Chapter 399: Breaking the Door
Upon reaching a thousand meters below the cliff, Lin Feng tapped the mountain wall with the back of his hand. Immediately, a rumbling sound echoed, and the mountain wall opened. This was precisely the cave entrance Lin Feng had entered last time.
Qiongqi's enormous pupils flickered continuously, revealing a suspicious expression. In this valley cliff area, there was actually a hidden cave dwelling, as if it held some secret.
"Let's go in," Lin Feng said in a low voice.
Qiongqi let out a low roar, then its wings trembled as it stepped into the cave dwelling. Instantly, an ancient hall exuding a primitive aura appeared before them.
Carved with dragons and painted with phoenixes, massive stone pillars supported the ancient hall. On the walls of the hall were carved ferocious beast patterns.
Qiongqi let out a roar, staring at one of the beast patterns. Following Qiongqi's gaze, Lin Feng discovered that the pattern was also a fierce beast—a Qiongqi. Its cyan and red wings spread wide, blotting out the sky and covering the sun, exuding boundless, overbearing fiendish aura. Its fur, standing on end like thorns, was terrifyingly fierce, as if merely brushing against a person's body would be enough to take their life.
"This is a true ancient fierce beast, majestic and domineering," Lin Feng murmured to himself. Although the Qiongqi beside him was also formidable, compared to the ancient fierce beast carved on the pattern, it still lacked much in terms of imposing presence.
"The beasts carved here are all extremely powerful. Just this Qiongqi alone possesses the majesty of an ancient fierce beast. This shows that the senior who built this ancient hall must have been an exceptionally powerful figure," Lin Feng said, looking at these beast patterns. If one had never seen such powerful beasts, it would be impossible to carve beast patterns with such divine charm. They were like a bestiary.
Walking through the ancient hall, Lin Feng looked at the solitary lamp that seemed eternal, a peculiar emotion stirring in his heart. He wondered if this senior expert, like the venerable one in the forbidden area of Purple Gold Mountain, had died in loneliness. This ancient hall was the tomb of a supreme expert.
However, this thought only lingered in Lin Feng's mind for a moment. Then, he and Qiongqi arrived before the ancient door they had failed to open last time.
The golden door stood there, flanked by two towering pillars, majestic and spectacular. Lin Feng had deliberately come to Cloud Sea Mountain Range this time to see if he could now open this golden door. Once this door was opened, perhaps many unknown answers would be revealed.
What exactly was hidden in this ancient hall, located in the valley behind Cloud Sea Sect within the Cloud Sea Mountain Range?
"Qiongqi, try to see if you can charge through this door," Lin Feng said to the fierce beast beside him. Although Qiongqi was currently a second-level Mysterious Beast, many beasts possessed terrifying innate strength. Qiongqi's speed was extremely fast, and when it charged with full force, its power would also be immense.
"Roar..."
Qiongqi let out a low roar, slowly retreating a few steps. Its enormous wings spread open in the ancient hall, flapping gently. Its fierce eyes, filled with coldness, stared fixedly at the golden door.
"Roar!"
A furious roar erupted from Qiongqi's mouth. Its huge wings flickered as it moved, turning into a phantom that instantly reached the golden door and slammed into it violently.
"Boom!"
A heavy, dull sound echoed through the ancient hall, lingering for a long time. But the golden ancient hall remained standing there, unmoving as a mountain, not even shaking.
With a flutter of its wings, Qiongqi's body retreated to its original position. Its claws kept scraping the ground, its fierce eyes still fixed on the golden door, as if extremely unwilling to give up.
"This Qiongqi beast actually has human-like persistence. Mysterious Beasts, understanding human nature, are almost like humans. And when they reach the Heavenly Beast realm and transform, they truly become no different from humans," Lin Feng thought to himself, watching the unwillingness in Qiongqi's eyes. Qiongqi charged at the stone wall again, faster and fiercer than before.
"Whoosh..."
A louder vibrating sound echoed through the ancient hall. Qiongqi's body was bounced back, rolling on the ground. On Qiongqi's head, there was even a trace of blood.
