Chapter 1426 - 1425: Divine Palace Altar

Chapter 1426: Chapter 1425: Divine Palace Altar

Swish!

Ling Chen’s figure was the first to rush into the open temple, and the moment his body entered the temple, he could clearly feel an extremely ancient aura rushing towards him, a feeling as if he had returned to a thousand years ago...

At the moment of entering this ancient temple, the first thing that greeted his eyes was the towering maze-like giant passages with complex branching paths, and on both sides of those passages were many tightly closed stone chambers, the contents of which were unknown to anyone.

Ling Chen glanced at those complex passages, and quickly his eyes locked onto one of them. He knew that while there might be many treasures in other places within the shrine’s main hall, he had no mind to care about them at the moment. Getting to the core area of the shrine as quickly as possible and obtaining the Divine Sword Cloud Cluster was of utmost importance.

As Ling Chen and a few others charged out, there were immediately sounds of gusts of wind behind them, with figures rushing into the Thunder Temple like locusts, breaking the millennium-long tranquility.

Even the extremely ferocious Demon Snake could not withstand such a direct attack from so many powerful intruders. The obstacle that previously seemed almost insurmountable has now been completely overcome!

However, those who managed to enter here clearly all possess excellent strength, top figures from various families and shrines. There are still many strong individuals being held back outside the temple, having no chance to break in.

Having lost the earlier opportunity, it would inevitably be difficult to enter again later. It took a collective effort of so many to send this wave of people inside. Unless one is a High-level Saint, it would be impossible to cross the Demon Snake’s barrier alone.

As a large number of powerful individuals poured in, the place suddenly grew noisy, with the intruders greedily eyeing the channels leading to various places in the temple, then swiftly moving to sweep through the ancient rooms and secret chambers.

Ling Chen didn’t linger for even half a moment and swiftly darted towards the depths of the main hall. With the guidance of the Bone Woman, he naturally did not aimlessly crash around as others did. With a clear direction, Ling Chen moved directly towards a passage leading further in and sped out at full tilt.

Using Arrow Step to swiftly traverse the passage, Ling Chen saw scenes similar to those outside every so often. Scores of corpses and remnants lay scattered, battle marks on the surrounding walls severely damaging the temple’s interior.

Everywhere were destroyed altars, candelabra, and demolished statues, all revealing a tragic undertone.

It seems that those who once attacked the Ise Shrine broke through the outside Earth Fire areas and the black Demon Snake’s defense, forcing their way into the temple’s interior.

This area is already the heart of the Ise Shrine.

With even this place breached, it is unmistakable that the disaster that once befell the Ise Shrine was truly catastrophic.

Speeding straight towards the target, Ling Chen traversed many unnecessary places, and in about ten minutes, they finally arrived at an exceptionally spacious hall.

Though the hall was wooden, it was constructed using Yingzhou’s special ironwood, towering a hundred feet tall and extremely majestic.

This hall is the most magnificent within the Ise Shrine.

Whoosh!

Ling Chen paused only for a moment, his body unwaveringly moving forward, toes tapping the stone steps as he soared upwards like a great roc, crossing the steps in a few leaps to land within the grand hall.

The hall was extraordinary in its vastness, appearing to be around ten thousand feet wide. Standing within, one seemed as insignificant as an ant, the grandeur inspiring involuntary awe.

Along the hall’s sides were two rows of sculptures of priests and shrine maidens, with various demon and ghost god motifs, emitting an overwhelming aura seemingly from ancient times, all carved into the walls.

"Master, look at the altar over there!"

As Ling Chen examined the hall’s interior, Hong Ye’s voice, mixed with surprise, rang out.

Following the voice, Ling Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly. In his view, there was indeed an exceptionally ancient silver circular altar, upon which were placed spheres of light. Within those spheres, faintly visible were scrolls, treasures, weapons, and other items, all emanating fairly strong pulses.

All were Sacred Objects-level treasures.

No wonder the outsiders are so fanatically charging into the temple—this hall within indeed represents the essence of the entire Ise Shrine!

Ling Chen nodded, about to speak when his heart stirred, hearing suddenly a surge of rushing wind behind him. Following that, Ling Chen saw hidden weapons streaking towards the spheres of light on the altar, hitting them like extinguishing candle flames and breaking each sphere open.

As the spheres dissipated, the treasures within fully revealed themselves.

Ling Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly, and the treasures offered above the altar were fully displayed: an ancient copper mirror, a Samurai Sword, a string of Prayer Beads, several scrolls, all exuding formidable waves of energy.

"Eight-foot Mirror, Famous Sword Chidori, God Demon Prayer Beads..."

Hong Ye identified the treasures offered on the altar one by one, her beautiful eyes quickly revealing a touch of astonishment. Evidently, even she did not expect such an array of exotic treasures to be enshrined here!

These items, each one, were extremely famous treasures in Yingzhou’s history. It’s shocking that they appeared here all at once, evoking immense awe.

However, Ling Chen’s gaze almost skimmed past these treasures, landing at the center position among all the treasures, where a faint black mist shrouded it. However, Ling Chen possessed Golden True Eyes; with a mere flashing glance, he penetrated the black mist. Underneath the mist, there was indeed a treasure sword, entirely black, its blade snakelike, straightly embedded on the altar.

The sword’s appearance was unobtrusive, even somewhat ugly, akin to the lowest grade iron swords from a blacksmith shop, lacking any alluring features. But among the surrounding so-called exotic treasures of Yingzhou, all defer to this sword, as if a master-servant relationship existed, all submitting before this sword. ℯℯ𝑙.

Seeing this scene, a glint of light suddenly flashed in Ling Chen’s eyes. Needless to say, he knew that this sword was the very target of their journey to Ise Shrine – the Divine Sword "Tian Congyun"!