearing ahead.

Shen Luo followed the directions indicated on the maze map, moving rapidly.

He didn’t immediately rush to the end of the maze but headed straight to the location of the Tiangong Hall.

The overwhelming power of the Destructive Mingwang Yan Armor still captivated him, and he had an intuition that the Destructive Mingwang Yan Armor was still in the Tiangong Hall. The mighty power of the armor could face Che Qingtian head-on. As long as he got the armor, he feared no one in the Tianyan Palace.

With this thought, a glint of excitement flashed in Shen Luo’s eyes, and his pace accelerated once more.