Chapter 226 Stone Spirit
"What is that?"
Huo Qinghuang's eyes turned cold, he turned his wrist, and instantly took out a talisman.
“Bang!”
The talisman flew out of his hand, turned into a ball of flame, and went straight to the small stone.
"Oh! It hurts so much! Don't burn it, don't burn it!"
The stones kept rolling in the fire, making clear cries like those of children.
Huo Qinghuang was stunned, her eyes wide open.
This stone is actually alive?
She was slightly surprised and stopped what she was doing.
The fire went out, the small stone rolled twice on the ground, and then with a "pop" sound, it stopped moving.
"Dead?"
Huo Qinghuang frowned slightly, squatted down and poked it.
"Hehehe, it's so itchy..."
The pebble bounced suddenly, making a crisp laugh.
"Tell me, what on earth are you?"
Huo Qinghuang narrowed his eyes, stared at the small stone bouncing on the ground, and asked in a cold tone.
The little stone stopped jumping, and floated in the air, letting out a crisp laugh: "Hehehe, I'm not a thing, I'm a 'Stone Spirit'!"
"Stone Spirit?"
Huo Qinghuang raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at it in surprise.
In her previous life, she had fought several battles with the Stone Clan. She knew that this clan was made up of some special spiritual stones that had been nurtured for a long time and gradually developed intelligence, becoming a kind of existence between demons and spirits.
However, the number of stone people is very small, especially in the Dharma Ending Age, the spiritual energy is thin, and it is almost impossible for stone spirits to be born.
"Why are you here?"
Huo Qinghuang continued to ask, with a hint of doubt in her tone.
The stone spirit turned in the air and said with a hint of pride: "I have been here for thousands of years! This stone gate is the treasure I am guarding. You want to go in? No way!"
Huo Qinghuang sneered: "Just you? You want to stop me with just a small stone?"
Shi Ling seemed to be irritated by her tone, and his voice became sharp: "Hmph! Don't underestimate me! I am the guardian of this stone gate. No one can enter without my permission!"
Huo Qinghuang was too lazy to talk nonsense with it. He swung the blood-killing dagger in his hand and stabbed directly at the stone spirit.
Seeing this, the stone spirit screamed, quickly dodged, and then flew towards the stone gate.
"Bang!"
The stone spirit hit the stone door, making a dull sound.
Then, the patterns on the stone gate suddenly lit up, and black gas poured out from the patterns, quickly condensing into a huge black python, which opened its bloody mouth and pounced towards Huo Qinghuang.
Huo Qinghuang's eyes turned cold, and he flashed, easily avoiding the attack of the black python.
She swung the blood-red dagger in her hand, and a blood-red blade light slashed directly at the python's head.
“Puff!”
The knife flashed and the black python's head was cut off, but its body did not dissipate. Instead, it quickly re-condensed and pounced towards Huo Qinghuang again.
"There really is something to it."
Huo Qinghuang thought to himself, and swung the dagger in his hand again. The blade light was like rain, and instantly cut the black python into several pieces.
However, those severed bodies were still rapidly reassembling, as if they were immortal.
Huo Qinghuang frowned, knowing in his heart that if he continued like this, his spiritual power would be exhausted sooner or later. He had to find its weakness, otherwise he would not be able to break through this stone door.
Of course, if she used the Phoenix Divine Fire again, she could also destroy the black python, but it was not worth wasting the divine blood for a rare treasure that she didn't know whether it existed or not.
At this moment, Shi Ling's voice sounded again: "Hehehe, it's useless! This black python is condensed from the evil spirit. As long as the evil spirit on the stone gate does not dissipate, it will never disappear!"
When Huo Qinghuang heard this, his heart moved and his eyes fell on the patterns on the stone gate.
She discovered that black gas was constantly pouring out of those patterns, and it was obvious that it was this black gas that was maintaining the existence of the black python.
"In that case, let's destroy this stone gate!"
Huo Qinghuang snorted coldly, and the spiritual power in his body burst out instantly, and the red light on the Blood Evil Dagger almost condensed into substance.
She leaped suddenly and rushed directly towards the stone gate, stabbing the pattern on the stone gate with the dagger in her hand.
"boom!"
With a loud bang, the patterns on the stone door collapsed instantly under the attack of the bloody dagger, and the black gas also dissipated.
The black python let out a shrill roar, and its body quickly disintegrated, eventually turning into a wisp of black smoke and disappearing.
Upon seeing this, Shi Ling screamed in fear: "You...you actually destroyed the pattern of the stone door! You are finished! You are finished!"
Huo Qinghuang sneered and pointed the dagger in his hand at Shi Ling: "Now, what other means do you have?"
The stone spirit trembled a few times in the air, and there was a bit of panic in its voice: "You, don't be complacent! Even if you destroy the pattern, you can't get into the stone door! This stone door is made of 'Netherworld Stone'. Without special methods, it can't be opened at all!"
"Netherworld Stone?"
Huo Qinghuang frowned and thought secretly in his heart.
She had seen the Nether Stone before. This stone only existed at the junction of the Yin and Yang worlds. It had extremely strong defensive power and could even withstand attacks from magic weapons.
However, to the Qinghuang Empress at that time, this was an extremely low-grade mineral and was not worth collecting.
"No wonder my attack just now was ineffective against it."
Huo Qinghuang thought to himself, and then looked at Shi Ling: "Since you know the origin of this stone door, you should also know how to open it, right?"
Shi Ling turned in the air, and said with a hint of pride: "Of course I know! But why should I tell you?"
Huo Qinghuang sneered and raised the bloody dagger in his hand slightly: "You can choose not to say it, but I have a hundred ways to make you speak."
Shi Ling seemed to be frightened by her tone, and her voice trembled a little: "You... don't mess around! Isn't it enough for me to tell you?"
Huo Qinghuang put away the dagger and said coldly: "Speak."
The stone spirit floated in the air for a while before slowly saying, "To open this stone door, you need the 'Yin Yang Key'.
This key consists of two pieces, one is the 'yang key' and the other is the 'yin key'. Only by inserting them into the keyholes on both sides of the stone door at the same time can the stone door be opened."
"Yin Yang Key?"
Huo Qinghuang frowned, "Where are these two keys?"
Shi Ling's voice was somewhat helpless: "The Yang Key is in the mountain wall on the left side of the stone gate, and the Yin Key is in the mountain wall on the right side of the stone gate. However, these two keys are sealed and can only be taken out by special methods."
Hearing this, Huo Qinghuang raised his eyebrows slightly.
It turns out there is a restriction covering it up, no wonder it wasn't discovered before.
If she had known earlier, she would have used her divine eyes to investigate and wouldn't have wasted so much energy.
She immediately walked to the mountain wall on the left side of the stone gate and examined it carefully. Sure enough, she found a hidden restriction on the mountain wall.
"break!"
She shouted softly, and with a flash of light on her fingertips, she pointed at the restriction.
In an instant, the restriction that was about to dissipate due to the lack of spiritual energy suddenly disappeared completely with a "pop".
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