Chapter 302: Ladder to Heaven, Twelve Zodiac Demon Generals
The palace, which was built at least 20,000 years ago, exudes the vicissitudes of time, but it has not been eroded by time, as if it had just been built.
Although there was no contact, everyone could feel the Taoist aura and spirituality permeating the palace. This was obviously not an ordinary thing. There were traces of Taoism engraved on it, and it must have been infected by the will and power of an unparalleled master.
The few people did not see the entire palace, they only saw the huge gate of the palace.
In front of the door is a staircase paved with white jade, with a total of nine steps, which exudes an even stronger Taoist aura and spirituality, and even traces of the Tao are faintly visible.
“The good stuff should be inside!”
Several people approached cautiously and finally stopped in front of the palace, not daring to step forward and raise the price.
The traces on the steps appeared and disappeared from time to time. Even a fool would know that there was a problem. But if you stepped on it rashly, who knows what would happen.
The commotion caused by the emergence of the underground palace was only enough to end the collapse of the road early, and the people who arranged this place must have caused a sensation.
"There's no need to hesitate. If you don't step on it, you'll be trapped here to death!"
Wei Fan looked at the person who was speaking. This person was called Yang Peiwen. Everyone had introduced each other before. Although he was not the legitimate son of the Martial Saint, he also came from a Martial Saint family.
In fact, those who can rely on the secret treasure to cross the collapsing barrier and enter the wilderness in the first place all have the background of a Martial Saint or a Demon Saint. A Martial King of ordinary origin has no way to get such a thing.
What Yang Peiwen said made sense. They had not found any way to leave before.
Unless you want to be trapped here to death, you can only risk stepping onto the nine-step white jade ladder, entering the palace and finding a way out.
"Let me scout the way for you guys!"
His energy surged, strength enveloped his body and he took a step forward.
Everyone was looking at him, and the moment he stepped on it, the Dao marks on the white jade steps completely emerged, emitting a mysterious wave that enveloped him.
His body shook and his legs began to bend, as if a mountain had suddenly pressed down on him.
"This seems to be the ladder to heaven that sects use to test the qualifications of their disciples. The better the qualifications, the higher the steps they can reach. There may really be an opportunity here!" Wu Yinghui breathed a sigh of relief. There was no danger in stepping in to raise the price.
On the white jade stairs, Yang Peiwen showed excitement: "Brother Wu is right, this is indeed a thing to test qualifications, but I feel that it seems to be much more advanced than the ladder to heaven used by those saints.
When you come up later, pay attention to the sudden pressure. I was almost pushed back just now."
Wu Yinghui said: "Brother Yang, you have broken through to the Martial King level but you are not even thirty years old yet. Let us see what level you can reach!"
"good!"
Yang Peiwen stepped onto the second step, and veins on his forehead appeared, as if he was struggling.
He held on to the third step.
When he took the fourth step and just took a step forward, his body was overwhelmed by the horrible pressure. Just as he was about to fall on the stairs, a ray of light flashed.
Then Yang Peiwen disappeared from the stairs without a trace.
"He was teleported away!" Wu Yinghui was shocked. This white jade staircase actually has the function of teleportation.
"I'll contact him!"
Wu Yinghui took out the communication token and contacted Yang Peiwen, but after a while, Yang Peiwen did not reply to his message.
In this case, either Yang Peiwen is too far away, or the communication cannot be transmitted to where he is now.
"He should be fine!"
"No matter if there is something wrong, this is the only way to leave!"
"Go ahead!"
"If you are afraid of death, don't come to explore the secrets..."
Seeing this, the remaining few Martial Kings had no reason to hesitate and immediately stepped onto the white jade stairs one after another.
Some could only reach the third step, some like Yang Peiwen could reach the fourth step, and there was also a guy named Zhang Shutong who gritted his teeth and reached the fifth step.
But no matter how many steps you take, you will be teleported away once you reach your endurance limit.
"It is said that Brother Shutong was only 21 years old when he broke through to Martial King. His talent is truly amazing!"
Wu Yinghui showed a look of surprise. According to his understanding of several people, the detection results of this ladder were very accurate.
"You two, I'll go ahead!"
As he spoke, he stepped onto the stairs and walked up step by step. To the surprise of Wei Fan and Feng Hua, he stepped onto the fifth step before being teleported away.
"This guy has been praising Zhang Shutong for a long time, but it turns out he was talking about himself!"
Wei Fan turned to look at Feng Hua, and the two of them stepped onto the white jade steps together.
In an instant, a light flashed, and a wave like that of the mind swept through his body. At the same time, he felt his body sink, and a terrifying pressure pressed down on him from all directions, even covering his soul.
This pressure is not only on the physical body, but also on the soul.
“No wonder Wu Yinghui and his Martial King 1st level cultivators couldn’t even walk up the nine steps.”
Wei Fan showed a look of realization. The soul is the foundation of a warrior. If the soul is suppressed, no matter how powerful your methods are, you will not be able to use them.
"good!"
The pressure of the first step was not that great for him, mainly because his golden soul was able to withstand the pressure and he could exert more power of will.
Both of them walked up the fifth step in one breath. At this time, Wei Fan already felt a little uncomfortable, and Fenghua's pretty face was also flushed.
