Seven Mysterious Spaces: My Rise to Power in the Cultivation World

"Damn it!" Zhuang Yu cursed under his breath, his spiritual power flowing across the surface of the shield, but he was still unable to resonate with those mysterious runes.

These runes are like celestial books, each one filled with a mysterious aura, yet they intertwine with each other, forming an even more complex whole.

He tried to infuse his spiritual power into it, but it vanished without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

Time ticked by, and fine beads of sweat appeared on Zhuang Yu's forehead.

He felt like a beggar facing a huge treasure but unable to find the key, his heart filled with anxiety and unease.

Liu Feng could make a comeback at any time, but he still had no clue what to do.

Meanwhile, Liu Feng, trapped in the restriction, did not give up.

Like a trapped beast, he frantically attacked every corner of the barrier, trying to find a glimmer of hope for escape.

The blood vessels in his eyes grew thicker and thicker, and his face became increasingly ferocious.

Finally, after a fierce attack, he discovered a tiny crack in one corner of the barrier.

"This is it!" Liu Feng was overjoyed. He concentrated all his spiritual power on this point and let out a deafening roar.

The restriction trembled violently, and the tiny crack rapidly expanded before finally shattering with a deafening roar.

Like a wild horse breaking free of its reins, Liu Feng burst out of the restriction, his eyes flashing with bloodlust, and headed straight for Zhuang Yu.

"Boy, prepare to die!" he roared, his longsword gleaming with murderous intent as he thrust it straight at Zhuang Yu's throat.

Zhuang Yu sensed the chilling killing intent behind him, turned around abruptly, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Liu Feng's ferocious face came into view, his long sword flashing coldly as he charged straight at them.

At the critical moment, Zhuang Yu dodged the fatal blow with a swift movement.

Liu Feng broke through the restriction faster than he had imagined, and this attack was even more insidious, with a strange black aura mixed in with his sword moves, clearly some kind of sinister magic.

"Boy, let's see where you run this time!" Liu Feng sneered, his long sword wielding even more fiercely. The black aura clung to Zhuang Yu like maggots, constantly eroding his protective spiritual power.

Zhuang Yu dared not be careless. While dodging, he also sent out a wisp of his divine sense to probe into the mysterious space.

A vast bookshelf appeared in his mind, and he quickly browsed through it, searching for a solution.

The surrounding trees were snapped in half by their surging spiritual power, and sand and stones flew everywhere, blotting out the sun.

"Found it!" Zhuang Yu was overjoyed. He saw a book with runes similar to those on the treasure.

While dodging Liu Feng's attacks, he tried to arrange and combine the runes on the treasure according to the methods in the ancient books.

Seeing that Zhuang Yu was distracted, Liu Feng's attack became even more ferocious. The black aura coiled around Zhuang Yu like a venomous snake, attempting to devour him.

Zhuang Yu groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but his hands did not stop moving.

Finally, just as Liu Feng's fierce attack was about to strike again, Zhuang Yu completed the final rune combination.

The treasure suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, a golden beam shooting straight into the sky, and then like an arrow released from a bow, it shot towards Liu Feng.

"Ah!" Liu Feng was struck by the bright light and let out a shrill scream. His body flew backward like a kite with a broken string and crashed heavily to the ground.

He struggled to get up, only to find that his body had lost all feeling, with only a glint of resentment still shining in his eyes.

Zhuang Yu looked at Liu Feng lying on the ground, slowly walked up to him, and said condescendingly, "You think... this is the end?"

Zhuang Yu squatted down, toying with a jade pendant he had taken from Liu Feng. The pendant was carved with a lifelike black snake, which faintly exuded a cold aura.

"The Black Serpent Cult..." Zhuang Yu muttered to himself, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Liu Feng was struck by the power of the treasure and was on the verge of death, but the resentment in his eyes did not diminish at all. He stared at Zhuang Yu as if he wanted to devour him alive.

Zhuang Yu paid no attention to Liu Feng's gaze, focusing his attention back on the treasure in his hand.

As the rune combination was completed, the originally complex patterns on the surface of the treasure gradually faded, revealing a hidden groove.

Zhuang Yu's heart stirred, and he poured his spiritual power into the groove.

After a slight tremor, the treasure slowly opened, revealing a hidden space.

The space was small, but it was filled with spiritual energy. Several jade bottles were placed inside, containing pills that emitted a rich medicinal fragrance.

Next to it was an old-fashioned book with three ancient seal characters on the cover: “Tianyan Jue”.

Zhuang Yu picked up the jade bottle, uncorked it, and a refreshing medicinal fragrance wafted out, invigorating him.

He recognized it at a glance as the legendary "Mind-Concentrating Pill," which could greatly increase cultivation speed and was a rare and precious item.

As for the "Heavenly Evolution Manual," Zhuang Yu opened it and found that it contained some profound cultivation methods, and even techniques for refining special runes, which was exactly the knowledge he needed at the moment.

Zhuang Yu carefully put away the pills and ancient books, overjoyed.

This unexpected trip not only allowed him to eliminate a potential enemy, but also brought him such a generous reward—a truly delightful surprise.

But he wasn't blinded by joy. He knew that Liu Feng was just a small fry in the Black Serpent Cult, and that there was a much larger force controlling everything behind the scenes.

Moreover, the secret of this treasure has clearly not been fully revealed yet; the appearance of the hidden space is just the beginning.

He looked up into the deeper part of the hidden space, where there seemed to be another tightly closed stone door...

"Looks like the real show is just beginning..." Zhuang Yu's lips curled into a meaningful smile as he stepped towards the stone door and slowly pushed it open...