Fiancée Stolen by MC, I Trip Them up-Chapter 238 - 140: Pixiu!

Chapter 238: Chapter 140: Pixiu!
Upon entering the Treasure Tower Secret Realm, Zhao Yi immediately felt a sense of decay and ruin coming towards him.
Looking into the distance, he saw a dilapidated palace. The palace’s main gate had collapsed, and through the doorway, he could see scattered remains and broken walls lying askew.
On the steps at the entrance of the palace were dark red bloodstains, and under the stone pillars on either side were broken swords and incomplete shields.
Miaoyin had gone to investigate the surroundings, while Zhao Yi stood at the great hall entrance, gazing at the familiar patterns on the half-destroyed stone door, his eyes slightly lost in thought.
"What is it?"
Miaoyin returned to the great hall entrance after searching around without finding any valuable clues, and saw Zhao Yi staring dazedly at the door. She asked curiously.
Zhao Yi explained, "The thing depicted on the door is very similar to the patterns I saw earlier at the entrance of the Taotie Dragon Palace in the Great River Secret Realm."
Miaoyin’s eyes lit up, "Are you suggesting that this palace could also be the Divine Hall of the Son of the True Dragon?"
Zhao Yi shook his head, "It’s hard to say. After all, it’s only the second time I’ve seen such engravings, but the two do look very alike."
As he spoke, he hesitated for a moment, "The reason I can’t be certain is mainly because the styles of the two palaces are so different. The Taotie Divine Hall is black, wicked, and dangerous, giving one a sense of dread. Although this Divine Hall is in ruins, it can be seen that it was once very luxurious, entirely different in style from the Taotie!"
"That’s quite normal!" Miaoyin said casually, "The dragon bore nine offspring, and each is different. Although Taotie is the fifth son of the True Dragon, it might be more accurately described as a Fierce Beast. Its palace being wicked and dangerous is normal."
At this point, Miaoyin’s eyes lit up, "Remember the Pixiu statue outside the Treasure Tower?"
Zhao Yi nodded, then slightly stunned, "You think this is the Divine Hall of the Pixiu?"
Miaoyin had regretted missing the transformation of the Taotie last time.
Now, with a chance to interact closely with the Pixiu, she immediately became excited.
"Finding out whether it’s a Pixiu is simple; let’s go in and take a look!"
With that, she stepped forward quickly and slipped into the ruined Divine Hall.
Zhao Yi glanced around, saw nothing special, and followed into the Divine Hall.
The inside of the Divine Hall was immensely large, and upon entering through the main door, one was met with a plaza as large as half of Shengjing City.
Miaoyin stood at the edge of the plaza, staring at the tragic scene inside with wide, shocked eyes.
She exclaimed in disbelief, "Countless people must have died here!"
Zhao Yi came to her side and also looked at the plaza before them.
On the plaza, densely packed with forest-white bones.
There were humans, and there were beasts.
All the skeletons formed a circle, with some massive, bizarrely shaped, never-before-seen creatures in the center.
"Never seen before!"
Miaoyin, frowning and pondering at those gigantic skeletons, said, "These things look so peculiar that if there were any records in the Library Pavilion, I would not have missed it."
Zhao Yi said thoughtfully, "They probably aren’t creatures of this world!"
Miaoyin was momentarily stunned, "You mean the world of the ’Ling’?"
Zhao Yi shook his head, "Even if not the ’Ling’ world, it is an existence similar to the ’Ling’ world! They invaded this world like the ’Ling’ did, then were collectively exterminated by the humans and beasts of this world!"
Miaoyin scanned the ground full of bones and nodded, "Those creatures should have been very strong; humanity and beasts must have paid a great price to finally eradicate them!"
"One question puzzles me," Zhao Yi said, surveying the surroundings.
"Why was the final battlefield here?"
"If our conjecture is accurate, and this is the Divine Hall of the Pixiu, then even if invaded by creatures from other worlds, it shouldn’t have been threatened."
"Could those creatures have been targeting the Pixiu?"
Hearing this, Miaoyin too sank into contemplation.
She was about to speak when suddenly there was a "crack" of bones grinding together.
"Who’s there?"
Miaoyin jerked her head towards the sound.
Then, in her puzzled gaze, a beast skeleton stood up slowly.
Miaoyin was startled, "What is this? Why can bones move?"
Zhao Yi, looking at the skeleton that resembled a lizard man, was also stunned.
Inside the lizardman’s skull was a cluster of green Soul Fire.
Zhao Yi was all too familiar with this.
It’s a skeleton warrior!
Could there be an Undead Mage here?
The first thought Zhao Yi had regarding anything related to skeleton warriors was Undead Mages.
"Are there other people around?" Zhao Yi asked Miaoyin.
Zhao Yi’s entire combat strength stemmed from his physical power, with lesser Divine Sense than even a first-stage Body Tempering Realm novice cultivator.
Zhao Yi recalled Elder Huiyuan mentioning that there were other monks cultivating in the Treasure Tower Secret Realm.
If the skeleton warrior was created by them, things would get interesting.
Monks using Undead Magic—that would be a spectacle.
