Chapter 134
Ji Tang did not hold back, cooperating with Su Jinzhou in perfect harmony. When she attacked, Su Jinzhou had already formed a seven-ring soul-trapping formation to trap the black-robed lord inside.
She clasped her hands together and her hand seals flew around so fast that only afterimages could be seen.
Just as she was about to approach the Lord in Black, the sudden darkness pulled both her and Su Jinzhou in. At this rate of spread, it wouldn't be long before the entire cemetery would be invaded by darkness.
Before Ji Tang was pulled into the darkness, she was still some distance away from Su Jinzhou. Even if Su Jinzhou approached her, he was no faster than the speed of the darkness covering her.
While adapting to the complete darkness, Ji Tang felt Su Jinzhou's breath.
It's like a void here, silent and still.
Ji Tang had sharp senses, and even in the quietest of places, she could detect the slightest noise. But here, there was nothing. Her skin couldn't feel any movement from the outside world. It was like being trapped in a black box where time had stopped and there was nothing inside. Even the oxygen seemed to be swallowed by the darkness, making it increasingly difficult for her to breathe.
This feeling may be real, or it may be an illusion caused by hallucination.
Ji Tang activated the Nightmare Inheritance Technique, and the external power of his soul suddenly shone with light.
Her spiritual power is like wildly growing vines, or like a long whip with infinite power. The innermost core is a deep dark purple, with a layer of dark purple on the outside, and another layer of bluish purple on the outside. The light is contained in the purple, forming snakes with different postures, which turn into purple lightning winding around in the complete darkness.
The darkness became darker and purple light appeared, making it possible to see things.
The purple snake dragged the electric light and pierced through the darkness, but was quickly enveloped by the darkness.
The darkness is boundless. It’s okay for a short time, but once it lasts for a long time, people can easily become confused in such an environment.
She felt like she was being placed in a coffin and then buried underground. The air was becoming increasingly thinner, and with no possibility of escape, if this continued for too long, even if she didn't suffocate to death, she would gradually become nervous and nervous from the fear and panic of the unknown, eventually collapsing.
A voice emerged from the darkness.
"Everyone says that the Immortal Lord and the Nightmare Lord are at loggerheads. It's either her or you."
Ji Tang immediately recognized the voice as that of the Lord in Black.
She didn't move, her spirit power still exploring everywhere. The voice seemed to come from above her head, but when she looked up, the voice appeared behind her.
"What on earth do you want to say?"
The voice came from Su Jinzhou.
Ji Tang turned around suddenly, and the darkness faded away at the same moment. Light appeared in front of her eyes, and the first thing she saw was a bridge.
Yingxian Bridge.
Anyone who practices Taoism, regardless of race, can step onto the Welcoming Immortal Bridge and ascend to become an immortal as long as they overcome ninety-nine and eighty-one thunder tribulations.
This bridge is the place that all cultivators dream of. One end of the bridge is the world of cultivation, and the other end is the world of immortals.
Su Jinzhou and the black-robed lord are one taller than the other.
The black-robed lord stood beside Yingxian Bridge, looking at Su Jinzhou below.
"You've already survived eighty-one thunder tribulations, but you won't cross the bridge?"
Yes, this was the day when Su Jinzhou was about to overcome the tribulation and ascend to heaven.
She was there earlier that day, but she didn't stay until Su Jinzhou had withstood the final thunder tribulation, and left in a hurry.
Su Jinzhou, dressed in a moon-white robe, was struck by lightning, leaving many black marks of burns. His face was pale, and he looked extremely weak, as if he had reached his limit.
He pulled the corner of his mouth, his eyes dull, "If I want to go, will you be willing?" He seemed to be just asking casually, not expecting any answer.
The lord in black replied him: "Of course, as long as you cross the Yingxian Bridge, you will become an immortal." After he said that, he left the Yingxian Bridge, giving Su Jinzhou enough space and pretending to wait for him to go up the bridge.
Ji Tang's heart began to get nervous.
Although she already knew the result - Su Jinzhou did not ascend to become an immortal, but when she saw this scene, when the Yingxian Bridge was right in front of her and Su Jinzhou was only one step away from ascending to immortality, she still got nervous.
