The genius who counterattacked the mainland

Chapter 233

As they emerged from the maze, the enigmatic space before them took their breath away. The dazzling starry sky unfolded overhead like a vast, boundless scroll, its stars twinkling in a mystical rhythm. Mysterious currents of energy, like colorful ribbons, weaved through the sky, creating intricate and vibrant patterns. Fragments of ancient ruins hung in the air, varying in size, some as vast as hills, others as small as a palm. They exuded an air of antiquity and timelessness, as if telling the legends of ancient times.

Xu Tiancai gazed at this mysterious starry sky, a strong sense of awe welling up in his heart: "Every star, every energy flow, every fragment here seems to hide unknown secrets. We must proceed with caution."

Everyone walked forward cautiously. The ground beneath their feet seemed like a transparent energy crystal, allowing them to clearly see the deep void of the universe below. With every step, they could feel slight energy fluctuations emanating from their feet, as if they were resonating with the starry sky in some mysterious way.

Suddenly, a stream of energy shot towards them like lightning. Xu Tiancai reacted quickly, raising his trident and unleashing its divine power, creating a multicolored curtain of light. The energy stream collided with the curtain, creating a dazzling burst of light. The powerful impact sent Xu Tiancai sliding back a few steps.

"Everyone be careful, these energy flows are very dangerous!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

Everyone took defensive measures. Agang's fighting spirit burst out, and the golden light was as dazzling as the sun, forming a solid fighting spirit shield around him. Lin cast a wind element shield, and the wind element spun rapidly around her, forming a transparent whirlwind barrier, which repelled the incoming energy flow. The Ice Princess waved her wand and summoned a huge ice shield. The ice shield exuded a cold aura, and once the energy flow approached, it would be frozen into ice particles. The mysterious figure put his hands together, and the power of darkness and light intertwined around his body, forming a black and white energy shield, protecting him. The man in white played the flute, and the flute sound turned into a soft light film, and the light film flashed with mysterious runes, resisting the impact of the energy flow.

While resisting the energy flow, everyone discovered that these energy flows seemed to have a certain pattern. Their attack direction and intensity were related to the flickering of the surrounding stars and the location of the ruins fragments.

"These energy flows are not disordered attacks. Their trajectories are somehow related to the stars and debris." The mysterious figure said after observation.

Everyone began to carefully investigate this connection, attempting to find a safe path through. Lin, leveraging her keen sense of wind, discovered that the direction of the energy flow mirrored the flow of wind across the stars. A-Gang noticed that the intensity of the energy flow varied in direct proportion to the brightness of the stars. The Ice Princess, using her understanding of ice magic, realized that the energy field surrounding the ruins' fragments guided the energy flow. Xu Tiancai, the mysterious figure, and the man in white also discovered clues from their own perspectives.

After some analysis, they discovered that they could predict the energy flow's attack path based on the order of the stars' flashes and the arrangement of the ruins' fragments, thus finding a safe passage. They began to carefully follow this pattern as they advanced through the mysterious starry sky, taking every step with extreme caution, fearing any mistakes.

As they advanced, they came upon a massive fragment of ruins. Atop this fragment stood an ancient building of peculiar architectural style, its walls engraved with gigantic constellation patterns and images of unknown creatures. The building's main door was tightly closed, with a circular recess carved with intricate runes.

"It looks like this door requires a specific item to open. Maybe it's related to the clue we're looking for," said the Ice Princess.

Everyone began to study the runes and grooves on the door, trying to find a way to open it. During the research, the man in white discovered that the shape of the runes was similar to some symbols he had seen on the scrolls in the library. These symbols seemed to be related to the power of the God's Crystal Core.

"These runes may be related to the crystal core of God. Maybe we need to use the crystal core to open this door." said the man in white.

Xu Tiancai took out the Divine Crystal Core and carefully approached the groove. As the Divine Crystal Core approached the groove, the runes surrounding it suddenly lit up, emitting a dazzling light. The light flowed along the runes' patterns, gradually forming a complex energy pattern that echoed the light emanating from the Divine Crystal Core.

