Chapter 1021: Chapter 1018: Fluorescent Gate
Sun Lei was absolutely confident and assured about killing Yang Fei.
It’s just that he couldn’t kill him in front of Qin Yanyang.
It was even better not to do it himself.
Sun Lei couldn’t help but think of Junior Brother Lu Chen.
To take out that lad without anyone knowing, Junior Brother Lu Chen was the most suitable.
Or Senior Brother Du Hui might work, but relatively speaking, Senior Brother Du Hui was more upright and probably wouldn’t be willing to do such a thing.
But Junior Brother Lu Chen was different; he was both righteous and evil, and as long as he was given certain benefits, getting him to help kill this lad was not difficult. Besides, Junior Brother Lu was proficient in Rune Tao and Formations and could create an ’accident’ specifically targeting this lad without being noticed.
With this plan in mind, Sun Lei gradually calmed down.
He now only wanted to meet Lu Chen as soon as possible and find an opportunity to communicate with him.
As long as he could get Qin Yanyang, this Top-grade Furnace, as a Dao partner, any price was worth it.
Li Yue attentively watched ahead, focusing on the journey.
He had no idea that Junior Brother Sun Lei behind him had developed a murderous intent towards Yang Fei.
This passage was indeed a Life Gate in the Nine-Nine Returning to One Array. After traveling for thirty minutes, the four of them didn’t encounter any danger and had an unobstructed journey.
Soon, a faint light appeared in the distance again.
Li Yue exclaimed in joy, "We’re finally out."
Sun Lei felt a joy in his heart as well.
He was secretly surprised that these Earth natives actually had such accomplishments in formations and could point out the real position of the Life Gate.
If it were only once, Sun Lei would still doubt it, but Li Yue mentioned that Yang Fei had chosen correctly once before as well.
Choosing correctly twice in a row is definitely not just luck.
It’s important to know that both he and Li Yue chose wrongly three times before.
Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang both breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.
Having been trapped in the depths of this vast mountain range for who knows how long, if they didn’t escape soon, they would eventually be trapped to death here.
Although the exit was not far away, the few of them still didn’t dare to use Divine Thought to explore.
There was a strong Power Law throughout the entire formation, and once you used Divine Soul Power to detect it, you would suffer backlash.
Yang Fei had been backlashed before, and according to Li Yue and Sun Lei’s account, they also attempted Divine Thought probing and were likewise backlashed.
Soon, the few of them exited this deep, dark mountain passage, arriving at another cave hall illuminated by Luminous Pearls.
Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief that no other disciples of the Lingxiao Sect were trapped in this hall.
Li Yue and Sun Lei, however, were full of disappointment, with Sun Lei even saying, "The other brothers are not here; they either have already left or haven’t made it here yet."
Li Yue nodded and said, "Yes, we don’t know their specific location now, nor do we have a way to find them. We can only take it step by step, hoping they can eventually escape."
Sun Lei nodded.
Li Yue said to Yang Fei, "Brother Yang, there’s another choice node here; based on your understanding of the Nine-Nine Reunification Illusion Array, how many of these choice nodes are left?"
Yang Fei shook his head and said, "I don’t know either. The subtlety of the Nine-Nine Returning to One Array lies in the fact that if the person deploying the array is willing, they can set the Life Gate as a dead loop. Even if someone knowledgeable about the array enters, they might choose the correct Life Gate each time but still won’t be able to get out."
Li Yue and Sun Lei’s expressions changed.
Qin Yanyang also sensed that Yang Fei wasn’t lying, and couldn’t help but show a worried expression, asking, "In that case, aren’t we going to be trapped here until we die?"
Yang Fei said gravely, "It’s not certain yet. But you also don’t need to worry too much. What I just mentioned is only a possibility. From my observation, combined with Brother Li and Brother Sun’s previous experiences, it indicates that the mechanisms and Killing Arrays left within this array are not too powerful. Therefore, the elder who set up this Illusion Array probably doesn’t have strong malicious intentions, so they wouldn’t leave an unsolvable deadly loop formation."
All three of them nodded promptly, feeling that Yang Fei’s analysis made a lot of sense.
Li Yue said, "No matter what, Brother Yang, you just lead the way. Even if it’s a dead loop, we have to go through it to find out."
Sun Lei also said, "Yes, let’s just try it. Maybe after a few more checkpoints, we can get out of this Illusion Array?"
Yang Fei nodded without further words.
He continued to observe the caves around the hall.
With the experience from the previous times, he became more and more familiar with the Dao rhythm rules emanating from these caves. According to the array rules of the Nine-Nine Returning to One Array, he quickly found the location of the Life Gate here.
Li Yue and Sun Lei went in again.
Thus, after traversing six safe passages without any mechanisms or Killing Arrays, they arrived at another huge cave hall.
Inside this cave, there were finally no longer nine deep, dark entrances.
But before the four of them could feel happy, their hearts sank.
This cave had no exit passage at all.
When Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang stepped into this cave from the passage, even that passage disappeared.
The vast cave was like a dead end completely isolated from the outside world.
The previous caves had choices of passages, at least allowing people to see some hope of leaving.
But this cave, on the other hand, made people truly despair.
It didn’t even have a single passage entrance.
Li Yue looked gravely at Yang Fei, seeing Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang bearing the same look of frustration and despair, knowing that Yang Fei didn’t intentionally mislead them here.
"How did it become a dead end?" Sun Lei frowned deeply and looked at Yang Fei as well, but soon, like Li Yue, he understood that it wasn’t intentional on Yang Fei’s part.
Yang Fei took a deep breath, saying, "Let’s look around first. Logically, it shouldn’t be a dead end."
"Look over there quickly."
Just then, Qin Yanyang exclaimed, pointing to a spot.
The three looked in the direction she pointed, and their pupils suddenly shrank.
There appeared a glowing curtain of light.
The curtain was rectangular, like a Fluorescent Gate suddenly appearing on the cave wall.
The four instinctively walked towards it, wanting to see what it was about.
But suddenly discovered that in the other three directions, a flash of fluorescence appeared as well, and three other Fluorescent Gates appeared slowly.
Four people, yet there were four gates.
Yang Fei’s expression changed, saying, "This is the gift left for us by the master of this formation."
Li Yue, Sun Lei, and Qin Yanyang all nodded.
As Yang Fei reminded them, the three also sensed the mysterious allure behind those four fluorescent gates.
Each gate sparked an innate greed from the depths of their souls.
At this moment, a thought emerged from deep within each of their souls: There is a great opportunity behind the gate that could change their fate.
"Hahaha, who would’ve thought that on this little planet with a severed Cultivation Civilization, such a great opportunity was hidden!" Sun Lei exclaimed excitedly.
Li Yue stared at one of the Fluorescent Gates, eyes burning with passionate light, and affirmed, "This gate is mine."
At the same time, Qin Yanyang also walked towards a Fluorescent Gate.
She directly let go of Yang Fei’s hand and walked towards that gate.
Yang Fei was initially startled, but as he cast his gaze onto another gate, he completely lost concern for other matters, as if entranced, he walked over in big steps.