According to Xiao Yuan's prediction, the fire path at the entrance alone would probably eliminate quite a few people.

Controlling the strange fire, Xiao Yuan and others also flew for a distance. Occasionally, they could see some lone travelers with unhappy faces along the way, but Xiao Yuan did not intend to help them. Smart people would naturally leave if they couldn't hold on, and stupid people would deserve it if they insisted on holding on until death.

As for my own group of people?
After there was no one around, Xiao Yuan finally stopped.

"Why don't you leave?"

Zi Yan blinked in confusion, still eating candy beans made from medicinal herbs.

"Haha, this fire path should be a trap. The road in front of us is not the real way to enter the ruins. If we keep walking along the fire path, sooner or later the fighting spirit in our bodies will be exhausted."

Xiao Yuan explained with a smile.

"This fire path is not the way in, so where is the real way in?"

Cai Lin frowned slightly, and as she spoke, her eyes were also looking at the red walls on both sides. The walls here were made of extremely hard red rock. Even with the knowledge of Skyfire Venerable, it was difficult to tell what this rock was. However, it must be something that could be favored by a Dou Sheng and used to build ruins. It was obviously not advisable to break the road with brute force.

Xiao Yuan smiled calmly, pointed at the red viscous magma under his feet, and said slowly:

"In this passage, there are red rocks on the top and on both sides. Only this..."

"You mean the passage is not in front, but below?"

Cai Lin reacted and said in surprise.

"The owner of this ruins is indeed cunning. Who would think of jumping into the lava for no reason?"

Lord Skyfire also looked shocked.

The people in Fenyan Valley nearby also showed a look of realization when they heard this.

"Hey, let's go!"

Xiao Yuan chuckled and reminded everyone, then he waved his sleeves and golden flames enveloped everyone. With a plop, they went straight into the scorching red magma.

Diving into the magma, Xiao Yuan and the others quickly sank down. Although the magma was hot, it did not pose any obstacle to the people who were protected by the strange fire. Therefore, after this sinking lasted for about a minute, everyone heard a slight muffled sound, and their feet were empty. They slid down for a distance, and finally their feet stood on the cold floor again.

Everyone's feet landed on the ground and they looked up quickly. Their faces were immediately filled with shock. Dozens of feet above their heads, red magma was hanging in a ring-like shape, twisting and turning like giant pythons. Indistinctly, they could see human figures occasionally passing by on the fire path. Obviously, this magma was the fire path that Xiao Yuan and others had passed through before. If they really followed such a long fire path, it would take who knows how long it would take to get there.

“Tsk tsk, it’s worthy of being an ancient relic. It actually fooled everyone. If those people had gone through so many difficulties and reached the end of the fire road, only to find that there was only a stone wall there, would they be so angry that they would die on the spot?”

Zi Yan looked at the winding fire path and couldn't help but say with some gloating.

Hearing this, Cai Lin and the others couldn't help but smile.

Xiao Yuan glanced around. They were now in a rather spacious stone passage. The passage extended into the distance, and a square could be vaguely seen. There seemed to be human figures on the square.

"Let's go. This should be the place where we can truly enter the ruins. However, our goal is the remains of the Dou Sheng and the Heavenly Rank Dou Skills. Let them fight over them first. In the end, they will all be mine."

Xiao Yuan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Tang Zhen on the side was stunned. He did not expect that Xiao Yuan came here for the remains of the Fighting Saint.

"Xiao Yuan, after we go in, I will take them to another place first. If they encounter any trouble, I will use this jade piece to send a message."

Then, Tang Zhen spoke.

Although Xiao Yuan is now considered his brother-in-law, and Tang Huoer even gave him the title of Young Master of Fenyan Valley, gathering so many people together would not maximize the benefits, and it would also be inconvenient to distribute them, so it would be better to separate them first.

"Okay, uncle, please be careful then and let me know if anything happens."

Xiao Yuan took the jade piece and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Tang Zhen patted Xiao Yuan on the shoulder, then waved his arm and led everyone towards the square in the distance.

And Xiao Yuan followed closely with everyone else.