As the light grew, the gate slowly opened, and an ancient and mysterious atmosphere filled the air. Everyone entered the gate, revealing a vast hall. In the center of the hall stood a massive stone platform, upon which sat five crystal statues. These statues, vivid and lifelike, represented five distinct creatures: one with a human body and a dragon's head, exuding a majestic aura; one with a bird's body and a human face, its wings spread as if poised to soar; one with a tiger's body and an ox's tail, its muscles bulging, brimming with power; one with a snake's body and a fish's tail, its scales shimmering with multicolored light; and one with a deer's body and the feet of a horse, its head crowned with horns, from which strange energy emanated.

Each statue's eyes were fixed on a small box on the stone platform. The small box emitted a soft light, which seemed to contain endless wisdom.

"There must be something important in this box." Xu Tiancai said.

Everyone walked toward the stone platform. As they approached, five crystal statues suddenly came to life. The statue with a human body and a dragon head opened its mouth and spewed out a stream of blazing flames, which swept toward the crowd. The statue with a bird body and a human face flapped its wings, and a gust of wind blew up, carrying sharp wind blades. The statue with a tiger body and an ox tail stomped its foot, causing the ground to shake and earth spikes to burst out from the ground. The statue with a snake body and a fish tail swung its tail, and water arrows rained down on the crowd. The horns on the head of the statue with a deer body and horse feet emitted a strange energy wave, and wherever the energy wave reached, space began to distort.

Everyone immediately launched a counterattack. Xu Tiancai swung his trident, and the trident released a colorful light. The light shot towards the flames like lightning, dispelling the flames. A Gang swung his battle axe, and his golden fighting spirit shone like the sun. He rushed towards the earth spikes, and the battle axe chopped the earth spikes, shattering them. Lin cast wind element magic, creating powerful wind tornadoes. The wind tornadoes collided with the strong winds fanned out by the statue, offsetting the attack of the wind blades. The Ice Princess waved her magic wand and summoned a huge ice giant. The ice giant used his body to block the attack of the water arrows, and at the same time walked towards the statue with a snake body and a fish tail. The mysterious figure quickly formed seals with his hands, and the power of darkness and light merged into huge energy balls in his hands. He threw the energy balls towards the energy wave emitted by the statue with a deer body and horse feet. The energy balls exploded in the energy wave, relieving the pressure of the distorted space. The man in white played the flute, and the sound of the flute turned into a group of shining light beasts. The light beasts rushed towards the statue with a human body and a dragon head. They used their sharp claws and teeth to attack the source of the flames spewing from the statue.

During the fierce battle, everyone discovered that these crystal statues were very powerful, and they seemed to cooperate with each other to form a perfect attack formation.

"We can't fight alone, we have to disrupt their formation!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

After hearing Xu Tiancai's words, everyone began adjusting their attack strategies. Lin cast a forbidden spell of wind magic, gathering all the surrounding air and compressing it into a massive air bomb. She controlled the bomb and rolled it towards the statue with a tiger body and an ox tail. When the bomb made contact with the statue, it exploded violently, knocking it back several steps and disrupting its attack rhythm.

Ah Gang seized the opportunity, concentrated his fighting spirit on the battle axe, and chopped at the bird-like statue. The battle axe hit the statue's wings, and a crack appeared on the wings. The power of its wings weakened, and the strong wind became turbulent.

The Ice Princess waved her wand, summoning a massive ice cone that pierced the statue with a snake's body and a fish's tail. The ice cone pierced deeply into the statue's body, slowing its movements and reducing its water arrows.

The mysterious figure formed hand seals, and the forces of darkness and light merged in his hands into a massive black and white energy column. He thrust the energy column toward the statue with a deer's body and horse's feet. As it flew, the energy column continuously absorbed the surrounding free energy, growing thicker and stronger. When the energy column made contact with the statue, it triggered a massive explosion, interrupting the energy waves emitted by the statue's horns and causing some damage to its body.

