Chapter 173 This thing looks really abstract

Just as Xiao Yu gave the order and the entire army prepared to step onto the huge slope leading deep into the ground—

A sudden change occurred!

A faint, almost imperceptible stream of blood-red light, in a strange way that ignored the physical distance, instantly cut through the darkness and shot straight into Xiao Yu's eyebrows!

The speed was so fast that even he himself didn't have time to react!

"Your Majesty!"

Xuan Yi, who was closest to him, was horrified and was about to draw his sword, but Xiao Yu suddenly raised his hand to stop him.

Xiao Yu's body froze in place.

A weak but extremely clear voice exploded in his mind!

That was Chu Xuanyi's voice!

"My Lord! It's a trap! There's nothing beneath my feet!!"

Almost at the same moment this warning sounded, the Ziwei Dragon Qi within Xiao Yu's body seemed to be resonating with some kind of induction, and began to frantically warn him! An extreme sense of crisis shot from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!

"Stop——!" Xiao Yu shouted.

Those Black Armor Army soldiers who had already raised their feet and were about to step onto the slope were nailed to the spot, and their movements came to an abrupt halt!

"Prince, what's wrong?" Xuan Yi asked hurriedly, his heart beating wildly.

Xiao Yu didn't answer him.

His eyes were fixed on the seemingly ordinary slope made of gravel and dirt.

He snatched the sword from the guard beside him and shook his wrist.

call out--

The long sword flew out of his hand, turned into a black lightning, and accurately nailed the center of the slope!

“Click…”

A faint sound, like an eggshell cracking, was heard.

Then——

“Crack…Crack, crackle, crackle—”

Dense cracks spread wildly around the point where the sword was pierced!

The entire huge slope in front of everyone, the ground that seemed extremely solid, suddenly shattered like a mirror!

Crash!

Countless pieces of gravel and soil, mixed with some kind of evil magic powder, fell like rain into the endless darkness below.

The illusion was broken by a sword!

Where is the slope!

Beneath their feet lay a terrifying abyss several dozen feet wide! Beneath the abyss, black air surged, and the sounds of ghosts and wolves howling were endless.

What makes people's scalp numb is that there are countless bony ghost hands made of pure black air in the black air, extending from the abyss, densely packed, layered, grabbing upwards frantically!

"hiss--"

The sound of people sucking in their breaths of cold air rang out one after another in the team.

If the prince had not given the order in time, half of these three thousand people would have fallen into this fatal trap!

By then, forget about fighting. Just being dragged into the abyss by these ghost hands will be enough to wipe out the entire army!

Xuanyi's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

The look he gave Xiao Yu was filled with fanatical admiration.

Amazing skills! He can predict the future!

Mo Li and the disciples at the Observatory behind him were even more stunned.

"What a vicious 'Ten Thousand Ghosts Abyss' trap!" Mo Li's voice was trembling. "They were able to combine magic and illusion so perfectly! If it weren't for the prince... we probably wouldn't know what happened until we died!"

Xiao Yu ignored everyone's shock.

There was no sense of relief at having survived the disaster in his heart, only an increasingly cold murderous intent.

The bloody light just now was Chu Xuanyi's secret method.

The fact that he was willing to spend his own life essence to warn others showed that the Imperial Master's Mansion must have paid a huge price.

Those who hurt him, yes.

But if he touches the people he wants to protect and makes them pay the price for it, then... he deserves to die!

"Your Highness, this abyss..." Xuan Yi looked at the chasm before him and was puzzled. "How should we cross it?"

"Hook, pull it over!" Xiao Yu said coldly, "I want to see what kind of shady rat is hiding under the ground!"

"yes!"

The Black Armor Army was well-trained, and soldiers immediately removed the special flying claw hooks from behind.

"I'll go first!"

Mo Li took a step forward and took out a stack of bright yellow talismans from his arms.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are carrying too much weight, and using grappling hooks is too dangerous. Please have your disciples set up the 'Floating Curse Bridge' first!"

As he spoke, he threw the talisman in his hand into the air and chanted a spell rapidly.

Those talismans turned into golden light spots, quickly connecting and extending above the abyss, and finally formed an illusory bridge composed of countless runes and emitting a faint golden light out of thin air!

"Your Majesty, please!"

Xiao Yu took a look at the cursed bridge and nodded.

He tiptoed and was the first to step onto the light bridge like an arrow.

He walked very steadily, as if he was walking on a broad road, rather than a rune that could collapse at any time.

The Xuanjia Army and the disciples of the Observatory followed closely behind, passing through the abyss quickly and orderly.

When the last soldier stepped onto the ground on the other side, the rune light bridge also ran out of energy and turned into starlight and dissipated in the air.

At this moment, the low, bewitching heartbeat was already very close.

The air was filled with an indescribable stench.

It was like countless corpses that had been rotting for thousands of years, and the smell mixed with sulfur and blood was so pungent that it almost made people nauseous.

The team moved forward a few hundred steps and turned a huge corner.

Suddenly, everything becomes clear!

Everyone was so shocked by the scene before them that they stopped in their tracks.

This is an underground cave that is...unimaginably huge!

The dome of the cave is so high that you can't see the top, and countless hideous black crystal clusters are hanging upside down.

The four walls were covered with huge and twisted blood-red runes. Those runes seemed to be alive, emitting an ominous red light and flowing slowly, like blood vessels.

In the center of the cave is an extremely large circular altar.

On the altar, Prince Yu and the elder of the Wugut tribe beside him, who was wearing a black robe and only showing a pair of cloudy eyes, raised their hands and chanted ancient and evil spells like crazy.

Around them were hundreds of equally fanatical Wugut believers, who formed a circle, kneeling on the ground and worshipping together with Prince Yu's rhythm.

The energy of the altar and the blood-red runes on the four walls of the cave finally converged to the same place—

The very center of the altar.

There, there was an extremely huge, slowly beating... tumor!

Yes, sarcoma!

The thing was at least three or four feet tall, and its entire body was a disgusting dark red. Its surface was covered with twisted blood vessels and pustules, which expanded and contracted, rising and falling rhythmically with the "thumping" heartbeat.

With every beat, a thick black Netherworld aura gushes out from its surface.

A suffocatingly powerful evil pressure filled with greed, tyranny, and hunger emanated from this huge tumor, causing some of the weaker disciples and soldiers of the observatory to turn pale and have difficulty breathing.

"Wow... wow..." A young Black Armor Army soldier couldn't help but curse under his breath, "This thing... looks too abstract!"

"Shut up! Keep the formation!" the centurion beside him whispered.

"Your Highness... that... that is the prototype of the 'Heart of the Netherworld'!" Mo Li's voice was filled with unconcealable horror. "They are offering sacrifices! They are using the power of the entire mine's veins and the dragon energy they previously devoured from the capital to feed this monster! Once it is fully formed, the entire capital... no, the entire north will be transformed into a dead zone!"