Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest
Chapter 1095: 1095: Joining the Game

Chapter 1095: Chapter 1095: Joining the Game

A gentle glow burst from Huangfu Yongchun’s hand, enveloping him completely in an instant.

And then it swallowed Wang Chen too.

Wang Chen felt an overwhelming suction enveloping his whole body, and since Huangfu Yongchun had specifically mentioned it earlier, he did not resist the force.

His vision was nothing but a vast expanse of white!

The next moment, the two of them vanished from their original spot without a trace.

When Wang Chen’s vision returned to normal, he found himself in a space filled with lush greenery, chirping birds, and fragrant flowers.

This space was enormous; not far away, mountains rose one after another with majestic peaks, covered with dense primeval forests. A ribbon-like waterfall hung down between two mountains, and a clear stream flowed quietly through the valley across the meadows.

It appeared to be hundreds of miles wide.

Is this an Immortal’s Cave Haven?

Wang Chen was quite astonished.

He had seen Cave Havens before, but compared to this space in front of him, those were vastly inferior.

Moreover, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here was incredibly abundant; breathing it in made one feel as if they were about to ascend, truly a blessed land for cultivators.

“This Cave Haven is not bad, right?”

Huangfu Yongchun stroked his long beard and said with a chuckle, “It’s a pity that we cannot open the inner chamber to get the real control rights, and we can only stay here for a maximum of nine days.”

“Once we leave, we’d have to wait ten more years to come back!”

Wang Chen nodded – no wonder Huangfu Yongchun did not cultivate in seclusion here; otherwise, he would have broken his Golden Core to condense the Nascent Soul long ago.

“Let’s go.”

Huangfu Yongchun spoke again: “I’ll take you there right now.”

Under the leadership of this peak Golden Core cultivator, the two quickly reached the bottom of a tall peak.

In front of them was a towering cliff, as if cut out by a sword, its wide and long rock face unnaturally smooth and exhibiting a dark golden hue, without any presence of moss or plant life.

Upon closer inspection, one could see countless True Seal Talisman Scripts engraved on the rock wall.

To the left of the cliff stood a wooden hut surrounded by a fenced wall, with lush green grass and wildflowers in full bloom, yet desolately unpopulated.

“Not to hide anything from you…”

Huangfu Yongchun pointed to the wooden hut and said, “My Qijue Sword Technique was learned from here, but the real treasures are probably hidden inside this mountain, where the inner chamber is!”

He gazed at the rock wall ahead, his eyes shining with an arresting divine light: “Unfortunately, the inner chamber has strong prohibitions. The last time my senior brother and I attempted to break through forcefully, we suffered a backlash…”

Huangfu Yongchun’s expression turned somber: “It seems that the opportunity was not yet ripe.”

After a pause, he continued: “I spent ten years and commissioned a True Immortal to refine a set of Arrays for breaking prohibitions, but it requires the combined power of two High-Order Golden Cores to activate its efficacy.”

As he spoke, Huangfu Yongchun flicked out Array Plates one after another, arranging them evenly around them.

He then handed Wang Chen an Array Token: “This is the Control Array Token; each of us has one, just infuse it with Pill Force and it will activate!”

“True Person Wang, success or failure hinges on this single attempt!”

Huangfu Yongchun raised the other Array Token high: “Please help me break the prohibition!”

Wang Chen didn’t hesitate and immediately raised the Array Token, infusing it with Pill Force.

The cold Array Token instantly turned scorching hot, emitting thousands of rays of light, and the Array Plates arranged around them all lit up at once, sending beams of light shooting straight into the firmament.

Wang Chen suddenly felt as though he was stuck in a quagmire, a strange restraining force coming from all directions and swallowing him up in an instant.

He immediately sensed something wrong, but by then Huangfu Yongchun had already instantaneously moved outside the Array.

The Array Token in Wang Chen’s hand silently crumbled into powder, and his heart sank along with it. Unable to help himself, he angrily questioned, “Huangfu Taoist Friend, what is the meaning of this?”

Huangfu Yongchun revealed a faint smile and said, “It’s nothing much, just want to ask for your help to break a seal.”

Wang Chen’s face darkened like still waters: “You call this helping?”

“Correct.”

Huangfu Yongchun sighed: “Taoist Friend Wang, if possible, I wouldn’t want to do this either. But this Soul Devouring Extinction Spirit Array requires the blood-soul of a High-Order Golden Core as a sacrifice to truly activate it, so I can only trouble you.”

It was only then that Wang Chen realized that not only were his movements restricted within the array, but there was also no trace of Spiritual Energy around him!

He fell silent for a moment before asking, “Why me?”

The light in Huangfu Yongchun’s eyes flickered strangely as he calmly explained: “Your talent is exceptional, and you’re very young, plus your Qi-Blood is far more vigorous than your peers; there is no better candidate for the sacrifice.”

“Even if there were, it wouldn’t be within my calculations!”

Such a genius Golden Core like Wang Chen was a complete anomaly amongst Loose Cultivators; by all rights, he should have been the Taoist Foundation carefully cultivated by a major Sect or a powerful faction.

But such a Taoist Foundation was not something Huangfu Yongchun could deal with!

Wang Chen’s expression grew extremely ugly: “Aren’t you afraid of the oath of the Heavenly Dao?”

When he first joined the Qijue Club, the seven members had taken an oath together, agreeing to support each other and that they must not engage in internal strife or assassination.

Although violating the Heavenly Dao oath would not bring direct punishment, Huangfu Yongchun would inevitably be greatly affected if he broke the Golden Core to Condense the Nascent Soul.

Unless he gave up on Condensing the Nascent Soul!

“Of course, I’m afraid,” he said.

Huangfu Yongchun smiled: “But I was the one who composed that Heavenly Dao oath, and furthermore…”

“I am not the one controlling the Soul Devouring Extinction Spirit Array!”

As soon as his words ended, the door of the wooden hut beside him suddenly flew open, and a black-robed Cultivator floated out.

He was also a pinnacle Golden Core!

“Big brother.”

The black-robed Cultivator said with impatience, “Why bother talking to him, just get it over with!”

“No hurry.”

Huangfu Yongchun waved his hand and continued with a smile to Wang Chen, “Let me introduce him, this is my brother Huangfu Yongqiu. Last time, it was he who forcefully broke the ban and was backlashed by it. Luckily, he killed that Flood Dragon and used the Flood Dragon Core to repair his Taoist Foundation.”

“That Purple Thunder Sword is also his!”

With that, the truth was laid bare.

Wang Chen shouted in anger, “Huangfu Yongchun, you indeed have a good scheme!”

“Thanks for the compliment.”

With a jovial tone, Huangfu Yongchun said, “Wang Chen, there’s no need for you to harbor any illusions about stalling for time to escape. The Soul Devouring Extinction Spirit Array can not only imprison the body and trap the soul, but also, those below the Nascent Soul have no chance to break free. Just obediently surrender your Divine Soul and flesh!”

“Is that so?”

Wang Chen suddenly calmed down, his gaze looking at Huangfu Yongchun was without a ripple, completely devoid of the earlier agitation and anger.

In the next moment, his aura soared abruptly, climbing from the seventh tier of Golden Core to the pinnacle in an instant.

The force of the Array enveloping Wang Chen showed severe fluctuations.

The previously confident Huangfu Yongchun’s expression dramatically changed, and he bellowed fiercely, “Take action!”

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