The Legend of the Demon Hunter

Xiao Zhu's premonition was wrong. The three of them flew for another five days but still hadn't reached their destination. Wherever they went, all they saw was white snowfields.

The white snow reflects the sunlight and is very disturbing to the eyes. After flying and observing in such an environment for several days, Xiao Zhu felt pain in his eyes. If this continues for a long time, it may cause irreversible damage to his eyes.

"Look, what is that!" Xiaoya suddenly shouted, pointing towards the distance.

Xiao Zhu and Ying looked in the direction of Xiaoya's finger, and there seemed to be a wisp of smoke rising in the distant sky.

Seeing the smoke, Xiao Zhu suddenly became excited. Seeing the smoke from such a far distance meant that the smoke was very huge and it was most likely the volcano they had been thinking about this trip!

As the saying goes: "If you run too fast to see the mountain, you will die." It took Xiao Zhu and his group half a day to fly to the place where the smoke was rising.

When they got closer, they found that there was not just one volcano, but a large group of volcanoes.

More than a dozen volcanoes stretch over dozens of miles. The mountains are covered with black volcanic rocks. Looking from the air, they look like a scar on the white Buluolan snowfield.

"Is this our destination?" Xiao Zhu looked at the scene in front of him, somewhat incredulous.

Ying was also lost in thought, as the situation before him was beyond his expectations.

"Brother Zhu, look, there seems to be someone there." Xiaoya pointed to the southwest direction of the volcanic group and said. Xiao Zhu looked in the direction of her finger and saw a flash of light from a magic weapon.

"Let's go and take a look!" Xiao Zhu controlled the Tanlang Sword and chased in the direction where the light disappeared.

But when the three arrived at that location, there was no one on the ground, and no signs of artificial excavation could be seen on the surface of the volcano, as if this was an ancient primitive landform.

The three searched for a long time but did not find any traces of human activity, which made them feel a little helpless. Could it be that this was not the destination they were looking for?

But Xiao Zhu clearly saw the figure that had just appeared and the light emitted by his magic weapon. Not only did he see it, but Ying and Xiaoya also saw it. How could this be explained?

The three of them circled around a few hills and returned to the place where they first saw the figure. Xiao Zhu suddenly felt that something was wrong. He stared at a spot halfway up the mountain, his hand touching his chin as he fell into deep thought.

"Brother Zhu, did you find anything?" Xiaoya noticed Xiaozhu's abnormality. Hearing her question, Ying also looked at Xiaozhu.

"It seems like something is wrong..." Xiao Zhu said to himself.

"Brother Xiao, what did you say?" Ying also asked.

Xiao Zhu looked at Ying and Xiao Ya, pointed to the hillside not far away, and said, "Look there, do you two feel anything is wrong?"

The two looked in the direction of Xiao Zhu's finger and saw that it was a hillside made of solidified black volcanic rock. There was a small patch of snow on the hillside that had not yet melted, and nothing else.

"Brother Zhu, are you referring to the hillside with snow?" Xiaoya asked.

"Yes." Xiao Zhu nodded.

"But, there is nothing there except a small patch of snow!" Xiaoya said puzzled.

"The problem lies in the snow. You have also felt that the temperature in this volcanic area is extremely high. Even if there has just been a snowstorm, it will melt quickly. There are black volcanic rocks all around, so why is there only a piece of snow there?" Xiao Zhu said as he thought.

"Ah? What does Brother Zhu mean?" Xiaoya was still a little confused.

"I guess there is most likely a formation there that isolates the surrounding heat, which is why the snow doesn't melt." Xiao Zhu speculated.

"So that's how it is..." Xiaoya suddenly realized.

"Let's go and take a look!" Under the leadership of Xiao Zhu, the three came to this snowy area.

For Xiao Zhu, who has psychic blood, destroying a piece of terrain is a piece of cake. He released the earth-type spiritual power, and the hillside suddenly became full of flying sand and rocks. A large pit about a meter deep was dug out on the ground. At this time, a blue formation emerged, and the formation was tightly attached to the terrain. Xiao Zhu could no longer dig.

Seeing this blue formation, Xiao Zhu and the other two were all surprised. Ying exclaimed, "So the secret is hidden here. Thanks to Brother Xiao for his keen observation."

"But what should we do with this formation?" Xiaoya said with a frown.

"Let's try to see if we can break this formation!" Xiao Zhu suggested.

In the next two hours, the three tried various methods but failed to unlock the blue formation. Seeing that success was within reach, the three were blocked by a formation. How could they be willing to accept this?

The three of them sat on the ground tiredly, continuing to think about whether there were any solutions they had not thought of yet.

Xiao Zhu suddenly thought of Gu Chuan, the gloomy and scheming boy who had used a pen and a scroll to solve the formation they encountered in the Embers. If he were here, maybe there would be a way! In the battle of Nuowan College, Gu Chuan was taken away by Dean Ruqing. For five years, Chu Enze tried all kinds of ways, but he could not find any trace of the two.

Time passed by minute by minute, Xiao Zhu's patience was completely worn out, and he became a little exasperated.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to kill yourself?" Ying saw Xiao Zhu take out the Greedy Wolf Sword and walk towards the formation aggressively, and hurriedly stood up to stop him. He knew that a powerful formation might have a backlash ability, and once it was violently destroyed, it would immediately counterattack the invader, such as the Demon Slaying Formation in Nuowan City.

But the next moment, Xiao Zhu, Ying and Xiao Ya were all attracted by the unexpected scene before them, and they stared at the Tanlang Sword in Xiao Zhu's hand in amazement.

Ever since this broken sword followed Xiao Zhu, Xiao Zhu only valued its toughness, and it had never shown any spirituality. Until today, it seemed to have received an ancient call, as if it had awakened from a long sleep, and spontaneously emitted a blue light that had never appeared before.

"Oh my God! What is this?" Xiaoya covered her pretty mouth in surprise.

The Greedy Wolf Sword flew out of Xiao Zhu's hand, hovering above the blue formation, spinning gently. Xiao Zhu was about to grab the Greedy Wolf Sword, but he found a circular barrier blocking him, which just wrapped the blue formation.

"Don't move, it's the formation key!" Ying grabbed Xiao Zhu's arm, and he finally understood what was happening in front of him.

"Formation key?" Xiao Zhu was a little confused.

"Well, when we were at Nuowan College, the teacher at Yunling Academy once talked about the array key. That is to say, some powerful arrays will set up an array key when casting a spell, which is used to unlock the array. But this ancient method has been lost. I didn't expect to encounter it here." Ying replied.

As he spoke, a black sword-shaped hole appeared in the blue magic circle. The Greedy Wolf Sword seemed to be attracted and fell into the hole. The size of the Greedy Wolf Sword was exactly the same as the hole. The moment it landed, the blue magic circle emitted a bright light, then flashed a few times and disappeared.

The Tanlang Sword flew back to Xiao Zhu again, fell to the ground with a clang, and returned to its dark and inconspicuous appearance.

A cave appeared at the original location of the magic circle, with a staircase leading into the darkness deep in the cave.