Chapter 755: The Stele Emerges Again
All four pieces of the strange bones were in hand.
There were patterns on each bone, and staring at them for a while would make one dizzy and extremely uncomfortable.
These four bones were of various shapes and lengths, with subtle differences in weight. Gao Fei held them in his hands and could clearly feel the terrifying energy contained within the bones.
Gao Fei tried to piece them together, "It won't fit... The bones aren't complete..."
"Of course, they aren't complete." The voice of Xuan Jizi echoed in his mind, "Whether it's an animal or a human, they all have hundreds, even thousands of bones. The four pieces you have are just a part, hmm, judging by their shapes and sizes, they should be from an animal's limbs? Two arms and two lower legs, yes, that should be it."
"It's a pity the bones aren't complete, otherwise we could put them together to see what animal it was," Gao Fei said with some regret.
"Be content," Xuan Jizi scoffed, "These four bones are excellent materials for artifact refining. Find a skilled artifact refining master, and they will certainly be able to craft a spiritual treasure, hmm, and a high-level one at that."
"You're thinking exactly what I'm thinking, I also plan to use these four stones to craft a spiritual treasure, hmm, it's just that finding a refining master isn't easy..."
"These days, money makes the world go round. As long as you offer a generous reward, there will definitely be a refining master willing to help."
"Hmm, once I leave the Myriad Buddhas Sect, I will go find a refining master."
After a few more words, Gao Fei stored the bones away and then continued to break the formation.
Contrary to his expectations, he originally thought that after destroying the Fire Region, Water Region, Sand Dust Region, and Gale Region, the formation would collapse. Now, though these four regions were destroyed, the formation still existed, but its energy had weakened a lot.
Clearly, destroying the four regions had caused some damage to the formation.
"There's something odd about these eight steles." Gao Fei turned his gaze toward the eight steles around the stone platform, which were arranged according to the Eight Trigrams positions, each carved with a lifelike animal that appeared to be alive.
"Could it be that the formation will break only if these eight steles are destroyed?"
"Let's give it a try. If it doesn't work, we'll come up with another plan."
Gao Fei's plan was simple: destroy everything visible. Surely, one of those would be the formation eye. Once the formation eye was destroyed, the formation would fall apart on its own.
He needed to get out soon to meet up with Duanmu Hong and then go rescue Shangguan Yunyue.
Rescuing Shangguan Yunyue was the top priority. Everything else had to wait.
In the following time, Gao Fei began attacking the eight steles, but what frustrated him was... the steles were incredibly hard. No matter how he attacked, they remained unscathed.
"Li Fire! Attack!" Gao Fei wiped the sweat from his forehead and then commanded Li Fire to assault the stele.
"Drug-absorbing Bug, attack!" Gao Fei issued another command.
Li Fire and the Drug-absorbing Bugs rushed forward to attack the eight steles. Li Fire's method of attack was burning, while the Drug-absorbing Bugs' was tearing and biting, "Sizzle sizzle... Pfft pfft..." Under Li Fire's burning, the steles began to glow red-hot, while on the other side, hundreds of Drug-absorbing Bugs opened their tiny mouths, biting furiously, making a grating noise.
"There's some effect..." Gao Fei frowned, "It's just too slow. At this rate, it will probably take several years to destroy these steles." If Gao Fei had to wait here for years, he'd go insane.
What to do?
Try the Fury Sky Palm?
As soon as he thought it, he had to act! Gao Fei began to think of enraging things, and in the blink of an eye, his eyes reddened, his breathing became heavy, and a strong murderous aura emitted from him. "Ah!!!" Gao Fei roared towards the sky, then violently pushed his hands outwards, "Fury Sky Palm! Break for me!!!"
"Boom!!!"
A massive palm imprint suddenly appeared in the sky, its five fingers stretched out, and slapped toward the eight steles.
The Fury Sky Palm was a Divine Power Palm Technique created by Gao Fei, possessing great strength! The only drawback was that it consumed too much True Qi, and after a single strike, Gao Fei's True Qi was nearly depleted, which is why he would not resort to the Fury Sky Palm unless absolutely necessary.
"Boom!!!"
"Bang!!!"
The enormous palm imprint fiercely struck the eight steles, creating an earth-shattering noise, and even the entire formation trembled a few times.
Divine Skills are indeed Divine Skills, a single palm strike inflicted a certain degree of damage to the eight steles, but they were still far from collapsing.
"Still not enough!" Gao Fei was getting anxious, "These steles are too sturdy, even my Fury Sky Palm can't destroy them! What to do... Could I really be stuck here for years?"
No way!
I absolutely cannot be trapped here!
I must find a way out!!!
Think of a way, quickly think of something! There must be a way!
A way, a way, a way...
Huh?
Gao Fei's eyebrows twitched: "How could I forget about them? If I take them out, I can definitely break the formation! It's just... those items are quite sensitive, and as soon as I bring them out, it might attract a great deal of trouble..." Gao Fei hesitated, unsure of whether or not to take them out.
After hesitating for a moment, Gao Fei made up his mind.
I'll get through the current obstacle first. As for the trouble that may come later... I'll deal with that when it comes!
Gao Fei tossed out eighteen steles, and each of the steles had characters carved on them. When arranged in sequence, they produced an unexpected effect.
He placed the stele carved with the character for "ten" in the first position, followed by the one with "eight"... The last was the stele with the character for "follow," and the eighteen characters strung together read: Ten and eight steles gather, subduing immortals and slaying demons, commanding the Three Realms, none dare disobey!
What domineering words!
The eighteen steles were an incredible stroke of luck for Gao Fei, containing unfathomable energy. Only later did Gao Fei learn that these steles had actually fallen from the Immortal Realm and were wanted by the entire Immortal Realm as "Rebel Steles." The last time he rashly used the steles, it attracted the avatar of the Great Immortal Ximen Lie, and Gao Fei was nearly killed...
In all honesty, if not for sheer desperation, Gao Fei would never have dared to use the eighteen steles.
"Hum!!!"
The eighteen steles began to shake violently, wisps of white mist drifted from the steles, which congregated into a massive vortex. A terrifying suction force emanated from the vortex, beginning to madly absorb the surrounding Spiritual Energy.
What does a formation rely on for normal operation? It relies on Spiritual Energy!
For example, a formation is like a light bulb, and Spiritual Energy is like electricity; give electricity to the light bulb, and it lights up! Similarly, fill a formation with Spiritual Energy, and it operates.
Conversely, if you drain the Spiritual Energy, the formation will cease to function! It might even collapse!
Gao Fei's idea was exactly this – he risked his life by taking out the eighteen steles to absorb the Spiritual Energy within the formation. If all the Spiritual Energy is drained, the formation will collapse, and then Gao Fei will be able to get out.
It must be said, Gao Fei's strategy was truly clever! But the risk was too great: the eighteen steles were notorious in the Immortal Realm, explicitly sought by the Immortal Emperor himself. If the Immortal Emperor found out that Gao Fei had the steles, he would certainly send his subordinates to snatch them, and then Gao Fei would be doomed.
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