After repelling the group of black spiritual beasts, Lin Yun and the others did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly seized the opportunity to recover their spiritual power. Once their spiritual power had recovered slightly, they gathered again in front of the huge stone gate engraved with runes, ready to continue to break the remaining restrictions.

Lin Yun took a deep breath, recalling the key point of the rune's previous transformation. He carefully extended his finger again, slowly injecting spiritual energy into the runes on the stone gate. The others followed suit, each choosing a rune and working together to guide the rune's spiritual energy in the direction of its flow, attempting to break the balance of the entire restriction and completely open the stone gate.

As everyone continued to inject spiritual power, the rune restrictions on the stone gate became looser and the light flashed more violently. The originally powerful spiritual power vortex had now become chaotic, and the surrounding spiritual power storm completely dissipated, leaving only some scattered spiritual power fragments slowly falling in the air.

Finally, accompanied by a dull roar, the stone door slowly swung open to the sides. A soft light shone through, illuminating the faces of everyone, filled with anticipation yet slightly nervous. Inside the door seemed to be a whole new world, the spiritual energy fluctuating richly and mysteriously, as if beckoning them to enter and explore.

"It's finally opened. Everyone, be careful. We don't know what dangers are waiting for us inside." Lin Yun reminded in a low voice. Everyone nodded, held the magic weapons in their hands tightly, walked carefully into the stone door, and stepped into this sealed place full of unknowns.

Upon entering the stone gate, everyone was stunned by the bizarre sight before them. It seemed like a separate, small world. Multicolored spiritual energy bands floated in the sky, interwoven like flowing ribbons, casting a soft glow that illuminated the entire space like a dream.

Various extremely rare spiritual plants grow on the ground. Some are shaped like lotus flowers, but have golden petals. Each petal exudes a mellow spiritual breath, as if condensed from pure spiritual power; some spiritual plants are like vines, climbing along the surrounding stone walls. The vines are full of crystal clear fruits, and there are faint spiritual runes flashing inside the fruits. It is obvious that they contain powerful spiritual energy.

In the center of the space, there is a stone platform emitting brilliant light. On the stone platform is placed an ancient jade box. The jade box is surrounded by spiritual chains, and the chains are engraved with complex and profound runes. The runes are flashing with light, as if sealing the things in the jade box. It is obvious that the sealed powerful skills are most likely in this jade box.

Several tall statues stand around the stone platform, depicting several cultivators with dignified expressions. They hold different magic weapons and stare at the stone platform, as if guarding the treasures in the jade box, adding a solemn and dignified atmosphere to the entire space.

Everyone was deeply attracted by the scene before them. While marveling at the wonders of this sealed land, they slowly walked towards the stone platform, wanting to find out more and obtain the legendary powerful skills.

However, when they were still some distance away from the stone platform, suddenly, the spiritual power fluctuations around them became chaotic, and the statues seemed to be activated, with red light flashing in their eyes. Then, the magic weapons in the hands of the statues emitted dazzling light, and spiritual attacks shot towards everyone.

"Be careful, the restriction has been triggered again!" Lin Yun shouted, and everyone hurriedly stopped and cast their spiritual shields to resist. However, the power of the attacks from these statues was far beyond their imagination. Under the impact of the attacks, the spiritual shields flickered and trembled. The powerful impact made everyone step back several steps, their faces becoming solemn. They realized that if they wanted to approach the stone platform and obtain the jade box, they had to first eliminate these guardian statues.

Although these guardian statues moved a little stiffly, the rhythm of their attacks was orderly. Some of them waved their spiritual swords, displaying fierce sword skills, and spiritual sword energy shot towards the crowd like raindrops; others cast spiritual spells, summoning huge spiritual light balls, which rolled towards the crowd. Wherever the light balls went, large pits were blasted out on the ground, with astonishing power.

Lin Yun and others were trying their best to resist the attack of the statue. Lin Yun waved his magic staff and cast a series of spiritual light curtains, trying to block the sword energy and light balls outside, but the light curtain soon cracked under the continuous attack, and he could only continuously inject spiritual power to repair it; Su Yao played the Lingxi Jade Flute, and the music turned into a spiritual blade flying towards the statue, but when it hit the statue, it only splashed a faint spiritual spark, and could not cause any substantial damage to them. The statue still launched an attack steadily, unmoved; Chen Yu hid his body, and wanted to go around the back of the statue to find a flaw, but the statue seemed to have all-round spiritual perception ability. As soon as he approached, he was noticed by the statue and then attacked fiercely. Chen Yu could only dodge in a panic, and fell into an extremely difficult situation for a while.

Zhao Gang stood in front again, using his sturdy shield to block most of the frontal attacks for everyone, but every time he blocked the attack, his arms became numb and his spiritual power was consumed very quickly. Everyone knew that this was not a solution and they had to find the weakness of the statue as soon as possible to break the deadlock and continue to move towards the stone platform.

During the fierce battle, Lin Yun fended off the statues' attacks while carefully observing their movements and spiritual energy fluctuations, trying to find their weaknesses. After some observation, he discovered that although the statues were powerful overall, after each attack, there would be a slight pause in their spiritual energy as they switched moves. Moreover, their spiritual energy seemed to be transmitted through the stone platform beneath their feet. Perhaps the stone platform was their key.

"Everyone, pay attention. The spiritual power of these statues will stagnate when they switch attacks. We can seize this opportunity to counterattack. Also, their spiritual power seems to be related to the stone platform. Maybe destroying the stone platform can weaken their power!" Lin Yun shouted loudly. When everyone heard it, they were cheered up and immediately adjusted their attack strategy. They were waiting for the gap between the statues' attacks and were ready to launch an attack.

