Chapter 3042: Falling Spirit Ruins Treasure Hunt (None Today)

The Void Spirit Mountain Range stretches for over a hundred million miles. This area was once a crucial stronghold for the Void Sky Clan. When the Void Sky Clan was besieged by multiple races, this stronghold also came under attack.

The Integration Stage cultivator guarding this stronghold activated all its restrictions, perishing with the enemy. As a result, this location became a dangerous area, known by cultivators as the Spiritfall Ruins.

The Spiritfall Ruins are situated on the border between the Lizard and Yaksha clans. Every ten thousand years or so, the restrictions weaken, prompting both clans to send expeditions into the ruins to search for treasures. Some have even found artifacts left behind by the Void Sky Clan.

After the Lizard Clan was annihilated, human cultivators also gained access to the Spiritfall Ruins for treasure hunting.

Deep within the Spiritfall Ruins, a deafening thunderclap echoed from a narrow valley. A thick silver lightning bolt struck down from the sky, causing the ground to shake violently. Dust billowed, and countless rocks and debris flew out from within the valley.

After a while, the dust settled. Wang Mengbin, Wang Yingjie, Liu Hongxue, and Bai Yuqi stood inside the valley, surrounded by numerous black giant scorpions. Their bodies were riddled with holes, emitting a scorched odor.

"That's finally dealt with," Liu Hongxue said, letting out a sigh of relief.

Thanks to the map provided by Wang Dafei and the maps they already possessed, their entry into the Spiritfall Ruins had been smooth, despite a few scares.

The location of Master Hunyuan's cave of meditation was quite secluded. After Wang Dafei breached the outer restrictions and obtained some items, he realized it was the meditation cave of Master Hunyuan's clone. As he was leaving, he encountered a seventh-tier demonic beast, and to escape, he had to use up all his substitute talismans.

To avoid the seventh-tier demonic beast, Wang Mengbin and his companions had to take a detour, which brought its own dangers.

They encountered many sixth-tier demonic beasts, but fortunately, Wang Mengbin and Wang Yingjie were powerful enough to avoid any life-threatening situations.

"Ancestor Mengbin's lightning techniques are becoming incredibly formidable; even peak sixth-tier demonic scorpions are no match for you," Liu Hongxue praised.

"Yingjie's Qianyang Illusory Eyes have also reached mastery, possessing considerable power, capable of trapping even peak sixth-tier demonic scorpions in illusions, allowing them to be easily slain," Wang Mengbin commended.

When dealing with demonic beasts, Wang Yingjie's Qianyang Illusory Eyes played a significant role.

"Let's rest first and recover our magic power! It's crucial to maintain ample magic power in the Spiritfall Ruins," Bai Yuqi suggested.

Each of them took a Golden Jade Restoration Pill, refining its medicinal properties to restore their magic power.

After resting for over an hour, they resumed their journey.

After passing through the canyon, a forest of red peach blossoms appeared before them, with a multitude of red petals scattered across the ground.

"According to the map, we have to go through here to reach our destination, but I'm not sure if there are any restrictions," Wang Yingjie said, frowning, holding a piece of green beast hide marked with mountains, rivers, and various colored symbols.

"From what we know, the probability of restrictions here is very low, but we still need to be extra cautious," Bai Yuqi said, her expression serious.

According to their intelligence, blue markers indicated spiritual herbs, golden markers indicated powerful restrictions, red markers indicated formidable demonic beasts, and white markers represented unknown areas. Although the peach blossom forest before them had no markers, it didn't necessarily mean there was no danger.

Wang Yingjie flicked his right hand, and a pale blue metallic sphere flew out. He cast a spell, and with a whirring sound, the sphere transformed into a colossal blue falcon covered in spiritual patterns – a fourth-tier puppet beast.

The blue falcon puppet gently flapped its wings and flew into the red peach blossom forest without triggering any restrictions. Wang Yingjie manipulated the blue falcon puppet to survey the entire peach blossom forest, finding no anomalies. Only then did they feel assured enough to enter.

They proceeded cautiously, their pace slow, with two blue falcon puppets scouting ahead. Simultaneously, Wang Yingjie and Wang Mengbin extended their divine sense, carefully probing the surroundings.

After about fifteen minutes, they still hadn't exited the red peach blossom forest, with the two blue falcon puppets continuing to scout ahead.

