[300%… static… critical point reached… static… continuing may cause malfunction. Immediate stop or upgrade of energy limit recommended.]
[I want it, I want more!]
[Rare opportunity like this, I absolutely cannot miss it!]
[Continue, keep going for me!]
[400%… crackle… severe overload… static… forced termination in progress!]
[Warning! Warning! Warning!]
[System-wide collapse… ]
[Crackle crackle crackle… static… static static static… ]
[Forced… crackle… reboot…]
After that, the system fell silent.
The golden light on Ye Fan's forehead also disappeared.
A flurry of action, fierce as a tiger.
The system had tossed and turned for half a day, only managing to eliminate the evil flames at the entrance of the grand hall…
Ye Fan busily used his mental power to check and found that the contract space with Little Demon Girl was still there.
As long as the contract space remained, it meant the system wasn't finished.
Ye Fan sighed silently.
What a pity…
Just a little bit more…
This dog thing would have self-destructed…
Only a small area of the evil flames had been broken through, which was clearly useless.
Little Demon Girl and the others were still shivering.
“If you really can’t stand it, go back to the contract space first.” Ye Fan gently patted Little Demon Girl’s shoulder.
“Mm…” Little Demon Girl nodded with difficulty, transforming into black light and entering Ye Fan’s forehead.
“Whoosh!” Little Demon Girl’s voice came from Ye Fan’s mind: “Finally, I can catch my breath…”
She was fine, but now it was Ye Fan’s turn to have a headache.
The few people below were still trembling. He couldn’t just leave them here, could he?
Ye Fan had no choice but to take them into the grand hall in batches, one in each hand.
After entering the hall, Shan Ji and the others finally stopped trembling…
It was like two different worlds inside and outside the door, the terrifying feeling vanished instantly.
After recovering, everyone looked around the hall curiously. Da Feng Novel Network
In the center of the grand hall lay the massive skeleton of a demonic beast.
This thing was too enormous, its skeletal frame alone occupied one-third of the hall’s area!
In the gaps of the skeleton, several metal pillars, about three Zhang long and as thick as an arm, were placed askew.
Other than that, there was nothing else in the entire hall.
Let alone any pills or magic treasures, there wasn't even a broken vase.
There were some reliefs and murals on the walls and ceiling, but they were purely decorative and had no practical significance.
“Bang bang.”
Little Demon Girl tapped it with her hand, and the skeleton immediately made a dull sound.
“These pieces are so big,” Little Demon Girl exclaimed, “They look like they’ve been dead for thousands of years! This skeleton is so sturdy. And it’s still so well-preserved.”
In fact, it wasn't just well-preserved; the skeleton still retained considerable demonic energy fluctuations.
Just this residual aura made Little Demon Girl feel uncomfortable again.
A skeleton of a demonic beast that had died for an unknown amount of time could have such an effect, it must have been a terrifying existence when it was alive!
Little Demon Girl certainly didn’t consider herself an equal match!
“Not thousands of years,” Xiang Jiao Jun frowned, “at least tens of thousands of years…”
“Ye Fan, do you know what this is?” Little Demon Girl turned to ask, “You know so much… Hey, what are you looking at?”
Ye Fan wasn’t studying the demonic beast skeleton like the others; he was staring blankly at the metal pillars.
“Strange… why would it be negative water mithril?” Ye Fan suddenly muttered.
“Negative water mithril?” Little Demon Girl asked curiously, “Are you talking about the material of these pillars? Is there a problem with them?”
Everyone else also turned their curious gazes to Ye Fan.
“Negative water mithril is a rare material, usually used for tempering,” Ye Fan explained, “This is the first time I’ve seen a weapon made entirely of negative water mithril.”
“You say it’s a weapon?” Little Demon Girl and the others were even more confused.
“It’s inscribed with attributes like ‘Armor Piercing’ and ‘Sharpness,’” Ye Fan pointed to the faint patterns on the pillars, “Besides weapons, I can’t think of anything else that would be inscribed with these.”
Little Demon Girl and the others quickly took a closer look and found that there were indeed some complex patterns.
Then, a bizarre scene flashed through their minds.
A cultivator, holding such a large pillar, thrust it towards an opponent…
Oh, my god!
That’s too much to bear!
“But there’s one thing that’s very strange,” Ye Fan continued, “The hardness and strength of negative water mithril itself are not suitable for making weapons. The situation of an entire weapon made of negative water mithril is even more impossible.”
“That is indeed quite strange then,” Little Demon Girl muttered, curiously reaching out and pressing on the pillar.
She hadn’t used much force before a small dent appeared on the pillar.
Judging by this, this thing was indeed not suitable for making weapons.
Let alone fighting others, if the user wasn’t careful, they might break the weapon themselves.
Going into battle with something like this would be seeking death…
“Could it be a long-range magic treasure?” Little Demon Girl murmured again, “These pillars, perhaps they are… combined types?”
Everyone mentally simulated that scene.
A cultivator flying in mid-air.
Above their heads, rows of arm-thick, three-Zhang long metal pillars…
It seemed…
Even more unbearable…
Ye Fan rubbed his chin, feeling that something was off.
It wasn’t the unusual purpose, but something else.
“Shan Ji, lift this pillar,” Ye Fan commanded, “Lift it into the air.”
“Got it!”
Shan Ji grabbed the end of a pillar and with a whoosh, he flew up.
Ye Fan’s eyes lit up, as if he had discovered something!
“Retreat further.”
“Brother, is this okay?”
“Further, don’t stop until I say so!”
After Shan Ji had flown far away, Ye Fan and the others finally understood what was wrong!
The other end of the pillar was sharp and thin, and its shape was like a needle!
A needle?
Ye Fan’s mind let out a “wo cao” as that absurd and ridiculous idea resurfaced!
All the strange scenes from before flashed through his mind one by one.
This time, there was no mistake!
A needle itself wasn’t particularly strange, but it depended on who was using it!
The flames at the entrance were left by that old man.
Most of the demonic beasts here were afraid of objects like sticks and pots, and also of grabbing motions.
And that squinting old man was always fond of giving people acupuncture, cupping, and bone setting…
Everything fell into place completely!!!
When the squinting old man had visited this ruin before, he had enthusiastically ‘treated’ the demonic beasts here!
Although demonic beasts generally didn't get sick, that was no problem for the squinting old man!
Even if they weren't sick, he could induce an illness and then treat it!