Dragon Remains and a Battle Saber

Yu Luocheng refused to believe it and unleashed several more blasts of lightning, even releasing several Soul Skills in succession, yet he still could not shake the stone door.

"Fourth Uncle, try attacking the gemstone at the top of the stone door." Yu Mingxiao stroked his chin and made the suggestion.

Since brute force was useless, they could only search for the mechanism that opened the door.

There had to be a way to open this door. Otherwise, even the original owner of the ruin would not have been able to enter.

"Alright!" Yu Luocheng's gaze sharpened. He raised his hand and unleashed a long-range Soul Skill at the gemstone above, only for it to be blocked by an invisible energy barrier.

"This..." Yu Luocheng frowned slightly and activated his Soul Skill again in a fierce assault, but he still could not break through that defense.

Shui Xiwei said softly, "We also tried attacking that transparent gemstone, but just like the Fourth Elder, our attacks were blocked by the barrier it formed."

"Blocked... Could it be that our strength isn't enough?" Yu Mingxiao frowned faintly and muttered to himself.

No!

They did not necessarily have to use violence to open the door. The original owner of the ruin could not possibly have relied on brute force every time he entered or left.

The way to open it might be hidden on the door itself.

That mirror-like gemstone...

Why had the owner of this ruin embedded such a gemstone at the entrance?

It could not have been merely for decoration.

Perhaps the clue to opening the door lay in that gemstone. They had simply used the wrong method.

Yu Mingxiao suddenly thought of something and looked around. The stone door had been built into a recess, and an overhanging wall of ice above blocked out all sunlight. Not even a ray of sun could reach this place.

Could the condition for opening the door be related to light?

The warmth here, as well as the barrier that had blocked Fourth Uncle's attack, were both forms of light energy.

This ruin was undoubtedly closely related to the light attribute.

With that thought, Yu Mingxiao's eyes suddenly lit up. "Fourth Uncle, stop wasting Soul Power. I think I've figured out how to open the door."

"Huh?" Yu Luocheng froze slightly, then hurriedly asked, "Mingxiao, you have a way to open it?"

"If I'm right, perhaps we can open it like this."

Yu Mingxiao took a special small mirror from his Soul Tool and activated light energy, compressing and concentrating the rays before pushing them forward, causing the mirror's surface to emit a dazzling brilliance.

He continuously adjusted the angle of refraction until he finally aimed it at the gemstone.

The stone door stood nearly a thousand meters tall, and his light could not reach that far. He could only rely on another method.

Sure enough, the gemstone did not reject the light element, perhaps because his light did not possess much offensive power.

All of a sudden, the transparent gemstone emitted a gentle golden glow and shot out two beams of light that landed on either side of the stone door.

The heavy, ancient stone door slowly opened, giving off a deep, weighty rumble.

A haze of light drifted out from within, and amid the misty glow, a massive golden vortex gradually took shape.

"It opened just like that?" Yu Luocheng's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

The others were equally stunned. They had exhausted every effort without moving the stone door in the slightest, yet Yu Mingxiao had opened it with nothing more than a small mirror.

Shui Xiwei's heart fluttered as she secretly thought, He's amazing. Even Mother and the elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan couldn't open this door, but he solved it with just a mirror.

"Mingxiao, you are the wisest person I have ever met. Without you on this journey, perhaps we would not have figured out how to open the door even if we died here," Shui Rouyun said with a sigh.

"No, no, I'm not some wise person." Yu Mingxiao waved his hands repeatedly, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

On Douluo Continent, the word "wisdom" had long ceased to be a compliment.

First there was Yu Xiaogang, then the Silver Dragon King, and on top of that, Tang God King. Every one of them was an outstanding representative of "wisdom."

He did not want anyone praising him for being wise. It instead felt like an insult.

"Mingxiao, look at that golden vortex. Should we enter?" Yu Luocheng asked, pointing at the vortex behind the door.

This ruin was no simple place. There was even a vortex; there was likely a small space inside. This trip had been worth it.

Yu Mingxiao thought to himself and said in a deep voice, "Fourth Uncle, let's go in. There should be good things inside."

"Alright. Stay close behind me."

Yu Luocheng was the first to step into the golden vortex.

Yu Mingxiao and Shui Rouyun's group hurriedly followed after him.

There really was a small space inside, an extremely small one.

After entering, the group found an immensely broad passage stretching out before them, more than a hundred meters wide.

The rock walls on either side were uneven and looked exceedingly crude.

The passage was illuminated by golden specks of light floating in the air, each one containing incredibly dense light-attribute energy.

No one knew where the passage led. The group remained tense as they proceeded forward slowly.

Whether from fear or some other reason, Shui Xiwei's cheeks flushed red as she tightly held Yu Mingxiao's hand.

As they continued onward, large patches of vines suddenly appeared along both rock walls.

The vines were dark red, nearly black, with fine patterns resembling dragon scales covering their surfaces.

"These are Dragon Blood Vines, an exceptionally rare type of plant Soul Beast and a precious medicine for body tempering... Why are there so many here?!" Yu Luocheng's face was filled with shock.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's body-tempering prescriptions recorded Dragon Blood Vines, but he had never seen such an enormous quantity of them.

Dragon Blood Vines... These plant Soul Beasts grew after being tainted by the essence of pure dragon blood. Could this be an ancient dragon clan ruin?

From the looks of it, it was most likely another Radiant Sacred Dragon.

To be able to create a small space, even if it had not reached godhood, it had been extremely close.

Yu Mingxiao had previously unearthed the corpse of a Radiant Sacred Dragon in the Star Dou Great Forest and obtained a Dragon Core and a Spirit Bone.

Just then, the Dragon Blood Vines sensed people approaching and lashed their vines toward Yu Mingxiao and the others.

Naturally, they would not sit around and wait to die. They attacked together, cutting apart every Dragon Blood Vine that lunged at them.

The Dragon Blood Vines possessed no special abilities. Their only trait was their immense strength.

Once entangled by them, ordinary Soul Masters found it difficult to break free and could even be strangled to death.

But to this group, the Dragon Blood Vines posed no threat at all.

Before long, they had carved out a path, severing nearly fifty Dragon Blood Vines in total.

Most of these Dragon Blood Vines were around a thousand years old, though several were ten-thousand-year Dragon Blood Vines.

Yu Mingxiao suggested, "Let's put these Dragon Blood Vines away first and divide them after we get out."

Everyone nodded without objection. They put away the Dragon Blood Vines and continued deeper inside.

Before long, a golden door of light appeared ahead.

Yu Luocheng raised a hand to stop Yu Mingxiao. "Mingxiao, I'll go first."

As he spoke, he stepped forward, only to discover that the door of light was as solid as a physical object. He could not enter at all.

Shui Rouyun stepped forward to try as well, but she likewise could not pass through.

"Why can't we enter this door of light?" Yu Luocheng asked with a frown.

"Let me try."

Yu Mingxiao raised a brow and walked straight forward, passing through the door of light without the slightest obstruction.

The moment he stepped through, the sight before him left him stunned. A massive, dried dragon corpse lay sprawled across the ground, while a battle saber floated quietly above its bones.

The battle saber was entirely dark crimson. Strange patterns covered its blade, resembling severed true dragons one after another!