The remaining four people who were trying their best to absorb or resist the demonic energy looked solemn or pale when they saw this scene and did not dare to move forward easily.

Murong Fei said in a deep voice:

"Exit this road first and discuss it."

The casual cultivator breathed a long sigh of relief and was the first to retreat.

After the four of them left the stone road, the purple demonic energy no longer entangled them. It seemed that this was the rule here.

"Behind the stone gate at the end of the road, there is probably something we want. It's all here, and there's no way we can retreat.

Lin Xi, Jin Ziming, you two work together, back to back, facing the stone statues on both sides first;

I will take Zheng Ran to seize the throne." Murong Fei said after pondering.

"The two of us are rushing to the front in the late and early stages of the Golden Elixir. I'm afraid we won't be able to handle it, right?" Lin Xi complained.

"Zheng Ran has been seriously injured and needs me to help him share the pressure;

And I observed that the two of you cooperate well, and your actual combat power must be far beyond your realm, so I decided." Murong Fei said firmly.

Jin and Lin had no choice but to reluctantly agree, each faced a stone ape and started to walk again.

Jin Ziming used a spherical air shield to protect the two of them.

The purple-red demonic energy attacked again, making a "chichi" sound on the air mask. This gas has a strong corrosive ability, and it will soon break.

Jin Ziming activated the "Magic Grinding Formation" to quickly convert and absorb. At the same time, he opened a small hole in the shield to allow Lin Xi to absorb the demonic energy to help relieve his pressure.

With the help of such pure demonic energy, Lin Xi's cultivation bottleneck is getting looser and looser, and he may break through to the Golden Elixir Perfection at any time.

Jin Ziming already had some ideas in mind on how to defeat Shi Yuan, but he just didn't want to reveal his strength, so he kept putting it off.

Following the swing of the "Sliding Knife Style", the pair of stone apes struck out.

Leng Yue repels the right ape, and then uses the "back-flower-reverse knife move" to hit the left ape hard, knocking him back a few steps.

He was even more confident, pretending to fight hard, and after dozens of moves, he finally cut a stone ape in half with a sword "with an oblique cutting motion".

But the strange thing is that the two severed bodies are still able to fight, driven by the purple-red demonic energy within them.

In desperation, Jin Ziming had no choice but to follow the previous plan and superimpose the "thousand-layer wave" on the basic sword technique.

Wave after wave of shaking force spread out, finally shaking the two stone apes into tiny pieces before the shield broke.

Jin Ziming breathed a long sigh of relief, pretended to have consumed too much, hurriedly sat down cross-legged, and began to meditate and regulate his breathing.

"You can't tell if the Demon Sword is in the early stage of the Golden Core, its combat power is so amazing." Murong Fei clapped his hands and praised.

Jin Ziming looked pale and closed his eyes silently. Lin Xi explained for him:

"My frontal offensive power is very poor, so I can only rely on him. Let him rest for a while. How about you deal with the second pair of stone statues first?"

"It's okay. We are not in a hurry. We will wait for the demon sword to recover before continuing to attack. The concussive force in his sword technique is very effective in clearing the way."

Murong Fei naturally wouldn't fall for it.

"Jin Zi, this won't work. You fight life and death in the front, while these two people sit back and enjoy the results." Lin Xi said through the message.

"It's okay. When we encounter the stone statues behind us, we will no longer fight to the death. Instead, we will fight and run forward. In this way, the only way for them to move forward is to fight."

Murong Fei's little tricks will certainly not be able to defeat this ruthless man who has many bad habits.

After Jin Ziming adjusted his breath for most of the stick of incense, he stood up and glanced at Murong Fei, appearing to be unwilling but not daring to disobey the order.

Angrily, he took Lin Xi with him and continued to clear the way.

The second pair of stone statues are two generals dressed in different clothes, one holding an ax and the other holding a sword.

This time the two of them played a trick. After dealing with a few moves, Jin Ziming powerfully opened a gap, and Lin Xi rushed forward, immediately activating the third pair of stone statues.

After they left their territory, the pair of generals behind them stopped being restless and returned to their original positions honestly.

When Murong Fei from behind saw this, his expression was gloomy and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

If he wanted to take advantage of Jin Lin, he had to follow them closely. He called Zheng Ran and started fighting the second pair of stone statues.

Fortunately, he was highly cultivated and not only protected his companions, but also quickly eliminated the two generals.

Looking up, he immediately found that the two bastards had rushed into the range of the fourth pair of stone statues. He and Zheng Ran had no choice but to continue fighting forward.

The first three pairs of stone statues are all of Jindan or late third-level cultivation, and starting from the fourth pair, they have reached the state of Dzogchen.

The two controlled the pace of progress, neither appearing powerful nor "paving the way" for Murong Fei and others.

Finally, they broke into the territory of the seventh pair of stone lions. These were ferocious beasts that were already at the beginning of the fourth level of cultivation. They had to deal with them carefully.

"Jin Zi, if you persist a little longer, I will soon be able to break through to the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir, and I will be able to help you then." Lin Xi said in surprise.

"Okay, just absorb the demonic energy and leave the stone statue to me."

He used 80% of his strength and used the "Rising Tide" move. The waves hit the stone lion that was coming towards him, and he was almost evenly matched with it. It seemed that this was the weakest beast among the fourth-level beasts.

The "Tide Sword Technique" struck continuously, and finally forced the two stone lions away during the "crazy wave", and the two hurriedly rushed into the territory of the eighth pair of generals.