As one blue falcon puppet swept past a red peach tree, the tree swayed. Immediately afterward, a large volume of red mist surged from the ground, enveloping them from all directions.

The four of them, startled, quickly halted. Unsure if there were any restrictions, they dared not act rashly.

Wang Yingjie felt his vision blur, and suddenly he found himself amidst a cluster of red volcanoes. The temperature was terrifyingly high, and the air was thick with the pungent smell of sulfur. Wang Mengbin and the other two were nowhere to be seen.

The ground began to shake violently, startling Wang Yingjie. He quickly ascended, hovering three feet above the ground.

A mound of earth swelled from the ground and rapidly moved towards Wang Yingjie.

Wang Yingjie simultaneously dodged and cast spells to attack the earth mound.

He slapped his right hand towards the void, and countless five-colored light particles emerged, forming a giant five-colored hand that accurately struck the earth mound.

After a loud bang, the earth mound exploded, revealing nothing.

With rumbling roars, over a dozen volcanoes erupted, spewing scorching lava that rained down from above, heading straight for Wang Yingjie.

Wang Yingjie was greatly alarmed. He quickly conjured a small five-colored umbrella, holding it above his head. The umbrella spun, releasing a vast expanse of five-colored radiant light that enveloped his entire body.

The crimson lava struck the five-colored radiance, flickering wildly before dissipating.

Wang Yingjie's brows furrowed. He extended his divine sense, meticulously probing, but found no anomalies. After a brief thought, he activated his formations, attacking his surroundings, intending to forcefully break out of the array.

With rumbling roars, the ground shattered, and volcanoes were destroyed one after another. However, it was futile; Wang Yingjie remained trapped within the volcanic cluster.

A day later, Wang Yingjie's face turned pale. He stood panting amidst the volcanoes.

The volcanic cluster was formed by a formation; for every volcano he destroyed, the formation would replace it. If he couldn't break the array, he would eventually deplete his magic power and be trapped here until death.

The void vibrated and warped, and the environment before him blurred. Wang Yingjie reappeared in the peach blossom forest, with Wang Mengbin and the other two nearby.

Wang Mengbin and Liu Hongxue looked pale, as if they had expended too much magic power, while Bai Yuqi's complexion was rosy.

One hundred and eight red peach trees were snapped in half, their breaks incredibly smooth.

"Yuqi, did you break the formation?" Wang Mengbin asked, looking at Bai Yuqi with curiosity.

Bai Yuqi nodded and replied, "Senior Lin of the Seven Star Sect once told me about this kind of formation. I didn't expect to actually encounter it."

Thanks to Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's network of connections, Bai Yuqi had extensive exchanges with sixth-tier formation masters, and occasionally, seventh-tier formation masters would offer her guidance. She had greatly benefited from this and made significant progress.

"Let's rest a bit before we continue our journey! I hope there are no more restrictions ahead; we've already spent a considerable amount of time in the Spiritfall Ruins," Bai Yuqi suggested.

Liu Hongxue and the other two each took a Golden Jade Restoration Pill.

Once their magic power was mostly recovered, they continued their journey.

They didn't encounter any more restrictions along the way.

Exiting the peach blossom forest, a towering, cloud-piercing mountain appeared before them. Vegetation was sparse on the mountain, and at its base was an opening several zhang wide, near which stood a yellow boulder taller than a human.

"This is it," Wang Yingjie stated gravely, his gaze fixed on the cave entrance.

Wang Mengbin extended his divine sense to probe the cave but found no anomalies.

Two humanoid puppet beasts strode into the cave, with Wang Yingjie and the other three following closely behind. After about a hundred steps, they reached the end, where a cavern several hundred zhang wide appeared. The rock walls bore signs of artificial excavation.

Wang Yingjie went to the lower-left corner of the cavern. With a flick of his right hand, a yellow-glowing formation flag flew out and disappeared into the rock wall.

The rock wall lit up with a dazzling yellow light, revealing a thick five-colored light barrier. Its surface was covered with countless five-colored runes, exuding an astonishing amount of spiritual energy.

Through the five-colored light barrier, a humanoid skeleton could be seen. Its right arm was missing, and its left leg was also nowhere to be found, indicating it had likely suffered severe injuries before its death.