Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

The artifact instantly burst out with a strong light, the monster struggled in pain, and finally fell to the ground with a bang and turned into black smoke and dissipated.

Lin Ze breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this battle was just the beginning and there were more challenges waiting for him ahead. However, he held the artifact tightly, his eyes became more determined, and continued to walk towards the depths of the demonic energy.

Not long after walking, Lin Ze heard a low roar coming from all around, as if countless pairs of eyes were peeping at him in the darkness.

Suddenly, several black vines emerged from the ground and coiled towards him like snakes.

Lin Ze moved sideways like a ghost, dodging the fierce attack of the vines by a hair's breadth. At the same time, the divine weapon in his hand drew a sharp arc in the air, slashing at the vines with a whirring sound.

There was a crisp sound of "crackling", and the vine broke, but something unexpected happened - black blood gushed out from the broken part! The black blood seemed to have life, quickly gathered together, and merged and intertwined with each other, forming an extremely large rattan ball in the blink of an eye, trapping Lin Ze tightly in it.

At this critical moment, accompanied by a low roar, a huge shadow beast with a gloomy aura slowly emerged from the darkness. Its eyes, flashing with a faint cold light, stared at the trapped Lin Ze, and uttered cold and threatening words: "You ignorant little human dared to trespass here, you are really courting death!"

Faced with such a dangerous situation, Lin Ze did not panic. He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, then closed his eyes and concentrated on feeling the powerful force contained in the artifact in his hand. Gradually, he realized that there seemed to be a mysterious energy fluctuation hidden inside the artifact, and this energy was very likely the key to restraining the shadow beast in front of him.

Thinking of this, Lin Ze began to guide the mysterious energy without hesitation. As his mind moved, the artifact instantly burst into a dazzling light, like a scorching sun shining in the sky. Wherever the light passed, the originally indestructible rattan ball melted and disintegrated quickly like snow encountering the scorching sun.

After getting rid of the restraints, Lin Ze did not pause at all, exerting force on his feet, and rushed towards the shadow beast like an arrow. The artifact in his hand turned into a stream of light at this moment, and pierced straight into the huge body of the shadow beast with lightning speed.

The severely injured Shadow Beast suddenly let out an extremely shrill scream that echoed throughout the entire space.

Its huge body began to tremble violently, and black smoke continued to spew out of the wounds. It was obvious that it had suffered a fatal blow.

Not long after, the shadow beast completely disappeared into thin air, leaving behind only debris and the evil spirit that had not yet dissipated.

After successfully defeating the Shadow Beast, Lin Ze did not stop.

He looked firmly at the place in the distance where the demonic energy was the most concentrated. He exuded an indomitable and majestic aura, and continued to move forward towards his goal without hesitation...

As Lin Ze moved forward, the evil spirit around him became stronger and stronger, as if it was going to swallow him up. But he held the artifact tightly, and the faint light emitted by the artifact became his hope to break through the darkness.

Suddenly, a huge demon palace appeared in front of him. The door was closed and engraved with ancient and evil runes. When Lin Ze approached the demon palace, the runes seemed to sense his arrival and flashed a strange red light. At this moment, the artifact vibrated again, as if to remind him that danger was approaching.

Lin Ze gritted his teeth, mobilized all the strength in his body and injected it into the artifact, which then shone brightly.

He swung the artifact towards the door of the Demon Palace. With a dazzling light and a deafening roar, the door slowly opened.

More and more powerful monsters emerged from it, but Lin Ze showed no fear and shouted, "Come on, today I will destroy all this evil!"

He rushed into the group of monsters like a god of war, his magic weapon dancing in the air in beautiful trajectories, and every swing could destroy a group of monsters.

However, just as he went deeper into the Demon Palace, he discovered a shocking secret - this was actually the entrance to another world.

Lin Ze stood in front of the entrance, feeling surprised and curious. He knew that this secret meant greater challenges and unknown adventures were coming. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to step in.

As soon as he stepped into this area, Lin Ze was shocked by the strange scene before his eyes. He saw a strange green flame burning in the sky, raging like the fire of hell, illuminating the entire sky with a miserable green. The ground under his feet had long been cracked into countless deep cracks, from which billowing hot air continuously emerged, as if the earth was groaning in pain.

Here, the monsters were even more bizarre and terrifying than one could imagine. Some were shaped like a mass of flowing slime, without a fixed shape, but able to stretch and deform freely; others were covered with countless eyes, making people shudder at the sight of them.

Facing such a dangerous environment and ferocious monsters, Lin Ze tightly grasped the artifact in his hand, remained highly alert and moved forward cautiously. At this moment, a gloomy voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Young man, do you think you can really stop all this with your own strength? Don't be naive, all of this is a predestined arrangement of fate!"

Lin Ze was startled and stopped immediately. He looked around quickly, trying to find the source of the sound. However, no matter how hard he searched, there was no one around except those threatening monsters. But he did not back down. Instead, he stood up straight, held his head high, and responded loudly in a firm tone: "Whether it is the so-called fate or not, I will never stand idly by and let evil run rampant!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a "swish" sound, and the originally calm ground suddenly trembled violently, and then countless thick tentacles suddenly stretched out from the ground like lightning, sweeping towards Lin Ze at lightning speed. Fortunately, Lin Ze reacted quickly, dodged the attack of these tentacles like a ghost, and swung the artifact in his hand, slashing at one of the tentacles fiercely. In an instant, a dark green juice splashed everywhere, emitting a pungent and unpleasant smell.

After a fierce fight, Lin Ze gradually discovered that there seemed to be some kind of pattern between these monsters. They seemed to move in a disorderly manner, but in fact they were attacking in an orderly manner around a central point.