The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 264: Exploring the Ruins and Clues to the Secret Chamber

After exploring the ruins, Yun Yao and the others finally found a relatively safe corner to rest. This place was located under an ancient corridor, and the surrounding walls were flickering with faint spiritual light, as if telling of the glory of the past. Everyone sat on the ground, each circulating their spiritual power to recover the energy lost in the previous fierce battle with the guardian puppet.

Yun Yao was not completely immersed in the recuperation of her spiritual power. Her mind quietly spread out, alert to the dangers that might be lurking around. Just as her perception was wandering around the ruins like a spirit snake, a faint fluctuation of spiritual power caught her attention. This fluctuation was extremely subtle, and if Yun Yao's perception was not far beyond that of ordinary people, it would be difficult to detect.

She carefully explored the direction of the wave and found that its source was actually pointing to a certain location deep in the ruins. Yun Yao's heart moved, and she immediately stopped regulating her breath, stood up and slowly walked towards the source of the wave. As she approached, the wave became clearer, and an inexplicable attraction arose in her heart.

At the end of the corridor, Yun Yao saw a winding passageway that went down. The passageway was filled with a faint mist, and there seemed to be light and shadow flickering in the mist, as if some ancient restriction was in operation. Yun Yao stared at the passageway, and a strong premonition surged in her heart that the clue to the hidden secret room might be at the end of the passageway.

She turned back to the resting place, woke up Chu Mochen who was recuperating and other disciples, and told everyone about her discovery. Everyone was excited when they heard it. Although the previous battle with the guardian puppet was difficult, they also gained a lot. Now that they heard there was a clue to the secret room, they were ready to find out.

Led by Yun Yao, the group slowly moved forward along the passage. The fog in the passage became thicker and thicker, and visibility was extremely low. Everyone could only rely on their spiritual senses to sense each other's positions to prevent getting separated. Yun Yao walked in the front, holding a defensive magic weapon in her hand, and watching the surroundings vigilantly.

Suddenly, there was a slight "buzzing" sound coming from the fog ahead, as if some mechanism had been triggered. Yun Yao's heart tightened, and she immediately stopped and signaled everyone to be on guard. Then, rays of light shot out from the fog, interweaving into a huge light net that enveloped everyone.

Yun Yao reacted quickly. She cast a spell called "Spiritual Wind Control Net". This spell was obtained by chance from the ancient books of her sect. Although she had only practiced it for a short time, it could exert considerable power at this moment. She waved her hands, and the spiritual power around her body turned into a whirlwind, heading towards the light net. The whirlwind and the light net collided with each other, emitting a dazzling light and a harsh sound.

Other disciples also used their methods, some used defensive magic weapons to protect themselves, while others used offensive magic to blast towards the source of the light net. Chu Mochen shouted loudly, waving the long sword in his hand, and the sword energy was crisscrossed, cutting off the approaching light rays one after another.

With everyone's concerted efforts, the light net finally dissipated. However, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the ground beneath their feet suddenly shook violently, and cracks spread from the ground, as if some huge monster was about to break out of the ground.

Yun Yao's face changed. She realized that the vibration was not caused by an ordinary mechanism, but an extremely powerful restraining force. She made a prompt decision and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, gather your spiritual power under your feet and stabilize your body!" After that, she took the lead in injecting her own spiritual power into the ground under her feet, trying to suppress the vibration.

Everyone followed suit after hearing this. For a moment, various spiritual lights flashed under their feet, competing with the vibration force. With everyone's efforts, the vibration of the ground gradually weakened, but everyone also consumed a lot of spiritual power.

Yun Yao knew that this place was full of dangers, and she had to find the secret room as soon as possible and obtain the treasures inside, so as to enhance everyone's strength and deal with subsequent crises. So, she increased her spiritual power and sped up her pace.

Continuing along the passage, the group encountered several small traps. There was a rune array that could spray out flames. The flames were extremely hot and could turn people into ashes in an instant if touched. There were hidden arrow traps in the walls. Once triggered, countless sharp arrows would rain down on the group. There were also spiritual mist traps that could release a confusing force. Once trapped in them, one would lose their way and fall into endless hallucinations.

