Against The Heavens 139 Xiang Hong's 71St Prison.

It didn't take long for them to reach the dungeon, the knocked open door that led down into the ground. Li Yang's expression sank somewhat when he arrived there, the dried up bones and skin had vanished completely, only a few scattered footprints rus.h.i.+ng away from the area remaining. Li Yang crouched by the footprints, tracing them with his finger.

"They're only about as long as one and a half of my fingers, there probably wasn't enough energy here for it to regenerate to its normal size. I'm fairly certain there were no more drops of slime when we left, so the most likely spot is..."

Li Yang's voice trailed off as his gaze landed on the steps that led down into the earth. They had never gotten to explore the dungeon so they had no idea what was actually down there. Li Yang heard some rustling behind him as Fang Ying and the others caught up, turning around to look at Tian Zheng while pointing at the dungeon.

"Did you ever investigate what was down there?"

Li Yang's eyes were uncharacteristically serious as he spoke, his crimson pupils piercing directly into Tian Zheng. If more of those Void Born were able to escape and reach their planet, then there was no telling what might happen. Not only was there a chance that Fang Ying and Zhao Feng could die, the reincarnations of Bai Yawen and Ye Ning, as well as the other people he cared about, all of them might die. Tian Zheng's mouth twisted slightly, Li Yang didn't even need to hear his answer to know what it would be.

"I didn't. The Void Born was already up here feasting when I arrived, I never got to go down there."

Li Yang clicked his tongue and turned around again, his sword appearing in his grasp as he started to descend down into the darkness. The stone stairs were cut into perfect rectangles, the edges so sharp that they could cut flesh if one was careless. They seemed to be practically untouched by the hands of time, still releasing a gleam and a faint warmth. The Void Born should have stepped on them to leave the dungeon, but there wasn't a trace of decay on them, not even a single chip or crack.

Li Yang traced the walls with his left hand as he walked, a crimson sun floating above him and illuminating the area around him. The walls were somewhat coa.r.s.e and sharp to the touch, almost like the hide of a shark, they were also covered in minute runes, each one about as large as an ant's leg. The runes likely gathered together into a complex image, but thanks to their minute size the image basically covered the walls in such a manner that one couldn't see it. Li Yang considered himself pretty darn good with arrays, but even he had to admit that he had never seen any runes like this, he couldn't even recognize the smallest line.

The stone stairs continued downwards for so long that it took two minutes just to finally reach the bottom and arrive in a slightly arched hallway that was about four meters tall and two meters wide. The earthen brown hallway went on for about four hundred meters before it ended in another metal door, this one blown open even worse than the other one, it was practically torn in two by the force of the attack.

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Li Yang moved over to the door with quick steps and inspected the dent that appeared when the door was blown open, his expression sinking when he saw it. The dent was about four times as large as his head, the Void Born he had fought would not be able to produce such a large dent. Li Yang stepped over the shattered door and entered the main part of the dungeon, his expression turning somewhat grim.

The dungeon was far larger than he first expected, a cursory glance caused him to guess that it was likely about a hundred or so kilometers wide and long. Square blocks that were about two meters wide and long were neatly lined up as far as the eye could see, some of the ones further away being somewhat larger. Each of the blocks was covered in intricate runes that seemed to form an orb-shaped ocean.

Li Yang turned around to inspect the area around the door and saw that some of the runes right next to the door had a slight crack going over them, a few torn Tian clan robes spread in front of the runes. Li Yang touched the cracks, a few metal shards cutting his finger and causing him to mutter.

"Door must have closed behind them, resulting in them attacking it to force it open. Their attacks must have cracked the runes and weakened the array enough to allow some of the things trapped here to escape. Everything probably went to h.e.l.l after that."

Arrays were finicky and delicate things, it was their main drawback, the slightest change or deviation and the entire thing could fall apart. Li Yang turned around again and swept the square blocks with narrowed eyes, about 99% of them had a small portion broken off, just large enough for someone to escape from them.

Li Yang walked a bit further forward, to the block closest to the door. This block was one of the few that was still intact, but that wasn't the reason that Li Yang walked up to it, he stepped up to it to read the writing that had been carved into it using smooth strokes.

'This is the 71st prison for the Parasites created by I, Xiang Hong, it is my deepest desires that none shall ever lay their eyes on it and see the horrors sealed within.'

Li Yang's expression became something of a grimace after he finished reading the words. This was just the 71st prison, there was no telling just how many more Void Born there were sealed in the other prisons, just how many more bombs like this one there might be hiding outside. Even worse, there was no telling just where all these escaped Void Born had gone, where they might be hiding.

Li Yang lowered his gaze slightly, looking at the hand that was holding his sword. It was trembling slightly, the blade thrumming in response. Li Yang's lips curled up slightly, a fire burning in his eyes. How many years had it been since he last felt something like this, this fear and excitement? He felt like he returned to his earliest days of cultivation, when he was just a wandering cultivator challenging others to a battle. He heard Tian Zheng and the others enter the room, turning to look over his shoulder as he spoke.

"What is it they usually say in a situation like this? Look at the h.e.l.l that you hath wrought?"