Chapter 605

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Protagonist:

Yu Zhangsheng

Wang Mie coldly snorted: "That Dasheng Mengzhi is just boasting."

"That stone statue hasn't changed at all, do you think it looks like someone has entered before?"

"Most likely that Dasheng Mengzhi was directly trapped on the first layer, and in the end was thrown out after triggering some unknown condition."

"However, it's rather Lin Tianhao who hasn't appeared all this time, which surprises me."

"I originally thought Lin Tianhao had entered long ago, but judging by the current situation, it doesn't seem like he's entered at all. Could it be he's still outside?"

Hu Ruhai speculated: "Could he have met with misfortune?"

"Impossible!"

This possibility was directly vetoed by Wang Mie.

"Within this secret realm, there's probably no existence that can threaten Lin Tianhao, so how could he possibly meet with misfortune."

"The greatest possibility is instead the most dangerous!"

"How is that possible?"

Wang Mie said with a grave expression: "It's very likely that Lin Tianhao, just like us before, has been hiding in some place all along."

This speculation was indeed very likely, and it made everyone present tense up.

If Lin Tianhao really is hiding outside, then there can only be one purpose: waiting for them to bring out the things inside, then Lin Tianhao would strike to seize them.

At that time, who would be able to resist?

Such a possibility also cast a layer of shadow over everyone's hearts.

Yu Zhangsheng said: "Forget it, what's the point of thinking about this now, whether we can obtain the things here is still uncertain, let's go."

Yu Zhangsheng took the lead advancing in one direction, and the others could only follow.

The content of this second trial is still unknown, and the several people arrived at an altar.

This altar is very tall, nearly over ten meters high, constructed layer by layer of steps, with statues of various spirit beasts all around.

Each statue is very tall, imposing and majestic, lifelike.

As if one could feel the power of these statues' true forms.

The several people also gazed at these statues entranced, simply because these statues were crafted too exquisitely.

"Could these all be those Holy Seed Spirit Beasts?"

"If these are all Holy Seed Spirit Beasts, then what is this altar that they surround?"

The several people observed before the altar for a long time, Hu Ruhai proposed: "Shall we go up and take a look?"

"It seems there's nothing down here."

Yu Zhangsheng also felt they had to go up to possibly solve this stage's puzzle, so he also walked up.

Each step of that altar spans a full meter in height, clearly not prepared for the human race, but for the several people, going up was effortless.

Yu Zhangsheng reached the very top of the altar, discovering the altar's surface was similarly engraved with many patterns.

The others also arrived one after another, observing on the ground.

"These patterns seem to depict some stories?"

Yu Zhangsheng also reached the end of the patterns, one side seeming to be a four-winged spirit beast with giant wings.

While the other side is a hornless dragon-shaped spirit beast.

Two spirit beasts, one left one right, confronting each other.

Hu Ruhai said: "These two spirit beasts don't seem to have appeared on the surrounding statues. And the two spirit beasts are confronting each other, seemingly in a state of sworn enemies."

"Could it be the surrounding spirit beasts are gathered around to watch the battle between these two spirit beasts?"

Yu Zhangsheng said: "Judging by the looks, the patterns on this altar are displaying the events of that year?"

"It appears the Ancient Longgong's decline was also due to internal strife, these two strongest spirit beasts had a conflict before, leading to the Longgong's decline?"

Wang Mie nodded, pointing at a spot on the ground: "You all look here."

"Seems to be a little figure?"

The several people gathered around to examine, that little figure was only a few simple strokes, like five twigs assembled into a person.

But one could still tell it's a human shape, and there are quite a few around it too.

Some little figures even hold weapons in their hands, surrounding the perimeter.

"These seem to be spectating human race? Judging by the looks, back then this battle between the two spirit beasts also had human race spectators."

Clearly, what's engraved on this altar is a battlefield from that year.

But just looking at the patterns on this altar, no puzzle can be discerned either.

After reading, Yu Zhangsheng was still completely baffled, truly without any clues.

"This altar doesn't seem to have anything special, could the puzzle be on those statues?"

Wang Mie said: "Since that's the case, let's split up and check if those statues have any issues."

The several people thus acted separately, Yu Zhangsheng rose and came to one statue's location, this is an incomparably gigantic bear-type spirit beast.

Two thick bear paws raised high, nearly reaching the same height as that altar, a beast mouth emitting a silent roar.

Yu Zhangsheng looked around the outer circle, and didn't see anything special.

Just an ordinary statue.

Looking at the other several people, it seems they're all the same, with no discoveries.

