A palm-sized piece of blood-red wood, looking somewhat broken, seemed to be a piece of wood cut from some tree. However, after taking a look at this thing, Huang Ying sent a message to Zhang Ling, stating this was their target, the "Bloodwood Heart."
At this moment, among the ten clusters of spiritual light, a cyan-yellow colored Zhuguo(朱果: a type of fruit) was immediately targeted by many demon beasts. It was actually a Transformation Fruit, and immediately these demon beasts could no longer maintain their composure and roared.
After announcing the names of the ten treasures, the voice paused for a moment and then announced the start of the treasure hunt.
Immediately, streaks of escaping light flew towards the treasures. Zhang Ling and Huang Ying were no exception. The two looked at each other and transformed into two streaks of spiritual light, rushing towards the Bloodwood Heart.
However, as everyone approached within thirty or forty zhang(丈: a unit of length) of the giant stone pillar, the entire pillar suddenly emitted a layer of bright yellow light, including the nine long stone steps next to it within the range of the spiritual light.
As soon as Zhang Ling approached within fifty zhang(丈: a unit of length) of the stone pillar, he was also enveloped in the yellow light. Instantly, their escaping lights all sank and fell towards the ground. This sudden situation caused everyone's expressions to change slightly, and they each used their methods to resist.
After being illuminated by the yellow light, he felt the pressure and quickly mobilized all the mana in his body, forming another layer of light yellow spiritual light outside his body, but he was still constantly falling downwards.
For a time, both the nearby half-demons and demon beasts let out exclamations.
However, they were all high-level cultivators. In a short period of time, they stabilized their minds, and most of them landed on the steps. Zhang Ling and Huang Ying were naturally no exception, landing on a gray stone step.
The next moment, the stone step under their feet also flashed with yellow light, and Zhang Ling immediately sensed a powerful force coming from above, pushing him towards the bottom of the stone steps.
But the further down he went, the weaker the pressure around him became. This was actually a gravity restriction.
Zhang Ling quickly urged all the spiritual power in his body, and the yellow light on his body suddenly brightened, and the force pressing on him was offset by a large part. He also had the opportunity to stabilize his body and land on a step.
At the same time, scanning with his divine sense, he found that Huang Ying was also not far away, but this woman's position was more than a dozen steps behind him.
On this step, he also saw several other figures, a human cultivator, two half-demons, and a golden-haired ape with a height of about ten zhang(丈: a unit of length).
This ape was actually a sixth-order demon beast, and the position where it landed was more than twenty zhang(丈: a unit of length) ahead of him. He saw the ape roar, fiercely hammering its chest with both fists, and an astonishing aura erupted from its body, striding towards the end of time.
Although it looked like ordinary human walking, its speed was not slow at all, and it crossed two or three stone steps in one step.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but take a look at this demon beast, and at the same time, he heard Huang Ying's exclamation. "Fellow Daoist, come over quickly, I have a fourth-order Light Spirit Talisman here that can offset part of the gravity suppression."
He saw a cyan spirit talisman appear in Huang Ying's hand. Spiritual power hit it, and the spirit talisman directly turned into a cyan light ball the size of a fist, floating above her head, and this woman's speed also instantly increased by a few steps.
Zhang Ling nodded slightly and went to Huang Ying's side, and saw her point a few times at the cyan light ball above her head, and the cyan light turned into a semi-circular light shield blocking the top of the two's heads.
He immediately felt the pressure on his body decrease again. Although the pressure was not completely offset, with the assistance of this spirit talisman, their speed was increased by a few points. They walked quickly towards the top of the stone steps all the way.
The ten treasures are all at the top of the giant stone pillar, and now is the moment to race against time.
The situation on the other stone steps was roughly the same. Everyone was affected by the yellow light and could only honestly walk up the steps.
Even so, everyone's strength varied. The stronger ones landed closer to the top of the giant stone pillar, and the weaker ones landed further and lower.
At this moment, the closest to the top was actually the Golden-Winged Bird. Black and gold spiritual light erupted from its body. This demon bird did not land on the stone steps, but kept flapping its wings. Every time it flapped its wings, the Golden-Winged Bird also flew more than two zhang(丈: a unit of length), then stopped, and then flapped its wings again, flying upwards again.
The Golden-Winged Bird was like a large bird flying into the air at a slower speed. It looked quite comical, but its speed was really fast. Under the suppression of the yellow light gravity, the Golden-Winged Bird could still maintain flight, which shows its strength.
And also only a few zhang(丈: a unit of length) behind this demon bird was the bald half-demon with a fat figure and seventh-order strength. This fat man was like a rolling meatball, running quickly up the stone steps.
Wherever he passed, there were muffled bangs.
Suddenly, a series of light puffs came from behind the fat man, and a black light quickly passed the fat man and rushed upwards faster.
In the black light was a girl riding a strange demon beast. It was the half-demon girl of the same seventh-order strength. The one she was riding under her was actually a strange big fish more than two zhang(丈: a unit of length) long.
This strange fish was shrouded in black mist, bursting out with spiritual power no less than that of a sixth-order demon beast. Only a cyan-black huge fish head and semi-transparent wings growing on its back could be seen. This was still a flying fish.
The pairs of wings on the back of the flying fish vibrated a few times, taking the girl across a distance of several zhang(丈: a unit of length) in an instant.
"Giggle, Fatty, I'll take a step first."
A clear girl's giggling voice came from the black mist. The fat man's face changed slightly and he couldn't help but roar angrily.
"Black Moon, don't rob me, roar..."
A beast roar came from the fat man's mouth, and then a blood-red light appeared on his body. In this light, the fat man's body swelled a few more circles, and the blood light on his body also rose, and then his speed suddenly increased, and he actually ran on the stone steps, chasing the half-demon girl.
Let's talk about Zhang Ling and Huang Ying at this time. With the help of the spirit talisman, their speed has also accelerated a lot, and at this time they have just passed the golden-haired ape that is constantly climbing upwards. For a time, this ape made angry roars at them. If there was no gravity restriction suppression, I am afraid that this demon beast would have rushed over directly.
Zhang Ling and the two naturally ignored it and moved forward step by step. After another cup of tea time, the cyan light shield above the two's heads flickered, and it seemed that it was about to reach the limit.
He couldn't help but look up and could already see the edge of the stone pillar above. Counting the distance, there were still twenty or thirty steps to reach the top.
Speaking of which, they were all shrouded in yellow spiritual light, and the gravity restriction emitted by this layer of spiritual light, the higher the pressure, the greater the pressure.
Suddenly, a high-pitched cry came into his ears. Scanning with his divine sense, he found that the Golden-Winged Bird had already reached the top of the stone pillar.
Its wings spread out and turned into a black shadow, and after a few flashes, it flew over a distance of one or two li(里: a unit of length), approaching the very center of the stone pillar, where ten glittering light clusters were suspended.