She could hardly hold back her pace and wanted to push him onto Yingxian Bridge.
Su Jinzhou raised his arm, and his moon-white sleeves slid down, revealing his clenched hands.
Ji Tang saw a hint of green between his fingers, and she immediately realized that it was the Weilong Pendant.
Yes, she and Su Jinzhou are indeed senior and junior brothers and sisters. They can face the eighty-one thunder tribulations of the tribulation period at the same time, with Su Jinzhou in front and her following closely behind.
She handled the previous thunder tribulation with ease, and even created a clone to resist her own thunder tribulation, while her real body went to Su Jinzhou.
When she returned to Jiu Ming Yuan, the famous and upright sects were attacking Jiu Ming Yuan to take her life.
Her Weilong Pendant fell during the fight, and she fell into the Nine Nether Abyss and almost died. Her condition was immediately conveyed to Su Jinzhou at that time.
The jade pendant in Su Jinzhou's hand bears traces of life imprinted by Ji Tang. Even if the two are thousands of miles apart, Weilongpei can still detect when the other party has suffered fatal injuries, allowing him to rush over immediately.
At this time, the Weilong Pendant was emitting a green glow like a heartbeat, and the blood color in the grooves of the jade pendant was gradually darkening.
The black-clad lord kindly reminded him, "Yingxian Bridge won't wait for you forever, so why not go?"
Jitang couldn't help but move closer to the boat.
The two of them seemed to be separated by different time and space. Su Jinzhou could not see her, but she could see every move of Su Jinzhou.
Su Jinzhou didn't say anything, his attention was all focused on the Weilongpei.
He took out the dragon pendant from his clothes and rubbed it with his fingertips, a look of doubt in his eyes. Then he took off the jade pendant and held it in his palm. Just as he was about to move, he found that the jade pendant was pulsing with green light.
He was a little dazed, as if he didn't understand why the Weilongpei was like this, but he reacted in the next second, staggered and ran forward, and only came to his senses after a few steps, raised his hand and cut through the void.
The black lord appeared silently in front of him, standing between him and the void crack.
The black-robed lord transformed into an evil ghost who encouraged others and pointed at the Welcoming Immortal Bridge. "If you don't go, not only will you be unable to ascend, but you will also suffer backlash and your cultivation will regress. If you can't resist, you will die."
He began to urge him, "The door to the immortal world is already open, why are you giving it up? You are about to become an immortal!"
In response to him, Su Jinzhou took a firm and unwavering step forward.
The black-robed lord dodged and retreated, and Su Jinzhou also ran into the space crack at this time.
Jitang also wanted to run into the crack, but was bounced back by the invisible barrier. Then she saw the black-clothed lord shrugged.
He made a move, and the space crack was twisted and deformed the moment he made the move, and was torn into two halves. Su Jinzhou's figure fell to the ground.
Su Jinzhou entered the crack and the black-clothed lord broke the crack almost at the same time. He wanted to tear the void again, but his raised hand was restrained by a water dragon that suddenly appeared.
His first move was not to try to free the water dragon, but to use his other hand to open the void. However, the black-clothed lord did not give him this opportunity. Another water dragon followed and bound him again.
Su Jinzhou was pulled up by two water dragons, his eyes already blood red.
He struggled to break free and moved forward. At this moment, two dragon tails swung towards him with a sound of breaking through the air. The tips of the dragon tails were as sharp as swords, piercing through Su Jinzhou's shoulders on both sides.
The dragon's tail swung, rotated in the air, and then penetrated into Su Jinzhou's body again, repeating this process over and over again, binding him tightly and making him unable to move.
Ji Tang heard the black-robed lord's slightly hoarse, laughing voice, "Nine Nether Abyss should be very lively right now." He looked at Su Jinzhou, who was struggling frantically, his soul power close to running wild, and muttered to himself, "What a pity! I'm going to miss a good show."
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On the other side, after experiencing darkness, Su Jinzhou also stood outside his retreat cave when the light appeared.
This retreat cave was a place he had searched for for a long time before choosing.
