In his ten years of Immortal Cultivation, this was the first time that Wang Lu encountered a strong opponent that was truly suitable for a professional adventurer.
First, the opponent's strength was strong enough. If it was a fair fight in the arena, even one hundred Wang Lu wouldn't be able to stop the Guardian's attack. Second, the opponent's weakness was obvious enough. With the one hundred thousand talismans reverse meridian circulation method, the magical power directly penetrated into the Guardian's body. Third, the opponent's weakness was stupid enough. Because it had just been resurrected, the Guardian's primordial spirit was confused, and its mind was in chaos. It simply couldn't think like a normal creature, and its earth-shattering power couldn't be displayed. Moreover … it was easy to be calculated by some simple and ridiculous tricks.
If it were any normal opponent, it would be impossible for them to fall into an irrepressible rage because of dirty words. However, after hearing the sword language, the Guardian ignored the great crisis of the one hundred thousand talismans invasion on its body and set off the monstrous heart fire to deal with Liu Li.
And Wang Lu propped up his Non-Phase Unmovable Heart Sword, firmly blocking the way, motionless like a mountain. However, the Guardian unexpectedly didn't know how to change its target. It still locked on Liu Li and continued to urge the heart fire to push and spread forward. Although its power was impressive, it was not aimed at Wang Lu, therefore, Wang Lu was able to resist it with ease.
In professional terms, this was the magical effect of blocking position.
Taunting, blocking position, pulling the hatred, this was the entire job of the three people of Lingjian School. As a mobile force, Wang Lu didn't need to fight the Guardian to the death. He just needed to create the output condition for the rest of his teammates.
And his teammates didn't let him down. Shengjing Sect, Kunlun Sect, and Ten Thousand Arts Sect people jointly exerted their strength. Under the infusion of powerful magical power, the one hundred thousand talismans were stimulated one by one, creating one strong destruction after another in the Guardian's body.
The guardian's body continued to tremble, and cracks appeared on the surface of the mountain. Not long after, it seemed to be covered with a vast layer of spider web. Gravel and sand slid down like a waterfall, and the guardian's body seemed to be surrounded by a layer of greyish-yellow mist … Of course, the destruction inside the mountain was a hundred times more intense than on the surface.
However, the guardian turned a blind eye to this, because in its ignorant knowledge, its greatest hatred was not the pain in its body, but the vicious curse that the little bug transmitted through the sharp sword language. Unfortunately, its ignorant mind could not allow it to think too much, so it only clumsily activated the heart fire, trying to burn the sword language and the little bug, completely ignoring the fact that its body was rapidly falling apart.
The stalemate lasted for a long time.
Although the destructive power of the one hundred thousand talismans was very powerful, the guardian's vitality was equally astonishing … It turned out that the disciples of the four sects had underestimated the guardian's strength.
The people of Lingjian School had played a role beyond expectation. Wang Lu, with his professional adventurer's means, firmly attracted the guardian's attention. As for the rest of the people, they only needed to concentrate on the reverse meridian circulation method to destroy the guardian's vitality. It stood to reason that if everything went well, they should be able to kill it soon … However, no one thought that the guardian had just been resurrected and was on the verge of death. They obviously had three days of arrangement and one hundred thousand talismans to magnify the destructive power of the cultivators by thousands of times, but in the end, when Jianglu and the others were almost exhausted, the guardian fell down with a loud bang.
With the continuous accumulation of internal destruction, the guardian's vitality finally came to an end. From the top of the mountain, a large amount of lava and dust gushed out and went straight to the sky, and then the mountain was quickly covered with a layer of gray color. The mountain suddenly stopped, and its height was compressed by a section.
At this point, the battle ended.
Everyone felt a burst of amazement.
According to the original plan, all the arrangements had a considerable amount of surplus, and the margin of error was very high. However, the actual situation was that the margin of error in killing the guardian was almost zero. Even the Lingjian School had to perform exceptionally to barely take down the opponent. Among them, if there was a slight mistake in any of the links, the result would be total annihilation.
"What a terrifying opponent."
Feeling the signal from the ice lake array that the guardian's vitality was gone, Jianglu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then wiped the black blood from his mouth and nose and sincerely sighed with emotion.
The guardian's vitality was simply unimaginable. Perhaps in the Wanxian League, even in the Royal Soldier Sect, which was famous for its powerful body, only a few people could be comparable to it … Fortunately, they didn't need to be enemies with the guardian at its peak.
However, even so, the cultivators of the four sects had to cooperate with each other in order to barely pass this test. While recollecting the battle just now, Jianglu had to admit that it was impossible to defeat this guardian by relying on the strength of Shengjing Sect alone, and this was just the fourth level of the sword tomb...
The cooperation of the four sects seemed to be just a joke at first, but since the difficulty of the sword tomb far exceeded the expectation, even if they joined forces with the other three sects, it was also a good choice. In the battle just now, although the main force was Shengjing Sect, the role of any other sect was pivotal.
