Chapter 1255: Valley of Death, Ancient Battlefield?
Chen Nan snapped the mystic iron chains and quickly ran to the front of the stone gate.
However, the stone gate was tightly shut, and forcibly using inner strength to blast it open would surely alert the Ou sisters, making it difficult to find Hua Xian'er again.
Chen Nan had clearly seen that this stone gate was like a sluice gate, falling from above to seal the entrance.
He glanced around but did not find any mechanism to open the gate: "It seems that to get out, I'll have to lift this stone gate."
Chen Nan's ten fingers flowed with xuanhuang qi, shining with a very sharp light. His hands formed the shape of eagle claws as he fiercely grasped the stone gate in front of him, the sharp finger light instantly breaking gold and splitting stone, as a crisp sound rang out. Chen Nan's ten fingers all pierced into the stone gate.
Although his Nine Yin Divine Claw was not as proficiently practiced as Ye Yiyi's, it was more than sufficient for grabbing stones.
Chen Nan steadied his stance, grabbed the stone gate with both hands, and lifted it upwards. Suddenly a "rumble" sound echoed, as the incredibly heavy stone gate was lifted by sheer force.
A moment later, the stone gate had been lifted over a meter high. Chen Nan supported the bottom of the gate with his hands, darted down, and slipped through the bottom of the stone gate.
At that moment, outside the stone cave, the figures of the Ou sisters were no longer visible.
"Damn, they've already gone out. If I can't track them, Hua Xian'er might be doomed." Chen Nan charged forward and reached the outermost stone cave hall.
He scanned the surroundings and saw that where there was originally a stone wall, a new entrance had appeared.
It seems this was also a secret door, though now it was already open.
Chen Nan quickly rushed inside. It was another stone chamber, but there wasn't a single person, and in the center of the chamber stood a cage.
This cage appeared to be purple. Chen Nan took a careful look, noticing its extremely unique quality; neither gold nor silver, copper nor iron, and he had never seen such a substance before. It was beyond yin and yang, outside the five elements, crafted from very mysterious materials.
"It looks like Hua Xian'er was previously imprisoned here."
Chen Nan was startled as he deduced that since Hua Xian'er was an all-magic mage, if an ordinary metal cage was used, she could easily break it open with a single move of gold magic, so it certainly wouldn't hold her.
Chen Nan ran close to the cage and took a deep breath, sensing Hua Xian'er's lingering presence inside.
"It seems they just came out of here and took Hua Xian'er with them."
Chen Nan regretted hesitating earlier; had he smashed the stone gate and rushed out immediately, he might have caught them escorting Hua Xian'er out. But at the time, he was too cautious.
After rushing through the stone chamber, Chen Nan reached the entrance to the entire stone cave area.
Now the entrance gate was closed, with Chen Nan not knowing the method to open it, he directly struck the stone wall with his palm.
"Boom!"
The earth trembled, causing the stone chamber to shake intensely, as chunks of stone fell to the ground, scattering everywhere.
"Hua Xian'er, you absolutely cannot meet with trouble, or else your father's vendetta will go unavenged." Chen Nan continued striking the stone wall thrice, yet only managed to cause some fall of stones, leaving the stone gate intact.
It wasn't an ordinary stone.
"I refuse to believe I can't smash you!"
Chen Nan roared angrily, releasing a powerful aura as his clothes ripped open, revealing golden dragon scales growing from his skin.
After undergoing dragon transformation, his physical strength surged, while the dragon essence power sealed within him further unsealed, suddenly pushing his cultivation from Earth Penetrating First Layer Heaven up to Earth Penetrating Three Heavens. His dragon claws trembled, releasing an intense aura from his body.
Dragon Emperor Sun Seal!
A huge blazing sun instantly materialized, crashing into the stone wall with a burning fireball capable of incinerating everything.
"Clang..."
The entire stone wall was shaken by the impact, and then a "sizzling" sound emitted as blue smoke rose. A smell of burning filled the air, as the stone wall turned red-hot and started to gradually melt into magma.
"Worthy of being an Absolute Skill of a Dragon Emperor!"
Chen Nan muttered to himself, waving his hands as the Dragon Emperor Sun Seal struck again, causing another radiant fireball to emerge, hastening the meltdown of the stone wall.
"Hua Xian'er, you have to hold on!"
Chen Nan continuously struck, releasing six Dragon Emperor Sun Seals; the stone wall completely melted through as magma spilled across, a passage leading out to the valley appeared in front.
Chen Nan swiftly dashed out, soaring into the sky.
In the vast night sky, despite the full moon hanging high, it was still nighttime, rendering everything around a tad obscure.
Chen Nan flew aimlessly like a headless fly, but couldn't find a trace of anything. Yet he couldn't dare shout, as alerting the Ou sisters would certainly make them hide Hua Xian'er.
As Chen Nan struggled in uncertainty, suddenly a flash of purple light appeared on his chest, as a pendant broke free from its cord and floated outward.
Chen Nan furrowed his brows; this pendant was left behind when Hua Xian'er saved him in the bamboo forest after he was severely injured. Though he picked it up with an intent to return, she said he didn't need to.
The pendant bore a lightning emblem, which always seemed strange to Chen Nan, and unexpectedly manifested an anomaly now.
The purple lightning emblem on the pendant flashed continuously as if trying to convey information to Chen Nan.
"Do you know where your owner is?"
Out of desperation, Chen Nan asked the pendant as if it were an animate object.
The purple lightning on the pendant flickered a few times, then flew to the left, with Chen Nan quickly following, evidently the pendant understood him.
With the pendant leading the way, Chen Nan flew forward about five kilometers, then another valley appeared upfront.
This valley, densely littered with stones, lacked trees or even weeds, and what surprised him more, was that all the stones were purple-brown, resembling the color of dried blood!
Under the moonlight, the entire valley exuded a sinister aura.
Chen Nan had no time to investigate the valley's eeriness, chasing after the pendant deep into the valley.
The deeper he went, the stronger the sinister sensation grew, tinged with the scent of death, making Chen Nan suspect that possibly the scene was an ancient battlefield between the Heavenly People Clan and humans, with these purple-brown stones stained with divine blood?
Otherwise, why would this place emit such a terrifying aura of death?
After advancing several hundred meters, signs of life emerged from ahead.
At the far end of the valley, near a huge blood pond, Hua Xian'er was bound tightly with chains of special material, her magic power sealed, tied to a pillar beside the blood pond.