After several days and nights of uninterrupted reconnaissance and hiding, the team finally gained a relatively clear outline of the Shadow Snake Pavilion is activities in the depths of Black Wind Mountain Range.
They were currently hiding in a narrow rock crevice at a high point, concealed by huge demonic vines.
Below was a relatively open valley.
In the center of the valley, a cluster of menacing buildings built along the mountainside was vaguely visible.
There, demonic energy soared to the heavens, far exceeding any other place they had passed.
It was precisely the final source Xiaoqi is jade pendant sensed, and the frequent coming and going of patrol teams the Shadow Snake Pavilion is stronghold here.
Or rather, where the main formation eye of the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Formation was located.
Outside the stronghold, there were not only visible sentries and hidden pitfalls, but occasionally patrol teams riding black bone birds would glide overhead.
The ground was covered by an invisible energy field with a cautionary aura, obviously arranged with clever warning formations.
To infiltrate unnoticed would be extremely difficult.
Inside the rock crevice, the atmosphere was solemn.
Everyone sat in a circle.
In the middle was spread a topographic map roughly sketched by Mu Qingfeng based on memory and observation.
The situation is even more tricky than expected.
Mu Qingfeng pointed to several marked points on the map.
The east, south, and west all have visible and hidden guard posts.
The north is a cliff, but it has powerful anti-flight prohibitions and sensing formations.
Conventional infiltration routes are almost completely blocked.
Liu Yun is gaze was cold, fixed on that building cluster: Forced entry is the worst option.
Once exposed, we will be surrounded in an instant.
There is absolutely no chance of survival.
We must find weak points in the warning formations, or utilize the gaps in their patrols.
Second Senior Brother Luo Feng scratched his messy hair, staring at his several detection artifacts flickering with faint light, muttering: The energy fluctuations in the warning formations are very uniform.
There are almost no obvious weak points.
However I noticed that during their patrol transitions, there is approximately an incense stick is window at the Zi hour and Mao hour, and the aerial patrol frequency also decreases at those times.
This might be the only opportunity.
An incense stick is time.
What can that accomplish?
Even taking a leak is not enough.
Zhao Tiezhu smacked his lips.
For us, it is enough.
Liu Yun is eyes flashed with determination.
The key is how to avoid the ground-level energy field and hidden sentries.
The continuously sensing Xiaoqi, who had been silent, raised his head at this moment.
His face was somewhat pale from continuously sensing demonic energy, but his gaze was exceptionally bright: I may have a way.
Everyone is gazes instantly focused on him.
My purification power, not only can it purify demonic energy, but it seems it can also interfere with, and even temporarily assimilate demonic energy fluctuations within a small range.
Xiaoqi explained.
This was something he had vaguely sensed when destroying the formation in the underground demon lair.
After carefully sensing the warning formations over these days, he was even more certain.
If I can get close enough, and activate purification power with all my might, I might be able to temporarily create an extremely small gap in the energy field that will not be immediately noticed.
The duration might only be a few breaths.
A few breaths of time.
This was still fighting for every second for infiltration.
A few breaths of time is enough!
Liu Yun immediately seized the key.
Senior Brother Mu Qingfeng, your proficiency in earth escape techniques is the highest.
Can you, at the instant the energy field is interfered with, use earth escape to take us all underground and pass through the outermost warning area?
Mu Qingfeng pondered for a moment, then heavily nodded: Worth a try.
But the underground might also have detection formations.
The timing must be precise, and the escape depth and speed must be strictly controlled.
The consumption will be great.
It is decided.
Liu Yun quickly finalized the infiltration plan: First, objective: Infiltrate the core stronghold.
The primary mission is to confirm the position and status of the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Formation is main formation eye and gather relevant intelligence.
The secondary mission, if opportunity permits and without exposing us, is to cause limited destruction to delay the formation is completion.
Second, timing: Tomorrow at the Mao hour.
Utilize the patrol transition window to act.
Third, steps: Xiaoqi is responsible for, at the selected infiltration point outside, activating purification power with all his might to interfere with the energy field and create a brief gap.
Senior Brother Mu Qingfeng simultaneously uses earth escape technique, wrapping the entire team and bringing us underground instantly, bypassing ground-level warnings, directly reaching the edge of the stronghold building cluster.
Fourth, after infiltration: Split into teams.
I, Senior Brother Mu Qingfeng, and Xiaoqi form one group, responsible for finding the main formation eye.
Luo Feng, Tiezhu, and the rabbit spirit form the second group, led by Luo Feng, responsible for arranging interference devices and retreat auxiliary formations in relatively safe areas, and monitoring personnel movements within the stronghold.
Fifth, retreat: Regardless of mission completion, my sword cry is the signal.
Everyone must withdraw to the predetermined meeting point within half an incense stick.
If encountering emergencies, the Minor Teleportation Talisman may be used for survival.
Break through on your own and return to Setting Sun Slope to wait.
The plan was finalized.
Everyone understood their responsibilities and the enormous risks they faced.
This was undoubtedly dancing on the edge of a blade.
Any mistake in any link could lead to disaster.
Xiaoqi clenched his fist, feeling the source of the stronghold below, emanating from his jade pendant, more powerful demonic energy fluctuations.
His heart held no fear, only a determination to finally uncover the ultimate mystery.
Night deepened.
The mournful wind of the Black Wind Mountain Range seemed to prelude the upcoming covert action.
The first half of Volume Two ended amid this tension that made people suffocate.
Tomorrow at the Mao hour, infiltration begins.
Life and death, success and failure, hang by a thread.