After leaving the temple garden, another long passage appeared in front of Zhou Qing and the other four.

But this passage was different from the one when I first came in. It was very wide, and most importantly, the entire passage was filled with flames, burning fiercely, with heat waves blowing in my face, and the temperature was extremely high.

The flames were like fire snakes, constantly swallowing and spitting out their tongues. They were not ordinary fire.

"Flame Road."

Shi Yi directly revealed the details of this method.

"We have to cross this flaming road. The omnipresent flames are our biggest obstacle. There are also fire spirits in the flaming road."

"In this kind of environment... is it just a matter of enduring it?"

"Yes, we can only resist the erosion of the flames in the Flame Road. The treasures we just took from the garden will also cause the restrictions in the Flame Road to exert greater power, and then the power of the flames inside will increase."

Zhou Qing looked at the flame road and said, "It seems that the time has come to test our defense methods and our own foundation."

Although it was the first time that Zhou Qing encountered this flaming road, after knowing how to pass it, he understood what the requirements of this level were.

Is there any high-level defensive Taoist martial arts, or a powerful weapon, to support the journey through the flames?

The most important thing is undoubtedly whether the person who breaks in here has deep true essence/soul power and whether he can withstand such digestion.

If your foundation is weak and your background is shallow, no matter how good your magic and tools are, it will be useless.

Murong Yanran said: "We didn't take many treasures from the garden, so the power of this Flame Road will not be greatly improved."

"Um."

Shi Yi nodded, "With the five of us, there shouldn't be any problem passing the Flame Road."

This is indeed the case.

The five people entered the flaming road, with their true essence and soul power protecting their bodies. They were not in a hurry to use other means, but first felt the strength of the flaming road.

"Fortunately, at least the power of these flames is not very strong now."

Zhou Qing said: "It's a pity, these are the flames stimulated by the flame road restriction..."

Others understood Zhou Qing and knew what he meant by "a pity". After all, the practice requirements for the Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire Seal were no secret.

If the source of all the flames in this flaming road was a strange fire from heaven and earth, then Zhou Qing would have made a lot of money, but unfortunately it was not.

This kind of flame, which appears through the prohibition of transforming the energy of heaven and earth, is actually just a changed form of the energy of heaven and earth.

It does not contain the origin of fire required for the Earth Fire Seal.

If Zhou Qing is in such an environment all year round, it will definitely be of great help to his independent practice of the Earth Fire Seal.

But the problem is, how can he stay here forever? That would be courting death.

“It’s really a pity.”

Shi Yi said: "In fact, the Flame Road is a level that all practitioners who explore the Ancient Temple of the Darkness are reluctant to encounter."

"Oh? Why is that?"

"Because this place is dangerous and poor." Shi Yi laughed and said, "Some treasures grow in places like the Gray Fog Land, but there is nothing but flames in the Flame Road."

"The only benefit you can get is that after killing the fire spirit, a fire bead will drop, which contains relatively abundant and pure fire attribute power."

Lu Yuanyuan echoed, "That's indeed poor enough."

The Flame Road was very quiet, with some movement only when encountering a fire spirit, but it would soon calm down.

As everyone said before entering the Flame Road, this place is really nothing to them.

When we get to the last section of the Flame Road, there is indeed pressure, but it is definitely not fatal.

With Zhou Qing and his friends' level, if they were to explore such a place and still encounter dangers and desperate situations...

Of the hundred people who enter the Hades Temple, at least ninety-five will die.

With such a horrific death rate, who would dare to explore here? The Hades Temple would no longer be a treasure land pursued by everyone, but a place of death that everyone would shudder at.

What kind of strength you have will naturally determine what kind of performance you should have.

Finally, the five people walked out of the road of fire, and the feeling of traveling through time and space appeared again, and the fiery red world disappeared.

Another square-like environment appeared in front of Zhou Qing and the others.

The ground is paved with black metal. There is a platform about ten feet high in each of the five directions of the square, and the metal steps on all four sides are clearly defined.

