Chapter 506 Breaking the Defense Mechanism
It was clear that both plans carried certain risks, causing everyone to fall into deep thought.
"This mist area seems to be empty, with no apparent danger." Elmer suggested, "Maybe we can split into two groups and explore in both directions from this passageway"
"If that's the case, I'll team up with Elmer, and Dorian can team up with Asura Bloodhand. Asura Bloodhand's Sea of Qi is sealed, so the two of you with the longest sensing range should definitely be separated," Ethan reminded the three.
"The maximum range we can sense is no more than 6 miles. If we get more than 6 miles apart, we must follow each other's aura back, or we might really get completely separated," Elmer reminded them seriously.
Ethan nodded in agreement and said, "Let's explore a round first according to this plan. No matter the result, we'll come back and discuss. We have to try to know the outcome."
"You really don't need to try. I've been here for so long and haven't found anything else besides this passage," Asura Bloodhand reminded him with a bitter smile.
"Just because you didn't find anything doesn't mean we won't," Ethan snorted dismissively.
Seeing Ethan's determination, Asura Bloodhand had no choice but to comply. The four of them split into two groups and began exploring the mist area.
"Do you feel it? There's an aura here drilling into our bodies, but it's completely different from the one in the white light screen," Elmer said calmly while searching with Ethan.
"Yes, the aura here is different. It feels like two extremes, one cold and one hot." Ethan nodded in agreement.
The aura in the white light screen was icy, but the aura in the mist was scorching. This was somewhat similar to Ethan's Sun and Moon Beads and the super energy of the ZF knack.
"Honestly, I've never heard of such a secret realm. The Tiger Mount and Celestia Vale secret realms aren't like this. I feel like this place has undergone some huge change," Elmer shared his thoughts, looking at the endless gray before them.
"A huge change? I don't think we have truly entered the secret realm. Don't you feel that both the white light screen and this gray mist seem more like a defense mechanism, as if to prevent outsiders from intruding?" Ethan offered a different perspective.
"A defense mechanism?" Elmer was taken aback.
"Yes, the Tiger Mount secret realm also has such a defense mechanism. But it's strange; the Tiger Mount's defense mechanism seems dormant or unnecessary to activate," Ethan explained thoughtfully.
With the Sun and Moon Beads, Ethan now had a comprehensive sense of the Tiger Mount secret realm. Although there were some questions he hadn't had time to ask Francis, that didn't mean he wouldn't understand them.
"Of course, the Tiger Mount secret realm seems to have no real-world node. It can only be accessed through a spatial passage or by someone who knows the opening incantation. Even if someone wanted to force their way in, they wouldn't find the entrance," Elmer explained, rolling his eyes.
"That's not the point. The thing is how to break through this mist," Ethan shifted the topic.
"You mean you want to break through this mist?" Elmer looked puzzled.
This place was just a gray expanse with nothing in it. He didn't know how to break through it. To break through, they at least need a direction and a method.
The four of them explored the depths of the mist in two groups but found nothing. Just as Asura Bloodhand had said, there was really nothing here.
In the end, they had to follow each other's aura back and soon returned to the spot where they had emerged from the white light screen.
"It seems our first attempt failed," Dorian sighed helplessly.
"Not necessarily," Ethan suddenly smiled.
"What did you find?" The remaining three looked at Ethan and asked in unison.
"I don't know if my guess is correct, but I can verify it. This should be the defense mechanism of the secret realm. To be precise, we haven't entered the secret realm yet; we're just wandering around the periphery," Ethan stated confidently.
"You mean this is actually the defense of the secret realm?" Elmer asked.
"It can be verified," Ethan said, summoning the Sun and Moon Beads from his body.
Seeing the two beads spinning around Ethan, Dorian and Asura Bloodhand widened their eyes in surprise. They had both tried to seize Ethan's Sun and Moon Beads but had failed.
"Please step aside. I'm going to start breaking the defense," Ethan reminded them, then began to use the Sun and Moon Beads to absorb the surrounding aura.
As the surrounding aura formed a huge vortex centered on the Sun and Moon Beads and gathered into the beads, Elmer and the other two widened their eyes in amazement.
"Ethan can actually change the situation this way," Dorian exclaimed in admiration.
"Only he can do it this way. As for the monster we encountered earlier, could he also absorb it directly?" Elmer asked Dorian and Asura Bloodhand.
Dorian and Asura Bloodhand shook their heads and smiled bitterly. Only Ethan would know the answer to that question.
As time passed, the gray mist in the space began to dissipate at a visible speed under the frantic absorption of the Sun and Moon Beads.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake as if the world was collapsing. At that moment, the gray space in mid-air seemed to be cut open by a sharp sword, revealing a red hole with a fist-sized fiery red ice crystal slowly rotating inside.
"It's really an array. Ethan actually found the core of the defense mechanism," Dorian exclaimed, staring at the red ice crystal in the crack.
The core provided energy to the defense mechanism. Once the core was destroyed, the defense mechanism would lose its energy and fail.
Under the gaze of Dorian and the others, Ethan suddenly flew towards the crack in the sky, grabbed the fist-sized ice crystal, and returned to the ground.
"This is it," Ethan said excitedly, retracting the Sun and Moon Beads into his body.
"This is the energy crystal of the defense mechanism core. I've only read about it in ancient books. This is the first time I've seen it in person," Elmer said in admiration, looking at the red crystal in Ethan's hand.
"This trip was really worth it. Compared to this crystal, the aura we absorbed earlier is just a drop in the bucket." Ethan couldn't contain his excitement. He even felt that if he could absorb this crystal, he could directly break through to the master level.
"Is the defense mechanism broken?" Asura Bloodhand asked in confusion.
However, at that moment, the world began to shake violently again.
Log in with Google Account
Chapters
Favorite
Settings
