Douluo Continent: Dragon Shadow Rebirth

The members of the expedition team gathered around the sphere of colorful light, nervously studying the rune information on the sphere. The vibrations of the ruins became more and more intense, the cracks on the walls continued to expand, and stones continued to fall. The situation was extremely critical.

"This is really urgent. Everyone, please find a specific method to strengthen the seal!" The captain of the expedition team urged anxiously.

Beads of sweat covered the team members' foreheads, their eyes were fixed on the flowing runes on the sphere, and their brains were working rapidly.

"Look here!" A soul master who was good at rune research suddenly shouted, "These runes seem to mention that we need to find the five elemental cornerstones in the ruins, and then place them in specific locations to strengthen the seal."

"What are we waiting for? Let's go find these elemental cornerstones." Zhang Meng said as he began to look around.

According to the runes on the sphere, these five elemental cornerstones represent the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and they are scattered in different areas of the ruins.

The expedition team was divided into five groups, each heading in a different direction to search for the elemental cornerstone.

The team searching for the gold cornerstone was walking in a metallic passage. The walls of the passage seemed to be made of some kind of metal ore, shining with a cold luster.

"It feels so cold here, like walking into a big ice cellar." A soul master in the group said while rubbing his arms.

Suddenly, some puppets formed by metal soul power appeared in front of them. Holding various metal weapons, these puppets rushed towards the team members.

"It's these troublesome guys again, everyone be careful." said the team leader.

The team members quickly took up their fighting positions. A soul master who was good at fire attribute soul power took the lead in launching an attack. He released a flame soul power and burned towards the metal puppet. However, the flame only made the surface of the metal puppet slightly red, and did not cause much damage to them.

"Ordinary flames won't work. We have to find a way to attack with more powerful soul power." said a soul master.

So, the team members gathered their soul power together to form a powerful mixed soul power. They fired it at a metal puppet, and this time, the powerful soul power directly blasted the puppet into pieces.

After dealing with these metal puppets, they finally found the gold element cornerstone at the end of the passage. This cornerstone emitted a dazzling golden light and was engraved with complex gold runes.

"Found it! Let's take it back quickly." The team leader said excitedly.

The team looking for the wood element cornerstone came to an area full of vines and trees. The trees here were tall and dense, and the vines crawled on the ground like snakes, occasionally wrapping around the team members' feet.

"These vines seem to have their own consciousness. How annoying." A soul master complained.

They moved forward cautiously in this area, and suddenly heard a melodious flute sound. As the flute sounded, the surrounding trees and vines began to dance wildly and attacked the team members.

"This flute sound must be the key to controlling these plants. We have to find the person playing the flute." said the team leader.

The team members began to look for the flute player in the woods. After searching for a while, they found a mysterious figure hiding behind a big tree. The figure was shrouded in green soul light and his face could not be seen clearly.

"Who are you? Why are you stopping us?" the team leader shouted.

The mysterious man did not answer, but continued to play the flute, controlling the plants to attack.

The team members decided to deal with the mysterious man first. A soul master who was good at wind attribute soul power used the wind step and rushed towards the mysterious man quickly. He used the power of wind to avoid the attack of plants, came in front of the mysterious man, and punched him.

The mysterious man dodged the attack by moving his body to the side, then waved his flute, and a green soul beam shot towards the soul master. The soul master quickly retreated, and the other team members also launched attacks and surrounded the mysterious man.

Under the joint attack of everyone, the mysterious man gradually lost. He put down the flute and turned around to escape. The team members quickly chased him and finally subdued him.

"Please let me go, I'm just guarding this place as ordered." The mysterious man begged.

"On orders? On whose orders?" asked the team leader.

The mysterious man reluctantly told the truth. It turned out that he was a descendant of an ancient civilization, and his family had guarded the ruins for generations to prevent anyone from destroying the seal.

"We are not here to break the seal, but to strengthen it. We need the wood element cornerstone to prevent the release of the dark forces." The team leader explained.

After hearing this, the mysterious man hesitated for a moment, and then led the team members to a huge ancient tree. He pressed a few times on the trunk of the ancient tree, and a secret compartment appeared on the trunk, in which was placed a wood element cornerstone emitting emerald green light.

"This is the wood element cornerstone you are looking for. I hope you can really strengthen the seal." said the mysterious man.

The team looking for the cornerstone of the water element came to an underground lake. The water was clear, but it exuded a cold breath.

"This lake doesn't look simple." said a soul master.

When they approached the lake, a huge wave suddenly surged in the lake and rushed towards them. In the waves were also some water monsters formed by the condensation of water soul power.

