87: Chapter 87: The Murals in the Stone Hall

This punch lacked any fancy tricks; it was simply the purest Physical Body strength.

However, the moment this punch was thrown, even the air was torn apart, producing a piercing screech!

A blood-colored fist print broke through the air, carrying a world-destroying might as it struck straight at that Foundation Establishment Cultivator!

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator's face instantly turned pale!

He wanted to dodge, but found that he couldn't move at all—that Fist Intent had already locked onto him!

He wanted to block, desperately circulating his spiritual power to set up layers of defense in front of him, and even activated a High Grade Spiritual Artifact shield to block in front of him.

Unfortunately, everything he did was useless.

Boom!!!

The blood-colored fist print first smashed into the Spiritual Artifact shield, shattering the shield into pieces in the blink of an eye, and the fist print continued to smash down without any obstruction.

The defenses on this person, upon touching the fist print, collapsed instantly as if made of paper!

Immediately after, his body was hit as if by a huge mountain, sending his entire body flying backward, his chest caving in with a large pit, and blood spewing wildly from his mouth!

Flying over a dozen zhang away, he crashed heavily onto the ground, twitched twice, and stopped moving.

One punch, instant kill.

The entire scene was dead silent.

Those watching the commotion widened their eyes one by one, their jaws almost dropping to the ground.

"This... How is this possible?!"

"Qi Condensation Stage, punching a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to death in one blow?!"

"Did my fucking eyes play tricks on me?!"

Someone rushed over to check the corpse, and confirming that the Foundation Establishment Cultivator was dead beyond a doubt, they gasped deeply.

"Really... beaten to death with one punch..."

Everyone's gaze towards Xiao Yuan changed completely.

That was no longer the look of watching someone in the Qi Condensation Stage, but the look of watching a monster, a Prodigy!

Xiao Yuan, however, acted as if nothing had happened, withdrawing his fist and turning to walk towards Su Li.

He fed Su Li a few healing Medicinal Pills, and used spiritual power to check her injuries once more.

Fortunately, most were superficial wounds, and the Meridians only had minor damage.

With the top-grade Spiritual Artifact he gave her for protection, it wasn't so easy for the opponent to take her down quickly.

Coupled with the fact that that fellow harbored thoughts of toying with her and didn't go all out, that allowed her to hold on until now.

"It's fine, just rest for a bit." Xiao Yuan patted her hand.

Su Li nodded, leaning on his shoulder, her expression looking a bit better.

Right at this moment——

Whoosh!

Over a dozen figures surrounded them!

Xiao Yuan's gaze turned cold as he looked up.

People from Jing Country!

The leader was a man in his thirties with a deep aura. Although suppressed by the Secret Realm to Early Foundation Establishment, Xiao Yuan could sense that this person's true cultivation realm was definitely above the Late Foundation Establishment Stage! Even stronger!

Standing behind him were two more Foundation Establishment Cultivators, also suppressed, who should be in the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

The rest were all at the Peak of Qi Refining Level 9, each with fierce eyes, wishing they could tear Xiao Yuan apart alive.

"Kid," the lead man said coldly, "daring to kill our Jing Country Cultivator, you are courting death."

Xiao Yuan stood up, protecting Su Li behind him.

He glanced at the opponent's number and strength, rapidly calculating in his heart.

If a real fight broke out, he was confident he could completely wipe out these people.

But the creation cauldron was still resonating with the Stone Hall, and he didn't want to waste time here. Nor did he want to expose too many of his trump cards here.

After all, who knew what kind of danger they would encounter inside the Stone Hall?!

Were things like killing people to seize treasures rare?!

"If you want to fight, then let's fight," Xiao Yuan said indifferently. "However, who wins and who loses in the end remains to be seen. I only hope you guys still have the strength later to seize the Opportunity in that Stone Hall!"

As soon as these words left his mouth, the expression of the lead man changed slightly.

