I can gather experience beads

"As for the exit, will it be set at the center point or at the end of the magic power pattern?" Cao Rui frowned and thought to himself.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be at these two locations. Dougan should go over and take a look." Cao Rui thought to himself.

The art of mechanical puppetry is inextricably linked to the art of formations, and they all originate from the basic runes of formations. As a master of mechanical puppetry, Tianjizi must have dabbled in this.

"Tianjizi transformed the Tianji Fortress into this way. He must be inclined to hope that only those who are proficient in magic arrays can enter it and get rewards." Cao Rui shuttled through the fog and had a deeper understanding of Tianjizi's intentions.

After figuring out the principle behind it, Cao Rui felt more confident.

He led the other three and rushed towards the center without hesitation.

"Hmm?" Cao Rui frowned slightly.

The remains of a puppet blocked the way ahead.

There was no sound and it looked destroyed.

Cao Rui looked at the puppet lying on the ground not far ahead. The torch in his hand swayed slightly, illuminating the darkness around him.

I saw that the puppet had been severely damaged, obviously having fallen after a fierce battle.

"Who killed this puppet? Gu Qingying or Huiming?" Cao Rui thought to himself.

He approached the puppet cautiously and observed it carefully.

By analyzing the wounds on the puppets, he found that most of them were sword wounds, and the techniques were fierce.

Among this group of people, the only one who holds the magic sword and can defeat the puppet is probably Gu Qingying.

Thinking of this, Cao Rui had the answer in his mind: it must be Gu Qingying who killed this puppet.

Cao Rui stood in front of the puppet and carefully observed every detail of it.

This puppet is huge, three meters tall, in human shape, with gray skin that feels soft and elastic, but its material is unknown.

He could vaguely sense traces of magic circles on the puppet's skin.

The most eye-catching thing is the fatal wound the size of a bowl on its chest. This gap exposes the internal artificial skeleton structure, which emits a faint spiritual light.

Judging from the completeness of the area near this gap, some important item might have been placed here, perhaps the energy center of the puppet.

Cao Rui speculated secretly in his heart.

Cao Rui calculated the timing accurately, and when he was sure that there was no other danger around, he quickly seized the opportunity, took out his storage bag, gently waved his arm, and successfully put the puppet body into his bag.

This puppet body is worth studying.

Almost as soon as Cao Rui put away the puppet, puppet shadows began to move closer from all around.

"It must be the fluctuation of mana when the storage bag was activated that attracted them here."

Cao Rui took a step forward and led the other three people to pass through the gap formed by the puppet shadows.

"Damn it, Yu boy, could you please not play so excitingly?" Zhang Heng said softly.

"Okay, okay, don't say anything. Yu boy, you know what's going on." Tan Hongmei turned around and said.

Cao Rui held the torch and continued forward.

On the way to the center point, Cao Rui encountered the bodies of puppets one after another.

Without exception, they all had a missing piece in their chest, their central nervous system had been taken away.

The later puppets were discovered, the fewer sword wounds they had on their bodies, and most of them only had one fatal wound on the chest.

This woman, Gu Qingying, is indeed powerful. After finding the puppet's weakness, she is unstoppable.

Cao Rui collected the bodies of the puppets along the way and obtained six in total.

He put the puppet bodies into a storage bag and continued on his way.

The other three had no complaints about this.

After all, although Zhang Heng was a talkative person, he also knew that if Cao Rui had not taken action, they would have no way to overcome this hurdle.

Cao Rui changed direction repeatedly and finally stepped into the center of the fog.

What appeared in Cao Rui's eyes was a circular area with a diameter of about three meters.

There is no fog in this area.

Zhang Heng walked into this area, looked up and saw that there was no fog. He couldn't help but asked happily: "Is it out?"

"No!" Zhang Heng shook his head and soon discovered that this was just an enclave shrouded in fog and they had not walked out of the foggy area.

"Yu boy, where is this?"

"This is the center area of ​​the magic circle."

"If this is not the exit, then the exit should be at the end of the magic circle." Cao Rui engraved the shape of the 0th-order fog in his mind and spoke softly.

Although they didn't understand what Cao Rui meant, they felt relieved when they heard that Cao Rui had another exit.

Just at this moment, a sound of fighting was heard outside the enclave.

:Who is it?

Cao Rui walked forward with a torch in hand to check and found that not far away, there were seven or eight puppets besieging a person, and that person was Gu Qingying.

At this time, Gu Qingying's clothes were tattered and her body was covered with blood. It was obvious that she had suffered serious injuries in the fight with these puppets.

Although I don't have any good feelings towards Gu Qingying.

At this time, Cao Rui still waved the torch in his hand: "Come here!"

When Gu Qingying heard the voice, she immediately burst out with magic power to force back the puppets, and then quickly rushed towards Cao Rui.

Those puppets chased at full speed, and with their full strength, their flying speed was not much slower than Gu Qingying's.

call out!

At the critical moment, Gu Qingying broke free from the pursuit of the puppets and slipped into the center.

Under the nervous gaze of Zhang Heng and others, those puppets stretched their arms at the edge of the fog for a while, but did not leave the fog and rush into the center.

"At this location, the mana lines will not penetrate when the mist array is activated. This level is arranged according to the mist array, so these puppets will naturally not enter."

"Therefore, this enclave shrouded in fog can be said to be a safe zone," Cao Rui thought to himself.

"Huff... Where is this?" Gu Qingying breathed slightly. She had been fighting with the puppets, and both her physical strength and magical power had reached their limits.

The magic sword at his side was also bumped into and damaged quite a bit.

"Master Gu, this is a safe enclave we found. You can rest here with peace of mind. There will be no danger." Zhang Heng walked forward and comforted him with narrowed eyes.

Gu Qingying opened her mouth and swallowed a few pills, ignoring the injuries on her body. She glanced at Zhang Heng, and finally her eyes fell on the torch in Cao Rui's hand.

"I remember this thing was the torch on the wall in the hall at the beginning. Its light could actually penetrate the fog?" Gu Qingying raised her eyebrows and spoke.

She had previously concentrated her magic and taken out glowing treasures to create light sources, but she was unable to penetrate the fog at all. She was completely blind when walking and fighting in the fog.

However, he did not expect that the torch in Cao Rui's hand from the hall could actually illuminate the fog.

Cao Rui nodded slightly.

"Give me this torch." Gu Qingying stretched out her hand.

Cao Rui smiled. This woman really couldn't see the situation clearly. He wondered how she became the leader of the Yunshui Sect.

Cao Rui took advantage of the situation and said, "Senior, I saw many puppet corpses on the road. You must have taken the things in the middle of the puppets. Can you give me the things inside? I am willing to exchange them for the torch."