I'm determined to become an immortal!

boom!

Driven by Ye Shao Chen, the Spirit-Seeking Ruler transformed into a giant, crystal-clear ruler over ten feet long, carrying the force to split mountains and sever rivers, and crashed onto the Water Mansion's protective array.

"This formation is quite interesting. Could it be that behind this door lies the treasure trove that my senior brothers and sisters mentioned?"

Ye Shao Chen looked at the mysterious water wall rippling in front of him. Instead of being frustrated by the long and arduous attack, his eyes shone with the eagerness of a hunter seeing a rare prey.

Born into a major sect, he naturally possessed exceptional knowledge, yet he still found the array before him quite remarkable.

Not only can it use the power of water to dissipate most of the power of the Spirit-Seeking Ruler, but it can also create multiple illusions, making it difficult for people to distinguish between reality and illusion.

If he hadn't cultivated the "Golden Eyes of Truth" pupil technique, which allows him to see through illusions, he would probably have had to resort to his most trump card to break this formation.

That's why he felt that a treasure trove left behind by his predecessors was hidden beneath this formation.

"If we can find even one or two rare and precious materials, it will save us the trouble; we can simply take them back and present them to our master."

Upon thinking of this,

Ye Shao Chen stopped testing the waters and gave a soft shout:

"open!"

moment,

Ye Shao Chen's magical power surged into the Spirit-Seeking Ruler like a flood bursting its banks, and a mysterious pattern appeared on the ruler's surface.

This was precisely the rudimentary form of the supernatural power he had cultivated for many years—[Breaking the Law]!

"go!"

Ye Shao Chen pointed a finger, and the crystal giant ruler crashed down on the Youxuan Water Wall.

Boom...

The Water Mansion Formation trembled violently as the crystalline giant ruler smashed through layers of water walls, revealing the gate made of bluestone behind it.

However, before he could even see the patterns on the door clearly, the broken water wall reformed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Tsk.

It's a device that works sometimes and doesn't work at all.

Ye Shao Chen frowned. His rudimentary [Spell Breaking] technique had two effects.

First, it enhances power;

Secondly, it ignores purely magical means, and is not limited to spells, secret techniques, or formations.

The former is alright, as it can consistently increase power to a certain extent.

Taking the prototype of a magic weapon as an example,

Generally speaking, a fully refined prototype of a magic weapon can unleash about 20% of the power of a magic weapon from an ordinary Core Formation cultivator.

However, after being empowered by the [Breaking the Law], its power can be further increased to about 30%.

However, compared to the stable effect of empowerment, the latter is different; like a treacherous blade, it doesn't work every time.

"Again!"

Ye Shao Chen activated the Spirit-Seeking Ruler again, unleashing three more strikes.

Although the mysterious water wall could reassemble, it was eventually smashed through by the continuous and rapid bombardment, and the crystalline giant ruler landed on the blue stone gate.

Boom!

With a loud crash, the bluestone gate shattered into pieces.

Although he still failed to trigger the effect of ignoring magic power, Ye Shao Chen easily broke through most of the Starlight Water Wall Formation with the help of the magic weapon's rudimentary power enhanced by supernatural abilities.

However, Ye Shaozhen did not immediately go into the Water Mansion.

He had already expended a lot of his magical power to trace the trail all the way from Wanchen Mountain to this place.

Furthermore, although the rudimentary form of supernatural power is strong, it consumes a great deal of magical energy.

In addition, activating the nascent form of a magic weapon already places a considerable burden on the mana of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, so he currently has less than 30% of his mana remaining.

"On the way down the mountain, my senior sister repeatedly warned me not to act rashly once my magical power dropped below 30%, otherwise I might find myself in the danger of exhausting my magical power."

With a thought flashing through his mind, Ye Shao Chen withdrew the Spirit-Searching Ruler, landed on a huge stone slab at the bottom of the pool, flipped his palm to take out a jade bottle, poured out a few perfectly round pills and put them into his mouth.

"Let's recover our mana first; we can't escape this treasure vault anyway."

Ye Shao Chen was quite carefree. He simply closed his eyes, focused his mind, and began to regulate his breathing, completely unafraid that someone might take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

But not long after he entered meditation, the attacker actually appeared!

The once clear pool water had quietly turned pitch black, as a stream of black water with a strong, fishy stench was seeping in from above.

follow closely,

Then a colossal creature appeared, enveloped in raging poisonous water.

Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be a centipede with a thousand legs, over ten zhang long.

Each of its carapaces gleamed with a cold, eerie green light, and hundreds of ferocious legs stirred up the water, leaving withered vegetation and corroding rocks wherever they went!

The centipede quickly approached Ye Shaochen's location, clearly preparing to launch a sneak attack.

Before it could get within thirty feet of Ye Shao Chen, a sword cry suddenly resounded throughout Wanshou Pool.

A beam of cyan sword light shot out from Ye Shao Chen's abdomen. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed that the sword light contained a flying sword the size of a palm.

The centipede was not too alarmed. It let out a piercing hiss, and its venom surged, forming a thick venom shield.

This is its innate talent – ​​the Thousand Poison Shield.

This Thousand Poison Cover contains potent poison that can not only corrode the magical artifacts and magical treasures of cultivators, but also greatly weaken magical attacks.

The centipede was very confident in its innate talent, believing it could easily withstand the sword light.

However, in the next instant, a look of terror appeared in the centipede's compound eyes!

Whoosh!

The cyan sword light pierced through the centipede's prized "Thousand Poison Shield" without the slightest hesitation.

There was no sizzling sound of poison corroding magical artifacts as one might expect, nor the booming sound of spiritual energy colliding.

The thick poison barrier, strong enough to withstand a full-force attack from a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage, seemed to completely disappear in the face of the cyan sword light, and was directly ignored.

"How is this possible?!"

This was the last thought in the centipede's mind.

The next instant, a cyan sword light pierced through the sturdy armor on its forehead.

laugh...

With a soft sound, accompanied by the crisp crack of its shell breaking, the centipede's massive body froze instantly as it watched its head being cleaved in two!

It wasn't until it was struck by the sword that the centipede realized how terrifying it was.

Its power reached about 40% of that of ordinary magic weapons, more than twice the power of a rudimentary ordinary magic weapon.

This is why Ye Shao Chen dared to so openly recover his magical power, unafraid of any ambushers.

He was a sword cultivator, possessing a spirit-connected flying sword that could protect its master on its own. This flying sword could also activate the rudimentary form of the [Spell Breaking] divine power on its own, and the probability of triggering the power-ignoring effect was even higher than when he activated it on his own.

hiss!

Under the shadow of death, the enormous body of the centipede writhed wildly, its inky venomous blood instantly staining the entire Longevity Pool black.

But its mournful cries quickly subsided, as the sword was rapidly extinguishing its remaining life force.

The palm-sized spirit sword had already swirled lightly and returned to Ye Shao Chen's dantian.

At the bottom of the pool, only the enormous corpse of the centipede slowly sank, its hundreds of ferocious legs twitching a few times before falling into complete silence.

Ye Shao Chen didn't even open his eyes once from beginning to end. He continued to breathe and regulate his energy, quickly restoring his own magical power, as if nothing had happened.