Walking out of the Dragon and Phoenix Painting, the Flame Hoof Beast saw the Black Tortoise guarding outside and immediately became nervous.
Zhang Ling smiled to reassure it, "Don't be nervous, he is my companion." As he spoke, the spiritual light in his hand flickered, and he tapped the Dragon and Phoenix Painting several times, putting this spatial treasure into his sleeve.
Then, at the suggestion of the Flame Hoof Beast, they headed towards the hidden ancient teleportation array in this place.
Since that ancient teleportation array could teleport to the Eastern Domain cultivation world, Zhang Ling was naturally very interested in seeing it.
Controlling the golden token, he easily broke the restriction in the stone house outside. After the stone door opened, there was a dim passage.
According to the Flame Hoof Beast, the stone house they were currently in, along with the ruined building complex and the huge square they had seen before, were not built by the Dragon and Phoenix Fairy, but were ancient cultivation ruins that originally existed in this place.
This place was discovered by the Dragon and Phoenix Fairy more than four thousand years ago, who then transformed it into a cultivation cave.
The Flame Hoof Beast led the way, having already passed through several winding passages. Going downwards, after a cup of tea's time, a huge stone door covered with a cyan and red light curtain appeared before them.
Zhang Ling activated a magic seal in his hand, controlling the golden token to release a piece of golden runes. As starlight flickered, the restriction on the stone door was broken.
With a wave of his hand, a gust of wind struck, and with a series of loud rumbling sounds, the stone door was pushed open.
A bright red light appeared before them, and immediately, strange wind clusters of alternating cold and heat blew over.
The Black Tortoise stepped forward and released a ball of blue ice wind. With a series of muffled sounds, it resisted this strange wind.
"The ancient teleportation array that the master used is inside. In fact, the inside is the most core part of this Icefire Eye spiritual vein."
Although the Flame Hoof Beast had lost its demon core, it was not afraid of this strange cold and hot wind. It neighed and walked in.
Inside was a stalactite cave with a hundred zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length) of space, and the sound of howling wind echoed continuously inside. It was the strong wind generated by the two spiritual forces of extreme cold and extreme heat.
It could also be seen that many crystals emitting cyan and red spiritual light grew everywhere.
Zhang Ling sensed it and found that they were all Icefire Jade containing the power of ice and fire. The value was much higher than ordinary ice jade.
However, there were not many cultivators who needed Icefire Jade spiritual mines. Because this kind of spiritual mine contains two opposite abilities and is very unstable.
If it is used to refine magical treasures, the success rate is extremely low, and it may explode during the refining process. Except for a few who practice special exercises and need completely opposite ice and fire spiritual power.
Some array masters would collect some to refine special array disks.
In the center of the stone cave, there was a golden light curtain, in which a huge cyan and red tornado was rolling, bursting out with two kinds of auras: extreme cold and extreme heat.
The tornado formed by the ice and fire spiritual power looked like it was generated from the ground, and it penetrated the upper rock wall all the way. It was like an underground fire vein.
The violent ice and fire spiritual energy constantly impacted the golden light curtain. The golden light curtain remained motionless, allowing these two spiritual forces to continue to impact it. Instead, it kept flashing with golden light.
With a sweep of his eyes, Zhang Ling noticed that the golden light curtain was a restriction emitted by nine large black stones on the ground, each about ten zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length) in size.
These stones were engraved with dense spiritual patterns, and emitted a golden light every few breaths.
"Seal Vein Suppressing Dragon Stones, there are nine of them." Zhang Ling whispered when he saw these stones.
Earth Vein Sealing Spirit Stone is a high-grade Suppressing Dragon Stone used to seal spiritual veins. This kind of thing is used to seal earth veins.
Most of the middle and upper grade spiritual veins are suppressed by similar means to prevent a large amount of spiritual energy from leaking.
No wonder the Icefire Eye here is so stable. It turned out to be suppressed by these nine Suppressing Dragon Stones.
The Icefire Eye is a special earth vein, and its spiritual energy is generally very violent. Once it erupts, it may even cause disaster in an area of thousands of miles.
Afterwards, Zhang Ling noticed a dark cave entrance on the stalactite wall to the left of the huge Icefire Tornado.
He scanned it with his spiritual sense and found a teleportation array covered with dust inside. He could also see a dozen huge black stone pillars inserted around the teleportation array, with dark spiritual patterns engraved on them.
It seemed that no one had been here for a long time, and the teleportation array was covered with a thick layer of dust.
Zhang Ling walked in and carefully inspected it. This ancient teleportation array was similar in style to the ancient teleportation array he had seen in a space he had accidentally fallen into in the Tian Que Palace Secret Realm in Liuyun Sea, with seven or eight similarities.
It was indeed an ultra-long-distance ancient teleportation array.
Standing on the teleportation array, the Flame Hoof Beast also seemed quite excited and raised its head and neighed.
With a wave of his hand, a ball of cyan light flashed, and the dust on the teleportation array was blown away by Zhang Ling. Immediately afterwards, he released a pillar of spiritual light and injected it into the teleportation array.
