Chapter 158: Breaking Out of the Encirclement

  Yi Chen stood still, watching Kong Ning's figure gradually disappear, with a strange color flashing in his eyes.

  The other party finally left, but Yi Chen did not rush forward to investigate, but waited for a moment, making sure the other party did not turn back before standing up from his original position.

  "What was that thing he just carved?" Curiosity appeared on his face, and Yi Chen jumped up from a height of over 100 meters.

  As "Peng" was about to touch the ground, Yi Chen urged his soul power to surge out from within his body, wrapping it around his legs before heavily slamming them onto the ground, producing a dull thud.

  The ground was smashed out of a considerable pit, but Yi Chen was unscathed, looking up at the ice and snow palace with a heart full of shock.

  That palace is extremely grand, standing at its foot, Yi Chen was as small as an ant, like a temple standing in the mortal world, exuding an aura of majesty.

  He quickly withdrew his gaze and walked slowly to where Kong Ning was just now, starting to observe carefully what he was doing here.

  "He had just carved out some patterns, which were very similar to the ones in the manual." Yi Chen was extremely surprised in his heart. These patterns looked very mysterious and it could be seen that the other party's level was not low. "Could he also be a magic pattern master?" Yi Chen thought of a possibility, only a magic pattern master could carve out such patterns.

  The only thing that puzzled Yi Chen was that the pattern he drew was not a spiritual stone appraisal chart, but this pattern was dozens of times more complex than the appraisal chart. Moreover, it was extremely secretive, and if one wasn't a demon mirror master, they wouldn't be able to see it at all.

  "Why did he take the risk of coming here to draw such a pattern, and what is the use of these patterns?" Yi Chen furrowed his brow in thought for a moment, then looked around elsewhere.

  Finally, Yi Chen found that in the four corners of the palace, there were identical patterns carved, which echoed each other and seemed to have a very mysterious connection.

  "Could this be the Array Pattern?" was what Yi Chen finally said after stopping his probing.

  Mo Jian Shi are not just able to appraise Ling Stones, they also have some very special methods, that is - Arrays.

  Some masters of profound magical attainments can deduce the mysterious principles of heaven and earth from divination diagrams, magnify and organize them together, and finally form an array.

  There are some arrays that can trap people, and some killing arrays that can kill people. As for these, Yi Chen had long heard of them, but he had never seen them before.

  "Could this be an array pattern?" Yi Chen was extremely curious, although he had a bit of speculation, but having never seen an array before, he didn't dare to confirm.

  He shook his head and didn't think much of it. He left the place with the four patterns and came to the east side of the Ice Snow Palace, where there was a tightly closed large gate.

  "Ice Snow Palace!" Looking up, Yi Chen found that there were a few more big words above, which looked very mysterious and gave people an inexplicable sense of pressure.

  "I don't know if there's Snow Crystal Spirit Stone inside."

  Yi Chen's eyes were filled with longing, and his purpose for coming to the Eastern Domain Snow Plains this time was to search for the Snow Crystal Spirit Stone, which was said to be found in the Ice Palace.

  Unconsciously taking a step forward, Yi Chen arrived in front of the Ice Snow Palace's large gate, slowly stretching out his hands and pushing against the gate, wanting to open it.

  Just as Yi Chen's hands touched the door, a blinding light burst out from it, and a powerful shockwave sent him flying backward.

  His two arms went numb and Yi Chen's waist suddenly arched up from the ground, his eyes wide with shock as he stared at the large gate.

  Just now he just touched the door and was bounced back, that impact force was really too strong.

  "What's going on?" Such a bizarre thing, Yi Chen had never encountered it before.

  "Someone has broken into the central area!" Just as Yi Chen was about to move forward to continue investigating, a shout came from the other side of the camp, and the last sound of a horn echoed through the air.

  "Found out so soon?" Yi Chen turned his head to look in that direction, perhaps the fact that the soldiers were killed had already been exposed.

  "It's not suitable to stay here for long." Yi Chen's face turned solemn, the two major forces will definitely come here to investigate soon, if they don't leave now, they might not have a chance later.

  Thinking of this, Yi Chen no longer lingered and quickly mobilized his soul power. With a tap of his toes on the ground, he swiftly rushed out of the deep pit.

  "I'll definitely be back." Turning his head to glance at the Ice Palace, Yi Chen's mouth curved into a confident arc, and then he continuously urged on his soul power, charging towards the outer perimeter.

  "The front has already been blocked by soldiers, and it's impossible to get out." Just now when he came in, Yi Chen had already memorized all the routes, avoiding those soldiers and coming to the blockade.

  At this time, there were more soldiers at the blockade point. To get out, they had to be killed one by one, but according to Yi Chen's strength, it was clearly an impossible task.

  "The lowest cultivation is at the Chen Hun Realm, and there are several quasi-Huang Hun Realms. It's extremely difficult to knock them down." Hiding behind a boulder, Yi Chen furrowed his brow.

  "Someone has infiltrated the central district, mobilize personnel to search for me!" A cold voice rang out not far away, a young man led a team of soldiers to sweep and search.