Facing these traps, Yun Yao relied on her deep understanding of the rune array and the knowledge provided by the system master to defuse the crisis time and time again. She either found the center of the rune array and sealed it with spiritual power; or used a skill called "Spirit Shadow Step" to lead everyone to dodge the rain of arrows; or used the powerful power of divine thought to break the barrier in the spiritual mist trap.

With the close cooperation of everyone, they finally succeeded in getting through this series of traps. At this time, the end of the passage appeared in front of them, and a stone door emitting a faint blue light stood there quietly. On the stone door, there were all kinds of mysterious runes engraved, and these runes flashed with strange light, as if telling ancient secrets.

Yun Yao approached the stone door and carefully examined the runes on the door. She found that these runes were completely different from the runes she had seen in the ruins before. The spiritual power they contained was more complex and the structure was more exquisite. Yun Yao knew that there must be a huge secret hidden behind this stone door, and it would not be easy to open it.

She tried to inject her spiritual power into the rune, wanting to explore the mystery. However, the moment her spiritual power came into contact with the rune, a strong recoil force came, almost knocking her down. Yun Yao was startled, and quickly steadied herself, secretly thinking about how to crack it.

Seeing this, Chu Mochen stepped forward and asked with concern: "Yun Yao, are you okay? This stone door looks extremely tricky, what should we do?"

Yun Yao shook her head slightly, indicating that she was fine, and then said: "I have never seen the runes on this stone door before. The restraining power it contains is extremely strong. I am afraid it will not work to break it by force. We need to calm down and carefully study the rules of these runes. Maybe we can find a way to break it."

Upon hearing this, everyone gathered in front of the stone door and carefully observed the runes on the door. For a moment, silence enveloped the area, with only the sound of everyone's breathing and the occasional sound of spiritual power fluctuations.

Yun Yao calmed down, her mind locked onto the runes, analyzing the structure of the runes and the direction of spiritual power word by word. She found that these runes seemed chaotic, but in fact they had some kind of internal connection, as if they were an ancient language that conveyed specific information.

She tried to arrange the runes in different combinations in her mind, simulating the path of spiritual power. Every time she arranged the runes, she would carefully inject a little spiritual power to test and observe the stone gate's reaction.

After countless attempts, Yun Yao finally found a clue. She found that these runes seemed to be divided into several parts, and each part had a specific spiritual connection method. As long as these rune parts were activated in the correct order, perhaps the stone door could be opened.

Yun Yao was delighted, and she quickly told everyone about her discovery. When everyone heard it, they all showed joy on their faces, and followed Yun Yao's instructions and gathered their spiritual power in her hands. Yun Yao took a deep breath, and then slowly injected the spiritual power into the runes on the stone door in a specific order.

When the last bit of spiritual power was injected into the rune, the rune on the stone door suddenly burst into a dazzling light. The light swept in like a tide, covering everyone. Then, the stone door slowly opened, and a strong spiritual energy aura surged out from the door.

With excitement and anticipation, everyone stepped into the stone door. Behind the stone door was a huge secret room. The walls of the secret room were inlaid with countless shining gems, which illuminated the secret room like daylight. In the center of the secret room, there was a huge stone platform, on which were placed many precious magic weapons and cultivation resources.

There are spirit beads emitting colorful light, the spiritual power contained in them is extremely pure. If absorbed and refined, it will be of great help in improving cultivation; there are long swords with ancient shapes, mysterious runes engraved on the sword body, emitting powerful sword energy, which is obviously an extremely powerful offensive magic weapon; there are also various rare elixirs and spiritual herbs, these elixirs and spiritual herbs exude attractive aroma, which makes people feel refreshed when they smell it.

However, just as everyone was about to go forward to collect these treasures, a bright light suddenly shone in the secret room, and a powerful phantom slowly emerged. The phantom's figure was tall and majestic, exuding a strong sense of oppression. Its eyes were as bright as stars, staring at everyone, as if examining the intruder's intentions.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen's hearts tightened, they knew that a new challenge was coming. But they were not afraid, their eyes revealed a firm determination. In this mysterious relic chamber, they will have a thrilling contest with this powerful phantom, in order to obtain the treasures inside, and also to uncover the secrets hidden behind the ruins.