Chapter 66 - Core Secret
The evil spirit is as thick as ink, almost impossible to dissolve.
Every time Chu Linyuan took a step, the black ice condensed under his feet made a "crackling" sound as if it could not bear the weight, and was immediately swallowed up by the more violent evil flow.
He walked in front, the Frost Silence Sword dragging along the ground. The tip of the sword scraped across the black rock, leaving a faint blue mark of ice, which was instantly covered by the surging gray-black murderous aura. The winding golden dragon pattern on his cheek flickered like a living thing, and each burst of light brought a duller, more urgent throbbing from the depths of the abyss—boom! boom! boom! It was like the heart of a giant beast beating a war drum at the end of the darkness, shaking the soul to the point of shattering.
"Brother..." Xie Zhao leaned halfway against Tie Niu's sturdy arm, the Jinghong Talisman Pen hanging dimly. The backlash from the Burning Life Talisman Blood was like a maggot on his tarsal bone, and every heartbeat was accompanied by a sharp pain that tore through his soul.
But at this moment, an indescribable warm current was seeping in from the core of the abyss, miraculously soothing the burning pain of the soul.
He looked at Chu Linyuan's upright back in disbelief. It stood like a solitary rock amidst the raging murderous energy, yet the red tassels at his waist trembled in eerie sync with the pulsation of his core. "That thing... is 'eating' your murderous energy!" Xie Zhao's voice was filled with a panic he himself hadn't noticed.
Chu Linyuan didn't look back. The veins on the back of his sword-gripping hand were exposed, his knuckles white from the strain. He felt that "call" more clearly than anyone else—not a sound, but a hunger and pull from deep within his blood, soul, and marrow!
The Frost Silence Sword hummed in his hand, the hilt icy cold, yet the dormant dragon spirit within the blade stirred frantically, trying to break free and pounce upon the source of darkness! This feeling… was very similar to the first time he awakened the Dragon Evil amidst the sea of corpses and blood, only more primal, more… irresistible!
"No matter whether it's a dragon or a bug!" Luo Hongyi shouted, her beautiful face looking a little weird under the reflection of the surging murderous aura.
Her fingers flew like flowers, and the number of jade bottles flying out of the animal hide bag at her waist far exceeded that of the previous one! Jade Scorpion God-Slaying Kiss, Beauty's Withering Bone Miasma, All Poisons Returning to Their Origin... She even poured out several bottles of sticky venom that had never been shown to anyone before, shimmering with strange starlight.
"Senior Sister Luo! Are you crazy?!" Su Tang screamed in shock. Her psychic eyes clearly saw that the moment the poison left the jade bottle, it was madly corroded and mutated by the surrounding violent pure evil energy!
Dark green, dark red, pale gray, dark purple... poisonous mist and venom of several strange colors were like enraged beasts, making shrill hissings, devouring and merging with each other, rapidly expanding in size, and emitting a chilling breath of annihilation!
Luo Hongyi's eyes were as sharp as knives, and beads of sweat oozed from her forehead. It was obvious that it was extremely difficult for her to control the poisonous fusion that was on the verge of getting out of control. She bit her tongue hard and sprayed a mouthful of blood on the surging poisonous tide!
The venomous frenzy was instantly ignited! It transformed into a terrifying sea of poisonous flames covering an area of dozens of feet, churning with poisonous bubbles, corroding the air, and burning with evil spirits!
Protect everyone firmly in the center! The edge of the sea of fire collided violently with the violent evil spirit outside, emitting a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound and a violent explosion!
"Ugh!" Forcefully exerting strength beyond his limits, Luo Hongyi felt a sweetness in his throat, and a trace of dark red blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. The sea of poisonous flames also violently fluctuated!
"Senior Sister Luo!" Tie Niu's massive form appeared at Luo Hongyi's side as if teleporting! Without a moment's hesitation, he stretched out his bronze arms, covered in burn marks and scabs, like the strongest barrier, firmly protecting Luo Hongyi and the core of the sea of poisonous flames she controlled behind him!
Puff! Puff!
Several sharp spikes of evil energy, weakened by the poisonous flames but still condensed like spears, fiercely pierced the Iron Ox's broad back! Blood gushed out instantly!
But the blood was not bright red, but had a strange dark green luster - it was the deadly poison that had invaded his body and the mutation of his own star blood under the catalysis of the evil spirit!
Tie Niu's massive body shook violently, and with a muffled groan, the rocks beneath his feet crumbled, yet he stubbornly refused to retreat a single step! Star power surged beneath his skin, and a faint green halo, a toxin-fighting agent, shone through the bronze color.
"Stupid bull! Who asked you to stop me?!" Luo Hongyi was anxious and angry, and poisonous mist swirled around his fingertips, trying to force him away, but Tie Niu grabbed his wrist with a backhand! His huge palm was burning hot, sticky with blood and sweat, and its strength was astonishing.
"I... can handle it!" Tie Niu grinned, revealing his bloody teeth. His smile was simple but carried an unquestionable arrogance. "You... just focus on burning it! Burn it cleanly!" The muscles on his back bulged, and he withstood the endless onslaught of evil spirits, forcing the dark green poisonous blood out of the wound, dripping onto the charred rock, making a "hissing" sound of corrosion.
