Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

Chapter 294 What the hell is this? !
Black fog is rising and smoke is vague.

The palace was shattered and broken walls and ruins were scattered everywhere.

The fragrant flowers and sacred trees of the past have now withered.

Only a few fragmented and strange debris remain.

Sometimes you can see shadows passing through the fog.

Or as huge as an elephant.

Or as small as a fly.

Or still retain the human form.

Or so weird that it can't be described in words.

And in the ashes that had been silent for many years, two steady and powerful footsteps gradually approached.

Two middle-aged men in black cloaks walked forward among the ruins.

What was surprising was that some evil spirits around them ignored them as if they didn't see them when they passed by.

Seeing this scene, the thin-faced middle-aged man with gray hair couldn't help but whisper:

"Every time I see these evil spirits being completely unaware of us, I can't help but sigh at the magic of this breath-holding cloak. If it weren't for this treasure, we might still be stuck in the Sun Palace after being disturbed by those evil spirits along the way."

"The Breath-Holding Cloak is naturally extremely valuable. Even the leader only has two of them. This time, in order to allow us to successfully explore the core area of ​​the Shinra ruins, we took them all out. We must make achievements to repay the leader for this gift."

Sun Qingshuang, with dark eyes, said calmly.

Gray-haired treasure hunter Zhu Youren also responded solemnly:

"As it should be!"

Sun Qingshuang glanced at him and continued:
“But Old Zhu, you also have to be careful. Although the Breath-Holding Cloak can block the perception of evil creatures below the level of entering the power, and even most of the evil creatures below the level of entering the power, powerful evil creatures may still be able to detect us.

On the road ahead, we will encounter increasingly powerful evil creatures, and even powerful corpses left behind by the Shinra Wanxiang Sect. By then, this cloak will hardly continue to work. If you don’t want it to be damaged in battle, remember to take it off in advance.”

Hearing this, Zhu Youren disagreed and said:
“The road ahead is naturally dangerous, but we brought the formation map with us this time. We were lucky enough to find the scroll left by the formation master back then. After deciphering it over the years, we have been able to roughly match it with the various formations inside.

In this way, not only can we successfully pass through the remaining remnants of the formation in various places, but if we encounter danger, we can also use the remnants inside to fight the enemy. In comparison, I feel that the journey ahead is safer.

After all, the deeper you go, the stronger the remaining formation becomes, and the corpses wandering inside, no matter how strong they are, are ultimately just irrational bastards, and they can be easily dealt with."

“Having said that, we still need to be more careful. There are not only corpses and broken formations deep in the ruins, but also other unknown dangers, such as the remains of the immortal tomb.”

Sun Qingshuang's tone suddenly became serious.

"The remains of the Immortal Tomb are indeed worthy of attention,"

Zhu Youren also nodded and said:

"But the leader has already said that this time we are mainly focused on exploring the core area. There is no need to directly touch the remains of the Immortal Tomb. After all, that thing destroyed the entire Shenluo Wanxiang Sect back then. Even after so many years, no one can say for sure how much power it still has. At least it is not something that the two of us can covet."

Having said this, he paused and continued:
"If you ask me, it would be great if we could get the Ten Thousand Beasts Pearl this time."

“The Ten Thousand Beasts Pearl is the famous weapon of the beast master who is in charge of keeping it. Even among many spiritual weapons, it is ranked as the most powerful weapon. It is powerful enough for a person to use until the peak of the third realm, or even the fourth realm.

Back then, so many Third Realm powerhouses turned the Shinra ruins upside down but still couldn't find the Ten Thousand Beasts Pearl. Now, so many years have passed, and we have finally got a clue. We must not miss it, as it is a treasure that can support a top-level sect.

If the leader can possess it, he will not be afraid even if a powerful enemy of the third realm comes to him.

Not to mention the warning left by the old man Zhanlong, the entire area nearby will fall under the rule of our Yindu Sect.

In the future, we may become a regional overlord like the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect. By then, even the big sects like the Corpse Bone Sect will have to show respect to us."

Seeing Zhu Youren's excited expression as he reveled in a bright future, Sun Qingshuang suddenly frowned and said in a deep voice:
"careful!"

