Sean Feng furrowed his brows and said, “Young Master Su, there might be an array formation in this valley!”
As someone from the capital, he had naturally seen array formations before. In the capital, the headquarters of some major forces often used array formations to ensure security and prevent enemy invasions. The headquarters of the Five Treasures Hall was no exception.
However, finding an array formation in such a small place like Clear River City, especially in this remote wilderness, was quite surprising to Sean Feng.
“Young Master Su, it’s best not to go in. This array formation seems like a maze. Although it doesn’t have much lethality, once you enter, you might get lost and be trapped inside forever,” Sean Feng warned.
Terra Su looked at the mist in the valley and smiled faintly, “No worries, you stay here and keep watch. I’ll go in and take a look.”
Array formations were extremely dangerous for the people of Clear River City. However, for Terra Su, playing with array formations in front of him, the Emperor Terra, was like showing off one’s skills before an expert.
In his previous life, Terra Su had a wide range of knowledge. Unable to cultivate the Martial Dao, he had devoted his mind to other fields. Besides the Elixir Path, his accomplishments in array formations were also renowned in the Alchemy Domain, unmatched by anyone.
The maze-like array formation before him was something he could easily set up a hundred or eighty of in his previous life. It posed no challenge to him.
Terra Su strode into the misty valley, feeling the aura of the array formation around him. He frowned and murmured, “This… seems to be the Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array!”
An expression of disbelief appeared on his face. The Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array was a Heaven Grade array formation. How could it appear in the Cloud Abyss Empire?
In his previous life, he had never heard of such a high-level array formation in the Rising Sun Mountains. It seemed many things had been overlooked in his previous life. The Cloud Abyss Empire hid many secrets, far from being as simple as it appeared.
Now, Terra Su was curious. What kind of treasure was buried here to warrant the use of the Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array?
Gathering his thoughts, Terra Su began to observe the array formation around him.
The Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array in its prime could trap even an emperor-level expert. But the array in this valley had clearly aged for countless years, with most of its energy dissipated over time. Less than one percent of its original power remained.
Fortunately, this was the case. Otherwise, with Terra Su’s current soul power, it would have been impossible to break through the Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array.
Not to mention Elder Chen. Even if he hadn’t been killed by Terra Su, entering this valley recklessly would have trapped him forever.
Terra Su unleashed his soul power, relying on his familiarity with array formations to navigate safely without encountering any trouble.
Half an hour later, Terra Su reached the center of the valley, the core of the array formation.
“Hmm? There seems to be a very faint aura coming from underground.”
Terra Su immediately sensed a very faint aura beneath the ground, seemingly belonging to some kind of living being.
“It seems something is sealed underground!” Terra Su murmured.
“Human?”
A voice suddenly rang out without warning, “How did you figure it out?”
The ground began to tremble, and countless spiderweb-like cracks spread from a central point.
The next moment, a crimson beam shot out from the cracks like a red pillar of light.
Under Terra Su’s gaze, the red light quickly transformed into a mass of crimson flames, hovering ten meters above the ground.
The flames twisted, forming the shape of eyes and a mouth, resembling a sinister human face made of fire, looking down at Terra Su.
“Hmph, just a weak human,” the flame face sneered at Terra Su.
“Oh, so it’s a Celestial Fire trapped in the Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array,” Terra Su said with a light smile, showing no fear of the sinister face.
“What?”
The flame face was shocked, its flames flickering, “Human, how do you know I’m a Celestial Fire?”
“Isn’t it obvious? You have intelligence. What else could you be if not a Celestial Fire?” Terra Su shrugged, as if the other had asked a foolish question.
“Not many humans can recognize me as a Celestial Fire!” the flame face said coldly. If it were an ordinary martial practitioner, they would have been terrified by its appearance, let alone recognizing its identity.
In reality, it was a fire source, a high-level fire source that had developed intelligence. In the Martial Dao world, such high-level fire sources were called Celestial Fires!
Fire sources were the dream of alchemists. Once an alchemist who had condensed an Alchemy Flame absorbed a fire source, their Alchemy Flame would upgrade, becoming more powerful.
If they absorbed a Celestial Fire, their Alchemy Flame had a high chance of ascending to a Heaven Grade Alchemy Flame, capable of refining anything.
However, Celestial Fires were extremely rare. Even Alchemy Emperors rarely had the chance to refine one.
Despite Terra Su’s calm appearance, his heart was in turmoil. He hadn’t expected to find a Celestial Fire sealed in this place. It was something every alchemist dreamed of, something they would fight to the death for.
In his previous life, Terra Su had become an Alchemy Emperor because he had obtained a Celestial Fire. But he knew how much effort and cost it had taken to acquire that Celestial Fire.
And now, he had encountered a Celestial Fire without any effort.
“No wonder there’s a Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array in this valley. It was to suppress a Celestial Fire.”
The power of a Celestial Fire was immense. To suppress it, setting up a Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array was understandable.
“Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array? Human, you know about the Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array?”
The Celestial Fire became even more agitated, roaring, “How does a mere Condensing Origin Realm human know about the Dragon Elephant Locking Prison Array?”
Terra Su didn’t answer but asked instead, “Do you know your name?”
High-level fire sources had names, and intelligent Celestial Fires were no exception. In the Alchemy Domain, there was even a ranking list of Celestial Fires.
The Celestial Fire was taken aback by the question and seemed to ponder seriously, “I seem to have had a name, but I don’t remember it.”
Terra Su nodded, “It seems you’ve been trapped here for too long and have forgotten your name. But your past identity must have been extraordinary; otherwise, you wouldn’t have been sealed here with a Heaven Grade array.”
“Is that so?”
The Celestial Fire seemed to think deeply, its body trembling violently, “My head hurts… I can’t remember anything!”
Terra Su shook his head, “It seems time has taken its toll, or perhaps for other reasons, you can’t remember anything.”
“Let’s not dwell on that. I ask you, don’t you want to leave this array?”
Terra Su changed the topic, getting to the point.
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