"There's a person there!"
One of Li Nan's men saw the dried corpse and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Yang Tian frowned and said, "Everyone, don't go near it. I'll go take a look."
With that, he slowly walked toward the purple cauldron.
When Yang Tian saw the dried corpse of a human, he felt very uncomfortable. His instincts told him that this dried corpse was very dangerous.
Even if it was a powerful ultra beast, their flesh and blood would have been completely corroded by time, leaving only hard bones. But a human's flesh and blood was left behind. This was obviously something unusual.
Yang Tian's caution made Li Nan and the others nervous.
Everything here was too powerful and mysterious. It was as if there was an irresistible shadow hanging over their heads.
Yang Tian held his two swords and slowly walked toward the dried corpse under the purple cauldron.
"Bang … Bang … Bang …"
As he walked, Yang Tian purposely took heavy steps.
Doing this was nothing more than acting rashly and alerting the enemy.
As expected, Yang Tian's instincts were right. When he stopped about twenty meters away from the giant cauldron, the dried corpse finally began to change.
It was like an inflated leather bag, quickly expanding.
"Chi ~"
"Peng ~"
How could Yang Tian let it completely change before making his move?
When he saw the dried corpse change, he raised his sword and slashed!
Blue Sword's invisible sword Qi and Red Sword Fifteen's blue sword Qi slashed at the dried corpse almost at the same time.
What surprised Yang Tian was that the dried corpse wasn't as hard as he thought. Under the two sword Qi, it actually exploded.
Boom!
"Buzz …"
Suddenly, dense buzzing noises came from the flying pieces of the corpses.
After the dried corpse shattered, a group of purple bugs appeared in front of Yang Tian's eyes.
Yang Tian was shocked and immediately retreated. At the same time, he shouted to Li Nan and the others, "Run!"
Li Nan and the others were stunned. They turned and ran in the direction they came from.
As soon as Li Nan and the other three moved, a series of 'xiu xiu xiu' sounds were heard.
Among the swarm of insects, dozens of insects turned into streaks of purple light and rushed towards Li Nan and the others.
The remaining insects suddenly spread out and surrounded Yang Tian who was retreating quickly.
Yang Tian was the closest to the mummy, and the purple bugs were extremely fast. Thousands of bugs surrounded Yang Tian.
When the insects appeared, Yang Tian released his mental power to protect himself. Thousands of purple insects were blocked three meters away from Yang Tian.
At this moment, Yang Tian was finally able to clearly see the shape of the purple insect.
Each purple bug was the size of a finger. Their bodies were very similar to bees, and their heads were oval.
There were no large compound eyes on the insect's head. Instead, there were dense purple spots. It was unclear whether they were eyes or mouthparts. There were only four legs under its abdomen. They looked like four steel needles.
These insects did not have wings like bees. It was their oval tail that made the vibrating sound. It was unknown how they flew.
It seemed that the mummy from before was really just a bag of skin. The inside of it was filled with these insects.
"Ah ~"
Suddenly, a blood-curdling scream was heard.
Yang Tian turned around and saw one of Li Nan's subordinates being chased by a purple insect. These insects were not small creatures for humans. But when they touched the man's arm, they immediately drilled into the skin.
A strong-willed man actually couldn't bear the pain and screamed out loud.
At this moment, it could be seen that the man's arm was drying up at an extremely fast speed.
Li Nan's reaction was very fast. Unknowingly, a machete appeared in his hand. With one slash, he cut off the man's arm and pulled him into the yellow mist.
The purple insects seemed to be afraid of the yellow mist. When they saw Li Nan and the others enter the yellow mist, they did not chase after them. They immediately returned and flew towards Yang Tian.
After being surrounded by thousands of purple insects, Yang Tian had stopped.
Although these insects were powerful, they were blocked by his spiritual power and could not get close to him.
However, Yang Tian's spiritual power was being consumed at an extremely fast speed.
Being surrounded by thousands of insects buzzing, the Little Blue Dragon's eyes showed an annoyed expression. It opened its mouth and spat out a dragon flame.
The dragon flame easily passed through Yang Tian's spiritual defense and covered hundreds of insects.
Something that surprised Yang Tian and the Little Blue Dragon happened.
