Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

Seeing this, Lin Ze had an idea and hurried forward, carefully inserting the token into a groove on the stone door.

As the token was inserted, a dull roar was heard, and the stone door began to slowly open. A dazzling golden light shone through the gap in the door, making it almost impossible to open one's eyes.

However, at the moment the stone door opened, countless black shadows surged out from the door like a tide. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be a group of puppet guards wearing heavy armor and holding sharp blades.

Although the movements of these puppet guards are somewhat mechanical, each step they take carries a heavy sense of power, as if they can crush any obstacle in their way.

Lin Ze knew that this battle would not be easy, so he shouted loudly: "Everyone be careful and attack their weaknesses according to the plan we made before!" Hearing Lin Ze's shout, everyone was cheered up. Although they were exhausted at the moment, they still gritted their teeth, raised their weapons, and rushed towards the puppet guards.

A thrilling battle began.

Everyone cooperated with each other and worked closely together, dodging the fierce attacks of the puppet guards while looking for opportunities to find their flaws.

Gradually, they figured out the action patterns of these puppets and began to defeat them one by one.

Whenever someone successfully hit a puppet's vital part, it would provoke a frenzied counterattack from other puppets, but everyone was not afraid and fought bloody battles.

After a long and arduous battle, the last puppet finally fell to the ground.

The debris and blood on the ground testified to the cruelty of this fierce battle.

Everyone was already exhausted at this time, but their eyes were shining with excitement and anticipation.

After taking a short breath, they took firm steps, step by step, towards the place shining with golden light, secretly wondering in their hearts what kind of rare treasures or deadly dangers were hidden there.

When everyone approached the golden light, they found that it was actually a huge stone platform, on the platform placed a crystal ball emitting soft light.

Before everyone could take a closer look, the surrounding space suddenly distorted and an illusory image of an old man emerged.

The old man glanced at everyone with a cold look in his eyes and said, "Do you think you can get the treasure so easily? This is just the first test."

Everyone looked at each other and clenched their weapons. The old man continued, "This crystal ball contains great power, but if someone with bad intentions touches it, they will be killed by its power. Now tell me, why did you take the treasure?"

Some people said it was for wealth. The old man snorted coldly. The man instantly felt a pressure coming and knelt on the ground in pain.

Lin Ze stood up and said loudly: "We are only here to protect justice in the world. If we can obtain the power of this treasure, we will definitely ensure peace in this area." The old man smiled after hearing this, "I hope what you said is true."

After saying this, the force that oppressed everyone disappeared.

The old man waved his hand, and a ray of light was injected into the crystal ball. The crystal ball slowly floated towards Lin Ze. Everyone was surprised. Lin Ze reached out to catch the crystal ball, feeling the tremendous power in it, and knew that a greater challenge was coming.

Just as Lin Ze held the crystal ball, the crystal ball suddenly shone brightly, a strong light flashed, and the scene in front of everyone changed suddenly.

They were in a desolate land, surrounded by boiling lava pools, with lightning and thunder in the sky.

Lin Ze understood that this was the second test brought by the treasure.

At this time, the ground began to shake violently, and a huge fire demon crawled out of the magma pool. It was burning with flames all over its body, and every step it took made the earth tremble.

The enraged fire demon opened his bloody mouth, let out a deafening roar, then stretched out his strong and powerful legs and rushed towards the crowd like a runaway train.

Facing the fierce fire demon, the crowd did not retreat at all. They swiftly dodged left and right, skillfully avoiding the fierce attack of the fire demon.

At the same time, they seized the opportunity and swung their weapons to launch a fierce counterattack against the Flame Demon. For a moment, the flashes of swords and sabers flashed and the shouts of killing resounded through the sky.

However, after a fierce battle, Lin Ze keenly realized that even though everyone had tried their best, it was still difficult to deal a fatal blow to the Flame Demon.

At this moment, an astonishing discovery flashed through his mind - the eyes of the Fire Demon, burning with blazing flames, seemed to be the most vulnerable part of its body!

Thinking of this, Lin Ze shouted loudly without hesitation: "Everyone, pay attention! Concentrate your firepower on the Flame Demon's eyes! That's its weak spot!"

After hearing Lin Ze's instructions, everyone immediately changed their tactics and locked all their attack targets on the eyes of the Flame Demon.

Under the continuous and extremely precise fierce attacks of the crowd, the Fire Demon finally began to show signs of fatigue and exhaustion.

Its movements became slower and slower, and the flames on its body were no longer as strong as before.

And everyone took this opportunity to attack even more fiercely.

Finally, with everyone's unremitting efforts, accompanied by the Fire Demon's last desperate roar, its huge body fell to the ground with a bang, and then in a dazzling flame, it completely turned into a pile of ashes.

With the destruction of the Fire Demon, the surrounding environment that had been distorted and deformed by the raging fire gradually returned to its former peace and tranquility.

The light emitted by the magical crystal ball at this moment was brighter and more dazzling than ever before, just like the brightest star in the night sky.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Lin Ze knew that although he had successfully defeated the Fire Demon, if he wanted to truly and completely control this crystal ball that possessed infinite mysteries and powerful power, he would still face more unknown difficulties, obstacles and severe tests in the future.

However, at this moment, his eyes were firm and fearless, and his heart was full of courage and determination to move forward.

Because he firmly believes that no matter how rough and bumpy the road ahead is, he will be able to overcome all difficulties and uncover all the secrets hidden behind this crystal ball.

Lin Ze was immersed in thought when suddenly the crystal ball moved again.

With a flash of light, everyone was teleported into an ancient palace.

There were many strange runes flashing in the hall, faintly forming barriers.

At this time, a voice echoed: "This is the last level. Only those who break the formation can truly become the master of the crystal ball."

Everyone began to study the runes and tried to make a breakthrough.

Lin Ze discovered that these runes seemed to be related to the Five Elements, so he directed everyone to act according to the principle of the Five Elements.

Some people are responsible for mobilizing the power of gold to break the defense of the wood rune, while others are responsible for using the power of water to dissolve the power of the fire rune.

Just when they were about to succeed, some spiritual creatures suddenly jumped out and disturbed everyone.

Lin Ze held the crystal ball tightly in one hand and waved his weapon to resist with the other.

At the critical moment, he channeled some of the power in the crystal ball, turning it into a breeze to disperse the spirits.

Everyone took the opportunity to break through all the rune barriers in one fell swoop. The crystal ball completely quieted down, and the power slowly merged into Lin Ze's body.

Lin Ze felt an unprecedented power filling him up. He knew that from now on he would shoulder a greater responsibility, which was to use this power to fulfill his promise to protect justice in the world.