Zhu Youren immediately came back to his senses, and then saw the fog not far away rolling like a hurricane, and vaguely saw a figure approaching them rapidly.

Approaching them straightly.

Obviously, they have been noticed!
Zhu Youren felt horrified instantly.

Before he could open his mouth, Sun Qingshuang on the side had already taken out a palm-sized copper-yellow array plate.

After the powerful force was injected and the array was activated, many scattered bright lines appeared on it.

Among the many lines, there are hardly any that are more than half connected, and they all look broken and in tatters.

Sun Qingshuang glanced around and immediately injected his strength into a bright line on the northwest side.

The next second, the array pattern that was originally emitting fluorescent light suddenly became more intense, and the light was so dazzling.

Immediately afterwards, the ground suddenly shook violently, and then a dark purple mist suddenly exploded from the ruins on the northwest side.

After the dark purple mist appeared, it immediately approached the attacking figure rapidly.

Almost in an instant, the flying figure was completely enveloped by the dark purple mist.

Then, a series of ear-piercing sounds came from him.

Then I saw the fog and countless dark purple gravel the size of ants, madly wrapping around the figure.

It is sand manganese that is harder than red gold and is a precious material often used in casting top-level spiritual weapons.

At this moment, after being madly wrapped up by countless sand and manganese, the figure that was rushing towards it immediately slowed down and its steps gradually became unsteady.

As he moved forward, bloody and flesh-like particles were constantly thrown out from his body.

At first there were few, then more and more, until his entire body was shaved into an extremely clean skeleton.

In the end, even the skeleton was turned into countless powdered debris by the attack of sand and manganese.

Seeing the bone powder falling on the ground, Zhu Youren couldn't help but sigh:

"This guy must have been a great figure in the third realm when he was alive. Even if he turned into a dead body, it would be difficult for us to be his opponent. It's a pity that this is our home ground now."

As he spoke, he looked at the sand and manganese that were slowly being collected back, and a hint of greed could not help but flash across his eyes.

If all of this sand and manganese could be taken out, even if one did not personally assemble the materials to melt them into top-notch spiritual tools, they could easily be sold at sky-high prices, and perhaps even exchanged for two or three spiritual tools.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he wanted it, he knew that it was part of the formation. With their strength in formation, they were unable to remove all the material without disturbing the formation.

Zhu Youren quickly put aside his greedy thoughts.

Just as he was about to move forward, he suddenly realized that something was wrong:

"What's that sound?" Sun Qingshuang, who had just put away the formation plate, was slightly startled when he heard this.

He also listened attentively and soon heard some noise coming from afar.

If the corpse just now rushed over like a huge rock falling.

What was ringing in my ears at this moment was like a mountain collapsing.

The rumbling sound was like countless corpses rioting, and just listening to it made them feel terrified.

Looking at the huge cloud of fog that was sweeping in like a wave, Zhu Youren felt his throat dry and asked in disbelief:
"What kind of monsters are those?"

"Just try and you will find out."

Sun Qing frowned and responded, then activated the formation again.

This time he held almost nothing back.

With the infusion of massive energy, many remaining formations near the front were activated one after another.

Many mysterious and powerful formations launched a terrifying attack towards the unknown enemy.

One formation after another fell on its body, thinking that it could be destroyed, or at least greatly reduce its offensive power.

However, what shocked Sun Qingshuang and Zhu Youren was that the many remaining attacks fell on that guy, but it only made it feel no pain, and even its forward speed did not slow down at all.

What the hell is this?!
"It's... a star beast!!"

Seeing the giant beast emitting crystal light all over its body, Zhu Youren's pupils suddenly widened, and a message deep in his memory immediately emerged.

It is rumored that Shao Xinghan, the leader of the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect, accidentally encountered a falling star when he was traveling outside in his early years. Among the falling stars were star beasts that originally lived outside the sky. Most of the star beasts died on the spot because of the fall, but one with extremely tenacious vitality was seriously injured. Fortunately, it survived and was collected by Shao Xinghan who came across it by chance. A treasure called the Star and Moon Divine Map, which was later used as the foundation of the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect.

