The genius who counterattacked the mainland

The monster missed, its claws scratching deep grooves in the ground, sending gravel flying. Its massive body spun abruptly, charging toward Xu Tiancai and the others again, spewing a puff of black smoke from its mouth. Its pungent smell filled the narrow passage.

"This smoke is poisonous, hold your breath!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

A Gang swung his battle axe, slashing at the monster in the smoke. The axe flashed a cold light through the smoke, striking accurately against the monster's scales, sending up a shower of sparks. However, the monster's scales were incredibly hard, and the axe only left a shallow white mark, causing no substantial damage.

Lin cast an ice spell in mid-air, sending countless sharp icicles hurtling toward the monster. They rained down on the creature, some successfully piercing the cracks between its scales, causing it excruciating pain. The monster roared angrily, shaking its body vigorously. The icicles that had pierced its scales shattered and fell to the ground.

Xu Tiancai seized the opportunity and fused the power of the stars, the phoenix, and the guardian pearl together, forming a dazzling chain of light. With a wave of his hands, the chain of light swung towards the monster, tightly wrapping around its limbs. The light from the chain flickered continuously, burning the monster's scales, causing it to roar in pain.

But the monster's strength was too great. With a sudden jerk, it broke the light chain. The monster lunged at Xu Tiancai again, its massive claws smacking him headfirst. Xu Tiancai quickly used teleportation to avoid the fatal blow. The monster's claws slammed into the ground, shaking the entire cave violently and sending rocks crashing down from overhead.

"We have to find a way to attack its weaknesses. Fighting it head-on is not a solution!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

They began to move quickly around the monster, trying to find its weakness. While dodging the monster's attacks, Xu Tiancai discovered that every time the monster attacked, the scales on its abdomen would open slightly, which might be its relatively vulnerable part.

"Attack its abdomen!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

Ah Gang understood Xu Tiancai's intention and pretended to attack the monster's head to draw its attention. As the monster raised its claws to strike Ah Gang, Ah Gang suddenly turned and rushed towards the monster's abdomen. He raised his battle axe high and slashed at the monster's abdomen with all his strength. This time, the battle axe successfully cut through the monster's scales, and green blood gushed out from the wound.

The monster let out a shrill scream and retreated a few steps, the fire in its eyes burning even more vigorously. Lin took the opportunity to cast a powerful healing spell, helping Agang recover some of his strength and injuries.

"Let's continue attacking while it's injured!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

They charged at the monster again. Xu Tiancai gathered his strength in his hand, forming a gleaming spear. He thrust it at the wound in the monster's abdomen, the spear piercing easily and causing it to roar in pain. Lin then cast a light spell, sending a powerful beam of light towards the monster's eyes, temporarily blinding them.

A Gang raised his battle axe again and chopped at the monster's legs. The battle axe chopped off one of the monster's legs, and the monster's huge body collapsed and fell heavily to the ground. But the monster still struggled, trying to stand up with its remaining three legs and continue to attack them.

"We can't give it a chance!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

They gathered their strength and launched a final attack on the monster. Agang's battle axe, Lin's magic, and Xu Tiancai's power simultaneously struck the monster, and the monster let out a final scream before finally stopping.

They breathed a sigh of relief, but at this point they had also consumed a lot of physical strength and magic power. In this narrow cave, they rested for a while and recovered some of their physical strength.

"Let's keep moving forward. The direction indicated by the mural should be just ahead." Xu Tiancai said.

As they continued along the passage, it became wider and wider, and the surrounding environment became more mysterious. More murals and ancient texts appeared on the walls, which seemed to be telling an ancient story.

At the end of the tunnel, they discovered a vast underground ruin. Its architectural style was both simple and magnificent, with massive stone pillars supporting a high ceiling, each intricately carved with intricate patterns and mysterious runes. The floor of the ruins was paved with massive slabs of stone, each patterned with intricate patterns. These patterns shone with faint light, seemingly guiding their path.

"What is this place? It looks like the remains of an ancient civilization." Lin exclaimed.

"No matter where we are, we must be careful. There may be more dangers hidden here." Xu Tiancai reminded.

As they entered the ruins, they sensed a powerful surge of energy. In the center of the ruins stood a large circular platform, upon which rested a crystal ball emitting a multicolored glow. The light from the crystal ball illuminated the entire ruins, and the surrounding air was filled with a mysterious aura.

Around the crystal ball, there are some strange mechanical devices. These mechanical devices look like some kind of ancient instruments, with complex gears and chains on their surfaces. The gears are constantly turning, and the chains make a slight metallic clanging sound.

"What is the relationship between this crystal ball and these mechanical devices?" A Gang asked curiously.

They approached the crystal balls and mechanical devices, trying to figure out their purpose. As Xu Tiancai approached one, its gears suddenly accelerated, and a bolt of electricity shot out, striking Xu Tiancai. Xu Tiancai quickly dodged, but the current struck the stone pillar behind him, leaving a black, scorched mark on it.