When he stepped to the seventh step, Wei Fan felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him, and his soul felt as if he was suffocating.
Fenghua, who was beside him, was already soaked with sweat and her body was trembling.
"I may have to stop at the eighth step. It's up to you."
She spoke with difficulty, knowing that there was no chance for her to reach the ninth step, or even the eighth.
"I'll try my best!" Wei Fan said gritting his teeth.
He was almost at his limit and was not sure he could reach the ninth step.
Fenghua didn't say anything else, but suddenly gathered his strength and stepped onto the eighth step.
Swish! With a flash of light, she disappeared from Wei Fan's sight. As for whether she had completely stepped onto the eighth step, Wei Fan did not see clearly.
Under the terrifying pressure, he felt like he was carrying several mountains on his back. His soul was in great pain and he had no extra energy to look at Feng Hua carefully.
He tried to use the Human Emperor Bell to resist the pressure, but it was unable to isolate it. The horrible pressure still pressed down on his soul through the Human Emperor Bell.
“Let’s fight!”
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He roared in his heart, and his golden soul suddenly opened his eyes. In an instant, a golden light shone from between his eyebrows, which was a sign that his soul was being operated to its extreme.
Boom! He took a step onto the eighth step, and the steps seemed to shake under the heavy pressure.
Terrible pressure surged from all directions. The ninth step was just within reach, but he felt he couldn't take the last step.
"I still have potential. The power of the golden spirit is more than this!"
He shook his soul violently, setting off a storm of will, in an attempt to release some of the golden soul's potential to fight against the pressure.
Inside his body, he had already practiced the Guangling Martial Arts Canon to its fullest extent, and the power of the King of Martial Arts was rushing through his meridians like a mighty river.
This kind of opportunity is rare. When fighting with the enemy, the opponent is either much stronger than him or weaker than him. This situation of increasing pressure layer by layer can be used to squeeze out his potential. When he was fighting with the Black Scale Dragon King before, he had a feeling that his potential had not been fully released and he was still unsatisfied.
But he has become stronger than the Black Scaled Dragon King, and the Black Scaled Dragon King is no longer his whetstone.
He was not in a hurry to step onto the ninth step, but just kept fighting against the pressure.
Boom! At a certain moment, a thunderclap seemed to flash through his mind, and some kind of limit was broken.
The next moment, a warm current surged out from the depths of his soul and stirred his spiritual world. The unbearable pressure seemed to be bounced away by the power of will at this moment, and his whole body felt suddenly relaxed.
"Now!"
Wei Fan's eyes sparkled with brilliance. He seized the opportunity and stepped onto the ninth step.
The pressure on his body suddenly disappeared, and he was not teleported away, but remained where he was.
He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and used his internal energy to evaporate the sweat on his body. Finally, he forced out the potential of his golden soul and stepped forward. At this moment, his soul was a little weak.
He continued practicing for a while, allowing his body and soul to return to their peak state. He began to communicate with the Human Emperor Bell to alert, while reaching out to push the door of the hall.
The bronze door was heavy and simple, exuding the vicissitudes of time. As soon as his hand touched it, a suction force erupted from the bronze door, madly absorbing his strength.
At the same time, the gate began to emit a faint light, as if it had received energy replenishment, and Dao marks began to emerge.
Wei Fan was horrified and a storm of will rose up, trying to break the suction.
But he didn't expect that as the power of his will was aroused, the suction force became even more terrifying. It did not suck away his strength, but instead sucked away his spiritual power.
"not good!"
Boom! Without hesitation, he communicated with the Human Emperor Bell directly. As the roar of a tiger and a dragon came from his body, golden light emerged, and the Human Emperor Bell began to appear outside his body.
Snap!
Just when he was about to control the Human Emperor Bell to bombard the palace gate, the suction force suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, a crack appeared in the gate.
Wei Fan breathed a sigh of relief; the Human Emperor Bell did not blast out in the end.
He reached out and pushed the bronze door again, and this time it opened easily.
As the door opened, with the golden light emitted by the Human Emperor Bell, the first thing that came into view was a row of soldiers in armor.
They stood straight in a row, holding spears as if they were guarding their master.
Although they were all dead and had no breath, there was still a strong evil aura emanating from them, as if telling everyone who came here to abide by the rules.
"Could the person who set up this place be a demon emperor?"
Wei Fan looked carefully and found that none of the soldiers in this row were human. Although their bodies were in human form, they all had the heads of demons.
Tiger head, ox head, rat head, pig head, horse head...
"Is this Qi Daozhen's twelve zodiac demon generals?"
Fenghua told him a lot about Qi Daozhen, among which was the mention of the twelve zodiac demon generals under Qi Daozhen's command. It was said that after Qi Daozhen rose to power, he captured twelve demons according to the twelve zodiac signs to serve him.
The Twelve Zodiac Demon Generals were all extremely powerful and had always been following Qi Daozhen. After the collapse of Daozhen, no one in the world had seen the Twelve Zodiac Demon Generals since then.
Some people said that they died together with Qi Daozhen, others said that it was the twelve zodiac demon generals who betrayed Qi Daozhen, which led to him being ambushed and killed by a powerful demon when he was undergoing the eighth transformation of the Divine Silkworm.
(End of this chapter)