The ancient region was filled with a desolate aura. The sky was dusky and space was still in an unstable state with spatial cracks spreading out from time to time.
Mu Chen and the rest stood on a hill as they looked at this ancient space that attracted the attention of countless experts in the Greatlaw Continent.
Beyond the hills was a vast expanse of land. In the distance, one could see mountain after mountain rising from the ground. On those mountain peaks, one could vaguely see some ancient palaces.
If one looked further, one would be able to vaguely see stone islands floating in the sky. However, those stone islands showed signs of being barren.
This space seemed to have been silent for tens of thousands of years.
Mu Chen looked at this barren space and gently sniffed before exchanging a glance with Jiu You and Lin Jing. Their faces were a little grave because they could sense the remnant aura in this region.
Those auras were so thin that they couldn't be sensed and only those with keen senses could vaguely sense them. Although those auras were so thin that they couldn't be sensed, they still made Mu Chen and the rest feel an indescribable pressure.
One could imagine that there must be many terrifying experts here in the ancient times that could shake the heavens and earth with a single thought. It was so much so that even after tens of thousands of years, their remnant auras still couldn't dissipate, making others feel pressured.
"Truly worthy of the Ancient Haven Palace."
Mu Chen sighed in his heart before looking at the Profound Black Sovereign and smiled. "I wonder if anyone has any suggestions?
If not, why don't we take a look?
According to my estimations, this should only be the outermost region of the Ancient Haven Palace. "
The Profound Black Sovereign clearly knew little about the Ancient Haven Palace. It was so much so that he didn't even know where he was right now. So when he heard Mu Chen's question, he felt a little awkward and coughed before nodding his head.
The rest naturally had no objections as well.
All of them nodded their heads.
When Mu Chen saw their response, he did not speak any further. He determined the direction and flew out.
He flew towards the palaces on the distant mountains.
Behind him, the others hurriedly followed.
Flying in the air, Mu Chen and the others lowered their heads and looked around. Their expressions turned cold.
Countless bottomless, pitch-black abysses had appeared on the ground. Those abysses split the earth and vaguely looked somewhat hideous.
These abysses were not formed naturally. Instead, they were created by an extremely intense battle. Clearly, a world-shaking battle had erupted here during the ancient times.
Ruins of ancient cities could occasionally be seen on the ground, but all of them had been completely destroyed without exception.
Therefore, Mu Chen and the others didn't drop their probes.
By the time Mu Chen's group arrived at those mountain peaks at full speed, an hour had already passed. When they landed on a mountain peak, they discovered that there were some figures descending from some of the mountain peaks in the distance.
It was obvious that those figures belonged to other forces.
However, it would be impulsive to make a move without clearly investigating the situation in this place. Therefore, everyone was on guard from afar and probed each other, minding their own business.
Mu Chen retracted his gaze and looked at the ruins of a palace.
Looking at the ruins of a great hall in front of him, he could see some skeletons outside the great hall. These skeletons all looked like they were looking at the sky.
The skeleton-like face seemed to be frozen with horror, as if something terrifying had fallen from the sky.
"This should be one of the defensive points of the Ancient Haven Palace."
Mu Chen stood where he was and raised his head to look at the sky with a solemn expression. If he had guessed correctly.
If he had guessed correctly, the Fiend Clans must have descended from here and started to attack the Ancient Haven Palace and the Greatlaw Continent...
The defensive points of the Ancient Haven Palace were instantly destroyed. It was so much so that the guards didn't even have the time to escape before they were killed.
Mu Chen briefly looked at it before he squatted down and looked at the speck of light in the palm of the skeleton. He gently opened it and revealed a bronze plaque.
Grabbing onto the bronze plaque, he saw the ancient carvings of a heavenly palace with an azure wolf vaguely visible on it.
"Azure Wolf Plaque?"
Mu Chen looked at the bronze plate. Just when he was about to flip it over to take a closer look, the bronze plate cracked and shattered, turning into dust that drifted away.
Mu Chen was briefly stunned before he looked at the other skeletons and saw a bronze plaque in each of their hands. However, those plaques were engraved with a white wolf rune.
"It should be something that represents their status." Jiu You said from the side.
Mu Chen nodded his head. From the skeletons, he could tell that the owner of the Azure Wolf Plaque should be stronger when he was alive, while the White Wolf Plaques were more ordinary.
After all, the clues here were limited. After the rest of the people searched for a while, they all shook their heads, indicating that they did not find anything else.
However, Mu Chen wasn't disappointed. On the contrary, he raised his head and looked into the distance with a smile. "Looks like we're on the right track."
In his sight, there were undulating mountain ranges with no end in sight. However, he could vaguely see layers of ancient palaces in the distance.
"Let's go."
