Chapter 288: Chapter 288 Collapse of the Sands!

"Master, run, the spiritual power here is too chaotic!"

Lu Chen hadn’t moved yet when he heard the urgent cry of the spear spirit in his mind.

"Run!"

Only then did Lu Chen snap back to reality and look up at the top of the palace.

The yellow sand above had all transformed into earth spirit power at this moment, its dark yellow color allowing Lu Chen to see straight through it, even to the gray, murky sky outside!

Lu Chen thought to himself this was not good, if all this yellow sand turned into earth spirit power, it would not be so bad if the palace simply collapsed, but it would be disastrous if the formation within exploded!

When that happened, the resulting spiral power turbulence would be something he feared he could not withstand!

Earth spirit power wouldn’t strike Lu Chen, but the impact from a formation’s self-destruction was unpredictable, and he did not dare to take the risk, hastily tossing his long spear and sprinting upward, leaping onto it!

"Spear spirit, quick!"

Lu Chen shouted softly, frantically controlling spiritual power beneath his feet, he still couldn’t control the direction, but the spear spirit could!

In an instant, Lu Chen squeezed out through a narrow crack and wasn’t blocked by the earth spirit power.

But the turbulent flow brought on by the wildly rushing earth spirit power nearly swept Lu Chen away.

Luckily, Lu Chen and the spear spirit reacted very quickly, and after they burst out of the underground palace and onto the ground, Lu Chen saw an incredible scene!

This place was originally just a small sandpit.

But now, as far as the eye could see, there were countless sandpits of various sizes, with quicksand constantly pouring down into them!

The closer to the bottom, the more the quicksand would turn into earth spirit power, flowing into the palace.

Lu Chen dared not touch the ground, standing on his long spear, he decided to ascend higher to avoid the influence of this earth spirit power.

But the higher he flew, the more frightened Lu Chen became!

The area affected by the palace’s formation was incredibly vast, and as such, countless sandpits behaved in the same manner.

Before his eyes, he saw several adjacent pits merge into one!

This meant that some of the cracks at the top of the palace had collapsed, merging into a larger channel!

At the same time, he also saw many beasts struggling to climb out of the pits, as well as martial artists and qi refinement cultivators falling into them, never to climb out again, as they were pulled into the palace by earth spirit power!

Lu Chen took a deep breath, his gaze intently searching; he feared that among these people might be Qin Yaotiao!

Although Qin Yaotiao was also at the Foundation Establishment Stage and could fly with artifact control, Lu Chen still worried about her lack of experience.

Fortunately, even after the sand of dozens of miles had collapsed, Lu Chen hadn’t seen Qin Yaotiao, which greatly eased his mind.

An entire swath of sand vanished without a trace, revealing the top of the palace riddled with gaping holes.

Every so often, more of that gray-yellow earth spirit power would surge out from within.

Some martial artists and cultivators who were lucky or arrived later perched on the edge of the palace, their eyes occasionally flashing with greed.

They believed there must be supreme treasures beneath here.

Lu Chen was well aware of this but did not dissuade them.

The principle that fortune comes with risks deeply ingrained in people’s hearts was not something he could change.

They had completely forgotten the latter half of the saying, fortunes are also lost amidst risks!

Those who dared to venture into the Abyss and pass through that luminous gate had to be prepared for this.

With so many people vying for treasure, why should you be the one to obtain it?

And by what means could you survive after acquiring the treasure?

Therefore, Lu Chen had not directly taken the tortoise shell earlier, precisely because he feared such a situation!

But now, why had such a dramatic change occurred?

Such a vast sandpit, with all its sand transformed into earth spirit power, was now funneling into the palace.

If the palace remained undestroyed and the formation unexploded, then there must be something extremely terrifying inside!

Recalling the tree demon he encountered in the wood-element deficient formation, Lu Chen couldn’t help but prepare for the worst.

"Master, be careful!"

Just as Lu Chen was fully concentrating on an enormous hole, the spear spirit suddenly yelled a warning, obviously sensing something!

Before Lu Chen could recover his wits, countless waves of earth spirit power burst forth from the holes!

Those martial artists and cultivators who stood not far from the edge, eager to try their luck, were immediately swept into the tumult!

Fortunately, Lu Chen was flying high in the sky and the spear spirit’s warning timely; he quickly controlled spiritual power and diagonally flew upward and away from the palace’s range!

He intended to fly high and far, as far away from the place as possible!

But just as he turned around, a green-faced, fanged turtle head with blood-red eyes stretched out from that gigantic hole, its neck extremely long, chasing after Lu Chen as it reached out and snapped its jaws at him!

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