Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 100: The Enigma Lock Restriction
"It's definitely not an ordinary gate." Guan Wenzhong stood in front of the gate, tentatively channeling his magic power into it, but the gate didn't budge. Even brute force couldn't make a difference.

Lin Le stood next to the gate, knocked on the rock wall beside him, and then punched it.

Boom!
The rock face remained completely still, but a few small stones fell from the top.

'As expected, it's connected to the surrounding terrain; this is troublesome.'

Lin Le frowned slightly. In order to develop the Three Realms Spirit Fire Technique, he had also studied array formations for a while, so he was not completely unaware of this situation.

This should be a sealing formation. To break it, you either need to find its weakness and attack it, obtain the formation's entry and exit techniques, or use immense power to forcibly shatter or sever the terrain.

Lin Le gestured the height of the gate, estimating the amount of work involved in digging through the terrain, then shook his head. It would take too much time. He decided to see if there were any other breakthroughs.

"Do you have any magical artifacts for breaking formations?" Lin Le asked Guan Wenzhong.

"Yes, I do have some, but... never mind, let's try it first." Guan Wenzhong originally didn't want to take it, but changed his mind halfway through.

He also realized that the giant snake seemed to have some extraordinary origins; if it were to escape, who knew how many people would become its prey.

Moreover, the one capable of suppressing it must possess extraordinary treasures, so using them might not be a loss.

Guan Wenzhong took out a sword talisman, then channeled his magic power into it, and the talisman gradually transformed into a dazzling longsword.

go with!
The longsword flew out and pierced the gate. Blood and blue light bloomed on the gate, and the sword light and blood light suppressed the blue light.

Within the inner realm of the supernatural power, the Yin-Yang Twin Swords spun around, as if they had thought of something.

In the end, Qingguang was outnumbered and defeated.

The bronze gate was slowly opened, revealing a large serpent coiled in the center.

"I didn't expect you guys would actually open it," the giant snake growled.

Guan Wenzhong and Lin Le remained silent, but instead split up to flank the giant snake from the left and right.

The giant snake suddenly darted out and headed straight for Lin Le, as it could tell that Lin Le was the weakest of the two.

Lin Le took eight steps in a row, and eight more Lin Les ran out, rushing towards the giant snake.

Little trick!

A flash of bloodlust appeared in the serpent's eyes, and it saw through the illusion. Then it saw a golden ring and a red ribbon hidden in the illusion, rushing towards it.

The giant serpent sensed a threat from each of the magical artifacts.

With a sideways slide, the giant snake hurtled straight at Lin Le's body.

Lin Le glanced at it, then suddenly disappeared.

When he reappeared, Lin Le was already on the other side of the Qiankun Circle.

Upon seeing this, the giant snake inwardly cried out in alarm, for Lin Le seemed to have discovered something and was actually heading straight for its true form.

In the center of the cave, there was a tattered sixteen-petaled hydrangea, only one of which was intact, embroidered with a large black and white serpent.

The giant snake transformed into black mist, quickly surging back into the embroidered ball. Then, it emerged from the ball and spewed a mouthful of black mist at Lin Le.

Lin Le dared not take the black energy head-on, so he quickly retreated.

Then a person flew past him, going against the current.

It is Guan Wenzhong.

The blade's edge shone brilliantly, and one could even hear thunder rumbling above it.

"Kill!" Guan Wenzhong roared, his blade slicing through the black mist before striking the giant snake's head.

The giant snake exploded inch by inch under the blade's edge, disappearing completely in the blink of an eye.

Solve it?

Lin Le and Guan Wenzhong stared at the embroidered ball, and then, to their astonishment, the giant snake emerged from it.

"As long as this magical artifact remains intact, I will never perish." The giant serpent coiled its upper body on the embroidered ball and growled at Lin Le and Guan Wenzhong.

Their eyes immediately fell on the embroidered ball.

Seemingly noticing their gazes, the giant snake whispered, "Hehe, you two have the ability, so try it. This is a toy made by an ancient immortal for his daughter. Although it's damaged, it's not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator can destroy." "Are you confident you can refine it?" Lin Le asked Guan Wenzhong in a low voice.

