Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

As expected, at the moment the jade was taken out, a dazzling light suddenly burst out! The strength of this light was beyond imagination, even several times brighter than the light it had emitted at any time before!

The light was like an extremely sharp sword, with unparalleled momentum, piercing straight towards the group of hideous and vicious monsters! In an instant, wherever the light reached, those monsters that were originally fierce and ferocious seemed to have suffered a huge blow, and all let out a heart-wrenching scream! They were terrified, and their bodies retreated involuntarily, as if they had encountered the most terrifying natural enemy in their lives!

Taking advantage of the monsters' panic, Lin Ze knew that the opportunity was now or never, so he used his body skills without hesitation. His feet seemed to be stepping on the wind, and his speed was as fast as lightning. With the force of thunder, he broke through the iron wall formed by the monsters' heavy encirclement!

After successfully breaking through, Lin Ze did not stop at all, not even wasting time to look back, and plunged into the depths of the valley, running wildly! At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: the legendary artifact with earth-shattering power must be hidden in the deeper part of this dangerous and mysterious area!

No matter what difficulties, obstacles, life-and-death tests await him ahead, he will never retreat even a single step!

Lin Ze rushed all the way, and the surrounding scenery quickly receded. Suddenly, a bottomless canyon appeared before his eyes. The valley was filled with mist and there was a faint strong aura fluctuation. But Lin Ze's eyes were firm, and he jumped down without hesitation.

On the way down, the howling wind blew his face painfully, but he calmly looked for a foothold. He finally landed on a protruding rock. As soon as he stood firm, a huge black claw stretched out from the mist beside him and grabbed him. Lin Ze dodged sideways and saw that it was a giant beast with scales all over its body shining coldly.

He quickly drew out the sword from his waist, and the runes on the sword flashed. The man and the beast fought fiercely in an instant. Every attack of the giant beast carried a thousand pounds of force, and Lin Ze used his agility to dodge and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. After a few rounds, Lin Ze saw the right opportunity and stabbed the giant beast with a sword at its weak point. The giant beast fell down with a bang and turned into a cloud of black smoke and dissipated.

Lin Ze panted and continued to explore deeper into the valley. He felt that he was getting closer and closer to the artifact. A strong premonition came to his mind, driving him to speed up his pace and walk towards the deepest part.

The further Lin Ze walked in, the stronger his premonition became.

Just as he turned a corner, a strange scene appeared before his eyes.

I saw an ancient stone platform standing in the center, and on the platform was an object emitting a faint light. The light seemed to contain a power as profound as the stars in the universe. This must be the legendary artifact.

However, when he was less than ten steps away from the stone platform, countless iron chains suddenly emerged from all around him and coiled towards him like snakes.

Lin Ze swung his sword and cut off several chains, but the chains continued to come.

At this time, formation runes also rose from the ground, releasing a powerful suction force to trap him.

Lin Ze knew that if he was bound, he would never have the chance to obtain the artifact, so he forced the spiritual power in his body to resist the suction and threw out the sword.

The sword spun at high speed in the air, cutting off a large number of chains. When the chains' attack slowed down a little, he rushed forward and finally stepped onto the stone platform and grasped the artifact.

In an instant, a tremendous force surged into his body and all danger disappeared.

Lin Ze held the artifact tightly, his eyes full of excitement, ready to leave this place to face new challenges.

Just as he was about to use his skills to leave the valley, Lin Ze discovered that the magic weapon in his hand was shining brightly, and then a shadow appeared.

It turned out to be a soul that looked like an old man.

The old man looked at Lin Ze and said, "Boy, don't be in a hurry to leave. This artifact is not something that can be easily obtained."

Lin Ze was startled and became alert: "Who are you? Why are you here?"

The old man smiled and said, "I am the one who guards this artifact. Now that you have taken it, you must agree to one condition of mine."

Lin Ze frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "What are the conditions?" His eyes were fixed on the mysterious old man in front of him, expecting him to give an answer.

The old man raised his dry branch-like finger and slowly pointed it toward the outside of the valley. He said in a deep and powerful voice, "You must use this artifact to completely quell the impending disaster. If you fail to do so, this artifact will have a powerful backlash force, causing unimaginable damage to you."

After hearing this, Lin Ze fell into a brief contemplation. After a while, a hint of determination flashed in his bright eyes, and then he nodded vigorously and answered solemnly: "Okay! I am full of passion and sense of justice in exorcising demons. Since I am fortunate enough to get such a magical treasure this time, I will definitely not let it down for the mission it has given me."

Hearing Lin Ze's resolute words, the old man smiled with satisfaction and nodded gently. Then, his originally clearly visible figure gradually dissipated into the air like smoke.

Lin Ze tightly grasped the artifact in his hand, feeling the warmth coming from it. This warmth seemed to be the artifact responding to the promise he had just made, and it gave him an inexplicable surge of confidence and strength.

He raised his head and looked into the distance, his eyes falling on the sky in the distance.

I saw a group of black evil spirits surging there, which gave people a gloomy and terrifying feeling.

However, facing such a scene, Lin Ze not only did not show any fear, but instead raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said to himself: "A new journey will begin from now on."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward without hesitation and strode towards the place where the evil spirit was permeated.

Lin Ze ran all the way and soon approached the place where the evil spirit was strongest. At this time, the surrounding grass and trees had withered and turned black, emitting a foul smell.

Suddenly, a huge monster jumped out from the evil energy and pounced towards Lin Ze with its fangs and claws bared.

Lin Ze was not in a hurry. He raised the magic weapon and muttered something.

A beam of light shot out from the artifact and headed straight for the monster.

The monster was hit by the light and screamed, but did not fall down. Instead, it attacked again with greater anger.

Lin Ze realized that this monster was much more powerful than he had imagined.

He dodged the attack skillfully with a flash of his body, and at the same time began to carefully observe the monster's weaknesses.

Just as the monster's attack failed again, Lin Ze discovered a lighter spot on the monster's abdomen.

He seized the opportunity, jumped high, poured all his strength into the weapon, and stabbed it hard at the monster's abdomen.