The formation sat at the center of the ancient tower. Around the tower, eighteen elders sat in meditation.
Among those eighteen elders, seventeen were peak Martial Ancestors, and many among them were Spirit World Masters.
The last one — a white-haired woman draped in a white robe, her face covered in wrinkles — carried an aura comparable to Elder Kong Huilian's. She was a True Immortal powerhouse.
This person was none other than one of the Supreme Elders of the Kong Heavenly Clan — Kong Yuehua.
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The formation fluctuated violently. Every elder present, Kong Yuehua included, snapped their eyes open.
Upon seeing the disturbance emanating from the formation, their expressions all shifted. Then, as one, they directed their gazes toward Kong Yuehua.
"Supreme Elder, someone has breached the Sorrowful Calamity Mountain Range!" the elders exclaimed in unison.
"I can see that for myself without you telling me," Kong Yuehua replied. Compared to the others, she remained remarkably composed.
"Then what should we do, Elder?" the crowd asked together. This matter was clearly no small affair, or they would not have been so shaken.
"Summon the Clan Master, along with all high-ranking members of the clan who are not currently in seclusion," Kong Yuehua ordered.
"As you command." The moment her words fell, all seventeen Supreme Elders rose and departed from the ancient tower, streaking off in every direction.
Now, only Kong Yuehua remained within the tower. She gazed at the formation that continued to pulse and fluctuate, her gaze growing ever sharper.
……
Meanwhile, Chu Feng was still deep within the mountain range, sprinting along the route laid out in his mind. He dared not pause, for he knew the formation sustaining him would not last much longer. He had to reach his destination before it dissipated.
The further he traveled, the more certain Chu Feng became that the map left to him by Grandmaster Kai Hong was genuine.
Hidden within this seemingly ordinary mountain range were countless killing formations. Those formations would have no effect on ordinary animals, but the moment a martial cultivator drew near, they would erupt with terrifying destructive force.
Some of the killing formations were so well concealed that even Chu Feng only realized their existence after the fact, a beat too late.
Fortunately, thanks to the map in his mind, Chu Feng followed its prescribed route and avoided those lethal arrays.
Otherwise, even with his status as a Snake Vein-level Immortal-cloaked Spirit World Master and his Heaven's Eye for observation, he would have found it nearly impossible to dodge the killing formations scattered throughout this place.
This vast mountain range was nothing short of a colossal killing ground, brimming with destructive power that even Chu Feng could not withstand.
Yet despite having avoided those killing formations thus far, Chu Feng's brows were tightly furrowed, his mind wrestling with something.
"Egg, something feels off," Chu Feng said suddenly, his tone grave.
"What is it? What's wrong?" the Queen asked.
"I have a feeling that not only are killing formations densely packed throughout these mountains — there seems to be a highly sophisticated sensing formation hidden among them as well. I… have very likely already been detected," Chu Feng said.
"Then what do we do?! Will they come in after you? Is it still possible to pull back and retreat?" The Queen grew alarmed at his words.
After all, this was no ordinary place. This was the Kong Heavenly Clan — one of the most powerful forces within the Hundred Refinements Upper Realm.
The experts here were far too numerous to count, and True Immortals among them as well. Those capable of annihilating Chu Feng were even more plentiful.
If Chu Feng had truly come here as a guest, the Kong Heavenly Clan, mindful of external pressure, would have hesitated to lay a hand on him.
But when they had first arrived, Egg and Chu Feng had made a startling discovery — though this place was not the so-called forbidden ground the clan publicly claimed, the security here was extraordinarily tight. Every single guard was a peak Martial Ancestor. The barrier sealing off the area was a formidable one as well.