Chapter 261: Sixth Rank

Ye Qingxuan arrived above the most vast lake in the inner region of the secret realm.

This lake was the location of the last remaining sixth-rank formation barrier in the inner region of the secret realm.

Looking at the seemingly calm lake, Ye Qingxuan, who was hovering in the air above it, frowned slightly.

For he had sensed more than ten exceptionally powerful auras deep within the lake.

"Roar!"

As if sensing Ye Qingxuan's arrival, a mighty roar suddenly erupted from the depths of the lake.

Immediately, the entire surface of the lake began to surge with waves.

A huge one-horned dragon head emerged from the water, its cold gaze fixed on Ye Qingxuan.

Seeing the huge one-horned dragon head that had appeared and feeling the overwhelming aura it emitted, Ye Qingxuan said with a solemn expression:

"A peak sixth-rank demonic beast, the One-Horned Sea Dragon!"

The lightning power covering the barrier instantly flowed through the entire body of the One-Horned Sea Dragon that had collided with it, emitting a series of sizzling sounds.

These One-Horned Sea Dragons, stirred into appearing, had all reached the sixth-rank level.

Facing the One-Horned Sea Dragon rushing toward him at extreme speed, Ye Qingxuan did not panic; instead, he appeared exceptionally calm.

At this moment, another mighty roar erupted from the mouth of this One-Horned Sea Dragon.

Just as the One-Horned Sea Dragon was about to collide with Ye Qingxuan.

A deep blue spiritual power surged from within the One-Horned Sea Dragon's body, constantly resisting this lightning power.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Boom!"

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"

After a brief observation, Ye Qingxuan discovered there was one late-stage sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragon, three mid-stage sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragons, and nine early-stage sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragons.

With the One-Horned Sea Dragons' collision, the originally transparent barrier instantly manifested, with strands of lightning power appearing on its surface.

This peak sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragon directly crashed into a previously transparent barrier.

Clearly, this lake was the location where the Starlight Sect raised One-Horned Sea Dragons.

With a "Bang!"

Its entire body suddenly leaped out of the lake. Its body, stretching over ten li, rushed toward Ye Qingxuan at extreme speed.

The tremendous commotion instantly startled the other One-Horned Sea Dragons within the lake.

One could see figures of various sizes breaking through the water surface and appearing in mid-air, all gazing at the peak sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragon that was resisting the lightning power.

"Boom! Bang! Bang!"

The two forces collided, creating a series of loud booms within the lake, causing the surrounding lake surface to continuously explode.

Besides this, there should also be many One-Horned Sea Dragons below the sixth rank hidden deep within the lake.

Facing the lightning power sweeping over its entire body, the One-Horned Sea Dragon roared to the sky, and its own power began to erupt at full force.

Accompanied by the final loud boom, after the wind and waves calmed down.

The deep blue spiritual power belonging to that One-Horned Sea Dragon had already dimmed somewhat.

However, after this peak sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragon withstood the lightning power triggered by the formation barrier, it had not suffered much damage.

It had only sustained some trivial, minor injuries.

"Roar!"

After consuming most of its spiritual power.

This peak sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragon let out a low growl.

Leading the more than ten sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragons that had just appeared, it returned to the depths of the lake and vanished.

Ye Qingxuan did not pay attention to where this group of One-Horned Sea Dragons went.

At this moment, he was investigating the formation patterns scattered throughout this lake.

What had previously seemed like an evenly matched collision.

But under Ye Qingxuan's spiritual sense investigation, the formation patterns of the barrier in this lake had already begun to slowly crack.

Moreover, the speed of this cracking had suddenly accelerated significantly under the recent collision by the One-Horned Sea Dragons.

If this continued.

Even if this One-Horned Sea Dragon did not continue to collide with the formation barrier and consume its power.

The formation barrier within this lake would completely collapse and disintegrate within three years.

By then, a group of freely moving sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragons would inevitably affect his control over the secret realm.

Especially that peak sixth-rank One-Horned Sea Dragon.

With Ye Qingxuan's current strength and reserves, he could not deal with it for the time being.

Thinking of this, after observing the formation barrier patterns within the lake for a long time, Ye Qingxuan.

Took out a large quantity of formation bases and formation materials, and began to cast spells to repair the formation bases and patterns contained within this lake.

With his current mastery of formations, he naturally could not fully repair this formation barrier whose power reached the peak sixth-rank level.

However, repairing some of the already cracked formation bases, reconnecting parts of the patterns that had begun to dissipate, and delaying the complete rupture of the formation by more than ten years.

Ye Qingxuan could still accomplish.

As long as he could completely master this secret realm during this period.

He would naturally have plenty of time to deal with this group of One-Horned Sea Dragons slowly.

After spending three months initially repairing the formation barrier within the lake.

Ye Qingxuan estimated that, under the condition that the One-Horned Sea Dragons did not actively consume the power of the formation barrier.

This array formation's restriction is estimated to last for about another twenty years.

Twenty years.

That should be enough time for him to decipher the other array formations within the secret realm and fully master this Cave Void Secret Realm.

After roughly repairing the array formation in the lake, Ye Qingxuan immediately fled toward the core area of the secret realm.

Having finished exploring the lake from before, Ye Qingxuan had already surveyed all areas of the inner ring of this Cave Void Secret Realm.

Now, only the core area remained unexplored.

Within the entire Cave Void Secret Realm,

the outer ring accounted for roughly half the area, while the inner ring accounted for about one-third.

The core area of the secret realm made up only about one-sixth of its total size.

The core area of this Cave Void Secret Realm was a mountainous region filled with countless peaks.

In this mountainous region, every peak was wreathed in dense starlight.

The starlight drifting from each peak was over a hundred times denser than that of the Starlight Mountain Ranges outside.

Viewed from high above, these starlight-wreathed mountains shone as brilliantly as a cluster of stars.

At the very center of the mountainous region in the core area stood another towering mountain overflowing with starlight.

However, this mountain was a colossal peak covering nearly twelve million square kilometers and rising nearly ten thousand kilometers high.

The starlight emitted by this towering peak was more than ten times denser than that of the other mountains.

Among the mountain range, it stood out like a crane among chickens.

To Ye Qingxuan, it felt as though the existence of this very peak was what upheld this vast Cave Void Secret Realm.

Even from outside the mountain range, Ye Qingxuan could clearly sense the immense spiritual energy surging from atop this towering peak.

It was obvious that the seventh-grade spiritual vein within this Cave Void Secret Realm

must lie within the largest mountain in the entire realm.

At that moment, Ye Qingxuan greatly wished to enter the colossal mountain at the center of the range and take a look.

He wanted to personally experience the allure that the seventh-grade spiritual energy nurtured by a seventh-grade spiritual vein held for cultivators below the Cave Void realm.

Unfortunately, the array formations and restrictions spreading across the mountainous region in the core area of this Cave Void Secret Realm made Ye Qingxuan hesitate and stop.

For the strength of the remaining array formations and restrictions in this mountainous region

had clearly reached the threshold of seventh-grade array power.

(End of this chapter)