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After entering the palace, they realized that it was not just a building. It was simply the appearance of a small world.

The size of the area inside was much larger than what he had imagined. When he had just entered, he was immediately filled with the rich profound energy of the heaven and earth.

The main reason was that at that time, the Sky and Earth profound energy was extremely dense, and the human race was flourishing with hundreds of races. There was an endless supply of Sky and Earth profound energy, and the speed of cultivation was naturally very fast.

After going through countless years of development, most of the profound energy in the world had already been absorbed by the human race. Other than some remnants of the ancient era and some unexcavated places, it seemed that it was extremely difficult to find another place with a profound energy strength comparable to that of the ancient era.

In Qin Shaojie's words, in this era, if one wanted to become an exceptional Ranker, besides requiring one's [Inherent Skill] s, there was no lack of resources and luck. If one was lacking one, it would be difficult to reach the peak of the world of martial arts.

Feng City was able to become one of the core regions of the human race in the Primordial Era. It would not be excessive to include profound strength that had even shocked Qin Shaojie. Of course, there was a dense primordial energy mixed within this profound energy, if it was before, this primordial energy would be a great tonic for Qin Shaojie, but after coming out from the Wordless Monument, Qin Shaojie discovered that his consciousness could no longer be repaired by absorbing the primordial energy, so it was a pity for this rich primordial energy.

This kind of thing was very difficult to take away, unless one had to move the entire space away. Otherwise, these ancient auras were very beneficial for those martial artists who had been stuck in the shackles of their cultivation for a long time.

The inside of the small world was a bit complicated. When Qin Shaojie first entered, he discovered that there were more than a dozen passages and these passages were winding. When he probed into them with his divine sense, he discovered that there didn't seem to be anything special about these passages. However, what surprised Qin Shaojie was that he could not sense the auras of the people from the Qingyang Sect and the people from the Nether Sect when he first entered the caves.

With a deep breath, Qin Shaojie relied on his intuition and slowly moved closer to the interior of the cave.

His speed was rather slow, and the profound energy in his body quietly circulated at this time as well. Inside was the deepest part of the Feng City, and even though it was filled with treasures and crazed opportunities, it was probably filled with dangers as well.

After a few miles, it was still very dark inside. Other than the occasional light that leaked out from the ground, there was nothing else. However, this tunnel did not seem to be exquisite in the first place. Even though this tunnel had passed through countless years of friction, one could still sense the sharp edges of it. The narrow tunnel only allowed one person to travel through it.

He carefully walked towards the depths of the cave, and after a few minutes, he frowned. Although the light was brighter than before, for some reason, he could feel a faint heat coming from up ahead.

Although the temperature did not directly affect the current Qin Shaojie, but the deeper he went, the more he realised that the temperature was quickly rising. Compared to the outside world, it was at least ten degrees or more higher, and even Qin Shaojie could feel the discomfort from the heat.

Moreover, this heat wave was like a tidal wave that swept over. Under this rhythm, one could vaguely sense a powerful force whistling over from the very end of the passageway.

A few minutes later, the temperature had already made Qin Shaojie's body feel extremely uncomfortable, and he had no choice but to summon his profound energy to protect himself. Only under these circumstances did the unbearable feeling of the heat wave's invasion gradually disappear. However, Qin Shaojie could also clearly feel that the temperature of the surrounding cliff was boiling hot, it was obvious that the heat wave did not appear overnight, it seemed to exist constantly.

Magma fire?

Finally, when he was about to reach the end of the tunnel, what appeared before his eyes right after Qin Shaojie's eyebrows was not a blinding light, but a source of light that could burn one's eyes. The light source was no other than a gushing lava!

He had never expected that there would be such an underground magma in the deepest parts of the palace. The appearance of magma was either the eruption of an active volcano, or it was directed straight to the center of the earth. It was obvious that this place was not a volcano. Presumably, the expert from Feng City had used a powerful technique to pierce through this place and the core of the earth, drawing out the magma.

When they neared the end of the passageway, they were truly able to feel the terrifying melting power contained within the magma. Even the protective profound energy barrier was constantly swaying at this moment.

The profound energy in his body was being consumed at an extremely fast rate. If the weaker warriors were to die here, they would not be able to hold on for long, and once the profound energy was exhausted, they would be roasted alive. This kind of death was quite cruel.

After walking to the end of the passage, the blazing temperature directly formed a flame ball in the air. That kind of raging feeling made Qin Shaojie have no choice but to be more careful.

At this moment, he also discovered that at the end of this cave entrance was a huge circular pit that was approximately a thousand feet deep, causing one to feel slightly dizzy when looking at it. Within these three hundred feet, all that flowed was boiling lava. It seemed to be due to the temperature of the lava, as if it could shoot out lava that was even higher than its own height. It felt like boiling water.

He sucked in a breath of cold air. If he was careless and fell down, he would definitely not even have bones left. Qin Shaojie even felt that if he was struck by the surging lava, even if he didn't die, he would at least be severely injured. This magma could instantly penetrate a martial artist's mystical Qi defense and cause great harm to their body.

The moment he thought about the smell of the lava, Qin Shaojie's entire body shivered. He did not know who had thought of what it could be used for.

It seemed like there could only be one person.

At this time, Qin Shaojie also noticed that there was a circular shaped hole not too far away from him. It should be the ones he saw previously.

Nineteen holes should have been planned by the three great sects long ago.

If his guess was correct, this place was not only filled with nineteen empty holes, it should have been twenty-three. After all, twenty-two of them were revealed in front of Qin Shaojie right now, so it was likely that someone had blocked the exit passage.

If that was the case, it could only be said that his luck was good enough and he chose an entrance that others temporarily did not have a choice to enter. However, the three great sects definitely had ways to identify and mark each other. Otherwise, the small space that would only allow one person to stand would not allow two people to stand here at the same time.

This time, Xiao Qi didn't leave a mark on him, most likely because she couldn't. The three great sects had a fixed method of internal identification. If Xiao Qi left an imprint and the other sects found out, it would be a passive and troublesome matter.

Looks like I have to think of a way to quickly get rid of that disciple of the White Night Sect later. I hope it's not hard. Qin Shaojie naturally saw that at every hole, there were shadows moving around. It was obvious that everyone had already reached there, but no one moved. One reason was that White Night Sect had not arrived yet, and another reason was that they were most likely waiting for something.

Of course, the best method for Qin Shaojie was that no one would appear here. This time, there were nineteen holes, but White Night Sect and the others all had disciples who died, so there would be two openings.

As long as he was somewhat lucky, he would be able to avoid taking action at this moment.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

The magma below them continued to splash out with a low and terrifying sound, as if they were trying to reap all their lives. Even Qin Shaojie couldn't help but take a step back and lean towards the cave, if this thing were to really splash on his body, it wouldn't be good for him to be injured before it even started.

The people inside the cave didn't say anything. On the contrary, they just quietly stayed in their respective caves.

After taking in a deep breath, Qin Shaojie also went deeper into the cave, and then slowly released his divine sense to sense the changes that occurred in this place.

At this distance, not only was he able to see the ripples in the lava at the end of the cave as well as the fluctuations in the crowd's profound strength, he was also able to sense to the greatest extent if there was anyone approaching from within his hole.

However, no matter what, Qin Shaojie was completely prepared. If someone were to really come, then he would be seeking death with one move when he was caught off guard!

Otherwise, if he was exposed here, there would be no retreat!

Did he come?

Not long after, Qin Shaojie was also stunned. Under the perception of his spiritual sense, some movement came from a distance behind him at this moment!