All powerful artifacts had spirits. The more powerful the artifact was, the more advanced the artifact spirit would be.
Advanced artifact spirits, such as mountains, had intelligence.
Lu Li's three mountains all had artifact spirits and they all had intelligence. Their intelligence was not high but it was good enough.
There must be more advanced artifact spirits. For example, if Blood Fairy could be sealed in a Relic, then the artifact spirit must be very intelligent.
Apart from the fact that Blood Fairy did not have human emotions, she was highly intelligent. She could learn by herself. Blood Fairy was a good learner when it came to Inhibition Formations.
Since this temple was real, and it seemed to be playing a prank, it maintained a distance that was neither too far nor too close to him.
If it was not controlled by a artifact spirit, then there was only one possibility — someone was controlling the temple and that person had a wicked sense of humor.
The Ancient Demons Burial Ground had existed for many years. The temple must have been here since the Ancient Demons Burial Ground came into existence. Therefore, it was unlikely that someone was controlling the temple. Therefore, it was highly possible that it was a artifact spirit.
Lu Li rolled his eyes. On the surface, he had calmed down. But inside, he was thinking about how to get the temple.
If there was a artifact spirit, the temple would be alive.
If he could control the artifact spirit, then the temple would be his.
Lu Li did not know what level the temple was at and whether it would be beneficial to him. Nonetheless, since it was in the core area of the Ancient Demons Burial Ground, it must not be of a low level.
What was more, not even the Slayer's Ghost Slash could kill a highly intelligent artifact spirit. How could it be of a low level?
"Ha, ha!"
After the time for one incense stick to burn, Lu Li had an idea.
Didn't this artifact spirit like to play?
Then he would play with this Artifact Spirit.
All of a sudden, Lu Li dashed toward the distance at the top of his speed.
The temple paused for a moment. Soon, it caught up with Lu Li and maintained a distance of three miles.
"Whoosh!"
Lu Li suddenly turned back and maintained his top speed as well.
He had just dashed out when he turned back. Once again, the temple could not react and paused in midair.
However, when Lu Li was one mile closer, the temple stepped back at once. It was even faster than Lu Li and the temple maintained a distance of three and a half miles.
"Whoosh ~"
Like a lunatic, Lu Li abruptly turned to the right in midair and then to the left again.
He kept changing his direction like a wild beast.
The reaction of the temple was fast. It kept changing directions with Lu Li, sometimes fast and sometimes slow. Every time, it could keep the distance between Lu Li and Lu Li within two miles.
"Whoosh ~"
Lu Li seemed to have turned into a lunatic. He had been flying for several hours without any intention of stopping.
Furthermore, as he flew, he threw things. Not only did he throw divine artifacts, but he also threw divine roots and some strange stones.
After flying for 10 hours, Lu Li finally made sure that it was the Artifact Spirit of the temple that was "playing" with him.
Otherwise, a person wouldn't have such a strong sense of humor to play such a retarded game for ten consecutive hours.
He stopped at this moment. After spending ten hours, he had cast a net, and now it was time to pull it in.
Just now, he had spent ten hours to set up a spirit array. This spirit array was not very useful. It would only cause the space within the spirit array to become chaotic, unstable, and crack in the space.
Lu Li was small in size but the temple occupied an area with a radius of more than one thousand feet. He would be slowed down in this chaotic space but the influence of the temple would be greater. Lu Li could get close to the temple and find a way to control the spirit.
"Formation, rise —"
He let out a loud roar and shot out streams of god power from his hands. Countless formation stones below immediately lit up, and a golden line penetrated through the ground and connected together.
Then, one line turned into two, two into four, and they continued to spread out. Soon, the ground below was covered in golden light.
"Buzzing ~"
The formation was activated, covering an area with a radius of 30 miles. The space within that area began to tremble.
Space seemed to be broken. Huge cracks appeared. The space became unstable as if it could collapse at any time.
"Ha, ha, ha!"
Lu Li laughed. Looking at the temple behind him, he shouted, "Let's see how you are going to run this time."
"Whoosh ~"
Lu Li moved through the cracks in space like a fish in the water, dashing toward the temple.
As soon as he moved, the temple moved as well. However, the unstable space and the many cracks in space had affected the temple's speed.
"Buzzing!"
Lu Li was shocked. The temple suddenly glowed and shrank. From a radius of more than one thousand feet, it shrank to the size of a finger.
This time, the temple was no longer affected by the cracks in space. It sped up and moved around more agilely than Lu Li.
"How is that possible?"
Lu Li was stunned. But then he remembered that the mountain could shrink and expand. It was not surprising that the temple could.
He was stunned. How could he take over the temple if he could not get close to it?
"Attack?"
Not even the Slayer's Ghost Slash could break the temple. Attacking it would be pointless.
Lu Li thought for a moment and came up with a last resort. If this didn't work, then he would have no other way.
"Blood Fairy, take the immortal's body with you. Later, find a chance to go into the temple and find a way to control it or disturb the artifact spirit. Give me a chance to get close!"
Lu Li sent a message to the immortal's body. He poured out divine energy and shut down the formation.
This formation could not slow down the temple. Instead, it became a burden and hindered Lu Li's movement.
He flew away quickly and collected the treasures and formation stones he left behind. He threw the immortal's body out.
The immortal's body lay on the ground like a dead object. Blood Fairy held back her energy and waited quietly.
The temple caught up. Since Lu Li was not fast, the temple followed him slowly, maintaining a distance of a mile.
Lu Li walked around and put away the Relics, Divine Sources and formation stones, feeling dejected.
Since Lu Li was circling around, the temple naturally flew over the immortal's body.
When the temple was floating above the immortal's body, Lu Li took out his Soul-edged Saber and hacked at the temple.
The Slayer's Ghost Slash could not break the temple. That being said, when the Slayer's Ghost Slash came down, there would be a surge of energy in heaven and earth. In this way, the temple could pause for a moment.
"Whoosh ~"
Blood Fairy took action. A ray of red light came out from the immortal's body. A blood-red vine flew out and penetrated into the temple in a blink of an eye.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the temple was knocked back for hundreds of feet. The temple glowed in a dark light, and beasts wandered around. A sense of antiquity spread out.
"Nice!"
Seeing that Blood Fairy had entered the temple, Lu Li's eyes glowed.
Blood Fairy did not need to suppress the artifact spirit in the temple. She only needed to disturb it to give Lu Li a chance to get close and control the temple.
The ideal was beautiful, but the reality was cruel.