111 Imminent Crisis
After Huo Qiyun took a while to absorb everything, Lin Ran continued, “I don’t know what the initial activation method was, but later on, Sword God set up an array formation and used the scabbard of the Ten Miles Dragon Roar as the key. It’s also because of this special use that the scabbard has been stored in the palace.”
“I see…”
Huo Qiyun nodded in realization, still looking a little confused.
After all, this matter involved all the history of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty. To him, it was too much information.
After a few more minutes, Huo Qiyun asked tentatively, “So if we want to get out, we have to go up to the cave top and open the Five Elemental Seal?”
“There’s no need to go through so much trouble.”
Lin Ran waved his hand with a confident smile. “I’ve already completely mastered the array formation. As long as I can get ashore, I can reverse the array formation and get the mechanism to rotate the mountain to send us out.”
Huo Qiyun was stunned. “But in that case, won’t the thing trapped in here come out with us?”
“You’re overly worried. How can a demon be born so quickly?”
Lin Ran burst out laughing. “Ever since the founder of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty built Mount Sword, only one demon has been born. The next one will be at least a few hundred years later. If you enter the Saint Realm, you might be able to live long enough to see that day.”
Only then did Huo Qiyun heave a sigh of relief. He changed the topic and asked, “By the way, when that demon broke out of the seal, what was his cultivation level?”
“Half-Saint. Otherwise, Sword God wouldn’t have lost to him.”
Lin Ran replied casually. As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong. He suddenly looked up at Huo Qiyun, who was also looking at him.
The two of them looked at each other. Huo Qiyun probed with a subtle expression, “When the demon was just born… what was its cultivation level?”
“…Maybe Warrior?” Lin Ran thought for a moment and answered with uncertainty.
Actually, Lin Ran didn’t know either, but the demon definitely wasn’t a Half-Saint when it was born. Otherwise, Sword God wouldn’t have said that the demon was cunning and sinister.
How long would it take to cultivate from “Warrior” to “Half-Saint”?
Lin Ran did it in six years, but a genius like him was rare.
For example, Huo Qiyun, who was also known as a “genius”, had cultivated for more than decades and was only at the peak of the Senior Martial Master Realm. The Ten Miles Sword God, who also had the Formless Sword Body, had cultivated diligently for a hundred years but still had not entered the Half-Saint Realm.
As Lin Ran was deep in thought, suddenly, there was the sound of water splashing in the darkness, as if something was approaching them.
The sound of water was very soft, but in the silence, it sounded like thunder!
In an instant, Huo Qiyun drew his sword and assumed a defensive posture.
Lin Ran stood up faster than Huo Qiyun, but after unsheathing his sword, he stopped. He looked at the broken Ten Miles Dragon Roar in his hand with a dejected expression.
Because this platform was devoid of sword intent, even the Ten Miles Dragon Roar was only an ordinary sword at this moment.
Lin Ran was really not confident that this broken sword could protect him from danger.
However, he could not use internal force here, so he could not change his sword from the Divine Sword Technique Manual. After thinking for a moment, he sheathed his sword. Then, he held the hilt of the sword with both hands and raised the sheathed Ten Miles Dragon Roar like a baseball bat.
At the same time, the sound of water in the darkness was much closer. It sounded like it was almost at the edge of the halo on the stone platform.
The two of them held their breaths at the same time and stared in the direction of the sound of water, wanting to see what could move freely in this extremely corrosive black water.
Whoosh—
As soon as the ripples spread from the darkness to the halo, Huo Qiyun subconsciously pointed the tip of his sword in that direction. However, at this moment, the sound of water in the darkness suddenly disappeared.
The silence fell again, but the sense of danger in the air did not weaken at all.
The two of them, who could not use their internal force, could only maintain a vigilant posture and not move.
As Huo Qiyun was on guard, he asked softly, “I forgot to ask just now. Since you know this place so well, do you know what’s in the water?”
“Well…”
Hearing this question, Lin Ran immediately looked embarrassed. “That place is quite dangerous. Something happened before I had the chance to find out about this…”
Huo Qiyun was speechless. “What was wrong with you? Why did you miss the most important part?”
“What could I do? Do you not start reading a book from the first page?”
At this moment, there was another splash in the darkness, but this time, it appeared in another direction!
The two of them quickly turned around. Lin Ran asked anxiously in a low voice, “You’ve been here for so long. Do you know how long it will be before we get to the shore?”
“The stone platform will reach the shore once every two hours.”
As Huo Qiyun spoke, he thought for a moment. “There’s still about 15 minutes before we approach the shore.”
“It’ll be too late.”
Lin Ran replied softly with an unprecedented solemn expression, “I can feel that the thing in the water is running out of patience. It will attack soon.”
As if to confirm Lin Ran’s guess, another sound of water splashing came from the darkness, this time on their left.
Huo Qiyun’s expression turned solemn too. “But we can’t use internal force now. Otherwise, if this water explodes, everyone… What are you doing?”
Before he could finish speaking, Huo Qiyun saw Lin Ran raise the Ten Miles Dragon Roar in one hand and start to take off his clothes with the other.
“I have a plan, but I need you to take a risk.”
As Lin Ran spoke, he took off the outermost layer of his clothes and began to unbuckle his belt. “I’ll give you my clothes later. As for me, I’ll fly to the shore on my sword. You said before that it’s fine to use internal force on the shore.”
“I’ll illuminate this place and use my sword to lure the thing away from us. Take the opportunity to activate your internal force and jump ashore.”
“And what you have to do is protect yourself with my clothes when the water explodes.”
“No!”
Huo Qiyun immediately refused. Although Lin Ran asked him to take the risk, this plan sounded more risky for Lin Ran. “This place is too close to the water. You won’t be able to dodge it.”
“How will we know if we don’t try?”
Lin Ran turned around with a casual smile on his face. Before Huo Qiyun could speak, he suddenly jumped up and flashed away!
Almost at the same time, a pitch-black water curtain exploded and instantly swallowed Lin Ran!
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