Chapter 185

Chapter 185: Are They from the Supreme Dao Sect?

The formations left in the Underground City were all shattered by Tang Chen and his crew.

Xiao Yang and the others charged straight into the City Lord’s Mansion.

However—

That six-winged fire centipede had actually hidden itself inside the enormous alchemy furnace right in the middle of the courtyard.

At that moment—

The six-winged fire centipede was suddenly struck by a sword from Xiao Yang—

Immediately, it raised its head—

And was about to pounce on Xiao Yang.

“Humph!”

With a shake of his left hand, a chilling aura instantly spread from his arm, revealing the imprint of the Ice-Bound Profound Python on the skin inside his arm.

The six-winged fire centipede sensed the aura of the Ice-Bound Profound Python and immediately became vigilant.

“So cold!”

Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er, standing beside Xiao Yang, felt the chilling energy hit them, and they started shivering.

Just as Xiao Yang was about to unleash the Ice-Bound Profound Python to tackle the six-winged fire centipede, there was a sudden noise from outside.

Xiao Yang’s heart stirred, and the imprint of the Ice-Bound Profound Python on his arm quickly vanished.

He hurriedly pulled Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er into a nearby room to hide.

This massive courtyard was surrounded by rooms.

Soon, a few people burst in.

In fact, the entire Underground City was a Gathering Spirit Formation.

There weren’t really any lethal formations set up in the city.

After all, this was where the disciples of an ancient alchemy sect lived.

The truly powerful killing formations were outside.

But the formations outside had long been destroyed, leaving behind a heap of ruins.

If it weren’t for that six-winged fire centipede guarding this place, Tang Chen and his friends might have already turned the place upside down.

“The Young Master ordered us to keep an eye on the Heavenly Medical Sect people, and sure enough, we’ve made some progress!”

One man chuckled loudly.

Xiao Yang was hiding in a tower.

He peeked through the window at the group of people.

To his surprise, they were wearing the garb of disciples from the Supreme Dao Sect.

The “Young Master” they mentioned—could it be the Dao Child from the Supreme Dao Sect?

The Supreme Dao Child is a mysterious figure to others.

The Supreme Dao Sect protects this Dao Child very well.

No one knows the Dao Child’s name, nor has anyone seen them—no one even knows if the Dao Child is male or female.

In the Supreme Dao Sect, the Dao Child is just a title; it has nothing to do with gender.

The last generation’s Dao Child was a woman.

However, when those people spotted the fire centipede on the alchemy furnace, they looked a bit astonished.

The six-winged fire centipede had its wings folded under its crimson exoskeleton, not spread out.

These Supreme Dao Sect folks thought it was just a regular fire centipede.

They didn’t take it seriously at all.

The middle-aged leader directly waved his right hand, and a golden rope flew out from his sleeve, aiming to wrap around the six-winged fire centipede.

This was the Binding Immortal Rope.

The Binding Immortal Rope is a common magical artifact.

The Supreme Dao Sect practices both martial and mystical arts.

Once martial cultivation reaches the Divine Ability Realm, they can unleash inner qi outward.

In this realm, martial artists can use their inner qi to control magical artifacts for combat.

The greater the power of the artifact, the more inner qi is consumed to wield it.

In an instant, the Binding Immortal Rope coiled around the six-winged fire centipede.

“Pfft, I thought this fire centipede was such a big deal. Turns out it’s nothing,” the middle-aged leader boasted.

Xiao Yang, hiding in the nearby tower, scoffed at this scene.

These guys really didn’t know what they were getting into.

“Haha, it’s just a little fire centipede. With Senior Brother Ling’s prowess, it’s a piece of cake!”

“Senior Brother, you’re using a sledgehammer to crack a nut here!” other disciples from the Supreme Dao Sect immediately flattered.

Hearing this, Senior Brother Ling became even more proud.

However, the next moment, the six-winged fire centipede suddenly spreads its six fiery, poisonous wings with a whoosh.

The Binding Immortal Rope wrapped around it snapped into several pieces and was instantly burned to ashes by the fire on its wings.

The members of the Supreme Dao Sect all froze in shock.

“Am I seeing things? Did that fire centipede just grow wings?”

“One, two, three… six wings?”

One disciple from the Supreme Dao Sect spoke with a trembling voice.

“The legendary six-winged fire centipede?”

“Comparable to the great beings among humans?”

The once proud Senior Brother Ling was now trembling, his legs turned to jelly.

Who would have thought this fire centipede was actually a six-winged one?

“Run!”

The members of the Supreme Dao Sect turned tail and fled.

The six-winged fire centipede shot up into the air from the alchemy furnace, chasing after them.

“Those are good folks!” sighed Liu Qingyun from the tower.

“Old man, what nonsense are you talking about?” Ling Xian’er retorted, unimpressed. Good folks? Seriously?

“They indeed did something good!” Xiao Yang said, pushing the window open and leaping down from the tower.

He cautiously made his way toward the alchemy furnace in the center of the courtyard.

Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er jumped down from the tower after him.

The spiritual energy in this Earth Vein was too thin.

And it seemed that the Gathering Spirit Formation was malfunctioning, as it could hardly gather the world’s spiritual energy.

The concentration of spiritual energy here was less than half that of the outside world.

The operation of formations requires spiritual energy.

Even if there were a powerful killing formation here, it couldn’t possibly work without spiritual energy.

Xiao Yang quickly reached the alchemy furnace.

Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er carefully followed behind him and arrived at the alchemy furnace too.

Xiao Yang examined the massive alchemy furnace.

It stood tall at three zhang, resembling a small mountain.

Xiao Yang couldn’t tell what material it was made of; it looked like bronze but was definitely not bronze.

How could an ancient alchemist’s furnace be made of bronze?

The entire furnace was covered in ancient runes.

These runes intertwined to form ancient formation diagrams.

These diagrams controlled the Gathering Fire Formation of the alchemy furnace.

Different Gathering Fire Formation diagrams could converge different divine fires.

Xiao Yang couldn’t decipher them.

This was an ancient Gathering Fire Formation.

“I say, Sect Leader Liu, don’t you have a bit of knowledge about formations? Can you make sense of the formations on this alchemy furnace?” Xiao Yang asked with a half-smile.

“This… you said I have a bit of knowledge, so I’m naturally only half-informed…” Liu Qingyun awkwardly chuckled.

“Old man, just don’t pretend to understand if you don’t!” Ling Xian’er said exasperatedly.

Without further hesitation, Xiao Yang leaped up and landed on the alchemy furnace.

With the six-winged fire centipede guarding it, there had to be something valuable inside the alchemy furnace.

The lid of the alchemy furnace was already missing.

Xiao Yang glanced inside the furnace and then jumped straight in.