Afterward, Fang Yu quickly moved far away. He stared deeply at the lake burial pit, and seeing dark shadows still moving within it, the caution in his heart deepened even further.
Time slowly passed like this as the first rays of sunlight rose.
Day had arrived.
Sunlight poured down, and the figures beneath the lake finally stopped swimming about, gradually fading away and sinking back into silence.
At this moment, the great lake stood quietly, everything appearing incomparably tranquil.
Meanwhile, after escaping danger, Fang Yu finally let out a sigh of relief. He carefully inspected the area around the lake and, after confirming there were no issues, found a location rich in elemental energy and sat down cross-legged.
He intended to seize this opportunity and use the dense elemental power here to complete his breakthrough.
A moment later, within his spiritual world, the red Fire Element Nebula brewed briefly before suddenly erupting.
Boom!
In an instant, the starlights shot toward the heavens, blooming with even more dazzling brilliance.
The red nebula expanded rapidly, radiant and resplendent.
Nebula transformation, a Mid-Tier Level Two Fire Mage!
Fang Yu slowly opened his eyes. Gazing at the light in the sky, he rose to his feet.
After stretching his body slightly, he cautiously surveyed his surroundings before vanishing into the distance in a blur.
Only after putting considerable distance between himself and the great lake burial pit did Fang Yu truly relax.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt the great lake burial pit at night was far too eerie.
Thus, immediately after breaking through, he chose to leave as quickly as possible.
Although treasures likely existed within the great lake burial pit, his current strength simply wasn't enough to obtain them.
He knew that deep within the dark regions of the burial pit lurked existences he absolutely could not handle.
In the days that followed, Fang Yu continued exploring.
He stepped into mountain ranges stretching for hundreds of kilometers, traversing the ruins while continuously advancing as time slowly passed.
One week later, the afterglow of sunset descended. The light had already begun dimming, yet the sparse rays still stubbornly illuminated Fang Yu as he ran through the ruins.
Along the way, Fang Yu encountered no real danger.
However, he was getting closer and closer to the center of the mountain range.
Until finally, before long, Fang Yu suddenly halted his steps.
Ahead of him, a mountain peak clearly entered his sight, glittering beneath the sparse light.
This was a broken mountain.
It was extremely thick and vast, with an incredibly smooth cross-section, as though it had been sliced apart by a peerless divine weapon, forming a gigantic platform.
This broken mountain was at least ten times thicker than the surrounding peaks.
Had it not been severed, it likely would have pierced into the clouds, becoming the tallest mountain in the entire region.
After glancing at the sky, Fang Yu searched for a place to rest.
Nighttime could potentially bring danger, so he did not act immediately.
Thus, time slowly passed.
The next day, Fang Yu opened his eyes. After standing up, he cautiously advanced forward and, several hours later, arrived beneath the broken mountain.
This region contained no soil and not a single blade of grass.
Massive stones stretched endlessly throughout the area, with many stone forests scattered around.
Some rocks resembled resting oxen, while others resembled towering bamboo shoots, each with different postures, creating a truly magnificent sight.
He raised his head and looked toward the mountain before him.
Though majestic in aura, not a single plant grew upon it.
Cliffs covered every surface.
There was no earth whatsoever only stone.
"This is definitely no ordinary place. Hopefully I can gain something here and nothing unexpected happens."
After stepping into the mountain region, Fang Yu carefully observed his surroundings.
As he continued deeper inward, the stony terrain gave him a very peculiar feeling.
Within this mountain land, Fang Yu discovered numerous carvings.
However, after enduring endless wind, frost, rain, and snow, most had already become blurred and difficult to distinguish.
Only faint traces remained visible.
Most recorded ancient events, while others depicted landscapes, different mountains and rivers, flocks of birds, and strange beasts, all carved vividly and lifelike.
"Why would an ancient ruin carve these things?"
Fang Yu carefully examined them, though doubts filled his mind.
After advancing several dozen more steps, Fang Yu arrived before a mountain wall and immediately froze in surprise.
The carving upon it was especially unusual.
Two figures were engraved there.
One of them was an undead creature.
It possessed four pairs of bone wings and eight thick, powerful bone arms extending beneath its shoulders.
At the center of its forehead was a vertical eye.
Opposing it was a noble avian creature whose aura was extraordinary, inspiring reverence in all who beheld it.
"Is this recording some major event that once occurred within the ancient ruins? A mysterious creature confronting an avian being?" Fang Yu said in surprise.
Unfortunately, there was only this single carving, with no continuation afterward.
The outcome of the confrontation remained unknown.
He continued walking forward, carefully observing everything along the way.
Whenever he encountered stone carvings, he would study them attentively.
Some depicted demons, while others portrayed humans.
All were single illustrations, extremely simple, making it impossible to discern much from them.
Four hours later, Fang Yu finally arrived atop the broken platform.
Engraved across the ground was an enormous carving stretching hundreds of meters, far larger than any he had seen before.
The moment Fang Yu's gaze landed upon this gigantic carving, his mind trembled violently.
In an instant, it felt as though he had entered a vast heavenly dome.
He saw four terrifying creatures standing in the four directions.
Suddenly, everything within the carving began twisting.
The sky, the creatures within it, all of them continuously swayed and distorted within Fang Yu's vision.
Roars seemingly originating from ancient times erupted forth.
As they exploded outward, it vaguely seemed as though gigantic eyes were forming within the distorted carvings of the terrifying creatures.
Suddenly, the illusory eyes that had manifested moved abruptly.
They seemed like supreme existences standing high above all life, incomparably indifferent as they locked onto Fang Yu.
In that instant, four horrifying waves of pressure completely converged upon Fang Yu.
Like supreme beings forcing all creation into submission, the overwhelming pressure crashed down like a collapsing sea.
The next moment, Fang Yu's mind exploded with violent buzzing sounds, as though heavenly thunder had detonated inside his head.
A trembling originating from the depths of his soul, an intense crisis instinct born from life itself erupted crazily within his heart.
Beneath the cold gaze of those supreme existences, Fang Yu instinctively refused to submit.
Roar!!
Fang Yu let out a low roar.
At that moment, his gaze collided invisibly with the illusory eyes within the carving.
His entire body tensed.
His heart pounded more violently than ever before.
Yet his spirit became extraordinarily concentrated as he unleashed all his strength, surging with spiritual power to resist those phantom eyes.
Fang Yu stood silently in place.
His entire body trembled violently, yet within him, even greater spiritual power seemed to be gradually emerging.
Like a weapon being forged, after endless tempering, its sharp edge finally revealed itself.
In the next instant, the pain within his mind slowly began weakening.
His spiritual power, which had already broken through into the Third Realm, erupted once more and advanced again.
Moreover, it continued rising and strengthening.
At the same time, the Nine Heavens Cloud Crane Spirit-seed within his spiritual world trembled.
A long and melodious cry echoed outward.
The sound circulated and condensed into a profound aura that spread throughout the world.
The resonant cry seemed to contain an overwhelming suppressive force that continuously reverberated outward.
Even the terrifying pressure became incomparably quiet, as though submerged within that sound.
As the suppressive power of the Nine Heavens spirit-seed within his spiritual world spread continuously outward, Fang Yu's condition gradually recovered.
At the same time, the phantom eyes within the carving also blurred in that very instant before ultimately dispersing completely.
The crisis was resolved.
Fang Yu remained somewhat dazed.
Quietly experiencing the changes within himself, his mind still lingered on the tempering brought by those phantom eyes just now.
Without realizing it, he had already broken through the limits of his spiritual power, approaching the peak of the Third Realm.
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