Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

Chapter 368 - 179: Ancient Array of the Stone Forest

Chen Xinming transformed into a blood shadow and sped forward swiftly.

The speed was so fast that even Song Li couldn’t approach for a moment.

This surprised Song Li behind him a little.

However, if Chu Ning were here, he would undoubtedly be just as shocked.

Because Chen Xinming’s current state was exactly the same as when he saw a Yin Demon Sect disciple consume a Blood Evil Pill in the Spirit Realm.

The three of them pursued nearly ten miles, and at this time, Song Li used some escape technique, suddenly getting close to Chen Xinming.

At the same time, he lifted the spear in his hand, then injected magical power with both hands and threw it forward fiercely.

Instantly, the spear transformed into a golden light, shooting toward Chen Xinming.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Xinming’s divine sense would certainly detect Song Li’s actions.

But at this moment, the range of his divine sense was affected.

Moreover, entering this stone forest quickly exhausted his divine sense, making it insufficient to always extend outward.

By the time Chen Xinming reacted, the spear was already less than three meters behind him.

Chen Xinming leaped to the side, but couldn’t completely dodge the spear.

The spear struck Chen Xinming’s shoulder, piercing through the outer blood shield, and passed through his body.

Instantly, a tremendous force carried him sideways, crashing heavily into a giant meteorite iron stone.

Seizing this opportunity, Song Li quickly closed the distance.

Then, he flicked his fingers continuously, turning into ten golden lights shooting toward Chen Xinming.

Surprisingly, Chen Xinming, who had just regained his senses, seemed unaffected by the spear hit.

With the ornate fan in his hand, he swung repeatedly, sending out several white beams mixed with blood shadow to face the golden lights.

Unexpectedly, he managed to block the golden lights.

Moreover, he quickly turned from passive to active.

As the blood mist surged around him, several black lights wrapped in blood mist shot out from the fan.

The imposing sight made even Song Li’s eyes flicker slightly, not daring to continue the attack directly.

Instead, he repeatedly patted his body, activating two defense shields.

This newly established Chen family genius could actually engage with Song Li, who was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, Song Li was still at the late stage, and after blocking Chen Xinming’s attack,

he extended his hand, retrieving the spear embedded in Chen Xinming.

The next moment, Song Li held the spear and swung it continuously.

Instantly, waves of golden lights attacked Chen Xinming.

When Zou Huiqing arrived, Song Li’s golden lights just happened to shatter the blood mist around Chen Xinming.

Forcing him to crash heavily into another meteorite iron stone.

This time, after Chen Xinming spat out a mouthful of blood, he couldn’t get up again.

His face pale, he fainted directly on the ground.

Song Li did not attack again but muttered softly:

"This person still has some use. He’s just recently established his foundation, yet he could withstand so many of my attacks.

Especially that Blood Evil Technique, which resembles some secret technique from the Demon Sect.

We’ll need to interrogate him thoroughly later."

Saying this, Song Li cast several restrictions on Chen Xinming.

Then, he casually took out an array banner and threw it toward Chen Xinming’s position.

Immediately, the surrounding brown mist thickened, and Chen Xinming’s figure disappeared.

Having done all this, Song Li turned to Zou Huiqing and said:

"Leave this person here for now, let’s go find the other two groups."

Zou Huiqing nodded, then added: "Patriarch, what about that escaping Chu Ning?"

"No need to worry about him for now." Song Li smiled coldly.

"The other families don’t know that our Song Family has been focused on uncovering the secrets of the ancient sect sites in the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands these years.

We’ve already mastered the ancient array in this meteorite iron stone forest.

With my setup, anyone entering this stone forest will be trapped in the array.

Except for that Cen Family girl, who might be able to decipher some restrictions of the array, the others..."

Song Li’s tone was full of disdain.

Then, Song Li sensed slightly, and said to Zou Huiqing:

"Let’s go, another group has entered this stone forest."

...

Meanwhile, on the other side, after escaping, Chu Ning quickly fled forward.

"Without knowing how many accomplices or moles Song Li has, it’s not safe to find the other two squads either.

The best strategy is to leave this damned stone forest as soon as possible, escaping without a trace."

Thinking this, Chu Ning naturally flew forward without looking back.

However, after half a day of traveling, Chu Ning still hadn’t reached the end of the stone forest, causing a look of doubt to appear on his face.

"This stone forest isn’t as big as the bamboo forest, at full speed I should have made it out by now."

Thinking this, Chu Ning immediately released Ling Xiaobai from the Spirit Beast Bag.

"Xiaobai, are we trapped within some array restriction?"

"Chirp!"

Ling Xiaobai responded softly.

Chu Ning realized:

"No wonder I’ve been circling here for so long without getting out, we might be lost in this array."

