"Is everyone okay..." Ziyu walked through the hall and arrived at the previously distorted door of time and space.
"Um... why are you all still here? What are you looking at?" Ziyu climbed the stairs and checked nearby, only to find that eight people were gathered in front of a door, peering in.
"I went in just now; why didn't you follow me?" Ziyu was puzzled. Having been stuck in Xiang Yu's room for ten days, the team members were still here peeking around.
"When we saw you go in, you didn't come out from the door below, so we tried it too, but we didn't succeed. We've only been waiting for an hour; where did you go just now?" Lan Bing'er said.
"An hour? I clearly spent ten days there! I was trapped in one place and ended up obtaining a Body Refinement Technique, which created an exit." Ziyu was confused.
"Could there be a distortion in time?" Ruan Ling wondered. "Ziyu, take us to see."
"Okay..." Ziyu walked down the stairs, and everyone followed behind.
"This is the place." Ziyu arrived at the gap he had blasted open. "I came out from here."
Ruan Ling hesitated for a moment, then leaped up and jumped into the gap.
"Captain, be careful; that area is a strong person's Tomb," Ziyu reminded.
"Uh-huh..." When Ruan Ling's head peeked out from the gap, everyone noticed something different.
From the outside, Ruan Ling's body moved very quickly, while from Ruan Ling's perspective looking at Ziyu and the others, they appeared to be moving slowly as if stuck.
"@¥%..." Ruan Ling's mouth moved rapidly, but she wasn't speaking.
"Uh... Captain, you're fast over there; slow down when you talk," Ziyu said helplessly. It turned out that time was accelerated on that side, causing Ruan Ling's words to be sped up as well, making it hard for everyone to understand.
"I said there's definitely something wrong with time inside here. Have you checked if there's anything else?" Ruan Ling said.
"Nothing else; aside from the coffin, there's nothing else to take," Ziyu replied.
This place was originally a Tomb, with not much inside. Ruan Ling asked Ziyu instead of checking personally, knowing that Ziyu had taken everything that could be taken. If Ziyu said there was nothing, then there should be nothing.
"Then I'm coming out." Ruan Ling jumped and returned to the hall, "Ziyu, what did you get?"
"An empty Spatial Ring and a Body Refinement Technique... The Spatial Ring was taken from a corpse, and there's nothing inside." Ziyu shook his head, spreading his hands to reveal a crystal. "This is the Body Refinement Technique. I've already mastered it. If anyone is interested, you can practice it."
Ziyu didn't want to hide too much about the Body Refinement Technique, but he definitely wanted to keep the Heavy Halberd for himself.
"Everyone remember this." Ziyu handed the crystal to those nearby, and each person stored the information from the crystal in their minds... Li Xuan hesitated for a moment before doing the same.
"This Tomb has nothing. A ruin this large can't just have one Cultivation Method; there must be other things we haven't found..." Ruan Ling observed the surroundings and pondered.
"The door I entered was blue, and after I went in, it turned white... I think the change of this door is random. I believe those doors still lead to other places..." Ziyu noted the change of that door.
"Unfortunately, our strength is still weak; none of us are proficient in spatial techniques..." Ruan Ling shook his head.
Space and time are easily disturbed, so Transcendents often use various techniques related to space and time. However, none of the teammates present had any research on space at the moment.
"Let's just wait in front of a door; when it changes color, we can all go in." Lan Bing'er pouted and suggested.
"That's one way to do it, but time doesn't allow for that," Ruan Ling thought this method was not feasible.
"What if we destroy that broken staircase?" one teammate suggested.
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"Boom... Boom..." Waves of spiritual power attacks struck the staircase. With each hit, the staircase sustained some damage.
"Crack..." The staircase finally showed signs of breaking, and strangely, the upper part of the staircase fell down while the lower part pushed upward, gathering in the center.
"Gravity is also a problem..." Ziyu was speechless. The center was the floor where Ziyu was located, and the lower part would "fall to the ground."
"We really need to destroy this staircase; it seems like it will take a long time," Ziyu observed. Although the staircase had revealed both its top and bottom, there was still a long distance to go, making it difficult to even climb up, let alone break it down layer by layer.
"This staircase is terrible; it doesn't collapse but just keeps falling down layer by layer..." Lan Bing'er looked at the staircase in disbelief.
"Everyone wait a moment; I'll give it a try," Ziyu instructed everyone to stop and walked up to the staircase.
Ziyu raised an arm, gathering energy as spiritual power surged into his hand, forming a fist.
"Even if you're anxious, you don't have to be so violent..." Ruan Ling didn't quite understand Ziyu's actions.
