Chapter 106: Caught between a rock and a hard place, where can we run?
The instant the phantom of the Tree of Life appeared, on the astrological platform millions of miles away, the celestial globe suddenly began to rotate in reverse.
High Priest Guru Rinpoche of the Astronomical Observatory slowly turned his head, his voice carrying the ethereal quality unique to the echoes of stars, "If the causal lines are aligned, then the prophecy from a hundred years ago is true, but the reversal of the stellar essence suggests a retrograde motion..."
"Master, is our armillary sphere broken?" Rongxing, who was following behind him, poked his head out. "It spins eight hundred times a day, and you can still tell?"
The veins on the back of Geluotan's hand, which was gripping his cane, bulged out.
He swept away his previous air of otherworldly wisdom, took a deep breath, and turned to look at his unfortunate disciple. "Didn't I send you out to travel? Why are you back after only a few days?"
Rong Xing gave an "oh" and scratched his head sheepishly, "Well, we're about to start the Prelude Dream Realm trial, so I'll make the most of my time to cultivate."
Geluo Tan squinted at him, "Didn't you always dislike conflict? Why have you changed your mind this time?"
A strong urge to confide immediately welled up in Rongxing's eyes, "Master, please listen to me..."
However, his master didn't want to listen at all, and waved his hand, "Fine, in that case, you wipe this celestial globe ten times first, and you're not allowed to use the dust-removing spell!"
"ah??"
Hearing his apprentice's wails behind him, Geluotan looked again at the reverse-moving armillary sphere.
A dim light condensed in his aged pupils, yet it seemed to slowly collapse like an ancient star.
He walks alone on the great path of heaven and earth, hoping that the prophecy will come true... yet also fearing that it will.
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Luo Chuan slowly crushed the ice crystals, and the demonic beast beneath him instantly turned to dust.
He held the Soul Butterfly in his hand and looked up, only to see twin lotuses slowly blooming at the boundary of ice and fire deep within the crack.
Luo Chuan raised an eyebrow, crushed the butterfly, and was about to take a step.
Crash—
The frost-covered rock wall suddenly cracked open, and a ten-zhang-tall demonic ape leaped out from the depths of the earth.
It has always stood guard beside the twin lotuses, its left half covered in black ice, while its right half is covered in crimson lava. At this moment, its lantern-sized eyes are fixed on Luo Chuan, and it lets out a furious roar that shakes the earth.
"Heh, so this is the demon beast that the little brat claims is more powerful than me?" Luo Chuan licked the blood from the corner of his mouth that had been cut by the gale. "Ridiculous."
The next second, Luo Chuan rose into the air, his blade-like claws tearing through the barrier, letting flames and ice burn in his bones and blood, his five fingers plunging into the demonic ape's heart.
roar--
The demonic ape's chest suddenly exploded, but instead of dying, it split into hundreds of small fire monkeys that tightly wrapped around Luo Chuan's limbs. The ice armor on his left shoulder condensed into a giant ice halberd that pierced through his chest.
Luo Chuan frowned slightly, letting the ice halberd pierce his shoulder as he reached out to grab the demonic ape.
A teeth-grinding tearing sound echoed from the cave—
As the towering demonic ape was torn into several pieces by Luo Chuan with his bare hands and fell to the ground, the other ape rolled to his feet and opened and closed its mouth. "This aura...you are..."
Before it could finish speaking, the Chaos Beast, which had been waiting impatiently, immediately stepped forward, tore off pieces of flesh, and swallowed the demon core in the blink of an eye.
On the other side, Luo Chuan had already stepped through the flames to the lotus platform. The moment his fingertips touched the flower path, the originally crystal-clear lotus petals began to wither.
These twin lotuses wither after being removed from their growing place.
After a moment of silence, Luo Chuan smiled faintly, a hint of regret in his eyes: "At this time, we should actually thank Dang Kang..."
The Chaos Beast was puzzled when it saw Luo Chuan tear apart his newly injured left shoulder without even blinking.
The moment the blood gushed out, the twin lotuses seemed to be living beings that had smelled the blood, and their fine roots automatically burrowed into his wound.