Before, he thought it was just a rumor, but now it seems that it is the truth that has never been embellished!
At this moment, when hearing the name of the star beast, Sun Qingshuang also recalled the origin of the star beast.

It is rumored that these creatures exist in various forms, some are real, some are virtual, and some are even half real and half virtual.

The one in front of him was obviously a virtual entity, and the remaining formations activated in various places had almost no effect on it. Only targeted formations, such as illusion formations and other spiritual formations, could hinder and kill it.

But on the formation plate in his hand, there were only a few remnants of this kind.

Even if there is, it's not nearby.

Sun Qingshuang said to Zhu Youren without any nonsense:

"Retreat first, get out of the spotlight!"

Zhu Youren nodded in agreement, and the two of them each used their secret techniques to rush along a safe path towards the ruins on the right. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the thick fog.

at the same time.

It was four miles away from the two of them.

Guan Ruoyu, who was also deep in the ruins, also noticed the unusual movement ahead.

After she entered the core area of ​​the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect, she immediately discovered that someone had walked ahead of her.

And there are two of them.

Considering that the other party was able to enter such a deep distance without triggering the many traps remaining everywhere, there is no doubt that the other party must have mastered the relevant internal maps.

So she followed the other person's footsteps carefully, deliberately keeping a distance of several miles, neither too close nor too far.

Fortunately, I didn't encounter any traps along the way.

Even if she accidentally encountered some monsters on the road, she dealt with them decisively and quickly, without arousing any reaction from the people in front of her.

But at this moment, hearing the strange movement, she suddenly had a very bad premonition.

Could it be that the two people in front triggered some trap, causing adverse reactions in the entire ruins.

As the violent vibration got closer, Guan Ruoyu couldn't help but frown slightly.

She did not intend to wait until the crisis came before making preparations, and she immediately activated a secret technique. Her entire aura quickly disappeared, and her exposed figure was gradually covered by a shadow, and finally turned into an inconspicuous roadside stone and fell into the dense weeds.

……

"What's that noise coming from inside?"

In front of the huge ruins of the Sun Temple, a young man in blue with two dragon horns on his forehead had a completely bewildered look on his face.

Next to him, a white-haired middle-aged man with even thicker dragon horns on his head took out a palm-sized round mirror. There were several cracks on the mirror surface, and it was obviously a damaged and defective product.

He injected his strength into the wind-retaining goggles, and the next second, a blurry image flashed on the mirror surface.

However, what surprised the three dragonborns present was that as many scenes of the surrounding areas appeared one by one in the mirror, they could not see the three groups of people walking in front of them.

The disappearance of the first two groups of people can be explained, because they went too deep and the distance was too far to be reflected in the wind mirror. Or they were trapped in some broken formation or even in a trap left by the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect, so it was normal that they could not be reflected.

But the problem was that the third group of people, the one they were following closely and the one closest to them, also disappeared in the mirror at this moment.

When did those guys disappear?

The three dragonborn just looked at each other in bewilderment.

But there was no time to think about it now, because just now, they also saw in the mirror the huge beast rushing towards them, sweeping up countless mists.

Although it was surrounded by fog, they always felt that the giant beast was very similar to the legendary star beast, but the fog was too thick and it was difficult to distinguish them clearly.

But no matter whether the opponent is a star beast or not, given its terrifying power, they have to make plans early.

The leading white-haired dragonborn was preparing to make arrangements when suddenly, the young man in blue clothes beside him said in shock:
"Duan, why aren't Duan Haishan and the others dead yet?!"

Seeing Duan Haishan and others suddenly flash in the mirror, the three dragonborns present couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.

Wasn’t it said that Duan Haishan and the others were designed to fall into a trap from which it would be difficult for them to escape?

Why was he suddenly behind them now?
Could it be that something went wrong with the leader's plan?
But why couldn't they be stopped later?
"Well done!"

Suppressing the ominous premonition in his heart, the white-haired dragonborn suddenly said loudly:
"Since they were able to get here, this is an opportunity God has given us!"

"With the help of the geographical advantage here, we should be able to kill them all!"

Hearing this, the remaining two people immediately became excited.

The three of them did not delay any longer and quickly made a plan and began to make emergency arrangements.

(End of this chapter)