Chapter 136: Remove the firewood from under the cauldron, the devil's door opens
"So that's how it is! So that's how it is! These Nether Origin Roots are the energy supply channel for the stone gate under Prince Yu's Mansion! Your Highness, if we can completely eradicate all the 'Nether Origin Roots' in the capital, we will cut off the stone gate's food supply! The stone gate's power will inevitably decline significantly!"
This is a major discovery that can turn the tide of the war!
Murderous intent surged in Xiao Yu's phoenix eyes.
"Xuan Yi, is it possible to find the location of all the roots?"
"I'm afraid... it's difficult." Chu Xuanyi looked troubled. "These roots are buried deep underground, and there's a formation covering them. My magic can only roughly sense them, but I can't pinpoint them."
"I can!"
A crisp voice sounded, and Ajiu stood out from behind Xiao Yu, puffing out her chest.
She was a little tired from releasing the power of her blood just now, but when she heard that she could help her brother Xiongxiong and the adults fight the bad guys, she immediately became energetic again.
"I can see it with my eyes! Those black lines form a huge web underground, and I can see where they are connected!"
Xiao Yu immediately looked at her, his brows furrowed: "You just..."
"I'm fine!" Jiu shook his head, his little face full of stubbornness, "Brother Xiongxiong, Jiu is not a burden! Jiu can help!"
Looking at the little girl's clear and determined eyes, Xiao Yu's heart softened. The refusal that was on the tip of his tongue could not be uttered. He reached out and rubbed her head, and his voice softened unconsciously.
"Okay. But if you feel unwell, you must tell me immediately."
"Yeah!" Ajiu nodded heavily.
"Censor Qian." Xiao Yu's gaze turned towards the bottom of the pit again, and his voice instantly returned to its icy coldness. "You have made a contribution by accident this time. I will remember this. Now, you can go."
"Ah? Yes! Yes! Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!" Censor Qian crawled out of the pit as if he had been pardoned, and disappeared without a trace, for fear of being caught up in the vortex of the fight between gods again.
"Brother Xiong Xiong, the next one is at Tongfu Gambling House in the south of the city! It's right under the big manure pit in their backyard!"
"Sir, there's another one in the Imperial Palace's 'Jing'an Palace'! It's the cold palace where so many crazy concubines are imprisoned! It's in a well!"
"Over there! In the dirtiest, smelliest part of the moat!"
Under Ajiu's guidance, Xiao Yu and Chu Xuanyi led a group of masters, like the most elite hunters, and began to rush around the capital.
Wherever they go, there is filth and resentment everywhere.
Every time, when Xiao Yu cut through the ground with the force of thunder and destroyed the "Root of the Nether Source" buried deep underground, he could clearly feel a dull and angry roar coming from the direction of Prince Yu's Mansion.
The dark clouds over the capital city also became increasingly manic and restless.
For a time, the entire capital was in chaos.
Countless people and officials only saw the Regent and the Imperial Master, along with a group of martial arts masters, digging up Zhang San's toilet today, overturning Li Si's ancestral grave tomorrow, and demolishing the cold palace of the imperial palace the day after tomorrow. Wherever they passed, there was a mess.
However, as one "Hell Source Root" after another was eradicated, all the cultivators keenly sensed that the oppressive Netherworld energy in the air was weakening at a visible rate. The pressure from the light shield on Xuanwu Square was greatly reduced, and Chu Xuanyi's disciples, who had been left there to oversee the situation, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Finally, at dusk, they arrived at the last location of the "Root of the Nether Source" - a mass grave in the western suburbs of the capital, which was also the place where corpses were buried after the great plague that year.
The resentment and death here are extremely strong.
"The last one!" Jiu pointed at the largest grave in the center of the mass grave, his face turning pale. "It's right under that big pile of dirt! It's the biggest, thickest black line!"
"Everyone, be on guard!" Xiao Yu ordered in a deep voice.
The final counterattack will inevitably be the most violent.
Sure enough, when they approached the grave, the ground suddenly shook, the soil turned over, and seven or eight zombies that had already rotted away crawled out from the ground. Green ghost fire burned in their eye sockets, and they roared and pounced on the crowd.
"How dare a mere walking corpse act so presumptuously!"
The old owner of Ouye Manor snorted coldly, swung the sword in his hand, and the sharp sword energy chopped all the zombies into pieces.
But at this moment, the big tomb exploded!
A black shadow, more powerful than all the previous guardians, leaped out!
It was a humanoid monster forcibly made up of countless corpses and resentment. It was over ten feet tall, holding a huge bone blade. The aura it exuded had reached the pinnacle of a martial arts master!
"The last guardian..." Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, and instead of retreating, he advanced and rushed forward with a knife in hand!
Finally, under the joint siege of Xiao Yu, Chu Xuanyi, the old owner of Ouye Manor and Qinghe, the giant skeleton monster let out an unwilling roar, and was beheaded by Xiao Yu with a single blow, and collapsed with a loud bang.
"it's over!"
“Crack!”
The black jade plate shattered!
At the moment when the last "Root of the Nether Source" was destroyed, the entire land of the capital city shook violently!
Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar came from the direction of Prince Yu's Mansion, as if it was going to tear the sky apart!
"--boom!!!!!!!"
Everyone looked towards the direction of Prince Yu's Mansion in horror.
Above the luxurious mansion, the space cracked like a shattered mirror! An enormous black vortex suddenly tore through the sky and took shape!
The vortex was bottomless, with lightning and thunder flashing inside, ghosts wailing and gods howling, as if it were directly connected to the Nine Nether Hell! A netherworld energy a hundred times richer and a thousand times purer than before, like a flood bursting through a dam, gushed out frantically from the vortex gate!
"No... Not good!" Chu Xuanyi stared at the vortex door, his face draining of all color, his voice trembling. "We've cut off the fuel from under the cauldron... too harshly! We've cut off all its external supplies, and that's only spurred it on... It's desperate, and it's forcibly connecting the world behind the door to ours!"
"Sir...what...what is that?" Qingyun pointed to the sky, his voice full of fear.
"It's a boundary gate!" Chu Xuanyi's lips were trembling. "That's not a formation! That's the real boundary gate leading to the underworld!"
Ajiu's little face was as pale as paper. She clutched the corner of Xiao Yu's clothes tightly, and her whole body was shaking.
"Brother Xiongxiong...that huge door...is open..." She cried, her voice filled with unprecedented fear, "Behind the door...there's a huge, huge, big bad guy...It...it's looking at us! It's coming out!"
Before he finished speaking, a stream of extremely pure Netherworld energy, like a black waterfall, poured down from the gate and landed right on a rockery in Prince Yu's Mansion.
Under everyone's horrified gaze, the solid rockery began to wriggle and deform. The stone melted, merging with the black energy. In just a few breaths, it transformed into a hideous monster three feet tall, composed entirely of black stone, with twin horns and glowing red eyes!
"roar--!"
The monster looked up to the sky and let out a roar that was not like that of a human being. Then it punched the ground hard, smashing a courtyard wall into pieces!
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