In the center of the square, also in the middle of the five platforms, there is an altar, and on the altar there is a golden human-shaped statue.

Although the statue was in human form, it had a pair of wings behind it that looked like they were made of gold, and it was wearing a golden armor.

There are not ten fingers on its palms, but ten gold-cast objects that look like knives, sharp and pointed. The toes have the same structure.

In addition, there are curved blades at the elbows and knees of the statue.

The head of the statue does not have a normal human face. Its eyes are closed and there is a gap between its eyebrows, like a third eye.

There are two curved horns on the top of the head, sharp and reaching towards the sky.

At the edge of the square, there stood stone pillars, with flames flickering above each pillar, providing light and illuminating the square.

"Where is this place?"

Shi Yi carefully observed every detail here and finally shook his head.

"I don't know either. I haven't heard of it."

As a local tyrant in Mingu County, he also came to an area that he was not familiar with.

This is definitely not a good thing for Zhou Qing and others.

Intelligence plays a very important role. The help that Shi Yi’s intelligence brought to them in the previous levels was obvious.

Now that they have lost this advantage, it's a bit painful.

However, Shi Yi thought about it and gave some information.

"This may be the deepest part of this temple. Many areas inside the temple overlap, but only the core of the temple will not overlap with other temples."

"I have indeed never seen any information here, so it is definitely possible that this is the core area."

Shi Yi did not say anything definite. After all, no one dared to say that he had figured out all the information about the Ancient Temple of the Underworld.

Hearing Shi Yi's words, Zhou Qing's heart moved. He walked towards the nearest platform and found a pattern of a black turtle on it.

Looking at the other four platforms, there are patterns of real dragons and phoenixes, and white tigers with golden armor.

Combined with the hints given by [Seeking Good Luck and Avoiding Evil], Zhou Qing was basically certain that this should be the core area of ​​the temple.

The opportunity for earth-level excellence should be here.

But what is it...

Zhou Qing's eyes wandered, and finally fell on the statue on the central altar.

Is it related to this thing?

"What do these five patterns mean? What do they represent?"

Others have also discovered the Gaotai beast paintings, but unfortunately they are also unable to understand them.

Zhou Qing walked to the bottom of the golden statue and looked up.

The statue looked normal and lifeless.

Ao Xuanwei walked up to him and said, "Is this a puppet? Or is it just a statue for worship?"

“I don’t know.”

"Why is there nothing here?"

Lu Yuanyuan shouted, "On these stone pillars at the edge, only the lamp oil is burning, nothing else is burning, and there is nothing wrong with the lamp oil."

They searched every place here carefully, and except for the things they could see directly in front of them, it was really clean.

It's just very inexplicable.

“Will there be any problem with these patterns?”

"I have some phoenix blood here. I wonder if it can cause a reaction on this platform."

Zhou Qing tried it, but unfortunately there was no change.

Although this was within Zhou Qing's expectations, he was still a little disappointed.

Judging from the tip of [Seeking Good Luck and Avoiding Evil], you can also directly find the real dragon and other five beasts here. The blood of the five beasts is actually just a substitute.

Ao Xuanwei is a real dragon, but after she came here, she also went to the Real Dragon Platform, but no changes were caused. It is reasonable that her blood had no effect.

The blood of these five beasts should work at a critical moment, but this time is obviously not a critical moment.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Qing made a suggestion.

"Do you want to try to attack this statue?"

Since there is no movement, take the initiative to create change.

"Attack the statue..."

The others also looked at the golden statue. Doing so might very likely lead to some unpredictable risks, but after thinking about it, they felt that there seemed to be no better way.

But at this time, there was a noise from the right, and then three people appeared out of nowhere.

Someone else came here, and they knew Zhou Qing and the others.

It was Midu, the holy son of the Yuchi Holy Mountain of the Snowman Clan, and the two people from the Snow Mountain Sect.

Midu immediately looked at the few people, a light flashed in his eyes, and then he laughed.

"Fellow Daoists, we meet again."

"Daoyou Midu."

The three people from Midu walked over and looked around at the surroundings.

