Chapter 144: Mistake Xu Hui held her breath and listened carefully to the outside...
Xu Hui held her breath and listened carefully to the noise outside, hoping to hear that Wan Moxiao was out of danger.
However, a moment later, Wan Moxiao's panicked scream was heard again, but it was as if suddenly cut off by an invisible hand, leaving only a sentence "Ah! Don't--" echoing in the empty air, which was heart-wrenching.
Xu Hui's heart sank suddenly. She clenched her fists tightly, her nails almost digging into her palms, but she didn't feel the pain at all.
Something happened to Wan Moxiao!
Closing his eyes tightly, Xu Hui took out all the spiritual dew from the space without hesitation and sprinkled it on the ground. At the same time, the spiritual power in his body surged out like a river bursting its banks, carrying the power of vitality and continuously injecting it into the land.
The next second, a miracle happened.
The originally silent land seemed to be given life, with flowers blooming in full bloom.
Flowers of various colors grow and bloom at the same time, competing with each other and showing their most brilliant colors and postures.
The air is filled with rich floral fragrance, which makes people feel relaxed and happy, as if they are in a dreamy sea of flowers.
Xu Hui did not hesitate and drew out the Wanxiang Sword. With one strike of the sword, all the sects were destroyed!
All the flowers were devoured without leaving a trace. The fragrance of flowers in the air also disappeared at this moment, leaving only a dead silence.
The Life Flower is important, but human life is more important, not to mention that this person is a friend she recognizes.
So she chose to destroy the Life Flower without hesitation. The Life Flower, which served as an anchor, turned into nothingness. The cage instantly lost its stability and tiny cracks appeared, as if it would collapse at any time.
Xu Hui was already concentrating, and the moment she noticed the loophole, she rushed out without hesitation like an arrow.
As far as the eye can see, there is endless ice and snow.
Snowflakes are flying like millions of white butterflies dancing in the air, but their beauty hides endless coldness and murderous intent.
Every snowflake seemed to pierce the bones and scrape the flesh, making people feel extremely cold.
There was a vast expanse of white all around, with nothing but snow, as if the whole world was covered in ice and snow.
The cold wind howled like countless sharp knives, cutting across Xu Hui's face and body, leaving behind painful marks.
Xu Hui was surprised and felt the discomfort brought by the cold. Even the shark silk robes could not protect her from it. This was definitely not normal!
The spiritual power in the body circulated for a circle, but it did not provide much relief. Instead, it felt like the flow of spiritual power in the body was slowed down.
He raised his eyebrows and quickly took out a special defensive weapon from his bracelet to keep out the cold. If one was not enough, he would use two.
Finally, after putting on four magical tools including a hat and gloves, the biting cold was finally alleviated.
Only then did she have time to continue observing, and the gap behind her had disappeared.
Just as she expected, although the cage used the Life Flower as its key anchor, it did not mean that the cage would completely collapse once the Life Flower was lost.
The previous signs of collapse were merely the cage adjusting and reorganizing itself.
After all, any advanced formation has the ability to repair itself after being damaged.
That ancient god was extremely resourceful, meticulous, and wise. How could he allow such an exquisite design to collapse just because an anchor point disappeared?
This is such an insult to the great god's intelligence.
Fortunately, Xu Hui acted quickly, otherwise once the formation was repaired, she would probably never have the chance to break out.
Wouldn't she then be trapped there forever, never able to regain her freedom?
After taking a long breath, Xu Hui secretly rejoiced in her heart, and then looked around again.
Behind her was a seemingly endless glacier, vast and boundless with no end in sight.
With a light tap of her toes, she leaped lightly into the air and looked into the distance.
However, the falling snowflakes were like a thick curtain, blocking her view and preventing her from seeing the scenery further away.
Xu Hui couldn't help but frown and spread out his spiritual sense, hoping to catch any clues of Wan Moxiao as soon as possible.
But to her surprise, there was nothing around except white snow and hard ice.
This ice field is cold and desolate, with the biting chill intertwined with the lonely sound of the wind, as if covering up the breath of all living things, let alone the traces of humans.
She was sure that the place where she came out was not far from Wan Moxiao, but why hadn't she found any clues about them yet?
This made her feel mixed emotions, something was not right!
