143: Chapter 143 Breaking the Restriction Together

Passing through the maze formation and stepping into the interior of the valley, the light gradually dimmed.

The air was mixed with a faint, unpleasant odor.

The surrounding rock walls were dark red, and the ground was scattered with weathered bones; it was impossible to distinguish whether they belonged to humans or Yao Beasts.

There were also fragments of rusted weapons, clearly indicating that people had been here before, perhaps having encountered some accident or having been trapped and died here.

At the end of the valley, a black stone wall, a hundred zhang high, stood majestically.

In the center of the stone wall, a huge door was tightly shut, engraved with star trajectories, and flowing with a layer of energy barrier; this was the Restriction at the entrance of the ruins.

"This is the place!"

Mu Sisi stopped, her beautiful eyes fixed on the stone door, her tone filled with excitement, "The energy of this Restriction is so strong!"

Ye Tian's gaze sharply swept over the patterns and energy flow on the stone door, his Divine Sense sensing them carefully.

He discovered that the energy flow of this Restriction followed a certain cycle.

To force it open would likely require power far exceeding the Ningyuan Realm.

"This Restriction... might be broken with finesse."

Ye Tian pondered and said, pointing to several energy convergence nodes in the center of the stone door, "Look there, when the energy flows to this point, there is a slight stagnation.

Perhaps we need to simultaneously inject True Essence of opposing attributes to simulate the power of Yin and Yang harmony, in order to disrupt its cycle and open a gap."

Upon hearing this, Mu Sisi carefully sensed it, and after a moment, nodded in agreement, "Junior Brother, your observation is meticulous! That is indeed the case! The energy at this node on the left is cold, while the one on the right is warm."

"The True Essence of the 'Mysterious Ice Technique' I Cultivate is cold, which perfectly corresponds to the left side. What about you, Junior Brother?"

She had always been curious about what kind of Cultivation Technique Ye Tian Cultivated.

Ye Tian pondered slightly and said, "I can simulate warm True Essence."

He did not reveal the essence of his Stellar True Essence, but simulating the Yang attribute was easy for him.

"That's great!"

Mu Sisi said happily, "There is no time to lose, let's try! I will inject cold True Essence into the Profound Yin node on the left, and you, Junior Brother, inject warm True Essence into the Yan Yang node on the right. We must act synchronously, listen to my command, and exert force at the same time!"

Having agreed, the two gathered their concentration and walked to the stone door.

Mu Sisi reached out her jade-like hand and pressed it onto the node on the left that was emitting cold Qi.

Ye Tian pressed his fingers together and pointed at the node on the right that was slightly warm.

"Three, two, one! Exert force!"

Following Mu Sisi's low shout, both of them simultaneously urged their True Essence!

Ice-blue cold Qi surged from Mu Sisi's palm, carrying a bone-chilling cold.

Pale golden radiance emitted from Ye Tian's fingertips, full of vitality.

The two True Essences of different attributes were injected into the nodes almost simultaneously!

"Hum!"

The next moment, the Restriction barrier on the stone door suddenly lit up!

The energy, which had been flowing smoothly, instantly became chaotic, stirring up layers of ripples.

The light on the barrier flickered rapidly, "It's working! Increase the output!"

Mu Sisi shouted sharply, fully operating the Mysterious Ice Technique, and the cold Qi grew even stronger.

Ye Tian also increased the output of his Stellar True Essence.

The two True Essences, one Yin and one Yang, formed a perfect complement.

They converged and underwent Fusion within the Restriction, continuously impacting the balance point of the Restriction.

The stone door began to tremble slightly, the ripples on the barrier became increasingly violent, and the center began to thin!

"Hold on! It's almost broken!"

Mu Sisi's pretty face turned pale, and fine sweat seeped from the tip of her nose; clearly, the consumption was not small.

After all, she only had the cultivation of the Ningyuan Fifth Stage Middle Stage, and continuously outputting a large amount of True Essence was quite strenuous.