"Everyone be careful, this water monster is not easy to deal with." The team leader warned.

The team members used their soul skills to resist the attacks of the water waves and water monsters. A soul master who was good at earth attribute soul summoned an earth wall to try to block the water waves. However, the impact of the water waves was too great, and the earth wall was quickly washed away.

"This won't work. We have to take the initiative." said a soul master.

So, they began to attack the water monster. A soul master who was good at electric soul power released lightning and shot it towards the water monster. After the lightning hit the water monster, the water monster's body trembled for a while, but soon returned to normal.

"These water monsters seem to be able to absorb and transform our attack energy." The team leader analyzed.

After some thought, they decided to change their strategy. The team members connected their soul powers together to form a soul power vortex. They threw the vortex towards the center of the lake, trying to drain the lake water.

As the lake water was slowly drained, the water monsters gradually disappeared because they lost the support of the water. Finally, they found the water element cornerstone at the bottom of the lake. This cornerstone was like a blue crystal, emitting a soft blue light.

The team searching for the foundation stone of the fire element came to a cave with blazing flames. The temperature in the cave was so high that it felt like being in a huge furnace.

"This temperature is almost roasting me." A soul master complained.

In the cave, they saw many fire elves formed by the power of flame souls. These fire elves danced happily in the flames, and when they saw the team members, they pounced on them.

"These fire elves look very naughty." said the team leader.

The team members began to fight the fire spirit. A soul master who was good at ice attribute soul power released cold air, trying to freeze the fire spirit. But the fire spirit's flame was too strong, and the cold air was evaporated as soon as it approached.

"We can't use opposing attributes to deal with them. We have to think of other ways." said a soul master.

They found that the trajectory of the fire spirits jumping in the flames seemed to have a certain pattern, so the team members began to study this pattern and avoid the fire spirits' attacks based on it.

While hiding, they discovered a special area in the cave. The color of the fire in this area was different from that in other places, showing a dark purple color.

"There may be a problem here, let's go and take a look." said the team leader.

When they approached this area, they found that the foundation stone of the fire element was here. This foundation stone was like a burning fireball, emitting a strong red light.

The team searching for the earth element cornerstone traveled through a maze filled with rocks and soil. There were many traps in the maze, and if you were not careful, you would fall into a bottomless pit or be caught by a rock that suddenly appeared.

"This maze is so difficult to navigate. It feels like playing hide-and-seek with a giant stone monster." A soul master said helplessly.

They moved forward carefully in the maze, constantly breaking traps. Suddenly, they heard a rumbling sound, as if something huge was approaching.

"Everyone be careful, there might be a big one." The team leader said vigilantly.

A huge stone beast made of rocks and soil appeared in front of them. The stone beast was several feet tall, and every time it moved, the ground would shake.

"This stone beast looks very strong." said a soul master.

The stone beast rushed towards the team members, and the team members quickly dodged. They found that although the stone beast's attack was powerful, its movement was relatively slow.

"We can use this weakness to deal with it," said the team leader.

So the team members began to deal with the stone beast in the maze. They used the traps in the maze to guide the stone beast into pits or get caught by rocks.

After some efforts, they finally succeeded in trapping the stone beast. Then, they found the earth element cornerstone where the stone beast was trapped. This cornerstone was like a huge earth-yellow crystal, emitting a heavy breath.

All five groups successfully found the elemental cornerstones, and they quickly returned to where the colorful light sphere was placed with the cornerstones.

At this time, the ruins were shaking so violently that they were almost collapsing.

"Everyone, place the cornerstones according to the instructions of the runes!" shouted the expedition leader.

The team members placed the five elemental cornerstones in a specific order and position. When the last cornerstone was placed, a powerful soul light emanated from the cornerstone and shot towards the direction of the seal.

After being reinforced by the soul power, the seal gradually stabilized. The vibration of the ruins also slowly stopped, the cracks on the wall stopped expanding, and stones stopped falling.

"Huh, we finally succeeded." The members of the expedition team breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with satisfaction on their faces.

"We were almost dead this time, but we also gained a lot," said Chu Tian.

Not only did they successfully strengthen the seal to prevent the release of dark forces, they also obtained the soul power cultivation method left behind by ancient civilization.

"Let's quickly bring this good news and these gains back to the Wuhun World." said the captain.

The expedition team left the mysterious ruins carefully with a full harvest and embarked on the journey back to the world of martial arts. They knew that these harvests would have a profound impact on the development of the world of martial arts, and they would become heroes of the world of martial arts, inspiring more soul masters to continue to explore and progress, and to protect the peace and prosperity of the world of martial arts.