As the first gem exploded into powder, the entire secret realm groaned under the heavy burden.
Black blood oozed from the spider-web-like cracks in the rock wall, and rubble carrying rotten flesh poured down like a rainstorm.
The roar of the bloody human face shocked Jiang Qiong so much that blood oozed from all his orifices. The twisting bloody tentacles suddenly expanded three times in size, and densely packed human faces appeared on the surface, each face shrieking.
“Form a formation!” Yun Shu’s jade hands flew, and twelve talismans turned into golden chains that soared into the sky.
Runes intertwined into a Bagua formation in the void, but a strange green smoke rose from the surface of the chain - the human face on the surface of the tentacles actually gnawed at the runes, corroding them into charred holes.
Jiang Qiong seized the fleeting opportunity, tapped the ground with his toes to perform the "Treading on Snow Without Leaving a Trace" technique, and dodged in the jungle of tentacles.
Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking air behind him. He twisted his waist and turned around suddenly. The thick tentacles brushed past his ears, and the strong wind they brought plowed a half-foot deep gully on the rock wall.
"Puff!" Jiang Qiong swung his sword at the tentacles blocking his way, but the Soul-Devouring Sword sank into the sticky blood-colored substance.
The dark red liquid flowed up along the blade, burning the tiger's mouth and causing it to bleed profusely.
He endured the severe pain and drew out his sword violently, using the force to fly backwards three feet, with his back hitting heavily against a stone pillar.
A fishy-sweet taste surged in his throat. He looked down and saw that the robe on his chest had been corroded with hideous holes, and strange blood streaks appeared under his skin.
Seeing this, Yun Shu quickly swung his sword, and the sword energy turned into silver butterflies in the sky that entangled the tentacles.
She took the opportunity to throw out three thunder and fire talismans. With a loud bang, the tentacles were blown into a bloody rain. "Master Jiang! Use spiritual fire!"
Her warning was drowned out by a shrill scream, and more tentacles rose from the pool of blood, interweaving in the air to form a blood-red dome that covered the sky.
Jiang Qiong bit her tongue and spurted out blood, and seven flames of different colors burned at her fingertips.
The red flames burned all the tentacles that were close to it like clouds, the orange fire was like molten gold that melted the chains that were wrapped around it, and when the purple flames, accompanied by lightning, blasted towards the stone pillars, the entire secret realm shook violently.
The moment the second gem shattered, a ten-foot-high blood wave rose from the blood pool, drenching the two men into bloody drowned rats.
The following battle became more and more brutal. Yun Shu's talismans were exhausted and he could only use his sword to fight the enemy.
The soft sword in her hand danced with thousands of cold rays, but it could not withstand the tidal-like attack of the tentacles.
Every time Jiang Qiong swung his Soul-Devouring Sword, it created a large cloud of blood mist, but his arm gradually became heavy as lead - the blood stained on the sword was slowly eroding his meridians.
When the seventh gem shattered, the bloody face let out a desperate scream.
Its body began to become transparent, but suddenly split into nine blood dragons, pouncing towards the two with bared fangs and claws.
Jiang Qiong and Yun Shu formed seals back to back, and the Seven Star True Fire and Frosty Sky Sword Rain merged to form a huge ice and fire Tai Chi diagram in the air.
The blood dragon crashed into the Tai Chi diagram and let out a shrill scream, then turned into a blood mist and dissipated into the air.
The blood pool finally calmed down, and a pitch-black body covered in spells emerged from the center.
Jiang Qiong approached cautiously and found a blood-colored secret book stuck in the chest of the body. The five big words "Blood Prison Body Refining Art" on the cover were slowly moving.
The moment his fingertips touched the secret book, countless blood-colored runes drilled into his forehead like living things, and his sea of consciousness seemed to be pierced by millions of steel needles.
"Ah!" Jiang Qiong fell to his knees, black blood oozing from all his orifices.
Yun Shu hurriedly supported him, but saw lines similar to those of the Blood Demon Spirit appearing on his skin. She gritted her teeth and injected spiritual power into Jiang Qiong's body to help him sort out the violent energy.
After a while, Jiang Qiong suddenly opened his eyes, with two clusters of blood-red flames dancing in his eyes: "This secret method requires blood and energy as the guide to reshape the body."
The blood pool suddenly boiled, and thick blood shot up into the sky like a fountain, condensing into a huge vortex of spiritual energy in the air.
The roar of ancient beasts came from the vortex, and every wisp of spiritual energy was wrapped in biting cold and burning blood.
Yun Shu felt the surging energy around him, his hair moving without wind: "This blood pool is calling us, but the danger is unpredictable."
"No risk, no gain!" Jiang Qiong was the first to jump into the blood pool. The blood poured into his meridians like boiling iron, and every cell was screaming in pain.
He forced himself to use the secret technique, and saw the blood vessels under the skin began to twist and deform, as if countless earthworms were crawling under the skin.
Yun Shu also gritted his teeth and stepped into the blood pool. He was instantly wrapped in blood-colored energy, and his black hair turned completely red.
At the critical moment of breakthrough, a black shadow suddenly appeared in Jiang Qiong's sea of consciousness.
