Chapter 1145: Taking Down the Stone Gate

This time, they both really got a little panicked.

If they can't get out within a month, they will be directly wiped out by this secret realm.

After a while, the two of them finally calmed down.

Inside the stone cave, they searched several more times, but found nothing.

"Let me look at that bead that can release illusions; maybe we can find some clues!" Zhu Youfu suggested.

Ye Liuyun immediately handed over the bead in his hand to him.

Zhu Youfu pondered for a long time, but still saw nothing.

He was so angry he casually threw the bead at the stone door.

With a "dong," the bead actually hit the stone door and bounced back.

"Huh?"

Ye Liuyun and Zhu Youfu both jumped up at the same time, crying out in surprise.

Before, no matter how they attacked the stone door, the formation would block it, and they could never hit the door itself.

But the sound of this bead just now hitting the stone door clearly showed it had struck the door.

Zhu Youfu sucked the bead back, tried again, and again heard a muffled "dong"—it really was the sound of hitting the stone door.

He attacked the stone door again, and with a "boom," his True Essence was reflected back.

"Exactly, this bead can hit the stone door." After confirming, Zhu Youfu shouted happily.

Ye Liuyun's eyes also lit up, seeing hope of getting out.

Being able to hit the stone door means it can penetrate the formation.

This time, Zhu Youfu held the bead against the stone door and then pushed hard.

"Boom—rumble, the stone door swung open!"

Ye Liuyun and Zhu Youfu, fearing further changes, immediately jumped outside the stone door.

After exiting, both let out a sigh of relief.

"It seems your earlier words weren't bragging. You really are a lucky star! Just tossing something aside can find a way out!" Ye Liuyun praised.

"Hehe, I often run into such things, and I myself am utterly bewildered!"

Zhu Youfu scratched his head sheepishly and gave an embarrassed smile.

"Let's go, we'll study this bead outside!" Ye Liuyun also didn't want to linger here.

But Zhu Youfu glanced at the two stone doors and stopped again.

"Boss, wait a moment—I'll take these two doors off to use as defensive weapons! This shoddy hole almost got me killed; I can't just let it go!"

"..."

Ye Liuyun also had nothing to say.

This is the first time I've seen someone even greedier than him—not even letting go of two doors!

Only see Zhu Youfu taking the bead and striking at the joint of the two doors.

With a few "clangs," he smashed the two stone doors down. The bead was unusually tough—though the doors were knocked down, the bead had not a single crack.

"Such a defensive formation is quite advanced and can even reflect attacks; leaving it behind would be a shame!"

Zhu Youfu also gave Ye Liuyun one of the doors.

The defensive power of these two doors is now not inferior to that of divine armor.

Ye Liuyun was not polite either, directly putting it away and walking out of the cave with him. Even if he himself found it inconvenient to use, he could give it to Qin Peng for use on the battlefield to protect the soldiers.

Only when they reached outside the cave did they finally let out a complete sigh.

"Phew, we almost got trapped inside and couldn't get out!" Ye Liuyun sighed, taking out the bead.

"How should we deal with this culprit?" Ye Liuyun asked Zhu Youfu.

"Is there a way to make it release only spiritual energy, not the hallucinogenic gas?" Zhu Youfu asked Ye Liuyun.

"You can take it and try!" Ye Liuyun directly tossed the bead to Zhu Youfu.

Zhu Youfu tried to refine the bead, but he found that even after refining it, the bead still indiscriminately released hallucinogenic gas.

Thus Zhu Youfu had no choice but to toss the bead back to Ye Liuyun.

"Forget it! If I ever get hit by my own illusion when you're not around, that would be a big trouble! You keep it for yourself—after all, you're not afraid of this gas!"

Zhu Youfu didn't dare try again and simply gave the bead to Ye Liuyun.

He was already quite content just getting one stone door.

Ye Liuyun also felt that Zhu Youfu truly couldn't control this bead; only he could use it.

He gave the bead to Wu Qingcheng and Huowu, but even with their illusion skills, they couldn't handle it.

"Alright, I'll just keep it for now; maybe it'll come in handy."

Ye Liuyun alone took out a storage ring and placed the bead inside as a backup.

Then they released the ferocious beasts and continued on their way. The shadow kept following them from the darkness.

"Huh? My token has gained ten thousand points." Zhu Youfu was the first to notice the anomaly.

Ye Liuyun also hurriedly checked his token and found he too had gained ten thousand points.

"Is this a reward for obtaining a treasure, or for enduring danger?"

Neither of them had noticed before when these points were added.

Ye Liuyun and Zhu Youfu talked about the points all the way as they continued forward to explore.

Both of them had only recently raised their cultivation realms, needing no pause to advance, so their progress was faster than others'.

But the direction they chose was also leaning toward the Crown Prince's side.

So as they went on, Ye Liuyun discovered that two of the Crown Prince's subordinates were also formed into a group, scouting ahead.

We follow behind them, let them scout the path for us!

Ye Liuyun told Zhu Youfu.

"If they discover us, will they set a trap to harm us?" Zhu Youfu reminded.

They won't discover us; we are far enough away, just right for me to probe them while they cannot detect us!

Ye Liuyun relied on his powerful Divine Soul Power to control the distance between them, ensuring the other side would not notice him.

Not far along, the two people ahead arrived before a mountain valley.

Inside the valley, many Metal Puppets were stationed; evidently there should be some resources inside.

The Metal Puppets' cultivation level is all Ninefold Creation, and their numbers are also relatively many.

However, they are merely standing still, without any movement.

Ye Liuyun saw the two of them confer for a moment, whereupon one of them cautiously walked into the valley.

But as soon as he stepped into the valley, a Metal Puppet immediately sprang to life and launched an attack toward him.

That Martial Cultivator expended some effort, knocked down that Metal Puppet, then stopped in place to observe, only to find that the other puppets remained motionless.

Then he continued forward, but after just a few steps, two Metal Puppets simultaneously attacked him.

He also knew he couldn't defeat two Metal Puppets, so he released a Venerable Rank ferocious beast, which beat those two Metal Puppets into scrap iron.

And as he continued forward, this time four Metal Puppets launched a coordinated attack.