Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 2279 - 2279 2269 Not Quite the Same Anymore

2279: Chapter 2269: Not Quite the Same Anymore 2279: Chapter 2269: Not Quite the Same Anymore Long Yan suddenly felt that the weakness of the white shadow should be the key to breaking through the predicament in front of him.

The white shadow now lacked intelligence, and its control over Long Yan’s position was likely due to some device on the ground.

With this thought, Long Yan took flight, which made his almost depleted True Qi consume even more rapidly.

He retrieved part of the Divine Power that he had infused into the Divine Fire, but if that was the case, why would the white shadow dodge his attacks?

Long Yan always acted on his thoughts immediately, but he had already overturned the conditions for identifying the enemy target, which forced Long Yan to rethink.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Long Yan took out a bag of white powder from his storage ring.

The white powder in his hand slowly fell, forming crystal-clear lines of light irregularly arranged through the cracks in the floor tiles.

The red thin lines, resembling tripwires, almost occupied every space.

Indeed it was this thing, luckily Long Yan had put a bag of small fluorescent powder in his ring in preparation.

Now he understood what that white shadow really was.

Having completely withdrawn the Divine Fire into his body, Long Yan found a spot away from the red lines to stand firm.

As the Divine Fire vanished, a clanging sound resounded anew, each step felt as if it was stomping on Long Yan’s heart.

His hand holding the Lu Xian Sword was already prepared, ready to defend his body at any moment.

But what was unexpected happened, the white shadow slowly approached Long Yan, its long knife nearly stabbing into Long Yan’s body, but it seemed like a blind man, completely unaware of Long Yan’s presence.

Indeed, this corridor was enveloped by a Formation, those light strips resembling red cords were actually a Defensive Array, normally used to fend off some low-level beasts.

The designer of this tomb passage was truly ingenious, actually thinking of linking this lure-enemy Formation with Puppets.

The figure in front was indeed a Puppet, its stark white body flashing with the unique color of steel, completely spherical in shape.

Although it looked somewhat fragile, Long Yan had long ago tested the explosive power contained within its body.

The clanging sound was the noise of the internal Puppet gears moving.

As for the target of the Puppet’s attack, those who crossed the red lines were the targets.

A wry smile appeared on Long Yan’s face.

If he hadn’t suddenly thought that this thing might be a Puppet, he might now be up in the sky, chopped up like a melon.

With just a wave of his hand, a small pebble appeared in Long Yan’s hand, which he threw with a whoosh sound towards the distance.

Instantly, the Puppet reacted, its steel foot forcefully stomping on the ground as its whole body swiftly chased after the direction of the stone.

Seeing the Puppet moving away from him, Long Yan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

However, now that he knew the Puppet’s attack pattern, Long Yan originally thought to dismantle the Puppet, but after a moment of thought, he realized one thing, this vast corridor surely couldn’t be guarded by just one Puppet, there must be many more if he wasn’t careful.

After sitting and regulating his breath for a while, Long Yan decided to set off first.

Lighting the fire starter in his hand, he carefully dropped fluorescent powder while cautiously dodging the dense red lines.

Although the entire Formation was of a lower level, if paired with that kind of Puppet, it was undoubtedly a huge killer weapon.

Up ahead was a three-way intersection, it seemed Long Yan had previously fled hurriedly to the rightmost path.

He randomly chose a path and proceeded.

Obviously, he did not forget to avoid the red lines along the way.

“Drip!”

It sounded like drops of water, Long Yan felt a sticky sensation under his feet, which coupled with this terrifying scene, made his previously calmed heart tense up again.

“What is this?”

Long Yan’s pupils suddenly constricted as he pointed the fire starter at the ground.

What Long Yan had just stepped on was a large pool of fresh blood.

Following the source of the blood, it turned out to be a humanoid object that had been severed at the waist.

The fresh blood flowed down from the wound like a small stream, giving Long Yan a bone-chilling shiver from his head to his body, but he still had to move forward.

Along the way, numerous limbs and corpses lined the creepy corridor, appearing like hell itself, and Long Yan even recognized some of the faces; they were all top cultivators from various Sects.

Never expected they would all die here, among them most of these people were strangers to Long Yan, but the only possibility is those cultivators who entered General’s Tomb, to think they would die in such a place, Long Yan felt no surprise at the fragility of life.

The clanging sound rose again, Long Yan tried hard to contract his body, making way for the puppet in front of him, which held a knife in one hand and dragged a continuously bleeding human leg with the other, likely a severed limb that blocked the light.

The puppet would periodically clear objects from the light’s path; this group of cold machines simply followed their commands.

Seeing this scene, even Long Yan felt a chill, unable to imagine what these cultivators went through before their death.

Thinking about this, Long Yan couldn’t help but worry about Lingxi and Luo Pin, considering so many cultivators had died here, the situation below was unimaginable to Long Yan.

He involuntarily hastened his steps, having seen so much along the way, Long Yan felt there was nothing more to it.

The faint light coming from ahead delighted Long Yan, indicating that this was indeed the right path.

Along this road, Long Yan had only seen three or four such puppets, reigniting hope in his heart that perhaps the two women were not among them.

Quickening his pace, Long Yan walked from the corridor to the main hall ahead, and he even tried using fluorescent powder, but saw no red lines appear, suggesting that the entire detection formation covered only the corridor.

The view ahead suddenly opened up; there were many interconnected roads, with numerous bloodstains on the ground, indicating that some cultivators had chosen to amputate themselves to save their own lives.

At first, Long Yan thought that the General’s Tomb contained isolated spaces; it seems everyone was transported to different starting locations, but ultimately needed to pass through that narrow corridor.

“Brother Long, you have kept me waiting for quite a while.”

The voice of Wang Lei came from above, a sharp purple light fell from the overhead, Long Yan slightly narrowed his eyes, surprised that Wang Lei would make a move so swiftly; he thought Wang Lei would act at the end of the relic.

“You seem surprised.”

Wang Lei’s mouth curved into a wicked smile, looking arrogantly at Long Yan as if he had already claimed victory.

“No, rather I thought too highly of you.”

Long Yan’s expression remained neutral, but a careful look at his eyes revealed a flowing murderous intent.

“Oh?

Then I really have disappointed you, brother Long.”

The smile on Wang Lei’s lips stiffened, but then his smile became even more exaggerated, giving off a sense of madness.

“Thanks to you, brother Long, I am completely different from before now.”

With a loud bang, a burst of demonic qi even stronger than Qin Fan’s erupted from Wang Lei’s body, his expression turning fierce and his eyes bloodshot.

“Now, I am quite different indeed.”