The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 261: Thrilling Journey of Exploring the Ruins

The sect received an important mission, requiring disciples to explore a mysterious ruin. This ruin is said to hide powerful magic weapons and precious cultivation resources, but it is also full of dangers. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen both volunteered to participate in this mission. Before setting off, they made full preparations, studied various materials about the ruins, and prepared enough elixirs and magic tools. They embarked on the journey with other disciples who participated in the mission, full of expectations and worries about unknown dangers.

The first rays of sunlight in the morning shone on the martial arts training ground of the sect. Many disciples had already gathered here. The bustling crowd was full of discussions and expectations about the upcoming ruins exploration mission. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen stood side by side, their eyes firm and with a hint of excitement. Yun Yao gently stroked the storage bag at her waist, which contained various carefully selected elixirs and magic tools. These were all selected after careful screening in the sect's treasure house. Each one may play an important role at a critical moment. Chu Mochen carried a sword emitting a cold light, and the lines on the scabbard faintly flowed with spiritual power, as if telling of its extraordinaryness.

The person in charge of this mission was an experienced elder in the sect. He walked forward slowly, cleared his throat, and began to explain the relevant information of the ruins in detail. "According to our various investigations, this mysterious ruins is located deep in the misty Lingxu Mountains. Once upon a time, a peerless strongman left his legacy there, but over the years, the ruins were covered by heavy fog and danger. The intelligence we have obtained shows that the ruins not only have powerful defensive restrictions, but also various traps and ferocious guardian monsters." The elder's voice was low and serious, and the disciples present were quiet and listened carefully.

Yun Yao frowned slightly, thinking secretly in her heart. She had read many ancient books about Lingxu Mountain in the sect's library, and knew that the terrain there was complex, the spiritual power fluctuated abnormally, and it was a place full of dangers and opportunities. Chu Mochen turned his head slightly and looked at Yun Yao, and saw the same determination in each other's eyes.

"In order to ensure the smooth progress of the mission, we will divide the team into several groups." The elder continued, "Yun Yao, Chu Mochen, you two are stronger, so lead the first group. Your task is to find the core inheritance site in the ruins and collect as many precious magic weapons and cultivation resources as possible. The other groups will be responsible for exploring the surrounding areas, clearing some small dangers, and keeping in close contact with you."

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen responded in unison. Afterwards, the elder took out some specially made communication and defense symbols and distributed them to each group. "These communication symbols can maintain contact within a certain range in the ruins, but due to the interference of spiritual power in the ruins, the effect may be weakened. The defense symbol can resist a powerful attack at a critical moment, so be sure to use it with caution."

After all preparations were completed, the team set off in a mighty procession. They drove their flying instruments and sped towards the Lingxu Mountains. Along the way, the wind whistled in their ears. Yun Yao looked at the mountains and rivers passing by below, with a myriad of thoughts in her mind. She knew the difficulty of this mission. Not only did she have to face various dangers in the ruins, but she also had to deal with possible competition and conflicts from disciples of other sects.

Chu Mochen seemed to see her worry, approached her and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'm here. If we work together, we will be able to face all challenges." Yun Yao felt warm in her heart and nodded slightly.

After several hours of flying, they finally arrived at the outskirts of Lingxu Mountain Range. At this time, the air was filled with a mysterious and solemn atmosphere, and the surrounding spiritual energy became chaotic and powerful. Everyone slowly landed and observed the surroundings vigilantly.

Yun Yao was the first to use her spiritual power to perceive. Her spiritual awareness spread out in all directions like an invisible thread. After a moment, she opened her eyes and said, "There is a strong forbidden wave ahead, which should be the entrance to the ruins. But there seems to be some hidden aura around, which may be a guardian monster or other traps."

Chu Mochen drew his sword and said, "Everyone be careful and follow us closely." After that, he took the lead and walked forward, Yun Yao followed closely behind him, and the other disciples also followed, forming a tight battle formation.

As they approached the entrance to the ruins, a huge light gate appeared before their eyes. Various mysterious runes flashed on the light gate, and these runes emitted powerful spiritual fluctuations, making people dare not approach easily. Yun Yao walked forward and observed the runes carefully. She found that these runes were similar to some ancient runes she had seen in the ancient books of the sect before, but there were many different changes.

She closed her eyes, mobilized the spiritual power in her body, injected it into her eyes, and activated the spiritual vision. In the spiritual vision state, the structure of the runes and the flow of spiritual power became clearer. She found that these runes formed a complex formation that required a specific spiritual power frequency to decipher.