“It’s difficult,” Guan Wenzhong said. “You give it a try. I see you have quite a few magical treasures.”

He sensed that Lin Le was either a possessed being or a reincarnated cultivator, possessing extensive knowledge and experience, and might have a method for quickly refining magical artifacts.
"Okay, I'll give it a try first." Lin Le nodded.

Although the giant serpent kept trying to lead them to destroy magical artifacts, the two weren't fools. Ordinary magical artifacts were difficult enough to destroy, let alone this one with an extraordinary background.

Therefore, the two immediately thought of refining it.

Without further ado, Guan Wenzhong cleaved the giant snake in two with another swift stroke of his crescent blade.

Lin Le darted out from beside it and immediately grabbed the embroidered ball.

It feels soft and silky to the touch, with an excellent texture.

Lin Le channeled his true qi, intending to refine this magical artifact.

Then a vast star map flooded into his mind.

"Damn it!" Lin Le couldn't help but curse under his breath and immediately stepped back.

"What's wrong?" Guan Wenzhong asked.

“That embroidered ball is bound by a mysterious lock; it cannot be refined without unlocking it,” Lin Le replied.

Guan Wenzhong's pupils contracted: "Then what do we do?"

There are many kinds of restrictions, such as bloodline, magic power, and spells, but the mystery lock restriction is the most troublesome yet also the simplest.

The puzzle lock contains a puzzle, and only by solving the puzzle can one refine it. However, the difficulty of the puzzle varies, and it also depends on one's comprehension. If one's comprehension is sufficient, any cultivator at the first level of cultivation can solve it. If one's comprehension is insufficient, even a Nascent Soul True Monarch would be helpless against it.

Therefore, the Puzzle Lock Restriction is both the simplest and the most troublesome.

"Delay me for ten breaths, and I'll give it a try," Lin Le said, stepping back to the doorway.

"Alright." Guan Wenzhong nodded, then coldly looked at the giant snake that had reappeared.

The giant snake remained still, looking at Lin Le with a mocking expression. What a joke! Although the riddle above was set by the True Immortal to test his young daughter, what kind of person was the True Immortal's daughter? Her comprehension was among the best in the world, and she was also very knowledgeable.

How could the riddle given to her possibly be solved by someone from a small town?

Seeing that the giant snake remained motionless, Guan Wenzhong's heart sank, clearly indicating that it was very confident in solving the riddle.

On the other side, Lin Le had already consumed an ordinary human lotus seed. It was just for solving a puzzle, so there was no need to use a single lotus seed.

In a single thought, a year passed. Lin Le comprehended the vast star map. He casually rearranged the positions of the stars on it or connected them with lines, and soon the dense star map filled the entire space.

Coming to his senses, Lin Le unhesitatingly used an ordinary lotus seed to achieve enlightenment, his brain rapidly processing the patterns in the star charts like a computer.

Within the inner realm of supernatural power, the Yin-Yang Twin Swords also came to life, seemingly seeing themselves reflected in the star chart.

Another year passed, and the Yin-Yang Twin Swords also participated in the comprehension. Lin Le still had doubts, but he remembered that the Yin-Yang Twin Swords were transformed from the spiritual essence of the sun and moon, and the sun and moon were also among the stars.

So let it comprehend it as well.

A sudden enlightenment, a single thought lasting a year, repeated five times in this cycle, and Lin Le finally figured out a solution.

Yes, one. According to Lin Le's estimate, there are fifteen more, corresponding to the sixteen petals of the hydrangea.

But that's enough, because he comprehended the Orochi aspect.

"Go!" Lin Le said, opening his eyes.

Without hesitation, Guan Wenzhong swung his hand back at the giant snake.

The giant snake, having learned its lesson, immediately retreated into the embroidered ball.

Bang! The crescent blade struck the embroidered ball, but the ball remained completely still and undamaged, which also reflected that this magical artifact was of extraordinary origin.

Lin Le stepped forward and used his Qiankun Ring to cover the embroidered ball, lest the giant snake suddenly emerge and cause trouble.

Then, true qi was poured in to unravel the star chart.

(End of this chapter)