pjbooks Chapter 120 The Truth Revealed, the Magic Crystal Finally Acquired
Chapter 120 The Truth Revealed, the Magic Crystal Finally Acquired
Dai Yao staggered a few steps with the help of the mysterious figure before regaining her balance.
The scene is mesmerizing, with colorful lights floating all around, as if you were in a two-dimensional special effects scene. The lights flicker and seem to move in the air as if they are alive, creating a visually striking effect.
Beneath their feet was a complex array emitting a faint blue light, a light that seemed cold and could penetrate the soles of their shoes, bringing a chill to their feet. In the center of the array, a fist-sized crystal shone brightly, the very object of their journey—the magic crystal.
"Wow! These special effects are amazing, the budget is burning!" Dai Yao couldn't help but exclaim. As expected of the location of the final BOSS, the scale is just different.
However, before she could finish her exclamation, a sinister voice rang out like an ice blade scraping against her eardrums: "Those who trespass into forbidden territory shall die!" A demonic cultivator dressed in black robes appeared out of thin air, his body surging with demonic energy, exuding an oppressive aura and clearly not a kind person.
Dai Yao's inner monologue: Here he comes! The classic villain makes his entrance!
"Sisters, grab your weapons!" Dai Yao waved her hand boldly, and before the mysterious figure and the shadow wolf could react, she had already rushed to the flaw in the magic crystal seal.
"Yao Yao, be careful!" the mysterious figure shouted anxiously, his voice filled with worry.
Dai Yao was only focused on getting the magic crystal and leaving as quickly as possible. She carefully touched the seal's patterns, which were somewhat rough, like ancient runes engraved on them. Suddenly, just as she touched one spot, something unexpected happened!
Suddenly, a powerful light erupted from the seal, enveloping Dai Yao. Dai Yao felt her spiritual power being pulled away by a powerful force, frantically being drawn outwards, and her body grew weaker and weaker. At the same time, the light was extremely hot, burning her skin painfully.
"Oh no! This is terrible!" Dai Yao thought to herself.
Seeing this, the Magic Crystal Guardian grinned and said, "Overestimating yourself!" He condensed a ball of black demonic energy in his hand and hurled it fiercely at the trapped Dai Yao.
Just at this critical moment, a white light flashed, and a pure white spirit fox appeared in front of Dai Yao, blocking the demonic cultivator's attack.
"Little girl, you have commendable courage. I'll lend you a hand!"
The spirit fox quickly told Dai Yao how to lift the restriction.
Despite her physical weakness, Dai Yao followed the fox spirit's instructions and infused her spiritual power into specific patterns.
"Boom!" The power of the restriction rebounded and struck the magic crystal guardian hard. He screamed and flew backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Dai Yao escaped her predicament, letting out a long sigh of relief, her breath trembling with the joy of surviving a close call. She walked to the magic crystal, gently grasped it, and it fell into her hand.
"It's done!" Dai Yao excitedly raised the magic crystal, only to find that the spirit fox had disappeared.
She glanced around, her gaze settling on the intricate sealing formation of the magic crystal. A thought struck her: "This formation..." Dai Yao stared at the complex sealing formation, her brows furrowed. This formation was even more complicated than she had imagined, like a tangled mess that made one's scalp tingle.
"Is this thing some kind of Russian nesting doll? One layer inside another, it just keeps going on and on?"
Shadow Wolf scratched his head and said in a muffled voice, "This thing looks weird. Yao, should we retreat? As long as we're alive, we can always make a comeback!"
Ziyue, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up: "We should not stay here any longer. It would be best to finish this quickly."
Dai Yao shook her head: "No, we've come this far, how can we leave empty-handed? There must be a way to break this thing!" She sat down cross-legged, closed her eyes, and began to carefully sense the flow of spiritual energy in the formation.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes wide: "I understand! This formation requires specific spiritual energy fluctuations to break!"
Shadow Wolf and Purple Moon exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.
Dai Yao didn't explain further and directly began to instruct them to adjust their own spiritual energy fluctuations.
The three of them worked together to infuse their spiritual energy into the formation. As the fluctuations of their spiritual energy gradually harmonized, the light on the seal began to flicker, as if it were about to break at any moment.
Just then, the magic crystal guardian lying on the ground suddenly roared, his demonic energy surged, his eyes turned blood red, and he went mad.
"Want to take the magic crystal? Dream on!" He burned his own magic power, his strength instantly increasing several times over, and launched a storm of attacks on Dai Yao and the others.
The space began to crack under the powerful impact of magic, and the demonic cultivators watching the battle gasped in shock; the sound of their gasps was clearly audible.