The lotus flower unfolds within the flesh and blood of Luochuan, its petals spreading out a bewitching pattern along the veins.
After finishing everything, Luo Chuan looked with great interest into the void not far away, where the huge roots of the Tree of Life hung down in mid-air.
"Alright, let's see how well the Witch Clan performs in this act."
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At the swamp of the Burial God Abyss, Huali brushed aside the branches in front of her and poked her head out.
"Zhaoheng, is this it?"
Qinglinzhui emitted a faint green light, and Zhaoheng's voice carried a hint of disappointment, "It should be nearby, but it's been too long and I can't remember clearly."
"It's alright, we still have time to look slowly." Huali quickly comforted her God of Wealth, "After we finish our business, we can also visit your hometown."
Zhao Heng's thoughts were indeed diverted, and her voice returned to its cheerful tone, "Mmm!"
He collected many treasures when he was young, and the Immortal Binding Rope and the Clear Rain Pendant are just two of them. He can share them with his friends later.
As Huali and Zhaoheng were chatting, Aobai, who was chasing butterflies ahead, suddenly became alert and said, "Host, there are people ahead."
Huali immediately held her breath and hid behind a tree.
She hadn't noticed it while she was on her way, but in the quiet, she suddenly smelled a peculiar sweet smell mixed with decaying leaves in the air.
Not far away, a cultivator dressed in black robes was approaching the pile of rotting bones in the center of the swamp.
The other party must be a music cultivator. The moment the jade flute in his hand sounded, the piles of bones on the swamp disappeared, and a cluster of pure white spiritual grass emerged.
Huali saw the cultivator's eyes light up with ecstasy and was about to touch the grass stem when the swamp suddenly began to boil.
A long, scale-covered tail burst from the water. The cultivator immediately spun around, his jade flute colliding with the venom spewed by the demon beast, producing a hissing sound.
Hua Li looked closely and saw that the creature in the water was actually a dragon lizard. Its blood-red vertical pupils were staring unblinkingly at the cultivator in black robes, and bits of flesh were still hanging from its fangs, indicating that it had just eaten a person.
After the cultivator returned the jade flute to his hand, he immediately bit the tip of his tongue and played it, the melody transforming into countless golden feathers that shot out into the sky.
However, the demonic beast was not convinced. After letting out a cry like that of an infant, it pounced and its fangs instantly pierced through the cultivator's protective barrier!
The crisp sound of bones shattering rang out, and the cultivator crashed into the tree trunk like a kite with a broken string, falling to the ground just as Huali looked down into his eyes.
Monk: "......"
Huali: "......"
"Brother, you can continue, just pretend I'm not here." Huali clasped her hands together, bowed to him, and then ran away.
But this man, coughing up blood, sneered, "So...there are still people...stealing the White Bone Grass..."
Huali, who had only raised her foot halfway, suddenly turned her head. "What did you say? White Bone Grass?"
The cultivator's face was gloomy, and the golden light remaining on his fingertips redirected the target, heading straight for Huali!
Fortunately, Huali was prepared, but she still managed to attract the attention of the lizard.
As it pounced on the rosewood tree, the cultivator burrowed underground and fled.
"Ksitigarbha Entanglement, emerge!"
The moment the Rock Dragon and the Flood Dragon became entangled, the Wood-type card transformed into vines, and after taking a running start, Hana swung over and bent down to uproot the White Bone Grass.
Seeing its precious treasure being stolen, the lizard bit the rock dragon and charged towards Huali.
"All directions are exhausted, trapped!"
The surrounding soil rose again, and countless rock spikes floated into the air, heading straight for the dragon lizard!
He stuffed the white bone grass into Qinglin's pendant and ran away!
She had only run a few steps when a giant silver python suddenly darted out of the dense forest ahead. Huali stopped abruptly, "Damn it, this lizard can mutate!"
Ao Bai, who was running wildly behind her, roared, "The dragon lizard is behind us! It's a new monster! Run!"
With wolves in front and tigers behind, where can we run to?
Before she could choose, with a soft ringing of the bell, Wu Yu's silver whip pierced through the air!
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