The center of the formation.
These five characters struck directly into Duan Chen’s heart.
When the sea demon priest died, Duan Chen had already sensed something was wrong, but he couldn’t figure out what that wrongness was.
It was precisely because Prince Hao was knowledgeable and possessed the ability of ancient texts, which contained knowledge from astronomy to geography, that he instantly discovered what had happened here.
He almost desperately mobilized his dwindling spiritual power, opened his ancient texts, and his fingers flew across them, searching.
“Instructor, but this is not good. If I remember correctly, this is the center of the formation.”
Prince Hao was sweating profusely.
“We don’t have much time left, but fortunately, the instructor has also, by chance, destroyed one of the links here.”
Duan Chen furrowed his brow.
“What exactly is going on? Explain it to me first.”
Prince Hao suppressed the excitement and unease in his heart, parted his lips, and began to speak.
“I only noticed it just now, when this true center died, by keenly capturing some overflowing spiritual power.”
He pointed to the air where something like paper ash had already vanished, almost losing its trace.
Prince Hao’s expression was extremely somber.
“This is a particularly insidious formation.”
“There are a total of nine layers, but there are another nine layers.”
“It is called the Nine Heavens Three Rivers Formation.”
“One nine encloses another nine. There are a total of nine true formation centers, and nine false formation centers. However, to break this formation, one must unlock all the true formation centers, and not destroy more than three false formation centers.”
Prince Hao looked at Duan Chen with difficulty, almost unable to breathe. “Instructor, before you came to find me, did you kill any monsters?”
“A very unique one.”
Duan Chen had already recalled what he had done without Prince Hao having to say anything.
He grunted in annoyance and hit the wall beside him.
Seeing his reaction, Prince Hao knew what had happened, and his face turned a little pale.
“How many did you kill?”
Duan Chen managed to calm his emotions and held up one finger.
“Only one, don’t worry.”
Prince Hao immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
“Fortunately, fortunately. Instructor, the most important thing for us now is not to investigate information here, but to find the other dispersed people and prevent them from destroying the false formation centers here.”
Duan Chen also knew the seriousness of the matter and what needed to be done now.
He nodded and pointed.
“The two of them are now to the east and west. You go to one side, and I will go to the other.”
Just as Prince Hao was about to nod, he suddenly remembered where Tian Xi Meng had gone, and his expression instantly became stiff.
“Then who will go find Tian Xi Meng?”
Seeing his expression, Duan Chen also remembered where Tian Xi Meng had gone.
He felt a pang of awkwardness, but at this moment, he still volunteered.
“Then I’ll go to the girls’ dormitory.”
After all, this was an emergency, and he could only be presumptuous.
Moreover, there probably weren’t many living people left in this school.
Duan Chen sighed in his heart.
He immediately split up with Prince Hao, not delaying each other, not wasting time, and quickly ran towards his assigned target.
Fearing he would be too late.
Duan Chen was actually not too worried about Tian Xi Meng’s side, because, although Tian Xi Meng’s abilities leaned towards combat and she seemed unapproachable, Duan Chen had some guesses and understanding of her abilities.
Her combat ability was not one of strong offense, but rather focused on attrition and wearing down the enemy. Therefore, if nothing unexpected happened, Tian Xi Meng shouldn’t have killed any anomalies yet.
Conversely, if Prince Hao went to find Long Yi, given Long Yi’s temper and the destructive nature of his abilities, he was likely in grave danger.
Duan Chen’s analysis was completely accurate.
Prince Hao rushed to find Long Yi, fearing that any delay would lead to irreversible problems.
However, when he saw Long Yi, he realized he was already too late.
In front of Long Yi, a massive figure crashed to the ground, engulfed in raging flames. Crackling.
The air was filled with the smell of rubber and fresh meat being roasted together.
“No!!!”
Prince Hao cried out in anguish, stumbled, and almost fell to the ground.
He looked like a character from an animated cartoon who had lost all hope, turning pale grey, with two wide streams of tears flowing down his cheeks.
Long Yi was startled by the sudden roar from behind him and almost instinctively threw a fireball. Fortunately, he recognized who the voice belonged to.
He turned around and saw Prince Hao.
Long Yi was about to speak when he suddenly remembered what Duan Chen had told him before.
He immediately became vigilant.
He even sneered at the corner of his mouth.
“As expected, although I don’t get along well with the instructor, sometimes what the instructor says is really not wrong. You anomalies are truly audacious to actually transform into the appearance of a companion to deceive me.”
Prince Hao: ???
He explained speechlessly, “I’m not an anomaly, I’m Prince…”
He stopped midway, suddenly realizing that before they entered this university town, Duan Chen had warned them to treat any companion they met as a stranger and never to trust them.
At this moment, Prince Hao suddenly felt that hope was even further away from him, and he was completely dumbfounded.
Long Yi curled his lip dismissively, “Go on, why don’t you continue? You’re a prince, then I’m a princess, pfft, then I’m a king.”
He directly raised his hand and cast a fireball.
“Get lost, damn anomaly.”
“I really am not!” Prince Hao helplessly materialized his ancient texts and dodged the fireball rushing towards him.
Long Yi’s eyes widened in surprise.
“I didn’t expect the anomalies here to be so novel as to be able to imitate the abilities of my companions.”
“As expected, they are particularly troublesome.”
Prince Hao: …
He suddenly didn’t know what to say.
And at this moment, he suddenly began to doubt.
Was the Long Yi in front of him the real Long Yi?
Should he stay here, or go find the real Long Yi?
Would the real Long Yi be so disobedient?
Suddenly, the atmosphere became tense and anxious.