Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

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The hooded monk's cold gaze swept over the ten monks in the hall.

"Understanding the runes on this wall will grant you a way out." His icy voice echoed in everyone's minds.

Before the words were finished, a powerful pressure suddenly descended, tightly gripping everyone's soul and spiritual power.

Those with weaker cultivation levels immediately turned pale, their bodies trembled uncontrollably, and even breathing became extremely difficult.

Chen Xu stood in the crowd, his gaze sweeping indifferently over the panicked cultivators.

A middle-aged cultivator dressed as a rogue was the first to lose his composure and rushed towards the wall in front of him, his fingers trembling as he touched the flowing golden runes.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the rune, a sudden change occurred.

"ah!!!"

A piercing scream echoed throughout the side hall.

The cultivator's body convulsed violently, and strange black gas gushed from his seven orifices.

His skin was instantly covered with spiderweb-like black lines, and he collapsed to the ground, as if all his life force had been drained, without a trace of life.

Like a school of startled fish, everyone retreated in unison.

Chen Xu's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly as his gaze swept over the dense golden runes on the wall, his heart filled with astonishment.

"The energy erupting from these golden runes... it looks so much like evil spirits!"

However, this was not the time to delve into it, and he forcefully suppressed the turbulent thoughts in his mind.

Chen Xu, the gray-haired man in Meteor City, took out the Xuan Jade Slip, immersed his consciousness in it, and began to analyze the runes.

At this moment, Nan Longyue stared palely at the golden runes on the wall, her body trembling slightly.

The sense of calling in her mind reached its peak at that moment, as if something... had awakened.

Nan Longyue suddenly opened her eyes, and countless ancient scenes were rapidly flashing through her clear eyes.

"Dragon Palace..." A soft whisper, seemingly from time immemorial, escaped from her trembling lips.

Her pale blue, watery aura surged, resonating with the entire ruins.

Boom!

Just as Nan Longyue's fingertips were about to touch the wall, the immense power within her suddenly erupted.

A pale blue, ethereal aura, like a roaring tsunami, surged forth from her body.

Nan Longyue spat out a mouthful of blood, her body trembling violently. The light membrane she maintained instantly turned into a pure aquamarine color, enveloping Chen Xu's figure as well.

Standing within the light membrane, Chen Xu clearly felt a tremendous force enveloping him and dragging him toward the oldest area of ​​this ruin.

The underwater ruins were completely disintegrated under the terrifying force of collapse.

Countless enormous crystal structures shattered into billions of fragments.

With the destructive power of the ocean currents, Nanlongyue, along with the entire light membrane bubble, was swept into an endless abyss of dark turbulence...

After an unknown amount of time, the feeling of weightlessness suddenly disappeared, and the sensation of solid ground beneath my feet returned.

The light membrane shattered, turning into specks of blue light that dissipated.

Chen Xu and Nan Longyue stood in a strange space.

Beneath your feet lies a smooth, mirror-like black crystal floor that stretches to the horizon.

There was no seawater or sky overhead, only a chaotic nebula mixed with gold and blue.

In the center of this space, a huge, deep blue crystal tablet floats.

The crystal tablet is made of the same material as the ruined palace, and nine totems of different shapes are quietly imprinted on it.

Each totem exudes a completely different aura.

Some are like raging seas, some like deep, cold pools; some are brimming with life, while others exude an aura of annihilation and desolation.

In front of the crystal monument, on the smooth ground, two faint, cushion-shaped halos of light appeared out of nowhere, seemingly waiting for those who would take their seats.

"Is this... the core of the Dragon Palace?" Nan Longyue's voice echoed with a hint of ethereal beauty.

The ancient blue light originating from her bloodline had not completely faded from the depths of her eyes, causing a slight change in her overall demeanor.

She has lost some of her fragility and gained more of her authority.

She clearly felt that one of the nine patterns resonated strongly with the surging power within her.

Chen Xu's divine sense swept across the entire space.

Apart from this crystal platform and the floating crystal monument, the surrounding area is an absolute void barrier, incredibly solid and impossible to break through.

"There is no other way out. It seems that the only key lies in these nine totems."

As soon as he finished speaking, the nine totems on the crystal tablet suddenly lit up.

Suddenly, chanting of Buddhist hymns filled the surroundings.

The moment the sound rang out, Chen Xu and Nan Longyue simultaneously felt a torrent of thoughts crash into their sea of ​​consciousness.

Nan Longyue's delicate body trembled violently, as if her Sea Spirit Bloodline was affected by the Sanskrit chant, and the blue light in her eyes surged.

Almost instinctively, she took a step forward and sat cross-legged on one of the prayer cushions.

Unconsciously, she raised her finger and lightly touched the totem that resonated with her.

"Chiwen...nurturing the spirit...nourishing the soul..."

The ethereal and ancient syllables are no longer the original sound of Nanlongyue.

With this whisper, the enormous totem suddenly detached from the crystal tablet, transforming into a soft, warm golden stream that gently wrapped around Nan Longyue's body before finally disappearing into her brow.

The cultivation method, "Chiwen Nourishing Spirit Technique"...

A vast yet gentle flow of information unfolded in her mind.

This method focuses on cultivating spiritual consciousness, using the ancient spiritual essence of the Chiwen (a mythical creature) to nourish and strengthen the origin of the soul. It is gentle, long-lasting, and endlessly regenerating, perfectly suited to her sea spirit constitution.

Chen Xu realized it wasn't so easy; he closed his eyes tightly, his face showing some pain.

I do not know how long it has been,

The rune representing enlightenment on the crystal tablet trembled violently, bursting out with a dazzling golden light that pierced deep into Chen Xu's brow.

The cultivation technique, "Mysterious Water Dragon-Opening Technique"...

Chen Xu groaned, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

The way this technique was passed down was far more brutal than Nan Longyue's, like forcibly pressing a red-hot iron onto the soul.

Subsequently, the remaining eight totems on the crystal tablet receded, and the chanting in the space quickly subsided, returning to a deathly silence.

Nan Longyue slowly opened her eyes and looked at Chen Xu, meeting his calm gaze.

Neither of them spoke, yet they both clearly sensed the distinctly different ancient aura emanating from the other.

Chen Xu was still somewhat dazed at this moment.

Meanwhile, within the Dragon Palace Secret Realm, the hooded cultivator was even more horrified.

"That kid isn't a Sea Spirit, so how did he get into the inheritance space?"

"How strange...how strange..."

Before long, within the inheritance space, a new anomaly occurred.

The enormous deep blue crystal monument suspended in the center of space trembled violently, and the golden-blue chaotic nebula churned violently.

Two huge cracks silently appeared on the mirrored black crystal ground in front of the crystal monument.

"roar!!!"

Two distinct yet equally terrifying and majestic dragon roars echoed from the depths of the crevice.

Two phantom dragon souls, one gold and one blue, rose from the crack.

The golden dragon was surrounded by domineering and scorching Xuan Shui flames, while the azure dragon exuded a profound and icy aura.

Their enormous dragon eyes locked onto Chen Xu and Nan Longyue, their icy intent directly blasting into their consciousness:

"Break through my shadow, and you will receive my true teachings!"