Deep within the Xing Sha Lake ruins.
It was becoming drier here.
Every grain of sand seemed bone dry, emitting a rustling sound underfoot.
Not only was there no moisture, but the spiritual energy here also seemed depleted.
Ling Fan didn't feel anything yet.
However, Liang Hutu and Liu Xiran felt extremely uncomfortable, like fish out of water.
The Heavenly Demon Eye imprint flashed in Ling Fan's eyes, and then he turned in a direction and continued forward.
Soon, they arrived at a place of broken walls and ruins.
The remains of a massive palace, deserted for hundreds of years, stood quietly amidst the debris. The exquisitely carved reliefs and decorations seemed to still tell of its past glory.
"Master, what is this place!"
Liang Hutu exclaimed in shock.
"The core of the ruins."
Ling Fan said indifferently.
With that, he strode towards the palace entrance.
The moment the three entered the palace, Liu Xiran couldn't help but gasp in amazement, covering her mouth. The palace was tens of meters high and vast and boundless.
It made one feel insignificant.
At the very center of the palace was a peculiar five-colored altar, with soil of blue, red, white, and black colors arranged around it.
In the middle was yellow soil.
In each color of soil, a five-colored formation flag was planted.
A humanoid statue sat quietly on the central yellow earth, with lowered brows and eyes, its hands cradling a blood-red fruit slightly larger than a fist.
Apart from this, there was nothing else of note.
The gazes of Ling Fan and the other two were instantly drawn to the blood-red fruit held by the humanoid statue.
"Master... this blood fruit seems to be of a much higher grade than those golden fruits outside!"
Liang Hutu said in awe.
"And its harm is also greater."
Ling Fan said calmly.
Liang Hutu immediately shivered.
His greed for the blood fruit subsided considerably.
Although he didn't know why Ling Fan said these golden fruits and this blood fruit were harmful, he dared not question it since Ling Fan had spoken.
Then, he looked at the five-colored soils again and said, "Master, this must be the Five-Colored Soil you were looking for!"
Ling Fan nodded, and a flicker of emotion finally appeared in his eyes.
The opportunity for the completion of the Five Elements had arrived!
"Hutu will go and get it for you!"
Seeing this, Liang Hutu volunteered before Ling Fan could even give the order.
He tapped his feet lightly, his burly body darting towards the five-colored altar as lightly as a swallow.
However, before Liang Hutu could get close, the blue soil in the foremost blue altar wriggled strangely, transforming into a blue giant about three to four zhang tall.
Boom!
The blue giant unleashed a palm strike. Liang Hutu's face turned pale with shock, and he quickly channeled all his strength, colliding with the blue giant without reservation.
Liang Hutu spat out a mouthful of blood and retreated rapidly.
A quasi-Heavenly Origin realm existence!
After repelling Liang Hutu, the blue giant once again turned back into blue soil, scattering on the ground.
Liang Hutu's face showed a look of unwillingness. Just as he was about to use his trump card to confront the blue giant properly, Ling Fan stopped him.
"This is not something you can subdue. Step back."
Ling Fan said indifferently.
Liang Hutu dared not press his luck and respectfully retreated behind Ling Fan.
Ling Fan was about to step forward to break the five-colored giants.
Suddenly, a noisy commotion came from outside the palace.
It turned out that the strong figures from the various major forces had caught up.
From the Governor's Mansion, there was Old Han and Chu Tiange.
The elder from Mi Yun Mountain and Luo Qi.
The true disciple Fan Hanlin from Seven Stars Cave and the elder who protected him.
The Great Elder of the Farmer's School, Nong Chengji, led Nong Hexuan. From the Ding family, the Great Elder Ding Kainan, whose aura was terrifying and stronger than before, appeared with Ding Shijie.
From the Jiang family, Jiang Yang, and the Jiang family elder Jiang Shiqing...
The City Lord of Yunmeng City, Yun Wanshan...
The City Lord of Xing Sha City, Xiong Kuang, led his nephew Xiong Daying...
And the Qiao family, Ma family, Miao family of Xing Sha City... as well as Liu Yubei and Liu Xiwei from the Liu family.
Everyone arrived in succession.
Without exception, everyone's aura had grown significantly stronger.
When they first entered the ruins, there were only five peak Profound Gang realm cultivators and over a dozen late and mid-stage Profound Gang realm cultivators.
However, now there were nearly ten peak Profound Gang realm cultivators.
Xiong Kuang, Yun Wanshan, Ding Kainan, and others had all stepped into the peak Profound Gang realm.
A large portion of the geniuses had also advanced from the peak Qi Refining realm to the Profound Gang realm.
It was not hard to imagine that this was the effect of those golden fruits.
"Heh heh, you trash actually came so quickly!"
As soon as the group of powerhouses and prodigies entered, they saw the three of Ling Fan.
Xiong Kuang couldn't help but sneer.
If it were before, he would have been wary of Liang Hutu's strength and would not have dared to provoke Ling Fan so arrogantly. But now that he himself had entered the peak Profound Gang realm, he had no reservations.
"Did you eat shit this morning! Watch your mouth, and if you disrespect my master again, I'll beat you to death!"
Liang Hutu immediately glared at Xiong Kuang with his one eye.
"Who's afraid of whom!"
Xiong Kuang retorted, not backing down.
"Alright, let's settle any disputes outside. For now, let's focus our energy on the ruins themselves."
Old Han from the Governor's Mansion coughed lightly and said.
"Hmph, for Old Han's sake, this City Lord will spare you for now. Let you flaunt yourselves for a while longer. When we leave the ruins, this City Lord will see where you run!"
Xiong Kuang was extremely arrogant now, feeling a sense of triumph, his back straighter.
"Heh heh, whoever chickens out is a turtle's son!"
Liang Hutu sneered.
The group of powerhouses stepped forward.
Soon, their gazes were also deeply attracted to the blood fruit held in the hands of the humanoid statue.
"This is a spiritual fruit of even higher grade than the golden fruit!"
A powerhouse couldn't help but exclaim.
"The efficacy of the golden fruit is already so powerful. If one eats this blood spiritual fruit, they might even break through to the Heavenly Origin realm!"
For a moment, the eyes of all the powerhouses became fervent, filled with greed.
Whoosh.
A powerhouse suddenly lunged forward, rapidly approaching the central altar.
It was Yan Hong, the Deputy City Lord of Daze City. His strength had also reached the peak Profound Gang realm, and he was full of confidence, wanting to snatch the blood spiritual fruit before everyone could react.
The other powerhouses sneered.
Especially the people from Xing Sha City.
They were already well aware of some of the intelligence regarding the ruins and would not act so rashly.
The most dangerous aspect of these ruins was the five-colored giants within the five-colored altar.
With these five soil giants guarding the core of the ruins, it was not easy to snatch treasures.
As expected, before Yan Hong could get close to the humanoid statue and the blood spiritual fruit,
Suddenly, a change occurred.