"Boom!" Ziyu's powerful punch struck the staircase, causing large areas to shatter immediately.
"Look, my Body Refinement Technique combined with spiritual power can completely destroy this staircase with physical attacks..." Ziyu looked at everyone. "There might be some limitations; our Mystical Arts don't have much effect on the staircase, so we need to use brute force."
"You all lack my strength, so you'll assist me," Ziyu said. "You need to strike out a gap that can fit two people. I'll drill in and strike upwards; that way, my force can spread throughout the entire staircase."
"Uh... this seems a bit dangerous..." Ruan Ling thought about how strong her Mystical Arts attack was and realized it couldn't do anything to the staircase, so she naturally considered Ziyu's method somewhat risky.
"Don't worry, Captain. My attack may not compare to yours, but its nature is just right for this... You should know that my Body Refinement Technique was found in this ruin," Ziyu chuckled.
"Alright, just be careful," Ruan Ling said, seeing Ziyu's confident demeanor and feeling somewhat reassured.
Ziyu stood at the side of the staircase, ready at all times, while everyone faced forward, casting their Mystical Arts attacks.
"Boom!" Eight Mystical Arts attacks hit simultaneously, shattering the section of the staircase in front of Ziyu. Seizing the moment, Ziyu drilled in and stood in the gap of the staircase with debris falling above him.
"Trying won't kill me..." Ziyu rubbed his fist as chaotic spiritual power surged into his hand. Then he leaped upwards, thrusting his arm out forcefully!
"Boom..." A crisp sound echoed, like a thunderclap, as a clear crack appeared on the main staircase, rapidly extending upward along the top of the stairs, causing the overall descent of the staircase to pause momentarily.
"Whoosh..." Ziyu quickly took the opportunity to retreat to a safe place, watching as the staircase was gradually severed.
"That's amazing..." Lan Bing'er exclaimed, her eyes shining. "Ziyu, can I become like that too?"
"You just need to cultivate," Ziyu replied with a grin.
After the staircase was damaged, the space began to distort. Everyone stood frozen in place, unable to move, but when they looked elsewhere, everything appeared completely twisted.
"It's stabilized... so this is how it is!" Ziyu opened his eyes and saw that the space had stabilized again, revealing an area without its outer layer.
It was a relatively large room with a not-so-high ceiling. The room was circular, and along the walls, doors appeared at regular intervals. Each door was a different color, totaling Nine Doors.
The light from the doors extended and converged at the original center where the staircase had been.
"So that's how it is; these are the only doors, and the staircase just randomly assigned connecting passages. The white door appears more frequently," Ziyu realized and stepped through the white door, reappearing at the entrance.
"I entered through the Blue Door," Ziyu said after stepping into the blue door and being transported to Xiang Yu's Tomb before walking out again.
"What are the other doors for?" Ziyu wondered but hesitated to act recklessly.
This Tomb was confirmed to belong to Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu hadn't told Ziyu anything about it. The other passages might also pose some dangers.
"Let's just try them out," Ruan Ling suggested.
"Captain, no..." Ziyu quickly intervened. "The reason I blasted a hole when I was sent to that Tomb is that there was no exit passage there..."
"What if we go to another space and encounter danger? We would have no way to escape. The owner of this relic places great importance on his Body Refinement Technique; I think it's best if we cultivate successfully before we proceed," Ziyu advised urgently.
"Well then... Ziyu, you wait here while we go cultivate inside that Tomb. It'll be faster, okay?" Ruan Ling said.
"That works too." Ziyu nodded, as this would reduce the time she had to wait.
"I hope there are many treasures here that can enhance our strength," Ziyu sighed, then looked towards Lan Bing'er, who had already walked a distance away.
"Bing'er, don't worry about your cultivation; the Cultivation Method won't change your body shape... you won't turn into a muscular girl..." Ziyu said, suppressing a laugh, and as her words fell, everyone burst into laughter.
Lan Bing'er was quite cute, and if she turned into a muscular girl, no matter how pretty her face was or how nice her clothes were, it would be hard to look at.
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At the Mystic Practitioner Academy, in the square.
The instructors sat cross-legged, facing a mirror that displayed events happening inside.
"Hey... the Body Refinement Technique, Xiang Yu's ruins have been discovered..." one instructor noticed the activity on Ziyu's side.
"Wow... this little one and Xiang Yu actually come from the same planet... Haha, that brute is indeed fortunate... I should pay more attention to this kid named Ziyu in the future."
"I couldn't help when Xiang Yu died... sigh..."
[End of Chapter]
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