Chapter 177 Running Away Faster Than Anyone Else
“Sizzle—”
The teeth-grinding corrosion sound echoed throughout the cave!
The fine steel sword in the hands of a Xuanjia Army soldier was only lightly swept by the black gas, and it quickly rusted and disintegrated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into a pool of molten iron dripping onto the ground!
The hard rock ground was covered by black air and instantly became as soft as a swamp, with black bubbles coming out and emitting a pungent stench!
"Not good!" Xiao Yu's pupils suddenly shrank. "This thing is out of control! It's attacking everything indiscriminately!"
"Your Highness! Leave!" The Wugut elder struggled to his feet, grabbed the still dazed Prince Yu, and shouted hoarsely, "The Sacred Heart is destroyed. It's now a bottomless pit that will devour everything! If you don't leave now, we'll all be buried with it!"
Prince Yu seemed to be awakened from a nightmare. He glanced at the tumor that was growing more and more violent, and then glanced at Xiao Yu who was not far away. The instinct for survival finally overwhelmed all his unwillingness and resentment.
"Go! Go!" He rolled and crawled to his feet, his voice trembling.
"Want to leave?" Xiao Yu's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. "My king, do you agree?"
He moved his body, and regardless of the corrosive black air, he was about to rush over and kill the two men on the spot!
However, at this moment, the elder of the Wugut tribe made a move that no one expected.
Instead of running away immediately, he turned around.
"Hehe... Xiao Yu... you want to keep us here?" He laughed like an owl. "Then... let's sink into hell together with this precious one!"
He suddenly pulled out a black pottery jar covered with blood-colored patterns from his arms and smashed it hard at the tumor!
"burst!"
Snap!
The clay pot shattered on the surface of the tumor, and inside was a jar full of highly concentrated blood essence that was as thick as oil and came from some unknown creature!
Roar——!!!
The moment the huge tumor came into contact with the jar of essence and blood, it was like pouring a bucket of cold water into a red-hot oil pan, and it exploded instantly!
A chaotic energy that was more than ten times stronger than before exploded like a volcanic eruption!
The entire cave shook violently, and countless huge rocks mixed with black crystal clusters on the dome fell like rain!
"Walk!"
Taking advantage of this devastating chaos, the clan elder picked up the frightened Prince Yu, and with the dozen or so remaining elite members of the Wugut tribe around him, he rushed madly towards a secret passage without looking back!
They were extremely fast and disappeared into the depths of the dark passage in the blink of an eye.
"Your Highness! Don't chase after a desperate enemy!" Xuan Yi roared, chopping off a huge rock that was falling towards him with his sword. "This place is about to collapse!"
"Your Majesty! Retreat! Our brothers can't hold on any longer!"
A soldier screamed in pain as his calf was hit by the black air. His entire leg, along with the black iron armor, was corroded in just a few breaths, leaving only white bones!
Xiao Yu's fists were clenched so tightly that they made a creaking sound.
His eyes were fixed on the direction where Prince Yu disappeared, and murderous intent overflowed from his eyes!
Just a little bit!
He was just about to twist off the heads of those two traitors with his own hands!
But……
He glanced at the Black Armor Army around him who were struggling to hold on and whose casualties were increasing, and at the disciples of the Observatory who were holding Mo Li's cold body, their eyes filled with grief, anger and despair.
Reason eventually triumphed over anger.
He is a commander, not a reckless man.
He can die, but the three thousand soldiers behind him cannot die in vain because of his momentary anger!
"All troops, listen!"
Xiao Yu's voice drowned out all the explosions and wailing, and reached everyone's ears clearly.
"Give up the pursuit! Retreat!"
"Take all the wounded, take... Mo Li's body!"
"Evacuate the mine as quickly as possible!!"
His voice was cold and resolute, but it was like a stabilizing force that instantly calmed all the panicked soldiers.
"yes!!"
The Black Armor Army gave up fighting with the remaining enemies without any hesitation and quickly moved towards Xiao Yu.
Several soldiers rushed over and carried the wounded who were still lying on the ground on their backs, while several other disciples from the Observatory carefully lifted Mo Li's body.
"And... this waste!" Xuan Yi gritted his teeth and rushed to Censor Qian, picking up the censor who was already frightened and limp all over, like a chicken.
"Ah...I...I am..." Qian Dahai was still trembling and talking nonsense.
"Shut up! If you don't want to die, run away!" Xuan Yi yelled angrily and dragged him out.
"withdraw!"
Xiao Yu was the rear guard, dancing the "Zhen Shan He" in his hand tightly, chopping off all the chaotic black energy chasing from behind!
In this underground cave that was about to collapse completely and be swallowed by chaotic energy, the group ran desperately towards the way they came.
Rumble——
Behind them came a loud noise like an earth-shaking earthquake.
The completely out-of-control "Heart of the Underworld" finally triggered a chain collapse of the entire mine after devouring everything it could.
Xiao Yu and his group narrowly escaped from the mine exit just a second before the collapse.
"Cough... cough cough!" Xuan Yi spat out a mouthful of black and gray saliva, patted his chest and looked back.
The former Xishan Mine had been completely wiped off the map, replaced by a terrifying, bottomless cemetery resembling the mouth of a giant beast. Thick smoke billowed from the cemetery, obscuring the moonlight.
"Finally... it's over." A young soldier of the Black Armor Army slumped on the ground, saying with a look of having survived a disaster.
However, before he could finish his words, Xiao Yu's cold voice rang out.
"The end? It's still too early."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this and looked at their prince.
"Your Highness, are you talking about... Prince Yu and the others?" Xuan Yi frowned. "They should have already run far away. With this place collapsed like this, there's no way they'll come back."
"It's not Prince Yu." Xiao Yu lowered his voice very low, "It's that thing."
That thing?
Everyone followed his gaze and their hearts couldn't help but rise again.
The black smoke pouring out of the tiankeng gradually changed color. It was no longer simply grayish black, but had become... pitch black, as thick as liquid.
The most terrifying thing is that these black mists did not drift away with the wind like ordinary smoke, but condensed into a ball, as if they had life, slowly overflowing from the edge of the sinkhole!
"What the hell is this?" A disciple from the observatory said in a trembling voice as he looked at the black fog that spread like a tide.
Another disciple beside him, named Yun Jing, was the one with the highest level of Daoist cultivation besides Mo Li.
He stared at the black fog, his face as pale as paper.
"It's not a ghost thing... it's... it's 'Netherworld Death Qi'!" Yun Jing's voice was filled with tears. "Although the ritual was interrupted, the 'Heart of the Netherworld' was detonated at the last moment. All its power was transformed into this most fundamental chaotic energy and leaked out!"
"Speak human language!" Xuan Yi was overwhelmed and yelled angrily.
Yun Jing took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "This thing is ten thousand times more terrifying than poison! It will corrode and devour all life! Plants, living things, even... the earth! Wherever it covers, it will be completely transformed into a dead land. Within a hundred years, not a single blade of grass will grow! We call it... 'The Netherworld Wasteland'!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present took a deep breath.
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