BTTH: DISCIPLE CASHBACK SYSTEM

Chapter 561: Treasure Hunt!

After sensing the power of the spatial seal, Gu He immediately summoned his Natal Divine Flame.

Under his control, a sea of violet flames surged toward the slightly distorted section of space.

At the same time, Gu He’s body once again transformed into a thick bolt of silver lightning, flashing straight toward the sealed space.

Before long, under the intense scorching of the violet sea of flames, cracks began to appear in the spatial seal. A vast spatial fluctuation swept out in all directions. Each wisp of this fluctuation was powerful enough to kill a peak Dou Ancestor. Even lower-ranked Dou Venerates likely couldn’t withstand it.

Yet despite the terrifying spatial shockwaves, the violet flames remained largely unaffected, continuing to scorch fiercely. Soon, more and more spatial fissures began to emerge.

Seeing this, Gu He finally withdrew his Natal Divine Flame and smashed a heavy punch into the spatial barrier.

With that strike, the ancient seal that had existed for countless years completely shattered. An enormous spatial storm erupted, raging outwards.

Several towering mountains nearby were flattened instantly. Countless beast bones and corpses below were reduced to dust in the shockwave.

Gu He stood unmoving amid the chaos, enduring the violent storm with ease.

Moments later, a towering silhouette emerged from within the sea of bones—colossal as a mountain. From afar, it resembled an ancient beast lying dormant in the bone sea, striking fear into the hearts of all who beheld it.

It was a great hall—so massive it resembled a mountain peak. Compared to this enormous structure, even the branch halls of the Soul Hall in the Black-Corner Region seemed insignificant.

The hall’s surface was entirely crimson, as if wrapped in flame. In the eerie white of the bone sea, it stood out strikingly.

“No wonder a spatial seal was used to hide it. A structure of this scale would stand out no matter where it was placed!” Gu He couldn’t help but shake his head as he looked at the crimson hall. A Dou Saint from ancient times had built such a massive ruin—surely, it held tremendous treasures.

The next moment, Gu He moved directly to the crimson stone gate. As he approached, he gently raised his hand toward the massive door—easily weighing tens of thousands of kilograms—and it shattered instantly. He stepped inside without hesitation.

Not long after, the dark passage suddenly lit up red. The solid floor slowly cracked open, and scalding crimson magma surged out. At the same time, brilliant blue fire columns violently erupted from the walls of the wide tunnel.

Gu He didn’t spare a glance at the blue flames. In a flash, he dove straight into the magma below.

Though it was his first time here, Gu He knew from memory that the real entrance to the ruin wasn’t at the end of the fiery path—but beneath the molten layer.

Soon, he passed through the magma and landed once again on a cold, solid floor. Above him, dozens of meters overhead, the crimson magma twisted and coiled like massive serpents suspended in rings—any ordinary person following the normal route would’ve been trapped in that fiery path for who knows how long.

Now, Gu He stood within a vast stone corridor that extended deep into the distance, where a faint view of a plaza could be seen.

With just a few flickers of movement, Gu He crossed the stone corridor and stepped onto the plaza.

Looking up, he saw at the far end of the plaza an extremely thick stone gate. In front of it stood ten upright figures, unmoving for ten thousand years. Their bodies were as straight as spears, their skin a radiant silver, eyes hollow, expressions blank.

“Earth Demon Puppets!”

Gu He was extremely familiar with these mummy-like beings. Back in the day, he had personally refined one himself, though he later deemed it too mediocre and abandoned it.

Afterward, Gu He passed on the Heavenly Demon Puppet secret technique to Liu Ling, trading it back for a more practical ancient puppet technique.

The puppets outside the stone gate had bodies that gleamed with dazzling silver light—clearly still at the Earth Demon Puppet level, with strength likely at the peak of the Dou Ancestor realm. That already made them quite formidable.

No wonder, during previous activations of this ruin, those who entered without any Dou Venerate were completely wiped out. Ten peak Dou Ancestor puppets—without a Dou Venerate, how many Dou Ancestors could possibly break through?

Upon arriving, Gu He didn’t hesitate. He walked straight toward the stone gate. The moment the puppets detected him, they lunged with their long spears.

But Gu He simply waved his palm once, and five puppets turned to dust. With a second strike, the remaining five were obliterated as well.

This stone gate was also reinforced with a spatial seal. Once the puppets were destroyed, a series of grinding mechanical sounds echoed from within the gate, and the heavy door slowly creaked open.

As the gate opened, an ancient, desolate aura slowly drifted out.

Sensing this aura, a smile spread across Gu He’s face. Without hesitation, he stepped through the gate.

Beyond it was a colossal great hall, so vast that standing within it made Gu He seem minuscule. Around the hall stretched numerous deep corridors, their ends fading into shadow.

Gu He proceeded through several corridors. Occasionally, he came across pills, Dou Techniques, and cultivation methods. The pills were all high-grade—mostly sixth-tier and above.

The scrolls for Dou Techniques and cultivation arts were no less valuable, mostly of Earth rank. Gu He took them all without hesitation, storing them directly into his system space.

Before long, Gu He arrived at the central core of the hall.

Here, the fragrance of medicinal pills was dozens of times stronger than elsewhere.

Right before him stood an ancient palace building. Its exterior carried an overwhelming archaic presence.

Above its entrance were two grand characters, bold and majestic:

“Pill Hall!”

This was exactly what Gu He had been searching for. Without delay, he entered.

The first floor of the Pill Hall contained numerous alchemy rooms. The pills inside were on par with those in the other corridors and pavilions.

Since there was no one else competing for them, Gu He simply cleaned out the entire floor.

Only after completely looting the first floor did he slowly ascend to the second level of the Pill Hall.

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