After a bout of pursuit, the plum blossom formed by the fragmentary map finally aligned with the pale plum-blossom pattern on the blue light barrier. Suddenly, the joined plum blossom blazed dazzlingly, so bright that even Lu Xiaotian could not look directly at it.
The circular light barrier, which looked like a giant bowl inverted over the ground, began to tremble, and the mound baleful intent all around it grew even more turbulent beneath the surface. A series of growls rumbled from Xiong Kun's throat, as though he were struggling terribly under the crushing pressure of this change.
A moment later, a portal suddenly opened in the deep-blue light barrier, standing more than ten feet high. Through it, Lu Xiaotian could vaguely see a stone table inside, with a blue-green ancient bottle placed upon it. Beside the bottle lay a rolled blue scroll. At the far left were two purple stones of similar size—clearly Magnetism Stones. They were more than half again as large as the one in Lu Xiaotian's hand. The reason their aura had previously seemed much weaker was that it had been separated from them by the deep-blue light barrier.
On the stone chair beside the table sat a white-bone skeleton.
"Hahaha!" Xiong Kun, who had appeared to be struggling desperately, suddenly burst into laughter. Where was there any trace of hardship now? Abandoning Lu Xiaotian, Xiong Kun transformed into a streak of flowing light and shot into the passage. His speed was astonishing.
The item inside that bronze ancient bottle might be Magnetism Gold Liquid, and Lu Xiaotian's eyes lit up as well. Anything placed together with a Magnetism Stone could not possibly be ordinary. At that moment, Xiong Kun abruptly withdrew his protection of him, and the dense, almost tangible mound baleful intent around them