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Jiang Li reacted almost instantly. He pressed the hilt of the sword with his right hand, suppressing the sharp pain from the broken bone at the bottom of his consciousness. The remaining spiritual power circulated rapidly in the meridians, forcefully forcing out a layer of cold murderous intent, spreading around like a thin blade, so cruel that he seemed ready to die with everyone at any time.
The figures of the monks who were approaching were stagnant.
Taking advantage of this moment of stagnation, Jiang Li turned his head sharply and stared deep into the corridor. The gaze was cold and sharp, as if it could also Penetration dig into the layers of darkness, piercing the face that looked honest and honest at the end of the corridor.
Then, without any hesitation, she poured the remaining spiritual energy into her legs, and her whole body turned into a dark afterimage, which suddenly flew out and fled away from the crowd.
The monks immediately realized - they must be carrying something with them after running away like this!
The few of them exchanged glances without even saying a word. At the same time, they cheered up and chased after him.
In the main hall, Qin Tiexin knew nothing about what happened outside the corridor.
He was standing in front of the complete bluestone wall at the back of the hall, with his head lowered, feeling the increasingly stronger sensations coming from the black ring around his neck, and each sensation pointed in a clear direction.
Following the guidance of the ring, Qin Tiexin's eyes were fixed on one of the bluestone bricks on the wall in front of him.
He slowly traced his fingers across the wall. The surface of the stone tiles was rough and cold, and each piece was exactly the same. There were no grain marks, no uneven joints, and even the traces of the passage of time were so uniform. With the naked eye, no difference could be seen at all.
But the heat of the ring is locked on the center left piece.
Qin Tiexin He raised his knuckles and knocked three times on the bluestone brick. The sound was dull and short, with no hollow reverberation, and sounded exactly like knocking on other stone bricks. He listened for a moment more, and there was no sound of wind or mechanical rotation behind the stone brick, only a thick dead silence.
He took a step back, clenched his right fist, and the shadow of Vajra Hammer Fist condensed on the edge of his fist. He punched the center of the bluestone brick.
Bang.
The touch of the fist landing on the brick surface was completely different from what was expected. There were no stone chips flying, no cracks spreading, and even the muffled sound of the impact was suppressed by some force. The bluestone brick sank a finger deep visibly to the naked eye, and then returned to its original position as if being pushed by a spring. No trace was left on the brick surface.
Qin Tiexin looked at his fist and then at the brick.
Sure enough, there is a problem! It seems that the mechanism to enter the back is on this brick.
Iron Spine Sect belongs to the Body Refining sect. According to his guess, the mechanism is most likely related to strength. The punch he just made could sink the brick surface, indicating that the power has reached the feedback threshold of the mechanism - but it is still far away, and a stronger impact may be needed.
He took three steps back and pulled out Edgeless from his back. Holding the handle of the knife with both hands, he lowered his waist and planted the stake. The Spirit Rune on the knife body lit up with a very faint light in the darkness. Heavy Mountain Saber Technique Third Style - Mountain Shattering. Spiritual power surged out from Dantian and poured into the blade. The blade drew a thick arc in the air and struck the bluestone brick hard.
Boom.
The moment the blade came into contact with the brick surface, a wave of Great Strength that was completely opposite to the force of the knife bounced back from the brick surface. There was no buffer, no warning, as if it hit a metal wall made of spiritual material. Qin Tiexin's tiger's mouth was numb from the shock. Edgeless took off his hand and flew out. His whole body was ejected, and his back hit the bluestone ground five feet away. He slid for a short distance before stopping.
At the same time, in several other rooms of the trial hall, the monks who were stimulating spiritual power or thinking in front of the light pillar heard the loud noise at the same time. The sound came through the stone wall of Heaviness and turned into a low-frequency dull buzz, as if some giant beast was hitting the building. Some people suddenly raised their heads and looked around:
"What's the sound? Someone is attacking the hall from outside?"
In another room, Duan Xuan was pressing his hands on the stone platform, looking at the golden-red thread suspended in the light beam in front of him.
The treasure material, Blood Silkworm Gold Silk, is a ball as big as a fist, each thread is as thin as a spider's silk, and the surface is flowing with a dark red luster like Lava.
This treasure material can absorb the enemy's blood to enhance one's own toughness and spirituality. It is the best material for making whips Law Artifact. It is extremely expensive and is very suitable for her to add to her own whip. Just as she was estimating the time for the light beam to dissipate, the loud noise came through the stone wall.
Duan Xuan raised his head and glanced in the direction of the sound.
What's going on? Is someone fighting, or?
Moreover, Qin Tiexin has not entered yet. According to Qin Tiexin's strength, it should not be ejected from the corridor. She looked back, and Blood Silkworm Gold Silk in the light column was slowly falling.
Get the things first, then go out and take a look.
In the main hall, Qin Tiexin stood up from the ground and moved his wrists that were numb from the shock. He walked to the bluestone brick and looked at it again - there were still no cracks, no dents on the brick surface, not even the white marks left by the knife.
He frowned. When he used Vajra Hammer Fist just now, the brick surface sunk inward by one finger. When he changed it to Heavy Mountain Saber Technique, it was more powerful, and Spirit Rune had stronger blessings, but it didn't even shake the crack, and was even thrown away by Rebound.
It doesn't seem to be a matter of strength.
