Chapter 37 Ruins Survival and Straight Men Forced Binding
Ruins survival and straight men are forced to bind
“Ahhhh!!!”
Li Jiuyou's scream pierced the air even before Wuwei's shriek! The electric shock from their fingertips, mixed with the weakness of having their blood forcibly drained and the excruciating pain of ice and fire, made him feel like he'd been stuffed into an alchemy furnace and then thrown into an ice cellar, suffering repeatedly! Especially the wound on his back caused by the Soul-Sinking Mist. Stimulated by that icy force, the cold and stinging pain felt like a living thing drilling through the cracks in his bones!
"Ugh..." Jiang Xuelan groaned, his icy blue pupils constricting as he forcibly steadied his shaky form. The scorching force from his fingertips surged like lava, madly assaulting the barriers of his meridians. The heat from the demonic core within his dantian was like a ignited barrel of explosives, threatening to break through the blockade of icy immortal energy! But what shook him even more was the subtle loosening of the old wound, like a glimmer of light in the darkness.
All this happened in a flash!
A turquoise beam of light pierced through the sky and earth, enveloping everyone! Space twisted, and a sudden feeling of weightlessness hit!
"Hold on!" The black-armored creature's green eyes were fixed on the huge gray-black mist tail that was biting towards it, and its hoarse voice was broken! It suddenly retracted into its shell, leaving only its four claws to grip the ground tightly!
"King!" Man Gu roared, and his huge body burst out with unprecedented strength. He swept the bone stick across, trying to block the terrifying pressure for Li Jiuyou!
A Che's face turned pale, he subconsciously closed his eyes, and hugged tightly the hunched legs of the gravekeeper who was closest to him!
The huge space arch formed by the green vines erupted with a terrifying suction force! Everyone in front of the door - Jiang Xuelan, Li Jiuyou, Xuanjia, Man Gu, A Che, and the gravekeeper - was suddenly sucked in like leaves in the wind!
The enormous gray-black mist tail slammed into the spot where everyone had disappeared! The terrifying energy impact blasted a massive crater dozens of feet in diameter into the hard tundra! The surging soul-sinking mist drilled into the bottom of the crater like a maggot on the tarsal bone, corroding it frantically and emitting an unwilling scream!
After swallowing everyone, the light pillar from the Abyssal Gate instantly shrank and dimmed, eventually transforming into a faint green dot of light and completely vanishing into thin air. Only a massive pit belching black smoke remained, and the furious scream of the enormous, resentful eye within the sea of fog.
**(The bottom of the abyss? No, it's an ancient ruin!)**
The world was spinning! It was like being thrown into a kaleidoscope, the bizarre colors and distorted sense of space tearing at my senses.
“Ugh—!”
“What the hell—!”
“Senior Brother——!”
"king--!"
Various exclamations and screams mixed together.
I don’t know how long it took, maybe a moment, maybe a long time, the strong feeling of weightlessness suddenly disappeared!
Plop! Plop! Plop!
The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground rang out one after another, accompanied by painful groans.
Jiang Xuelan was the first to steady himself, landing on one knee. Ice-blue immortal energy exploded a ring of frost beneath him, dissipating the impact. His face was pale, the burning sensation lingering on his fingertips and the turbulent conflict within him making his breath unstable. He immediately looked up to survey his surroundings, his icy blue eyes instantly sharp as an eagle's.
This place... is not the bottom of the eerie and terrifying abyss as imagined!
What greeted my gaze was an enclosed space of unimaginable vastness! A high dome loomed, shrouded in a faint, stardust-like shimmer. Beneath my feet was a vast, cold, hard floor paved with a deep, cyan metal. It was covered in ancient, intricate patterns, stretching as far as the eye could see. Surrounding me were walls of the same metal, hundreds of feet high. Embedded in them were countless diamond-shaped crystals emitting a soft white glow, illuminating this magnificent yet silent space.
The air was filled with a rich, ancient aroma, reminiscent of rusted metal and dust, and a faint, almost lifelike odor, like the scent of some age-old plant.
This place is more like a forgotten ancient megastructure buried deep underground!
"Ahem... Pah! I'm dead!" Xuanjia poked his head out of his shell, spat out the ashes in his mouth, and his green eyes rolled around. He was instantly shocked by the scene before him. "Damn it! This... is this the bottom of the abyss? This is an underground palace, right?! This metal... these patterns... my goodness, it's older than me, Grandpa Turtle!"
"King! How are you?" Man Gu's huge body fell to the ground, leaving a shallow pit, but he had thick skin and flesh, so he got up immediately and rushed anxiously towards Li Jiuyou who was lying on the ground not far away.
"Hiss... Shit..." Li Jiuyou braced himself on the ground, sitting up with a grimacing grin. His red-gold hair was matted with dust. The wound on his back, from the fall, made him gasp in pain, his face darkening even more. He subconsciously shook his right hand, as if to shake off something dirty. The icy chill where his fingertips had touched Ice Face seemed to linger, making him uncomfortable. "I'm not dying!" he growled, his eyes warily scanning the surroundings. Beyond the irritability, a hint of suspicion lingered in his red-gold pupils. This place... feels a little eerie.
"Brother!" Ah Che's face was pale, and he was dazed from the fall. But when he saw Jiang Xuelan was fine, he immediately got up and stumbled over, tears still on his face. "Brother, are you okay? You scared me to death just now!"
Jiang Xuelan shook her head slightly, indicating that she was fine, but her eyes passed A Che and fell on someone not far away.
The gravekeeper's hunched figure stood there silently, as if he had never moved. His cloudy gray eyes stared into a certain direction deep within the ruins. His face, like the dry bark of a tree, was expressionless, and his wide sleeves fluttered without a breeze. Ah Che's panicked embrace hadn't seemed to have had any effect on him.
At this moment, another mutation occurred!
“Buzz!”
A low humming sound did not come from the outside world, but sounded simultaneously from the bodies of Jiang Xuelan and Li Jiuyou!
Both of their bodies shook at the same time!
Jiang Xuelan felt a sudden burning sensation on the inside of his left wrist! Looking down, he saw a faint trace of a verdant vine beneath his skin. At the same time, a burning, intense "pulling force" like an invisible chain instantly connected to Li Jiuyou, who was not far away. The icy immortal energy within him was once again activated, faintly echoing and clashing with the scorching power.
Li Jiuyou groaned, a burning pain emanating from the inside of his right wrist. A fleeting vine mark flashed by, and a bone-chilling "pulling force" instantly locked onto Jiang Xuelan. His demonic fire stirred, and his scarlet-gold eyes glared at Jiang Xuelan fiercely, "Ice Face! What the hell are you doing?!"
"It's not me!" Jiang Xuelan's voice was icy, his eyes piercing Li Jiuyou with equal sharpness. He immediately understood: it was the blood pact! That damned vine contract had left a mark on their bodies, forming some kind of forced connection!
"It's the Blood Pact Mark!" Xuanjia's green eyes flashed with brilliance. He swiftly crawled between the two men, staring at their wrists. "Master Turtle said it wasn't that simple! That vine is the mark of the contract! The two of you are now 'bound' together! You can't say you're living and dying together, but your power and aura are forcibly linked. If you exceed a certain distance, you might even be restrained or even counterattacked!"
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