Chapter 7: Escape from Guixu, the Beast in the Prison Heart
That cold voice was devoid of any emotion.
[Main quest released: Escape from Guixu.]
【Time limit: three days.】
[Failure penalty: Obliterate.]
The word "erase" exploded in Zheng Qiuyu's mind.
The little bit of warmth and sense of security that had just arisen from the burning fire that instantly killed the powerful enemy was instantly frozen into ice and then shattered into powder.
She shuddered all over and her hands and feet felt cold uncontrollably.
One second she was still enjoying the sweetness of being a goddess, and the next second she was faced with the cold reality of being wiped out by the system.
This Guixu is indeed not a good place.
She didn't dare to delay for even a moment, and immediately calmed down to check the task details released by the system.
A crude map unfolded in her mind.
On the map, the cave they were currently in was marked by a dot of light, and at the deepest part of the map, an area emitting an ominous red light was marked with two words - Prison Heart.
That is the only exit of Guixu.
However, on the only route leading to the heart of the prison, there is an extremely huge, blood-red, terrifying name.
[Void Devourer]
Below the name, there was a line of notes that made Zheng Qiuyu's scalp tingle even more.
[Have a very high hatred value towards the Burning Fire God. 】
Zheng Qiuyu's breathing stopped for a moment.
She froze completely.
Let the burning fire go?
An extremely high hatred value, isn't that equivalent to packing him up and sending him to others as a snack?
She goes by herself?
She looked down at her hands.
A young cultivator who had just reached the third level of Qi Refining Stage by taking medicinal pills might not even be enough to fill the teeth of that ferocious beast.
There is only three days left.
Should I stay here and wait for death, or seek death on my own initiative?
Both roads seem to lead to the same ending.
Zheng Qiuyu's nails dug deep into her palms, and the stinging sensation made her confused brain a little clearer.
No.
We can't just give up like this.
She raised her head and looked at the burning fire beside her.
The battle was over, the murderous intent in him had faded, and his blood-red eyes had returned to their former blankness and indifference. He was looking at her quietly, as if waiting for her next command.
This is her only support.
It is also the only chance of survival.
Zheng Qiuyu took a deep breath, forced down the fear and despair surging in his heart, and forced a somewhat pale smile on his face.
She had to invent a new lie, one that would make him willingly follow her into the death trap.
"Husband."
Her voice was still a little shaky, but she tried to make it sound hopeful.
"I sense there's a treasure up ahead that can help you recover faster."
"Let's go check it out, okay?"
Zhuo Huo tilted his head, as if trying to understand the meaning of the word "baby".
But he didn't ask.
He just looked into Zheng Qiuyu's eyes and nodded slightly.
He obeyed her words without any objection.
The two set off and headed towards the depths of Guixu.
The closer you get to the "prison center" marked on the map, the more depressing the surrounding environment becomes.
The air was so thick that it almost solidified, making breathing difficult.
Countless tiny, dangerously flashing space-time turbulences float in the space, silently cutting everything they encounter.
A huge rock fell from the top of the cave and was silently decomposed into the most primitive dust in mid-air.
Zheng Qiuyu was frightened and subconsciously slowed down his pace.
Zhuo Huo noticed her hesitation.
He said nothing, but walked silently to her and protected her behind him.
Those space-time turbulences that were powerful enough to tear steel apart automatically annihilated and turned into nothingness when they came within three feet of his body.
He used his body to create an absolutely safe area for her.
Zheng Qiuyu looked at his broad back, his long silver hair swaying gently as he walked.
Although I was heading towards a dangerous place where I could be sure of my life, but with him protecting me like this, a strange sense of security slowly grew from the bottom of my heart.
Just then.
"roar--!"
A roar that cannot be described in words came from the endless darkness ahead without any warning.
The sound seemed not to be transmitted through the air, but to explode directly in the depths of the two people's souls.
Zheng Qiuyu's eyes went dark, his head buzzed, and he almost fainted on the spot.
Just a roar was several times more terrifying than the pressure exerted by the Blood River Ancestor when he attacked with all his strength.
The burning footsteps stopped.
He protected Zheng Qiuyu more closely behind him, raised his head, and for the first time, a solemn look appeared in his confused red eyes.
In the endless darkness, something is approaching.
It was a giant beast of immeasurable size.
It slowly emerged from the darkness, and just one of its extended claws was larger than the entire cave they were hiding in.
Its body was covered in layers of black scales that seemed to be made of the void itself, with a heart-pounding glow flowing on them.
The most frightening thing is its head.
There are no eyes on its head.
Instead, there are hundreds of strange compound eyes of varying sizes that rotate endlessly.
Each compound eye reflects a different broken time and space, filled with chaos and destruction.
Void Devourer.
It appeared.
The moment when its hundreds and thousands of compound eyes locked onto Zhanhuo at the same time.
All the compound eyes turned blood red at once.
Raging rage, insane murderous intent, and a kind of... deep-rooted hatred erupted from the giant beast.
That is not the desire of the hunter to see his prey.
That is an endless hatred.
"roar--!"
There was another roar, and this time, it was no longer a demonstration, but an attack.
It opened its huge mouth, and a black beam of light composed of pure destructive and devouring power tore through the space and instantly hit the burning fire.
Zhuohuo instinctively raised his hand, and the golden divine fire condensed, wanting to fight back.
But at the moment when his power was about to explode, the invisible shackles of heaven inside his body suddenly tightened.
Golden runes flashed beneath his skin, bringing sharp pain.
He groaned, and the concentrated divine power suddenly stopped flowing smoothly.
boom!
In a hurry, he could only set up a divine shield.
The black beam of light hit the shield hard, causing a deafening roar.
Zhuo Huo was shocked by this huge force and slid back dozens of meters before he could barely stabilize his body.
For the first time, he looked a little embarrassed.
The Void Devouring Beast succeeded in its attack and became more violent. Countless black energy blades swept over like an overwhelming force.
Zhuo Huo was restrained by the shackles of Heaven, unable to fully exert his divine power. For a time, he could only passively defend himself, surrounded by danger.
At this moment, the aftermath of an attack bypassed Shaohuo's defense and hit Zheng Qiuyu behind him fiercely.
Zheng Qiuyu's pupils suddenly contracted.
She had no time to react.
But just when the destructive force was about to touch her.
There was a sudden buzzing sound in her head.
An inexplicable sense of familiarity, accompanied by an indescribable sadness, suddenly surged into her heart without warning.
She was shocked to find out.
When the furious beast was madly attacking Shaohuo, all of its attack trajectories, intentionally or unintentionally, avoided the direction where it was.
Zheng Qiuyu stared at the mad beast.
An absurd thought flashed through her mind.
It...seems to be protecting me?
Why?
It hates the burning fire, but it is protecting me who is protected by the burning fire?
This is totally illogical.
unless……
All it hates is the burning fire.
And it knows... me?
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