Chapter 657: Route Map

Five hours later, Su Che opened his eyes and sent a thought to the furnace vessel: “It’s done.”
“Really? Let me see!”
The spirit of the furnace vessel’s telepathic voice was filled with excitement and anticipation, proving that collecting rare spiritual flames was extremely important to it.
Huhuuh…
Su Che immediately released the 500 types of mutated spiritual flames of the immortal-grade. Each one was only the size of a fist. More of the same type of mutated spiritual flames existed in the three layers of the fire realm.
A small cluster of spiritual flames was just a spark, but with that spark, one could cultivate endless flames…
Vum…
The giant furnace vessel roared again, but this time, the 500 small drawers opened smoothly and absorbed all 500 types of mutated spiritual flames.
Undoubtedly, the mutated spiritual flames provided by Su Che met the furnace vessel’s spirit’s preferences.
“Really, really!”
“Great, great!”
The spirit of the furnace vessel rejoiced, like a child who had finally gotten the toy he’d long desired.
The intelligence level of this spirit made Su Che feel a sense of childish simplicity. However, it wasn’t surprising—after all, its form of existence was different from that of ordinary people. Moreover, it had been lonely here for tens of millions of years. If its intelligence wasn’t extremely peculiar, it would be quite simple. In any case, it couldn’t be normal.
Standing nearby, Meng Luo nodded secretly, quite satisfied with Su Che’s performance: He truly was extraordinary!
Lin Jiu and Guang Qi, on the other hand, felt heavy-hearted. With their wisdom, it wasn’t hard to guess that Su Che must possess the ability to create mutated spiritual flames—a truly incredible special ability.
Earlier, the 500 types of spiritual flames given to him by the furnace vessel were quite rare, and both Lin Jiu and Guang Qi could identify their names and attributes. But the 500 types of spiritual flames Su Che returned to the furnace vessel now, none of them recognized.
“Mutated spiritual flames!”
Lin Jiu transmitted to Guang Qi, “That brat must have used those 500 ordinary spiritual flames earlier to create 500 types of mutated spiritual flames…”
“Yes,”
Guang Qi replied in a low voice, “He specializes in the fire element. He’s probably a genius extremely rare in the field of fire… It’s a pity that neither of us is of the fire element. It’s not realistic to try to take away his fire-related talents!”
“It doesn’t matter!”

Lin Jiu’s gaze held a hint of madness and cruelty: “All I want is his opportunities and fortune. As for his innate skills, let them go to hell!”
At the same time, the spirit of the furnace cauldron had completed testing all 500 types of mutated spiritual flames and was quite satisfied. It then said to Su Che, “Very good. You truly gave me a surprise. Now, I’ll keep my promise and give you an even bigger one!”
“Thank you.”
Su Che appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was filled with anticipation.
The surprise the spirit of the furnace cauldron mentioned wasn’t some specific item—it was actually a mental map!
An extremely complex map, entirely three-dimensional. It would be difficult to transform it into a flat paper map.
On the map, a winding red line marked paths in all directions. Clearly, the starting point of the red line was the location of the furnace cauldron in the valley.
“This is…”
Su Che naturally didn’t understand the specific use of this map.
“I’m just a gatekeeper and can’t offer you any particularly good elixirs,” the spirit of the furnace cauldron explained. “But I can give you a map to the treasure vault of elixirs. With this map, you can easily find the vault and take all the elixirs inside. After all, you’re still an ordinary person, yet some of these elixirs can make you an immortal right away!”
Su Che then asked, “Is the treasure vault of elixirs inside this space?”
“Yes,” the spirit replied. “According to the map, it will only take fifteen minutes for you to find the vault. But those who don’t have the map in their minds, even if they’re your companions, won’t be able to get there.”
Su Che frowned slightly, not fully understanding what the spirit meant. He wondered: If others followed closely behind me, could they still not find it even without a map?
“Hurry up! Hurry up!” the spirit of the furnace cauldron urged. “The formation guarding the vault keeps changing constantly. If we delay any longer, the route map I just gave you will become invalid, and I’ll have to draw a new one—what a hassle!”
Su Che was quite thoughtful and wasn’t blinded by the so-called treasure vault of elixirs. He then thought of a possibility and asked, “If I delay inside the treasure vault for some reason and the guarding formation changes, making this route map invalid, how will I get back?”
“Wow, you’re really careful!”

