Shi Mengqi followed nervously behind, not daring to be careless in the slightest. As she moved along, the scenery around her changed rapidly.
At first, the fire dragon turned to ashes and disappeared when they took their second step. When they took their third step, they found themselves in a dense forest filled with birdsong and the fragrance of flowers.
It is like a paradise on earth, with picturesque scenery that makes people yearn for it.
However, Shi Mengqi paid no attention to these things. Instead, she stared intently at Wang Hao's feet and quickly took the fourth, fifth, and sixth steps.
The scene changed again, and they were surrounded by an endless sea. They were in the middle of the sea when their legs suddenly gave way, and they seemed about to fall into the sea.
Shi Mengqi's expression suddenly changed, and she looked flustered, instinctively wanting to escape.
"Don't be afraid, it's all fake. Give me your hand, and I'll show you a miracle."
Wang Hao's voice was like a reassuring pill, instantly calming the panicked Shi Mengqi down. She suppressed the feeling of suffocation and reached out her delicate hand.
"Smack."
Wang Hao grabbed her soft little hand and they took the seventh step together.
"Whoosh."
The scene changed again, and a bright light struck, forcing the two to close their eyes. At that moment, it seemed as if their five senses were being stripped away, and all around was silence.
"Squeak squeak".
After an unknown amount of time, Wang Hao was the first to wake up. He casually brushed the little bird off his head, slowly got up, rubbed his stinging eyes, and gradually adjusted to the light.
"Where is this...?" Wang Hao stared in shock at the scene before him. They were in a canyon, with a ray of sunlight shining down from the sky, making it feel very warm.
But at the end of this canyon, one can see a bronze gate that is tens of thousands of feet high. Behind the bronze gate, a desolate temple gradually emerges, half real and half illusory, resembling both gold and stone, magnificent and grand, yet with an eerie feeling of devouring all things in the world.
"Valley of Hell?!" Wang Hao exclaimed in surprise. It was somewhat similar to the one described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but also different, especially the city behind the bronze gate, which was even more eerie.
"Mmm..." A soft moan came, and Shi Mengqi slowly woke up. Wang Hao first used his body to shield her from the sunlight, and only after she had adjusted to the light did he slowly get up.
"Holy crap..."
Shi Mengqi was dumbfounded and swore. She couldn't express her shock at that moment; all she could do was exclaim "Holy shit!"
Wang Hao laughed heartily; it was quite a rare treat to hear the well-behaved girl swear.
He looked behind him and found that there was no end in sight. The only way out was to go behind that bronze gate.
Fortunately, the place was filled with a faint spiritual energy. Although it was not as pure as the energy in the golden jade, it was still edible and could restore one's cultivation.
Shi Mengqi came to her senses and saw that Wang Hao had already begun cultivating, his body radiating a pale golden light, like a god. This was the first time she had ever seen Wang Hao cultivate.
"Is this the breathing technique? But why isn't his breathing rhythm changing?" Shi Mengqi wondered, but she didn't waste any time and began absorbing the spiritual energy here.
Although the spiritual energy here is thin, its level is still higher than that of true qi, causing her martial arts cultivation to rise rapidly. In just a short while, she achieved what she had gained from a day of arduous training.
However, this was still somewhat slow for Wang Hao. As you know, the higher the level of a cultivation technique, the more spiritual energy it requires. Moreover, his technique can be said to have integrated the foundation of several Immortal Venerable techniques.
Helpless, he could only take the golden jade stone out of his pocket, which was a good opportunity for him to break through to the peak of the mid-stage of the Spiritual Awareness Realm.
However, just as the two of them were meditating cross-legged in the narrow canyon, ripples suddenly appeared in another direction, in the previously peaceful space.
Like a pebble dropped into a calm lake, visible ripples spread rapidly, and the next second, a group of people holding advanced instruments emerged from the ripples.
The group of people were dressed in uniform white snowsuits. There were about a dozen of them, and each of them had a different role, but they all carried sophisticated detection instruments.
"I never expected that Kunlun Mountain would actually have an internal space!" The leading elder took off his snowsuit, looked around excitedly, and gazed at the bronze gate in the distance with a look of longing in his eyes.
They were at the other end of the One Line Sky Canyon, separated from Wang Hao and the other by only a broken wall.
"Young Master, Master is right. Behind that giant bronze gate should be the legendary Yaochi Palace, the place where the Queen Mother of the West once lived. The myth is real!"
The old man was extremely excited. They had gone through countless hardships, even at the cost of dozens of lives, and with the help of advanced equipment, they had finally broken through the broken formation and entered this small world.
"Good, good, good! We actually found it! Everyone, take a break. We'll prepare to enter Yaochi Palace in an hour!"
The young man, who was called the young master, was also excited, but he controlled himself well and his eyes did not show much emotion.
This man had white hair. After taking off his snowsuit, he was wearing a suit of black iron armor with gold trim and a golden iron mask on his face.
His hands, exposed outside his sleeves, appeared very fair and delicate, clearly belonging to a young man. Moreover, his temples were slightly bulging, a sign that his martial arts cultivation had reached the late stage of the Yellow Realm.
Yet this young man exuded a chilling aura.
......
However, just as they were resting, two more teams entered the area one after another, and the leader of one of these teams was none other than Wang Hao's superior, Chi Tu.
These three teams all share a common feature: each member possesses sophisticated instruments and equipment, including electromagnetic pulse detectors and magnetic field detectors.
In another team, there was even a person carrying a shoulder-fired rocket launcher—all of them were highly lethal modern weapons.
An hour later, all the teams had finished their rest and began to head towards the bronze gate. Wang Hao's team was no exception, as both of them had recovered to their peak strength.
They even made further progress, with one reaching the peak of the mid-stage of the Spiritual Awareness Realm and the other reaching the peak of the mid-stage of the Yellow Realm. Such a speed of cultivation is simply astonishing.
"What kind of place is this? It's so eerie." Shi Mengqi walked side by side with Wang Hao, her eyes filled with shock, with tall, broken walls on both sides.
The gap between the cliffs is about several hundred meters wide. Looking up, you can only see a blue sky. Behind you, a mysterious force is blocking the view; it is an invisible barrier.
According to Wang Hao, they have now entered a folded space, their retreat is blocked, and they can only continue forward.
The bronze gate is at least ten thousand meters high, like a natural chasm. No matter which direction you look from, you can see the dilapidated scene inside, which is quite eerie.
Suddenly, the bronze gate in front of them emitted a strange glow, causing the surrounding broken walls to distort and blur, looking quite eerie, exuding a chilling aura amidst its sacredness.
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