Zhang Ling thought of the bronze mask and injected spiritual power into it. Soon, the ghost face on the mask lit up with a ghostly green light, as if it had come to life.
The entire mask was covered with a layer of gray spiritual light. He was now different from when he was in the Qi Refining stage.
The spiritual power injected into it was about half of his total amount. If this were a normal magical artifact, it would have been shining brightly.
But this only had a layer of gray light on it. He frowned, then looked at the stone statue in front of him. Suddenly, a thought came to his mind. Then he glanced at the surrounding restriction light curtain.
He sighed in his heart, but decided to give it a try.
Gritting his teeth, he pointed at the bronze mask in his hand, and it floated into the air. Then, he increased his divine sense to control the gray light on it, which had the effect of devouring divine sense.
This indicated that it was a special magical artifact, but he didn't know how to control it.
Magical artifacts used by cultivators, regardless of their grade, must be driven by spiritual power and divine sense.
Zhang Ling continuously injected divine sense and spiritual power into it, and the gray light on it continued to condense until the entire mask was wrapped in gray light.
Then, the mask finally changed. The gray light on it gradually condensed into a gray skull. Suddenly, a blood-colored light flashed from the skull.
As soon as the blood light appeared, under Zhang Ling's divine sense detection, it turned out that the blood light was composed of some mysterious runes.
The blood light flashed and shot on the face of the human-shaped stone statue, and the mask on the statue's face also emitted a layer of gray gas.
A low buzzing sound came out, and black lights bloomed from the stone statue, filled with a strange and eerie aura.
This scene shocked Zhang Ling, and he retreated some distance. He didn't want any more accidents to happen.
Then he saw these black lights constantly deforming, and soon turned into countless small black characters, and an ancient text appeared in front of him.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling was surprised. These small characters were condensed from pure Yin energy and written in ancient immortal script.
Could it be a cultivation technique or secret skill? Overjoyed, he began to carefully ponder each word.
"Nether King Art"
After only reading the somewhat familiar words at the beginning, he was completely sure of the content of the cultivation technique. This was a ghost-path cultivation technique, and it was quite complete, capable of being cultivated all the way to the Heavenly Ghost realm.
And the "Heavenly Ghost"'s strength was comparable to a Core Formation stage cultivator. After cultivating to this realm, the physical body was dispensable. After the Heavenly Ghost body was completed, its strength was comparable to a late-stage Core Formation Grand cultivator.
This was the first complete cultivation technique he had obtained.
However, after reading some of the incantations and secret techniques, his face turned gloomy. To be honest, this Nether King Art was extremely overbearing and powerful, but he would not re-cultivate this technique.
At this moment, he felt a little conflicted. This cultivation technique was definitely a top-level technique. However, the core of the later stages of cultivation was to use the physical body as a furnace to condense a Ghost Pearl as the main body.
As long as the Ghost Pearl was not destroyed, the divine soul would be immortal. Zhang Ling could only admire this cultivation method of completely abandoning the physical body. He didn't have such courage.
It was rumored that ghost-path cultivation techniques were very strange. After the Heavenly Ghost body was completed, it would completely transform into a fierce ghost.
Some of the profound secret techniques in the "Nether King Art" were performed with the help of the Ghost Pearl. Without the Ghost Pearl, the power of this technique would be greatly reduced.
This was also the reason why he gave up this cultivation technique. However, ghost-path cultivation techniques were originally rare.
And such a complete cultivation technique, even if he didn't cultivate it, was still worth studying. Zhang Ling's mind raced, and he was about to memorize these cultivation incantations.
Suddenly, those light characters, as if they had received an order, swarmed towards his head and seeped into it one by one. Countless information was instantly stuffed into his brain. He painfully clutched his head and screamed, falling to the ground.
Fortunately, this pain was very short-lived. Within a few breaths, all the characters had been input. Zhang Ling collapsed to the ground, unable to move at all for a while. The buzzing in his brain continued. Such a rough transmission of the technique was still uncomfortable.
He had obtained the Dry Earth Skill in the same way when he was in the sect. But this time the information was even more massive.
It took a full quarter of an hour before he felt a little better, and he could barely stand up.
Zhang Ling quickly circulated the Nameless Soul Refining Art, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and adjusted his breathing, letting his head empty and his soul relax.
He sat for half an hour, when suddenly a strong tremor came from under his feet.
The tremor came quickly, like a sudden earthquake.
Zhang Ling quickly stood up, but he was trapped by the restriction. Thinking of this, he scanned his surroundings.
The tremor continued to intensify, and the restriction here even flickered on and off.
Seeing this, he was overjoyed. He patted his storage bag, took out two defensive talismans and slapped them on his body. Then, a breeze gathered under his feet, and he used the Wind Control Technique. As soon as the restriction broke, he would quickly rush out of this place.
After a short time, he could no longer stand firmly. With a wave of his hand, he put the Corpse Bear into the storage bag and released the flying boat to stand in the air.
The entire palace was shaking, and the beams on the roof made a crackling sound, and pieces kept falling down.
Suddenly, the human-shaped stone statue under him made a strange noise. He had been paying attention to this stone statue. He quickly scanned it with his divine sense.
After all, this object might be the formation eye of the restriction here.
He saw that the jade seal in the stone statue's hand shot out a black beam of light into the sky, turning into green light and disappearing.
The jade seal suddenly flew away inexplicably, which he did not expect. The ground shaking was obviously not a natural disaster.
However, after the jade seal flew away, the restrictions around the palace flashed and disappeared.
The restriction disappeared, and he was about to control the flying boat to fly away, when with a muffled sound, the stone statue under him turned into a cloud of powder. A white brocade handkerchief floated out from it.
Zhang Ling's eyebrows jumped when he saw the brocade handkerchief. With a wave of his hand, this object flew into his hand. Then, without delay, he controlled the flying boat and left the palace that was about to collapse.
……
Outside, it had already changed its appearance. The scene in front of him had become a ruin, and a series of buildings under his feet had turned into ruins.
The jade seal that was previously in the stone statue's hand was fixed in mid-air, spinning around, emitting a powerful spiritual pressure.
Suddenly, a black light rose into the sky from the ruins not far away. It turned out to be a white and glittering jade seal.
At the same time, in other places, spiritual lights also rose into the sky. At a glance, there were seven light pillars of different colors.
This situation was definitely unusual.
Rumble! Rumble!
With bursts of loud noises, the earth cracked into countless cracks. Smoke and dust rolled up into the air. For a time, gray and black mist filled the sky, obscuring the entire space.
"What is that?"
Suddenly, he heard someone's voice in his ears. He saw that in the distant sky, a large opening had cracked in the ground, and various colors of light appeared.
In the large area of spiritual light, a huge palace rose from the ground. The jade seals that had been emitting spiritual light also flew towards the palace one after another.
