The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 216 Encounter with the Mysterious Relics

In the vast world of the cultivation world, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen, two young and outstanding cultivators, were on their way with important tasks assigned by their sects. They were agile, their sleeves fluttered in the wind, their steps were firm and powerful, and their eyes were focused and determined.

Along the way, they passed through a dense spiritual forest, where the trees were so tall that they reached the sky, and the branches and leaves were intertwined. The sunlight could only shine through the gaps between the layers, casting mottled shadows. The strange spiritual plants in the forest emitted a faint light, and occasionally the roar of monsters in the distance could be heard, which made people alert. They also crossed the rushing spiritual stream. The stream water was clear and contained powerful spiritual power. The water flowed rapidly, and the splashing water seemed to jump like a spirit.

As they passed a barren stone plain, Yun Yao suddenly stopped, her eyes attracted by a looming building in front of her. The building exuded an ancient and mysterious atmosphere, as if it had slowly emerged from the long river of time. Yun Yao frowned slightly, a strong intuition surged in her heart, she turned her head to look at Chu Mochen, and found that he was also staring in that direction, with the same curiosity and vigilance in his eyes.

"Brother Chu, do you feel any unusual power there?" Yun Yao asked softly, with a hint of excitement and anticipation in her voice.

Chu Mochen nodded slightly, "Indeed, this aura is quite mysterious and seems to hide endless secrets. Let's go and find out, but we need to be careful."

The two slowly approached the mysterious building. As the distance shortened, a magnificent ruin gradually appeared before their eyes. The walls of the ruins were covered with vines of the years, and the stones were engraved with runes that flashed with strange light. Those runes seemed to have life, slowly swimming on the walls, as if telling a long-ago story. The door was closed, and there were some human-like creatures carved on the door. They had strange shapes, some had three heads and six arms, and some had huge wings on their backs. Their eyes were empty but seemed to reveal a majestic gaze, which made people full of reverie about the origin of this ruin.

Yun Yao stood in front of the gate, stretched out her hand and gently touched the pattern on the door. A cold touch came along her fingertips, and at the same time, a message seemed to flow directly into her mind. She was shocked that this relic was inextricably linked to her life experience. She turned to look at Chu Mochen, with a firm look in her eyes: "Brother Chu, I have a strong premonition that there must be the clues about my life experience that I have been looking for. I must go in."

Chu Mochen looked at her, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by trust, "Yun Yao, if that's the case, I will definitely go with you, no matter what dangers lie ahead."

They carefully pushed open the heavy door, and the door hinges made a dull creaking sound, as if protesting their intrusion. As they stepped into the ruins, an old and decayed smell hit them in the face, and the surroundings were so quiet that they were a little uneasy. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen looked around vigilantly. The stone road under their feet was a little bumpy, and they seemed to be able to feel the historical weight of the ruins with every step they took.

Slowly moving forward along the passage, the light runes on the wall became more and more dense, illuminating the way forward. Suddenly, Yun Yao's feet sank, she secretly said in her heart that it was not good, and hurriedly pulled Chu Mochen, "Brother Chu, be careful of the trap!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a slight sound of mechanical operation, and then countless sharp arrows rained down from all directions. Yun Yao reacted quickly, relying on the agility given by the system, tapped the ground with her toes, and jumped up like a flying swallow, pulling Chu Mochen to the left. The sharp arrows flew past the corners of their clothes and nailed to the opposite wall, making a tinkling sound.

"This trap is so powerful!" Chu Mochen said in a low voice. The long sword in his hand had already been unsheathed, and the sword body was flashing coldly under the reflection of the rune light.

