188: Chapter 188 The Living Stone Divides, Each Displaying Its Unique Abilities!

As the words fell, the group split up on the spot.

Lin Yi took Su Yuxi and went straight down the middle path.

Shen Qingyue and Chu Wanqing turned into the narrow path on the right.

Xu Chen held the ancient desolate hall and stood horizontally at the intersection of the three paths, looking quite like a lone warrior blocking a pass.

Of course, this Aura only lasted for three breaths.

Because after three breaths, the first batch of Stone Puppets crawled out from underground.

Snap! The sound of crumbling rocks rang out one after another.

Four humanoid Stone Puppets pushed themselves up from the ground. Their bodies were pitch black, and dark crystal cores were embedded in their chests, exuding a strong sense of oppression.

Xu Chen's Adam's apple bobbed, and then he gave a dry cough to bolster his courage.

"Come on!"

"Your Lord Xu happens to have itchy hands today!"

A Stone Puppet lunged at him. Xu Chen swung the ancient desolate hall and struck it.

Bang! Rock chips exploded, and the shoulder of the leading Stone Puppet collapsed.

Xu Chen's eyes lit up. "Is that all?"

Just as he finished speaking, seven or eight more cracks opened up in the ground on both the left and right, and more Stone Puppets squeezed out.

Xu Chen's expression immediately became colorful. "Fine!" "I spoke too soon!"

He muttered to himself, but his movements were not slow at all, swinging the ancient desolate hall and sending sparks flying everywhere.

On the other side, Lin Yi and Su Yuxi had already rushed deep into the main path.

The stone pillars here were denser. Every dozen zhang or so, a half-buried Stone Puppet stood guard.

The Stone Puppets were wrapped in ancient formation patterns, and if one approached rashly, they would be awakened.

The moment the first Stone Puppet opened its eyes, the entire main path shook. It raised its stone arm and smashed down directly at them.

Lin Yi exerted force with his feet and charged head-on into that stone arm. One punch. Boom! The stone arm shattered inch by inch.

The crystal core on the Stone Puppet's chest was still flashing, but Lin Yi's second punch had already arrived. His fist carried Grandmist Divine Power, forcibly crushing that crystal core into powder. The Stone Puppet fell apart on the spot.

Su Yuxi followed closely by his side, her gaze rapidly sweeping across the stone pillars. The memory fragments in her Sea of Consciousness kept flickering, making her head ache. But the further they went inside, the clearer the ancient characters and formation arrangements became.

"Two steps front-left, stop!" "Don't touch the stone pillar on the right; there is a Killing Formation inside!" "The stone tile in front is fake; it will collapse if you step on it!"

She spoke one sentence after another, extremely fast. Lin Yi matched her movements perfectly. The two of them, one in front and one behind, looked as if they had rehearsed countless times, forcibly carving out a path of survival in this living stone forest.

Three more Stone Puppets lunged from the front. Lin Yi couldn't be bothered to waste time with them, directly slamming into the leading one with his Physical Body. Then he grabbed the second one by the neck, threw it hard, and used it to smash into the third one. Boom! A loud explosion. Three black shadows rolled into a pile.

Su Yuxi pointed her fingertips, releasing several wisps of Dao light, aiming specifically at the crystal cores on their chests. Pop! Pop! Pop! The three crystal cores exploded one after another. The Stone Puppets were completely shattered.

Lin Yi glanced at the broken stones on the ground, his eyes flickering slightly. "Yu Xi, you have a very detailed grasp of these situations!"

Su Yuxi pursed her lips and did not deny it. "I have indeed seen these things." "But not in this lifetime!" "There are many things I cannot tell you yet!"

After she finished speaking, her gaze fell on the base of a black stone pillar not far away, and her brow twitched. There were some very ancient characters carved there. They were not complete sentences, only half left. But she still recognized them.

"Suppress!" "Seal!" "Retreat!"

