Wang Yu
Chapter 278 Retrospection
Inside the secret chamber, golden light filled the room.
Han Li was not sitting cross-legged, but stood slightly nervously beside the prayer mat.
Behind him, the Mantra Treasure Wheel was spinning rapidly, emitting great light. The golden vertical eye suspended within it was wide open, projecting a golden light forward.
Now that he had discovered that the time runes on the treasure wheel could be restored, he naturally thought of the big-eared monk he had seen in the light wall that day.
Although his act of stealing the Dao last time seemed to have been discovered by the other party, even if the other party was incredibly powerful, they should not be able to directly cause trouble for him through this image.
Thinking of this, Han Li took a deep breath, took out the small dark green bottle hidden in front of his chest, and placed it in the golden light.
As soon as the dark green bottle touched the golden light, it immediately flew up on its own, emitting a dazzling green light. An invisible force surged out from it.
Han Li was prepared this time. He crossed his hands in front of his body to block, and stepped back about ten feet before stopping.
On the Mantra Treasure Wheel behind him, the hundred and eight clusters of time runes shone brightly, once again flying away from behind him, suspended opposite the Palm Heaven Bottle, as brilliant as the sun.
After a while, golden light shot out from the Eye of Truth, and green light beams surged out from the dark green bottle, directly tearing a hole in the void.
Accompanied by a stream of crystal light flowing out of the void crack, a crystal light wall soon appeared in the secret chamber, lying across in front of Han Li.
The scene in the light wall was very blurry, and there was no sound at all, but Han Li had prepared himself mentally beforehand, so he was not worried at all, and waited quietly as the time runes on the true wheel dimmed down one after another.
Watching the increasingly clear picture, Han Li's breathing also became a little rapid.
However, after a few breaths, Han Li's gaze towards the light wall became a little dazed.
Because this time, the content presented in the light wall was very different.
All that could be seen was a surge of red light, and what appeared inside was a world covered in huge volcanoes.
Above the sky, ink-black clouds oppressed half of the sky, with blood-red light flashing faintly inside the clouds. Below, towering ten-thousand-foot volcanoes stood, erupting. The craters emitted billowing black smoke, almost connecting with the clouds.
Scarlet hot magma gushed out from the craters, converging into magma rivers more than a hundred feet wide, flowing down from all directions, and converging again at the foot of the mountains, condensing into a huge magma lake.
A huge "rumbling" sound came from inside the light wall, and the entire earth was rising and falling violently. Huge ravines more than a thousand feet long, like dense spider webs, continued to expand, dividing the earth into pieces.
Countless red alien beasts, shaped like earthworms but extremely thick, were constantly turned out by the collapsing earth, and frantically burrowed into the soil, trying to drill back underground.
Their bodies were densely packed, intertwined with each other, all wriggling madly, but constantly squeezed by the collapsing rocks, breaking into countless pieces.
These alien beasts seemed to have extremely strong vitality. Even if their bodies were broken, they still struggled tenaciously, drilling towards the soil below.
However, the magma rivers spreading across the earth had already flowed over, pouring into the cracked ground, engulfing all these alien beasts, burning them to ashes.
Han Li stood in place, watching this apocalyptic scene of a barbaric world, his heart filled with shock. His tightly clenched hands were unconsciously covered in sweat.
At this moment, a muffled sound of "poof" suddenly came, and another time rune on the Mantra Treasure Wheel jumped violently, quickly dimming down, turning gray.
At this time, about half of the runes had become dim and dull.
Han Li suddenly came back to his senses, remembering the purpose of opening the light wall this time.
However, the world that appeared in the light wall this time was completely different from before, which made him a little caught off guard.
"Since that's the case... then I might as well try..."
Thinking this in his heart, Han Li raised his hand and patted the spirit beast bag on his waist. A flash of green light appeared under his palm, and a Fierce-lipped Demon Wolf dripping with blood appeared out of thin air.
As soon as this beast appeared, a flash of green light immediately flashed on its body, and it was about to escape.
Han Li stretched out a hand, grabbed a tuft of fur above its neck, and tossed it lightly towards the light wall.
The demon wolf twisted its waist frantically, but still crashed into the light wall involuntarily. As the light flickered, it seemed to pass through a layer of invisible barrier and fell towards the collapsing earth.
As soon as it landed, it immediately turned around, lowered its body, and snarled at Han Li, baring its fangs.
"It really works..."
Seeing this, Han Li was overjoyed. This light wall could indeed be crossed.
However, in the next moment, he noticed that the fur on the Fierce-lipped Demon Wolf's body began to turn from blue-black to gray-white, and the light in its eyes also faded quickly.
Judging from the demon wolf's lifespan, it seemed to have aged nearly a thousand years in a few breaths.
Immediately afterwards, the demon wolf's skin and flesh were completely decayed, revealing a complete white skeleton, which then turned into ashes, and disappeared without a trace when blown by the wind.
Another "poof" sound rang out again, and another time rune on the Mantra Treasure Wheel dimmed down.
