Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

Luo Qingchen relied on his exquisite Chaos Sword Art and combat experience far beyond his peers to maneuver in the airtight attack, dancing his Black Dragon Sword like a dragon, blocking or deflecting the fatal attacks time and time again. However, his Chaos Power was also rapidly consumed, and his face became paler and paler.

"Senior Brother Luo! Let me help you!" Seeing this, Lin Wan'er became anxious. She swung the sword in her hand, and a sharp white sword energy broke through the black fog and pierced the back of the ghost shadow!

However, the ghost seemed to have eyes on its back. Without even turning its head, it used its claws to easily smash Lin Wan'er's sword energy! At the same time, it seemed to be angered by Lin Wan'er's attack. It abandoned Luo Qingchen, turned around abruptly, and turned into a black shadow to pounce on Lin Wan'er!

"Not good!" Luo Qingchen's face changed. He wanted to rescue, but was blocked by a sudden burst of thick black fog.

It seemed that the sharp claws were about to catch Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan and Bai Ling'er behind her!

"Ah! Great God of Turtle Shell, help me!" Su Xiaowan was so scared that she closed her eyes and subconsciously held the tortoise shell in her arms in front of her!
At this critical moment!
Om-!
The mysterious tortoise shell, which had been dull and unresponsive until now, suddenly lit up with an extremely faint but unusually deep light from the ancient runes on its surface the moment it came into contact with the strong evil aura emanating from the sharp claws of the strange shadow!
An indescribable heavy, suppressive force, as if coming from the ancient times, spread out from the turtle shell like water waves!
puff!
The indestructible black claws that even Luo Qingchen's Chaos Sword Art had to be careful to deal with, when they encountered this invisible repressive force, it was like hitting an invisible copper wall! Not only did it fail to advance an inch, but it was bounced back by an overwhelming and unstoppable recoil force!

"Gu?!"

The ghost shadow seemed to be startled as well, and let out a puzzled hiss. Its scarlet eyes were fixed on the tortoise shell in Su Xiaowan's hand, and there seemed to be a hint of greed and...fear in them?
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Qingchen broke through the black fog and rushed to Lin Wan'er. The Black Dragon Sword, with a fierce murderous intent, slashed at the ghost shadow again!
"Chaos Sword Art: Splitting the Sky!"

The gray sword light tore through the air, carrying the momentum to cut off everything!

The ghostly shadow seemed to be wary of the power of the tortoise shell, and sensed the threat of Luo Qingchen's sword, so it did not dare to take it head-on. It let out an unwilling hiss, and its figure floated backwards like a ghost, instantly blending into the deeper shadows in the distance and disappearing!

The pervasive black fog also slowly dissipated.

The hall fell silent again, as if the thrilling experience just now had never happened.

"Huh... I was scared to death..." Su Xiaowan sat on the ground, her face pale, holding the turtle shell in her arms, terrified, "Just... just now, was it the turtle shell that saved us?"

Lin Wan'er was also still frightened. Looking at the tortoise shell in Su Xiaowan's hand, her eyes were filled with shock and gratitude: "It seems... yes."

Luo Qingchen put away his sword and stood up, breathing slightly. He looked at the shadow where the strange figure disappeared with complicated eyes, and then looked at the tortoise shell in Su Xiaowan's arms that had returned to its dullness again.

Although the repressive force that erupted from the tortoise shell just now only lasted for a moment, its essence was vast and majestic, far beyond his current understanding. The origin of this tortoise shell was probably even more mysterious than he imagined.

"That thing... retreated?" Lin Wan'er asked uncertainly.

Luo Qingchen shook his head, his expression solemn: "I'm afraid it's just a temporary retreat. It seems to be afraid of Xiaowan's tortoise shell, but it has not suffered any substantial damage. And..." He looked into the endless darkness deep in the hall, "I feel that there is more than one here."

This dead silent underground ancient temple is full of unknown dangers. That strange grey-robed figure is just the tip of the iceberg. They must find a way out of here as soon as possible, otherwise, once they are entangled by more "things", the consequences will be disastrous.

He cast his gaze towards the center of the hall, where there seemed to be a relatively intact altar-like building. "Let's go over there and take a look. Maybe we can find some clues."