These two generals were holding long knives and short blades respectively. One was attacking from a distance and the other was fighting at close range. They cooperated perfectly. Their cultivation level was close to the peak level of the early Nascent Soul.

The two of them could no longer hide their clumsiness, so they exploded with all their strength, and just barely managed to block it.

Jin Ziming had no choice but to use "Wind and Thunder Slash", and finally used the "Thunder Appearance" to summon the thunder from the sky, which was enough to chop down the two generals until their movements were slightly sluggish.

Without any hesitation, they rushed into the territory of the last pair of stone tigers.

In his consciousness, Lin Xi's joyful voice came:

"Jin Zi, I have achieved a breakthrough to the Golden Elixir Dzogchen."

Before he could respond, two stone tigers rushed towards him, waving violent energy from their arms and spurting out rich purple-red demonic energy from their mouths, which instantly opened a small hole in the protective shield.

The cultivation level of these two beasts has actually reached the limit of the early stage of the fourth level, and is infinitely close to the middle stage.

Jin Ziming was shocked. He didn't expect that the protective shield would be broken after just one face-to-face encounter.

Quickly convert and absorb the invading demonic energy, and at the same time, work hard to output vitality, fill the loopholes, and reinforce the entire shield.

In addition to "escape", divine soul attack and cyan aura, Jin Ziming has used all his trump cards.

The witch next to her who had just made a breakthrough was full of pride, and the flames of her red sword soared.

But as soon as they met, Shi Hu flew him away with one arm, which greatly frustrated the little girl, so she had no choice but to let Jin Ziming carry him head-on while he supported her from the side.

After persisting like this for dozens of breaths, the two brothers behind finally came to kill Zheng Ran. He was stabbed in the waist and abdomen by a stone knife, and the purple demonic energy poured in, forcing him to use most of his energy to expel the demonic energy.

But the stone tiger in the last level was so fierce. In just two moves, it was torn apart and transformed into demonic energy. Only the bones were left scattered on the stone road.

The remaining three people spontaneously stood in a triangle formation. Now only by working together can they overcome the difficulties.

Among the three, Lin Xi could barely protect himself, and needed Jin Ziming's rescue in critical situations.

Fortunately, the combat prowess of the two male cultivators were both strong in the early stage of Nascent Soul, and with Lin Xi's ability to check and fill in the gaps, they worked together to drive back two ferocious stone tigers at a certain moment.

Lin Xi was in front, and the two of them rushed out of the dangerous stone road together.

Standing in front of the arched stone door, the three of them were panting. Murong Fei said:

"The demon sword is hidden deep enough. The golden elixir in its early stage can actually withstand the attacks of two Nascent Souls in their early stages."

"That's because they lack intelligence, otherwise how could it be possible?"

"No matter what, I admire you very much. Your current strength should be almost the same as mine."

"Brother Murong knows my strength well. If you want to face me, you will definitely win."

"That's not necessarily true." Murong Feipi said with a smile.

Seeing that nothing could come out of the conversation, the three of them stopped talking and began to meditate and adjust their breath.

After a long time, I stood up and looked at the arch. There were many carvings on the door, depicting various birds, animals and plants.

The three of them thought about it for a long time, but they didn't know how to open the door, so the two male cultivators had no choice but to try to beat it violently.

I don’t know what material the door is made of, but it only shook slightly and then stopped moving.

Suddenly, Lin Xi said "eh".

"Look, the last two stone tigers are also carved on the door, and one of the tiger's mouths is hollow, with a hole."

Murong Fei rushed over and touched the hollow tiger's mouth, but there was no movement at all. After inputting some demonic energy, the door only shook slightly.

He had an idea, turned back to the edge of the stone road, and quickly reached in to absorb some purple-red demonic energy.

Then he returned to the stone door, put his hand on the tiger's mouth, and channeled the purple demonic energy into it. Then he disappeared from the eyes of Jin Ziming and Lin Xi, apparently having been teleported away.

The two of them followed the same pattern and were also transported into the door. They found that Murong Fei was still waiting at the same place, looking at Jin Ziming with interest, and said with a joking smile:

"The demon sword, can't you tell, it can actually absorb demonic energy?"

"I can't suck it, so it's all thanks to Lin Xi to absorb it, wrap our palms with demonic energy, and then stick it to the tiger's mouth at the same time, and then it's transmitted in."

Murong Fei nodded doubtfully and stopped worrying.

Ahead is a strange space, filled with ancient trees on both sides of the stone road. Golden leaves are hanging on the branches and covering the ground. Various red insects are flying and resting slowly in the trees.

Lin Xi stretched out his hand and held a flying butterfly. With a thought, a pure fire-attributed demonic energy was sucked in, and the butterfly in his hand disappeared.

The two people next to him immediately understood that this was the purest form of demonic energy. Murong Fei was overjoyed and immediately began to catch and absorb the insects in the forest. He was very busy.

Jin and Lin entered the woods, sat down cross-legged, and pretended to be running the "Double Cultivation Technique", and also began to absorb pure fire-attribute demonic energy.

Murong Fei caught them while walking, while the two of them used the suction force of their "skills" to attract the insects, forming a rolling red "sphere" outside them. The scene was very spectacular.

The stone statue road at Xiaolingwei in Nanjing left a deep impression on me, so I wrote this chapter.
Chapter completed!