The ruins are not large, but because of the incense and divine realm, the power of those who enter is suppressed. Once they take action, the greater the power they use, the greater the counterattack they will suffer.
At the main entrance of the ruins, there are dried corpses wearing divine armor, like heavenly soldiers.
Groups of monks wanted to rush in from the collapsed gate of the ruins, but before they got close, they were bombarded and torn apart by the power emitted by the corpses that had been dead for who knows how many tens of thousands of years but were still forming a battle formation.
"Ah! Be careful! These corpses... There's something wrong with these corpses!" The blood and energy were whistling, and it seemed as if one could hear the ancient fighting spirits roaring in it. A monk who was caught in it used a death-substitution spell, but still only the upper body crawled out of the blood and energy, howling loudly, and it was unknown whether he was killed by the vines or scared.
"Don't get close to here! These corpses may not be completely dead?" The ten people standing in the front, who were third-order transcendents who were like gods and Buddhas in the outside world and who came and went in the blue sky and were great monks who could cut rivers and cut mountains with swords, now had to walk on the ground like ordinary people.
Many forces with third-tier magical weapons also stood behind, and these forces belonged to the second tier.
"How is this possible? These are corpses left behind by the ancients. How can they still be alive?"
These corpses were actually connected together to form a line of defense. Their blood, energy and magical powers were combined to easily cut through mountains. Even the most powerful cultivators would find it difficult to withstand this combined attack. These were dead corpses. If they were still alive, it would be hard to imagine how much powerful power these people could unleash.
These dozens of corpses prevented anyone from entering through the main gate, and many monks who wanted to explore the ruins had to take a detour.
"There are secrets hidden in this corpse!"
"If we can take a corpse out and stay here alive to comprehend the secret of this whole, we might be able to comprehend the supreme secret technique from the ancient times!"
Groups of people chose to go around the collapsed and tilted roads and buildings on the side, but many people still paid attention to this place. If the power of these many generals forming a battle formation could be comprehended, it would greatly enhance the combat power of each country, and it would be more likely to comprehend the terrifying and powerful Taoist magic from it.
After passing through the gate, there was a greater danger inside. The entire ruins were full of dangers. From the gate, the garden, every house, every building and plant, there were forbidden spiritual lights. Passing through them could take a person's life. Screams could be heard from time to time.
“Forbidden! Stop! Stop… ah!”
"Get out! Get out!"
"roar!"
Even a pool of blood and a deep pit were enough to kill a third-level cultivator. The evil dragon from Qishui, which had come from thousands of miles away and was notorious among all the countries, was swallowed up by the huge waves of blood in the deep pit.
From the outside, one could feel that more than a dozen large and small battles had broken out inside, especially around the Longevity Pond deep in the valley. The power had broken through the cover of the divine realm and penetrated outside.
When arriving here, Dan Jia was the first to enter. A fierce battle broke out among the eleven third-order transcendents here. Flying swords and magic weapons bombarded each other, and Taoist magic aura and spiritual prohibitions clashed against each other, which completely triggered the rebound of the incense and fire realm. The tide of aura rushed into the sky like a sea backflow, making everyone waiting outside tremble with fear.
After that, there was no more movement inside. It was so quiet that it seemed as if everyone was dead.
Everyone was waiting outside. People had entered the ruins to explore for several days already. More and more people were gathering outside the ruins. The Tiger and Leopard Guards of the Ming Kingdom had all camped outside Diancheng and could rush here at any time.
On the other side of the Li River, the Shao State could also be seen gathering its army. The barracks stretched along the Li River, and at night campfires could be seen stacked up like stars in the sky.
"Why is there no movement at all?" On the city wall of Dian City, the city lord Dian Yu has been paying attention to this place. This time can be said to be his opportunity, but it may also lead to disaster.
