bookcurios Chapter 1015 Five enormous stone platforms floated in the air.
Chapter 1015 Five enormous stone platforms floated in the air.
Each level is a new challenge.
As the group stepped out of the central enclosure, the scene before them underwent a dramatic transformation—the raging spatial power and countless spatial rifts had all vanished, replaced by a relatively peaceful area.
The black water below no longer churned and roared, but became unusually calm, like a huge piece of black jade, gleaming with a faint luster.
In the black water, five enormous stone platforms floated and stood, each platform towering tens of thousands of feet high, its base deeply rooted in the black water, while its top pierced the clouds.
The five stone platforms are arranged in a ring, several miles apart, and each exudes a distinct aura.
The easternmost stone platform is entirely green, covered with fine wood grain, and exudes a rich wood-attribute spiritual energy. A light mist lingers around the stone platform, and countless tiny vines grow from it, swaying in the air.
The stone platform on the east side is golden yellow, its surface shimmering with a metallic luster and radiating a sharp metallic aura. The edges of the stone platform are covered with sharp corners, like a huge sword pointing straight to the sky.
The stone platform on the south side was engulfed in raging flames. The red flames burned fiercely, but did not spread into the black water. They emitted scorching fire-attribute spiritual energy, and the air was distorted by the heat. The magma churning in the sea of fire could be vaguely seen.
The stone platform on the north side was covered by a thick layer of ice. The white ice crystals were crystal clear and emitted a biting cold. Beautiful ice flowers were condensed on the ice surface, containing pure water-attribute spiritual energy.
The central stone platform is earthen yellow, the largest in size, with an uneven surface covered with ravines, exuding a heavy and stable earth-attribute spiritual energy, giving people a feeling of indestructibility.
“Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, indeed the Five Elements Stone Platforms!” Su Xiaoya looked at the five Five Elements Stone Platforms in front of her, a trace of solemnity flashing in her eyes.
Su Xiaoya lightly raised her jade arm, flicked her finger, and a wisp of spiritual energy shot out like a meteor, accurately hitting the stone platform—this stone platform was actually made of black iron.
However, since black iron is always black, why are the five black iron stone platforms in front of us as colorful as a rainbow?
Just as Su Xiaoya was filled with doubt, the stone platform underwent another astonishing change.
Now, each stone platform has turned pitch black – that is the original color of black iron.
The surface of the stone platform was covered with twisted runes, which snaked and intertwined like ferocious venomous snakes. Dense demonic energy flowed between the runes, echoing the black waters of the Ruins of Return, together forming a closed death array:
The Jinxing Stone Platform resembles a floating metal fortress, with thousands of sharp metal blades shimmering like stars. The interlacing silver light exudes a chilling aura, as if it could tear everything apart.
The wooden stone platform resembled a dark forest of poison ivy, with the black poison ivy dancing like the tentacles of a demon, its tendrils covered in barbs, and its dark green venom dripping down like poison, exuding a deadly aura.
The water-walking stone platform is surrounded by a condensed black water vortex, with ice shards appearing in the center of the vortex. Sometimes it is as violent as a raging wave, and sometimes as cold as frost, as if it wants to devour everything.
The fire-element stone platform ignited with a dark purple demonic fire. The flames licked the air like a demon's tongue, making a sizzling sound. Even the space itself was slightly distorted by the heat, as if it wanted to burn everything to ashes.
The earthen stone platform continuously rises with thick earthen walls, the surface of which is covered with sharp spikes, making it as indestructible as a copper wall and iron wall, and its defense is impenetrable.
"This is the Five Elements Reversal Killing Formation," Cang Yuan said, holding the "Eternal Tide Undying Scripture," his fingertips moving like nimble dancers as he traced the runes on the ancient scroll, his expression extremely solemn.
"The five stone platforms should have been mutually reinforcing and restraining, but now they have been distorted by demonic energy, and the common sense has been completely overturned. The rule that metal can generate water, water can generate wood, wood can generate fire, fire can generate earth, and earth can generate metal has been lost. Instead, it has become a dead end where metal helps demonic fire, fire burns poisonous vines, vines reinforce earthen walls, walls block black water, and water tempers metal blades. The slightest carelessness will trigger a series of killing moves, making it impossible to defend against."
Before the words were finished, the metal platform suddenly emitted a piercing metallic hum, and thousands of blades rained down on the crowd.
The blade was covered in demonic energy, leaving black trails as it sliced through the air, and it was even able to penetrate the outer layer of the Tide-Gilded Armor.
"Defend!" Xuan Yuan shouted, and the Xuan Iron Shield suddenly enlarged, transforming into a giant shield over ten feet wide, blocking in front of everyone.
The clanging and banging were deafening as metal blades struck the shield, sending sparks flying. Xuan Yuan's arms were bulging with veins as he withstood the onslaught, but his shield was now covered in fine scratches.