Yu Zhangsheng jumped onto the giant bear's head again, and right inside that giant mouth, Yu Zhangsheng suddenly discovered a gap.

On that giant bear's tongue, there seemed to be a deliberately left, not-too-large gap; Yu Zhangsheng saw this gap and found it a bit familiar.

He immediately took out his own Insect Talisman to compare, and discovered it matched perfectly.

"I have a discovery!"

Yu Zhangsheng immediately called the other few people over.

The few people took a look, and sure enough it was the place used to put the Insect Talisman.

Wang Mie said: "So it turns out like this; it looks like these Statues should all have these gaps. I'll go look at the other Statues' Locations."

The few people went back to look, and sure enough, in these Statues' mouths there was all a gap the size of an Insect Talisman.

The result was already very obvious: that is, they needed to put the Insect Talisman on top.

Hu Ruhai immediately wanted to act.

"Since so, what are we still waiting for? Let's put them on simultaneously directly; maybe that can break through this pass. This pass is really a bit too simple."

"Wait!"

Just as Hu Ruhai was about to act, Yu Zhangsheng suddenly shouted.

But the Insect Talisman in Hu Ruhai's hand was still placed into that gap.

The next second, the stone statue under Hu Ruhai suddenly moved.

"Roar!"

Along with the Insect Talisman being placed in, that stone statue immediately gained life; the stone statue skin on its body began to crack, pieces shattering and falling off, revealing the appearance inside.

However, this statue's interior was also not the Spirit Beast itself; rather, there was a kind of strange white gel, on top of which faint golden light patterns emanated.

Hu Ruhai was scared into crying out repeatedly, wanting to push it away, but was directly slapped flying by that white monster.

Just saw that Hu Ruhai, like a meteor, flew backwards; mouth and nose risking danger, the whole person fainted in mid-air.

By the time he heavily fell on the Ground, only then did pain wake him up.

But this one fall also let this Sub-Talisman Cultivator suffer severe injuries.

Hu Ruhai hurriedly took out Healing Pill wanting to treat his own injuries.

But unexpectedly that white monster actually directly rushed over.

Hu Ruhai shouted: "Save me!" The other few people seeing this also rushed over; a Long Spear suddenly appeared in Wang Mie's hand.

He gripped it hard in his hand; the Long Spear instantly lit up with Golden Light, projecting toward that white monster.

But that white monster actually directly ignored the other people's attacks, heading straight for that Hu Ruhai.

A deathly Fear enveloped above Hu Ruhai's head. "Ah!"

Hu Ruhai gave a strange cry, directly throwing out a defensive Magic Treasure, and also spraying a mouthful of fresh blood onto it.

The defensive Magic Treasure instantly enlarged, propping up above his head, blocking that white monster's attack.

Boom! The white monster instantly fell, heavily smashing onto that defensive Magic Treasure, actually directly smashing Hu Ruhai's defensive Magic Treasure into powder.

Two incomparably huge hand Claws directly smashed onto Hu Ruhai's head top.

Splatter, blood plasma flew, meat bits flew horizontally.

Hu Ruhai was directly smashed into meat paste; this scene also let Yu Zhangsheng and the others' hearts turn cold.

Hu Ruhai just died like that?

But before the few people could mourn for Hu Ruhai, that white monster had already placed its gaze on them.

Yu Zhangsheng directly summoned the other few Spirit Beasts.

"Control his movements, join forces to kill it!"

Countless Vines rose from the ground, controlling that white monster's two feet on the ground.

Chen Xueqing's hand protruded a Silk Ribbon Magic Treasure; instantly enlarging, it also headed straight to bind that white monster's two arms.

Hands and feet both entangled by things; Wang Mie also seized the Timing, a Golden Long Spear again emerged in his hand, killing with Full Speed.

The Long Spear entered the body, yet no blood flowed out.

But it also nailed this white monster dead onto the ground.

Yu Zhangsheng also saw the Certainty; the Purple Spirit Imperial Sword in his hand was activated to the extreme.

"Taichu Kaitian Sword!"

Sword Qi swept horizontally; wherever it passed, all was divided into two.

That white monster was also slashed open, instantly turning into a puddle of white pulp flowing on the ground; not long after, it dissipated on the ground surface.

Along with this white monster dissipating, that Ji Tan also began to slowly tremble, descending one Layer.

Yu Zhangsheng and the others panted heavily; although this battle did not exert too much strength.

But looking at the ground's blurred blood and flesh, they still felt lingering fear.

"This guy's death is truly unexpected."

Yu Zhangsheng came before Hu Ruhai; his Palm sucked once, directly absorbing a Storage Bag from within that blood and flesh into his hand.