"How much time did Lord Sima tell us? Should we evacuate immediately or go into the ruins?" The people of Gao State were hiding in a village dozens of miles away. Their foundation here was the weakest, and they were also the most hostile to other countries. A warrior who looked burly asked Sima Ehong's guards anxiously.
"Why hasn't the priest come out yet?"
"Don't worry. I asked someone to go back and ask. The candles on the altar are still lit, which means nothing unexpected has happened. They must have entered the depths of the ruins, the heart of the mountain."
Surrounding the ruins, both in the sky and on the ground, one can see people anxiously waiting, not daring to leave, for fear that once they leave, something unexpected will happen to the people inside after they come out. After all, there is a famous Fengdu watching in the sky, and who knows how many people are planning to snatch the treasures away if they are found by people from other forces, either openly or covertly.
The clouds in the sky condensed again, and the dragon seemed to really treat the thick clouds as a bed and lay on them, and it was seen shaking its tail from time to time.
Fang Xiu sat cross-legged on the dragon's head and meditated in silence, without opening his eyes for several days and nights.
But in the afternoon of that day, Fang Xiu suddenly woke up and saw that the great formation that encompassed the entire mountain and valley began to twist violently, and the forbidden spiritual light was flowing like a endless river.
“It’s out!”
"It's open, the ruins are open again, they are coming out!"
"Everyone get ready!" The Yi people outside the ruins roared in Yi language. Thousands of Yi people raised a variety of weapons at the same time, roaring while carrying demonic wolves, tigers and leopards.
"Welcome, Master!" The disciples of Tianjian Mountain came flying on their swords, attracting the most attention. They stood in groups in the sky.
In an instant, the sky became extremely lively again.
At this moment, thousands of eyes outside were attracted all at once. Someone on the other side of the Li River led a large army to cross the river along the pontoon bridge. The leading general flew directly over. Among the thousands of Tiger and Leopard Guards of the Ming Kingdom, strong men could also be seen rushing here.
At the same time, more than 30 people broke free from the restraints of the forbidden spiritual light and escaped.
Fang Xiu fixed his gaze on the leader and saw that the one rushing in the front was none other than Dan Jia, who was the first to enter the ruins. However, when he entered, he was just an old evil ghost guarding corpses with a foul odor all over his body. But at this moment, he had transformed into a teenager who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The power of the fourth level even erupted from him, a power that essentially surpassed the third level.
Fang Xiu's eyes flickered twice. This Tanjia looked interesting. He actually dared to break through inside. One must know that breaking through from the third level to the fourth level is extremely dangerous, and the success rate is extremely low. Even with many assists and guards from the outside, it is still extremely difficult.
And breaking through this ruins suppressed by the incense and fire divine realm can almost be said to be a life-and-death struggle.
"Fourth level!" At this time, the disciples of Tianjian Mountain who had hurried over from outside also let out a horrified roar. What was even more terrifying was that the other party was coming towards them head-on. The group of people who had just been riding swords with such a fierce momentum suddenly dispersed.
"This is the power of the fourth level. Someone has broken through to the fourth level in the ruins!"
"It's that old monster Danjia!"
"No? What are they running away from? Did something happen in there?" Many monks standing on the clouds noticed something was wrong at this moment.
More than thirty people turned into spiritual light and controlled their magic weapons to flee outside desperately, as if there was some extremely terrifying existence chasing them from behind.
Then, a shocking scene appeared. From the depths of the ruins, in the dark and hazy underground of the mountain, a red light flashed in the core of the stretching palace building.
Faintly, it seemed as if a person was holding a magic bow and emitting thousands of feet of light, which was released outwards like the sun.
Thousands of monks surrounding the ruins heard a roar at the top of their lungs: "Tan Jia! Die!"
It seemed as if one could hear endless hatred and despair in that voice. All the strength and spirit were transformed into this arrow and shot towards Danjia, determined to kill him at all costs.