The man in white played his flute at top speed, the sound transforming into enormous beasts of light. These beasts varied in form: a kirin ablaze with flames, a soaring dragon of light with wings spread, and a lightning-fast tiger of light. Carrying a divine light, the beasts charged towards the statue with a human body and a dragon head, using their own strength to counter the flames emanating from the statue. The kirin's flames scorched the source of the flames, the dragon's claws tore at the statue's body, and the tiger's speed allowed it to dart through the flames with ease, repeatedly striking at the statue's vital points.

With everyone's concerted attack, the crystal statues' attack formation was disrupted, their movements becoming uncoordinated. Everyone seized this opportunity and intensified their attacks. Lin continued to cast wind magic, creating more air bombs and hurling them at the statues. Agang swung his battle axe with even greater swiftness, each strike leaving deep marks on the statues. The Ice Princess continued to summon ice giants and ice spikes, inflicting even more damage to the statues. The mysterious figure and the man in white also continued to unleash energy attacks fused with the forces of darkness and light, fiercely bombarding the statues.

As the battle dragged on, the crystal statues suffered increasing damage. The statue with a human body and a dragon head was riddled with wounds from the attacks of the light beasts, its flames dwindling in power. The wings of the bird-faced statue were severed by Agang, rendering it unable to flap its wings. The tiger-body-and-ox-tail statue, under the continuous onslaught of air bombs, suffered numerous cracks. The snake-body-and-fish-tail statue was riddled with holes from the ice spikes, its water arrows completely halted. The deer-body-and-horse statue, under the impact of the energy column, lost the energy fluctuations in its horns, and its body faltered.

Finally, with a loud bang, the five crystal statues shattered, turning into a blanket of crystal fragments. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the small box in the center of the stone platform. Xu Tiancai reached out and picked up the small box. The moment his hand touched the box, a powerful spiritual force surged into his mind.

This spiritual energy contained a wealth of information about the origins of this relic, the true purpose of the Divine Crystal Core, and the legacy of an ancient civilization. It turned out that this relic was the sacred site of a mysterious sect within this ancient civilization. They mastered the method of manipulating cosmic energy, and the Divine Crystal Core was the key they needed to unlock the portal to cosmic energy. Through the Divine Crystal Core, this sect hoped to discover the fundamental power of the universe and achieve the sublimation of civilization. However, during their experiment, they triggered a terrifying energy storm that nearly destroyed civilization.

"We must use the God's Crystal Core with caution and not let history repeat itself." Xu Tiancai said to everyone seriously.

Everyone nodded in agreement and began to examine the other items in the small box. Inside was an ancient book, its pages radiating a mysterious light. It contained rudimentary methods for manipulating the power of the divine crystal core and basic knowledge about cosmic energy. There were also five gemstones of varying colors, emitting powerful energy fluctuations that seemed to be connected to the five crystal statues.

"These gems may be the key to activating a certain power, and may be related to controlling the crystal core of God." said the mysterious figure.

Everyone began to study the gems and books, trying to find more clues about controlling the God's Crystal Core. During the research process, they found that the energy fluctuations on the gems matched the cosmic energy frequencies recorded in the books.

"We can try to use gems to guide the power of the God's Crystal Core according to the methods recorded in the book." said the Ice Princess.

Following the instructions in the book, the group placed the five gems around the divine crystal core and began to wield their powers, attempting to activate the connection between the gems and the divine crystal core. Lin harnessed the power of the wind element, gently blowing around the gems, causing the energy to flow around them. A-Gang infused the gems with his fighting spirit, intensifying their radiance. The Ice Princess used her icy magic to lower the temperature around the gems, stabilizing the energy fluctuations. The mysterious figure and the man in white wielded the powers of darkness and light to adjust the energy balance between the gems.