Thinking to this, Jianglu changed his original overbearing attitude and said, "Everyone, take a break and restore your magical power as soon as possible. If any of the fellow daoists here has been injured by the resonance just now, we have the best healing elixir here, please feel free to use it."
Although his tone was still somewhat superior, it was rare for Shengjing Sect to show such a generous attitude, so the cultivators of Kunlun Sect and Ten Thousand Arts Sect had no reason to refuse. After exchanging greetings for a while, they became friends with each other, and the atmosphere gradually warmed up.
Only the people of Lingjian School were still maverick, coldly hiding on the side, completely not participating in the greetings. Just now, in the fierce battle, Wang Lu and the other two people took great credit. However, under the protection of Non-Phase Sword, the three of them were actually unscathed. Compared to the bleak Shengjing Sect people, they were simply noble and elegant. Their number was the smallest, but their style seemed to be stronger than Shengjing Sect people.
Jianglu cast a glance at them and inwardly sneered. The people of Lingjian School indeed had some means, but even Shengjing Sect people could put down their arrogance when needed. If they were so maverick, in the joint action of the four sects, they would only end up being isolated. Of course, in the action, they might not deliberately frame each other, but in the final distribution of the spoils, the isolated party would definitely suffer a big loss.
However, this was a misunderstanding. Wang Lu and the others had important things to discuss.
"Liu Li, you said you found something, what do you mean?"
Liu Li earnestly said, "At the last moment before the Guardian's life was cut off, I clearly felt that it seemed to have released two different but equally strong emotions to me. It seemed to be regret, but also relief, like, like …"
Liu Li awkwardly wrinkled her brows. She wanted to describe it more vividly, but found that her ability to express it was somewhat unable to keep up.
Wang Lu was silent for a moment, and then tried to explain, "Resuscitation after thousands of years of sleep, but before it could experience more of life, it was sent into the darkness again. Of course, there would be regret. As for relief … it should've died a long time ago, it's just that it couldn't die thoroughly. Now that it's dead thoroughly, perhaps it could re-enter the reincarnation cycle, which is not bad, so it's relieved. "
For such an explanation, Liu Li found it difficult to understand, and even more difficult to accept, but she didn't know what to say.
In the silence, Bai Shixuan expressed her opinion, "Senior Brother, I think … we shouldn't kill it."
Wang Lu asked, "What's the reason?"
Bai Shixuan said, "Because it didn't do anything bad."
"The hare and pheasant didn't do anything bad, but they still ended up in the human's stomach. This is the law of nature, so it can't explain anything … But, in general, do you think I did something wrong?"
Bai Shixuan hesitated. "Not really … It's just that I always feel that this Guardian is really pitiful. It … Perhaps it's because we're both mountain spirits. Sorry, I'm a bit confused. "
Wang Lu also touched her head. "Don't think too much. Although you're born smart, not hopelessly stupid like little Liu Li, it's still too early for you to think about these things."
Liu Li protested, "I'm not stupid!"
Wang Lu looked at Liu Li. "Really? Then I'll give you a question. If you can figure it out, then you're smart. "
"Oh!"
"Prove that any even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers. Okay, take your time to think about it."
"Okay!"
Then, ignoring Liu Li, Wang Lu also fell into deep thought. This is only the fourth level, but the difficulty has already broken the limit … Is there a problem with the way to play, or …?
However, just when Wang Lu vaguely grasped something, suddenly, a burst of roar of rolling rocks surged.
A strong shock came from under their feet, causing everyone to simultaneously stop their conversation and turn their eyes to the mountain not far away.
As the Guardian's corpse, after the lava erupted and the mountain shrunk, the mountain took on a gray color. Everyone thought that this was the end, but unexpectedly, there was another change. The mountain suddenly swayed, causing a violent earthquake in a radius of dozens of miles. And the cracks on the surface of the mountain, driven by an unknown force, continued to expand.
Then, the earth suddenly bent down, as if a hole was opened at the foot of the mountain. The whole mountain sunk down at a jaw-dropping speed. Even the volcanic ash that spewed into the sky fell back. In just a moment, all that was left in front of everyone was a plain, as well as a clear sky. That towering mountain seemed to have never existed.
Jianglu looked around in bewilderment and guessed, "Is this a sign that the door to the next level is about to open?"
Zhou Mumu somewhat dejectedly said, "That big guy is useless, so … he died without a whole corpse?"
Zhan Ziye excitedly guessed, "Is this the internal recycling mechanism of the sword tomb? Unexpectedly, the cultivators from more than ten thousand years ago have such an advanced idea. This is a very important discovery, and it's necessary to revise the relevant records. "
While they were talking, suddenly, on the plain where the mountain disappeared, eight stone doors appeared in a circle.
Each stone door was engraved with a simple and unadorned character. Although after thousands of years, the characters had changed a lot, there was no lack of knowledgeable people present, so they could recognize them at a glance.
Filial piety, fraternity, loyalty, faith, propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame!
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