An arrow shot out from the depths of the ruins. The power did not come from some fire dragon, arrow, or Taoist magic. Instead, it directly turned into a pillar that supported the sky and shot out from under the earth, directly piercing through the heaven and earth and destroying everything it passed by.
When the arrow was shot out, the heaven and earth were eclipsed.
At this moment, there is only one color left in the whole world, that is red.
The young man who was the incarnation of Danjia tried quickly to escape from the god-like power, but it was too late. He was locked by such a god-like object and had no chance.
"Damn it! You, kid, and that Taoist priest Lu Zhou, and Shao Guo!"
"You all deserve to die! You all deserve to die!"
Danjia roared and burned every drop of magic power in his body, evolving into a gigantic image of a witch god, and went to resist the sea of fire that was covering the whole sky and earth. However, in an instant he saw his own image of a witch god collapse at the touch of a button, and turned into ashes.
The dozen or so cultivators near Danjia who were pulled out from the ruins were also annihilated by that power.
Tan Jia's body originally possessed some immortal characteristics, and he wanted to be twisted and reborn in the flames, but at this moment the flames traced back and annihilated his true spirit and the origin of his Dharma image.
Dan Jia, who was lying in the ashes, uttered the last sentence in disbelief.
"How could I? How could I?"
"I am the Immortal..."
He never imagined that he would die when he was most proud of himself. The immortality he had been seeking for was already in his hands, and the great road was just around the corner. He became the first person of this era to achieve immortality, but he did not expect to be the first to die.
But it was still reduced to ashes by the arrow of the incense artifact, and nothing was left.
The beam of light spanned tens of millions of miles and released in the distant sky, and the fire cloud expanded to cover a large area of the sky.
The air waves rushed towards the sky, so vast and mighty that they blocked out the sun.
"How is this possible!" The people waiting outside seemed to scream out involuntarily at the same time. This scene was simply too horrifying. The power was so earth-shaking that it seemed as if an arrow was going to shoot down the sun in the sky.
"What is this?" Many monks flying in the sky were almost frightened to fall from the sky. The fiery red power directly burned the white clouds in the sky dry.
"Immortal?"
"What kind of power is this? Could it be that someone found a magical weapon in there?"
That arrow directly scared the people waiting outside. No one expected that this time.
Almost all the remaining people who rushed out were exhausted, their magic power was depleted, and everyone was seriously injured.
Fang Xiu rode down on the dragon and passed by Qingyang, Jia Yi and Zhang Heming. The three men, who were in a very miserable state, rode on the dragon and flew away with Fang Xiu.
"We can't let them go, the Pond of Immortality is on them!" someone shouted at this time.
"Stop them! Don't lose the opportunity to reach the fourth level here!"
"They are carrying heavy weapons brought out from the ruins of gods and demons!"
This roar immediately drove the people guarding outside crazy. No matter it was the Longevity Pond, or the arrow that was as powerful as that from a god or demon just now, and the so-called treasure, it made people crazy and desperate.
Dozens or even hundreds of magical weapons pressed forward towards Fengdu at the same time, and almost everyone attacked Fengdu and the departing dragon at the same time.
But then a huge mountain suddenly emerged from Fengdu's body, and with one blow, all the magical weapons that were thrown at him were bounced away and crushed. More than a dozen cultivators who rushed up to attack, including a third-level cultivator, were turned into a bloody paste.
Those greedy people were so frightened that they stopped and dared not move forward.
Fang Xiu also put away Luofeng Mountain and rode the dragon towards the sky, crossing the clouds and falling into the distance.
At the same time, the ruins that had caused the entire human race and thousands of monks to go crazy began to close little by little. The thick fog spread rapidly, and powerful force and murderous intent covered an area of dozens of miles. Even a fourth-level monk could not think of entering it again.
The vaguely visible incense-burning divine realm was also submerged in the thick fog, and nothing could be seen.
The person who shot the arrow in the end also stayed in the ruins and never came out again.