"This place looks strange. I wonder how long have you Taoist friends been here?"

"It hasn't been long since I arrived."

Zhou Qing replied: "Unfortunately, there is nothing to be found. There is nothing here except what can be seen."

"Forget about the treasures, there are no monsters."

"This should be the core area of ​​the temple."

Midu also made a similar judgment. After observation, he could not find anything wrong.

There are many such examples, and Midu can understand them.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the five people from Xuandu Temple came in first and took away all the benefits here.

Now he is just pretending here, pretending to be ignorant even though he knows the truth.

Midu glanced at Zhou Qing and the others vaguely, thinking that this possibility should be unlikely.

Generally speaking, if the core treasure of the Ancient Temple of Hades is taken away, the exit of the temple will also become apparent.

And at this moment, this square is indeed peaceful.

"What do you think, Fellow Daoist Midu?"

Midu looked at the golden statue in the middle and said:

“Maybe the problem is still with this statue.”

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“That’s what we thought.”

"Let's try together?"

"good."

After making the decision, both parties attacked the statue at the same time.

The energy was raging and roaring, but when all the light faded away, the statue remained motionless and was not harmed at all.

A layer of golden light emerged from its appearance, blocking all attacks and preventing them from reaching the statue.

Midu looked at the golden light carefully, a divine pattern flashed in his eyes, and then he shook his head.

"No, this is a very strong restriction. We cannot break it with our strength. Even if a venerable who has undergone three transformations comes, there is no hope unless it dissipates on its own."

"But from this ban, we can see that there is indeed something wrong with the statue."

"That is to say." Shi Yi said: "It is highly likely that certain conditions will be met before subsequent changes will occur."

"What will the conditions be..."

Several people fell into deep thought.

At this moment, everyone was quite harmonious. After all, there was nothing to fight for, and there was no point in conflicting and fighting at this time.

The key is to make the next changes happen in the core area of ​​the temple.

But unfortunately, after searching the entire square, there was still nothing.

A rather embarrassing thing happened. Zhou Qing and his eight companions could not trigger the hidden conditions in this core area. After looking at each other, they had to wait quietly.

"In a core area like this where there are hidden conditions, our ancestors have summarized three common hidden conditions."

Shi Yi communicated with Zhou Qing and other three in private.

"It may be the number of people. Changes will only occur after a certain number of people arrive here."

"It is also possible that a token is needed. In the level in front of this temple, there may be a token to open the core area, but we didn't get it. It is in the hands of someone else."

"If that's the case, then we need to wait for the person holding the token to arrive. Those who hold the token will have a certain advantage here."

"There is another possibility..."

Shi Yi glanced at the statue and said, "That's a blood sacrifice."

"You need to sacrifice your life to open this place and make the final changes happen here."

Zhou Qing was slightly surprised. Blood sacrifice? "I hope the hidden condition is not a blood sacrifice."

"Wait for now, and wait until more people come here before seeing."

The three people from Midu probably had the same idea.

As time passed, someone else appeared here. No, this time it was a beast.

A tiger with ice-blue fur all over its body appeared in the square. Its eyes were full of majesty as it swept around, and it truly had the power of the king of beasts.

This is a beast king.

"Reverend Bingquan."

Midu spoke and greeted the Beast Lord.

"So it is this beast. I have heard of the name of this beast master."

Shi Yi transmitted his voice and said, "It is a wild beast master from Minggu County. He has occupied a treasured ice spring place to practice. Like the two-headed dog, he also has the strength of the second level of True Blood Refining."

"A beast master from the outside world?"

The competition is really fierce, here comes another beast king at the second level of refinement.

The Ice Spring Beast Lord glanced at everyone present, then explored the square himself. When he found nothing, he walked straight to the White Tiger Terrace and lay down.

It had already seen something from the behavior of Zhou Qing and Midu, and knew that it should start waiting.

Next, people came to the square one after another.

The two-headed dog native to Minggu Mountain, and Qingyang and his group of disciples from the Northern Saint Sect whom Zhou Qing and his companions met in Baizu Market.