Before everyone could catch their breath, the poisonous vines on the wooden stone platform suddenly grew rapidly, shooting out like long black snakes and coiling towards them.
The poison vine was incredibly fast, arriving in an instant. The sea serpent king reacted the fastest, unleashing a barrage of venomous sea serpents from its waist, which intertwined and tore at the poison vine.
The dark green venom splashed and landed in the black water, causing bubbles to rise to the surface, clearly indicating that it was extremely toxic.
"These poison vines are afraid of fire!" Bai Yiyi made a quick decision, spreading all nine of her fox tails, and golden foxfire poured out like a waterfall, landing on the poison vines.
The dark purple demonic fire was normally mutually restraining with the foxfire, but now, the poisonous vines, nourished by demonic energy, burned even more fiercely when exposed to the fire. The black vines twisted and struggled in the flames, and instead pounced on the group.
"Not good! The demonic energy has altered the five elements!" Yu Shuheng hurriedly activated the power of the World Tree. Emerald green vines surged from his palms, not to attack, but to entwine the bodies of his comrades. "The World Tree's life force can temporarily isolate poison and fire corrosion. Everyone, do not touch the burning poisonous vines!"
Just then, the vortex of the water-element stone platform suddenly accelerated its rotation, and countless ice shards shot out from the vortex, intertwining with the blades of the metal-element stone platform to form a three-dimensional attack net.
The earthen stone platform then raised several earthen walls, trapping everyone in the center. The earthen walls kept shrinking, clearly intending to crush and crush everyone.
The demonic fire of the Fire Stone Platform was not to be outdone, transforming into several fire snakes that climbed up the earthen wall, attempting to turn the entire encirclement into a sea of fire.
"We'll be trapped to death if this continues!" the Sea Shark King roared, his shark fins swelled, and he unleashed two sharp bursts of energy towards the earthen stone platform.
However, as soon as the energy touched the earthen wall, it was neutralized by the demonic energy reflected from the earthen stone platform. The earthen wall remained unmoved and instead became even thicker.
Su Xiaoya's eyes darted around rapidly, and the power of spacetime swirled around her. She had already seen through the key to the killing formation: "The five stone platforms are connected to each other. Their core runes must be suppressed simultaneously. Otherwise, breaking the formation alone will only trigger a backlash from the other stone platforms!"
With a flick of her finger, five subtle spatial and temporal imprints flew toward the five stone platforms. "I have temporarily marked the core with the power of spacetime. Everyone needs to split up and destroy the locations of the imprints at the same time!"
"I'm going to the Golden Stone Platform!" Yuwen Zhangyu was the first to respond. He infused the Human Emperor Sword with the luck of the human race, and the golden light pierced through the demonic energy, transforming into a stream of light that rushed towards the golden stone platform.
The blade of the gold-elemental stone platform swelled again, but was blocked by the aura of fortune surrounding him. The Human Emperor Sword slashed fiercely at the spacetime imprint, and the golden sword energy collided with the runes, bursting out with dazzling light.
"Leave the wooden stone platform to me!" The Mirage King's body was enveloped in a surge of mist, transforming into countless phantoms. Avoiding the entanglement of the poisonous vines, he headed straight for the wooden stone platform.
She formed hand seals, unleashing the Mirage Clan's secret technique to its fullest extent. Illusion and reality intertwined, temporarily confusing the poison vine's attack direction. Taking advantage of this opening, she condensed a mist blade imbued with purifying power in her palm and slashed fiercely at the core mark.
"I'll handle the water and fire elements!" Yu Shuheng unfolded the illusory image of the World Tree. Amidst the swaying branches and leaves, he released a cool, life-giving power to resist the fire elemental demonic fire, while simultaneously urging the power of water to impact the water elemental vortex.
Yu Shuheng himself exclaimed that the World Tree was truly an extraordinary tree. He realized that the Five Elements were no different from his own. The so-called fire overcoming wood was, well, nonexistent for him!
While amused by his own bizarre tree trunk, Yu Shuheng swiftly split off two vines, which wrapped around the temporal and spatial imprints on the two stone platforms, and the emerald green vitality continuously eroded the demonic runes.
"Give us the earth-element stone platform!" Xuan Yuan and Cang Yuan exchanged a glance and exerted their strength simultaneously.
Holding the black iron shield, Xuan Yuan slammed it hard against the earthen wall of the earthen stone platform. Under the immense force, a crack appeared in the earthen wall.
Cang Yuan then activated the "Eternal Tide Codex," and the power of the tide transformed into a surging column of water that flowed into the crack and precisely impacted the core imprint.
The Sea Serpent King, the Sea Shark King, and the Whale King remained in the center, resisting the remaining attacks of the killing formation.
The trident of Poseidon was wielded, and golden divine power swept in all directions, shattering any approaching blades and poisonous vines.
The Whale King's sonic vibrations continuously weakened the supply of demonic energy to the five stone platforms;
The Sea Serpent King's venomous fanged sea serpents coiled around the escaped fire serpents and ice spikes, protecting everyone.