Immediately, the stone pillars around the teleportation array vibrated slightly. The dark runes on them lit up with spiritual light.
Zhang Ling immediately withdrew his spiritual power. His actions also proved that the teleportation array was intact and could be used.
The Flame Hoof Beast saw his actions and also shouted. "This is the ancient teleportation array used by the master before he left. As long as you get the teleportation talisman, you can teleport over immediately. With your cultivation, it shouldn't be a problem to get a few teleportation talismans, right?"
"I don't need any teleportation talismans." Zhang Ling smiled, and a black light flashed in his hand, revealing a dark brown token.
"Eh, Great Shift Token." Seeing the token in his hand, the Flame Hoof Beast shouted, and its eyes immediately became fiery. Then it muttered, "The master also used a Great Shift Token when he used this teleportation array."
The Flame Hoof Beast's eyes flickered a few times and said, "Since you have this treasure, we can teleport over immediately."
"No hurry."
Zhang Ling naturally wouldn't teleport over immediately. He had just entered the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm not long ago, and now he had obtained the Windfire Demon Core. Of course, he wanted to refine a spirit-supplementing treasure first and master the Windfire Pearl before doing anything else.
Thinking in his heart, Zhang Ling waved his hand and released a series of array flags, setting up a concealment array here to hide the ancient teleportation array first. Then he left the stalactite cave and closed the door again.
"Let's go, let's get rid of those demon cultivators outside first. After I finish dealing with my trivial matters, I will take you back to the Eastern Domain."
Zhang Ling's body flashed with yellow light, and he left with the Flame Hoof Beast.
As for how to deal with Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) and the other three demon cultivators outside, he already had an idea.
If there was no ancient teleportation array here, he could ignore the others and leave quietly.
But since there was an ancient teleportation array here, to prevent these people from finding this place, it was natural to get rid of them. Especially that tenth-order demon cultivator, the Black Elephant King.
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At the same time, outside the palace ruins, not far from the blood pond. Old Madam Miao and the black-robed cultivator Wan Daoyou(万道友: Fellow Daoist Wan) were still fighting fiercely with the two demon cultivators.
Old Madam Miao's image was disheveled and no longer as calm as before. The Yellow Infant Beast she was fighting only had eighth-order strength. Its cultivation was a notch lower than hers.
However, this demon was proficient in sonic attacks and could release powerful divine sense attacks. It was difficult to defend against.
After a battle, they were evenly matched.
As for Wan Daoyou(万道友: Fellow Daoist Wan) on the other side, he was fighting extremely fiercely against the ninth-order snake demon, and he had not gained any advantage.
Wan Daoyou(万道友: Fellow Daoist Wan) released a cloud of demons, with heavy shadows of demons. It had covered a large area.
However, the ninth-order demon cultivator directly manifested its true form, transforming into a huge green-scaled giant snake. It spewed endless green poisonous smoke from its mouth.
The black demon cloud collided with the endless demon energy. A series of explosions came from the air.
"Eh, there are demon cultivators here."
At this time, two more streaks of light flew from the square in the distance, and a voice came over. A cyan light and a yellow light shot over.
The person in the cyan light was Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun), and the cultivator in the yellow light was Chen Daoyou(陈道友: Fellow Daoist Chen).
"Wang Daoyou(王道友: Fellow Daoist Wang), quickly help us get rid of these two demon cultivators." Wan Daoyou(万道友: Fellow Daoist Wan) shouted immediately when he heard the voice.
Old Madam Miao also noticed the arrival of Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) and the others, and was overjoyed, but then reminded her. "Be careful, there is also a tenth-order great demon who has come to this place. Not long ago, it chased the Flame Hoof Beast and entered the Blood Mist Mountain. Fei Huang Laoguai(飞黄老怪: Old Freak Fei Huang) has fallen, and was just killed by that great demon."
Fei Huang Laoguai(飞黄老怪: Old Freak Fei Huang) was the bald old man who only had half a corpse left on the ground.
"What, tenth-order great demon, Huang Daoyou(黄道友: Fellow Daoist Huang) has fallen." Chen Daoyou(陈道友: Fellow Daoist Chen), who was following behind Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun), immediately became nervous when he heard this.
Shi Yun Zhenren's(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) face also darkened. When his divine sense swept over, he immediately noticed the corpse of the bald old man on the ground.
At the same time, he also noticed the Blood Mist Mountain floating on the blood pond.
At first glance, this small mountain was very strange.
At the moment when Shi Yun Zhenren's(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) gaze swept past, the Ice Jade Mountain on the blood pond suddenly shook violently. A muffled sound came from inside.
An astonishing aura erupted from above.
Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) immediately sensed a strong demonic aura. Instantly, he realized that it was the great demon that Wan Daoyou(万道友: Fellow Daoist Wan) and the others had mentioned.
In the sky above the blood pond, the sudden movement of the Ice Jade Mountain was indeed caused by the Black Elephant King.
After the Flame Hoof Beast entered the Dragon and Phoenix Painting and was teleported away, and Zhang Ling and the Black Tortoise also disappeared.
This tenth-order demon cultivator went berserk and released its violent demon power.
