Chapter 199: Enemies often meet in a narrow road, how can we run into each other?
"It looks like a grass? Look, it has roots and leaves..."
"But it's glowing... the whole thing is glowing... and it looks like a pure ball of light?"
"The ancient text beside the mural says... this is a pure and unadulterated object that was born alongside the Heart of the Underworld when the world first opened. It's called... 'Spirit-Calming'."
"Zhenling?"
"Yes! It is the companion of the Nether Heart and also its only nemesis! The First Imperial Master placed it on the stone box that sealed the Nether Heart, using its pure energy to suppress and purify the Nether Heart's evil energy, thus achieving a balance."
The more Yun Shen spoke, the wider his eyes became, and his voice became more and more excited!
"I understand! Your Highness! I understand! The reason this altar has both a rich Netherworld aura and a hint of pure energy is because these two things were once sealed here at the same time!"
"So...what now?"
Xiao Yu looked at the empty pedestal, and a terrible guess formed in his mind.
Yun Shen followed his gaze and the color on his face turned pale.
"Now... the altar is empty..."
"Prince Yu and his men went to great lengths to find this place. They took away the stone box that sealed the Heart of the Netherworld and moved it to the blood sacrifice formation in the western suburbs mines. They wanted to artificially disrupt the balance and awaken it completely!"
"Then...where's that 'Spirit of the Town'?"
A fatal problem lies before us.
The Heart of the Underworld was taken away.
Then where did the "soul-suppressing" that restrains it go?
Was he taken away by Prince Yu and his men?
Or... was it lost somewhere else?
Just then!
“Buzz!”
The communication jade talisman in Xiao Yu's arms suddenly vibrated violently, burning the skin on his chest so much that it hurt!
He took it out immediately!
Chu Xuanyi's panicked voice came from the jade talisman!
"Your Highness! Something bad has happened! Jiu! Something has happened to Jiu!"
Xiao Yu's heart sank suddenly!
"What happened to her?"
"She...she suddenly started shaking and talking nonsense. Her body was alternately hot and cold. The calming array I set up is almost unable to suppress her!"
Chu Xuanyi's voice was filled with anxiety and confusion.
"She said...she said...she heard a voice...a very familiar voice calling her...to go home!"
go home?
Xiao Yu and Yun Shen looked at each other suddenly, and saw extreme shock in each other's eyes!
"Brother Xiong Xiong..."
A weak girl's voice with a sobbing tone came out intermittently from the jade talisman.
It’s Ajiu.
"I...I feel so uncomfortable..."
"I seem to see... a very large place... pitch black... but also a little sparkly..."
"That big heart... that stinky big heart, right there... it... it's calling me..."
Ajiu's voice became weaker and weaker, but also clearer and clearer.
"It said... this... is my home..."
Boom!!!
It was like a bolt of thunder from the sky, exploding simultaneously in the minds of Xiao Yu and Yun Shen!
Zhenling!
Companion!
Nemesis!
go home!
All the seemingly unrelated clues were connected together at this moment!
The spiritual creature named "Netherworld Grass" has been raised in the observatory for who knows how many generations!
That little fortune teller Ajiu who was born with a mysterious connection with the Nether Grass!
turn out to be……
It turns out that the so-called "ghost grass" is not a grass at all!
It is the ancient spiritual object recorded on the mural that can suppress the heart of the underworld - Zhenling!
And Ah Jiu...
She was not chosen by the Nether Grass.
She herself is a part of the "Zhenling"! Or in other words, she is the human host chosen by the "Zhenling"!
No wonder!
No wonder, she could "see" everything they did in the tunnel!
No wonder she could feel the presence of the Heart of the Underworld!
Because they are two sides of the same coin, and they exist in a mutually reinforcing and mutually exclusive way!
Xiao Yu figured everything out in an instant.
The plot of Prince Yu and the Wugut tribe was far more massive and vicious than he had imagined!
They are not just going to release the Heart of the Underworld!
Their ultimate goal is to reunite the Heart of the Netherworld and its nemesis, the "Zhenling," also known as Ajiu!
They want to use Ajiu as a new and more perfect sacrifice and offer it to the Heart of the Underworld, so as to create a peerless evil creature that will never have any nemesis and will be truly invincible in the world!
"Xuan Yi!"
An extremely terrifying murderous intent burst out from Xiao Yu's eyes!
"Keep an eye on her!"
"No matter what, she must not be allowed to leave the Imperial Master's Mansion!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Xiao Yu cut off the communication and took a last look at the huge altar that buried ancient secrets.
"Let's go!"
He turned and strode towards the corridor he came from.
"Return to the palace!"
"I will make sure that this capital city will never be able to hide a single rat again!"
Ajiu.
Town spirit.
The little girl who would tremble in fear in his arms because of a nightmare.
It’s actually the core of all this!
It turned out to be the ultimate hunting target of that group of crazy lunatics!
When she thought about how Prince Yu and those bastards of the Wugut tribe had orchestrated this whole situation, it was all to turn her into a more perfect sacrifice, to be offered to that filthy black heart...
Xiao Yu's heart seemed to be grasped tightly by an invisible big hand!
It was a feeling that was even more angry and frightening than being in a desperate situation!
He must go back!
Right now! Right now!
The Black Armor Guards felt the terrifying murderous aura from their prince and did not dare to be negligent. They immediately turned around, reorganized their formation, and prepared to return the same way.
However, just as Xiao Yu took the first step.
“Clatter—”
At the exit of the corridor they came from, an extremely thick black stone door suddenly fell down!
The stone gate was also engraved with twisted blood-red runes, blending seamlessly with the walls of the entire temple.
"Oh no! Your Majesty! There's an ambush!"
Xuan Yi's face changed drastically, and he immediately held a knife to protect Xiao Yu!
All the Black Armor Guards instantly formed a defensive formation, guarding Xiao Yu and Yun Shen in the center with their backs to back, and vigilantly scanned the surrounding darkness.
“Hehehe…”
A cold and somewhat complacent laugh faintly came from the other side of the temple.
"Cousin, how are you?"
As the words were spoken, dozens of black figures walked out from several corridors hidden in the darkness.
The two people in the lead.
A man was wearing a prince's python robe embroidered with a four-clawed dragon, and there was an indelible sinister and crazy look between his brows.
That’s right, Prince Yu Xiao Jing!
The other person next to him was none other than the Wugut tribe elder who had escaped from the western suburbs mine!
Following behind them were nearly a hundred elite members of the Wugut tribe, holding scimitars and looking fierce!
Their number is four or five times that of Xiao Yu's side!
"Xiao Jing."
Xiao Yu's gaze fell coldly on Prince Yu's face.
"You finally crawled out of your rat hole."
"Haha, cousin, you're joking."
Prince Yu spread his hands, and the smile on his face became more and more proud.
"This isn't some rat hole."
He opened his arms and made a gesture as if embracing the entire space, his eyes full of fanaticism and obsession.
"This is where my god first rested! This is where our Xiao family truly rose to power! It is also the starting point for my future reign over the world!"
"Cousin, what do you think of this great gift that the king has prepared for you?"
As he finished speaking, the elite Wugut tribe members behind him suddenly separated to both sides.
A huge and terrifying new altar slowly rose from the darkness behind them!
That altar was nothing like the ancient, sacred one depicted on the wall!
It is entirely built up of countless white skeletons and twisted, still slightly wriggling black vines!
Countless painful, wailing, and resentful faces were looming among the skeletons and vines!
And in the center of the altar, a black sphere as big as a millstone was beating slowly!
“Boom…boom…boom…”
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