The stronger the impact force, the stronger the rebound force of this golden door. Qiongqi could not open this golden door.
Qiongqi got up, let out another low roar, still unwilling to give up, completely ignoring the minor injury it had sustained. Qiongqi simply didn't care.
"Let me try," Lin Feng said in a low voice.
Qiongqi's fierce eyes turned to look at Lin Feng, then its huge head nodded. It stepped aside to see if Lin Feng could blast open this golden door.
Staring at the golden door, Lin Feng took a deep breath. Having resolved some matters in the Imperial City, his heart was a bit more at ease. That was why he had deliberately come here alone. He did not want others to know about the existence of this ancient hall. After all, as Old Man Bei had said back then, even Nan Gong Ling, the sect master of Cloud Sea Sect at the time, did not know of this ancient hall's existence. Only the sect's guardians were aware of it.
If he could open the golden door and see what was inside, that would be best. If not, he would come back when his strength was greater.
His robes fluttering, a fierce surge of true essence erupted from Lin Feng's body, coiling around his fist. The wind howled in the silent space.
"Ha!"
Lin Feng let out a low shout, his body turning into a phantom as he instantly rushed before the golden door.
"Boom!"
A trembling sound echoed through the void. Lin Feng's fist stopped on the golden door. A powerful rebound force traveled from his fist. Using this rebound force, Lin Feng's feet trembled, and he drifted back gracefully.
"There seems to be a hidden vibration," Lin Feng muttered softly. His drifting body moved forward like the wind again. Another punch struck the golden door, this one fiercer than the last.
"Whoosh!"
An even stronger rebound force came. Lin Feng felt his skin split open, the pain intense.
This was the nature of attack: the stronger the force you used, if you couldn't shatter the object before you, the stronger the rebound force you would endure.
Moreover, Lin Feng clearly felt the powerful hidden force emanating from the golden door, continuously surging into his body, causing his form to drift back again.
"The stronger my force, the stronger the rebound force, and that hidden force is even stronger," Lin Feng stared at the door, murmuring to himself. A thoughtful expression appeared in his eyes, as if he had grasped something, yet it remained elusive.
"This feeling?"
Lin Feng recalled the fleeting inspiration in his mind. It was a wonderful sensation, but it slipped away just as he tried to grasp it.
"Try once more."
This time, Lin Feng did not pause at all. He directly threw a domineering punch, producing a rumbling echo. It was useless, still useless. This time, the rebound force made it impossible for Lin Feng to steady his fist, and the hidden force carried a powerful destructive intent.
"Hidden force."
Lin Feng's pupils contracted slightly. Suddenly, the fleeting inspiration became clear.
"So that's it."
A smile appeared on Lin Feng's face. When attacking, the force of your attack and the rebound force you endured were equally strong. But if there was a hidden force within the rebound, it could injure people invisibly.
What about the attacker?
If the person throwing the punch, at the moment the equally strong rebound force descended, suddenly released a terrifying hidden force, they could thus circumvent the rebound force, using a more terrible force to destroy and annihilate.
Hidden force was strength hidden in the shadows, unexpected, unleashing terrifying destructive power in an instant.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng stared at the golden door. A sharp, cold glint flashed in his eyes. Then, his body moved, charging forward once again.
"Boom!"
Another domineering punch struck the golden door. A terrifying destructive force spread out. The intensely powerful rebound force appeared again, accompanied by a fearsome hidden force.
But at that moment, just as the hidden force was born, a terrifying Sword Dao killing intent erupted from Lin Feng's fist. This killing intent made the space itself tremble, extremely terrifying. It directly struck the newly born hidden force, tearing it apart.
This time, the terrifying killing force encountered no resistance, landing fully on the golden door.
"Crack!" A light sound rang out. Lin Feng's body instantly retreated, spitting out the terrifying killing hidden force and withdrawing without a moment's pause, extremely decisive.
After retreating, Lin Feng looked at the golden door. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Several cracks had appeared on the golden door. Although they were not enough to completely shatter the golden door, this was already enough. A few more attacks, and he was confident he could break through this door.