This time, Han Li did not look at the Mantra Treasure Wheel, but pondered, looking at the place where the demon wolf's body had disappeared.
After a while, he flicked his wrist, and a palm-sized blue-red Water-Fire Mirror appeared in his palm.
This mirror was not of high grade. It was just a low-level magical artifact that could release water waves and flames. Its attack power was low. He couldn't even remember when he got it, but he had never sold it.
He raised his palm, tossed it gently, and the Water-Fire Mirror flew in an arc and fell towards the light wall.
Like the demon wolf, the Water-Fire Mirror did not encounter any resistance. The moment it touched the light wall, it flashed with light and crossed to the other side of the light wall.
Han Li's eyes narrowed, and blue light lit up in his eyes. The Bright Sight Spiritual Eyes were also activated.
He wanted to see clearly what happened to the things that passed through the light wall.
He saw that as soon as the Water-Fire Mirror arrived in that world, before it landed, blue and red lights burst out from its surface, as if someone was urging it, about to pour out water waves and spew out flames.
However, in the next moment, there was a soft "bang" sound, and the light on the Water-Fire Mirror flashed violently, and it directly exploded.
What surprised Han Li was that the exploded Water-Fire Mirror did not turn into debris, but turned into a cloud of colored smoke that rose from the explosion, and then quickly contracted and gathered into a dozen kinds of minerals of different colors, falling towards the ground.
Han Li was no stranger to these materials. The two most numerous and largest were a fire-red Flame Spirit Stone and a blue-gray Yuan Water Stone.
These two kinds of ore were the main materials for refining the Water-Fire Mirror, and the other colored materials were all auxiliary materials for refining this treasure.
"It was actually restored to the original spiritual materials..." Han Li's eyes lit up, and he praised in surprise.
As soon as he finished speaking, the various colored ores and spiritual materials that had been decomposed quickly became transparent and illusory, and finally completely disappeared.
At the same time, on the Mantra Treasure Wheel, almost half of the runes had become dim and dull.
After that, he also tried throwing spirit stones, and even Immortal Essence Stones, into the other side of the light wall, but he only saw that after the spirit stones and other things landed, they quickly merged with the ground, and then lost all their spiritual power and completely assimilated with the earth, and finally disappeared.
As time passed, the speed at which the time runes on the Mantra Treasure Wheel dimmed seemed to be getting faster and faster, with "poof" sounds constantly ringing out.
Han Li frowned tightly as he looked at the light wall in front of him and the doomsday world behind it. Suddenly, he flipped his palm and took out a cyan long sword, holding it in his hand.
He stepped back slightly, and the long sword in his hand suddenly rose, slashing down towards the light wall.
Only a dragon-like whistling sound rang out, and a clear sword light like autumn water lit up on the cyan long sword, bursting out from the sword and heading straight for the light wall.
After swinging the sword, Han Li did not withdraw his hand, but bent his knees slightly, holding the sword horizontally in front of him in a blocking posture. One hand formed a magic seal, with faint golden lightning emerging from his fingertips, closely guarding against possible changes.
"Whoosh..."
A sound like a gentle breeze blowing rang out, and the sword light then fell on the light wall.
There was no imagined light wall cracking and sword light shooting out, nor was there any space breaking after the light wall collapsed. Only this slight sound of wind rang out, and a ripple rippled on the surface of the light wall, and the sword light instantly turned into nothing.
In contrast, there was a series of dense sounds on the Mantra Treasure Wheel.
The moment the surface of the light wall returned to calm, the last cluster of runes on the golden wheel above Han Li's head dimmed again.
A colored light lit up from the light wall, making a "bang" sound.
The entire light wall collapsed in response, turning into specks of crystal light and dissipating, and the space crack also closed.
Without the light of the time runes, the Mantra Treasure Wheel also became a little dim, and slowly flew back into Han Li's body, disappearing.
The Palm Heaven Bottle suspended in mid-air retracted its light, quickly shrinking to its original shape, spinning around in mid-air, and flew down.
Han Li raised his hand to catch it, tied it up, and hung it back around his neck, hiding it inside his robe.
The entire secret chamber completely returned to calm.
Han Li sat down cross-legged, took out a yellow pill and swallowed it to assist, and closed his eyes to adjust his breathing.
Just now, maintaining the Mantra Treasure Wheel and the Eye of Truth had indeed consumed a lot of immortal spiritual power, making him feel a little empty in his body, but compared to the embarrassing appearance last time, it was naturally a hundred times better.
After a while, Han Li slowly opened his eyes, smiled bitterly, and comforted himself:
"It seems that the kind of thing that happened last time, getting benefits from the light wall, is ultimately a fluke of luck. You may get it once, but not necessarily a second time. Well, next I should focus on collecting spiritual herbs to refine pills, continue to improve my cultivation, and restore the Dao runes."
After saying that, he stood up, left the secret chamber, and headed out of the cave.
(Wang Yu needs to accompany his family during the May Day holiday, so there will only be one update per day for the next three days!)