Sleeping to Immortality: Getting Stronger One Nap at a Time!-Chapter 44 – Cutting off all the hair strands, Chen Changsheng was trapped in the Ancient Forbidden Zone
After dealing with the troublesome bronze armor, the Left Emperor swung his sword again, using supreme Sword Qi to break through the formation patterns of the Ancient Forbidden Zone.
"Swish!"
The once peerless formation patterns, invincible in their killing power, crumbled like tofu before the True Martial Sword.
Seeing the battle unfold like this, Chen Changsheng, hiding in the corner of the war chariot, couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.
But before he could celebrate for long, a cold snort echoed from within the black mountains.
"Hmph!"
With the sound of the snort, a long, thin strand of hair drifted in the wind.
"Ding!"
A crisp snapping sound rang out, and the treasured divine weapon of Xuanwu Nation, capable of cutting through peerless formation patterns, was effortlessly sliced in two by the hair strand.
The True Martial Sword, the Left Emperor's body, and the million-strong army of Xuanwu Nation—all were split in half.
It was as if the hair strand drifting from the black mountains was the true divine weapon.
Even with half his body severed, the Left Emperor continued to control his upper half, roaring in fury.
"Buzz!"
A massive bronze ancient hall appeared above the Left Emperor.
Taking out the bronze ancient hall obtained from the Boundless Secret Realm, a faint response echoed from within the black mountains.
The formation within the bronze ancient hall emitted a dazzling light under the Left Emperor's full force activation.
Just as the teleportation formation was about to activate, something flew out from the black mountains again.
To be precise, it was merely a golden character.
"Clang!"
The golden character struck heavily on the bronze ancient hall, causing it to tremble and turning all the flesh on the Left Emperor's body to nothingness.
Thus, the Left Emperor fell completely, and the bronze ancient hall vanished into the air along with the activation of the formation.
"Drip!"
Blood dripped from Zuo Xinghe's face, trailing down his chin.
The shattered bronze armor reassembled, glanced at Zuo Xinghe with its empty face, and then rode back into the black mountains.
Dead, everyone was dead.
The plan that exhausted the entire power of Xuanwu Nation ended in failure.
Zuo Xinghe survived not because he was strong enough, but because the taboo within the Ancient Forbidden Zone wanted to leave a survivor.
They wanted Zuo Xinghe to return alive and tell the world that the Ancient Forbidden Zone was inviolable.
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Ancient Forbidden Zone.
"Boom!"
The bronze ancient hall fell heavily to the ground, and not far away, there was another similar bronze ancient hall.
The two bronze ancient halls lay casually in the black mountains, with the Left Emperor's remains scattered on the ground like trash.
With the Left Emperor's death, the bronze ancient hall fell into the black mountains, and the Ancient Forbidden Zone returned to its tranquility.
Time flowed slowly, everything in heaven and earth changed, except the Ancient Forbidden Zone, which remained unchanged through the ages.
However, three months later, the silent Ancient Forbidden Zone stirred.
The sound of stone slabs rubbing lightly arose, and a stone coffin half-buried in the earth began to move.
A crack opened in the coffin, revealing a pair of eyes cautiously observing the surroundings.
Yes, the owner of those eyes was Chen Changsheng.
When that hair strand appeared, Chen Changsheng realized something was amiss.
Facing such an indescribable great terror, Chen Changsheng made a very "instinctive" move.
He hid inside the stone coffin left by the Immortal Lord of a Hundred Defeats and took a specially made pill, putting himself into a state of feigned death.
After repeatedly confirming there was no danger outside, Chen Changsheng cautiously emerged from the stone coffin.
"Wow!"
"So this is the terror of the Ancient Forbidden Zone?"
"This world is indeed too dangerous."
Though three months had passed, the scene from three months ago still left Chen Changsheng with lingering fear.
After expressing his feelings, Chen Changsheng began to curiously observe his surroundings.
Chen Changsheng didn't know if feigning death could fool the Ancient Forbidden Zone, but he knew he was still alive.
Since he was alive, it meant the Ancient Forbidden Zone wouldn't kill him for now.
There were many reasons he might have survived—perhaps the Ancient Forbidden Zone spared him out of respect for the Immortal Lord of a Hundred Defeats, or maybe it deemed him too weak to bother killing.
With his current cultivation, he was probably less than air in the eyes of those great terrors.
Such a weak existence, even if it accidentally entered the Ancient Forbidden Zone, wouldn't last long, so they didn't bother to act.
After observing for a full hour, Chen Changsheng still found no danger in the Ancient Forbidden Zone.
Unable to detect any danger, Chen Changsheng felt even more uneasy.
Because in the Ancient Forbidden Zone, the absence of danger was the greatest danger.
Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng rummaged through his clothes and finally pulled out a thread from the corner of his garment.
"Whoosh~"
Chen Changsheng blew gently, and the thread, light as a feather, flew from his hand into the distance.
"Swish!"
The ordinary thread vanished, and a flash of golden light appeared on the ground.
Though brief, Chen Changsheng saw it clearly.
Chen Changsheng: "..."
"Isn't this just great?"
Seeing the golden light, Chen Changsheng spun around anxiously.
Chen Changsheng had witnessed the peerless formation patterns outside the black mountains and knew he had no ability to break them.
Moreover, the ones outside were merely silver patterns, while inside the black mountains were golden patterns.
Though he wasn't sure how powerful these supreme formations were, Chen Changsheng was certain the golden patterns were far more formidable than the silver ones.
Realizing he was trapped by the supreme formations, Chen Changsheng stubbornly explored other directions.
However, the result was that Chen Changsheng was surrounded on all sides by golden patterns.
Chen Changsheng's safety wasn't due to luck or finding a gap in the formations.
It was because the golden pattern beneath him was pressed down by the bronze ancient hall.
Otherwise, the moment Chen Changsheng stepped out of the stone coffin, he would have been reduced to nothingness.
"System, what should I do in this situation? Am I going to be trapped here forever?"
In utter helplessness, Chen Changsheng turned to the System for a solution.
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"Why does the Host think he will be trapped here forever?"
"Isn't it obvious? Because these formations are too powerful!"
"Then why doesn't the Host try to comprehend these formations? Studying formations has always been your hobby."
"But these formations are too complex. With my realm, even after a thousand years, I wouldn't be able to comprehend them!"
"What about ten thousand years?"
"Does time still hold meaning for the Host?"
With these words, Chen Changsheng was momentarily stunned.
That's right!
Time held no meaning for him. If he couldn't comprehend them in a thousand years, then he'd take ten thousand years!
With his current cultivation, he couldn't claim to be very powerful, but fasting was no problem at all.
He had always been looking for a quiet and secluded place.
Could there be a place more quiet and secluded than the Ancient Forbidden Zone?
As long as the great terrors in the Ancient Forbidden Zone didn't trouble this "little bug," he could live quite freely.
Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng said with a smile.
"Thank you, System, for the reminder. Spending too much time with others, I almost forgot my own situation."
With that, Chen Changsheng happily walked towards the bronze ancient hall.
Zuo Xinghe had copied a set of the Xuanwu Pavilion's collection for him, and Chen Changsheng had long wanted to find time to read through it all.
As for comprehending the golden patterns...
He'd wait a few decades before starting; the patterns weren't going anywhere.
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