AWB Chapter 169: Secret Treasure Hunt
Chapter 169: Secret Treasure Hunt
After the secret realm's formation was destroyed, a blinding white light flashed, making it difficult for everyone to see the entrance to the secret realm.
However, at that moment, a rogue cultivator used a magical artifact to shield himself from the white light and flashed into the secret realm. Seeing this, the others immediately followed suit, using their own magical artifacts to quickly rush into the secret realm as well. Ye Xiaobai also followed Liu Rumei into the realm.
Upon entering the secret realm, Ye Xiaobai discovered a plaza in front of him that could accommodate hundreds of people. The surrounding walls were filled with glowing stones, so the visibility in the plaza was still clear.
When they saw that there were no treasures around the plaza, everyone was greatly disappointed. Could it be that this secret realm was just an empty plaza?
Just as everyone was wondering, more than a dozen sixth-order tiger-shaped puppets appeared around the square and rushed towards the group in the middle of the square.
"Oh no! This is a sixth-tier puppet left behind by the Five Elements Venerable in the secret realm. Its strength is comparable to that of a Core Formation stage cultivator. Everyone be careful!"
A rogue cultivator familiar with the situation immediately shouted a reminder to everyone.
"What's there to be afraid of? We have over a hundred cultivators here. Dealing with these dozen or so sixth-order puppets shouldn't be a problem!"
"Yes, fellow cultivators who want the treasures of the secret realm, let's deal with these puppets together!"
"Just do it!"
Ye Xiaobai naturally joined the crowd fighting against the puppet army.
"Behold my power to shatter mountains and rivers!"
A rough voice rang out, and then a sixth-tier puppet was cleaved in two at the waist. The bearded cultivator was overjoyed and proudly said to the crowd, "This sixth-tier puppet is nothing special. It can't withstand a single blow from my magic weapon, the Mountain-Breaking Axe!"
Seeing this, the cultivators nearby were greatly encouraged. They hadn't expected that the sixth-order puppet left behind by the Five Elements Venerable would be so vulnerable. They guessed that it was because of its great age and excessive consumption of spiritual energy.
Just as the bearded monk was triumphantly preparing to attack the next puppet, the puppet that had just been destroyed miraculously restored to its original state, as if it had not suffered any damage.
The bearded cultivator was immediately taken aback, unable to believe his eyes. He had clearly split the puppet in front of him in two, so how could it have returned to normal?
What exactly is going on?
The bearded cultivator, still unwilling to give up, once again channeled his spiritual power, controlling his magical weapon, the Mountain-Shattering Axe, to attack the puppet. A short while later, the puppet was destroyed again, but in a few moments, the array around it flickered with light, and the puppet quickly returned to its original form.
The bearded cultivator was somewhat desperate upon seeing this. The puppet's defense was indeed not high, but after being destroyed, it could quickly recover automatically. In a sense, it was indestructible. What could be done?
When everyone realized the situation and were at a loss, Mu Jiuling, as expected of an experienced cultivator, quickly discovered the key to the problem.
There are arrays set up in the square to help the puppets recover. Every time a puppet is damaged and falls to the ground, the arrays in the square provide it with spiritual power to recover, and the puppet immediately recovers.
The array in the square was difficult to break for a while. As expected of a cultivator who was proficient in puppets and arrays, Mu Jiuling couldn't help but admire the Five Elements Venerable's extraordinary talent.
"Let's leave this plaza area. The puppets are hard to destroy here!" Mu Jiuling reminded the Qingxia Sect disciples, then rushed into the depths of the secret realm, ignoring the puppets.
When others also realized that the puppets were difficult to defeat completely, some considered whether they should give up. However, they saw Mu Jiuling and other Qingxia Sect disciples fight their way through the puppet horde and rush into the depths of the secret realm.
Although no one knew how Qingxia Sect dealt with these puppets, they could still take advantage of the chaos by following behind.
Then, the group of cultivators followed the example of the Qingxia Sect and charged into the depths of the plaza.
“Let’s go! We’ll follow them!” Liu Rumei said to Ye Xiaobai.
"go!"
Ye Xiaobai also wanted to deal with the puppet, but he didn't have a good way, so he could only follow behind Qingxia Sect and the others.
The cultivators of the Seven Lakes Sect followed suit and rushed into the depths of the secret realm together.
Half an hour later, everyone had fought their way out of the plaza.
Looking back at the group of puppets, the puppets seemed to have intelligence; none of them rushed out of the plaza's area, and they all returned to the perimeter of the plaza and merged into the ground.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. However, of the hundreds of people who had just entered, only seventy or eighty cultivators had passed through the plaza. Some of the cultivators had died at the hands of the puppets, while others had fled when they saw that the situation was not good.
Seeing this, Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh. Treasures are good, but you still need to be alive to get them! He would definitely have to be more careful from now on!
Not far from the puppet plaza, Ye Xiaobai and the others saw a gray stone wall in the distance, about three meters high, with two stone gates on the left and right. Above the gates were the words "Water Gate" and "Fire Gate".
It seems we need to choose a stone gate to enter.
Upon seeing the stone gate, everyone was unsure of what to do and stared at Mu Jiuling, waiting to see his decision.
Mu Jiuling didn't dare to be careless, so he took out a spirit-sniffing rat and sent it to explore the stone gate.
Half an hour later, the Spirit-Sniffing Rat returned safely, and Mu Jiuling was relieved. He then checked the situation behind another stone door but found nothing unusual.
So, without saying anything, they chose to enter through the water gate.
The group of cultivators immediately followed Mu Jiuling and entered through the water gate.
Liu Rumei also used her spirit beast to investigate the inside of the stone gate and found nothing unusual, so she led Ye Xiaobai into the fire gate.
After entering the stone gate, Ye Xiaobai realized that it led to a maze. He walked for a while and then returned to where he started. Ye Xiaobai could only move forward slowly by marking the forks in the path.
At a three-way intersection, Ye Xiaobai marked the path and headed towards the third, unmarked direction. A short while later, Ye Xiaobai and Liu Rumei returned to the three-way intersection.
At this moment, all three directions at the intersection were marked, and Ye Xiaobai was immediately confused. Why were all three roads wrong? How should he go?
Just as Ye Xiaobai was looking confused, Liu Rumei said disdainfully, "The Five Elements Venerable is a master of formations, how could he set up a simple maze?"
"Could there be some kind of formation in this maze that moved the walls?" Ye Xiaobai immediately made a bold guess.
"Not bad, you're not completely stupid!" Liu Rumei said with a smile.
"Next, we need to find those unusual walls!" Ye Xiaobai said, having gained Liu Rumei's approval.
"Come on, follow behind my tricolor rat. It has a good sense of direction!" Liu Rumei suggested directly, and then took out a rat with gray, white and black stripes.
Then, Ye Xiaobai and Liu Rumei followed behind the three-colored rat, continuing to search for the correct route through the maze.
Sure enough, led by the tricolor rat, Ye Xiaobai soon discovered an unusual wall. After destroying it, he finally found a new route.
Finally, the two successfully navigated out of the maze.