Chapter 481
Fu Shaoping was delighted, but he knew that this was only the first step in breaking the magic circle.
He continued to study the traces of breaking the ban in depth and found that in addition to the spiral lines and the patterns of spiritual power fluctuations, there were also some seemingly chaotic small dots.
The spiritual power fluctuations of these small dots are completely different from those of other parts. They exude a more ancient and profound spiritual power. Fu Shaoping speculated that these small dots may represent a special spiritual power node, which is the key to cracking the magic circle.
He began to try to add simulations of these spiritual power nodes into the spiritual power vortex.
He took out some special spiritual objects from his storage ring. These spiritual objects were obtained through his years of exploration in the world of immortal cultivation.
They have similar spiritual properties to those dots. He placed these spiritual objects in the spiritual vortex according to the distribution of the dots.
When these spiritual objects were placed into the vortex of spiritual power, the color of the entire vortex changed, from the original white light to a mysterious purple light.
The spiritual power contained in this purple light was more powerful and profound, and its impact on the Ancient Medicine Garden's magic array became stronger. Some cracks began to appear in the magic array's spiritual power barrier, just like cracks that appear on a solid piece of glass after being hit by a heavy object.
Upon seeing this, Fu Shaoping increased his spiritual power output, while controlling the direction and intensity of the spiritual power vortex more accurately.
Sweat began to seep out of his forehead, but his eyes remained firmly fixed on the ancient medicine garden magic circle. As he worked harder, the cracks in the magic circle became larger and larger, revealing the rich spiritual energy in the medicine garden. The spiritual energy was like an alluring fragrance, attracting Fu Shaoping to continue to crack the magic circle.
However, just when he was about to completely break the magic circle, a powerful counteracting force suddenly appeared.
This force surged out from the magic circle like a surging tide, trying to swallow up Fu Shaoping's spiritual power vortex.
Fu Shaoping was shocked, but he did not panic.
He quickly adjusted his spiritual defense, converting part of his spiritual power into a shield to resist the impact of the counterattack force. He knew that at this critical moment of breaking the magic circle, any panic could lead to failure.
At the same time, he calmly analyzed the source and characteristics of this counterforce.
He discovered that this counter force was emitted by a hidden spiritual power core in the magic circle. This spiritual power core seemed to have sensed the external cracking force and activated its self-protection mechanism. Fu Shaoping understood that in order to completely crack the magic circle, he had to find this spiritual power core and subdue it.
He carefully studied the traces of breaking the ban again, hoping to find clues about the location of the core of spiritual power.
This process was long and arduous, and the years left more marks on his face. He built a simple residence around the ancient medicine garden and lived there for hundreds of years.
In addition to studying the traces of breaking the ban, he practiced to improve his spiritual power every day. After a careful search, he found that some traces suddenly became blurred when approaching a certain direction. He speculated that this direction might be the location of the spiritual power core.
Fu Shaoping adjusted the direction of the spiritual power vortex and concentrated his attack in that speculated direction.
As the spiritual power vortex approached, the counterattack force became stronger. Fu Shaoping gritted his teeth and merged his soul power into the spiritual power vortex. His soul power was like a sharp blade, opening a path at the front of the spiritual power vortex.
Finally, he found the hidden spiritual power core. This spiritual power core emitted a dazzling light and was surrounded by complex spiritual power runes.
Fu Shaoping knew very well that this spiritual power core was the key to the entire magic array and also the most dangerous place.
He did not act rashly, but first carefully observed the rune structure around the spiritual power core.
He spent a lot of time on this process. Each rune was like a mysterious symbol, and he needed to decipher the mystery. He found that there were some mutually restrictive relationships between these runes, like a sophisticated mechanism. He began to try to find the weak links between the runes so that he could find a way to crack them.
After some research, Fu Shaoping discovered that the spiritual connection between a group of runes was relatively weak.
He concentrated his spiritual power, turned it into a sharp spiritual power thorn, and stabbed it towards the weak link. When the spiritual power thorn touched the rune, it triggered a strong spiritual power explosion. Fu Shaoping quickly used a spiritual power shield to protect himself from the explosion.
After the explosion, obvious loopholes appeared in the defense of the spiritual power core.
