I sniff the air with all my might. The aroma of the wine is still very strong. This place is clearly within Qingling's barrier, but the fragrance still managed to pierce through it, further confirming my thoughts. Firstly, the wine mist was an important part of the Immortal Execution Array, so it could be transmitted through the barrier. Secondly, Qing Ling was already affected by the poison, so his barrier was weakened. If this continued, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
I hastily told Qing Ling, "Immediately cover your nose and mouth and gather all your strength to break the formation." Rest assured, the power of this formation is not as strong as we thought. You are unable to break through the formation right now because you are also affected by the poison aura of the Drunken Immortal Peach Blossom, and as long as you work hard to resist the poison aura, we might be able to escape. "
Although the Immortal Execution Array is powerful, the people who set it up are, after all, just a few ordinary mortals. They don't have any spells, so they naturally can't use magic to set up an unsolvable formation, like cultivators or immortals. Instead, they can only use the simplest and most basic method to form a simple formation. This kind of simple formation shouldn't be too powerful, but because we didn't expect the wine to be powerful, we fell into their trap. By the time we realized it, Qing Ling had already been poisoned. The poison had caused his mana to drop, so he couldn't rush out of the formation.
In other words, the most crucial point of this array wasn't the profound and complex array techniques, but the rich aroma of wine within it. The aroma of wine could numb a person's thoughts and reduce their magic power. Once a person was trapped, it would naturally appear as if the formation itself was very clever. It only weakens people through the smell of poison.
I told Qing Ling about my idea. Qing Ling immediately covered her mouth and nose to avoid the poison. Even though he still has some doubts towards my words, the current situation is urgent and there isn't much time left for us to make any other guesses. This is because his barrier has already been burnt to the point of melting and the Immortal Execution spell formation's power is about to reach its limit.
"This Immortal Slaying Formation can't be considered a true Immortal Slaying Formation. It's only a trick that even a child can create. This kind of thing itself does not have much power, and only rely on the poison qi from the Drunken Immortal Peach Blossom. Furthermore, the flames that we see now, should be fake, as it is an illusion created by a hallucinogen. " I confidently told Qing Ling, "Look at the wine vat in the center of the formation. If you smash your sword onto it, you might be able to break this illusion!"
Qing Ling hesitated for a moment before she finally nodded her head and picked me up.
In order to break the formation, he cancelled the barrier and immediately accumulated all of his mana. He then aimed the sword at the center of the formation and threw it!
Success or failure would be decided in one blow!
Peng! The sword struck the wine jar!
With a "hong" sound, the entire Immortal Execution Array shook for a moment!
After that, we prepared to face the consequences of our adventure. Maybe we will succeed, break the formation, and destroy that terrifying illusion of raging flames; maybe we will be defeated, swallowed by the Immortal Execution Array's powerful mana, and become ashes within that strange blue flame.
We clung to each other, holding on to each other, waiting for the last moment to come, but when it did, the thought of the burning did not come.
Qing Ling and I waited in the barrier for a little while before we opened our eyes. We saw that the walls of fire were gone, that the flames in the high pyramids beneath us were dwindling and dying, and that the scent of the wine in the air was gone.
"Did we succeed?" I murmured with incredulous ecstasy.
As for Qing Ling, she was still frowning and did not let down her guard.
"Breaking the formation so easily? I keep having the feeling that something is not right. " "No," he said.
"But the wall of fire has indeed disappeared, and the fire is almost going out!"
I pointed at the broken part under my feet to show him. Indeed, the weird blue flame from before had completely disappeared, and the poison in the air was gone as well. It was dark now, before dawn, and on the flat ground of the valley we were in, only the pyramidal fire still pulsing and burning beneath our feet, illuminating the landscape around us. This sort of ordinary flame was extremely insignificant. It was unlikely for even an ordinary person to be harmed by it. Thus, my previous guess is correct. This isn't some profound Immortal Slaying Formation. It is merely a frightening formation created by the young ladies of the Xiao family after being guided by others.
Speaking of the Xiao family's young ladies, I looked around and suddenly felt that it was very strange. Eh, the young miss of the Xiao family has disappeared! In addition, the guards they brought had also disappeared!
This is really strange, we just broke through the array in a very short amount of time, how did they suddenly disappear? Looking around them, the flat ground is extremely spacious, and there doesn't seem to be any place for us to hide. And this flat area isn't small, they are ordinary people, it is impossible for them to all disappear in the blink of an eye. Then, how did they all safely retreat under our watchful eyes? And it was so quiet!
I was slightly startled in my heart. The more I thought about it, the more convinced I was that those two young misses of the Xiao family were not simple.
That Xiao Sanniang must know of Wu Xie's whereabouts! I will definitely ask her about it when I get back!
"They should have already thought of a way to retreat. Perhaps, there is a secret passage at the bottom of this valley!" Qing Ling cleared my doubts and carried me in her arms. "Since the formation has been broken, we should leave this place as soon as possible. Maybe they have other tricks up their sleeves. We should find them as soon as possible! "
Qing Ling leaped up and the celestial sword flew back to his feet.
Qing Ling steadied herself on her sword and planned to ride her sword and fly away from the scene. However, at this moment, the pyramid of firewood that had been supporting us all this time suddenly collapsed!
With two cracking sounds, the tower collapsed and dust filled the air. The flames that had been almost extinguished, due to this accident, suddenly leaped up. In an instant, several dazzling blue lights exploded in midair!
"Qing Ling, be careful!"
Because I was lying on Qing Ling's shoulder, I was the first to see the changes that had occurred. I saw that the originally pale yellow ordinary flame, suddenly skyrocketed the moment the pyramid collapsed, and even turned into the blue colored demonic flame I saw in the Immortal Execution Archipelago's formation! The flames suddenly soared high, like a giant blue snake, biting towards us! Qing Ling didn't have the time to turn around. The celestial sword trembled in midair for a moment, and then the two of us were sucked back into the fire formation!
"Chi chi." Like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, I felt the sound of a raging fire on my skin.
"Boom! Boom!" It sounded like the detonation of a pre-buried explosive. I heard the sound of an intense explosion.
In that split-second, I knew that I could no longer escape the fate of being burned by the flames.
I felt incomparable regret. At this moment, I understood that I must have misjudged the power of the Immortal Execution spell formation. That Immortal Execution Array was not something children could create to scare people, but rather, it was created by someone with profound mana. It was truly an Immortal Execution Array that could kill gods and devils. He knows that if we directly set up the formation, Qing Ling and I would probably be more cautious and not fall for it. Therefore, he set up a truly destructive formation beneath the pyramid, and when the formation exploded, both Qing Ling and I thought that the danger had already been lifted, so we did not pay any attention to it. As a result, we will suffer the greatest damage from the formation this time.