The current space seems endless, empty all around, with an old, decaying atmosphere. I released all my divine sense to explore the surroundings, but couldn't determine where I was. Fortunately, based on the environment, it seemed to be inside a huge stone cave. Besides some scattered rocks under my feet, there was nothing else. I didn't find any traces of other people within a ten-mile radius. This strange place was clearly not a good one. Just now, after Ding Ruozhao removed the bronze cauldron, it triggered some powerful and formidable restriction. They were all instantly sucked into that black hole. However, Zhang Ling was certain that the black hole functioned like a teleportation array, and the teleportation distance wouldn't be too far. Moreover, it seemed to be a one-way teleportation, as there were no corresponding teleportation arrays nearby. It wouldn't be easy to leave. Still, Zhang Ling guessed that it wasn't far from Butterfly Valley, otherwise he wouldn't be standing here unharmed. He could only remain safe during short-distance teleportations. Generally speaking, teleportation within a thousand miles isn't true teleportation, but rather a rapid shift aided by the power of the array. Only distances of tens of thousands of miles can be considered true teleportation. This kind of distance can only be achieved by using teleportation arrays to break the power of space, achieving rapid teleportation. The teleportation process only takes a moment, but the spatial compression formed by breaking space is the most terrifying. Without the protection of a teleportation talisman or a Great Shift Order, even a Nascent Soul elder would die from spatial compression. This kind of long-distance teleportation array isn't suitable for construction everywhere; they seek out weak points in space to set them up. Teleportation arrays are also immovable, which is one reason why long-distance teleportation arrays are rare in the cultivation world. Most are ancient relics. Teleportation arrays within sects and other forces can only be considered extremely fast shifts, generally only spanning a few hundred miles at most. Zhang Ling thought about the situation and flipped his hand, a porcelain bottle appearing in his palm. Zhang Ling poured out two pills, swallowed them, and then patted another leather pouch on his waist. A small swarm of about a hundred earth spirit bees were released. "Go." With a thought, he commanded the earth spirit bees to explore the surroundings. Zhang Ling himself sat down cross-legged, meditating and adjusting his breathing. A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Ling stood up again. The discomfort in his body had subsided. The earth spirit bees had all returned. Under his control, these spirit insects had roughly explored the environment. This was indeed a natural cave, but it was surprisingly large. Zhang Ling thought for a moment, applied a defensive spirit talisman to his body, and headed in one direction with his flying sword. When he used the spirit insects to explore this place, he found some traces in that direction, and he wanted to investigate. He didn't want to stay in this strange place for long and wanted to find a way out as soon as possible. Just like that, he advanced cautiously for a while, and Zhang Ling arrived at an underground rift. The rift was a hundred zhang wide, and the bottom was pitch black and invisible. However, there was a two-zhang-wide stone bridge next to him, connecting the two sides. Zhang Ling stopped here for a moment, releasing all his divine sense to explore the opposite side. The environment there was no different from this side. But he could vaguely observe a large underground palace on the other side. Some places were emitting spiritual light, which seemed somewhat unusual. Zhang Ling first explored a distance along the rift on both the left and right sides, but found nothing, so he came to the stone bridge. It seemed he could only go to the other side. Such strange places generally have powerful restrictions, which forced him to be careful. Zhang Ling thought to himself, adding another layer of protection to his body before stepping onto the stone bridge towards the other side. The stone bridge under his feet seemed to be built from a whole piece of black-green stone and was quite sturdy. On both sides of the stone bridge, there was a human-shaped statue every certain distance. Using divine sense to explore, they seemed to be just ordinary stone sculptures, with no spiritual power fluctuations. Fortunately, nothing happened along the way. After crossing the stone bridge and walking a distance, he approached the group of buildings he had observed earlier. Standing in front of a collapsed pillar, Zhang Ling released all his divine sense again to carefully explore. The group of buildings in front of him was dark and oppressive, appearing even more dilapidated. Many houses and other buildings had collapsed, creating a somewhat depressing feeling. After observing the group of buildings for a while, Zhang Ling walked towards the others, but after only a few steps, Zhang Ling suddenly turned his head to look in one direction, where a burst of strong spiritual power fluctuations suddenly came. After pondering for a moment, Zhang Ling decided to go and take a look. It would be best if he could find the other people. As he got closer and closer, he saw that it was actually Ding Ruozhao fighting with three giant rock golems. Each rock golem was three to four zhang tall, with a cyan-black body, and some flashing spiritual patterns were engraved on their bodies. In addition to their huge bodies, each rock golem exuded an aura no weaker than that of a Golden Core Stage cultivator. The three rock golems had thick spiritual light on their bodies. As their cyan stone arms swung wildly, gusts of wind pressure formed in the air. At the same time, the entire bodies of the rock golems flashed with yellow light, and gusts of yellow sandstorms surged out from their chests. They formed huge wind clusters seven or eight zhang high, trapping Ding Ruozhao in place. These hurricane clusters rotated rapidly, mixed with stones of various sizes. Zhang Ling was very familiar with this kind of yellow sand hurricane. He had encountered it at the altar not long ago. It was just formed by the power of the formation at that time, but now a few rock golems could display it. Could it be a kind of puppet, or a stone beast condensed by the power of the formation? At the same time, Zhang Ling also recalled a scene he saw in a shadow stone when he talked with Ye Zimei before. Rock golems also appeared in it, but they seemed a little different from the ones besieging Ding Ruozhao now. Zhang Ling frowned, while Ding Ruozhao, who was trapped, also had amazing strength and did not fall behind, presenting an evenly matched battle. This woman burst out with powerful spiritual power fluctuations, even stronger than the average Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator. At this time, her head of silver hair was flying, and her fighting style was also sturdy. This woman had colorful ribbons floating around her to protect herself, and her hands were flying, wielding two crescent-shaped magic weapons with great skill. The two magic weapons were of the same style, both like curved wind blades, but one was silver-white, with traces of electric arcs jumping on it. One was cyan-black, and with a slight shake, it turned into a series of black wind blades. The two strange blades intersected, resounding with the sound of wind and lightning. Zhang Ling couldn't help but be secretly surprised. This woman's strength was beyond his expectations. The two strange blades were also extraordinary, one was of the wind attribute and the other was of the thunder attribute. Their attack power was much stronger than ordinary magic weapons.