Facing the Little Blue Dragon's high temperature dragon flame, these insects did not dodge and allowed the dragon flame to cover them.
At the same time, their bodies released an even brighter purple light.
When the Little Blue Dragon's dragon flame disappeared, these insects that were burned by the dragon flame were not affected at all.
Seeing this situation, the Little Blue Dragon was extremely depressed. In the previous universe, the Little Blue Dragon's dragon flame was simply invincible. But now, it seemed to have no effect on many things.
In fact, the Little Blue Dragon also understood that this was because it was not strong enough.
As long as it advanced one more level, its dragon flame would undergo a qualitative change.
"Tch ~"
Seeing that the Little Blue Dragon's high temperature dragon flame did not have any effect on these strange insects, Yang Tian waved his blue sword and slashed out a ray of sword aura.
A series of "poof poof poof" sounds were heard. The insects that were hit by the sword aura made contact with the sword aura and made a series of clashing sounds.
However, after these insects were slashed away, they quickly flew back.
The bodies of these insects were actually so strong!
In his surprise, Yang Tian once again waved his red sword Fifteenth.
If these insects had spiritual bodies, Fifteenth's sword aura should have dealt a fatal blow to them.
However, the result was the same as before. Even Fifteenth's sword aura did not have any effect on them.
How was he going to destroy these insects with such tough bodies?
Yang Tian thought about it and had to use the last method he could use, which was the Black Hole Chain.
With a thought, a black hole with a diameter of a few meters suddenly appeared around Yang Tian.
The black hole released a powerful suction force. Although the thousands of insects flew quickly, they were not very strong. In a few blinks of an eye, they were all sucked into the black hole and then entered Yang Tian's energy world.
After the thousands of insects entered Yang Tian's energy world, they became confused and scattered, flying everywhere.
Coming to the territory that Yang Tian completely controlled, how could Yang Tian let them live? With a thought, the force in the energy world turned into thousands of Little Blue Dragons and swallowed all the purple insects into their stomachs.
These Little Blue Dragons were all energy bodies controlled by Yang Tian's thoughts. The purple insects could not destroy such energy bodies. Under the erosion of the force, their bodies began to slowly melt.
When the first purple insect was completely corroded, Yang Tian discovered that these purple insects did not have spiritual bodies.
Even a small ant had a spiritual body, but it was extremely weak. However, there was no spiritual body in the bodies of these powerful insects.
This was a very unusual thing.
Then, these insects were very likely a type of … mechanical body made of living cells!
In his original world, Yang Tian had heard that scientists directly used all kinds of living cells, like assembling machines, to create living things that could move on their own.
These living things were called biological mechanical bodies.
In Yang Tian's original world, the creation of such living things was strictly prohibited. To cultivators, they might not have any destructive power, but to most ordinary humans, if these living things were to spread, it would be a disaster.
The apocalyptic world Yang Tian was born in was most likely caused by this.
To be able to create biological mechanical bodies that even cultivators could not kill, it was obvious that the one who created these insects was a powerful cultivator, or some other highly intelligent life form.
Yang Tian already hated the Sacrificial Cauldron. Now that he encountered these biological mechanical bodies, it made Yang Tian hate and loathe the guy who created this place even more.
If a capable intelligent life form abused their ability, then it would be a devastating disaster for the weak.
At this time, Yang Tian finally understood what the mysterious black-robed old man was doing.
Perhaps the existence of this group of people was to eliminate the 'inequality' in this world, so that the order of the world would not go out of control.
"Yang Tian, what are these insects?"
Li Nan's voice suddenly rang out.
Yang Tian came back to his senses, and found that Li Nan and his three subordinates had already arrived at his side.
Li Nan and the others, who were at the edge of the yellow mist, clearly saw the situation just now.
These purple insects were too strange. If Yang Tian had not destroyed them, they could only hide in the yellow mist, unable to leave.
"These insects were created …"
Yang Tian could only give a simple answer to Li Nan's question.
The purple cauldron was still as sturdy as the previous four cauldrons. There were many scratches, claw marks, and weapon marks on the cauldron. In addition, there was a large amount of beast bones around it, and even a human skeleton. This made Yang Tian guess that they might not be the first group to arrive here.
