Chapter 127: Locating the Compass

  "And we must speed up the pace of breaking the seal." Li Chen Dong said seriously, "Xue Kui won't go far, he's definitely hiding nearby. Once he recovers, it'll be disastrous. He has the Huadu Tower, and we can't be his match."

  "Can't we just find Blood Devil King and kill him? He's heavily injured now, definitely not our match. As long as we kill him, this seal will break on its own!" Jin Dazhao's face revealed a murderous aura.

  "It can't be found." Xuanlingzi shook his head without hesitation, "If the seal is not broken, it's impossible to find Blood Puppet Poison King. As long as he hides inside the seal, we have no way to do anything."

  Everyone's eyebrows furrowed in surprise, unable to believe that Blood Puppet Poison King had suffered such a huge blow yet remained so troublesome.

  "Right, brother!" Fan Yun suddenly remembered something, "You just entered the Black Fog, did you find the Forbidden Source?"

  Everyone's eyes lit up at once, and the life-and-death battle just now had actually made them forget about their worries.

  Zhan Li's face showed hesitation, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "I did feel a hint of the forbidden source inside, but before I could confirm it, I was attacked. This kind of maze often has forbidden traps, so I couldn't be sure if what I found was the real forbidden source, or else I would have spoken up already."

  "How confident are you?" asked Xuanlingzi in a low voice.

  "There's only three minutes left." Zhan Li said.

  "That's enough." said Xuan Lingzi, "We can't have a hundred percent grasp, but it's worth a try!"

  Other cultivators of the Mystic Arts also nodded in agreement, as there was no other way out, and they had to make the best of a bad situation.

  "If the War Brother only has 30% confidence, then adding this might increase it a bit." Fan Yun said. He slowly pulled out a disk the size of a plate from his sleeve.

  This disc seems to be made of crystal, with a transparent body that shines brightly. The front is a shimmering yin-yang diagram, exuding an aura of profundity.

  "Locate the compass!" Except for Li Chen Dong, all the other divine cultivators were instantly shocked.

  "Brother Fan, since you have a compass, why didn't you take it out earlier?" Jin Dazhao said discontentedly, "It's all because of this that we've been trapped here for half a day."

  "Yes, Brother Fan, it's said that the Positioning Compass can determine any location, and breaking through illusions and seals is a piece of cake. Legend has it that the strongest Positioning Compass can even locate the stars in the sky, with unimaginable effects! If you had taken it out earlier, we wouldn't be so passive now." Jiao Yunfei also said.

  "Can I say something?" Fan Yun said with a bitter smile: "If it's really a positioning compass, how can I not take it out? This compass is just a fake, its function is incomplete, and its positioning ability is also very poor. I wanted to see if I could help my comrades in arms, otherwise I wouldn't have taken it out to lose face."

  "Ah!" The crowd widened their eyes and stared at the round plate in his hand for half a day before they suddenly realized.

  "It was I who wronged Brother Fan, truly sorry!" Jin Dazhao apologized, Jiao Yunfei's face also turned bright red, hastily saying a word of apology.

  "It doesn't matter, this fake compass was also made by our Zhengyuan Sect's ancestors. As long as it can help my brother in battle, that's all that matters."

  Zhan Li took over the positioning compass, looked at it for half a day, and pondered: "Although it's a fake product, it also has positioning ability. With the help of Xiantian Kaiyan Dafa, it should be able to add a bit of grasp. I'll give it a try."

  He held the positioning compass in his palm, activating it with his innate Qi, and then walked to the edge of the maze's restricted pattern.

  A golden light flashed in his eyes, growing brighter and brighter, transforming into two beams of light that pierced through the depths of the seal, giving him a feeling as if he could see through everything.

  The fake product positioning compass also released a faint glow, the black and white yin-yang fish spinning around, transforming into a blurry color, as the innate energy surged in, the speed of the yin-yang diagram's rotation also became faster and faster, vaguely revealing a light pillar about the thickness of a finger rising from above.

  Everyone stood with their hands behind their backs, watching quietly from behind War's back, waiting silently.

  "Xia Chen, what's wrong?" Chen Qiushui glanced over and saw Xia Chen staring fixedly at the fake positioning compass, his eyes wide with a stunned expression.

  "It's nothing, I'm just very interested in the positioning compass, Shifu sister, is this Master Fan's treasure? And a real positioning compass?" Xia Chen asked.

  As soon as Fan Yun took out the positioning compass, he was shocked. Because this positioning compass is very similar to the yin-yang compass he obtained in Lieyunzi's mansion, except for the material and luster being different, the two are almost identical.

  He had always been unaware of the effect of the Yin Yang Plate, but when he obtained the Yin Yang Plate, it was through the hint of the Treasure Basin, so it was absolutely impossible to be an ordinary magic treasure.

  Could it be that the real positioning compass is what I got? If I had known this earlier, I should have taken it out and directly broken this ghostly seal. However, by doing so, I would have exposed my possession of a treasure, and I'm afraid I would have been envied. An innocent man is not guilty, but one who possesses jade will be blamed. My current strength is still too weak... Xia Chen thought to himself.

  "Haha, no wonder you're interested, the positioning compass is indeed a real treasure. Unfortunately, our Zhengxuan Sect doesn't have one." Chen Qiushui smiled and said, "In the past, when our ancestor was refining equipment, he wanted to refine a replica of the positioning compass, but unfortunately failed, only refining a fake product, which was given to Master Fan. You haven't been in our sect for long, so you don't know about these things."