An isolated island stands on the vast ocean. This long-forgotten ancient sword is inserted into the blue waves, filled with the surging spiritual power of the Su Jinzhou. Only small animals with undeveloped intelligence would approach it without knowing the depth.
The ancient trees are towering, and the scattered reefs are shining with green water, becoming round and smooth over the years.
This is where he survived eighty-one thunder tribulations.
At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, which were thick and dark and were constantly pressing down.
The seabirds spread their wings and fled, and the fish in the sea disappeared.
Deep in the dark clouds, rumbling thunder came from far away, breaking through the layers of thick fog, dragging terrifying lightning shadows, and falling towards the retreat cave.
Su Jinzhou followed the falling thunderbolts, one, three, five...
The cave is as solid as a rock.
This cave was built using countless rare materials from the world of cultivation. It was already as solid as a rock, but under the constant impact of thunder, the cave was shaking more and more.
The spiritual shield outside the cave flickered, and it bore part of the power of the thunder tribulation. However, most of the thunder tribulation was unobstructed and hit the hard outer wall of the cave, causing cracks to appear on the outer wall soon.
Cracks spread everywhere, covering the cave like a spider web. Under the repeated bombardment of thunder, a huge crack was directly blasted into the cave, and the exploding fragments shot out in all directions, with a power more powerful than any hidden weapon in the world.
Su Jinzhou's figure appeared in the cave.
Not far away, Su Jinzhou, who was pulled into this illusion by the black-robed lord, was watching this scene. He was examining this past experience from the perspective of an observer.
The speed of the thunder tribulation is getting faster and faster, and its power is getting stronger and stronger. The power of each thunder tribulation is the result of multiplying the power of the previous thunder tribulation.
When the seventy-second thunder tribulation appeared, the black-robed lord also appeared.
Su Jinzhou knew what would happen next.
As he was resisting the thunder tribulation, the black-robed lord once again put pressure on him. He said he could help him safely pass through the eighty-one thunder tribulations and ascend to immortality, but in reality he was threatening him that if he didn't surrender, he would die.
Su Jinzhou just watched coldly.
In the illusion, Su Jinzhou not only did not agree with the Lord in Black, but also angered him.
Thunder from the sky kept falling on Su Jinzhou. While he was resisting the thunder, he was also dealing with the murderous hand extended by the lord in black.
He was forced into a desperate situation and tried his best to use forbidden techniques to save the life of the Lord in Black. At this moment, the seventy-eighth thunder tribulation came down, and he was powerless and lost consciousness.
Su Jinzhou's gaze fell on his unconscious self.
He still remembered that when he woke up again, he felt a slight chill on his body. The black-robed lord was gone, but the thunder tribulation continued.
He couldn't care less and could only grit his teeth and resist. The last thunder tribulation fell, and he withstood it, but he almost lost his life.
The moment the thunder tribulation ended, vast and boundless spiritual power rushed into his body to replenish his dried up and cracked golden elixir.
At this moment, the body that was about to reach the end of life finally regained its vitality.
Su Jinzhou lowered his eyes. He knew the result and didn't want to look at himself who was struggling to survive in the cave anymore.
The black-clad lord broke the silence. He suddenly said for no apparent reason: "I thought you would come."
Su Jinzhou looked at the figure in the dark clouds in confusion.
This sentence came from the black-clad lord in the illusion, but it was not said to Su Jinzhou in the illusion.
He observed this world intently. He had experienced it personally, so he was sure that there was no one else here except the Lord in Black.
No, there was a time when he wasn't necessarily—when he was unconscious.
"You knew I was coming?" A very familiar voice appeared, with her usual lazy tone.
The boat cannot move forward after staying all night.
When people who don't know her hear her tone, they will just think that she might have just happened to pass by and her words were quite nonchalant.
But he knew her, so he could hear the anxiety and forbearance in her voice, and also hear her hatred for the Lord in Black.
Su Jinzhou saw her emerge, standing in mid-air. Behind her was the unconscious Su Jinzhou, and in front of her was the black-clad lord with unfathomable strength.
She faced off against the black lord without fear or timidity.
Su Jinzhou clenched his hands unconsciously.
So you were there at that time, Jitang.
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