Chapter 46 Unexpected Cooperation
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Enduring the burning pain in her meridians from the boiling blood-burning spirit fluid and the weakening feeling of her internal energy backlash, Ye Li, like a wounded lone wolf, scurried deeper into the ruined ancient city. She had to find a completely safe place to heal as soon as possible. While Li Hao's storage ring had brought her rewards, it was also like a death warrant, potentially attracting stronger covetous beings at any time.
Deep within the ancient city, the fog seemed to have been completely dispelled by an invisible force, but the light grew dimmer, and an indescribable oppression hung in the air. The dilapidated architecture grew increasingly bizarre, and giant gargoyle sculptures crept among the rubble, their hollow eye sockets seeming to stare down every intruder.
According to the vague markings on Lin Feng's map, the area ahead should be an area called the "Silent Mausoleum". It is said that this was once the place where important figures in the ancient city were buried. It is extremely dangerous, but it often hides unknown treasures.
Ye Li had no choice. The outer area was no longer safe after the commotion just now, so she had no choice but to seek survival amidst the danger. She restrained her breath, exerted her Breathing Containment Technique to its fullest potential, and cautiously moved towards the mausoleum area.
Passing through a huge collapsed archway, the sight before her took her breath away.
It wasn't the gloomy tomb one had imagined, but rather an immensely vast underground space! Above wasn't a rock wall, but rather a night sky, shimmering with countless faint, star-like points of light, illuminating the world below into a hazy, shimmering blue. Beneath their feet lay mirror-like black stone slabs, stretching as far as the eye could see. In the center of the square stood hundreds of black stone tablets, several feet tall. Each one was engraved with a unique ancient pattern and unrecognizable text, exuding a desolate, ancient, and majestic aura.
It was so quiet here that even the sound of my own heartbeat seemed to be amplified countless times.
Ye Li didn't dare to be careless. She could sense that this area contained an extremely powerful forbidden force. She tried to send a trace of spiritual consciousness to the nearest stone tablet -
Buzz!
An invisible rebound force suddenly came, shaking her soul slightly! A layer of imperceptible ripples appeared on the surface of the stone tablet.
"What a strong restriction!" Ye Li's heart was filled with awe, and she became even more cautious. She walked along the edge of the square, intending to bypass this strange forest of stele.
However, just when she had walked less than a hundred feet forward, something strange happened again!
In the center of the square, the tallest monument, carved with a vague image of a starry sky, suddenly and without warning, lit up with a soft yet majestic white light! The light was like mercury pouring down, instantly engulfing the entire square!
At the same time, Ye Li felt an irresistible suction force coming from the center of the square, pulling her body and trying to fly towards the glowing monument!
She was horrified and tried to use all her spiritual power to resist, but she was injured internally and the suction was so terrifying that her body was still dragged uncontrollably to the center of the square!
At that moment, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a slender, aqua-blue figure on the other edge of the square. It was also caught in the sudden white light and suction. Struggling to resist, it was also being dragged towards the center! It was Qin Yixuan!
The two of them actually met again here, in this way!
When their eyes met, they both saw shock and a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.
The white light grew brighter and brighter, the suction growing stronger and stronger! It looked like the two were about to be forcibly pulled to the center of the square!
"You can't go in! There's something weird in the center!" Qin Yixuan's cold voice came through the light with a hint of urgency.
Ye Li knew it too! The energy fluctuations emanating from the giant monument made her soul tremble! If she was sucked in, the consequences would be disastrous!
"Join forces! Break this suction!" Ye Li made a decisive move and shouted sharply. At this moment, personal grudges must be put aside; survival is the only goal!
Qin Yixuan obviously understood this and said without hesitation: "Okay!"
Almost instinctively, the two reacted at the same time!
Ye Li forced herself to breathe in her true energy, ignoring the excruciating pain in her meridians. She pushed the "You Huan Emperor Scripture" to its limit, and extremely cold spiritual energy rushed to her feet, nailing them to the ground like roots. Even the black stone beneath her feet was frozen and cracked, leaving spiderweb-like ice marks! She was using herself as an anchor to resist the suction!
Qin Yixuan, however, made a completely different choice! She didn't forcefully resist, but instead followed the direction of the suction, her movements becoming erratic like flowing water. The Autumn Water Sword in her hand burst into a brilliant blue light, and the tip of the sword trembled rapidly, drawing a series of mysterious paths!
"Green Water Sword Technique: Countercurrent Style!"