The three of them did not dare to be careless anymore. They were alert to each other and walked cautiously towards the huge stone altar in the center of the hall. Every step they took was on thick dust and sand. They were surrounded by broken stone pillars and collapsed walls. Shadows were crawling in the corners, as if new monsters would jump out at any time.

The unknown danger, like a sword hanging over their heads, keeps their hearts tense at all times.

The closer you get to the center of the hall, the more majestic the huge stone altar becomes. It is circular, with a diameter of a hundred feet, and is made of a dark, unknown hard rock. The surface of the altar is extremely flat. Although it is covered with thick dust, you can vaguely see countless complex and mysterious runes engraved on it. The style of these runes is similar to that on the stone pillars, full of ancient and vast atmosphere.

At the edge of the altar, there are twelve stone platforms half a person's height, each with a bowl-sized groove, which seems to be used to place something. The whole altar gives people a solemn and dignified feeling, but also a bit weird and depressing.

Luo Qingchen and the other two carefully walked around the altar. They found nothing unusual, nor did they see the strange gray-robed figure again.

"This seems to be... an altar? Or the core of some kind of formation?" Lin Wan'er guessed as she looked at the mysterious runes. She was born in the Tianjian Sect and had some knowledge of formation runes, but the complexity and antiquity of these runes far exceeded her comprehension.

Su Xiaowan looked at the grooves on the stone platform curiously: "What are these pits used for? Are they for offerings? It's a pity that they are all empty, without even a fruit..." As she spoke, she subconsciously touched her stomach, obviously a little hungry.

Luo Qingchen ignored Su Xiaowan's mumbling, his eyes were fixed on the rune in the center of the altar. Under the operation of the power of chaos, his perception of energy was the most acute. He could feel that this altar was not completely dead, and deep inside it, there seemed to be a very weak energy fluctuation like a candle in the wind. Moreover, this energy fluctuation was vaguely similar to the "Life Gate" teleportation array he felt in the Guixu Tower before!

"This may be a teleportation array!" Luo Qingchen said in a deep voice, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"Teleportation array?!" Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan were both surprised and hurriedly moved closer to take a closer look.

"Really? Then can we leave this damn place?" Su Xiaowan suddenly became alert, forgetting all her previous fear and hunger.

"It's hard to say." Luo Qingchen shook his head and pointed at the twelve empty grooves on the edge of the altar. "This teleportation array has obviously been abandoned for a long time, and the energy is almost exhausted. Moreover, looking at the pattern of these grooves, it should require a specific energy source or token to activate it, but now it is empty." Hope had just been ignited, but it was poured with a basin of cold water. Su Xiaowan's face immediately fell: "Ah? What should we do? Are we going to be trapped here and become like the gray cloth monster just now?" The more she thought about it, the more scared she became, and her eyes became red again.

Lin Wan'er also frowned, feeling a little heavy in her heart. If this was really the only way out, but it couldn't be activated, then their situation would be really dangerous.

Luo Qingchen didn't say anything. He walked to a stone platform, squatted down, and carefully observed the groove. The bottom of the groove was also engraved with fine runes, which seemed to be used to guide and transform energy. He stretched out his finger and carefully probed a trace of chaotic power into the groove.

hum!
At the moment when the power of chaos touched the rune at the bottom of the groove, the entire altar seemed to shake slightly! The originally dim runes in the center of the altar suddenly lit up with a faint light, like a sleeping beast awakened! An extremely weak spatial fluctuation spread from the center of the altar!
"There is a reaction!" Lin Wan'er said in surprise.

Luo Qingchen's eyes also flashed with surprise. He originally just wanted to try to explore the structure of the groove, but he didn't expect that the power of chaos could directly trigger the residual energy of the altar! Does this mean...

With a thought in his mind, he tried to inject more Chaos Power into the groove. As Chaos Power was injected, the rune light in the center of the altar became brighter and brighter, and the spatial fluctuations became more and more obvious!

However, after just a moment, Luo Qingchen had to stop. He found that this groove was like a bottomless pit. Although his Chaos Power could activate the altar, it was consumed very quickly. Moreover, activating only one groove seemed far from enough to activate the entire teleportation array. The light in the center of the altar quickly dimmed after losing the support of Chaos Power.