  "It was him, Liu Nuò." Yi Chen turned his head to look over there and found that the leader was actually Liu Nuò. His eyes immediately narrowed, and two cruel glints flashed from his pupils.

  On that day, he had a conflict with Liu Nuò, who had long since harbored murderous intentions towards him. Especially the national teacher of the Liu family, who took action against him, nearly causing him to lose his life in the Death Domain.

  "That national teacher is also here." Yi Chen's gaze swept over the group of people and found that the national teacher who had blocked his departure was also present.

  At this time, if he had enough strength, he would have rushed out to avenge the day's grievances. Unfortunately, he is now in the enemy camp, and if he acts rashly, he may be worried about his life.

  "In a few more days, we will join forces with the people of the Notti Empire to open the Ice Palace. This period of time must not have any accidents, hurry up and search for me." Liu Nuo waved his hand forward.

  Those soldiers began to execute their orders, dividing into several small teams to search, among which one team of cavalry came towards Yicheng.

  "Are they coming here to check?" Yi Chen's heart tightened, if they continued walking towards him, he was likely to be exposed.

  The blockade force ahead is very strong. It's extremely difficult for Yi Chen to break through, but now it's not the time to choose to break through. If he gets found out, it will be even more dangerous.

  "It's the only way to try." With a gritted teeth, Yi Chen made a very decisive decision, and his soul power was wildly mobilized. He jumped up from where he was and rushed forward.

  "There's a situation!" The sudden commotion here quickly caught the attention of the blockade soldiers, one of whom shouted loudly, and then those soldiers turned their heads to look at Yi Chen.

  "Halt, everyone!" One of the leading generals bellowed, stretching out both hands to the sides. The soldiers quickly dispersed and drew their weapons, sealing off all roads.

  His narrowed eyes flashed with a fierce light, and Yi Chen didn't stop. His feet stomped the ground fiercely, and he soared into the air like an eagle. With a flip of his palm, the Heaven-Defying Heavy Sword appeared in his hand.

  "Hiss" Without any hesitation, Yi Chen continuously urged his soul power into the Tianyun Heavy Sword, a terrifying energy condensed within the sword, emitting a series of muffled sounds.

  "Sixth-Rank Intermediate Soul Skill: Sunfall Divine Flame Slash Third Stage!"

  A loud shout burst from his mouth, Yi Chen's hands grasped the sword and swiftly chopped forward. Instantly, a massive energy stirred together, condensing into a magnificent dragon that charged towards the soldiers.

  A deafening "boom" sound erupted, the giant dragon crashed into the group of soldiers, snow splashing everywhere, some Chen Hun realm cultivators were shocked to pulp, tearing open a teleportation passage.

  "What a great opportunity." Yi Chen quickly retracted the Heaven-Falling Heavy Sword, twisted his waist to stabilize himself, and then suddenly tapped his toes on the ground. His body shot out like an arrow leaving a bowstring, rapidly advancing towards Fang.

  "Stop him!" Liu Nuo and others also found the anomaly on this side, waving their hands and shouting angrily at the same time, they also activated their soul power and rushed up.

  It was still too late, those blocked soldiers were caught off guard, watching helplessly as Yi Chen brushed past them and left.

  "Such a fast speed, judging from his breath, he is a quasi-Huang Xuan boundary." Seeing this situation, Liu Nuo's eyes showed a fierce color.

  "That figure, why does it look so familiar." The national teacher who had blocked Yi Chen's way looked at the gradually disappearing figure, and his turbid eyes flashed with a strange color.

  "No matter who he is, we absolutely can't let him leave so easily. Liu Yanguo, teacher, let's take him down together."

  Liu Nuo smiled coldly and then charged to the front with Liu Yan, rapidly chasing after Yi Chen. Behind them were also twenty quasi-Huang Hun realm experts.

  "You're really not letting up."

  Yi Chen ran at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye, he had already rushed out two kilometers away. When he turned his head to look back, he discovered Liu Nuo and the others.

  Those twenty quasi-Huang Jin realm cultivators weren't very fast, and Yi Chen could easily shake them off, but Liu Nuo and Liu Yan's speeds were extremely quick, not much slower than Yi Chen.

  "Liu Nuodong, let me go intercept him first, you follow up from behind."

  Liu Yan's constant mobilization of his soul power caused his speed to suddenly increase, and he quickly broke away from the team and rushed towards Yi Chen. The distance between the two narrowed at a visible rate.

  The other party was a Yellow Soul Realm cultivator. If he were to be chased by him, it would not be easy for Yi Chen to escape.

  "He absolutely cannot catch up." A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and Yi Chen's body trembled as he began to urge on his soul power. The sound of whistling wind kept coming from beside his ears.

  One chasing and one fleeing, they soon left the central area, Yi Chen's soul power and physical strength were rapidly decreasing, which was very unfavorable for Yi Chen in the long run.

  "We can't go on like this. We must get rid of them as soon as possible, otherwise when our spiritual and physical strength are exhausted, the situation will become even more dangerous."

  Yi Chen's face was filled with solemnity, his thoughts racing rapidly as he pondered a countermeasure.