The passage was not too long. With the speed of Xiao Yuan and others, they appeared on the square in about a few minutes. At the same time, he also found that many people had already arrived at the square. Most of these people were the ones who rushed the fastest before, including the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, the Tianming Sect and other forces.

The sudden appearance of Xiao Yuan and his group also attracted the attention of everyone in the square. Feng Qing'er frowned, obviously not expecting that Xiao Yuan and others would discover the mystery of the fire path so quickly.

Xiao Yuan ignored these gazes. As soon as he stepped into the square, his sight stopped at the end of the square, where there was an extremely heavy stone door. In front of the stone door, ten bodies as straight as guns stood there unchanged for thousands of years. The skin of these bodies was bright silver, their eyes were empty, and their faces were expressionless, like ancient corpses.

"Earth demon puppet?"

Looking at these corpse-like creatures, a gleam of light flashed in Xiao Yuan's eyes.

Xiao Yuan was probably the person who was most familiar with this silver puppet among everyone present, because he had also refined several of them himself, and had evolved them all to the level of Heavenly Demon Puppet.

The puppets outside the stone gate were bright silver all over, and were obviously still at the level of Earth Demon Puppets. According to Xiao Yuan's estimation, the strength of these ten Earth Demon Puppets should be at the peak Dou Zong level. In a sense, they were already very strong, but at the moment, if they wanted to rely on them to stop so many powerful men from Zhongzhou, they would not be qualified.

"It seems that behind this stone gate is the real ruins."

Cai Lin looked at the heavy stone door and said softly.

"Well, but the stone door is tightly closed, and there are faint spatial fluctuations on it. Obviously, it cannot be opened by brute force. In this case, the method to open it is most likely on these ten puppets." Xiao Yuan nodded slightly and glanced around. He found that most people were looking at the puppets. Obviously, they understood the situation in their hearts.

"Let's not take action now. Someone will naturally solve this problem."

Venerable Skyfire laughed. Hearing Venerable Skyfire's cunning laughter, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but nodded with a smile, and stood casually in a remote corner of the square with everyone, watching the actions of everyone in the field.

While Xiao Yuan and the others finished speaking, after a period of whispers and hesitation, an old man in gray clothes slowly walked out. Judging from his vast aura, he was obviously a Dou Zun powerhouse. However, Xiao Yuan and the others saw at a glance that this old man was only a one-star Dou Zun.

Xiao Yuan had never seen the sect that the gray-clothed old man belonged to, but he did not take it to heart. Zhongzhou was so vast that there were countless hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The strength of some low-key forces was actually not much weaker than those famous forces.

The old man walked out slowly under the gazes of many people. Amidst the vast fighting spirit, he walked directly into the encirclement of ten earth demon puppets. His appearance seemed particularly skilled and bold.

"Crack!"

Just when the old man stepped ten feet into the stone gate, the ten figures standing still like sculptures emitted a low sound of bone friction all over their bodies. Then ten cold and empty gazes stared directly at the old man in gray. They clenched their palms, silver light surged, and ten dazzling silver spears appeared in their hands.

"laugh!"

Brilliant silver light flashed, and ten figures were like lightning, instantly bringing up a sharp gust of wind and attacking the old man in gray.

“Haha, they are just a few broken puppets, and you think you can stop me!”

Upon seeing this, the old man in gray laughed loudly, rushed into the group of puppets with bare hands, and with a vast fighting spirit surging, every time he swung his fist, a puppet was shaken back.

Looking at the gray-clothed old man who was fighting ten people at the same time and still not losing, Xiao Yuan could not help but shook his head. The gap between Dou Zong and Dou Zun was indeed too big. Although these ten puppets successfully stopped the gray-clothed old man, they obviously could not hold out for too long in this situation.

"clang!"

In the field, silver light danced, and the old man in gray clothes slapped back three puppets in succession. His deep yellow palm left a palm print nearly half a finger deep on the puppets.

"Roar!"

After being defeated one after another, the ten earth demon puppets suddenly paused, silver light flashed in their eyes, and a low roar came from their throats. Then they moved together and immediately formed a strange formation. Silver light flashed, and streams of energy like silver snakes burst out from their bodies, and then connected them all together to form a circular cycle.