Xu Hui narrowed her eyes, took out eight puppets, and explored in eight directions. Her own spiritual sense followed these puppets closely, extending outward as far as possible, hoping to discover something.
As time passed, Xu Hui's anxiety grew stronger.
She didn't know what Zhong Lingyue wanted to do to Wan Moxiao, but she knew that this reborn girl was ruthless and decisive, and would never show mercy. Her actions were quick and decisive, which was frightening.
Xu Hui was worried that if she delayed any further, Wan Moxiao might be in danger of his life.
This was the reason why she had previously destroyed the body of the living flower spirit at all costs - that was a precious spiritual plant spirit that she had almost obtained after spending eighteen points to study and sacrificing more than thirty high-level spiritual plants.
But she still chose to destroy it, fearing that it would be too late!
But now, she has come out, but Wan Moxiao and Zhong Lingyue have no clues at all. How can she not be anxious?
She sent out eight Jindan stage puppets to soar in the air at the fastest speed, but surprisingly, no matter how far they flew, they could not fly out of this vast glacier range.
Moreover, the cold here was so strong that a thick layer of frost quickly condensed on the surface of the puppets, seriously affecting their flying speed.
Even the two puppets equipped with fire spirit stones could not escape the disaster. Due to their strong fire energy, the frost turned into snow water after coming into contact with it, dripping down.
Xu Hui's expression froze, and he controlled the two puppets to stop suddenly. He turned around and looked back. He found that the dripping snow water hit the ground and formed a group of strange patterns on the glacier.
They resemble the texture of snowflakes, and seem to contain some indescribable mysterious color.
Unfortunately, these patterns are fleeting and are soon covered by wind and snow, disappearing without a trace.
Xu Hui simply urged the puppet to circulate spiritual power. Mist began to rise around the puppet, and the surrounding cold air condensed into water, which dripped onto the ground, forming patterns one after another.
These patterns are similar but not exactly the same. Xu Hui seemed to have seen them somewhere.
She frowned and thought, but found nothing.
After thinking for a while, he took out dozens of jade slips from one of the storage rings.
She knew that her knowledge was limited and she did not have enough time to carefully study the various knowledge in the world of cultivation, so she spent a lot of points to carve thousands of jade slips from the Wei family's collection of books.
It contains a complete collection of various spiritual plants, spiritual beasts, minerals, natural treasures, as well as a variety of strange stories and other knowledge.
Some of them can be bought with money in the world of cultivation, while others are privately collected by the Wei family and can only be borrowed by high-level disciples.
Xu Hui was able to record it, but it was because of Wei Muheng's help. Some of it could be viewed by Wei Mubai, but he was not allowed to record it and take it out. Only the head of the family and the young master had this privilege.
But because there was too much content, Xu Hui really didn't have time to read it carefully, so Wei Muheng gave her the privilege.
Some of the things inside are very important and cannot be known to outsiders, so Xu Hui specially put them in a storage ring.
This ring has been specially refined. If there is danger, it can be destroyed with just a thought, including the jade slip inside.
These things are the heritage of the Wei family for tens of thousands of years. However, of the more than one hundred kinds of plants in the monster space, less than half have been recorded, and the rest are not even recorded by the Wei family.
She wasn't sure if she could find this strange pattern inside, but since it felt familiar to her and she couldn't remember it, she must have glanced at it by chance but didn't take it seriously.
After flipping through more than thirty jade slips, unfortunately, no similar pattern was found.
But Xu Hui did not intend to give up. She patiently read all the jade slips. Suddenly, a record about the Netherworld Fire caught her attention.
The so-called Netherworld is the most terrifying and dangerous place in the void realm in this world, without a doubt. It is located under the abyss in the center. Any living creature that approaches it will be infected by the mysterious energy and turned to ashes.
The Netherworld is the ultimate nightmare of the Void Realm. Only the most powerful ghosts dare to approach it, but they dare not actually enter the Abyss Eye to study the secrets inside.
The mysterious energy can destroy everything and is feared by all living beings. But around the Eye of the Abyss, there is a circle of dark blue flame burning, which is icy cold to the bone. It is the cold flame of the Netherworld.
It is the nemesis of the Xuanming Qi. Using the Xuanming Qi as fuel, it will become immortal without any awareness of the Qi.
This is one of the reasons why the Xuanming Qi cannot leave the central position, otherwise the entire void realm will turn into nothingness.