Miaoyin, who was at the eighth stage of the Ascension Realm, released her Divine Sense, instantly enveloping the entire plaza.
"There is no one!" Miaoyin shook her head.
As they spoke, the lizardman skeleton warrior had already equipped itself.
It picked up a piece resembling a tortoise shell from the ground to place on its chest as a Heart-Protecting Mirror, wielding a white bone battle saber in one hand and dragging a White Bone Giant Shield with the other.
"This skeleton warrior even has autonomous consciousness?" Zhao Yi grew more curious.
As he was thinking, the lizard warrior suddenly vanished.
"Watch out!"
Miaoyin took a step forward, the Chengying Sword in her hand shining brightly, forcing the Lizardman Skeleton Warrior that suddenly appeared above Zhao Yi’s head to retreat.
"Eighth-tier Ascension Realm!"
Miaoyin looked at the Lizardman Warrior being forced back, her expression extremely grave.
The Power of Space is a Divine Power that only an eighth-tier Ascension Realm Great Cultivator can master.
This Skeleton Warrior can teleport.
That means it has at least the battle power of the eighth-tier Ascension Realm!
Miaoyin’s jaw almost dropped to the ground.
The lizard’s skeleton had eighth-tier Ascension Realm battle power even after death.
How strong could it have been when it was alive?
"Something’s wrong!"
Miaoyin suddenly turned her head to look at Zhao Yi, saying in a deep voice, "Is there something wrong with this Secret Realm?"
Zhao Yi nodded: "You noticed too?"
He looked at the Lizardman Skeleton Warrior, his eyes slightly narrowed: "Those monks from the Buddhist Sect probably didn’t even notice these skeletons, indicating that this Secret Realm presents different scenarios to different people!"
The reason is simple.
There couldn’t be just one Lizardman Skeleton Warrior in this plaza.
Zhao Yi looked at the countless white bones scattered around, with just a quick glance he could piece together at least hundreds of thousands of complete skeletons.
With so many skeleton warriors at the eighth-tier Ascension Realm, forget Little Leiyin Temple, even throwing the entire Buddhist Sect in wouldn’t cause the slightest ripple!
Yet in all these years, there’s never been news of large-scale deaths among the disciples of the Buddhist Sect.
So there’s only one answer.
People from the Buddhist Sect have never been to this Divine Hall, nor have they seen the bone-covered plaza!
The Lizardman Skeleton Warrior was incredibly fierce; having failed its first strike, it immediately flashed forward to attack viciously again.
The Lizardman’s body was nimble, its form extremely fast, and Miaoyin almost couldn’t keep up with its pace at first.
Finally, Zhao Yi saw an opportunity and with a single slap shattered the skeleton frame, quieting the lizard.
"Have you discovered anything?" Zhao Yi asked Miaoyin.
Elder Huiyuan said previously that to enter the next level, one must solve the puzzle on the current floor, thereby finding the passage to the next level.
Zhao Yi searched the surroundings; if nothing unexpected happened, the passage for this level should be in the palace across the plaza.
To reach the other side, one must cross the plaza, piled high with countless bones.
This is nearly impossible!
Because as Zhao Yi slapped the Lizardman Warrior to pieces, the large plaza suddenly erupted with the sound of countless bones grinding and cracking.
Miaoyin turned pale: "There’s nothing around here, not a single clue to be found. I have no idea what the puzzle is, let alone how to solve it!"
After saying this, she looked at the Beast Skeleton Warriors emerging with green Soul Fire burning, and goosebumps rose on her arms.
Miaoyin said nervously, "Zhao Yi, what do we do now?"
Zhao Yi looked at the continuously rising Skeleton Warriors, frowned, and said: "These things are just puppets, killing them all would be a waste of time!"
With that, Zhao Yi told Miaoyin, "Let’s retreat for now and observe the surroundings!"
Miaoyin nodded, turned around, and started to walk back.
Just then.
Perhaps sensing their intent to escape, the shabby gate slammed shut with a boom.
Bam!
The sound of a heavy impact came, and Miaoyin immediately halted her steps.
She stepped back, coming to Zhao Yi’s side, her expression solemn.
Enemies in front, retreat blocked.
Now they were in trouble!
At the same time.
The protagonist stepped into the Treasure Tower Secret Realm, a heavy, profound aura emanating forth.
Before him was also a massive Divine Hall.
The difference was, the Divine Hall in front of the protagonist was intact, its dark hall filled with seven-colored radiant light, leaving him dazzled and his Heart Spirit stirred.
The protagonist curiously surveyed the Divine Hall, when a deep, heavy voice came from within.
"You’ve come?"
"You shouldn’t be here!"
"At least not at this time!"
The protagonist was confused upon hearing this and asked with curiosity, "You know me?"
The voice sighed, did not reply, but instead said: "Come in, there is something prepared for you here."
The protagonist did not hesitate and stepped into the hall.
He had a gut feeling that the person inside the hall would not harm him.
The old monk emerged from the ring, standing beside the protagonist, wanting to enter the hall with him.
The protagonist stepped forward, the old monk following closely behind.
Just as they were about to enter, a Seven-Colored Barrier suddenly lit up at the entrance of the hall, directly bouncing the old monk away.
"Ah!"
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