Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

In an instant, shouts of killing rang out, and a fierce life-and-death contest began. The black-robed people were ruthless and tricky, and each move was fatal. Each move contained endless killing intent. However, Lin Ze and others were not ordinary people. They cooperated with each other perfectly, and their offense and defense were orderly. Although the battle was extremely difficult, they finally succeeded in repelling this group of vicious black-robed people with their tenacious fighting spirit and exquisite tactics.

Lin Ze raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, panting and looking into the depths of the valley. There was fog there, and a faint light could be seen flickering in the air. He muttered to himself, "It seems that the treasure should be hidden not far away in this valley. Even if there are many difficulties ahead, we must get through it!" After that, he took a deep breath, cheered up, and led his companions to move carefully into the valley, step by step towards the final goal...

The group slowly went deeper into the valley, and the fog around them became thicker and thicker, as if it was alive and entwining them.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake, and cracks spread like a spider web.

Lin Ze opened his eyes wide and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Be careful!" At this critical moment, a creepy rustling sound was heard all around, and then, from the bottomless crack, many huge black beetles emerged like a tide. These beetles exuded a cold metallic luster, as if they were made of steel and were indestructible. As their mouthparts opened and closed, they made a series of extremely piercing and frightening screams, which made people shudder.

In a flash, Lin Ze drew out the sword from his waist with lightning speed. In an instant, a layer of blue light appeared on the sword, like the twinkling stars in the night sky. Lin Ze held the hilt tightly with both hands and swung forward with all his strength. Wherever the sword passed, a series of dazzling blue light arcs were brought up. There were a few crisp "click" sounds, and the beetles in the front were instantly cut in half, and green juice splashed out, splashing on the ground with a sizzling sound.

The others also came to their senses upon seeing this, and hurriedly took out their weapons to fight a thrilling life-and-death battle with the overwhelming beetles. However, the number of beetles was so great, and they kept crawling out of the cracks, one after another, as if they were determined to devour everyone.

Just when everyone was beginning to feel overwhelmed, Lin Ze suddenly noticed something strange - these ferocious beetles were showing obvious fear of the faint light coming from a certain direction. His mind moved, and a bold idea came to his mind.

"Follow me and run! Break through to where the light is!" Lin Ze shouted loudly, waving the sword in his hand repeatedly, clearing a bloody path for his companions behind him. Upon hearing this, everyone dared not hesitate at all, gritted their teeth and followed Lin Ze closely, struggling to resist the crazy attacks of the beetles while moving their feet towards the direction of the light.

After a bloody battle, the group finally approached the mysterious light. Strangely enough, when they were getting closer and closer to the light, the beetles that had been chasing them stopped chasing them, as if they had encountered something extremely scary, and fled in all directions.

What appeared before everyone's eyes at this moment was a giant stone door that towered into the sky. The stone door was densely engraved with various obscure ancient runes, exuding a solemn and solemn atmosphere. Lin Ze carefully stretched out his right hand and gently touched the surface of the stone door. The moment his fingertips touched the stone door, the entire stone door trembled slightly, and slowly opened with a low roar.

As the stone door opened, a dazzling golden light gushed out like a flood, blinding everyone. After getting used to the strong light, everyone was surprised to find that inside the door was a treasure house filled with rare treasures. There was a dazzling array of gold, silver, jewelry, precious antiques, and long-lost secret manuals and techniques, etc., which were dazzling.

However, facing such tempting wealth, Lin Ze did not feel the slightest bit of joy in his heart. Because he knew very well that the real test might have just begun...

Lin Ze looked around vigilantly and found that the treasures in the treasury seemed to be piled up in a mess, but in fact they were hidden. There were some faint array patterns on the ground, which would trigger the mechanism if not carefully.

At this time, a companion couldn't help but reach out to grab a secret book that was emitting powerful spiritual energy fluctuations. Lin Ze wanted to stop him but it was too late.

At the moment when the mysterious secret book was gently picked up, the entire secret room seemed to be activated. The originally dim array pattern suddenly shone with dazzling light, like a meteor across the night sky. Then, a chilling scene appeared - countless sharp arrows shot out from the walls in all directions like a rainstorm, with a sharp whistling sound, which made people shudder.

Lin Ze was quick to act and shouted, "Everyone, hide behind those big treasures!" Hearing this shout, everyone woke up as if from a dream, and panicked and looked around for large treasures to hide. Some people almost fell to the ground in their haste, but they still rolled and crawled to a relatively safe place.

However, this terrifying rain of arrows did not seem to stop, and the dense arrows continued to pour down. Lin Ze was vigilantly dodging the continuous attack of arrows while calmly observing the situation around him. Soon, he noticed a strange phenomenon - these arrows were actually concentrated in a remote corner.

"The key to the control mechanism must be hidden there!" Lin Ze thought to himself, with a flash of determination in his eyes. Although he knew it was extremely dangerous, in order for everyone to leave the treasure house safely and take the treasure away smoothly, he took a deep breath without hesitation, and then rushed to that corner like an arrow from a bow.

After dodging several arrows that nearly hit him, Lin Ze finally reached the corner. As expected, he found a slightly raised stone in the corner.

Without thinking too much, he pressed down the stone with all his strength.