That was the remaining consciousness of the Blood Demon Spirit, madly tearing at his soul. "Get out!"
Jiang Qiong roared, and seven spiritual fires burned fiercely in his sea of consciousness, burning the black shadow to ashes bit by bit.
At the same time, Yun Shu was attacked by the remnant soul of an ancient ferocious beast in the blood pool. Her blood phoenix phantom made a clear cry and smashed the remnant soul into pieces.
When the first ray of dawn pierced the dome of the secret realm, the phantom of the blood flame bear behind Jiang Qiong opened its scarlet eyes.
The giant bear roared towards the sky, and the sound waves caused huge waves in the blood pool.
At the same time, Yun Shu's blood phoenix shadow soared into the sky, and wherever the phoenix wings passed, ripples appeared in the space.
The aura of the two men continued to rise, and their already strong bodies now exuded a heart-pounding pressure.
Just as they were about to leave the blood pool, a strange vibration suddenly came from the bottom of the pool.
Countless runes rose from the bottom of the pool, forming a star map in the sky.
At this moment, Jiang Qiong's Soul-Devouring Sword suddenly vibrated violently, and the ancient patterns on the handle oozed out blood, forming a strange resonance with the pulsation of the mysterious light spots in the star map.
Yun Shu's soft sword came out of the sheath three inches with a "clang". The symbol on the sword spine was a red dragon swimming on the sword, and the jade pendant on the hilt actually showed the same totem as the stone pillar in the blood pool.
The spiritual energy around the two of them suddenly surged, and the blood vaporizing in the blood pool automatically condensed into red cloaks, fluttering under the impact of the spiritual power.
Following the dark blue track guided by the star map, they stepped into the corridor.
The ancient monks on the murals on both sides actually rolled their eyes, and the magic weapons in their hands glowed with real spiritual light. When Jiang Qiong passed a picture depicting a battle between humans and beasts, the injured monster in the mural suddenly stretched out its claws, leaving three charred marks on his robes.
Yun Shu immediately threw out a talisman and stuck it on the stone wall. The moment the rune lit up, all the murals let out an unwilling roar and returned to stillness.
In front of the huge white jade door, Yun Shu's fingertips brushed across the star patterns on the door, and those patterns suddenly came alive and wrapped around her wrists.
Seeing this, Jiang Qiong swung his sword to cut the light chain. The moment the blade touched the rune, the entire stone gate vibrated like a bell.
As the gate slowly rose, countless golden maxims appeared in the dazzling light. Each maxim told an ancient secret, but they dissipated into starlight before the two could see the content clearly.
The moment Jiang Qiong stepped into the secret room, her breathing stopped.
The night pearls on the dome are not made of ordinary materials, but solidified stars, and the star cores can be seen slowly rotating on the surface.
Countless phantoms are sealed under the glazed bricks on the ground. Some are fighting monks, and some are coiled dragons. Whenever someone walks by, these phantoms will let out silent cries.
The star patterns on the wall formed a dynamic star map, which changed its formation as the two people moved, and occasionally projected meteor-like light blades, carving several feet deep grooves on the ground.
Three hundred and sixty treasure chests are arranged according to the eight trigrams, and each exudes a unique aura.
The animal heads on the surface of the fine iron treasure chest will open and close their fangs with breathing, the colorful crystals inlaid in the gem treasure chest will flow with spiritual light of different attributes, and the patterns on the wooden treasure chest form ancient spells, which will emit a low chant whenever the spiritual power fluctuates.
The jade slips in the ruby treasure chest that Jiang Qiong opened were not made of ordinary materials, but were made from the spines of ancient monsters. Each one was engraved with a restriction of dripping blood to recognize the owner.
"This ancient coin"
Yun Shu's voice was trembling. A miniature battlefield appeared on the surface of the golden ancient coin in her hand, with countless soldiers fighting on the coin surface. Whenever she injected spiritual power into it, the ancient coin would emit the roar of ancient war drums.
When the ancient coin suddenly flew out and hovered in the air, casting a shadow hundreds of feet high, Jiang Qiong saw that the strong man in golden armor in the shadow was exactly the same as the carving on the stone pillar in the blood pool.
Just as the two were immersed in the joy of treasure hunting, the black treasure chest that Jiang Qiong was about to open suddenly oozed out ink-like liquid.
The glazed bricks on the ground began to crack, and blood with a smell of rust oozed out.
The star patterns on the wall twisted into hideous faces, emitting childish shrill laughter.
All the treasure chests opened their huge mouths full of fangs at the same time, the spikes on the armored monster's body glowed with a dark green poisonous light, a purple lightning ball condensed on the top of the wizard monster's crystal scepter, and the vines of the tree monster were covered with barbs, and each barb was dripping with corrosive mucus.
The first wave of attacks came unexpectedly. In the black mist sprayed by the armored monster, the gravel turned into gold-eating insects, which instantly gnawed at Jiang Qiong's wrist guard. Yun Shu's soft sword danced "Nine Layers of Mist Hidden in the Sky", and wherever the sword light went, the mucus was evaporated into poisonous smoke.
