At the same time, all the formation patterns on the surface of the stone door lit up at the same time, and the dark golden light spread from the grooves to the surroundings, intertwined with the silver-white light of the formation itself, forming a gold and silver light network on the surface of the stone door.
The forbidden runes on Mysterious Key began to flow, leaving the key body one after another, spreading toward the depths of the stone gate along the direction of the formations. The dark golden runes collided, blended, and neutralized with the silvery white protective aura, and the formations at the contact point dimmed one by one.
After about ten breaths, the last silvery Spirit Rune on the stone door went out. Mysterious Key automatically popped out of the groove and fell back into the palm of Ling Shuyao. The High Antiquity formation pattern on the key's body was a bit darker than before, but the whole thing was still intact. It can be used a few times.
"That's it." Ling Shuyao put Mysterious Key away and gently pushed the stone door, but it didn't move at all.
I pushed hard with both hands, but it shook slightly, but the stone door still wasn't pushed open.
"What's going on?" Ling Shuyao turned to look at Qin Tiexin. Judging from Mysterious Key's reaction just now, the formation must have been cracked.
"Let me give it a try." Qin Tiexin stood the Zen staff sideways and walked towards the front of the stone gate. Ling Shuyao naturally stepped aside to make room for Qin Tiexin.
Qin Tiexin stepped forward and pressed one hand on the center of the stone door.
The moment his palm touched the stone surface, he could feel Shitou's internal tremors still trembling slightly, which was the residual spiritual power fluctuation that had just been released from the formation. He exerted force with his five fingers, tightened his arm muscles, and the stone gate was in a state of shock. It was slowly pushed inwards with a dull friction sound. The door shaft was dry, and every time it was pushed open an inch, there was a sharp creaking sound at the door hinge. The dust accumulated for thousands of years rolled off the door lintel, raising a gray mist under the dark red sky.
The stone door was pushed open mostly, revealing the dark hall behind.
Qin Tiexin was the first to cross the threshold, holding the Zen staff in front of him, followed closely by Liu Suifeng and Ling Shuyao, one on the left and one on the right.
The inside of the treasure house was much larger than he expected. From the outside, the stone house looked only a few feet square, but inside it was obvious that a space expansion formation was used, and the actual depth was at least doubled.
The main hall is rectangular, divided into two areas: the main hall and the side hall. The main hall is in the middle, with four thick stone pillars supporting the dome. The pillars are covered with extinguished fluorite lamp holders. The side hall is on the left and right sides of the main hall, separated by stone walls. You can vaguely see that it is filled with material racks and parts boxes.
The footsteps of the three people echoed in the empty hall.
The air in the hall is dry and dull, with a strong smell of metal rust and decaying wood. Occasionally, there are a few very faint residual spiritual powers floating in from the depths of the hall. It seems that although the formation here has lasted for thousands of years, there are still some Spirit Rune that continue to absorb the surrounding free Spiritual Qi.
The most eye-catching thing is the five tall puppets in the center of the main hall.
Each one is nearly one foot tall, and the entire body is made of dark gray metal. The torso is square and Heaviness. The proportions of the limbs are thicker and shorter than that of humans. The joints are embedded with dark copper-colored gears as big as fists.
Their bodies are covered with traces of battle, including grooves from sword slashes, scorch marks from Law Technique, and large areas of dried and blackened blood seeping into the metal gaps, as if soaked in a layer of dark paint. The five puppets are arranged in a pentagonal formation, about one foot apart from each other, and their positions are precise.
"This is Spirit Pivot Sect's guardian puppet?" Ling Shuyao's voice was filled with obvious excitement. "Looking at the material and size, it should be a mixture of Mysterious Iron and Heavy Copper. The gear structure at the joints is much more sophisticated than the puppets on the market today. Looking at the marks on their bodies, these puppets must have been on the battlefield in the war a thousand years ago."
"Don't be too happy yet." Liu Suifeng raised the array plate to eye level, and scanned the five puppets with the light cyan detection light, "The spiritual energy response is still there. Although it is very weak, the core array eye has not been completely extinguished."
As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them took the last step before the threshold of the main hall.
A circle of dark red Spirit Rune lit up without warning on the floor of the main hall.
The spiritual light spread rapidly from the inside of the threshold in the direction of the five puppets, converging at the center of the pentagonal formation, forming a complete activation circuit. The chests of the five puppets lit up with bright red light, as if someone had lit five dark red lanterns at the same time.
Crunch.
The first puppet turned its head, followed by the second, third, fourth, and fifth. The five metal heads turned towards the direction where the three were standing at the same time, and the red light in their eye sockets was dazzling.
"No." Liu Suifeng jumped back a step, and the Spirit Rune on the array disk began to flash rapidly, "We did not come in with regular tokens, these puppets regarded us as intruders!"
Before they finished speaking, the door behind the three people closed with a clang, directly blocking their escape route. The red light of the five puppets was particularly dazzling here.
The moment the door closed, the five puppets moved at the same time.
Their movements were not fast, and could even be called slow. The gears at their joints made a harsh rusty and frictional sound. They had obviously lost a lot of flexibility after thousands of years of inactivity. But their steps were extremely steady, and every step they took made a dull echo on the stone slabs.
The five puppets advanced at the same time like a well-trained military formation. Two in the front row held swords, and two in the back row held guns. The one in the center was the largest, holding a thick-edged heavy sword, and pressed towards the three people in a wedge-shaped formation.
"There's good news, they don't seem to have any long-range attacks."
Liu Suifeng used the array disk to scan the structure of the puppets as he retreated, "Originally, they all had hidden weapon slots embedded in their bodies, but the crossbow arrows and darts inside were all gone. This is a good thing for us."
"Be careful, the puppets cannot feel pain and will not retreat. In terms of frontal combat power, they are more difficult to deal with than monks of the same level." Ling Shuyao added, summoning her two puppets and facing each other from a distance.
"I'm coming, you retreat."
Qin Tiexin took a step forward, holding the Zen staff in front of him. He tilted his head and said to Liu Suifeng and Ling Shuyao, "Brother Liu, don't take action yet, unless Non-Self can't hold on."
Looking at the five big guys rushing towards him, for some reason, Qin Tiexin felt the fighting spirit surging all over his body, and Qi and Blood was boiling. Unfortunately, he couldn't take out Edgeless.
"Senior Brother Ming be careful." Liu Suifeng looked at Qin Tiexin's back and knew that he never joked on such occasions. He stopped Quicksand Array who was about to release it and kept it in a state of excitement at any time.
Qin Tiexin held the Zen staff tightly, and his center of gravity sank slightly. He practiced the staff technique on Spirit Taming Cave's mouth for two days, and now it's time to try the effect in actual combat.
The sword-wielding puppet at the front was the first to attack.
Its movement was a little slow, but its power was still there. The blade fell from top to bottom. Although the Spirit Rune on the sword was dim, it still made the air emit a deep hum. Qin Tiexin did not retreat but moved forward. The Zen staff lifted up from bottom to top, and the four prongs of the staff collided with the blade.
There was a clang, the copper ring trembled, and Vibration Spirit Rune lit up at the moment of contact. The sword of the sword-holding puppet was shaken upward, and the gear engagement of the entire right arm became loose for a moment.
Qin Tiexin took advantage of the situation and turned around, and the diamond cone at the end of the staff stabbed the puppet's chest.