"These mechanical devices have automatic attack functions, everyone be careful!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

They began to carefully avoid the attacks of the mechanical devices, while observing the operating patterns of these mechanical devices. During the observation process, Xu Tiancai discovered that the attacks of these mechanical devices were carried out according to a certain rhythm and pattern. As long as they understood this pattern, they could safely approach them.

"Let's move according to this rhythm." Xu Tiancai said, and began to demonstrate how to avoid the attacks of the mechanical device.

Agang and Lin followed Xu Tiancai. According to the rules discovered by Xu Tiancai, they successfully avoided the attack of the mechanical device and came near the crystal ball.

As they approached the crystal ball, its light became stronger, and they could feel the enormous energy contained in it. On the surface of the crystal ball, there were some tiny buttons and scales, and ancient characters were engraved on these buttons and scales.

"These words seem to be instructions for operating the crystal ball. Let me try to interpret them." Xu Tiancai said.

He began to study the words on the crystal ball carefully, and after some effort, he finally understood some of the information.

"This crystal ball is the core control device of this ruins. It can control various mechanisms and energy flows in the ruins. We can use it to open passages to other places and maybe find a way out of here." Xu Tiancai said.

Following the instructions on the crystal ball, he pressed a few buttons and adjusted the scale. The light within the crystal ball began to spin, and a massive beam of light shot out, illuminating one wall of the ruins. A massive portal appeared in the wall, revealing a passage radiating a mysterious light.

"This is the road, let's go." Xu Tiancai said.

They walked into a new passage. The walls of the passage were inlaid with crystals that emitted a soft glow, illuminating the passage brightly. The passage was filled with a mysterious atmosphere, making people feel as if they were in a dream world.

As they walked, they heard a melodious sound of music. The music echoed in the passage, like the sound of nature, making people want to indulge in it. However, Xu Tiancai detected a hint of something unusual in the music.

"Everyone be careful, there might be something wrong with the music," Xu Tiancai warned.

They followed the sound of the music and, at a corner of the passage, saw a group of beautiful women. They were dressed in gorgeous gauze dresses embroidered with delicate floral patterns. Their faces were stunningly beautiful, like fairies descended from the earth. They were holding various musical instruments and playing melodious music.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" Xu Tiancai asked.

The women didn't answer his question, remaining absorbed in the music. As the music continued, Xu Tiancai and the others felt their consciousness begin to blur, as if controlled by an invisible force.

"Wake up! This music has the power to bewitch people!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

He tried to use the power of the stars to dispel this confusing force, but the effect was not obvious. Agang and Lin were also trying hard to resist the influence of the music. Their eyes became blurry and their steps began to slow down.

Just when they were about to be completely controlled by the music, Xu Tiancai suddenly remembered a special amulet he had obtained in a previous adventure. This amulet had the ability to resist mental attacks and might help them break free from the control of the music.

He pulled the amulet from his bosom and chanted a spell. The amulet emitted a soft light, enveloping the three of them. Under the light, their consciousness gradually cleared.

"We have to find a way to make these women stop playing." Xu Tiancai said.

They walked towards the women, trying to stop them from playing. But when they approached them, they suddenly stopped playing, put down their instruments, and rushed towards Xu Tiancai and the others. These seemingly beautiful women now had ferocious eyes, and their nails grew long and sharp, like sharp weapons.

Ah Gang swung his battle axe and chopped at a woman. The axe hit the woman but missed her body. The woman's body dissipated like smoke and then re-condensed in another place.

"These women are phantoms, ordinary attacks are useless against them!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

Lin cast a dispelling spell, trying to drive away these phantom women. The magic light enveloped the women, but they only paused for a moment before continuing to pounce on them.

"We have to find their true selves, or find a way to break the illusion." Xu Tiancai said.

While dodging the phantom women's attacks, Xu Tiancai observed his surroundings. He discovered that the women's phantoms seemed to be connected to the surrounding music and a certain energy field in the passage. When the music started, the women's phantoms became stronger, and when the music stopped, the women's phantoms weakened slightly.

"Let's try to destroy the source of the music, maybe we can weaken these phantoms." Xu Tiancai shouted.

They rushed towards the instruments the women had been playing. Agang chopped down a pipa with his battle axe, shattering it and disorganizing the surrounding music. Lin cast a spell, destroying the other instruments one by one. As the instruments were destroyed, the women's illusions began to blur, and their attacks became less ferocious.

"Continue attacking the source of the music!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

They intensified their attack, destroying all the instruments. Without the support of the music, the women's phantoms finally vanished completely.

"Huh, it's finally solved." Agang breathed a sigh of relief.

They continued along the passage, and at the end of it, they found a huge library. The shelves in the library were filled with all kinds of books and scrolls, all of which exuded an ancient atmosphere.