The golden dragon shadow, about a dozen zhang long, appeared vividly, resembling a living creature.
However, Su Yi was well aware that this was the manifestation of the power of a drop of True Dragon's essence blood, not a true living being.
"You guys can continue," Su Yi waved his hand towards Ning Yi and the others, indicating that they could resume their battle.
Ning Yi, Mu Xi, and Lan Su exchanged glances, and the awe they had previously felt diminished significantly.
To Su Yi, defeating someone like Jing He, who had just advanced to become a Land Immortal, probably wasn't a big deal at all.
"Let's go!"
The white-browed old monk and his group intended to retreat.
Before this, they had already suffered heavy casualties, and with Jing He's death, they were deeply affected. How could they dare to linger any longer?
Just at that moment, Lan Su raised her right hand.
Whoosh!
A silver ribbon soared through the air, gradually extending with the wind. In an instant, it transformed into layers upon layers of silver torrents, completely sealing off the entrance of the pagoda's first floor.
She proudly clapped her delicate hands and said in a crisp voice, "This is the 'Heavenly Net Rope.' Once it is deployed, it becomes like a net of heaven and earth, making it impossible for the enemy to escape."
Mu Xi couldn't help but feel a tinge of envy and praised, "What a great treasure!"
Ning Yi sighed inwardly. Was this a show-off? No, it was just their everyday life...
Upon seeing this, the white-browed old monk and the others couldn't help but show despair on their faces.
Boom!
The fierce battle erupted once again.
However, such a battle was already difficult to attract Su Yi's attention.
He stepped closer to the golden dragon shadow.
Whoosh!
The golden dragon shadow flickered, astonishingly fast like lightning. It was about to flee, but in mid-flight, it was blocked by a sword blade and had to quickly change direction.
No matter which direction it charged towards, the sword blade seemed to have eyes and always blocked its path ahead.
As Su Yi advanced, he gradually forced the golden dragon shadow to retreat towards the corner.
"Don't be afraid. As long as you listen to me, I won't harm you."
Su Yi spoke, and the sounds that came from his lips were a series of exceptionally complex and obscure syllables, resonating with a unique majesty in his deep and imposing voice.
This was the True Spirit Secret Script!
It was an ancient language created by the True Spirits of the heavens and earth.
Moreover, when Su Yi spoke, he infused his voice with a hint of divine consciousness, giving his voice a resonance that resembled the whispers of ancient beings.
The golden dragon shadow, about a dozen zhang long, stiffened as if it had been petrified.
This scene astonished even Su Yi himself. It was just a drop of True Dragon's essence blood, but it seemed to possess unimaginable spirituality, almost as if it had a life of its own. It was truly unfathomable.
If it were a true, living True Dragon, how formidable would it be?
After a moment of contemplation, Su Yi flipped his palm, revealing a palm-sized statue of a Buddha. The Buddha's hands were clasped together on its abdomen, forming the lotus seal, while a true dragon coiled around its shoulders and back.
It was precisely the mysterious statue that was crafted from the bones of a True Spirit.
"Give you a chance to come over obediently," Su Yi pointed at the statue in his hand and spoke to the golden dragon shadow, still using the obscure and complex True Spirit Secret Script.
The golden dragon shadow hesitated, uncertain.
Su Yi stood there calmly and composed.
In the end, the golden dragon shadow transformed into a golden light and flew into the Buddha statue in Su Yi's hand.
Hum~~
Visible to the naked eye, the Buddha statue emitted a magnificent and vibrant red halo, shining brightly.
Especially the dragon shape coiling around the back of the Buddha statue seemed to come alive. Within its intricate dragon scales surged an immense vitality and spirituality.
"As expected, the Buddha statue was refined from the bones of a true dragon. That's why this drop of True Dragon's essence blood can blend with it so naturally," a hint of a smile appeared on Su Yi's lips.
To him, although the Buddha statue was refined from the bones of a true dragon, its spirituality had long been extinguished, making it of little value. At best, it could serve as a shield.
On the other hand, the value of this drop of True Dragon's essence blood was enormous, comparable to obtaining a great opportunity. It could be regarded as an unparalleled elixir.
Even a high-level Spiritual Dao cultivator would salivate at the sight of it!
Unfortunately, it was only a drop. If there were more... those powerful experts who had stepped into the Imperial Realm would likely be unable to contain themselves.
Putting away the Buddha statue infused with a drop of True Dragon's essence blood, Su Yi turned to look into the distance.
