Chapter 5045

“Mr. Tianci is right. I was just lucky that Miss Mo saved me.”

Kai smiled obsequiously.

“Brother Tianci, can you open this stone door?” Mo Qingyun asked.

“Of course. A mere stone door can’t stop me!” Tianci replied with a cold smile.

He approached the door without saying another word. Suddenly, a short black blade appeared in his hand.

Ding!

A flash of cold light struck the stone door—but it remained completely unchanged.

Then, a terrifying force burst forth. Tianci couldn’t dodge in time and was blasted back a hundred feet.

Everyone was stunned by the sight.

Even Tianci couldn’t move the stone door!

Kai studied the runes carefully. They were unusual. When the force rebounded, the runes had shifted as if alive, radiating a terrifying energy.

His expression grew serious. Clearly, this relic would not be easy to explore.

Tianci, shocked and embarrassed, walked back with a dark expression. He placed his hand lightly on the door, but it didn’t react.

“It seems the formation on this door is extremely strong. We’ll need Elder Tong from Tianyuan Pavilion. He has studied formations,” Tianci said calmly.

Kai remained silent. Truthfully, if given enough time, he could break the formation himself. Though complex, it wasn’t beyond his ability to locate the formation’s core and dismantle it.

However, as someone only at the first level of the Scattered Immortal Realm, he couldn’t afford to reveal too much strength.

If Tianci found out he had formation skills at this level, he would become a target.

For now, Kai had to play the role of a weakling to lower Tianci’s guard.

That way, if there was treasure hidden within the relic, Kai could claim it by surprise.
But if Tianci became wary of Kai, things would not go smoothly.

Tianci took out a token and crushed it with force.

As he crushed the token, a drop of blood was expelled from his fingertip. The blood drifted into the air, gradually spreading into a mist.

Soon, the void within the blood mist began to tremble.

An elderly man with white hair slowly emerged from the mist and stepped forward.

This was Elder Tong of Tianyuan Pavilion.

“Tianci, what’s so urgent? I was in the middle of a chess game with the Pavilion Master,” Elder Tong said.

“Elder Tong, I came here to explore these ruins, but there’s a formation on this stone door that I can’t break,” Tianci explained. “I know you’re skilled in formation arts, so I wanted to ask for your help in opening it.”

Tianci’s tone was noticeably more respectful than usual—none of his usual arrogance remained.

Elder Tong gave a slight nod, then walked toward the stone door and began carefully examining the runes etched into it.

With a wave of his hand, a glowing screen appeared. All the runes on the stone door were instantly projected onto the screen.

As Elder Tong moved his fingers continuously, the runes on the screen began to shift and rearrange themselves.

Kai recognized at once that Elder Tong was searching for the formation’s core.

To break such an ancient formation by force would require tremendous power. But if the core could be located, dismantling it would become far easier.

Kai observed silently, intrigued by Elder Tong’s method of identifying the formation’s center.

“This formation is truly difficult,” Elder Tong muttered with a frown as the light screen gradually faded.

Suddenly, above the stone door, a circular pattern of light and shadow began to spin. A mysterious energy seemed to be gathering within it.