Yun Yao took a deep breath and began to try to adjust the frequency of her spiritual power. She carefully injected her spiritual power into the runes on the light gate at a specific rhythm. Each injection was like walking on a tightrope. If she was not careful, the runes might counterattack. Chu Mochen stared at her closely, holding the sword tightly in his hand, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.

The other disciples also looked at Yun Yao nervously. The whole scene was silent, with only the slight fluctuation of Yun Yao's spiritual power and heavy breathing. As time passed, beads of sweat gradually appeared on Yun Yao's forehead, and her spiritual power was constantly consumed. But she had no intention of giving up. She had only one belief in her heart, which was to crack the rune and open the entrance to the ruins.

Just when Yun Yao felt that she was about to give up, suddenly, the rune on the light gate shone brightly, and a strong spiritual power wave came. Yun Yao was delighted, she knew that she had found the correct spiritual power frequency. As the rune light flickered, the light gate slowly opened, and an ancient and mysterious breath came to her face.

Everyone was excited and nervous, knowing that the real challenge had just begun. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen looked at each other, then took the lead in entering the ruins without hesitation. The other disciples followed suit and entered this mysterious world full of unknowns.

As soon as they entered the ruins, they found themselves in a long passage. The walls of the passage were inlaid with various glowing gems, which emitted a soft light and illuminated the entire passage. But Yun Yao was not fooled by this seemingly beautiful scene, she knew that danger often hides behind beauty.

She used her spiritual power to sense again and found many tiny traps hidden in the passage. These traps were very cleverly arranged, and if they were accidentally triggered, they could cause a fatal attack. Yun Yao quickly informed everyone of her discovery and reminded everyone to be careful.

They walked carefully along the passage, taking every step with extreme caution. Suddenly, there was a slight "click" sound from the front, Yun Yao was startled and shouted, "Be careful!" At the same time, she quickly cast a spiritual power shield to cover everyone.

Just as the shield was formed, countless sharp arrows shot out from the walls of the passage. These sharp arrows flashed with cold light, were extremely fast, and had amazing power. The sharp arrows shot at the shield like raindrops, making a tinkling sound, and ripples appeared on the shield.

Seeing this, Chu Mochen shouted loudly, and swung the sword in his hand to block the arrows shot at the weak points of the shield. Other disciples also cast defensive spells to strengthen the defensive power of the shield.

Yun Yao concentrated her energy and tried to find the control core of the mechanism. Her consciousness quickly searched the passage, and finally, she found a small rune array hidden in the corner of the wall. This rune array was the control core of the mechanism.

Yun Yao did not hesitate to launch a spiritual attack, accurately hitting the rune array. The rune array flashed, and the sharp arrow attack stopped instantly. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they knew that this was only the first trap, and there might be more dangerous challenges waiting for them.

They continued to move forward along the passage, encountering various traps along the way, including flame jet traps, quicksand traps, poison fog traps, etc. But under the leadership of Yun Yao and Chu Mochen, they relied on their wisdom and strength to escape danger again and again.

When passing through a poison fog trap, Yun Yao discovered that the poison fog contained an extremely rare toxin. If inhaled too much, it could cause spiritual power disorder and even regression of cultivation. She quickly took out some detoxification pills from her storage bag, distributed them to everyone, and asked everyone to take them. At the same time, she cast a purification spell to gradually dispel the poison fog.

After a difficult journey, they finally walked out of the passage and came to a huge hall. The dome of the hall was very high, and various mysterious patterns were painted on it, which seemed to be telling an ancient story. Various treasure chests and magic tools were placed around the hall, emitting an attractive light.

But Yun Yao was not attracted by these treasures. She keenly sensed a powerful aura hidden in the hall. She looked around vigilantly, and suddenly, the ground began to shake, and a huge stone beast slowly rose from the center of the hall.

The stone beast was several feet tall, emitting a powerful earth-type spiritual power. Its eyes flashed red, as if filled with endless anger. The stone beast let out a deafening roar, and then rushed towards the crowd.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen reacted quickly, and they simultaneously cast attack spells and blasted towards the stone beast. Other disciples also joined the battle, and various spells flashed in the hall.

However, the stone beast's defense was extremely strong, and the attacks of the crowd only left some shallow marks on it. The stone beast waved its huge claws and swept towards the crowd. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen dodged quickly, knowing that fighting hard was not the solution, and they had to find the stone beast's weakness to defeat it.

While dodging the stone beast's attacks, Yun Yao carefully observed its body structure. She discovered that there was a special stone on the beast's head, and the spiritual power fluctuations emitted by this stone were slightly different from those of other parts of the beast. She guessed that this stone might be the beast's weakness.