They didn't dare to stop and continued to move forward quickly along the passage. However, this was just the beginning. As soon as they turned a corner, a group of guardian puppets appeared in front of them. These puppets were tall, more than two people tall, and their bodies were made of a black metal, as hard as iron, emitting a cold metallic luster in the weak light. Their eyes flashed red, as if burning with endless fighting spirit, and they held various weapons in their hands, including long swords, giant axes, maces, etc., each of which looked very powerful.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen quickly stood back to back, taking a defensive stance. Yun Yao took a deep breath, quickly formed seals with both hands, chanted something, and cast a defensive spell. A layer of light blue light shield slowly rose in front of them, covering them. The guardian puppets did not hesitate at all, taking heavy steps and rushing towards them like a tide.

Yun Yao took the lead in launching the attack. She used the magic she had learned, and rays of light flew out from her hands and rushed towards the group of puppets. However, when the light hit the puppets, it could only leave shallow marks on their hard shells, just like an ant trying to shake a tree, unable to stop their progress at all. Seeing this, Chu Mochen shouted and rushed forward waving his sword. His sword wind whistled, and each sword carried a powerful spiritual power, barely resisting the fierce attack of the puppets. His figure shuttled through the group of puppets, and sparks flew wherever the sword pointed, but there were so many puppets that he had just repelled a group when new puppets surrounded him.

Yun Yao was maintaining the defensive light shield in the back while thinking about countermeasures. She knew that if they continued like this, sooner or later the puppets would exhaust their spiritual power and put them in a desperate situation. She kept her eyes on the puppets' attack rhythm, trying to find their flaws. Suddenly, she found that although these puppets attacked fiercely, their actions seemed a bit mechanical, and their coordination was not impeccable.

"Brother Chu, these puppets move in a regular pattern. Let's try to break through the gaps in their coordination!" Yun Yao shouted.

Chu Mochen heard Yun Yao's reminder and his heart moved. He began to pay attention to the attack rhythm of the puppets and found some flaws. He found a good opportunity, exerted force with his feet, and rushed to a weak point of the puppet group like lightning. His long sword danced into a light and shadow, instantly cutting off the arms of several puppets, causing their attacks to temporarily fall into chaos.

Yun Yao took the opportunity to adjust her magic. She no longer simply launched attacks, but instead concentrated her spiritual power to form sharp spiritual thorns, specifically attacking the joints of the puppets. This move really worked. After the joints of several puppets were hit, their movements became slow.

But the puppets quickly readjusted their attack methods. They began to disperse and attack Yun Yao and Chu Mochen from multiple directions at the same time, making it difficult for them to take care of both ends. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen were once again in a tough battle. Their spiritual power was constantly being consumed, and some wounds gradually appeared on their bodies. Sweat soaked their clothes, and their breathing became rapid, but their eyes remained firm, and they had no intention of retreating.

At the critical moment of the battle, Yun Yao suddenly realized that it was difficult to completely win with conventional attack methods. She closed her eyes, calmed down, and felt the flow of spiritual power in her body. Her consciousness went deep into the source of spiritual power, trying to find a new way to use the power. Suddenly, she had an idea: combining several spells of different attributes might produce a more powerful force.

Yun Yao decided to take a risk. She mobilized the spiritual powers of wood, fire, and water in her body and carefully gathered them together. This was a very dangerous attempt, because spiritual powers of different attributes repelled each other. If she couldn't control it well, it would likely cause the spiritual power to backfire and seriously injure herself. But Yun Yao had no other choice at the moment, she could only go all out.

With the secret help of the system, Yun Yao successfully merged the three attributes of spiritual power together. A ball of energy with three-color light appeared in her hand. Wherever the light shone, the air around it seemed to be distorted. Yun Yao shouted and pushed the energy ball towards the group of puppets. The energy ball exploded in the group of puppets. The powerful impact instantly pushed the puppets back several steps, and some puppets even had cracks on their shells.