Just as these words left her mouth, a heavier roar suddenly came from the shadows ahead. A Stone General, fully three zhang tall, rose from the ground. The crystal core on its chest glowed with dark gold, much stronger than the previous Stone Puppets.

As soon as it raised its head, its arms slammed together, intending to crush the entire passageway. Su Yuxi's expression tightened. "Don't let it attack!"

Lin Yi had already moved, stepping on the ground and causing it to crack. He launched himself up using the force, rushing directly in front of the Stone General, Chaos Divine Light exploding on his fist as he smashed it down fiercely.

Thud! The Stone General's entire head was knocked backward, exposing the dark gold crystal core on its chest. Su Yuxi raised her hand, fingers together, and a sharp Dao light pierced out, striking the center of the crystal core. Crack! First, a crack appeared. Immediately after, the entire crystal core shattered.

The Stone General's arms stopped in mid-air, and it collapsed with a loud crash, shaking the main path. Lin Yi landed and casually shook the stone dust off his fist. "Let's go!" "The formation eye is almost here!"

Meanwhile, in the narrow path on the right, Shen Qingyue and Chu Wanqing were not idle either. This path was narrower than the main one. The stone walls on both sides were very close; any slightly large movement could trigger a Killing Formation hidden within.

Shen Qingyue walked in front, her palm constantly pressed against the stone wall, wisps of Primordial Qi seeping in to perceive the old patterns that were long since fading. Chu Wanqing followed behind her, the imperial zither plucking out extremely light echoes. The sound waves bounced back and forth along the stone path; where there was a hollow cavity or a hidden interlayer, the sound was completely different.

This method was exceptionally effective. When they reached a corner, Chu Wanqing suddenly stopped, narrowed her eyes, and listened. "There's something behind this!"

Shen Qingyue stopped; the stone patterns under her palm were vibrating back. "Yes!" "And there's more than one!"

Chu Wanqing did not hesitate and casually flicked a sound wave. Boom! A loud explosion. The already loose stone layer collapsed, revealing a very narrow interlayer inside.

There were no precious weapons or divine herbs in the interlayer. Only a lamp. The lamp body was dark green/black, long extinguished, but the base was still intact. Most importantly, two old seals were carved side by side on the bottom of the lamp base. One belonged to the Shen Family, and the other to the Heaven and Earth Gate.

Chu Wanqing looked down for a moment, first raising her eyebrows, then sneering. "Alright!" "Carved side by side." "If they can still claim some generational marriage alliance after this, the Heaven and Earth Gate is truly shameless!"

Shen Qingyue crouched down, picked up the Soul-Guiding Lamp, and her fingertips gently swept over the patterns on the base, her eyes growing colder. "This is a Gatekeeper Lamp." "The Shen Family and the Heaven and Earth Gate used to guard this place together."

Chu Wanqing held the imperial zither and snorted. "As expected!" "That piece-of-trash marriage contract from Xu Tian was fabricated from the very beginning." "That bunch of old things from the Heaven and Earth Gate are truly shameless, daring to stick anything onto their ancestral graves!" "Sister Qingyue, we must take this thing with us." "In the future, whoever dares to bring up the marriage contract, we'll just slap this lamp onto their face!"

Shen Qingyue looked up at her. "Alright!"

Just then, a dull, thumping sound suddenly reached their ears. It wasn't from their side, but from the middle section where Xu Chen was.

At this moment, Xu Chen was almost surrounded by Stone Puppets. He was standing on a pile of rubble, holding the ancient desolate hall in his arms. A Stone Puppet lunged at him, and he swung the hall, smashing its head into smithereens.

Another one hugged him from the left. Xu Chen raised his leg and kicked it, immediately cursing. "Who are you hugging?" "Are you very familiar with your Lord Xu!"

But there were simply too many Stone Puppets. He had just smashed one, and two more came up behind it, endless like an assembly line. Sweat appeared on Xu Chen's forehead, and his shoulders were numb from the impact, but he refused to give in at all. "Come on!" "Whoever chickens out today is a grandson!"