Chaos broke out again within a hundred miles of the ruins, and groups of monks started fighting in various places, fighting for the magical tools and ancient relics brought out from the ruins, as well as the secret inheritance of gods and demons.
The five countries of Pan, Shao, Bai, Zheng and Min also sent out troops at the same time, attacking the Yi villages and tribes stationed on the edge of the Shiwan Mountains from all directions, causing heavy losses to the Yi people.
At the same time, due to the death of Danjia and a large number of Yi shaman priests, the Yi people who were originally ready to make a move began to retreat into the mountains. Afterwards, the five countries built a big city around the ruins and tried their best to open the ruins again and unearth treasures and inherited secret techniques related to ancient secrets and heaven.
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Fang Xiu rode on the red dragon, going far away along the blue sky and white clouds. The vast mountains stretched to the end under his feet, and the roars of demons and beasts could be heard from time to time.
Fang Xiu asked, "What happened inside? What happened in the end?"
Qingyang was covered in blood, with a big hole pierced through his abdomen by a sword. An ordinary person would have died from this injury, but he was chatting and laughing as if nothing had happened. However, the fact that these three people were beaten to such a state in there was enough to show the danger of this relic, and the desperate efforts of those cultivators to fight for the Longevity Pool and the incense artifact.
But at this moment, a trace of melancholy appeared on his face, and he sighed deeply: "That old fellow Lu Zhou is dead. He was the oldest among us, but he was like an old child. I didn't expect that he would die before us."
"There was actually an incense artifact inside. Everyone went crazy in the end. Dan Jia actually broke through to the fourth level without caring about his life. Lü Zhou blew up his Valley Immortal Furnace and his cultivation to grab the incense artifact."
"The one who stayed inside was Kong Huai, Lu Zhou's apprentice. We didn't expect that we would lose our lives and let a young boy take advantage of us. That boy was lucky enough to get the incense artifact, but he also stayed inside. I don't know if he can survive in the end."
Zhang Heming seemed to be fine, but his mana was exhausted and his consciousness was depleted. After a while of meditation, he recovered: "Tan Jia also died in Kong Huai's hands in the end. It was really a tit-for-tat."
Zhang Heming smiled carefreely: "Since we didn't get it, it means it doesn't belong to us, so there's nothing to regret."
Jia Yi pointed at the two people and cursed: "You two are greedy. I said that when we seized the Longevity Pond, it was almost time to leave. You didn't listen to me. So what? You are greedy and almost died in it, didn't you?"
Zhang Heming immediately questioned, "Why didn't you stop when you were snatching the things? Your eyes were glowing green."
Zhang Heming immediately said to Fang Xiu: "We have also prepared your portion, Fengdu. Everyone needs one."
Fang Xiu turned around at this moment and said, "I just sat outside for a few days and did nothing. By the way, where is the Longevity Pond?"
As soon as Qingyang threw out his natal magic weapon, the White Jade Cauldron, he saw a longevity pool half made of fairy jade inside. It looked irregular in shape, as if it had been dug out by a flying sword.
There are crystals inlaid like stars at the bottom of the pool, which is the core of the Longevity Pool.
Qing Yang said to Fang Xiu, "The Longevity Pond was destroyed, and we snatched back half of it. But then the headmaster of Tianjian Mountain blew up his flying sword, blowing up the Longevity Pond and taking away one third of it. Are all sword practitioners so stubborn?"
"But even if there is some left, it generally doesn't affect its use, but the effect may not be as good as a whole piece."
Fang Xiu nodded: "It's good that you got it. You entered this ruins to seek immortality. The incense and artifacts are just external possessions for you. They are dispensable. The Immortality Pool is the most important thing in the world right now."
The three people sat on the back of the dragon behind Fang Xiu, and followed the dragon's winding path through the clouds as they moved forward. "This relic is completely sealed, and we don't know when it will be opened again!"
"Let's break through the fourth level first! That place may not be suitable for the third level to enter!"