Luo Hongyi's fingertips trembled, and the sea of poisonous flames and inferno shifted again due to her emotional fluctuations. She violently shook off Tie Niu's hand, her beautiful face turned away, and her voice trembled slightly, "...It's so dirty! Go back and give me ten baths!" The poisonous mist at her fingertips condensed even more, and the roiling sea of poisonous flames strangely stabilized a little, even enveloping Tie Niu in a relatively safe inner circle.
Poison and blood, evil and strength, blended in the most primitive way at this moment.
The pulsation at the core of the abyss suddenly intensified! As if enraged by Luo Hongyi's poisonous flames! A condensed, gray-black torrent of evil energy, like an awakened ancient python, tore through the swirling evil clouds and slammed into the sea of poisonous flames with a determination to crush everything!
The poisonous flames burned and corroded crazily, but they were defeated by the overwhelming force! The edge of the sea of fire collapsed instantly!
"Hold on!" Tie Niu's eyes were red, and he poured all his strength into his fists without reservation, and blasted towards the torrent of evil energy!
Luo Hongyi screamed, and several sources of his own poison merged into the sea of fire!
Su Tang's wish shield was instantly shattered!
The white deer hugged the rabbit tightly. The rabbit opened its black mouth and tried hard to swallow the escaping impact. Its small body trembled violently!
Xie Zhao's Jinghong Talisman Pen burst out with the last bit of golden light and drew an incomplete protective talisman!
At this critical moment!
An extremely slight sound of a broom was heard, which seemed to be able to freeze time and space.
Uncle Chen, who had been at the end of the team and sweeping the floor slowly like a background figure, had come here at some point, and was now standing in front of everyone.
His hunched back was still bent, but his cloudy old eyes no longer looked at the ground. Instead, they penetrated the violent torrent of evil spirit and were "nailed" to the darkest end of the abyss!
The worn-out broom in his hand was lifted up for the first time!
The tip of the broom was not pointing at the destructive torrent of evil energy, but passed it and pointed directly at the source of the torrent - the depths of the beating heart!
The joints of his skinny fingers turned white from exerting too much force, and in his cloudy eyes, the deathly silence that had settled for ten thousand years was replaced by an extremely deep disgust and cold murderous intent, like digging a grave!
"act recklessly…"
Uncle Chen's voice was no longer a hoarse mumble. Instead, it was like the friction between two pieces of rusty iron, cold and harsh, with a chill that penetrated the eternity, clearly resounding in the depths of everyone's soul:
“…Time to sweep.”
The moment the words fell!
The broom in his hand faced the roaring evil spirit torrent, the pulsating dark core, and the existence that "called" Chu Linyuan -
It was not the Guichen Zangshi Sword that had previously destroyed the divine ship.
There is no chaotic gray light, no space annihilation.
It's just like brushing away a bit of dust on the windowsill.
An invisible and intangible wave, which seemed to contain the deepest will of "rejection" in the world, spread silently along the trajectory of the broom tip!
The evil torrent that was powerful enough to crush a god suddenly stopped the moment it came into contact with this wave, just like a raging wave hitting the Wall of Sighs!
The madly spinning and compressed energy at the front of the torrent was as if gently but irresistibly smoothed out by an invisible hand.
The violent roar stopped abruptly.
The surging evil spirit was like a tamed wild horse, gently and silently parting to the sides, revealing a relatively "calm" passage leading straight to the depths of the abyss!
At the end of the passage is endless darkness.
But everyone could feel that in the core of that darkness, there was something...that was completely enraged by this casual glance!
An older, colder, and more greedy will, like an icy poisonous snake, instantly locked onto Uncle Chen who was waving the broom!
The dragon pattern on Chu Linyuan's cheek erupted with an unprecedentedly dazzling golden light! The Frost Silence Sword in his hand emitted a dragon's roar, piercing gold and splitting stone! The dark red tassel on the hilt trembled wildly, almost breaking free! Due to Chen Bo's interference, the call of the core became a naked attraction... of plunder and fury!
Uncle Chen slowly retracted his broom and leaned it against the ground again. His hunched figure seemed both tiny and immensely tall before the divided evil aura passage.
His cloudy eyes swept over Chu Linyuan, who was instantly tense because of the cold will, and then looked at the people behind him who were still in shock and covered in wounds. Finally, he looked back at the bit of evil dust on the tip of his broom and repeated hoarsely:
He dragged the broom, took a step, and stepped onto the passage he had "swept".
His back was hunched and his steps were slow and stubborn.
Towards the enraged core of darkness.
Walk towards the existence that calls out to plunder Chu Linyuan.
Towards the final...cleansing place of this journey into the abyss.
The coldness and golden light in Chu Linyuan's eyes intertwined fiercely, and the humming of the Frost Sword and the pulsation of its core formed a resonant frenzy in his body.
He no longer hesitated, following Uncle Chen closely, stepping into the passage. His black robe rustled in the shimmering evil spirit, the red tassel at his waist like a burning fuse.
Behind him, Luo Hongyi's poisonous flames dissipated, her face pale as paper. She stumbled a step, but was firmly supported by Tie Niu's huge arm. Their eyes met and then separated. The wound on Tie Niu's back was a mixture of dark green and bronze.
Xie Zhao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, the golden light on the Jinghong Talisman Pen flickering faintly but tenaciously. Su Tang picked up the photo stone, her camera fixed on the backs of an old man and a young boy disappearing into the darkness in front of her.
The ultimate secret of the God Burial Abyss lies just ahead. The old man sweeping the floor and the young man holding the sword will be the first hands to uncover this secret.
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