  "Senior sister, is there only one genuine Luo Pan or are there many identical treasures?" Xia Chen asked.

  "There are many kinds, just like the various sword-type artifacts," said Chen Qiushui. "Some have a strong positioning compass function, while others are relatively single-minded. However, even the weakest positioning compass is at least a mid-grade artifact, and even in the entire Daliang Kingdom, it belongs to a rare treasure."

  Xia Chen nodded, he had already determined that the yin-yang method plate was definitely a kind of positioning compass, but didn't know how powerful it was and whether it could be activated by heavenly true energy in the future.

  But even if it can be sparked, it must not be known to anyone. Xia Chen decided to keep this secret deeply hidden. Otherwise, once exposed, it might stir up trouble and get out of hand. Human hearts are complicated, there's no need, it's better to keep a low profile.

  After a brief moment, the golden light in his eyes finally receded. He pointed to one direction within the seal: "If I'm not mistaken, the source of the seal should be about ten or more zhang deep inside, with an error margin of no more than three chi."

  He raised the fake product positioning compass, aimed at the direction indicated, and re-ignited the innate aura.

  On the yin-yang diagram, a thick and thin snow-white light column suddenly shot out, shooting straight into the depths of the forbidden pattern. With a humming sound, the maze's restrictions changed instantly, the forbidden pattern changing its shape rapidly, pulling out illusions one after another, turning the small town into a strange and fantastical world.

  As the positioning compass beam went deeper, the forbidden patterns made way for it. After going deep into more than ten zhang, it stopped in front of a complex and unusual forbidden pattern.

  Everyone's eyes were fixed on it, and all they saw was that the forbidden pattern was several meters in size, oval in shape, like a giant bird egg. The countless other forbidden patterns all extended from here, weaving back and forth along specific paths to form a complex cube.

  "The direction the compass is pointing and where I see it are consistent, this should be the source of the seal." Zhan Lie said slowly after gazing at the seal pattern for a moment with his Xiantian Opening Eyes technique.

  "Not bad, this should be the seal source. As long as it's opened or destroyed, the maze restriction will be completely destroyed." Xuan Lingzi said.

  "It's impossible to lift it, unless the one who set up the seal comes in person. We'll directly destroy the source of the seal!" Li Chen Dong shouted, raising his hand and unleashing a powerful First Heaven Seal, transforming into a terrifying whirlwind that swept towards the sealed source.

  Boom! The seal source emitted a fierce wave of fluctuations, and several seal marks extended over, actually transforming into a seal mark lock out of thin air, forcibly dissolving that vortex storm into nothingness.

  Everyone's face changed color, didn't expect that the seal source still had such a change, this has exceeded the limit of the maze ban.

  "Everyone attack with all your might, don't hold back!" Xuanlingzi flew to the edge of the seal and shouted loudly, pushing out his palms flatly.

  A terrifying aura fluctuation formed two huge transparent spheres in his palm, with countless sharp thorns surrounding the inside of the spheres. The spheres rapidly expanded and grew larger before being pushed by Xuansoul with great force, immediately floating towards Jin Yuan.

  Other divine transcendence cultivators rushed forward one after another, each using their own proud ultimate techniques, and together they launched a fierce attack on the Forbidden Origin.

  Eight people joined forces to attack, their power was overwhelming, the air burst with a deafening roar, like an explosion, the flames brought by the vortex instantly extinguished the transparent seal, wrapping the source of the seal in the center of the explosion, it was impossible to see clearly.

  Xia Chen furrowed his brow. Although the gods and immortals were having a great time, he always felt that something was off. This forbidden source was found so easily, it's likely there's some trickery involved.

  But even if it's a false lead, it's just a waste of effort, and at most, they'll just have to continue searching... Thinking this way, Xia Chen's furrowed brow relaxed once again.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  Eight people simultaneously launched a fierce and chaotic attack, fighting with great enthusiasm, to the point where they didn't even know if they had destroyed the forbidden source or not. Only after half a ring did they all stop, quietly waiting for the outcome to appear.

  After a moment, the smoke and fire gradually dispersed, and everyone stared with wide eyes, only to see that where the seal source was originally located had become a void, the seal pattern curled up and broke, and the seal source disappeared without a trace, completely destroyed.

  The tattoos gradually faded away, and the surrounding landscape suddenly became much clearer. The starry night sky could be seen again, looking exceptionally quiet.

  It was a success! The disciples were shocked and delighted at the same time, and they couldn't help but cheer in unison.

  "Destroying the seal source is equivalent to breaking the ban, we can walk out from the original road!" Jiao Yunfei pointed to the small path they came from.

  "Wait a minute." The old-timers, including Xuán Líng Zǐ, furrowed their brows. Although they had also seen the destruction of Jìn Yuán, they had sensitively detected that something was off.

  "The collapse of the seal should have been a sign, but I didn't feel anything." Zhan Li muttered to himself.

  His eyes shone with golden light, and he once again performed the Xiantian Opening Eyes Great Method. He stretched out his hand and touched the edge of the seal, whereupon a forbidden symbol immediately appeared, displaying ripples like water waves.

  "Not good!" War Lei's body shook slightly, "The seal hasn't collapsed, what we're seeing is the seal source trap."

  Whoa! A dazzling light burst forth in an instant from the location of the forbidden source, like a wildfire spreading across the land, instantly transforming into a boundless river of light.