Fu Shaoping seized this opportunity and sent his spiritual power vortex towards the spiritual power core with all his strength. The spiritual power vortex was like a surging torrent, instantly submerging the spiritual power core. Under the powerful impact of the spiritual power vortex, the light of the spiritual power core gradually dimmed, and the counter-force also disappeared.
As the spiritual power core was subdued, the last line of defense of the ancient medicine garden magic array was also breached.
However, this process took Fu Shaoping a full thousand years. During this thousand years, he experienced countless failures and setbacks, and had countless thoughts of giving up, but his desire for the secrets of the ancient medicine garden and his pursuit of a higher realm of cultivation supported him to persevere.
The door of the ancient medicine garden slowly opened, and a dazzling light gushed out from it, followed by a huge vortex passage appearing before everyone's eyes.
The vortex was deep and mysterious, emitting heart-pounding spiritual fluctuations, as if it was a huge portal connecting to an unknown world.
Fu Shaoping looked at the vortex passage in front of him, his heart full of anticipation but also a hint of uneasiness.
In his hand, the Spirit World Star Guide Plate flickered with a faint light, which seemed to resonate with the vortex channel, clearly indicating that this vortex was the road to the Spirit World. This Spirit World Star Guide Plate was obtained by chance during his cultivation, and it was said to have the magical power to guide the direction to the Spirit World. Now it seems that the rumor is true.
Fu Shaoping took a deep breath. He knew that this was the opportunity he got after spending thousands of years to crack the ancient medicine garden's magic array. It was also a key step for him to reach a higher level on the road to cultivation.
Without any hesitation, he flashed and flew into the vortex channel.
When he passed through the vortex channel, he felt dizzy and the surrounding spiritual energy was like a surging tide that constantly hit his body and soul.
He used all his spiritual power to resist this powerful force. After an unknown amount of time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he finally passed through the vortex channel.
However, the sight that came into view surprised him greatly.
After coming out of the whirlpool, he found himself in a vast desert.
There is hot yellow sand under my feet, the scorching sun is baking the earth mercilessly, the air seems to be on fire, the heat is unbearable. In the distance are rolling sand dunes, and under the strong wind, the yellow sand is flying all over the sky, forming huge sand columns.
Fu Shaoping frowned. He originally thought that the spirit world would be a place full of vitality and spiritual power, just like the legend, with exotic flowers and plants, rare animals, and a treasure land for cultivation everywhere. But the desert in front of him was very different from his imagination. He began to wonder if there was a problem with the spirit world star-guiding disk, or if something unexpected happened when passing through the vortex channel.
But he quickly dismissed these thoughts, because he could feel that although the spiritual power here was thin, it had a unique aura, which was different from the spiritual power in the world of immortal cultivation. This meant that he had indeed come to a different place, but the environment of this place was too harsh.
Fu Shaoping decided to explore first.
He walked slowly in one direction in the scorching heat. His footsteps left deep footprints on the yellow sand, but they were soon buried by the wind and sand. In this desert, he felt so small, as if he would be swallowed by the endless yellow sand at any time.
After walking for a long time, he finally discovered something strange.
Behind a sand dune, he saw a huge stone. This stone was out of tune with the surrounding yellow sand, and it emitted a faint spiritual fluctuation. Fu Shaoping approached the stone and observed it carefully. He found that the stone was engraved with some strange symbols, which he had never seen before, but he could feel that there was a mysterious power contained in it.
Fu Shaoping tried to touch these symbols with his spiritual power. When his spiritual power touched the symbols, a faint light emanated from the stone. Some blurred images appeared in the light, as if telling an ancient story. Fu Shaoping concentrated his energy and tried to interpret the information in these images.
The images show that this desert was once a prosperous place with many cultivators practicing Taoism.
They built a huge city with various immortal sects in it. However, a sudden disaster struck and an evil force swept across the land. This evil force corroded the earth, destroyed the balance of spiritual power, and caused everything here to gradually decay and eventually turned into the desert it is today.
Fu Shaoping has been exploring this vast desert for a long time, and his heart is full of curiosity and vigilance about this strange world.
The scorching heat of the desert was still with him, and the hot yellow sand made a slight "hissing" sound under his feet, as if it was a low roar from the earth.
