CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54 BIZARRE RAVINE (VOTE FOR ME!)

"To break this Formation, we must disrupt its energy circulation! The Gate of Breaking Boundary draws its energy from these hundreds of human corpses, and these corpses are fused with the Formation. Our abilities aren’t sufficient to destroy the entire Formation directly, so we have no choice but to target the mysterious Runes within it!"

Upon hearing Chu Feng’s explanation, everyone looked at the nearly two-meter-high wall of corpses and the surrounding flames, momentarily at a loss for where to begin.

"Are we really supposed to jump into it from atop this wall of corpses?"

No one was clear about what lay inside the Formation, so they dared not simply leap over the corpse wall. What if there were dangers on the other side, and there was nowhere to leverage force in mid-air...

"I’ll go first! You guys can follow a bit later. If there’s any danger, I’ll signal ahead of time!"

As the strongest among them, Chu Feng naturally stepped forward. Although his Spiritual Perception was affected by the Formation and couldn’t sense the situation in the inner circle, he was very confident in his current strength. With the protection of the Golden Light Spell, self-preservation, at least, shouldn’t be a problem!

"Chu Feng, if there’s any trouble after you go in, it’s better to retreat immediately. Don’t be reckless!"

As the one who had known Chu Feng the longest, she naturally worried about her friend.

"Don’t worry, see you in a bit!" Chu Feng smiled, nodded to everyone, then bent his legs slightly. With a leap, he soared more than three meters high, easily clearing the outer wall of corpses.

Was it an illusion?

Having landed in the inner circle, Chu Feng suddenly felt that its area was much larger than the outer circle’s.

Shaking his head, he cast aside the distracting thoughts and focused on scanning his surroundings.

The entire inner circle had been completely divided into several independent sections by trenches forming an inverted pentagram. These trenches were filled entirely with crimson blood.

Within each of the five points of the inverted pentagram, a Bizarre Rune was outlined by the trenches. In the center of the pentagram stood a stone platform carved with numerous bizarre symbols—presumably the location of the Formation’s master.

Currently, this stone platform was empty, indicating Chu Feng’s strategy had likely worked.

I just don’t know when the enemy will overcome the obstacles we set and discover the truth. It looks like we don’t have much time left!

After waiting less than a minute, Taran and the others successfully entered the inner circle one after another.

"Chu Feng, why does it seem like the space here is much larger than outside?" The newcomers felt the exact same way Chu Feng had.

"The Gate of Breaking Boundary connects two worlds. Once the two worlds begin to link, influenced by spatial forces, the space where the Gate of Breaking Boundary is located will experience anomalies!" Chu Feng explained, recalling the records in the Demon Hunting Chronicles where he had found an explanation for this phenomenon.

"Doesn’t that mean Hell has already begun to connect with our world?" Upon hearing this, everyone turned pale with shock.

Looking at the pupil in the sky, which had already opened a slight crack, Chu Feng nodded gravely.

"Indeed. It seems we need to speed things up!"

With that, Chu Feng headed straight for the nearest Bizarre Rune.

If they destroyed it, the energy circulation of the Gate of Breaking Boundary would be completely disrupted. At that point, without Chu Feng and the others needing to do anything more, the Gate of Breaking Boundary would collapse on its own.

To enter the area where the Rune was located, they first had to cross the blood-filled trench.

Standing before the trench, Chu Feng didn’t move. Instead, he fixed his gaze on its bottom.

"Chu Feng, what are you looking at? Aren’t we supposed to hurry and destroy the Bizarre Runes?"

Seeing Chu Feng stop by the trench, Lin Qiu anxiously stepped forward to ask, wondering if there was a problem.

"Don’t cross the trench yet. Look at the blood in here. I just saw a bone claw inside!"

Chu Feng’s words made everyone halt and look down into the trench.

"How come I can’t see anything?"

Dimo, skeptical that Chu Feng might be seeing things, tentatively reached his hand toward the blood inside the trench.

But he never expected that when his hand was still more than twenty centimeters from the blood, countless blood-colored bone claws would suddenly erupt from it, giving Dimo no time to react. They grasped his arm tightly, about to drag him into the trench.

Although Chu Feng didn’t know what would happen if Dimo fell into the trench, he naturally wouldn’t just stand by and watch his teammate get caught.

His right hand shot out like lightning, grabbing Dimo’s shoulder. With a gentle pull, Chu Feng yanked him back onto solid ground.

The blood-colored bone claws that had been pulled out with Dimo reverted to a pool of blood the moment they left the trench, splashing back into it.

"FUCK, that scared the hell out of me..."

Pulled to safety, Dimo’s face was ashen, a fine layer of cold sweat beaded on his forehead. He wore an expression of lingering fear, muttering curses.

"Quick, help me! Let’s fill this trench up!" Amita, at the side, had already started scooping up a pile of dirt with her bare hands and was pushing it towards the trench.

"Without tools, how long will this take?" Lin Qiu looked up at the giant serpent’s eye in the sky, then at the trench whose depth was impossible to gauge, her delicate brows deeply furrowed.

"There’s no time! Amita, stop digging. Watch this!"

Chu Feng also glanced up at the giant serpent’s eye in mid-air, which had opened slightly more. His brows tightened as he waved at Amita, who was digging, to stop.

With a swift pull from his waist, the red and blue Demon Hunting Blade appeared in his hand in the blink of an eye.

Surging Spiritual Power poured from his body, instantly flooding into the Demon Hunting Blade. As Chu Feng’s Spiritual Power infused the slender blade, a ghastly pale flame erupted from its edge, enveloping the entire Demon Hunting Blade.

The ground beneath Chu Feng’s feet slowly became coated with a thick layer of frost. The bone-chilling cold radiating from it made everyone nearby shiver in unison.

"So powerful!" Everyone, except Taran, was seeing Chu Feng use the long blade from his waist for the first time. They were stunned by the power the Demon Hunting Blade displayed.

Ignoring everyone’s reactions, Chu Feng walked to the edge of the trench. He looked down at the restless blood below, his expression turning stern.

His slender hands gripped the hilt. He lightly twisted his wrist, angling the blade downwards, and let out a low cry.

The long blade in his hand instantly shot down like a bolt of lightning, piercing the crimson blood below.

The moment the ghastly pale fire enveloping the blade touched the blood, the extreme cold instantly transformed it into a layer of beautifully colored red agate. Countless stark white bone claws, before they could even emerge from the blood, were frozen solid onto the surface of the red agate.

From a distance, it resembled a bizarre reef of white bone coral.

"Alright, we can cross now!" Chu Feng nodded, satisfied with his handiwork.

...

They finally crossed the Bizarre trench safely. However, before the group could even steady themselves, a sudden change occurred.