"Roar!"

When the cycle was formed, the leading earth demon puppet roared again, and then, in Xiao Yuan's surprised gaze, the silver light weakened, and a little bit of golden light gradually emerged. After a moment, the golden light completely replaced the silver light.

"Oh, it can evolve!"

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yuan also became excited. However, he was not excited about this set of Earth Demon Puppets. What excited him was that he might be able to comprehend the energy transfer formation through these Earth Demon Puppets.

If he could really comprehend it thoroughly, with his current puppets and the support of a formation, he would probably be able to beat up an eight-star Dou Zun level warrior.

"However, these ten earth demon puppets plus the strange formation are enough to compete with a two-star Dou Zun. This old man is in trouble!"

After realizing this, Xiao Yuan also moved his wrist.

Now that he understands what's going on, it's time for him to take action!
"laugh!"

In the field, the golden Sky Demon Puppet stomped its foot on the ground. As cracks spread, its figure appeared in front of the old man whose face changed drastically with a "swish", and punched out fiercely with its fist shining with golden light.

"Oh!"

Faced with that extremely destructive punch, the old man hurriedly met it with all his might. His previous carefree look was long gone. The strength of the evolved Heavenly Demon Puppet was far beyond his reach. At that moment, a low voice was rang out, a muffled groan came from his throat, a trace of blood emerged from the corner of his mouth, and he staggered back.

After the old man retreated ten feet away, the Sky Demon Puppet retracted its fist again, and with a flash of its body, it appeared outside the stone gate. The golden light dissipated, and it turned into an Earth Demon Puppet to guard the place again.

Such changes in the field also made many people's faces change slightly. They might not be afraid of the ten Dou Zong peak earth demon puppets, but they had to be wary of the two-star Dou Zun level sky demon puppet. This thing had no sense of pain, just like a killing machine. There were indeed strong people who could deal with it, but even if they defeated it, they would inevitably suffer great losses in the end. But who would be willing to waste so much energy without even seeing the ruins? The people here didn't have that kind of tolerance.

For a moment, the square fell into an awkward atmosphere. Everyone wanted to go in, but no one wanted to fight to the death with this puppet.

"It's so hard to open a door."

Shaking his head, Xiao Yuan appeared ten feet away from the stone gate in a flash. The terrifying soul power spread out, but did not alarm anyone.

With Xiao Yuan's current spiritual realm, it can be said that none of the people present can match him. It is as difficult to detect his movements as to advance to the Dou Emperor.

Looking at Xiao Yuan who suddenly stepped forward, everyone was stunned, and then their expressions became much more solemn. They had naturally heard of Xiao Yuan's great reputation of fighting one against three and killing three people easily, but they didn't know whether there was any water in it. Now it was a good opportunity to see Xiao Yuan's background.

"This kid showed up on his own initiative, he must have some purpose!"

Feng Qing'er frowned slightly and spoke softly.

The white-haired man at the side glanced at Xiao Yuan's back, then smiled, and walked out slowly, saying: "Haha, it just so happens that I am quite interested in these puppets. If I move them back to use as gatekeepers, it would be quite domineering."

This man had sharp eyes and could tell at a glance that Xiao Yuan seemed to be planning to take advantage of these puppets.

Xiao Yuan immediately shook his head at the white-haired man who suddenly intervened and said, "You? I've already finished my meal, and you can't even eat hot shit."

Hearing this, the white-haired man's face suddenly turned gloomy. Xiao Yuan's words made him press his face to the ground and rub it with his feet.

But before he could get angry, Xiao Yuan just raised his hand, and the ten puppets were obediently put into his ring.

When everyone saw this scene, there was only one word left in their hearts:

"what?"

"Tsk, what a bunch of good-for-nothings."

In the silence, Zi Yan saw Xiao Yuan subdued the puppet so easily, and she chewed the medicinal candy beans while complaining. Although the vague voice did not hurt much, it was full of ridicule. (End of this chapter)

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