God Destroying Pearl

After a few people listened at the stone gate for a while, there was no more sound in the passage.

The screams and shouts from before seemed to be instantly swallowed up by the silent space, leaving only a heart-wrenching silence.

Yuan Li frowned and said solemnly: "Those foundation-building monks may have died. Let's go in carefully. This place is full of weirdness. We must not be careless."

After hearing this, the other people all nodded slightly, with cautious looks on their faces. They each circulated their spiritual power to protect their bodies, and then slowly stepped into the stone gate.

Soon after they entered, they discovered, with the faint light, the bodies of the Foundation Establishment Monks who had come in first.

They were seen lying on the ground in a mess, their bodies shriveled up, as if all the blood and flesh had been drained out.

The originally plump face was now sunken, with the skin tightly attached to the bones, appearing a strange bluish-gray color.

His eyes were wide open, and there was still a look of fear in them, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying before he died. That look made people feel chilled.

After taking a look at the bodies of several people, Old Man Qu Huo's eyes became deep and he said slowly: "There should be evil creatures here, and these evil creatures seem to be able to suck people's essence, energy and blood. It's quite troublesome, but don't worry, with my Purple Flame, these evil creatures can't cause any big trouble."

As he spoke, he flipped his right hand, and the lavender purple flame appeared in his hand again.

The flames danced gently, illuminating the surroundings with a dark purple color. Wisps of heat emanated from it, adding a bit of warmth to the originally cold and gloomy passage.

After everyone walked forward a few steps, as expected, the scene that the foundation-building monks encountered appeared again.

The surrounding walls lit up with ghostly green lights again. The lights flickered, making the entire passage look eerie and terrifying.

Immediately afterwards, a group of black shadows emerged from the cracks in the wall.

Those shadows had various shapes and floated towards the crowd with their fangs and claws bared, while also making bursts of low roars.

The sound echoed in this closed passage, as if it could penetrate directly into people's hearts and make them shudder.

Old Man Qu Huo sneered, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and with a light wave of his hand, the purple flame instantly flew out of his palm, turned into a purple stream of light, and rushed towards those evil creatures.

Wherever the purple flame went, those evil creatures seemed to have met their nemesis. Once they touched the flame, they were instantly ignited, letting out a shrill scream, and then turned into wisps of green smoke and dissipated into the air.

As more and more evil creatures were killed, the cold feeling in the passage gradually faded away and the temperature returned to normal.

After a while, everyone walked slowly along the passage and came to an intersection.

Five roads appeared in front of everyone.

These five roads do not look very different. The entrance of each road is deep and dark, making it impossible to tell which one is the correct road leading to the depths of the ancient monk's cave where the treasure is hidden.

Several people looked at each other, with a hint of hesitation and caution in their eyes. After all, no one knew what the end of these roads would be like. If they made the wrong choice, they might fall into danger again.

After a short silence, Tao Lao San was the first to speak: "It's not a good idea for us to just stand there like this. Since we can't tell which way is right, let's each choose one and try our luck."

After saying that, without waiting for everyone's response, he walked towards the first road on the far left, and his figure soon disappeared into the dim passage.

Seeing this, Gan Jiuxing frowned slightly, but didn't say anything and walked towards the second road on the right.

His steps seemed steady, but his slightly tense back still revealed his inner nervousness at the moment.

Yuan Li chose the middle road. Before leaving, she nodded to old man Qu Huo, then stepped into the passage, and her figure gradually walked away.

Old Man Qu Huo looked at the remaining two roads, thought for a moment, then chose the second one on the left and walked in slowly.

He still held the purple flame in his hand, and the faint purple light flickered in the passage, illuminating the way ahead for him, as if it was a trace of support for him in this unknown danger.

Song Yun, who was not far from the hall, waited for a quarter of an hour and estimated that the people inside should have gone far away, so he approached the entrance cautiously.

He first extended his spiritual sense towards the inside of the door, listened carefully for a few breaths, and when he heard no obvious sounds, he slowly stepped into the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, the old and decayed smell hit him in the face. Song Yun frowned and then walked inside.

Soon, Song Yun also arrived at the intersection of the passage.

Looking at the five identical passages in front of him, he felt troubled.

Song Yun stopped, frowned slightly, and looked back and forth at the passages in front of him.

He weighed the pros and cons in his mind, thought for a moment, and finally chose the first path on the far right and walked in.

His figure slowly sank into the slightly dim passage, and every step he took was extremely cautious.

Soon after, as they continued to go deeper, the scene ahead gradually became clearer, and Song Yun saw two stone platforms appearing in the distance.

The two stone platforms looked quite quaint. They were made of a blue-gray stone and bore mottled marks left by the passage of time.

One of the stone platforms was empty, while the other one had a brick-shaped object placed on it.

The brick-shaped object was a deep black color. In this dim environment, it would be difficult to even detect its existence if you didn't look carefully.

Not far in the middle between the two stone platforms, there was a door quietly open.

Song Yun was full of curiosity and quickened his pace towards the stone platform.

When he got closer, he was surprised to find that the brick on the stone platform, which he thought was a black brick, was actually golden in color.

The gold color was extremely pure. Song Yun discovered through observation that it had the peculiar ability to absorb the surrounding light, so it looked black from a distance.

Song Yun couldn't help but move closer, wanting to see it more clearly.

At this moment, he keenly noticed that this golden brick-shaped object exuded a strong spatial force.

The power lingered around him vaguely, making Song Yun feel as if he was in a strange space. At the same time, he felt more and more that this thing was extraordinary.

Song Yun stretched out his hand and slowly picked up the golden brick-shaped object.

The moment he touched it, he felt a heavy weight.

The weight was beyond his imagination. If he had not achieved a certain level of cultivation, the weight alone would have been enough to make him unable to hold it steady.

Song Yun held it in his hands and observed it carefully.

The surface of the brick is very smooth and warm to the touch, yet it has a unique metallic texture. There are some extremely fine and complex lines on it, and those lines seem to be naturally generated.

However, Song Yun racked his brains for a long time but still couldn't recognize what material it was made of, and his heart was full of doubts.

After thinking for a moment, Song Yun put the golden brick back on the stone platform.

He thought that since he couldn't tell its origin, he would try its texture first.

So he took out a low-grade spiritual sword from his storage bag.

Although this low-grade spiritual sword is not of high quality, it is sufficient to deal with some ordinary dangers in daily life.

Song Yun gripped the hilt of the sword, circulated his spiritual power slightly, and then swung it towards the golden brick.

I saw the tip of the magic sword hit the brick accurately.

Immediately afterwards, a crisp sound was heard.

"Ding......"

The sound seemed particularly abrupt in this quiet passage, and Song Yun couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

Looking at the inferior spiritual sword again, it actually broke directly at the tip of the sword.

The broken part fell to the ground with a slight impact sound, and only half of the hilt was left in Song Yun's hand.

Song Yun looked at the broken spiritual sword and was slightly stunned. He had a new understanding of the hardness of the golden brick.

However, he still felt that perhaps it was because the quality of this inferior spirit sword was too low, so it broke so easily.

Thinking of this, Song Yun took out the top-grade spiritual sword, the Gray Jade Sword, from his storage bag.

Song Yun took the gray jade sword and chopped at the golden brick again.

This time, he used some of his spiritual power, and the gray jade sword, wrapped in the light of spiritual power, slashed down at the golden brick swiftly.

There was another crisp "click" sound.