The spirit of the furnace pot chuckled cheerfully, “There’s no need to worry about that. Once you enter the treasure vault, you’ll become the controller of the entire formation, so you certainly won’t get lost.”
“I understand!”
Su Che had no further questions and replied immediately, “I’m going now.”
“Mm, go ahead, hurry up!”
The spirit of the furnace pot kept urging him, as if it too had urgent matters to attend to—probably related to the five hundred mutated spiritual flames it had just obtained…
Su Che then sent a message to Meng Luo, “Brother Meng, I’m heading to a place next. It might not take long, but it’s best if you wait here, as I can’t guarantee you won’t get lost.”
Su Che’s words sounded a bit nonsensical, but since they were all extraordinary people, some things didn’t need to be said too plainly.
“Go ahead,” Meng Luo replied calmly. “I’m not a child and don’t need anyone’s care.”
Su Che nodded lightly and wasted no more time. Following the route map in his mind, guided by that faint red line, he rushed forward swiftly, flying hundreds of feet away in an instant.
Lin Jiu and the others, who had been watching Su Che closely, wouldn’t let him escape easily. They immediately followed, staying close behind him, within just a few dozen feet apart.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Su Che turned left and right at incredible speed, floating up and down, his figure becoming increasingly hazy and illusory.
“Bad!” Guang Qi shouted immediately. “We’ve entered a formation!”
Lin Jiu also realized the seriousness of the situation and yelled sharply, “Tian Yu, stop now! Otherwise, I’ll kill you on the spot!”
Su Che ignored them completely, not even turning his head. With several more quick turns, his figure became even more elusive.
“Damn it!”
Without hesitation, Lin Jiu was willing to kill to stop Su Che.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh…
Dozens of fierce spatial blades rushed toward Su Che’s back.
Under normal circumstances, his powerful slashing technique would have easily killed Su Che several times; but now, even though those spatial blades struck his back, they didn’t cause him to slow down at all.
Su Che seemed unharmed, his figure drifting farther and farther away, growing increasingly faint.
“What an amazing formation! Retreat quickly!”
Guang Qi immediately realized this was an extremely intricate maze. If they got trapped, even as Xuanxian, they might get completely lost inside and never be able to escape.

You should know that these formations in the Battlefield of Immortals and Demons were set up by those peak-level powerhouses back in the day. Even a mere Xuanxian is no match for them, let alone a Daluo Jinxian.
“Retreat!”
Filled with hatred, Lin Jiu didn’t dare act impulsively. Together with Guang Qi, he immediately turned around, trying to retreat the same way they came.
But this was a one-way path with no turning back. As soon as they turned around, they saw the scenery change abruptly—the pleasant valley instantly turned into an endless vast starry sky.
“Damn it!”
Guang Qi shouted loudly, “We’re inside the formation! We can’t get out!”
Just a thousand zhang behind Su Che, they had already entered the formation. For a Xuanxian, a thousand zhang seemed like a short distance; but for a sophisticated formation, even a short distance could mean the ends of the world, let alone a thousand zhang…
“Damn it!”
Lin Jiu’s face turned red, his veins bulging on his forehead as his anger surged to a height of hundreds of zhang!
Yet even so, he didn’t dare shout. He could only roar inwardly, afraid of causing further changes in the formation by acting recklessly.
As a Xuanxian, he had considerable expertise in formations. Even trapped in an impenetrable formation, he still knew the basic rules to avoid disaster.
Stay still!
For now, the only thing they could do was stay put and try to decipher this maze formation step by step to find a way out.
Though they were well aware that they probably couldn’t crack a formation set up by peak-level powerhouses.
“This is trouble!”
Guang Qi lamented in his heart.
Lin Jiu swore inwardly, “Tian Yu, if you’ve got the guts, then don’t let me see you again! Next time I see you, no matter what the circumstances or consequences, I’ll kill you in one strike! I don’t care about anything anymore—I just want to kill you!”
Meanwhile, Su Che continued to move around in the formation, zigzagging and floating up and down…
“This formation is truly diabolical!”
Lao He kept exclaiming in the Immortal Prison, “My detection abilities are completely chaotic. The scenes I see change almost every moment—universe starfields, deserts and oceans, the Five Elements realm, endless darkness… My mind is being turned into mush!”
“Don’t look at it!”
Su Che thought to himself with a smile, “I already closed my eyes.”
At this moment, Su Che was completely blind, relying neither on his spiritual senses nor vision. He simply followed the three-dimensional roadmap in his mind, guided by the red line, as he moved forward.

Being a temporary blind person actually made things smoother. If one had to constantly observe the changes around like Lao He, it would be truly dizzying and overwhelming, to the point of vomiting blood!
“Have those two guys already fallen into the trap?” Su Che thought to himself.
“Trap them forever, damn bastards!” Lao He cursed fiercely first, then added, “According to the spirit of that furnace vessel, if you can take control of this maze, you might find a chance to kill them both inside the trap.”
“Maybe…”
Su Che snorted coldly in his heart: “Death would be too easy for them!”