The battle was nearing its end, and Lan Su had played a crucial role, achieving great merit.
With her endless array of treasures, she had forcibly crushed her opponents, leaving them in disarray. Ning Yi and Mu Xi took advantage of the situation to deliver the final blow, cooperating seamlessly, and completely annihilating the seventeen Precelestial Martial Ancestors from the Shanglin Temple.
If it had been a real-life fight with blades and guns, victory wouldn't have come so easily.
After all, those were practitioners who emerged from the Shanglin Temple, far superior to ordinary Precelestial Martial Ancestors.
Lan Su was very excited, feeling a sense of unfinished satisfaction.
Ning Yi and Mu Xi were filled with emotion. They hadn't expected that with Lan Su's presence, killing the Precelestial Martial Ancestors from the Shanglin Temple would be so effortless...
"Lord Su, I never expected you to be so powerful, even a Land Immortal is no match for you," Lan Su approached and spoke in a frank and generous manner. A genuine sense of admiration appeared on her finely chiseled face.
Su Yi shrugged indifferently. "He is ultimately just a temporary breakthrough character with an unstable foundation in the Elemental Path. He cannot fully control the new power brought about by the breakthrough in a short period of time. His strength is far inferior to that of a true Foundation Realm cultivator. Defeating him is not a great feat."
The Elemental Path is divided into three realms: Foundation Realm, Elemental Mansion, and Gathering Star.
Those who have just stepped onto the Elemental Path are cultivators in the Foundation Realm, capable of abstaining from food and subsisting on air and dew.
Previously, Su Yi had taken the first step into the Foundation Realm.
"But you have the cultivation of a Grandmaster at the Second Stage, and to be able to achieve this... it's already very... very... very impressive!" Lan Su earnestly spoke, struggling to find the right words to describe Su Yi's strength, resorting to using several "very" in a row.
Ning Yi and Mu Xi couldn't help but laugh at her words.
Su Yi was also at a loss for words.
This Lan Su, with her beauty, elegance, and composure, who would have thought she also had a hint of a naive charm in her temperament...
"This pagoda has a total of nine levels. We have only reached the first level. Let's go, we'll go and take a look at the second level," Su Yi said as he walked towards the southeast corner of the main hall.
There was a stone staircase leading up layer by layer.
Ning Yi and the others followed behind.
This pagoda was extraordinary. The previous battle was so astonishing, yet there was no damage to the walls, stone pillars, or even the floor of the first level of the main hall.
It could be seen that the material used to build this tower was extraordinary in itself.
Moreover, earlier, Su Yi had subdued a drop of True Dragon's essence blood that had transformed into a twenty-foot-long golden dragon shadow in this place.
This made everyone unable to help but anticipate whether there were more treasures hidden in other parts of this pagoda.
There were a total of eighteen stone steps, and when they reached the second level, they saw an empty hall with only one three-zhang tall Buddha niche made of black stone.
However, the Buddha niche was empty, with nothing inside.
But upon seeing this Buddha niche, Mu Xi recognized it at a glance and said, "I obtained the Unicorn Blood Jade Pendant from this Buddha niche back then!"
Su Yi examined it but didn't find anything special. He immediately led the group straight to the higher levels of the pagoda.
However, to their disappointment, as they ascended floor by floor, each hall was either empty, with nothing inside, or contained some useless utensils.
Even when they reached the ninth level, they found nothing of significance.
"Why is this place so mysterious, yet there seems to be no treasure left behind?" Ning Yi expressed her confusion.
They had traveled all the way, first entering the depths of the Treasure Pagoda's Demon Mountain, then breaking into the ruins of the abandoned monastery, and overcoming numerous prohibitions, before finally reaching the top of this mountain peak shaped like a giant dragon and entering this hundred-zhang tall nine-level pagoda.
But apart from the battle they had fought with the experts from the Shanglin Monastery and acquiring a drop of True Dragon's essence blood, they had not found anything valuable.
Naturally, this left them puzzled.
"The Prajna Zen Garden, the Sinful Dragon Restricted Area... don't forget, the inscriptions on those two stone tablets. In my opinion, this place is not a treasure land, and the real secrets are not hidden at the top of this pagoda but beneath it," Su Yi said, as if remembering something, and hurriedly walked back to the first level of the pagoda.
Upon reaching there, he looked at the deteriorated and broken murals on the walls, carefully observing them.
Ning Yi and the others exchanged glances, realizing that the secrets of this nine-level pagoda might be hidden in these previously overlooked murals!