The danger of the killing formation is beyond everyone's imagination!
As soon as Yuwen Yu's hand touched the core of the metal platform, he was shocked by a backlash of metallic power, causing his blood and qi to surge, and his palm to feel an indescribable tingling sensation.
The Mirage King's mist blade struck the Wood Element Mark like lightning, but a poisonous vine suddenly wrapped around her ankle like a venomous snake. The dark green venom seeped into her skin like a plague, causing her to stagger.
Yu Shuheng was facing two stone platforms at the same time, as if he were being crushed by two mountains and could not breathe. The fire element demon fire took the opportunity to burn the corner of his clothes like the claws of a demon. Although it was extinguished in time by the power of life, it made his back break out in a fine layer of cold sweat.
Yu Shuheng couldn't help but frown. He clearly felt that since entering the Ruins of Return, this space had a subtle repulsion towards him, which suppressed his cultivation.
Unfortunately, Yu Shuheng couldn't figure out the reason for the time being, so he could only take the initiative to explore and find clues little by little.
Xuan Yuan and Cang Yuan joined forces to attack the earthen stone platform, but the earthen wall suddenly exploded, and countless fragments of stone, carrying demonic energy, shot out like raindrops. In order to protect Xuan Yuan, Cang Yuan was struck on the shoulder as if by a heavy hammer, and blood instantly stained his robes like a flood breaking through a dam.
"Hold on! The mark is about to shatter!" Su Xiaoya's clear shout, like a resounding bell, exploded in everyone's ears.
The power of spacetime around her surged like a volcanic eruption, transforming into five spacetime chains that, like five giant dragons, coiled around the core of the five stone platforms, forcefully suppressing the backlash of demonic energy with overwhelming force.
Just kidding, she's a master of all ten elements.
In particular, his mastery of the Five Elements Dao, while not as proficient as his mastery of the Power Dao and the Spacetime Dao, is still quite good.
However, she had been giving it her all to overcome the challenges along the way, and the chaotic power within her body had been constantly being consumed. This time, it was as if all her strength had been drained, and her face instantly turned as pale as paper, with a shocking trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth once again.
Seeing this, everyone gritted their teeth and launched an attack with all their might. They could not let a child, especially a girl, bear the burden alone.
Even if she's a girl in the Mahayana stage, that won't work!
It must be said that none of Su Xiaoya's group members were cowards; they all possessed unwavering integrity.
Yuwen Yu roared, like a tiger descending a mountain, and plunged the Human Emperor Sword into the core of the Golden Stone Platform with lightning speed. The power of fortune erupted like a volcanic eruption, and golden light completely covered the runes like the blazing sun.
Despite enduring the corrosive effects of the poison, the Mirage King unleashed a burst of misty blades in his palm, which surged once more like a raging storm, severing the poisonous vines and shattering the Wood Element Mark with overwhelming force.
Yu Shuheng pushed the life force of the World Tree to its limit, and the two vines burst into intense light at the same time, like pillars of light shooting into the sky. The water vortex and the fire demon fire instantly dimmed like candle flames that had been extinguished.
Xuan Yuan raised his black iron shield and smashed it down on the earth element mark like Mount Tai crushing an egg, while Cang Yuan poured in the power of the tide like a surging wave. Under the double attack, the mark shattered like fragile glass.
"Boom——"
Five deafening bangs, like five thunderclaps exploding simultaneously in the heavens, resounded through the sky, causing a sharp pain in people's eardrums.
The core imprints of the five stone platforms shattered instantly, turning into countless fragments like porcelain broken by a heavy hammer.
The stone platform, forged from dark iron, began to crack like a spider web, the light of the runes gradually dimmed, and the demonic energy receded rapidly like the receding tide.
The blades on the metal stone platform fell like withered leaves, the poisonous vines on the wooden stone platform withered and turned black as lifeless wood, the vortex on the water stone platform slowly subsided, the demonic fire on the fire stone platform gradually died down, and the earthen walls of the earth stone platform collapsed like toppled building blocks.
The Five Elements Reversal Killing Formation completely collapsed, and the fluctuations of the Guixu Black Water gradually calmed down.
Everyone landed, panting heavily, and each had some kind of injury.
The Mirage King sat cross-legged, circulating his demonic power like an old monk in meditation, forcing out the poison from his body, but his face was still as pale as paper.
The wound on Cang Yuan's shoulder was still bleeding profusely. Yu Shuheng rushed forward and used the power of the World Tree to heal him.
Yuwen Yu carefully wiped away the demonic energy from the Emperor's Sword, his breathing slightly disordered.
Su Xiaoya leaned against a rock, regulating her breathing to recover her spiritual energy. As she watched the figures of everyone supporting each other, a faint smile appeared on her lips.
Although the Five Elements Killing Formation was extremely dangerous, with everyone working together with one heart and one mind, we successfully overcame this seemingly unsolvable predicament.