He stared at Xiao Yuan for a few breaths, feeling the faint, intangible dangerous aura on the other party, and felt secretly alarmed and suspicious inside.

This kid... really has confidence?

Although he wanted to avenge his companion, more importantly, he needed to enter the Stone Hall to find the Opportunity.

If he wasted his strength and trump cards on Xiao Yuan because of this, the Opportunity in the Stone Hall would have nothing to do with him!

"Hmph."

He let out a cold hmph, gave Xiao Yuan a deep look, and turned to walk towards the Stone Hall.

"Let's go!"

Although the remaining Jing Country Cultivators were unwilling, since the boss had spoken, they could only glare fiercely at Xiao Yuan before following him into the Stone Hall.

Su Li let out a sigh of relief, but her eyes were filled with worry; she also sensed the powerful strength of these few people.

If the other party deliberately gave them a hard time, the two of them would likely be in danger!

Xiao Yuan's gaze narrowed slightly. Although he used the Opportunity of the Stone Hall to scare these people away, as long as he entered the Stone Hall, he would run into these people at any time.

With them around, it would always be a huge threat.

However, even if there was danger, the resonance produced between the creation cauldron and the Stone Hall made him decide to take a risk and try.

At this moment, the people outside had already all entered the Stone Hall, and the people from Jade Maiden Palace had also gone in long ago.

Otherwise, if she saw Su Li being attacked, Su Ruotong might have lent a helping hand!

He helped Su Li up: "We'll go in too."

Although Su Li didn't know what was going on with the Stone Hall, she trusted Xiao Yuan. Nodding, she followed Xiao Yuan toward the Stone Hall.

The two walked toward the gate of the Stone Hall, stepping into that deep darkness.

When it lit up in front of them again, Xiao Yuan and Su Li were already standing in a huge palace.

Seeing the scene before him, Xiao Yuan almost blurted out a curse word.

How was this a Stone Hall? It was clearly another world!

The dome was about ten zhang high, and dozens of huge stone pillars were neatly arranged, each requiring three or five people to hug around it.

The main hall was so vast that it seemed endless at a glance, at least several thousand square meters. The ground was paved with huge bluestone bricks, smooth as a mirror, reflecting people's shadows.

The air was filled with an ancient and mysterious aura, as if having traversed endless years, flowing from the ancient primordial era to the present.

The scene inside formed a sharp contrast with the Stone Hall outside, which was only a hundred zhang in size.

And those who had entered earlier were currently looking around in groups of three or five.

Some were studying the stone pillars, some were looking up at the dome, and some were trying to push open the doors of several side halls.

Xiao Yuan and Su Li stood on a huge teleportation array, the array patterns under their feet still glowing faintly.

Xiao Yuan nodded at Su Li and pulled her out of the teleportation array.

The two walked while observing their surroundings.

Those stone pillars were carved with exquisite patterns!

Divine Dragons soaring through the Nine Heavens, Phoenixes reborn from the flames, Immortals walking on clouds, ferocious Vicious Beasts... Every single picture was lifelike, as if they could come alive at any moment.

But what truly shocked Xiao Yuan were the murals on the dome and walls.

He stopped in his tracks and looked up!

First mural: A giant holding a huge bow, aiming at the nine suns in the sky, with a burning golden arrow nocked on the bow.

"Houyi shoots the suns?" Xiao Yuan's heart shook.

Second mural: A woman with a human body and a snake tail was pinching mud to create humans. The little people pinched out in her hands actually came to life after hitting the ground, running around happily.

"Nuwa creates humans?"

Third mural: A huge hole was broken in the sky, and floods were monstrous. It was that same woman, refining stones to mend the sky.

"Mending the sky..."

The more Xiao Yuan looked, the more shocked he became. He had heard of primordial legends in his past life, and he had only thought they were mere myths and legends.

But the murals before him showed that those were likely not myths and legends, but real!

He just wondered what kind of connection the place where he lived in his past life had with these myths and legends.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, he continued to walk forward.