Clusters of black demon energy were generated in the belly of the Ice Mountain. These demon energies turned into a black wind, and the wind cluster quickly expanded.
The demon energy inside turned into strands of black light, cutting around like wind blades. When it touched the surrounding ice jade walls, it burst out with the sound of fine iron colliding.
Ice jade, as a spiritual mine, is quite hard in itself.
What's more, as this demon released its violent demon power, the layer of blood mist covering the Ice Jade Mountain also flowed wildly. The entire Ice Jade Mountain was instantly dyed blood red.
Even the corpses of the two Chi Dragons and Phoenix Birds, like statues on the top of the mountain, seemed to come alive.
A dragon's roar and a phoenix's cry were heard. A phantom of an ice dragon and a phantom of a fire phoenix immediately gathered.
Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) and the others who had just arrived naturally stopped quickly when they saw this sudden scene.
Old Madam Miao and Wan Daoyou(万道友: Fellow Daoist Wan), who were caught in the fight, as well as the two demon cultivators, also turned their heads to look. Revealing a look of surprise.
Roar!
Suddenly, a beast roar that shook the sky was heard.
In the sky above the blood pond, although the Ice Jade Mountain was covered by a layer of blood mist restriction, it was suddenly scattered by strands of black demon energy.
In an instant, countless cracks appeared on the entire Ice Jade Mountain.
This crystal clear Ice Jade Mountain was exposed to the eyes. However, there was a ball of black light constantly flashing inside. Suddenly, the black light expanded rapidly like a halo.
The sound of cracking continued, and with a loud bang. This Ice Jade Mountain, more than two hundred zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length) high, shattered in an instant. The blood pond below also exploded, raising blood waves hundreds of zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length) high.
Countless pieces of ice mixed with a strong blood evil aura radiated around.
"Not good"
Shi Yun Zhenren's(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) face changed drastically, and he released a green light. Countless crisscrossing pieces of wood suddenly appeared in front of him, forming a thick wooden wall. Blocking in front of him.
In an instant, twenty or thirty pieces of jade stone, as sharp as steel needles, slammed into the curtain wall.
On the other side, Old Madam Miao, Wan Daoyou(万道友: Fellow Daoist Wan), and the two demon cultivators also defended quickly.
Fortunately, the attack caused by the exploding Ice Jade Mountain was not aimed at them. The strength of several people was not weak, although their faces were not good, they were not harmed.
After a wave of attacks, the momentum dissipated.
A cloud of blood mist filled the air, and there was a towering figure in the blood mist. This person was ten zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length) tall and wrapped in black energy. It was the semi-demonized Black Elephant King. A pair of cold eyes swept around.
Although there was blood mist to block it, the faces of Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun), Old Madam Miao, and the four others changed drastically.
Shi Yun Zhenren's(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) body shook, and he immediately turned into a clear light and flew in the direction he came from.
Chen Daoyou(陈道友: Fellow Daoist Chen), who was not far behind him, also woke up in an instant. He fled in panic.
"Go"
Old Madam Miao shook her hand and a yellow talisman appeared in her hand and stuck to her body. Her whole figure turned into a yellow glow and rushed towards the direction behind her.
Several miles behind her was the ice crystal gate she had entered from.
Wan Daoyou's(万道友: Fellow Daoist Wan) reaction was also very fast. He released the cloud of demons and it suddenly dispersed, turning into more than a dozen phantoms and fleeing in all directions.
"Hmph, kill them." A fierce light flashed in the Black Elephant King's eyes, and he immediately turned into a black light and chased after Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) and the others.
The ninth-order snake demon and the Yellow Infant Beast also laughed and followed Old Madam Miao and the others.
This scene was also seen by Zhang Ling. He couldn't help but sigh. "The tenth-order great demon is indeed terrifying."
At this moment, he and the Flame Hoof Beast came to a stone house again. This stone house was surrounded by a layer of white mist, and a cyan and redBagua plate floated in the air. Many white and bright round beads were also suspended around it.
At this moment, a round bead in front of him released a piece of spiritual light. What was displayed on it was the scene of the Black Elephant King destroying the Ice Jade Mountain and chasing Shi Yun Zhenren(石云真人: Real Person Shi Yun) and the others.
This is not an ordinary Shadow Recording Bead, but a formation spirit bead that transmits real-time pictures.
As for the rotatingBagua plate, it is the core array plate of the Liangyi Qiankun Array here.
"Although the restriction token left by the master can control this great array. But the master said that the Icefire Eye here belongs to a special spiritual vein, and only the Icefire type spiritual energy is abundant, so it can only exert part of the power of the Liangyi Qiankun Array. It is enough to deal with these Nascent Soul cultivators. But the Black Elephant King, as far as I know, has been in the tenth-order realm for at least a thousand years, so it can't trap him. What are you going to do."
"Since we can't trap this demon, let's lure it away." Zhang Ling casually responded, his spiritual power fluctuating as he transformed into a streak of yellow light and left the stone house.
The Xuan Turtle did not follow, remaining in place to glance at the Flame Hoof Beast.
The Flame Hoof Beast watched Zhang Ling leave, its gaze shifting before returning to the array's gem, displaying the surveillance image.