"No." Luo Qingchen stood up, panting slightly, "The energy required to activate this teleportation array is too huge, far beyond my current strength. Moreover, I'm afraid I need to activate all twelve grooves at the same time."

"Then...then wouldn't our happiness be in vain?" Su Xiaowan muttered, with disappointment written all over her little face.

Luo Qingchen glanced at the twelve empty grooves and fell into deep thought. Twelve specific energy sources were needed... What kind of energy source could drive such an ancient and huge teleportation array? And they had to be activated at the same time?
He suddenly remembered something and took out the fragments of the star map that he had found under the stone wall of the hill from his storage ring. These fragments were left over from the ancient war, and contained ancient and pure star power. Although it was very weak, its essence was extremely high.

"Maybe... I can try this?" Luo Qingchen's heart moved.

He walked to another stone platform and tried to put a piece of star map fragment into the groove.

Click.

The size is... just right! It's as if the groove was tailor-made for fragments of this size!
Om-!
At the moment when the star map fragment was placed in the groove, the rune at the bottom of the groove suddenly lit up! A star energy that was much purer and more powerful than when Luo Qingchen injected the power of chaos was guided out from the fragment and flowed along the rune veins of the altar!
In the center of the altar, the corresponding regional rune was instantly lit up, emitting brilliant starlight! Moreover, this light was stable and continuous, unlike before when it flashed by for a moment!
"Success!" Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan both shouted in surprise!

Luo Qingchen was delighted. It really worked! He quickly put the remaining pieces of the star map into other grooves.

Click! Click! Click!

As pieces of star map fragments were placed in, more and more rune areas on the altar were lit up. The entire altar began to emit a low humming sound, and the spatial fluctuations became more and more intense, as if something was about to be awakened!

However, Luo Qingchen only had five fragments of the star map in his hand. When he put the last fragment into the groove, there were still seven empty grooves on the altar.

Although the rune in the center of the altar was partially lit up, it was still far from being fully activated. The humming sound and spatial fluctuations also gradually weakened, as if it could not continue due to lack of energy.

"There are still seven pieces missing..." Lin Wan'er looked at the empty grooves and frowned again, "Where can we find the remaining fragments?"

Luo Qingchen also felt a little tricky. This fragment of the star map was originally an accidental acquisition. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack to find seven identical pieces in this underground ancient temple full of dangers.

"How about...we try using Senior Brother Luo's...power of chaos?" Su Xiaowan suddenly suggested, "Didn't we light up a little bit just now? Although it may not last long enough, maybe we can make up the number?"

Luo Qingchen's heart moved when he heard this. Using the power of chaos to drive a groove alone would consume a huge amount of energy and would not last long. But now five grooves have been stably activated by the star map fragments, providing basic energy. If he uses the power of chaos to simulate the energy of the stars and try to activate the remaining grooves, maybe... it will work?
The risk was huge. If he failed, not only would his limited Chaos Power be wasted, but the energy conflict might even cause the entire altar to collapse. But there seemed to be no better way at the moment.

"Let me try." Luo Qingchen took a deep breath, walked to an empty groove, and slowly injected the power of chaos again.

This time, he no longer simply injected power, but carefully controlled the power of chaos, imitating the star energy fluctuations emitted by the star map fragments next to him, and tried to resonate with the runes at the bottom of the groove.

This is an extremely delicate process that requires extremely high control of the mind. Fine beads of sweat soon oozed out of Luo Qingchen's forehead, and his face became even paler.

hum...

The rune at the bottom of the groove, under the guidance of the power of chaos, lit up again! Although the light was not as bright and stable as that activated by the star map fragments, with a hint of gray airflow impurities, it was indeed lit! And, this time, it did not go out immediately, but instead formed some kind of energy connection with the groove next to it that was activated by the star map fragments, maintaining the weak light!
"Success!" Lin Wan'er exclaimed, her eyes full of admiration. Using her own power to simulate another energy attribute and successfully activate the ancient formation node, this kind of control is simply incredible!
Luo Qingchen was also relieved. It seemed feasible! He did not dare to neglect it and immediately walked to the next empty groove and did the same.

One, two, three... (End of this chapter)