Chapter 795 - 789: The Mysterious Stone

A stone.

Wa Huang held in her hand, surprisingly, a stone.

This stone, unremarkable, showed no energy fluctuations, revealing no hints.

If one must say, what distinguished this stone from ordinary stones.

Its only difference was in its color.

This stone was composed of five colors: gold, blue, black, red, and yellow.

Moreover, each color occupied the exact same area.

The fat old man had lived since the Returning Ruins Era, but despite his knowledge, he couldn’t identify the origin of this stone.

"Wa Huang, what is this stone?" the fat old man asked Wa Huang.

"Hmph!" Wa Huang, crushed beneath a pile of people, defiantly said, "Want to know? Dream on!"

"I won’t tell you, not even in death."

Wa Huang refuses to speak?

However, for the fat old man, this isn’t a big deal.

Whether Wa Huang spoke or not was actually unimportant.

Since Wa Huang could use this stone to strike them, then the fat old man could equally use this thing to strike Wa Huang.

If this thing struck the Array Spirit on the head, it could scatter the spirit with one hit.

Then, if it struck Wa Huang on the head, even if it didn’t kill her in one blow, hitting more times would surely do so.

Moreover, now that Wa Huang was being pinned down, it was the perfect time to strike her head.

With this thought, the fat old man motioned to pick up the stone from the ground.

"Boom!"

As soon as the fat old man touched the stone on the ground, the stone suddenly emitted a five-colored light, sending the fat old man flying.

This stone wouldn’t let the fat old man touch it.

"Hahaha!" Wa Huang laughed loudly, "You can’t lift it; no one can except me!"

"Want to kill me? Dream on!"

The fat old man looked extremely displeased and tried again, only to be repelled by the stone once more.

This stone was strange indeed; once Wa Huang got hold of it, it would be difficult to stop her.

Thus, the fat old man shouted, "Others try it."

With a command from the fat old man, the Array Spirit originally hanging on Wa Huang’s arm released and swiftly tried picking up the stone from the ground.

However, no matter who tried to touch the stone, they would be sent flying by it.

Seeing this, Wa Huang became overjoyed; no one, except her, could pick up the stone.

This meant the fat old man and the Array Spirits could hardly harm her.

This event filled Wa Huang with boundless confidence.

Fueled with confidence, Wa Huang suddenly became vigorous, struggling intensely.

At this moment, the fat old man realized why they couldn’t lift the stone.

Because they didn’t strictly have a flesh body.

Their flesh bodies were condensed from an array, not considered true flesh bodies.

This stone, perhaps only a true flesh body could lift.

The fat old man’s guess was actually correct.

This stone was condensed from the purest Five Elements Energy.

Wa Huang obtained this stone, initially intending to use it as Refining Material.

However, no matter how Wa Huang tried refining it, the stone remained unchanged.

This stone, indestructible, was beyond destruction or damage.

Wa Huang then tried to infuse energy into the stone, control its movement, and use it directly as a Magical Treasure.

Regrettably, Wa Huang’s attempt failed again.

Because this stone had a similar function to prohibition, it couldn’t be summoned, only held to use.

Outside, Wa Huang was a dignified Tier One Powerhouse, naturally couldn’t fight holding just a stone.

This stone became somewhat useless.

Wa Huang never expected that this stone would be useful today.

The rules made by the fat old man, this stone happened to perfectly avoid.

Magical Treasures couldn’t be used; this stone wasn’t a Magical Treasure.

Mana couldn’t be used; this stone had a prohibition function, couldn’t be activated with Mana.

Relying on this stone, Wa Huang nearly fought against many, wildly assaulting the crowd.

"Ah!"

With Wa Huang’s shout, the Array Spirits pinning her down were all sent flying, and Wa Huang climbed up again.

As soon as Wa Huang rose, she dashed towards the fat old man.

Of course, she wasn’t attacking the fat old man but trying to snatch the stone.

"Don’t let her take the stone back; stop her!" the fat old man commanded, and the surrounding Array Spirits charged at Wa Huang.

At this moment, Wa Huang had no stone, losing her previous combat strength.

Under the assault of many Array Spirits, she retreated step by step, struggling to defend, finding it hard to approach the stone on the ground.

The chaotic battle grew fiercer.

Although the fat old man and the Array Spirits couldn’t take the stone, as long as Wa Huang couldn’t either, they maintained the upper hand.

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Lin Yuan followed the map given by the fat old man, journeying deep into the Returning Ruins.

Finally, he seemed to reach the end of the Returning Ruins.

Ahead, there was no path.

At this moment, what unfolded before Lin Yuan was a dilapidated gateway.

Despite being in ruins now, Lin Yuan could see the former splendor from this broken gateway.

Collapsed golden pillars, engraved with dragons and phoenixes.

On large sections of the collapsed jade walls, various exquisite reliefs were carved.

"Creak!"

A sound came from beneath Lin Yuan’s feet, it seemed he stepped on something.

Upon closer inspection, beneath Lin Yuan’s foot was a shattered plaque.

Scattered fragments of the plaque held cylindrical marks.

Stick marks.

This plaque seemed to have been shattered by a stick-like weapon.

The plaque was in tatters, the first two words couldn’t be found.

Through the plaque’s remnants, the last word was recognizable as ’gate’?

...Gate.

"What gate?" Lin Yuan looked bewildered.

Lin Yuan felt guessing what kind of gate this was akin to forgetting what medicine to buy at a pharmacy, only remembering "capsule" at the end.

Lin Yuan stood in front of the gate, deeply pondering.

The map given by the fat old man pointed here.

According to the fat old man, the ultimate array of the Returning Ruins lay beyond the gate.

However, what the ultimate array was, and what lay beyond the gate, even the fat old man didn’t know.

The fat old man could only guide Lin Yuan to this point, the rest of the path depended on Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan knew, behind this gate might be full of dangers.

But he had no other choice.

Wa Huang was outside; he must enter the Returning Ruins and master the ultimate array to qualify for a desperate fight with Wa Huang.

Indeed, there might be endless danger behind this gate.

To master the traces of the ultimate array in the Returning Ruins, he must face countless challenges.

Yet, what about the worst outcome?

At most, failure, at most, death.

If he didn’t rush, falling into Wa Huang’s hands meant certain death.

The former is maybe death, the latter is certainly death.

Making decisions was without a doubt.

With this thought, Lin Yuan strode into the gateway.