Finally, the statues finished another round of attacks and began to change their moves. As Lin Yun observed, their spiritual power stagnated briefly.

"Now, attack!" Lin Yun commanded, and everyone shouted in unison, directing their gathered spiritual energy towards the connection between the statue's foot and the stone platform. Suddenly, a dazzling and powerful spiritual beam of light intertwined, colliding fiercely with the target.

This time the attack was indeed effective. After being hit by the spiritual light column, the statue shook slightly, and several cracks appeared on the stone platform under its feet. Its attack movements became slower, and the spiritual light on its body also dimmed a bit. Seeing this, everyone took advantage of the situation and continued to launch fierce attacks on the weak parts of the statues, trying to destroy them in one fell swoop, break through this level, and get the jade box on the stone platform.

Under the concerted attack of everyone, the connection between the feet of the guardian statues and the stone platform was shattered. The statues lost the support of spiritual power, their bodies began to shake violently, the red light in their eyes gradually dimmed, and finally fell to the ground with a bang, turning into a pile of rubble, and could no longer pose a threat to everyone.

As the statue collapsed, the chaotic spiritual energy fluctuations around it gradually subsided, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although this battle was extremely difficult, everyone consumed a lot of spiritual energy and suffered some injuries, but fortunately they successfully defeated the guardian statue and could finally get close to the stone platform to check the jade box containing powerful skills.

With excitement and nervousness, everyone slowly walked to the edge of the stone platform and observed the jade box closely. The jade box exuded an ancient and mysterious aura, and the spiritual chains engraved with runes around it still shimmered. Although the guardian statue had been destroyed, the chains clearly still sealed the jade box. Opening it would probably take some effort.

Lin Yun reached out and gently touched the spiritual chain, wanting to feel its spiritual properties and the strength of its seal. As soon as he made contact, a powerful spiritual force rebounded back, nearly causing him to withdraw his hand. He quickly calmed his mind and carefully sensed the spiritual energy patterns of the runes on the chain.

"The seal of this chain is very complicated. The runes are nested in each other, forming a strict spiritual power cycle. If you want to break it, you have to find the key nodes of the runes and cut off this cycle." Lin Yun said with a frown. Several other people also gathered around and studied the runes on the chain together.

However, these runes were far too profound. After studying them for a long time, they could only roughly grasp the basic flow of spiritual energy within them, but they still had no idea where the key nodes were. Furthermore, any carelessness in their attempts to decipher them could trigger a backlash from the chains' spiritual energy, a force powerful enough to severely injure them. Therefore, no one dared to act rashly. For a moment, the situation reached a stalemate. Everyone stared at the jade box, so close yet so difficult to open, filled with anxiety and helplessness.

Just when everyone was frowning, Su Yao suddenly remembered the rune information she had seen in the crystal ball before. Although she had only deciphered part of the content about the origin of Lingdao and the clues of the exercises at that time, perhaps there were also hints about breaking the chain seal.

So, she closed her eyes, calmed down, and carefully recalled the appearance of the runes in the crystal ball and the various patterns and words they combined to form. As she was thinking, she suddenly opened her eyes, and a glimmer of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"I remembered that there was a set of runes in the crystal ball, and the arrangement of the runes was somewhat similar to the runes on this chain. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now I think that might be the key to cracking it!" Su Yao said excitedly. When everyone heard this, they hurriedly asked her to explain in detail. Su Yao described the appearance and arrangement of the runes she recalled. After listening, Lin Yun compared it with the runes on the chain and thought carefully. After a moment, he seemed to understand something, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.

Following the rune clues Su Yao recalled, Lin Yun carefully reached out his hand again and tapped a rune on the chain, muttering something in his mouth, guiding the rune's changes according to the specific spiritual power circulation method. This time, the rune on the chain really reacted differently. The originally stable spiritual power circulation became slightly disordered, and the spiritual power light around it flickered more violently.

"It works. Everyone, follow my method and help guide the changes of other runes. Maybe we can break the seal!" Lin Yun shouted excitedly. Upon hearing this, everyone took action and each chose a rune. According to what Lin Yun said, they injected spiritual power and guided the rune to change.

As everyone worked, the runes on the chains became increasingly chaotic, and the spiritual energy glowed ever brighter, as if the seal was about to be broken. But at this moment, the entire sealed area suddenly shook violently, and tiny cracks began to appear in the surrounding space. The spiritual energy light bands also became chaotic, as if the entire space was rejecting everyone's actions and could collapse at any moment. The situation became extremely critical. Everyone didn't know what the consequences would be if they continued, but there was no turning back. They could only bite the bullet and continue trying to break the seal, hoping to successfully open the jade box and obtain the skills before the space collapsed.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, the runes on the chain were finally completely disordered. With a flash of dazzling light, the sealing chain shattered and turned into points of light that dissipated in the air. The ancient jade box was finally completely revealed to everyone.

Everyone had no time to rejoice, for the entire sealed land was shaking more violently, the cracks in space growing ever wider, and a powerful suction force constantly emanated from the cracks, as if threatening to devour everything. Furthermore, as the seal broke, a mysterious force seemed to be unleashed from the jade box. This force intertwined with the chaotic spiritual energy surrounding it, forming an extremely dangerous spiritual storm that swept towards everyone, instantly plunging them into a new crisis. Faced with this double crisis, they had to find a way to preserve the jade box and escape this impending collapse of the sealed land. But this was no easy task, and everyone's heart was in their throat as they nervously pondered a response.

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