42: Twin Stone Demons, Cleverly Break Through the Strong Wall

Chapter 42: Twin Stone Demons, Wisely Breaking the Solid Wall

The Twin Stone Demons were like two mountains suddenly awakened. Their heavy footsteps on the black jade platform produced a muffled thud like beating drums, causing the entire platform to tremble slightly. Their crimson eye sockets locked onto Lin Xuan and the other three. The energy light band connecting the two dark-red crystals glowed, emitting a terrifying Aura comparable to the Late Golden Core Stage, mixed with the heaviness of rock and the ferocity of Devilish Qi.

"Roar!"

The left Stone Demon attacked first, its millstone-sized rocky fist bringing a tearing wind as it smashed towards Lin Xuan, who was at the front, like a meteor! Before the fist even arrived, the immense pressure made breathing difficult.

Lin Xuan's eyes narrowed, not daring to meet its sharp edge head-on. The Nine Revolutions Golden Body Art circulated to its extreme, his body sliding like a swimming Dragon, narrowly dodging this incredibly fierce blow! The fist wind grazed his clothes, blasting a deep pit in the jade platform floor behind him, sending shattered rocks flying!

Almost at the same time, the right Stone Demon's massive foot lifted sharply, like a giant wall, and stomped down with an Aura of crushing everything, aiming at Su Wanqing and Qu Feiyan, who were attempting to flank it!

"Ice Seal!" Su Wanqing shouted, swinging her ice sword. The extreme coldness of the Moonlight Power instantly condensed into a thick ice wall in front of them!

"Boom!"

The Stone Demon's giant foot stomped on the ice wall, which shattered in response, but it successfully blocked it for a moment. Su Wanqing and Qu Feiyan took the opportunity to retreat.

"Their attacks are powerful and heavy; we can't confront them head-on!" Qu Feiyan's charming eyes were sharp. Her hands quickly formed Seals, and several pink spiritual lights, like chains, wrapped around the Stone Demon's joints, attempting to restrict its movement. However, the Stone Demon's body flickered with demonic light, and the Seduction Skill chains shattered as if hitting an iron wall, having little effect.

Gongsun Yu continuously activated her thunder light silver ring from the periphery. Bolts of lightning struck the Stone Demon's body, but only left some charred marks, unable to break through its hard rock defense.

"As Senior Shoujing said, their defense is extremely strong, and they share life. Attacking one spot is meaningless." Lin Xuan calmly observed while dodging the Stone Demon's continuous pounding and stomping. His gaze was fixed on the pulsating dark-red crystals in the Stone Demon's chests and the energy light band connecting the two.

We must destroy both cores simultaneously!

However, these two Stone Demons cooperated perfectly, one attacking and one defending, one advancing and one retreating, protecting the energy light band extremely well, giving the four no chance to attack both cores at the same time. Moreover, their strength was endless; if the battle dragged on, their spiritual Qi would be exhausted, leading to certain defeat.

"We need to separate them, or... find a gap in their energy flow!" Lin Xuan's mind raced. He tried to activate the immortal abode pivot token, sensing the fluctuations of the Power of Stars around him and the energy within the Stone Demons.

Just as he dodged a sweep from the right Stone Demon, and the left Stone Demon's fist was about to fall, at the instant of transition between old and new force, Lin Xuan keenly caught a glimpse of an extremely subtle, almost imperceptible fluctuation in the light of the energy band connecting the two crystals!

This is the chance!

"Wanqing, Senior Sister Qu, hold the left! Gongsun, full lightning strike on the right crystal to attract its attention!" Lin Xuan gave instructions at an extremely fast pace. At the same time, instead of retreating, he advanced, transforming into a golden stream of light, actually charging towards the right Stone Demon, which had just completed its attack and was in a brief state of recovery!

Su Wanqing and Qu Feiyan, though not understanding why, immediately complied out of trust in Lin Xuan. Su Wanqing's ice sword erupted with unprecedented cold light, and countless ice shards shot towards the left Stone Demon's face and joints like a storm! Qu Feiyan also fully activated her Seduction Skill. Blood-red lotuses continuously bloomed and exploded at the left Stone Demon's feet. Although they couldn't cause severe damage, they greatly interfered with its perception and movements.

The left Stone Demon roared repeatedly, forced to parry the ice shards with its arm and deal with the harassment at its feet.

