The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 245 - 57 Stone Hall

Chapter 245: Chapter 57 Stone Hall

The Ziwei Constellation had walls on its left and right, symbolizing the walls of the Imperial Palace.

Entering the Ziwei Constellation, there was no need to pass through the Stone Chambers one by one, just by entering directly into the Central Palace, one could reach the location of the Emperor Star.

But...

"It’s too quiet!" Yuan Jianyi suddenly said.

"It is very quiet," Qing Yu nodded in agreement. Along the way, they had not encountered any disturbances, let alone tests, not even symbolic obstructions.

The Ziwei Constellation should logically be the core area and should have more challenging tests than the previous Stone Chambers. Therefore, Qing Yu and the others had been very careful all along, but the current situation told them that caution was completely unnecessary.

"Here," Qing Yu felt along the curious traces on the wall of the corridor, "This should be an Array Pattern. There should be an Array here, but the strange thing is that there’s not the slightest bit of Primordial Energy, which is why the Array hasn’t activated."

"Is it because of the leakage of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi before the ruins were opened? The Primordial Energy maintaining the Array dissipated, so it can’t operate," Bie Pengyue guessed.

"Impossible," Qing Yu shook his head. "If the Primordial Energy had all dissipated, it would have been impossible for us to have been teleported in when we entered. Moreover, those automatically rotating Stone Chambers and the Star Map above them, all need to activate the Array to function. If even the outer Array can operate, there’s no reason why it couldn’t at the core."

The group discussed as they walked, not stopping, and were now nearing the location of the Emperor Star.

"Hmm?"

Qing Yu’s "Heavenly Human Rebirth Technique" with its strong perception of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi reacted. Ahead, where the Emperor Star was located, a vast amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was moving along a certain trajectory, indicating there was likely an Array in place.

"Let’s go."

The group used their Qinggong, hurrying on their way, and in a moment, they had arrived at the location of the Emperor Star.

The Emperor Star Stone Chamber, no, it shouldn’t be called a Stone Chamber. Compared to the previous chambers they had encountered, this place was more akin to a plaza, with an area over a hundred times larger than the previous Stone Chambers.

And in the center of this plaza stood an ancient and majestic Stone Hall.

Built for a century, the Stone Hall had traces of time, but because its material was extremely hard rock, time had only added a bit of vicissitude to the hall without compromising its grandeur and majesty.

In front of the great door of this Stone Hall, six people were bombarding the door with a furious assault.

These six people were the Demon Young Master and his group; they must have already arrived here. However, what’s odd was that they were still denied entry by the hall’s door, unable to advance even as Qing Yu and the others arrived.

"Damn it!"

After hitting another shallow pit with a palm strike, the Demon Young Master shouted angrily: "Elder Suan Tian, to think you’ve outwitted my Holy Sect!"

’Outwitted?’

From a distance, Qing Yu read the words spoken by the Demon Young Master under his wide-brimmed hat and understood why the Demon Young Master and his group were unable to proceed further; they appeared to have been misled by a false guide.

’But... why isn’t Qiao Baixuan visible?’

With Qing Yu’s eyesight, the scene in front of the Stone Hall’s main gate seemed close at hand, yet he clearly observed that there were only the six people of the Demon Young Master’s group, with no sign of Qiao Baixuan.

Pondering with curiosity, they continued their approach without stopping. As seasoned practitioners, they closed the not insignificant distance in but a moment with the aid of Qinggong.

Seeing another party arriving, the Demon Young Master and his group also stopped bombarding the Stone Hall’s door. Well... not all of them stopped. One person didn’t need to stop—they were a young woman dressed in a white palace outfit, not participating in the frenzied assault, simply standing by quietly, watching with a cold eye.

"Yuan Jianyi, it’s you!" The eyes of the Demon Young Master were full of shadows. Despite their lead, they had still been caught up to. All the preparations now seemed to have been in vain.

Yuan Jianyi drew his iron sword directly, pointing it at the Demon Young Master, the intention was crystal clear—to fight.

"Yuan Jianyi!" Seeing Yuan Jianyi assume such an aggressive stance, the Demon Young Master shouted, "The Heavenly Calculation Inheritance has not yet appeared; do you really want to fight me now?"

The previous barrage of attacks, despite being deliberately controlled, resulted in a significant loss of True Qi after such a long period.

Although this consumption of True Qi didn’t greatly affect his combat prowess, facing an opponent like Yuan Jianyi without being at his peak strength meant the chances of defeat would exponentially increase.

Moreover, the Stone Hall harboring the Heavenly Calculation Inheritance had not yet opened, and the Demon Young Master did not wish to start a fight prematurely.

Well, logically speaking, the Demon Young Master had a point—in the absence of the inheritance, it was not advisable to start a battle, but unfortunately for him, he was dealing with Yuan Jianyi.

"I came here seeking worthy opponents," Yuan Jianyi’s eyes showed no hesitation, his fighting spirit remained as intense as ever.

For a Sword Obsessed like him, what the Heavenly Calculation Inheritance was, he didn’t care at all. His visit to Cuige Town was for the sole purpose of seeking suitable rivals.

And the Demon Young Master was, without a doubt, a suitable rival.

"You!!!" the Demon Young Master exclaimed in anger, "Your sword has just been destroyed and you have yet to adapt to a new one; your strength is definitely not what it used to be. If you’re so eager to die, this young master shall oblige!"

’Great, another one deceived,’ Qing Yu silently rolled her eyes to herself.

The Demon Young Master was the second person today to assume Yuan Jianyi’s strength had deteriorated, with Zhang Yangde’s corpse just dealt with not long ago, and now another Demon Young Master in a rush to test out Yuan Jianyi’s new sword.

They were unaware of how often Yuan Jianyi changed his swords and did not realize that, without his iron sword, Yuan Jianyi’s Sword Qi was even sharper by threefold.

However, just at that moment, a shadowy figure swiftly materialized in front of the great doors of the Stone Hall behind the Demon Young Master and others, forming several hand seals and striking the Stone Gate with a series of runes imbued with True Qi.

It was Qiao Baixuan, the person who should have arrived earlier was now making his appearance.

Following Qiao Baixuan’s inscription of the runes, the Stone Gate let out a thunderous boom and then slowly began to open.

After prying open just a gap, Qiao Baixuan was the first to slip inside sideways.

"The Stone Gate is open; hurry in!" the Demon Young Master immediately turned around intending to enter the Stone Hall.

"Swoosh—"

A blast of Sword Qi flew past, halting the Demon Young Master’s footsteps.

Yuan Jianyi wouldn’t allow his suitable rival to escape, with pure white Sword Qi flaring on his iron sword, he swung down in a simple Powerful Slash of Huashan—an uncomplicated move with a speed that was difficult to evade.

"Yuan Jianyi, you’re courting death!"

The Demon Young Master conjured countless hand shadows, once again using the Illusionary Heavenly Demon Hand that had previously shattered Yuan Jianyi’s Sword Qi, the black phantom-like demon hands aimed to deftly destroy the simple Sword Qi with deceptive strikes from oblique angles.

"Yun Wuyue, take them inside to snatch the inheritance."

The woman dressed in a white palace robe nodded slightly at these words and dashed into the gradually opening Stone Gate, followed closely by Xiang Haorang and the others.

"Brother Yuan, I shall not disturb your enthusiasm."

With that, Qing Yu also flashed into the Stone Hall.

Bie Pengyue and others also tried to enter but were stopped by Yuan Jianyi’s voice: "Don’t go in."

His Sword Heart could sense that those who went inside were all experts; if disciples from the Sword Palace were to go in, likely, few would return.