Peking Opera Cat: I Became A Zi's Brother

The moment you pass through the dark passage, a scorching air wave accompanied by a red light rushes towards you.

"Wow!"

Bai Tang's pupils suddenly contracted - the inner city of Dazong in front of him seemed like a molten gold fortress suspended in flames.

Nine crimson floating islands are arranged in a ring, with a rainbow bridge made of liquid flames flowing between the islands. The flames surge and jump on the bridge surface, illuminating the entire space like a sky dyed by sunset.

The densely packed buildings are made entirely of crimson crystals, and the outer walls are carved with spiral patterns. Whenever a breeze blows, those patterns will ignite with faint blue flames.

Crisscrossing lava rivers run through the entire city, with boiling magma surging in the rivers and the splashing sparks turning into golden spots.

At the top of the central tower in the distance, a huge flame core slowly rotated, releasing a red light that flickered like a heartbeat, giving the entire city a life-like rhythm.

Countless bronze lampstands engraved with runes floated in the air, their wicks burning with eternal purple flames, their lights interwoven into a fiery network.

Farther up on the city wall, a fiery crimson barrier swirled like a seething heatwave. Within, warriors could vaguely be seen practicing their moves. Every punch and kick sent ripples of crimson rhyme energy condensing into flaming totems in the air. The entire city was ablaze with the wildness and power of flames, the air thick with the scent of sulfur and the scorching ripples of rhyme energy.

"This...this is too shocking!"

White sugar opened its mouth wide, and its tail exploded into a ball of fluff in excitement.

"I finally entered the real fighting sect!"

He rushed forward impatiently, but with a "bang" he hit the invisible barrier and the whole cat was bounced out.

"what is this?!"

He jumped up while rubbing his head, waving his claws at the empty space in front of him.

"There's clearly nothing here, why are you blocking me?!"

"!"

Mo Zi stepped forward quickly, waving his ice fan lightly towards the void.

Fine ripples appeared where her fingertips touched, and a translucent barrier spread out like a solidified heat wave, reflecting her vigilant reflection:

"It's a barrier, and..."

Her brows were furrowed, and white mist rose the moment the ice fan in her palm touched the barrier.

"The rhythmic fluctuations are mixed with a chaotic aura."

All the cats turned their gazes towards Wu Song.

Wu Song's ears pressed back nervously, his claws digging into the ground unconsciously, the sparks igniting a faint blue flame on his armor:

"Don't look at me! I've been away for so long, even the outer city has changed drastically, not to mention the inner city barrier!"

He stared at the faint runes in the barrier, and the scenes of fighting in his childhood overlapped and shattered with the scene before him.

"These rune arrangements...are not at all the formations I've learned."

Wu Song stared at the twisted runes in the barrier, and a low muffled sound came from his throat:

"let me try!"

His fur was covered with crimson flames, and his sharp claws, condensed with scorching rhythmic energy, slammed heavily into the barrier.

However, at the moment of contact, a violent recoil force surged like a tide. With a "bang", Wu Song's entire cat flew backwards and hit the rock wall behind him heavily, with broken stones falling down.

"Wusong!"

Xiaoqing wrapped her sleeves around his waist in time and pulled up her partner who was covered in smoke.

Wu Song shook his head, sparks still emitting from the tips of his ears:

"Something's wrong... The rhythmic energy fluctuations of this barrier... It feels like a tampered Dazong secret technique."

Bai Tang squatted in front of the barrier, wagging his tail irritably:

"A strong attack won't work, and we don't have any clues. We can't just stand here and watch!"

He reached out and poked the barrier, his fingertips shrinking from the heat as soon as they touched it.

The dark purple ice fan flipped in his palm, and the runes flowed but could not penetrate the surface of the barrier:

"The repulsiveness of this barrier is too strong. Ordinary rhythmic energy cannot penetrate it at all. Moreover, the aura of chaos has already seeped into the core. Every moment of delay increases the danger to the sect."

She looked at the molten building looming on the floating island within the barrier, her pupils shrinking slightly.

Dafei scratched his head:

"How about we split up and look for it. Maybe there's some mechanism nearby?"

"no!"

Wu Song struggled to stand up, his paws still slightly numb.

"This barrier will rebound based on the strength of the attack. Dispersing it rashly will only give Chaos an opportunity to exploit."

Xiaoqing suddenly waved her sleeves lightly, causing ripples on the surface of the barrier:

"Sister, the frequency of this barrier's vibrations... is similar to the rhythm of the chaotic roar we heard in the outer city. If we can disrupt its rhythm..."

"But we don't even know each other's weaknesses!"

Wu Song's sharp claws dug into the ground fiercely, sending up a string of sparks.

"The array-breaking techniques I learned as a child are completely ineffective against this Chaos-tainted barrier!"

Before he finished speaking, the barrier suddenly burst out with a dazzling red light, and countless fire snakes rushed out from the light, sweeping towards the Xingluo class!

The fire snake pounced on Xiaoqing with its fangs and claws bared. Xiaoqing's sleeves first turned into a water curtain, but under the high temperature, a large amount of white mist instantly evaporated.

White sugar jumped high up, and the golden light of the Justice Bell suddenly appeared:

"This must be Chaos' fault!"

Wu Song suddenly reached out to stop the cats. He stared at the surging fire patterns in the barrier, and the familiar fragments of the Dazong totem reflected in his pupils:

"Wait... the rhythm of these flames is very similar to the opening move of the Dazong City Defense Formation. This seems... to be a defensive measure!"

"Never mind whether he's Chaos!"

The sugar's tail exploded into a fluffy ball, and the light of the justice bell exploded.

"He's attacking us, everyone, defend yourself!"

He flipped over and jumped up, slashing at the fire snake in front. The golden halo collided with the red flame, and a deafening roar broke out.

At this moment, Mingyue, who had been observing silently, slowly walked forward.

Her eyes narrowed, the tips of her ears trembling slightly with the fluctuations of the barrier. She unconsciously tapped the ground, leaving tiny flame patterns:

"Wu Song might be right. Look at the trajectory of these flames. Although they are dyed dark red by the chaotic aura, the way the core rhythmic energy flows... is 70% similar to the basic formation pattern of Dazong."

She paused, her tail curled up a wisp of scattered sparks,

"It's just that this formation has clearly been distorted. The chaotic power is like a cancer forcibly grafted onto the original formation diagram."

"roll……"

The dark purple ice fan waved lightly, temporarily forcing back the approaching fire snake, and cast his gaze on the bright moon:

"So you mean that we need to remove the interference of chaos and reactivate the original array pattern?"

Mingyue did not answer immediately, but moved slowly around the barrier, her claws touching the flashing runes from time to time.

When she touched a raised flame totem, a blue flame suddenly ignited at her fingertips:

"Perhaps we should change our perspective. Since Chaos can tamper with the formation, why can't we use pure rhythmic energy to cover up these contaminants?"