She was actually using her incredibly delicate sword moves to guide, divide, and weaken that immense suction force! It was like using softness to overcome hardness in a raging torrent, searching for a glimmer of hope!
One hard and one soft, two completely different methods, but at this moment they produced a wonderful resonance!
Ye Li's extreme coldness stabilized the rear, as if providing a solid fulcrum! Meanwhile, Qin Yixuan's flowing sword force continuously disintegrated the suction structure in front!
The huge suction force suddenly stagnated, and there was a very slight loosening!
Now is the time!
"Attack the base of the monument!" Ye Li keenly caught the opportunity at this moment and shouted! She saw that the energy source of this suction field seemed to be the glowing monument!
Qin Yixuan seemed to be in tune with her (perhaps the tacit understanding of a top genius). Almost the moment Ye Li opened her mouth, her sword's momentum suddenly changed, from soft to hard! A blue sword energy, condensed to the extreme, seemed to be able to cut through space. Like the Milky Way pouring down from the sky, it tore through the white light and slashed with incredible precision at the base where the monument connected to the ground!
At the same time, Ye Li gritted her teeth and concentrated most of the remaining spiritual power on her fingertips. With a simple "Youhuan Finger" that concentrated all her strength at the moment, she pointed at the same position through the air!
Boom!!!
The sword energy and finger force hit almost at the same time!
A blinding light and a deafening roar erupted from the base of the monument! The entire square shook violently, and the massive suction field suddenly collapsed and dissipated like a popped balloon!
The white light quickly dimmed, and the monument returned to its original silence.
puff!
Ye Li could no longer hold on, spitting out a mouthful of blood and falling to one knee. Her face was as pale as paper, and her breath was extremely weak. The forced outburst had made her internal injuries even more serious.
Qin Yixuan on the other side was not feeling well either. Her face was slightly pale and her breathing was rapid. It was obvious that the reversal of the sword's momentum and the powerful attack she had just launched had consumed a great deal of her spiritual power and mind.
The two of them were separated by a distance of dozens of feet, looking at each other from afar, and a complex silence filled the air.
That brief but thrilling collaboration required absolute trust and tacit understanding. At the critical moment of life and death, they both gave each other their backs (or flanks), and coordinated perfectly to break the deadlock.
This kind of experience cannot be easily erased.
After a while, Qin Yixuan spoke first. Her voice was still cold, but it lacked some of the alienation and hostility from before: "Your injury..."
"It's okay." Ye Li wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and struggled to stand up. Her tone was calm, but the coldness in her eyes had also melted a little. She took out a jade bottle, poured out a healing pill and swallowed it. After hesitating for a moment, she tossed Qin Yixuan a bottle of ordinary soul-restoring pills: "Replenish your spiritual power."
Qin Yixuan took the jade bottle, looked at it, and without any doubt, poured out a pill and swallowed it. The pill entered her stomach and turned into a warm current, restoring a hint of redness to her pale face.
"Thank you," she said softly.
"Everyone takes what they need." Ye Li was still concise, but the atmosphere was no longer as tense as before.
The two of them each found a relatively safe corner and quietly recovered. After their previous collaboration, they seemed to have reached a subtle tacit understanding - a temporary truce and non-aggression in this unknown and dangerous mausoleum area.
However, this silent mausoleum does not seem to intend to let intruders rest in peace.
Just after the two of them had adjusted their breathing for about an incense stick of time, the tallest monument underwent another strange change!
This time, instead of emitting a suction force, the starry sky pattern on the surface of the monument suddenly lit up, projecting a vast, rotating curtain of starry light! Within the curtain of light, tiny dots of starlight converged, gradually condensing into the phantom of a massive, majestic beast composed entirely of starlight, resembling a giant lion but with a single horn!
The phantom of the giant beast let out a silent roar towards the sky, and a pressure that was far more terrifying than the previous suction force and full of destructive aura swept across the entire square like a tide!
The pressure was so strong that Ye Li and Qin Yixuan, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, both changed their expressions drastically!
This was definitely not the aura of a second-tier demon beast! This was at least a third-tier, possibly even higher! It was equivalent to a human being above the Spiritual Sea Realm! Although it was just a shadow, the power it contained was definitely beyond the reach of the two of them at the Condensation Vein Realm (Ye Li's surface)!
The shadow of the starlight giant beast lowered its head, its empty gaze fixed on the two tiny creatures in the square, and it slowly raised its huge claws!
The breath of death instantly enveloped the two of them!
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