Under the maw of the flame behemoth, the shrieks of the four secret techniques grew fainter and fainter, until they vanished completely.
In this situation, Chu Feng could clearly see the scenery of this world begin to change, twisting and spinning like a scroll painting.
"So powerful," Chu Feng muttered, his lips slightly parted, eyes flickering. He had once again witnessed the mysterious man's strength, using absolute power to shatter such a formidable illusion array.
When the surrounding world returned to normal and the flame behemoth retracted back into the mysterious man's body, Chu Feng could finally see everything around him clearly.
At this moment, Chu Feng's gaze was immediately drawn forward, his eyes flickering uncontrollably, the look of shock on his face intensifying to the extreme.
Before him, deep within this Imperial Burial, stood a colossal gate. This gate was a thousand zhang high and a hundred zhang wide, truly immense, as if it stood between heaven and earth.
The gate was golden in color, radiating a brilliance more dazzling than gold, but its material was clearly not mere gold, for it also emanated an aura of invincible strength, even a sacred and inviolable presence.
Almost involuntarily, Chu Feng was deeply captivated by the massive gate. Though he only saw the gate itself, it was as if he could see everything within.
That was a world, a world completely different from anything Chu Feng had seen before, a world that every living being longed to step into.
At this instant, a thought sprouted in Chu Feng's heart: he must open this gate. He wanted to enter that world, must enter that world.
"Kid, don't look at that gate!!!!" Just then, an old man's voice suddenly came from below Chu Feng, shattering his thought.
Hearing this voice, Chu Feng was startled, then quickly looked down. And upon looking, his face lit up with joy.
Below Chu Feng, on the ground, was a magnificent, radiant grand array. The four faces of this grand array were each carved with the image of a colossal beast.
Those four colossal beasts were the true forms of the four secret techniques. Between the four secret techniques, layers of chains formed this sealed array, resembling a cage.
Most importantly, at the center of this vast array sat an old man dressed in black, his gaze sharp as torches—it was the mysterious black-clad elder.
"Haha, so it's him! He's trapped. This is the true form of the Four Symbol Binding Array."
"I know why Madman was able to break the Four Symbol Binding Array so easily—because most of its power was being used to trap this black-clad old man. That's why Madman could break it so effortlessly." Before Chu Feng could even speak, Eggy began cheering frantically with wild joy.
"Heh, truly seeking it across the ends of the earth only to find it without any effort." Likewise, Chu Feng was ecstatic, for this elder possessed many treasures from within the Imperial Burial, and now he was trapped here. This was practically heaven-sent help.
But despite his inner joy, Chu Feng did not immediately attack the black-clad elder. Instead, feigning confusion, he asked, "Senior, why must I not look at that gate?"
"Sigh, truly a child raised in a frog's well. No matter how extraordinary your talent, your foolishness is boundless."
"Fine, let me enlighten you. This place is the Imperial Burial, and that gate is the Imperial Gate."
"The Imperial Gate was forged personally by a Martial Emperor powerhouse. It is not merely an indestructible physical object but also possesses illusion arts that bewitch the mind."
"If you stare at the Imperial Gate for too long, you will be ensnared by its illusions, unable to resist attacking it, desperate to enter."
"But is the Imperial Gate so easy to open? Attacking it only invites the backlash of Imperial Might, leading to your own destruction." The black-clad elder warned.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Chu Feng frowned slightly, then asked Eggy, "Eggy, is what he said true? Is the Imperial Gate really that dangerous?"
"Honestly, I don't know much about these things either. I only know the Imperial Burial is perilous, but I don't know the specific trials within. After all, even this queen is visiting this world for the first time, so to speak. This is also my first time entering this so-called Imperial Burial." Eggy pouted her small lips, shaking her head with a hint of playfulness.
"Better safe than sorry. Anyway, just obtaining the treasures on this black-clad old man makes this trip abundantly fruitful. There's no need to go to that Imperial Gate."
Chu Feng glanced once more at the brilliantly glowing Imperial Gate, but he sensed no danger from within it. Instead, he still felt that behind the gate lay a wonderful world, one that called to him to open it.
The more he felt this way, the more Chu Feng grew wary. He became increasingly convinced the black-clad elder's words were correct: the Imperial Gate was no simple matter; it could seize one's mind and bewitch one's senses.
"Don't look at that gate. It's dangerous." Thus, Chu Feng hastily warned the mysterious man, fearing he would fall prey to the Imperial Gate's lure.
However, to Chu Feng's surprise, the mysterious man seemed not to hear his warning at all. Instead, his figure shot forward, racing towards the Imperial Gate at breakneck speed.
"No, this is bad!!!» In that moment, Chu Feng was horrified. The man had clearly already been enchanted by the Imperial Gate and was no longer listening to Chu Feng's counsel.
"Stop! Stop immediately! It's dangerous ahead! Going there will cost you your life!" As the Imperial Gate rapidly enlarged before them, Chu Feng's voice grew louder, but he was utterly unable to stop the mysterious man.
*Hum—* Yet, just as Chu Feng and the mysterious man were still a million meters away from the Imperial Gate, a sudden wave of fluctuations emanated from within it.
The wave was invisible to the eye, yet one could clearly feel it—as if it could overturn rivers and seas, destroy everything, possessing the power to shatter heaven and earth.
"Imperial Might... could this be Imperial Might?!» At that instant, Chu Feng's expression changed drastically. He truly felt the threat of death; before that invisible aura, no one, regardless of who they were, could withstand it.
*Hum—* But, to Chu Feng's surprise, the invisible aura did not sweep directly towards them. Instead, when it was ten thousand meters away, it halted and began to transform.
The invisible aura became visible, and where it covered, a blue sky appeared, white clouds formed, rivers and lands materialized. In the blink of an eye, the vast subterranean world had become a beautiful scroll painting.
Moreover, the aura continued to change. In the end, from within that scenery, a streak of golden light extended. The golden light rapidly expanded, ultimately taking the form of a humanoid figure.
He held up the blue sky with his head and stood upon the earth with his feet. Though his entire body radiated golden light, obscuring his features, the moment such a figure appeared before them, no one could doubt his overwhelming power.