A human Yin Shen Venerable, who has also reached the second level of Yin Shen, is called Venerable Nafeng, and there are several other teams led by the Venerable.

A total of nine groups of people gathered here, but there was still no sign of change in the square.

This situation has made some people very impatient and they want to vent their anger, but unfortunately they can't find anyone to fight with.

Until one moment, another person appeared in the square, but the situation of the person who appeared this time was a little special. There were two people in total, one in front and one behind. The person in front was covered in blood, while the person behind was holding Buddhist prayer beads and had a gentle smile on his face.

“Save me!”

The blood-stained man yelled.

Such a scene made everyone look over there. Is this... a chase?

"No one can save you."

The young man holding the pearl walked towards him, and the person being hunted chose to flee towards Zhou Qing and the others.

"Fellow Daoist from Xuandu Temple, this man is fierce, please save my life, I will reward you handsomely!"

But before he could get close, Zhou Qing took action and stopped the man.

It's inexplicable, no one knows you, but you come over and try to drag them into the water.

"Fellow Daoist Murong, we meet again."

The young man holding the bead said gently, "Can you hand this person over to me?"

"Save me, and I will give you all the treasures I have."

The bloodstained man pleaded, "Aren't you disciples of Xuandu Temple? He committed a crime in front of you, shouldn't you have intervened?"

Zhou Qing frowned slightly. Are you playing moral blackmail? Don't you know that I sometimes have no morals?

"Friend Li."

Murong Yanran asked: "What happened?"

The young man holding the pearl replied, "A few thieves wanted to ambush and kill me and steal my treasure, and that's what happened."

Laughter was heard in the distance, and a venerable monk said, "How dare you kill a lay Buddha? You are really bold."

Hearing this, Zhou Qing suddenly realized who the young man holding the pearl was.

Ranked sixth on the Hanzhou Dragon List, Li Yuan, known as the Secular Buddha, is one of the few Buddhist practitioners in Hanzhou since the destruction of the Vajra Temple.

The top three on the Dragon List are occupied by the top three of Xuandu, and the fourth and fifth are the geniuses of the Snow Clan and the Barbarian Clan. They are purely here to show their presence.

This secular Buddha Li Yuan is actually the fourth genius among the human race in Hanzhou. His strength is extremely strong, even stronger than Murong Yanran.

Murong Yanran, the sixth true disciple, is ranked tenth on the Hanzhou Dragon List.

When Zhou Qing and his companions arrived at the Ancient Temple of the Darkness, they did not see this man, so he must have arrived later.

It is no wonder that with this person's strength, he would only come to the core area at this time.

The bloody man said, "If you hadn't changed your appearance, why would we attack you?!"

This statement can't help but make people shake their heads.

He ambush and kill others because he covets treasures, and now he blames others. It's really...

Difficult to comment.

This is a typical way of thinking that regardless of the facts, you are not wrong.

"Fellow Daoist Li, please do as you please."

Murong Yanran didn't want to pay any attention to him.

Secular Buddha Li Yuan nodded, stretched out his hand, and directly grabbed the man through the air, leaving him without any power to resist.

But Li Yuan did not kill immediately. He looked around the place and finally his eyes fell on the golden statue.

"My fellow Taoists must have been waiting here for a long time, but still have nothing to show for it. So I guess there must be something missing."

The secular Buddha smiled and threw the person in his hand towards the golden statue.

"Since you have been waiting for so long, let me give it a try."

"Bang!"

The man's body exploded directly, blood mist filled the sky, and then sprinkled on the golden statue.

Under the gaze of everyone, the blood mist fell directly onto the golden statue, and was not blocked at all by the unbreakable golden light.

“Buzz!”

A trembling sound was heard, and the golden statue instantly turned blood red. A burst of energy started from being weak and then grew stronger in an instant.

Seeing this scene, everyone understood that the hidden condition... had been met.

But the next moment, everyone's expression changed.

The aura of the golden...bloody statue was still growing, reaching a terrifying level.

This seems to be an invincible enemy!

(End of this chapter)