Chapter 0794 Immobilized

Chapter 0794: Immobilized

Qin Yun gazed at the enormous semi-circular structure at the center of the Forbidden Dead City, a chill running down his spine.

"I wonder if the sect leader and the others are inside?" Qin Yun had entered this barren land in search of Bao Changshou and the others.

"Qin Yun, you must be very careful! The situation here is undoubtedly complex!" Yao Fang warned.

"Sister Yao Fang, can you come out now?" Qin Yun asked.

"No, you must take care of yourself!" Yao Fang said.

With no other option, Qin Yun continued collecting the strange blood, hoping it would prove useful.

After wandering around for a while, he had gathered enough of the strange blood and had Ling Yuner control the Dark Sun to absorb it.

Now, he made his way toward the city's center—its core.

The reason the Forbidden Dead City had become what it was was due to the seal at its center.

Ling Yuner said, "Little Yun, don’t you think that massive structure ahead looks like a tomb?"

Having seen many formidable immortal tombs before, Qin Yun indeed found the resemblance striking.

"This tomb doesn’t seem as powerful as the one that sealed Sister Bingxing," Qin Yun mused.

"Could it be that Sister Bingxing’s peak strength surpassed even that Dragon Immortal Emperor’s son?" Ling Yuner chuckled.

Qin Yun pondered and suddenly realized how extraordinary Bingxing truly was. Generally, only those who were very hard to kill would be sealed away.

The fact that Bingxing had been sealed with such effort within the Cloud Dragon Mountain Range suggested she, like Xie Qirou, was hard to kill.

"Little Yun, Sister Bingxing must be hiding many secrets! Back then, many were close to Sister Qi Rou, but only Sister Bingxing was sealed away!" Ling Yuner added.

After turning invisible, Qin Yun cautiously advanced.

Bingxing undoubtedly concealed many mysteries, but overthinking it now wouldn’t help.

However, he suddenly suspected that the semi-circular structure ahead might contain something formidable sealed within.

Yao Fang had mentioned earlier that the strange blood was dragon blood—likely from the Dragon Immortal Emperor’s son, who had been slain.

Curiosity led Qin Yun to finally arrive outside the semi-circular structure.

Upon reaching it, he circled the half-dome building, sensing numerous auras, including that of Gui Yangjun.

"The sect leader and the others are here too. It seems they’ve teamed up to explore this place!"

This was something Qin Yun had anticipated.

The structure was enormous—so large that circling it took a long time, as big as a sprawling garden.

There were many entrances.

Though the semi-circular building was constructed from solid stone, it had over a hundred openings.

Qin Yun chose one of the entrances and carefully went in.

It was pitch black inside, with gusts of eerie wind.

"That madwoman Lan Suyao must be in here too!" Qin Yun thought of her and felt a surge of irritation.

As he walked through the dark passage, he suddenly shivered as a spectral wind howled around him, raising the hairs on his neck.

"Could there be ghosts inside?" Qin Yun wasn’t afraid, as he still felt relatively safe.

Exiting the passage, he arrived in a vast hall.

The hall stretched over a kilometer wide, brightly lit, with a floor that gleamed like solid gold, reflecting the dazzling light from above, which bathed the hall in golden light.

Inside the hall were thousands of people!

At a glance, Qin Yun spotted familiar faces like Jian Shitian and Bao Changshou, as well as Half-Immortal and Emperor Wu experts from the Long Family and the Profound Domain.

The power players of major sects from the mortal domains were also present.

Qin Yun was now invisible, so no one noticed him.

The group had been here for a while, but they were now trapped—locked in after stepping inside.

Qin Yun also saw Lan Suyao, along with Zi Qingcheng and Shui Tianzi behind her.

Lan Suyao commanded immense respect here, as even Gui Yangjun bowed and scraped before her. Even members of the Profound Domain and the Long Family spoke to her with hushed, reverent tones.

Meanwhile, Lan Suyao maintained a face like carved frost, her arrogance radiating off her as she treated everyone with cold indifference.

"Just who the hell is this woman?" Qin Yun suddenly realized that getting payback wouldn’t be a walk in the park.

Aside from people from the Spirit Desolate Mortal Domain, Qin Yun also noticed a group oozing demonic aura—clearly powerful figures from the Demon Desolate’s demonic factions.

Additionally, there were individuals with beast-like features, likely beastfolk or the Ancient Remnants.

Qin Yun didn’t dare get too close, keeping a distance of several hundred meters—though for these experts, that was still within striking distance.

The fact that he remained undetected at this distance was likely due to the Hidden Mystery Talisman he had refined earlier.

He overheard that shortly after these people entered, they discovered a barrier preventing them from leaving.

Qin Yun tested it himself, heading toward an exit passage, only to find he could waltz right out—no clue why!