"Xiaobai, sense the direction of the restriction, let’s find a way out."

Chu Ning’s knowledge of arrays was limited, even though he had studied some things left by Cen Zijin before.

At this moment, Chu Ning couldn’t directly find a way out of the array.

Fortunately, with Ling Xiaobai around, he could rely on some clever methods.

He just needed to identify the direction of the outer restriction and move forward cautiously.

In this way, although Chu Ning’s path was odd—advancing at times, moving sideways, and occasionally stepping backward—

under Ling Xiaobai’s sensing, Chu Ning got closer and closer to the outer restriction.

"Just a few more yards, and we’ll reach the edge of the restriction."

Ling Xiaobai transmitted this information telepathically.

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning’s spirit was instantly lifted.

The next moment, he suddenly felt alert.

Instantly, flames surged around him, and he activated the Double Fire Ring in his hand without delay.

"An enemy is here!"

Ling Xiaobai also issued a warning simultaneously.

Right then, several clusters of white light shot toward Chu Ning.

However, as soon as they reached Chu Ning’s side, they were blocked by the outer flame shield.

Chu Ning looked in the direction of the attack, and a slight surprise escaped his lips.

"Puppets?"

He saw that the ones attacking him were two human-shaped puppets.

"Puppets capable of reaching the early stage of Foundation Establishment?"

Recollecting the power of the two puppets’ recent attack, Chu Ning was astonished. Even so, his hands did not remain idle.

With the thought of a swift resolve, Chu Ning quickly activated the child ring within the Double Fire Ring.

Instantly, the ring, blazing with fire, struck heavily on one of the puppets.

The puppet was hit with such force that a large hole appeared in it amidst the flames.

Yet, this damage seemed to have no effect on the puppet.

The puppet still wielded white light with its hands, attacking Chu Ning.

The other puppet, meanwhile, swiftly closed in on Chu Ning.

It threw a punch at Chu Ning.

Seeing this, Chu Ning’s eyes flashed with a cold glint, and he quickly swept out the Fire Phoenix Feather Spear already in his hand.

The flame-encased spear struck heavily on the puppet, sending it flying.

But to Chu Ning’s utter shock, the puppet was unharmed.

In the blink of an eye, it stood up again and charged at him once more.

"This..."

Chu Ning felt slightly overwhelmed.

One puppet could still attack after being damaged.

The other puppet couldn’t be harmed by his attacks.

Although the attacks from both puppets couldn’t hurt him for now, they couldn’t be shaken off easily either.

"I don’t believe these two puppets are truly invincible..."

So, Chu Ning repeatedly unleashed attacks on the two puppets.

Finally, the puppet that unleashed white light, after its upper body was repeatedly blown apart,

was seemingly hit in a vital spot by Chu Ning at a certain moment. It suddenly fell to the ground, unable to attack further.

At this moment, Chu Ning turned his attention to the puppet charging at him once more.

He had tried various spells before but couldn’t damage the puppet at all.

Even using the child ring of the Double Fire Ring, he could only send it flying without harming it.

This undoubtedly took Chu Ning by surprise.

As his gaze flickered slightly, Chu Ning put away the Fire Phoenix Feather Spear in his hand.

Dodging the puppet’s attack, Chu Ning’s right hand struck out like lightning.

Celestial Spirit Fist!

Condensed Yuan Slash!

Chu Ning consecutively used two secret techniques from the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, striking the puppet heavily.

The puppet’s surface showed no damage, but the next moment, Chu Ning felt the puppet’s movements seem significantly delayed.

"It’s effective! It seems that my Condensed Yuan Slash can breakthrough its surface defense restriction and strike the internal restriction."

Thinking this, Chu Ning didn’t hesitate, flashing his figure repeatedly and striking the puppet punch after punch.

Finally, after Chu Ning’s fifth punch,

the puppet fell to the ground, unable to rise again.

Chu Ning looked at the two disabled puppets on the ground.

With a wave of his hand, he put them directly into his storage bag.

The next moment, under the guidance of Ling Xiaobai, Chu Ning proceeded forward.

Within just a few breaths’ time, Chu Ning reached the edge of the formation shimmering with restriction.

"Hmm, it’s a restriction with psychic defense!"

Ling Xiaobai sensed it slightly and immediately let out a somewhat upset whimper.

Chu Ning had a better understanding of the little one’s innate divine techniques.

He knew that apart from restrictions with immense power, those containing spiritual sense could not be penetrated by it either.

With a smile, Chu Ning said, "Little one, let me try to get us out."

As he spoke, Chu Ning stepped forward and extended his divine sense slightly on the restriction.

The next moment, he performed a series of spells that fell on the restriction.

These were the methods he had learned to break restrictions from the ancient map in the Reincarnation Ancient Cave.