Suddenly, a huge wave of sand surged up from the yellow sand in the distance, and a huge figure gradually emerged. It was a fifth-level sand beast, and its name was as frightening as its figure - Sandstorm Lion. Its body was like a small hill, and it exuded an ancient and evil aura. The Sandstorm Lion's copper bell-like eyes stared at Fu Shaoping, revealing ferocity and greed.
Fu Shaoping's heart tightened, he knew a fierce battle was inevitable. He quickly adjusted his state, his spiritual power circulated rapidly in his body, his eyes were full of determination and resoluteness.
The Sandstorm Lion took the lead in launching the attack, it opened its bloody mouth, and a powerful wave of sand swept towards Fu Shaoping. The sand wave contained a huge force, as if it could crush everything.
Seeing this, Fu Shaoping secretly said in his heart: "Daluo Vajra Seal!" He quickly formed seals with both hands, and saw his spiritual power gushing out from his body, gathering between his hands into a ball of golden light. The light became stronger and stronger, as dazzling as the scorching sun. Fu Shaoping's forehead veins bulged, and he concentrated on controlling the flow of spiritual power, muttering to himself: "The power of Vajra, gather in my hands, and seal to break all evil!"
As he completed the last seal, the golden light turned into a huge diamond seal and rushed towards the sand waves. The Daluo Diamond Seal continued to grow larger during the flight, and the runes on the seal flashed with mysterious light. When it collided with the sand waves, a loud noise shook the earth. The golden light and the sand-yellow sand waves collided with each other, and the sand waves were torn open by the Daluo Diamond Seal, and then gradually dissipated.
The sandstorm lion roared, as if angry at Fu Shaoping's resistance. A layer of earthy yellow light appeared on its body, and the surrounding yellow sand quickly gathered towards it, forming a thick layer of sand armor.
Fu Shaoping knew that he couldn't give the Sandstorm Lion a chance to breathe. He decided to cast the Prisoner Ice Seal. He took out an ice crystal that exuded an icy aura from his storage ring. This was a treasure he had obtained after going through hardships in an extremely cold place. Fu Shaoping held the ice crystal in his hand and injected spiritual power into it. The ice crystal instantly released a powerful icy force.
He waved his hands, exhaled a breath of cold air, and shouted loudly: "Prisoner Heaven Ice Seal, condense!" The temperature around him dropped sharply, and the water vapor in the air instantly condensed into ice crystals. These ice crystals flew towards the sandstorm lion, merging with each other during the flight, forming huge ice chains. The ice chains exuded a biting cold, and the yellow sand was frozen wherever they went.
The Sandstorm Lion tried to dodge, but the ice chain was extremely fast. The ice chain wrapped around its body, and the place where the sand armor touched the ice chain made a "sizzling" sound and bursts of white smoke. The Sandstorm Lion struggled, and its strength was very strong. The ice chain began to crack. Seeing this, Fu Shaoping increased the output of spiritual power. His face turned pale, but his eyes were still firm: "We must trap it!"
Just when the Prisoner Heaven Ice Seal was about to be broken by the Sandstorm Lion, Fu Shaoping decided to use the Star Scimitar. He waved his hands, and two scimitars emitting a faint blue light flew out from his back. These two scimitars were artifacts he accidentally found in an ancient ruin, and he had rarely used them.
Fu Shaoping concentrated his energy and injected spiritual power into the scimitar. The scimitar began to hum, as if responding to the call of its master. He shouted: "Power of the stars, attach to the scimitar, cut!" The star scimitar turned into two meteors and flew towards the sandstorm lion. During the flight, countless star phantoms appeared around the scimitar, which increased the power of the scimitar.
The Sandstorm Lion sensed the approach of danger, and it struggled to break free of the Prisoner's Ice Seal, then spurted a column of sand towards the Star Scimitar. The column of sand collided with the Star Scimitar, emitting a dazzling light. Although the Star Scimitar was blocked by the column of sand, it still flew towards the Sandstorm Lion. One of the scimitars scratched the Sandstorm Lion's sand armor, leaving a deep mark, and the Sandstorm Lion roared in pain.
(End of this chapter)