Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

The raging sandstorm finally engulfed the three of them completely.

My vision completely disappeared, and all I could hear was the howling wind and the rapid friction of sand.

The raging sandstorm crashed against the protective aura and shield formed by the three people's protective talismans.

The light shield fluctuated violently, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Just when Li Yuan and Lin Miaoyin felt they were about to give up, a spatial vortex suddenly appeared in the center of the sandstorm.

An irresistible suction force erupted, pulling the three of them in.

……

After an unknown amount of time, with a dull thud, the three of them crashed heavily onto the hard ground.

Chen Xu grunted and immediately flipped over and jumped up, scanning his surroundings warily.

They were now in a passageway made of huge black stones.

The passageway is about ten meters high and only wide enough for four or five people to walk side by side. The walls are covered with twisted and eerie blood-red runes.

These runes, seemingly drawn from congealed blood, emitted a dark red light, illuminating the entire space as if it were a ghostly realm.

"Where...where is this?" Li Yuan struggled to get up, his voice filled with fear, his face pale.

Lin Miaoyin also quickly got up and silently took out the jade ruyi.

Chen Xu ignored the two and immediately tried to use his divine sense to investigate, only to find that his divine sense was restricted again and suppressed to a distance of about ten feet around him.

Chen Xu's heart sank, and he gripped the dark longsword in his hand tightly.

At this moment, Li Yuan hurriedly took out a palm-sized compass from his storage bag and poured spiritual energy into it.

However, the compass needle spun erratically in the center.

"Damn it!" Li Yuan's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

"My spirit compass has completely lost its function. It seems I can only take it one step at a time..."

Just then, Lin Miaoyin looked at the jade ruyi in her hand, then turned slightly to look at Chen Xu and Li Yuan:

"If you two trust me, why don't you come with me?"

"Go with you?" Li Yuan looked up, his gaze sweeping over the jade ruyi in Lin Miaoyin's hand, and asked thoughtfully:

"Fellow Daoist Lin, what kind of treasure is this jade ruyi of yours? It can even guide the way?"

Chen Xu also turned his gaze to the jade ruyi, pondering in his heart.

Since encountering Lin Miaoyin, this treasure has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and is by no means an ordinary magic weapon.

If we can obtain it, we will undoubtedly have more confidence when exploring secret and dangerous places in the future. Given the opportunity, we must find out its origin.

Chen Xu suppressed his emotions, nodded slightly, and said to Lin Miaoyin, "Then I'll trouble Fellow Daoist Lin to lead the way."

……

Then, led by Lin Miaoyin, the two ventured deeper into the area.

This place seems to be a maze, with a complex and intricate terrain.

Unexpectedly, guided by Lin Miaoyin's jade ruyi, the three of them traveled very smoothly.

Not only did they not encounter any danger, but they also acquired a lot of treasures.

This time, however, the ones who divided the treasure became Lin Miaoyin and Chen Xu.

As for Li Yuan... he watched with envy from the sidelines, but dared not voice any opinion.

After all, Lin Miaoyin did all the work this time, and how she decides to divide the spoils is none of his business...

Before long, Lin Miaoyin led the two to an open space.

At the end of the open space was a smooth, huge stone wall.

The open space was circular, and the crimson runes on the previous passage mysteriously stopped here.

"No way out?" Li Yuan's voice was somewhat surprised. He subconsciously looked back at the way he came, trying to confirm whether he had missed the fork in the road.

But the instant he turned around, a massive, heavy black stone gate seemed to crash down from the void, sealing off all escape routes.

"Damn it! We're out of options!" Li Yuan's face turned deathly pale.

Lin Miaoyin's eyes, hidden behind her silver mask, warily scanned this desolate place.

She quietly put her other hand behind her back, as if preparing something.

Chen Xu stood silently in place, his dark sword pointing diagonally at the ground, lost in thought.

Just then, blood-red runes suddenly lit up on the floor in the center of the stone chamber.

Then, a colossal object appeared out of thin air, accompanied by the heavy sound of metal scraping and the roar of surging spiritual energy.

It was a mechanical puppet that stood five meters tall, and its entire body was cast from an unknown dark green metal.

The puppet's feet stomped on the ground, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

At the ends of the two thick metal arms are two enormous sword blades.

It has no head, and a huge scarlet crystal is embedded in the center of its body, "staring" at the intruder like a single eye.

What's truly disheartening is that the spiritual energy emanating from it has reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage...

"Mid-Foundation Establishment?! It's over!" Li Yuan exclaimed in shock, his voice trembling slightly.

Their cultivation levels are currently suppressed to the third level of Qi Refining.

A Qi Refining Stage 3 opponent facing a Foundation Establishment Stage 5 opponent is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Although Lin Miaoyin did not speak, the rapid heaving of her chest and the sudden tension in her body beneath the silver mask revealed her inner panic.

The puppet's crimson crystal "one-eyed" eye seemed to have locked onto its target.

Then the enormous mechanical puppet moved.

It appears heavy and clumsy, but it bursts with astonishing speed when it starts, raising two huge blades and slashing down at Li Yuan, who is closest to it.

"Damn it!" At the critical moment, Li Yuan hurriedly waved out dozens of array flags, which instantly disappeared into the shadows of the surrounding walls.

Just as the puppet's giant blade was about to strike Li Yuan, a defensive barrier appeared out of thin air in front of him.

While blocking the puppet's attack, he also protected the three people inside.

The immense recoil caused the massive mechanical puppet to pause slightly.

However, this recoil force cannot cause any substantial damage to the puppet.

This only enraged it further. The crimson crystal in its center began to glow.

A massive amount of spiritual energy gathered in the crystal, and finally, a beam of red light burst forth.

However, the formation seemed surprisingly tenacious; the barrier remained unmoved despite the onslaught of the mechanical puppets.

Inside the formation, Li Yuan's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

He glanced with fear at the puppet outside that was constantly swinging its sword and slashing at the array's light barrier.

He then turned to Chen Xu behind him: "Brother Chen, think of something quickly! I'm afraid my Xuanming Formation won't last much longer..."

Chen Xu's gaze swept quickly over the locations of the array flags that had disappeared underground, and he glanced at Li Yuan with some surprise.

Li Yuan really did have a backup plan; the array formation inheritance he gave me actually had a second volume...

Chen Xu sneered inwardly, but now was not the time to pursue the matter.

He sheathed his dark sword and said calmly, "How long can it last?"

Li Yuan replied with a solemn expression, "It can probably last for about 15 minutes."

"Half a quarter of an hour..." Chen Xu looked at Li Yuan in surprise again.

This Xuanming Formation has lasted so long.

It seems that after this trip, I will have to get my hands on the second half of the array inheritance no matter what.

After a brief moment of thought, under the astonished and puzzled gazes of Li Yuan and Lin Miaoyin...

Chen Xu retreated to the edge of the formation, sat down cross-legged, and closed his eyes:

"Then hold out for half an hour while I prepare."

"Then, kill it."