Soon, the corners of Duan Chen's mouth turned pale.
It was due to blood loss.
His eyes, however, were not swayed by his own injury, not a single trace of wavering emotion arose.
With his final step, his feet treading a dragon-like, agile stride resembling the Big Dipper, Duan Chen raised his hand, holding the Qian Huan Pandora transformed into its spear form.
With a 'bang'.
The sharp claws, mere inches from him, capable of tearing his head with a slight movement, vanished in that instant.
"It's done."
Duan Chen took a gentle step back, raising his hand to wipe his mouth.
A smear of red from the back of his hand transferred to his lips, bringing a vibrant crimson hue to his bloodless mouth, making it look exceptionally striking.
It was at this very moment that the church suddenly collapsed, as if the power supporting its existence had completely vanished without a trace.
Looking at the church, now reduced to ruins, Duan Chen did not let down his guard.
With a flick of his wrist, a detector appeared in his hand.
This detector could not pinpoint the peculiar nature of this place, but it could detect the presence of anomalies. A false 'beep' would sound if no anomalies were detected.
However, if there were no anomalies, there would be no sound.
He very cautiously scanned the entire sector, from the inside out, with the detector.
Only when the detector remained silent did Duan Chen relax.
It was understandable that he was so vigilant, given how unique the anomalies here were.
When Duan Chen returned, Bai Ye and Wang Zihao were still in their original positions, having barely moved.
Or rather, the two of them dared not to leave on their own, for fear of encountering even more deadly dangers.
Seeing Duan Chen walk back, a hint of relief flickered across Bai Ye's face.
"You're back. Is the church cleared?"
Duan Chen nodded.
"Nothing much to report from there. Did you figure anything out?"
The remaining half of the sentence, he directed at Wang Zihao.
Wang Zihao nodded vigorously, a glint of relieved light flashing in his eyes.
"Instructor, it's a good thing we didn't take it upon ourselves to erase the lines here, meaning the markings on these formations. I've just deduced from the ancient texts that these markings require a special method to be disrupted."
Disrupted?
To be frank, Duan Chen was not optimistic.
The so-called disruption was too much of a last resort.
This was not the solution Duan Chen desired.
But at present, there was no better solution.
He asked Wang Zihao, "Did you deduce what the best special method is?"
Wang Zihao replied, "Of course."
If he hadn't even deduced this, wouldn't he have been idling here for nothing?
Bai Ye, who was idling: ...
Regarding the special disruption method for this place, a trace of worry crossed Wang Zihao's face.
He said, "It requires blood."
"This formation was activated by blood, and it must be disrupted by blood."
"The only difference is that activation requires fierce flames and blood, while disruption requires ice and blood."
This was what made him feel troubled.
Because among them, no one possessed ice-attribute abilities.
"Are you worried about this?"
Hearing that Wang Zihao was concerned about this, Duan Chen actually felt relieved.
Without revealing his own abilities, he directly asked, "How do we deactivate this formation? Tell me the method you've deduced, and I'll handle it."
Wang Zihao had an almost inherent faith in Duan Chen.
Hearing Duan Chen say this, he didn't hesitate and directly transmitted the method he had deduced into Duan Chen's mind.
It had to be said that his ancient texts were indeed very flexible and convenient in some aspects.
At the very least, Duan Chen could easily and quickly understand the special method required.
A flicker of calmness and surprise crossed his eyes.
The calmness was because he was accustomed to these Apostles always using various formations.
The surprise was because he hadn't expected this formation to also possess a special summoning function.
However, regardless of what functions this formation had, it would be destroyed directly now.
Duan Chen would not hold back.
It had to be said that his luck was exceptionally good; the school ground that had been unearthed was one of the central points that could be used for formation disruption.
The other central points were the church and the villa, as well as the BJD doll museum he hadn't had time to explore, and a small red restaurant.
Including this place, there were five in total.
Forming a pentagram.
But now, the benefactor's schemes here would be utterly annihilated.
From the information Wang Zihao had transmitted to him, Duan Chen understood that once these formations were destroyed, they could not be re-covered.
In other words, if he destroyed this place now, it would be permanently abandoned.
However...
Was there really only one such place?
Shaking his head, Duan Chen dismissed the thoughts from his mind.
He didn't intend to dwell on these matters any further.
He walked to the center of the formation's school ground, squatting down in the middle of what appeared to be an irregular isosceles trapezoid.
The aura of ice permeated around him, and instantly, ice flowers bloomed one after another around him, emitting a chilling aura.
It was as if winter had arrived in an instant.
An icy blue mist also materialized at that very moment.
The two men waiting by the shore, Bai Ye's eyes were calm.
He felt that even if Duan Chen transformed into a Godzilla monster, he wouldn't be surprised.
After all, this pervert was someone he would likely never be able to defeat in his lifetime.
Wang Zihao, on the other hand, was still in a state of shock. He hadn't expected his instructor to be so formidable.
Just how many special abilities did Duan Chen possess?
Even replication shouldn't be without limits, it was too monstrous.
The icy blue mist instantly seeped into the earth's veins, clinging to the outlined formation.
Duan Chen cut his wrist, and drop by drop, his blood fell onto the formation and the icy blue mist.
Dyeing the icy blue mist a blood-red.
He pressed down with his hand, and in that instant, all three present felt a series of earth-shattering tremors.
They also heard sounds like ice shattering.
*Crack, crack.*
"No!!!!"
From not far away, indistinct wails could be heard.
Duan Chen's expression remained unchanged as he increased the force.
*Bang!*
After a violent tremor.
Raindrops suddenly began to fall from the sky.