The Night Watchman of Siheyuan

Tianpeng Rebirth: The Battle of Buddhism and Taoism

Chapter 31: Exploring the Forbidden Land and the Discovery of Dinghai Pearl

After Feng Yao successfully appeased the blue-scaled unicorn, everyone passed this level smoothly and continued to go deeper into the forbidden area. The passage became narrower and narrower, and strange lights flashed on the surrounding coral reefs, as if countless eyes were spying on them. Xifeng led the way and reminded everyone: "The next road will be more dangerous, everyone must pay attention to their feet and surroundings."

Not long after they walked, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, and huge rocks fell from the top. Yang Jian reacted quickly and shouted, "Spread out and hide!" Everyone hurriedly dodged in different directions. Bajie aimed at a fallen rock, swung his nine-toothed rake and smashed it hard, breaking it into small pieces, but the flying debris flew towards Feng Yao. Ao Bing was quick-witted and waved his hand to block Feng Yao with a water curtain, and the broken rocks hit the water curtain and fell one after another.

After the vibration stopped, a winding waterway appeared in front of them, with rapid currents gushing out from both sides, forming a strong resistance, trying to push everyone back. Xifeng shouted, "Everyone, keep steady and move forward with the rhythm of the water!" He took the lead in swimming, skillfully avoiding the impact of the rapid current.

Everyone followed closely, trying to adapt to the changes in the water flow. Yang Jian relied on his powerful magic power to go upstream and open up a path for the people behind him. Ao Bing constantly adjusted the direction of the water flow to reduce the resistance everyone was experiencing. Bajie and Fengyao cooperated with each other, Bajie used a spiked rake to resist the impact of the water flow in front, and Fengyao cast a spell to stabilize their bodies in the back.

After finally passing this section of waterway, a huge circular space appeared in front of them. In the center of the space was suspended a bead emitting soft blue light. It was the Dinghai Pearl. However, around the Dinghai Pearl, there were circles of rotating sharp blades. These blades flashed with cold light and rotated rapidly, forming an airtight defense circle.

Xi Feng frowned and said, "This sharp blade defense circle is extremely powerful. Once touched, it will be torn into pieces in an instant. We must find a way to break it."

Everyone began to carefully observe the defense circle, trying to find a flaw. Yang Jian found that the rotation of the sharp blade seemed to follow a certain pattern, and there would be a short gap every once in a while. He said: "Everyone, pay attention, there is a gap in the rotation of the sharp blade, we must seize the opportunity to rush through. I will go over and try first."

Yang Jian saw the right opportunity, and rushed over like a black lightning when the gap appeared. Just as he was about to approach Dinghaizhu, the defense circle suddenly accelerated, and the gap disappeared in an instant. Yang Jian quickly dodged sideways, and the sharp blade scraped his clothes, leaving a hole.

"This defense circle can actually adjust itself!" Yang Jian said in surprise. Everyone realized that the situation was more difficult than they had imagined and fell into deep thought.

At this time, Feng Yao carefully observed the surrounding environment and found that there were some tiny runes on the walls of the space, which were flickering with a faint light. These runes seemed to have some connection with the sharp blade defense circle. She told everyone about her discovery, and Ao Bing said thoughtfully: "Perhaps we can control the defense circle through these runes."

So, everyone began to study the runes on the wall. After some exploration, they found that the runes could be activated in a specific order, thereby affecting the rotation of the defense circle. Bajie volunteered and said, "I have a good memory. Let me try to remember this order."

Bajie concentrated his energy and activated the runes one by one in the order they had figured out. As the runes lit up, the rotation speed of the defense circle gradually slowed down, and the gap became larger and larger.

"Now, everyone, charge!" Yang Jian shouted, and everyone quickly rushed towards the Dinghai Pearl. Ao Bing arrived first, and he carefully reached out and grasped the Dinghai Pearl. The moment he grasped the pearl, a strong and pure power surged into his body.

However, at this moment, the forbidden area suddenly shook violently, and a deep voice echoed in the space: "Who broke into the forbidden area and took away the Dinghai Pearl?" Everyone was shocked, not knowing where the voice came from and what kind of crisis they would face...