Mu Chen did not waste any time and immediately left. Thereafter, he increased his speed as he headed towards the depths of the mountain range. In that direction, he seemed to have sensed some Spiritual Energy ripples.
As Mu Chen and the rest increased their speed, the mountain range constantly whistled beneath their feet. Thereafter, they started to see floating islands in the distant sky.
Evidently, they were getting closer to the real Ancient Haven Palace.
Whoosh!
A group of people rapidly flew past. However, just when they were about to step into a certain region, Mu Chen's pupils suddenly narrowed as the hairs on his body stood up. His figure immediately came to a stop as he barked, "Stop!"
Jiu You, Lin Jing and the rest immediately stopped as well. Only an Initial Phase Ninth Grade Sovereign was caught by surprise and charged forth.
Boom!
Mu Chen swiftly stretched his hand out and grabbed onto that Initial Phase Ninth Grade Sovereign's shoulder, forcefully stopping that Initial Phase Ninth Grade Sovereign from moving.
That Initial Phase Ninth Grade Sovereign's body had turned stiff with fear on his face as he looked half an inch in front of him. There were strands of Spiritual Energy in the void. Those strands of light seemed to be void, but if one were to take a closer look, they would realise that they had actually covered the entire sky.
The strands of light weren't eye-catching, but for some reason, they made everyone feel a chill in their hearts, as if they would be destroyed the moment they came in contact with it.
Mu Chen slowly pulled that Ninth Grade Sovereign back and briefly pondered, before retrieving a spear and tossed it out.
Sizzle!
When the spear came in contact with those strands of light, it was instantly sliced into pieces before the spear trembled and turned into sparkles of light that disappeared.
Hiss.
When everyone saw this scene, they couldn't help inhaling a mouthful of chilled air. That spear was clearly a Middle Rank Divine Artifact, so the sturdiness of it was self-evident. But it was destroyed so easily.
If they were to collide with it, even a Ninth Grade Sovereign wouldn't be able to escape death.
"How terrifying …" Ling Jing exclaimed, as if he was a little scared.
The rescued Ninth Grade Sovereign's face was covered in cold sweat as he looked at Mu Chen with gratitude in his eyes. If he was a step slower, he would have been sliced into sparkles of light like that spear. Even his Sovereign Sea might not be left behind.
"This is a Spiritual Array …"
Mu Chen stared at the densely packed strands of Spiritual Energy before him as his expression changed.
That's because he had already realised that those strands of Spiritual Energy were linking together, emanating a familiar fluctuation. Furthermore, the fluctuation was so powerful that it made his scalp numb.
This Spiritual Array was at least at the Scholar Grade, so even an Earth Sovereign would have a headache when facing it.
"What should we do?"
The Profound Black Sovereign's face was pale as he asked. If it wasn't for Mu Chen's timely discovery, they would have probably suffered heavy casualties.
"Find the entrance."
Mu Chen calmly said. According to his estimations, this Spiritual Array should be the Protective Spiritual Array of the Ancient Haven Palace. Since that's the case, then there should be a path for the disciples guarding outside.
Everyone nodded their heads. The range of this Spiritual Array seemed to be boundless. If they couldn't find the entrance, then they wouldn't be able to take a step in.
With a target in mind, the group carefully flew down along the boundary of the Spiritual Array and started their search.
While Mu Chen and the rest were searching, this region became more bustling with endless whooshing sounds coming from the distance as countless streaks of light swiftly approached.
However, just as those glowing figures approached, miserable shrieks quickly rang out. A few reckless people had directly collided with the Spiritual Array, before exploding into specks of light that blotted the skies, before dissipating, causing innumerable terrified shrieks to ring out.
Thus, this region became a little chaotic. But very quickly, everyone noticed something and they immediately retreated, not daring to approach the Spiritual Array. At the same time, they started to search for the entrance.
Under the search of so many people, roughly half an hour later, Mu Chen and the rest had sensed some commotion and swiftly made their way over, before landing on a massive rock.
There were streaks of light constantly flying over in this region, since they had clearly heard the commotion.
In just ten-odd minutes, this region was filled with densely packed silhouettes.
Mu Chen swept his gaze over and squinted his eyes. That's because he could sense some shocking Spiritual Energy fluctuations coming from those silhouettes. Those fluctuations were even stronger than Xia Hong's.
Right now, this place could be considered as a gathering of geniuses.
As he thought about it, Mu Chen shifted his gaze up ahead. On the peak of the mountain, there was a massive stone gate. The stone gate was ancient, with countless profound runes engraved on it. On the stone gate, there were three ancient words that could be vaguely seen.
"That's …"
Mu Chen looked at the ancient words on the stone gate and squinted his eyes.
Dragon Ascension Gate?
(To be continued.)