There were many entrances outside, but all passages led to this vast, glowing heart of the hall, so the hall was surrounded by numerous openings.

The others had tried every exit but couldn’t leave!

Qin Yun tested several exits and slipped through like a shadow.

"What’s going on? Why can I leave, but they can’t?" He couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

"Could it be… because you collected those special blood samples?" Ling Yuner chuckled.

"Possibly!"

Qin Yun smirked inwardly, then cautiously moved closer to Lan Suyao’s group—though he still kept a safe distance of two hundred meters.

Lan Suyao icily addressed a horse-headed man, "You useless fools! What did you promise me earlier? That this place held many ancient legacies? And now? We’re all trapped here!"

"Lady Su Yao, please don’t be angry. We aren’t truly trapped. There are indeed many ancient legacies here—we just haven’t found the mechanism to leave yet!" said an elder with a turtle shell on his back, looking every bit the ancient tortoise.

Qin Yun saw the turtle-like elder and chuckled inwardly. He used to always call others "old tortoise," and now he had actually encountered one.

The turtle sage appeared very old and quite knowledgeable. Lan Suyao's attitude toward him was less cold and haughty than it was toward others.

"Turtle Immortal, are you really confident in leading us to the next place?" Lan Suyao asked.

"Without a doubt!" The Turtle Immortal chuckled, stroking his long beard.

At this moment, many turtle folk were crawling around on the ground, seemingly searching for something.

Qin Yun observed carefully and noticed that the turtle folk's shells were engraved with many runes—just surface-level runes, but they appeared extremely profound.

Among the Ancient Remnants in this wasteland, the strongest seemed to be these beast-hybrids.

Earlier, the people Qin Yun had seen in the city were no different from ordinary humans.

Lan Suyao, who held a lofty imperial standing, didn't seem to have any bestial traits, but Qin Yun suspected she might also be a beast-hybrid, just with her beast traits hidden more subtly.

"Xiao Yun, Lan Suyao's beast trait is in her eyes!" Ling Yuner said. "Her pair of sapphire-blue eyes is very special!"

Qin Yun was startled inwardly and agreed.

"Humans from the Spirit Barrens, do any of you understand runes?" the Turtle Immortal suddenly called out.

"Yes!" Jian Shitian and the others quickly responded.

There were quite a few Mystic Rune Masters here, all from the Jian and Long families.

"How many?" The Turtle Immortal was somewhat surprised and asked eagerly.

Soon, over a hundred Rune Masters stepped forward, including both Mystic Rune Masters and Rune Masters.

This shocked the fiendish factions and the Ancient Remnants. They hadn't expected the Spirit Barrens to have so many Rune Masters—and even Emperor Wu and Half-Immortals among them.

"Right then, I'll need all of you to carefully examine the gilded jade tiles on the ground. Some of them are engraved with runes. Once we find those tiles, I'll know how to proceed to the next place!" the Turtle Immortal said.

Upon hearing this, the group of Rune Masters immediately lowered their heads to inspect the tiles.

Qin Yun also quickly bent down to examine the gilded jade tiles.

Soon enough, a Mystic Rune Master spotted something and shouted loudly.

The Turtle Immortal scampered over comically and exclaimed joyfully upon seeing it, "Found it! We've found the passage!"

As he spoke, he lay down on the gilded jade tile, his turtle legs waving in the air, his shell touching the tile.

Swish!

The Turtle Immortal suddenly began spinning, cutting a ridiculous figure.

Soon, a fountain of golden radiance erupted from the tile beneath him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of dull booms suddenly echoed from all directions.

At the same time, a golden light welled up from beneath everyone's feet.

"What's going on? I can't move!"

"We're frozen!"

"We can only move our heads, and we can't even channel our inner energy!"

"Turtle Immortal, what are you doing? I'll turn you into turtle soup!" a crocodile-headed beastman roared.

This group could still talk and look around.

"Look over there, there's someone!" Then someone spotted Qin Yun.

Like the others, he was frozen stiff, with golden light surging beneath his feet.

"It's Qin Yun!"

"When did this guy get here?"

"Did Qin Yun come alone?"

Everyone started talking at once.

An elder from the Profound Domain shouted angrily, "Qin Yun, you are not allowed to enter this wasteland without our permission. Get the hell out of here!"

Qin Yun laughed, "Old bastard, what can you do about it now that I'm here? Is this wasteland yours? Since when do you get to tell me where I can go?"

"It's that brat who just joined the Tiger Cavalry Clan—he nearly killed our Feng Yang!" Gui Yangjun also spotted Qin Yun and said through gritted teeth.

"I'll eat him, I'll eat him, eat eat eat..." The youth named Feng Yang chanted obsessively upon seeing Qin Yun.