But the purple lightning ball of the magic monster exploded when it hit the ground, and the electric net formed forced the two into a corner. Jiang Qiong's Seven Star True Fire collided with the lightning ball, and the shock wave generated shattered the three night pearls on the dome, and the falling stars smashed a bottomless pit on the ground.
When the battle was at a stalemate, Jiang Qiong discovered that after the tree monster's vines were cut, the broken ends would absorb the blood of nearby treasure chest monsters to regenerate. He immediately changed his tactics and condensed his true fire into a rapier to burn the roots of the vines.
Yun Shu then used his most secret skill "Ice Soul Cold Light Art", causing the temperature of the entire secret room to drop sharply, and the surface of the wizard monster's crystal scepter was covered with frost.
However, when the golden treasure chest monster rose from the ground, the high temperature radiating from its body instantly melted all the ice, and the blood on the ground boiled and condensed into a giant blood-colored python.
The gem on the golden treasure chest monster's forehead is as big as a millstone, and the flowing lines on its surface form a complete killing formation.
It opened the lid of the treasure chest, and countless gilded chains spewed out from it, each chain engraved with a talisman that suppressed the ancient ferocious beast.
Jiang Qiong's Soul Devouring Knife chopped on the chain, but the rebound caused his knuckles to crack. Yun Shu threw out all the talismans to form the "Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Sect Formation", and thousands of lightsabers stabbed at the gems, but they were all blocked by the golden armor puppets summoned by the golden treasure chest monster.
Just when the two were busy dealing with it, Jiang Qiong suddenly discovered that when the golden treasure chest monster moved, patterns similar to those of ancient coins would appear on the ground.
He remembered the shadow cast by the ancient coin and immediately shouted, "Attack the center of the formation under its feet!" Yun Shu understood and injected spiritual power into the ancient coin.
The golden ancient coin turned into a huge sword that was a hundred feet long. The moment it slashed at the pattern on the ground, the golden treasure chest monster let out a deafening roar, and the first crack appeared on the gemstone on its forehead.
As the giant sword transformed from the golden ancient coin slashed at the center of the formation on the ground, the golden treasure chest monster let out an earth-shaking roar.
The gem on its forehead cracked inch by inch, and the gilded chains flowing on its body broke with a loud bang. Its huge body slammed heavily on the glazed ground like a collapsed mountain. The splashing fragments, accompanied by hot air waves, caused spider-web-like cracks on the surrounding walls.
The other treasure chest monsters lost their backbone and became panicked in an instant.
Jiang Qiong seized the opportunity, and the dark blue flame on the Soul-Devouring Sword surged three feet, transforming into a streak of blade light that accurately pierced the gem on the armored monster's forehead.
With a crisp "crack" sound, the moment the gem shattered, the armored monster let out an unwilling roar, and its huge body fell to the ground with a bang, turning into a pile of scrap metal emitting black smoke.
Yun Shu's soft sword was like a spirit snake emerging from a cave, and the red dragon shadow wrapped around the blade shattered the gems of the tree monster and the wizard monster one after another.
After the battle, the secret room was in a mess. The floor was littered with the remains of the treasure chest monster, the fragments of the armored monster were rusty with dark red, the vines of the tree monster turned into black humus, and the crystal scepter of the wizard monster shattered into a pile of glittering crystal dust.
Among the debris, there were a lot of objects emitting strange light. Jiang Qiong walked forward quickly, bent down and picked up a fist-sized pill.
Colorful rays of light flowed on the surface of the pill, and in each ray of light, the shadow of a small medicine cauldron could be vaguely seen. Rich spiritual energy lingered around the pill, and just by smelling it, one would feel refreshed, and the spiritual energy consumed in the body would be restored a little.
"This is the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill! It is said to be a peerless elixir that can help people break through to a great realm!" Jiang Qiong's voice was filled with surprise that was hard to conceal.
Yun Shu was collecting spirit stones on the side. These spirit stones were different from ordinary spirit stones, with complex spells engraved on their surfaces, and each one exuded a powerful pressure.
Some spirit stones seem to have a starry sky sealed inside, with bright stars slowly rotating inside; some spirit stones have faint blue flames dancing on the surface, and one can feel the scorching temperature when approaching.
"These spirit stones are at least top-grade, and they seem to have been specially restricted. The energy contained in them is several times more refined than that of ordinary top-grade spirit stones."
Yun Shu carefully placed the spirit stone into the storage bag.
In addition, there are many strange magic weapons. A black longbow with silver lightning flowing on the bowstring. When you pull it gently, you can feel a force that can destroy the world.
A fan of simple shape, with mountains and rivers painted on the fan surface and various gems inlaid on the fan bones. With a light wave, a strong wind will whistle out;
There is also a small bell with runes engraved on its surface. The sound it makes when it is shaken can make people fall into hallucinations.
As Jiang Qiong and Yun Shu collected treasures, they marveled at how precious these items were.
Just as they put the last treasure into the storage bag, a noisy sound of footsteps suddenly came from the entrance of the secret room.
Then, more than a dozen figures filed in from the door. (End of this chapter)
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