Chapter 217 Critical Moment

After a bloody battle, everyone finally approached the stone platform. At this time, the surrounding ghosts seemed to be aware of their intentions and rushed in frantically, trying to prevent them from approaching the crystal ball.

Zhao Feng roared angrily and concentrated all his strength on the giant axe. A layer of intense light appeared around the axe blade. He swept away thousands of troops and temporarily forced back the ghosts in front of him. "Quick, I'll stop them, and you guys quickly find a way to activate the crystal ball!"

Ge Dalong condensed more ice picks and shot them at the ghost, while shouting: "This crystal ball seems to require a specific injection of spiritual power to activate. Miss Huo, is there anything you can do?"

Huo Xiuxiu's expression was solemn, and the bell in her hand kept shaking. She closed her eyes and tried to sense the fluctuation patterns of the crystal ball's spiritual power. After a moment, she opened her eyes and said: "I can feel that the crystal ball is in line with an ancient spiritual power of music, but I need some time to adjust the spiritual frequency of the bell. You guys hold on first!"

Zhang Shi took a deep breath and rushed into the group of ghosts like a whirlwind. Every time he swung his sword, he could drive away a ghost. "Okay, Miss Huo, hurry up! We will hold on!"

After everyone's hard resistance, Huo Xiuxiu finally found the suitable spiritual frequency. She gently touched the bell to the crystal ball, and a strange tune sounded. The crystal ball began to tremble violently, emitting bright rays of light. These rays of light seemed to be alive, shooting towards the surrounding ghosts.

The ghosts struck by the light let out shrill screams, and their bodies began to gradually dissipate. As the light spreads, more and more ghosts are eliminated, and the mysterious atmosphere in the valley gradually dissipates.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the valley that was gradually calming down. Their hearts were filled with joy of surviving the disaster.

Zhang Shi walked up to the stone platform and carefully observed the crystal ball. He found that there seemed to be some blurry images flowing inside the crystal ball. "This crystal ball seems to hide some secret, which may be related to our goal this time."

Huo Xiuxiu also came closer. She looked at the images in the crystal ball and said, "These images look like some ancient rituals or the inheritance of some kind of power. Could they be the key clues to the treasures or powers guarded here?"

Ge Dalong scratched his head and said: "No matter what, now that we have found this place, we cannot give up easily. Maybe if we explore deeper, we can find the answer we want."

Zhao Feng held the giant ax tightly and said, "Yes, we have experienced so many difficulties and obstacles along the way, and we cannot retreat now."

Zhang Shi nodded and said, "Then let's look around here first to see if there are any other clues or entrances. Maybe we can learn more about the secret of this crystal ball."

So, everyone began to search carefully around the stone platform. They leave no corner unturned, hoping to find the key to solving the mystery. During the search, Zhang Shi found a vague rune pattern on one side of the stone platform. This pattern looked very ancient and exuded weak spiritual power fluctuations.

"Come and take a look, there is a rune pattern here, maybe it is related to the crystal ball." Zhang Shi shouted.

Everyone gathered around. Huo Xiuxiu studied the rune patterns carefully, her brows sometimes frowning and sometimes relaxing. "I seem to have seen some records of this rune pattern in ancient books. It seems to be an ancient sealing rune, but I still need to recall the specific cracking method."

Zhao Feng said sarcastically.

"Are there any ancient books in Huojia Village?"

Huo Xiuxiu ignored it and focused on the crystal ball.

Just as Huo Xiuxiu was trying to recall the method of cracking the problem, a dull roar suddenly came from outside the valley, as if some huge monster was approaching.

"No, there is danger again! We have to speed up!" Zhao Feng said as he looked out of the valley warily.

Everyone's hearts tightened, knowing that at this critical moment, the rhythm must not be disrupted by new threats. Zhang Shi made an immediate decision: "Ge Dalong, you and I will explore around this rune to see if we can find any clues about how to crack it. Miss Huo, please continue to pay attention to the relationship between the crystal ball and the rune, and let us know immediately if you find anything." Zhao Feng, stay at the edge of the stone platform, block the intruders, and buy us time."

Everyone responded in unison and quickly performed their duties. Zhao Feng held the giant ax tightly and stood ready. His heavy breathing could be clearly heard in the silent valley. His eyes showed determination and fearlessness, like an insurmountable fortress.

Ge Dalong and Zhang Shi carefully groped around the rune patterns. Ge Dalong stretched out his hand, feeling the weak spiritual power fluctuations emitted by the runes, and murmured to himself: "This flow of spiritual power seems to have a certain pattern, as if it is guiding something." Zhang Shi squatted down and observed carefully. Trying to decipher the hidden information from the lines and textures of the runes. "Look, the lines here and the lines there echo each other, could they be the trigger points of some kind of mechanism?"

Huo Xiuxiu stared at the crystal ball with all her concentration, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on her forehead. The bell trembled slightly in her hand, echoing the spiritual fluctuations of the crystal ball. Suddenly, her eyes lit up: "I seem to have an idea! The way the spiritual power of this rune connects with the crystal ball may require a specific spiritual power sequence to activate."

At this moment, the roar outside the valley became louder and louder, and a huge rock beast slowly appeared. Every step it took shook the ground, and the rocks on its body rubbed against each other, splashing sparks. Seeing this, Zhao Feng rushed forward fearlessly. He jumped high and chopped the beast with a whistling wind. However, the axe blade hit the hard rock shell of the beast, only splashing a few sparks, but the beast was unharmed.

"This shell is too hard, ordinary attacks are difficult to work!" Zhao Feng shouted.

Hearing the shout, Ge Dalong turned around and condensed a huge ice ridge, which flashed with a faint blue light and contained powerful spiritual power. He shouted and shot the ice ridge at the beast. The ice ridge hit the beast, and instantly condensed a thick layer of ice on its body, and the beast's movements became slow.

"Take advantage of now, attack its joints!" Ge Dalong shouted.

Zhang Shi understood immediately, and he gathered the power in his body to the extreme, and the light on Lao Duan's blade shone brightly. He shuttled to the giant beast like a ghost, and stabbed hard at the joint of the giant beast's leg. Lao Duan stabbed the giant beast's joint, and the giant beast let out a painful roar, and its huge body shook.

Huo Xiuxiu was not idle either. She adjusted the spiritual power frequency of the bell and sent out sound waves towards the giant beast. The sound waves interfered with the movement of the giant beast, making it difficult for it to concentrate on attacking everyone.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, the giant beast gradually fell into trouble. But it was obviously not easily defeated. Suddenly, the giant beast opened its huge mouth and spewed out a stream of hot magma from its mouth, sweeping towards everyone.

"Be careful!" Zhang Shi exclaimed, but fortunately Ge Dalong released a water wall to cover everyone. The magma hit the water wall and splashed a fire.

"This is not a solution. We must find a way to crack the rune as soon as possible and activate the power of the crystal ball to fight it!" Huo Xiuxiu said anxiously.

Everyone knew that time was running out, so they focused their attention on the runes and crystal ball again. While Zhao Feng was fending off the monster's attacks, he would turn his head back from time to time to monitor everyone's progress, silently praying that he could find the key to resolving the crisis as soon as possible.