This breakthrough gave Yun Yao a boost of confidence. She and Chu Mochen exchanged glances, both of them full of fighting spirit. They pursued the victory, Yun Yao continued to cast fusion spells, and Chu Mochen cooperated on the side, using swordsmanship to restrain the puppets, not giving them a chance to reorganize their attacks. With their joint efforts, the group of puppets was gradually eliminated, and the last puppet fell to the ground with a bang, turning into a pile of scrap metal.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen breathed a sigh of relief. They sat on the ground exhausted, their wounds aching, but they smiled with relief. This battle had improved their strength and deepened their tacit understanding.

"Yun Yao, the fusion spell you just used was so powerful!" Chu Mochen looked at Yun Yao with admiration in his eyes.

Yun Yao shook her head slightly. "If it weren't for you, Brother Chu, holding me back, I wouldn't be able to perform. Thanks to you, we were able to escape danger this time."

After taking a short rest and recovering some spiritual power, the two continued to move forward along the passage of the ruins. They knew that there were more secrets waiting for them to explore in this mysterious ruins, and they had to find clues related to Yun Yao's life experience as soon as possible, while also being careful to deal with dangers that might appear at any time.

As they went deeper into the ruins, the surroundings became more mysterious. The runes on the wall flashed faster and faster, as if guiding them to a certain place. They walked through a long corridor, and at the end of the corridor was a huge stone door. The stone door was closed, and there was a complex pattern engraved on the door. There was a huge vortex in the pattern, and there seemed to be something slowly rotating in the center of the vortex, which made people feel dizzy after looking at it for a long time.

Yun Yao walked forward and studied the patterns on the door carefully. She found that these patterns seemed to hide clues to some kind of mechanism. She reached out and gently touched the lines on the pattern, trying to find a way to open the stone door. Suddenly, her fingers touched a slightly raised area, and she pressed hard.

There was only a dull roar, and the stone door slowly opened. A powerful spiritual power rushed towards them, which lifted their spirits. They walked into the stone door, and inside was a huge circular hall. The dome of the hall was very high, inlaid with countless gems emitting bright light. These gems gathered together, like stars in the night sky, illuminating the entire hall as bright as day. In the center of the hall, there was a treasure chest emitting a faint blue light. The treasure chest was quietly placed on a round stone platform, surrounded by a faint halo, as if guarding the treasure in the treasure chest.

Yun Yao walked slowly towards the treasure chest with anticipation. Her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, wondering what kind of surprise would be hidden in the treasure chest. When she walked to the treasure chest, she took a deep breath, stretched out her hand, and gently opened the treasure chest.

Inside the treasure chest, a crystal clear spirit pearl lay quietly inside, emitting pure and powerful spiritual power. Yun Yao could feel the spiritual power in her body surging slightly just by approaching it, as if attracted by the spirit pearl. In addition, there was an ancient secret book, the pages of which had turned yellow and exuded an old smell, but the words on it were clearly visible.

The system's prompt sounded in Yun Yao's mind: "This spiritual bead contains pure and powerful spiritual power, which can help you quickly improve your cultivation. The secret book records a long-lost cultivation method. If you can practice it successfully, your strength will be greatly improved."

Yun Yao was overjoyed. She was about to take a closer look at the spirit beads and the secret book, but suddenly she felt an evil aura approaching from behind. Her face changed slightly, and she turned around quickly, standing side by side with Chu Mochen, watching the direction where the aura came from vigilantly.

A group of men in black slowly walked into the hall. They were covered in black robes, their faces were hidden in the darkness, and their appearance could not be seen clearly. The black-robed man in the lead sneered, his voice low and hoarse: "Little girl, hand over the spirit pearl and the secret book, otherwise today will be the day you die."

Yun Yao tightly grasped the treasure in her hand and responded fearlessly: "Don't even think about it. This is what we have obtained through hardships. Don't have any wishful thinking."

Chu Mochen also took a step forward, unsheathing his long sword, with a cold light flashing on the sword. "If you want the treasure, you have to get past me first!"

The two sides are on the verge of a new battle, and a new battle is about to begin in the hall of this mysterious ruins...