A powerful might, like towering mountains, slammed down heavily, and the pressure on the body instantly multiplied several times; even the spirit fell into a scattered state in an instant!\ The volcano seemed to tremble violently, and as the heavy pressure descended from the sky, the protruding rocks on the edges of the mountain wall also trembled irregularly, seemingly on the verge of breaking apart at any moment. After a brief pause, the stone powder crushed by the heavy pressure poured down like rain with a 'whoosh,' making the previously hazy base of the volcano even more obscure.\ "Pff," a sweet sensation in the throat, a mouthful of fresh blood suddenly spewed out. Qing Yan, the weakest, shuddered, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his complexion slightly pale. A glance at the four men of Uncle Tian also showed somewhat serious expressions. But for some reason, the maid Xiao Qing and Du Gu Xiao Xuan were completely different, their expressions calm as if unaffected at all, just watching this powerful formation before them with a serious look, their eyes flickering, lost in thought.\ "Crack, crack, crack..."\ The sound of the lava ice layer breaking gradually intensified and thickened, until finally it became rapid and fierce, like popping corn. When the sound died out, the originally thick ice layer completely shattered under the scorching heat. The small patches of ice could not withstand the buoyancy and sank into the molten lava piece by piece, along with thick water vapor, gradually disappearing before everyone's eyes.\ The space at the bottom of the volcano gradually became clearer, visibility quickly rising, and the temperature also gradually recovered. However, although the ice layer had shattered, the extreme icy effect of the Xuemei powder had not completely disappeared. The snow ice blocks that sank into the lava were where the real power of the Xuemei powder lay, suppressing the lava from within.\ At this moment, the mystical fire lava resembled a stagnant pool of water, calm, its temperature only slightly higher, completely lacking the previous scorching intensity.\ Yet, in the face of such tranquility, no one dared to relax even a little; instead, they tensed their bodies further, their mysterious energy poised and ready to strike at any moment!\ Because everyone understood that this was just the brief calm before the storm!\ Qing Yan cautiously shifted backward, carefully holding his breath, his eyes fixed tightly on every move of the special forces.The dissipating mist also greatly increased the possibility of exposing oneself. During this critical period, one must not be careless!
"It's actually a double gate formation. Now... this is really a bit troublesome..."
The maid Xiao Qing furrowed her brow and murmured softly. Next to her, Dugu Xiaoxuan's face also suddenly changed, her eyes flickering uncertainly, seemingly lost in thought.
"What is a double gate formation?" Qingyan asked in confusion.
"Simply put, it's a double-layered formation..."
Before Xiao Qing could answer, Uncle Tian next to them interjected. After a pause, he continued in a serious voice, explaining softly:
"Formations come from the Huaxia Empire. Their long history of civilization has made their original formations extremely profound, with limitless power. The formations we have seen in the Baori Archipelago, do not think they are sophisticated; in fact, they are just some common low-level formations from the Huaxia Empire. In the Huaxia Empire, these formations are called single gate formations."
"If we are to speak of the essence of Huaxia formations, it definitely cannot be found in single gate formations! But aside from single gate formations, we have no chance of accessing other formations at all. This is because formations that can be considered the essence are completely controlled by the high-ranking officials of the Huaxia Empire and are used solely by the Huaxia military and the true rulers of the Huaxia Empire. As one of the most powerful tools for the Huaxia Empire to intimidate both internally and externally, there is naturally no way they would be shared."
"The type of formation before us is called a double gate formation, which is the only powerful formation from the essence of Huaxia formations that has ever been revealed to the public! This type of formation is a powerful weapon equipped by certain special units of the Huaxia Empire! Because of the presence of these double gate formations, the military strength of the Huaxia Empire has always been at the pinnacle of human settlements. Over the past several hundred years, most of the chaos occurring in human settlements has been dealt with by these special units of the Huaxia Empire. Because of this, the Huaxia Empire naturally became the governing power of the human race, and this position has never wavered."All double-gate formations have a very obvious characteristic: they are all composed of two formations that, through some ingenious method, combine together to create a fascinating formation reaction, unleashing a power several times greater than the original formation! Once it is actually activated, it is absolutely abnormal-level. The most glorious battle record of this double-gate formation was when a special forces unit of more than forty people besieged an Immortal Lord-level worldly strongman. After a stalemate lasting a full month, the Immortal Lord left heavily injured, signaling the complete end of that earth-shattering battle."\ Uncle Tian spoke quickly and softly, but it did not lessen the shock written across Qingyan's face, climbing heavily into his eyes!\ Qingyan had indeed encountered the Immortal Lord realm before; his new teacher Shiquan Shen was a genuine Immortal Lord strongman, and the three teachers of the Mu Palace family were all nearing the Immortal Lord level. Having experienced that kind of power that seemed capable of moving mountains and filling seas, Qingyan had no doubt that before reaching the Immortal Lord realm, he was nothing more than an ant, one without any deterrent power. Qingyan even worried that if Teacher Shiquan carelessly released his profound energy, he could easily be so severely injured as to die!\ And the more than forty special soldiers, before an Immortal Lord, were equally in a state where they could be crushed with a single pinch. In such a state, to be able to besiege an Immortal Lord and seriously injure him is enough to prove a fact: the power of this double-gate formation is absolutely abnormal-level!\ "Shh..."\ The voice of the maid Xiao Qing interrupted Qingyan's shock. She made a hush gesture, her eyes glancing in the direction of the molten magma center.\ The once mirror-like calm magma was now broken. A thin whirlpool appeared at the core of the magma, continuously drawing the magma inward, even swallowing up the remaining traces of water mist along with it as it spun.\ As time passed, the whirlpool at the center of the magma grew larger and larger, until eventually it covered nearly a quarter of the magma's surface area. The magma was being sucked in at a speed as massive and rapid as an ocean rushing backward, causing the entire surface layer of the magma to rotate continuously. The immense suction even pulled the air inside the volcano downward without pause.The sound of the wind was sharp and piercing in the ears, like wind sickles, scraping against Qingyan's cheeks until they hurt a little!
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud bang erupted from the center of the molten lava vortex. Then, accompanied by a slight tremor of the mountain, a fiery red object suddenly shot out from the molten lava vortex! And with its appearance, the temperature inside the volcano instantly soared, and a formidable aura boiled up from that fiery red object!