On the right, Gongsun Yu let out a delicate shout, pouring all her lightning spiritual Qi into the silver ring! The silver ring burst forth with dazzling thunder light, transforming into a purple lightning bolt as thick as a bucket, like a spear of divine punishment, carrying a destructive Aura of extreme yang and rigidity, fiercely striking the dark-red crystal in the right Stone Demon's chest!

Sensing the threat, the right Stone Demon instinctively gathered most of its demonic power to its chest. The dark-red crystal glowed brightly, forming a thick energy shield, while simultaneously raising its other arm to protect its core!

Now!

Lin Xuan's eyes burst with brilliant light! He did not attack the right Stone Demon's crystal. Instead, in the flash of lightning between its full defense against Gongsun Yu's lightning strike and the slightly delayed energy support from the left Stone Demon due to being held back, he condensed all his Divine Sense and spiritual Qi onto his fingertip!

He pointed his fingers like a sword, and a point of starlight compressed to the extreme suddenly lit up on his fingertip! This time, he did not simulate the Sword of Starlight Purification. Instead, he integrated a trace of the insight he gained while passing through the Bewitching Heart Jade Pool, which involved triggering desires and distorting energy rules, into this attack, transforming it into an extremely condensed Star Eclipse Finger with peculiar penetrating and interfering properties!

"Whoosh——!"

The finger wind was silent but as fast as lightning! Its target was not the Stone Demon's indestructible crystal or body, but the middle section of the energy light band connecting the two crystals, which was in a period of slight fluctuation!

"Pfft!"

It was as if a silver needle had pierced a taut string! The solid energy light band was struck by the Star Eclipse Finger, and the peculiar interfering power it contained instantly erupted, causing a momentary disruption and blockage in the energy flow within the light band!

"Roar!!!"

Both Stone Demons simultaneously let out roars of pain and fury! Their massive bodies suddenly stiffened, their movements noticeably delayed, and the dark-red crystals in their chests flickered violently. The Aura of shared life and complete unity showed cracks for the first time!

"Now! Attack the crystals!"

Lin Xuan roared out, then forcefully gathered a burst of spiritual Qi. His fists flashed with golden light, like two blazing suns, and fiercely struck the chest crystal of the right Stone Demon, which had temporarily lost its perfect defense due to the energy disruption!

Su Wanqing and Qu Feiyan also seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Su Wanqing merged with her sword, transforming into an ice-blue long rainbow that tore through space, directly piercing the left Stone Demon's crystal! Qu Feiyan, with her hands clasped together, conjured a blood-red lotus of destruction, condensed to the extreme and seemingly containing a sea of blood within, which instantly appeared before the left Stone Demon's crystal and exploded with a bang!

Gongsun Yu gritted her teeth, pouring all her remaining spiritual Qi into the silver ring. A second, and strongest, purple lightning bolt followed closely after Lin Xuan's punch, fiercely striking the right crystal!

"Boom boom boom——!!!"

Four powerful attacks, almost simultaneously, hit the two dark-red crystals whose defenses were greatly reduced due to the interfered energy connection!

Blinding light and deafening explosions instantly engulfed the two Stone Demons! The violent energy shockwave spread out like a tsunami, clearing a large area of the demonic Qi on the platform!

When the light dissipated, the two massive Stone Demons were seen standing rigid in place. The dark-red crystals in their chests were covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and then with a "bang," they simultaneously shattered into dust! The energy light band connecting them also broke in response!

The Stone Demons' colossal bodies lost all their luster and vitality, collapsing like two real stone mountains, crashing onto the jade platform and breaking into countless ordinary rocks.

Solved!

All four of them were slightly panting, especially Gongsun Yu, whose spiritual Qi was almost depleted, and her face was pale. But looking at the collapsed Stone Demons, their eyes showed joy.

Lin Xuan calmed his turbulent Qi and blood. That single Star Eclipse Finger just now seemed simple, but it consumed a great deal of his mental effort in timing and precise control of power.

He walked to the Stone Demon's remains and, from the shattered fragments of the dark-red crystals, sensed pure earth-attributed demonic essence and traces of the remaining Power of Star Seal. He collected these fragments, perhaps useful for Artifact Refining in the future.

Afterward, his gaze fell upon the hundred-zhang-tall Demon Suppressing Palace giant gate, now unguarded.

The gate was tightly shut, and the carvings of sun, moon, stars, and ferocious demonic figures on it seemed to come alive, slowly rotating, emitting an even deeper, more ancient Aura.

The true core area was behind the door.

Lin Xuan took a deep breath, stepped forward, and placed his palm on the cold giant gate.

"immortal abode pivot token... it's up to you."