Seeing this, Ye Tian secretly increased his output a little, sharing most of the pressure.

His True Essence was profound, his aura stable, and this bit of consumption was nothing to him.

At the same time, he calmly observed the changes in the Restriction.

He discovered that the two True Essences of his and Mu Sisi's were flowing on the barrier, one red and one blue, like two little snakes slithering.

"Crack..."

Finally, under their combined impact, the Restriction barrier reached its limit!

Cracks spread rapidly across the entire stone door, starting from the nodes!

"Boom!"

After a dull, loud noise, the energy barrier on the stone door completely shattered, turning into specks of starlight and dissipating into the air!

The next moment, amidst the sound of mechanisms operating, the heavy stone door slowly opened inward, revealing a gap!

Then, a rich medicinal fragrance rushed towards them from behind the door!

"We succeeded!"

Mu Sisi let out a long sigh of relief, her body swaying slightly, almost exhausted.

She looked at Ye Tian gratefully, knowing that if it weren't for Ye Tian increasing his True Essence output later and sharing a lot of the pressure for her, she would never have been able to hold on until the moment the Restriction was broken.

"Let's go!"

Ye Tian's eyes narrowed; without the slightest hesitation, he took the first step into the gap.

Mu Sisi forced herself to stay alert and followed closely behind.

Just as their figures disappeared into the darkness behind the door, the opened stone door actually began to close slowly again!

Behind the door was a downward-sloping passageway, pitch black and impossible to see one's fingers in front of one's face.

Underfoot were rough stone steps; the two dared not be careless, each circulating their True Essence and proceeding cautiously.

Ye Tian's Divine Sense spread out, alert to any possible danger.

The passageway was very long and winding, extending downwards for about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, before a faint light appeared in the distance.

After walking a little further, the view suddenly opened up!

They had arrived in a huge underground cavern.

On the ceiling of the cavern were scattered, strange crystals emitting a soft white light, providing some illumination.

In the center of the cavern was a circular stone platform resembling an altar.

Scattered around the stone platform were some broken pottery jars and rotten wooden chests, which seemed to have been used for storing items.

Most eye-catching were the four stone statues standing at the four corners of the altar, each wearing broken armor, holding rusted weapons, and standing a zhang tall!

These statues were carved with ferocious expressions, giving one a strong sense of oppression.

"Is this the inside of the ruins?"

Mu Sisi looked around, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity.

Ye Tian frowned slightly; his Divine Sense swept over the four statues, and a warning sign arose in his heart.

There seemed to be weak energy fluctuations inside these statues!

Just as he realized something was wrong.

"Hum!" "Hum!" "Hum!" "Hum!"

Four low hums sounded almost simultaneously!

The four originally dead stone statues at the four corners of the altar suddenly had two balls of red light ignite in their eye sockets!

From the gaps in the stone armor covering their bodies, dark energy light seeped out!

Their stiff bodies made "crack, crack" sounds, and they actually began to move!

Heavy footsteps trod on the ground, making dull sounds as they surrounded Ye Tian and Mu Sisi, who had broken into the cavern, from four directions!

"Combat Puppets!"

Mu Sisi's face paled, and she exclaimed!

She had not expected that there would be such powerful guards within these ruins!

Although these four Puppets looked broken, the energy fluctuations they emitted had clearly reached the level of the Ningyuan Sixth Stage!

As far as she knew, the most terrifying thing about this type of combat Puppet was not just its strength, but the fact that it did not know pain, did not fear death, and was far more troublesome than a Cultivator of the same rank!

"Be careful! Back to back!"

Ye Tian shouted in a low voice, instantly shielding Mu Sisi behind him, his eyes scanning the four approaching Puppets.

He had not expected to encounter such tricky guards just after entering the ruins.

It seemed that the owner of this ruin was definitely not an ordinary True Martial Realm expert in their lifetime!

The four Puppets simultaneously raised the rusted halberds in their hands, locked their eyes on the two, and with cold killing intent, approached step by step!