It seemed that those people from before, at their wit's end, had launched a crazy attack on the purple cauldron. In the end, the purple cauldron was fine, but the mechanism of the great formation was activated. In the end, all the cultivators and powerful beasts who came here died here …
The previous four cauldrons had no signs of being cut, and the dragon bones in the cauldrons were still intact. As Yang Tian expected, when he jumped on top of the purple cauldron, he saw that there were no dragon bones in the cauldron, only some bone powder.
With the fifth cauldron, the path calculated by the strange program was even more complete.
There were still four cauldrons that had not been seen, but the diagram was almost complete.
The five cauldrons formed a circle.
Looking at the distance between the five cauldrons, the strange program calculated that there were eight cauldrons in the outer circle, and the ninth cauldron was most likely in the center.
And this cauldron was most likely … the five-colored cauldron.
Yang Tian made up his mind and went straight for the five-colored cauldron.
Because it was very likely that the five-colored cauldron was the center of the great formation.
The strange program quickly calculated the path to the center.
Then, Yang Tian used the World Tree leaf to open the path just like before.
More than an hour later, Yang Tian, Li Nan, and the others walked out of the yellow mist, and their eyes lit up.
What appeared in front of them was a vast plain.
It could also be said that it was a grassland.
The ground was no longer covered in yellow bricks, but lush green grass and sparse short trees that emitted fluorescent light.
Seeing such an environment, Li Nan and his three subordinates were pleasantly surprised.
A place where plants grew was definitely suitable for humans to live.
Because plants needed water and all kinds of nutrients, the more types of plants there were, the more livable the environment was.
Li Nan and the others looked at the green grass under their feet, and there were no less than ten types.
"This … is really a good place!"
After staring blankly for a long time, Li Nan finally let out a sigh.
Yang Tian said with a smile, "Whether or not it's a good place is still not certain!
We haven't reached the five-colored cauldron yet, so we'll know when the time comes. "
Yang Tian's words made Li Nan and the others calm down. Thinking of their previous experience, they remembered that this was actually a strange and dangerous place.
If not for Yang Tian's arrival this time, they would very likely still be trapped in the yellow mist.
If they encountered beast bones in the yellow mist, perhaps even their spiritual bodies would be swallowed up.
At this time, a rough map of this island already appeared in Yang Tian's mind.
At the edge of the island was a circle of yellow mist. In the yellow mist, there were eight cauldrons. With the cauldrons as the center, there was a large open area without any yellow mist. In the center of the island was the largest open grassland.
… …
After walking into the grassland and passing through the short trees for about five to six hours, Yang Tian and the others finally saw a huge yellow pillar of smoke that extended a thousand meters above their heads.
"What's that?"
Li Nan couldn't help but exclaim after seeing the huge pillar of smoke ahead.
Seeing this yellow pillar of smoke, Yang Tian knew that they had finally arrived at the place they wanted to reach. He said with a smile, "Now I know how that yellow mist is produced."
After saying that, Yang Tian quickened his pace.
At this time, the further they went, the more sparse the grass on the ground became. In the end, it was all yellow sand.
Although they could see the yellow pillar of smoke, Yang Tian and the others still walked for about half an hour. It wasn't until they reached a hundred meter tall yellow sand dune that they could clearly see the situation ahead.
In front of them, surrounded by sand balls, stood a hundred meter tall cauldron with a diameter of over a hundred meters.
Compared to the five cauldrons that Yang Tian saw before, this was a true giant cauldron.
Huge pillars of yellow smoke were constantly gushing out of the cauldron, spreading out in all directions at a height of a thousand meters.
From a distance, the body of the giant cauldron looked like it was pieced together by colored fragments, as if it was draped in a Daoist's kasaya.
Seeing this scene, Yang Tian came back to his senses after a long time. He said to the still dazed Li Nan, "Elder Li Nan, since you know about the Nine Cauldron Sacrifice, then do you know what is going on?"
Li Nan came back to his senses and shook his head with a frown.
"Then you guys stay here. I'll go take a look with Xiao Long."
After Yang Tian finished speaking, the Little Blue Dragon transformed into a huge dragon. Yang Tian immediately jumped onto the Little Blue Dragon's back. The Little Blue Dragon swung its tail and carried Yang Tian towards the giant cauldron.
The mystery of this great formation was finally about to be solved.