Dai Yao and her two companions were forced into a retreat. Shadow Wolf's giant axe was knocked away, and Zi Yue's hidden weapons were also knocked down. Only Dai Yao managed to dodge the attacks with her agile movements.
"Damn it! Is this old guy on drugs? How come he's suddenly so strong?" Dai Yao muttered as she dodged, her heart growing heavier with each passing moment.
If things continue like this, they will eventually be worn down and killed.
Suddenly, Dai Yao's gaze fell on the magic crystal guardian. She noticed that as the guardian frantically burned his magic power, a strange mark appeared on his chest, flashing by in an instant...
"Wait! I think I see a mark on his chest!" Dai Yao shouted.
Shadow Wolf and Purple Moon also noticed Dai Yao's shout and looked towards the Magic Crystal Guardian.
Zi Yue, with her sharp eyes, also caught the fleeting mark: "There really is a mark! Could this be his weakness?"
"You got it right!" Dai Yao snapped her fingers, a sly glint in her eyes. "Looks like this old guy isn't invincible after all! Brothers, focus your fire and attack his chest!"
Shadow Wolf wielded his giant axe, its tip gleaming with dazzling light. Each swing created a gust of wind as it hurtled towards the mark on the Magic Crystal Guardian's chest. Purple Moon's hidden weapons flashed like meteors, each aimed precisely at the same target. Dai Yao, wielding a longsword, moved with lightning speed. Working in tandem with Shadow Wolf and Purple Moon, her sword strikes were fierce and relentless, each strike imbued with powerful spiritual energy, as if releasing all the pent-up rage she had suppressed. In an instant, light, wind, and shouts of battle mingled together, creating a breathtakingly powerful battle scene.
The magic crystal guardian seemed to realize the danger and desperately tried to protect its chest, but it was too late.
With a loud "Boom!", the protective demonic energy of the magic crystal guardian instantly collapsed. He let out a shrill scream and collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon, completely losing his fighting ability.
The sealing formation lost the magical support of the magic crystal guardian, and its light gradually dimmed until it disappeared completely.
Upon seeing this, Dai Yao and the other two immediately rushed forward and took out the magic crystal.
Just then, the sect's steward arrived at the scene with a group of sect disciples.
When Xingchen saw the magic crystal in Dai Yao's hand, a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes. He immediately ran to the steward and added fuel to the fire: "Steward, look! Dai Yao really did collude with the demonic cultivators and steal the magic crystal! Moreover, I saw her making a secret deal with the demonic cultivators, and I even heard them discussing how to deal with the immortal sects!"
The sect leader frowned, his gaze towards Dai Yao filled with suspicion.
Dai Yao remained calm. She took out the evidence she had collected earlier, including evidence that Xingchen had secretly damaged the sealing formation and evidence of collusion with the demonic cultivators, and explained the whole story to the steward.
"My Lord, my loyalty to the Immortal Sect is as clear as day! My contact with the demonic cultivators was to gain their trust so that I could better investigate the truth behind the theft of the Demon Crystal. Now that the Demon Crystal is in our hands and the truth has come to light, I implore you, my Lord, to investigate thoroughly!"
The immortal sect deacon looked at the evidence in Dai Yao's hand, then at the collapsed magic crystal guardian and Xingchen, whose conspiracy had been exposed by Dai Yao, and finally believed Dai Yao's words.
Instead of blaming Dai Yao, he praised her highly: "Dai Yao, you are both wise and brave, and have made great contributions to the Immortal Sect! On behalf of the Immortal Sect, I would like to express my gratitude to you!"
The surrounding disciples of the immortal sects also cast admiring glances at Dai Yao.
Dai Yao smiled slightly and waved her hand modestly.
The mysterious figure walked up to Dai Yao, looked at the magic crystal in her hand, and slowly said, "This magic crystal..." The mysterious figure walked up to Dai Yao, looked at the magic crystal in her hand, and his eyes were full of pride.
"Yaoyao, I knew you could do it! That move was absolutely amazing!"
Upon hearing this, Dai Yao raised an eyebrow and winked playfully, "Of course! Don't you know who I am? This little magic crystal is a piece of cake!" She weighed the magic crystal in her hand, feeling the powerful energy contained within it, and a smug smile appeared on her lips.
Suddenly, the magic crystal emitted a dazzling light, enveloping the two of them.
After the light faded, the magic crystal in Dai Yao's hand disappeared!
"Huh? Where's my magic crystal? Did it just vanish?" Dai Yao looked at her hands in a daze, only to find them empty, as if by magic.
The mysterious figure was also stunned. He looked around and whispered, "Could it be..." He reached out and took a shimmering, almost transparent piece of paper from Dai Yao's hair.
"Yaoyao, look."