Yun Yao told Chu Mochen about her discovery. After discussing it, they decided that Yun Yao would attract the stone beast's attention while Chu Mochen would look for an opportunity to attack the stone beast's weak point on the head.

Yun Yao cast an illusion spell, creating multiple clones, which surrounded the stone beast and attacked it continuously to distract its attention. The stone beast was confused by Yun Yao's clones and angrily chased after them and attacked them.

Taking this opportunity, Chu Mochen used a very fast body movement, and his figure rushed towards the head of the stone beast like a flash of lightning. When he approached the head of the stone beast, he shouted loudly, and stabbed out with all his strength with the sword in his hand, and a dazzling sword light illuminated the entire hall.

The sword accurately pierced the special stone on the stone beast's head, and the stone beast roared in pain, and its body began to tremble violently. Seeing this, Yun Yao quickly used her strongest attack spell to coordinate with Chu Mochen's attack.

Under the joint attack of the two, the stone beast finally couldn't hold on and collapsed, turning into a pile of rubble. Everyone was panting tiredly, but their faces were filled with the joy of victory.

After defeating the stone beast, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen began to lead everyone to collect treasures in the hall. Among these treasures, there are many precious magic weapons and cultivation resources, which are of great help to their cultivation and the development of the sect.

While collecting treasures, Yun Yao discovered an ancient secret book that recorded a long-lost cultivation method. She was delighted and quickly put the secret book into her storage bag, preparing to study it carefully after returning.

After collecting the treasures, they found a passage on one side of the hall that led to the depths of the ruins. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen knew that there might be more challenges waiting for them ahead, but they were not afraid and decided to continue exploring.

They moved forward along the passage, encountering some small monsters and traps along the way. But after the previous battles, everyone cooperated better and dealt with these dangers more calmly.

When passing through a narrow passage, they encountered a group of bat-like monsters. These monsters were extremely fast and could release a sonic attack that interfered with spiritual power.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen quickly organized their disciples to form a defensive formation. Yun Yao cast a soundproof barrier to block the sound wave attack. Then, she and Chu Mochen cast attack spells to counterattack the monsters.

During the battle, Yun Yao discovered that the weakness of these monsters was their abdomen. She commanded her disciples to focus on attacking the monsters' abdomens. Sure enough, under the attacks of everyone, the monsters were gradually repelled.

After a hard fight, they finally passed through the passage and came to the core area of the ruins. Here was a huge circular square with a high platform in the center. On the platform was a treasure chest emitting dazzling light.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen felt an extremely powerful spiritual power fluctuation emanating from the treasure chest. They knew that this might be the ultimate goal of this exploration of the ruins - a powerful magic weapon or a precious inheritance.

But just as they were about to walk towards the platform, suddenly, many phantoms appeared around them. These phantoms had different shapes, some were ferocious monsters, and some were powerful monks. They surrounded everyone and exuded strong hostility.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen realized that this was the final test of the ruins. They looked at each other, then held each other's hands tightly, gaining strength and courage from each other's eyes.

They led their disciples in a fierce battle with the phantoms. The battle was extremely difficult, as the phantoms kept attacking and seemed to be able to regenerate continuously.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen kept thinking about how to crack the attack during the battle. They found that although the attacks of these phantoms were powerful, there were some minor flaws in their coordination.

They decided to take advantage of these flaws and destroy the phantoms one by one. Yun Yao performed a powerful spiritual binding technique to temporarily trap some of the phantoms. Then, Chu Mochen led the disciples to focus on attacking the other phantoms, and under their attacks, the phantoms were gradually destroyed.

After a thrilling battle, they finally succeeded in destroying all the phantoms. Everyone walked to the platform exhausted and opened the treasure chest that was emitting dazzling light.

In the treasure chest was placed a magic weapon emitting colorful light. The spiritual power fluctuation of this magic weapon was extremely strong, making people feel a vast power. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen knew that this magic weapon was of great significance to them and their sect.

They carefully put the magic weapon into the storage bag, and then led the disciples back along the original route. During the return process, they were still cautious to avoid triggering any remaining traps.

After several hours of trekking, they finally walked out of the ruins. At this time, the sunlight outside shone on them, making them feel like they were reborn.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen, with tired but satisfied smiles, embarked on the journey back to the sect with other disciples. They knew that this relic exploration mission not only allowed them to obtain precious treasures and powerful magic weapons, but also allowed them to be trained and grow in battle, and their future with the sect would be brighter because of it.