He put Edgeless back on his back, stood still and calmed down, and went through all the clues from entering the trial hall again in his mind. The test in the corridor was the foundation of Body Refining - no spiritual power, relying solely on the physical body to withstand multi-directional pressure and high temperature. The rule of the light pillar is to consume spiritual power, and only after the spiritual power in the body is drained can the things sealed in it be taken out.
What about this wall?
If the corridor is for screening admission qualifications, and the light beam is for consuming spiritual power in exchange for rewards, then what is hidden behind this wall is probably something that only those who meet certain conditions can open it.
And that condition must also be related to the nature of the Iron Spine Sect's sect.
Iron Spine Sect is the Body Refining sect, famous for its heavy weapons and fierce martial arts. Their agency verification either verifies the specific spiritual power in the inheritance Cultivation Method, or verifies pure power. He does not have Iron Spine Sect's inheritance Cultivation Method, so the only thing that can be tested is the power itself.
Qin Tiexin walked back to the bluestone brick, closed his eyes, and placed the palm of his right hand against the brick surface. The larger the contact area between the skin and the stone surface, the richer the tactile information. He slowed down his breathing, focused all his attention on his fingertips and palm, and moved his palm inch by inch.
When the heel of his palm slid over the edge of the brick surface, his fingertips touched a very subtle change in curvature. It was a subtle depression, as if someone had repeatedly pressed the palm here countless times, grinding the hard bluestone into a layer of arc that was almost imperceptible. He completely covered it with his palm, and his five fingers naturally spread out - the end joints of each finger fell into the corresponding shallow concave, and they fit perfectly.
It's a handprint.
Handprints that are completely invisible to the naked eye can only be discovered by touching them with your hands and feeling them with your skin.
So now there are only two possibilities left. Either it requires the inherited spiritual power of the Iron Spine Sect to activate, or it is pure power.
Qin Tiexin Take a deep breath and press your right palm firmly into the invisible palm print. Grip your feet, dig your toes into the micro-slits of the bluestone, and tighten your legs from the ankles to the thighs. Tighten the core of the waist and abdomen, and tighten the latissimus dorsi and The shoulder blades unfolded at the same time, transmitting all the power of the whole body from the soles of the feet to the right palm. He did not use spiritual power - if this mechanism was tested by Body Refining, then using spiritual power might trigger a counterattack like the knife just now.
The pure muscle power started from the heels, passed through the calves, thighs, hips, waist and abdomen, back, shoulders, and finally merged into the right arm. His right palm began to push forward.
The bluestone bricks moved.
It was not a brief depression like the one just pressed and bounced back, but continued to move backwards slowly. The movement was very small, probably only sinking back less than an inch, but Qin Tiexin could clearly feel the friction between the brick surface and the wall - the feeling of rough stone surfaces scraping against each other was transmitted through the brick surface to the palm of the hand, with a fine tremor.
The resistance is also increasing. Every inch of advancement, the resistance increases by one point. There seems to be some kind of power-accumulating mechanism behind the stone that is squeezing in reverse, and the reaction force is growing very quickly, almost in proportion to the force he exerts.
Ten thousand kilograms. The brick surface sank another half inch. Twelve thousand kilograms. The movement of the brick surface slowed down significantly, and the reverse thrust was so strong that he had to grit his teeth to prevent the brick surface from bouncing back.
He let out a deep growl and stomped his right foot backwards, making a shallow pit in the bluestone beneath his feet. Earth Phase Stance Technique started, his feet were like nails, and his waist and abdomen exerted force, pressing the weight and strength of his entire body on his right palm. The blood rushed through the blood vessels faster, making a faint gurgling sound, and a light white mist evaporated from the surface of the skin again.
Fifteen thousand catties.
Click.
A crisp mechanical sound came from deep in the wall, like a precise bite sound like something stuck in a groove. The bluestone brick stopped moving and was firmly stuck at a fixed depth. Then, the entire bluestone wall trembled slightly, and next to the stone brick Qin Tiexin pressed his palm, a stone door silently slid open to the side.
Behind the door is a stone staircase extending downward. Green crystal stones are embedded in the wall beside the staircase, making the passage half-lit and half-dark. The passage is not long, and at the end you can vaguely see a wider open space, with a faint golden light shining in the depths. There is an extremely dry breath in the air, mixed with a smell that has been sealed for hundreds of years.
Qin Tiexin stood in front of the stone door and looked inside for a moment. The heat of the ring had changed from hot to a constant warmth, pointing directly to the end of the passage, which is here.
Having come this far, there is no reason to back down.
He took out two Healing Pill from the storage ring, quickly swallowed them and adjusted his breathing on the spot for dozens of breaths, restoring the spiritual power in his body to about 70%. Then he pulled out the Edgeless from his back and held it in his hand. The weight of the blade was heavy in his palm, giving him a stable center of gravity.
Qin Tiexin stepped into the stone gate.
The stone door behind him closed silently the moment he stepped in. The bluestone brick that had been sunk into the wall slowly bounced back to its original position, with no trace visible on the surface. The hall became quiet again, with only a dozen light pillars remaining that continued to rotate slowly amidst the low humming sound.
Not long after, a slight ripple appeared on the water film on the other side of the hall. A strong figure staggered out of the corridor, covered in sweat, and almost fell to his knees the moment he stepped out of the corridor.
He held the wall and gasped for a long time, then raised his head - there was a black square-head heavy hammer suspended in the light column in front of him, and the Spirit Rune on the hammer glowed with a dull metallic luster under the light beam. The man was overjoyed and walked towards the light column with tired steps.
If he had come a moment earlier, he would have seen a burly monk walking into the disappeared stone door on the wall.