Magic Power shook once, shaking off all the messy things on top.

With a calm face and steady heart, he put the Storage Bag away.

Wang Mie and Chen Xueqing just rolled their eyes, and didn't say much.

The two of them also weren't the type to look favorably on this bit of stuff.

What's truly important, rather, is that Ji Tan.

Yu Zhangsheng sighed: "Brother Hu, have a good journey."

Yu Zhangsheng's impression of this Hu Ruhai was still Very Good; but didn't expect he would die so suddenly.

"Sigh, at any rate it was also a karmic connection; I'll bury you here, wishing you a good journey."

After burying that mass of flesh and blood, Yu Zhangsheng erected a giant boulder on top of it, carving several large characters: "The Grave of Hu Ruhai."

Wang Mie said: "Heh, Yu Zhangsheng, I didn't expect you to be such a man of sentiment."

Yu Zhangsheng said indifferently: "We two are merely passing acquaintances; perhaps in the future we might become friends who share hardship, but alas, heaven does not grant our wishes. Brother Hu's sudden passing has left me deeply moved, so I erect this gravestone to commemorate him."

"Enough, let's not speak of this. It's better to first check the situation of that altar."

Wang Mie asked no more, and the three of them came to the altar.

Only then did they discover that the altar had descended only one layer, with nine layers still remaining above ground.

Wang Mie was stunned. "Could it be that to open the trial of this level, all ten layers of the altar must be lowered?"

Yu Zhangsheng counted them—the stone statues were indeed nine, plus the one they had just dealt with, making exactly ten, corresponding precisely to the number of Insect Talismans.

"But the problem is, there are only four of us who came in; it's impossible to gather ten people."

"Moreover, Leng Xu and that Great Sheng Fierce Beast could no longer enter earlier, yet their Insect Talismans remain outside."

"In any case, it's impossible to gather ten Insect Talismans. This requires all the statues to be activated, unless..."

"Unless what?"

Yu Zhangsheng looked at the Insect Talisman in his hand. "Unless one Insect Talisman can be used multiple times. Right, check the location of that statue to see if any Insect Talismans were left behind."

The three of them immediately went to look, but found no Insect Talisman there. It seemed that once an Insect Talisman was activated, it would completely merge with the statue.

"If there's truly no other way, we can only use up the Insect Talismans in our hands first. Perhaps some change will occur here."

Chen Xueqing also said: "For now, it seems we can only do this."

Yu Zhangsheng came to one of the statues, weighed the Insect Talisman in his hand, and said: "Are you two ready? Once I place the Insect Talisman, immediately join forces to kill it."

The two naturally understood and had long since prepared their stances, ready to strike at any moment.

Seeing this, Yu Zhangsheng hesitated no longer.

He placed the Insect Talisman in his hand upon the white statue, and the next second, the statue immediately began to change.

Yu Zhangsheng hurriedly pushed aside to one side, landing near his three Spirit Beasts.

The moment the statue's shell shattered, revealing the original white monster's true body within.

The three of them struck simultaneously.

Countless vines immediately entangled it, while Chen Xueqing also controlled her silk ribbons, sealing off the white monster's escape directions from two sides.

Wang Mie's Golden Long Spear was thrown the instant the white monster was attacked.

Directly nailing the white monster dead to the ground.

Yu Zhangsheng immediately struck again, beheading it.

The three's coordination was already quite practiced. After disposing of this white monster, they joined forces to kill the other two white monsters.

Thus, the altar descended four layers.

However, the three of them had also used up all their Insect Talismans.

Wang Mie came before the altar. "Must all ten Insect Talismans truly be used up? But now the problem is, we cannot get out at all. Are we to be trapped here?"

Yu Zhangsheng also furrowed his brow.

"Since it is a trial, it cannot be set as one that cannot be passed. This level must surely have other tricks."

Yu Zhangsheng came before the altar, looked at it for a few moments, and then once again came to above the altar.

And the moment he came onto the altar, the altar suddenly emitted light.

Wrapping Yu Zhangsheng's entire person within it.

Seeing this, Wang Mie and Chen Xueqing were both startled and hurriedly pushed aside.

Chen Xueqing used her silk ribbons to pull Yu Zhangsheng out.

But as soon as the silk ribbons neared the light, they were quickly reduced to powder by the light.

"This is bad, Yu Zhangsheng is trapped inside." Chen Xueqing looked worried, but could only stand aside anxiously.

Wang Mie also gritted his teeth, although he did not care about Yu Zhangsheng's life or death.

But at such a time, one less strength means one more danger. (Chapter End)