This kind of flame is specifically designed to target the Xuanming Qi. It is so cold that it can even freeze the soul. Anyone who is harmed by it will be branded with a strange pattern on their soul, which is very similar to what Xu Hui just saw.
This pattern is said to be called the Seal of Ghosts and Gods. Anyone who has it stamped on them will never have the chance to become an immortal and will turn into a ghost after death.
This is different from the spirits. The spirits are the spirits of all things, equivalent to the souls. Humans, demons, monsters, and spirits, as long as they have consciousness and their souls are not scattered after death, leaving behind spirits, can be transformed into spirits, cultivate their souls, and still have the opportunity to be reborn and become immortals or gods.
Ghosts are ghosts. They are the guardians of the underworld. They have the opportunity to become ghosts and gods, but they can no longer leave the realm of nothingness, or even the vicinity of the Eye of the Underworld, because they rely on the mysterious energy to survive. If they leave that environment, they will gradually die.
But the ghosts are so brutal that they can devour everything, and the spirits are no match for them.
The power of ghosts and gods is even comparable to that of gods!
With them guarding the Eye of the Abyss, no spiritual creature dares to approach, let alone take away the Netherworld Cold Flame.
As a result, she actually saw the shadow of the Netherworld Cold Flame here. It was no wonder that she couldn't remember it before. In fact, this thing was a legend among legends. There was only a vague picture and a few simple introductions in the records.
Who could have thought that the owner of the secret realm was so powerful that he could break into the underworld, snatch the underworld cold flame from the hands of ghosts and gods, and even find a way to plant it here!
Suddenly, Xu Hui realized what Zhong Lingyue wanted to do.
Only those who carry the aura of the underworld have the opportunity to encounter the Netherworld Cold Flame.
Zhong Lingyue had previously refined half of the Yellow Flame, which allowed her to cultivate at a speed comparable to that of a person with a single spiritual root. She must have already formed a pill by now.
But after she formed the elixir, the incomplete strange fire almost dissipated, and she definitely wanted to refine a more powerful strange fire.
She is a reborn person, with a ghostly aura in her soul, so she can appear here.
She obviously took a fancy to this legendary strange fire!
But the Netherworld Cold Flame is not easy to refine. Not to mention that the chill it emits can burn people's souls and leave the mark of Xuanming, its high level alone is not something a mere Jindan stage cultivator can dream of.
Given the paranoid nature displayed by Zhong Lingyue, perhaps she didn't think there was anything wrong with transforming into a ghost or god.
But she could not withstand the erosion of the Netherworld Cold Flame. The terrifying degree of this strange fire was feared by immortals and gods.
If a god is infected, he will be alienated unknowingly, not to mention a mere Jindan stage cultivator. Once he comes into contact with it, he will either be reduced to ashes or transformed into a ghost.
If she wanted to continue living, there was only one way, which was to use the gift from heaven as a sacrifice. While it was devouring her, she had to seize the opportunity, quickly form a seal, and contract it.
In the entire world of cultivation, the only thing that can be called a god-given spiritual object is the spiritual root!
This is the gift of heaven to human cultivation, a gift from heaven.
So, she captured Wan Moxiao for her one-in-a-million spiritual root?
But one spiritual root is far from enough. With the power of the Netherworld Cold Flame, its appetite cannot be satisfied without hundreds or thousands of spiritual roots as sacrifices.
If she were to force the contract before it was full, Zhong Lingyue would not even be able to keep her soul, and would be turned into nourishment for the Nether Fire.
Xu Hui's face was gloomy, fearing that Wan Moxiao was not the only one in trouble!
Fortunately, spiritual roots, as a gift from heaven, are hidden deep within the human body. They are invisible and intangible, making them extremely difficult to detect and capture.
It is not easy to seize it, and it requires certain means and methods.
Whether it is catching enough sacrifices or carving out the sacrificial formation, it takes time.
Only two months had passed since they entered the new secret realm, which was not enough time for Zhong Lingyue to prepare everything.
Before entering, she probably didn't expect that she would encounter the legendary fire like the Netherworld Cold Flame, so she naturally didn't prepare for it in advance.
The special materials needed to engrave the sacrificial formation had to be found now. Even if she was teleported here as soon as she entered the secret realm, it would not be enough for her to prepare everything.
But Xu Hui knew that the preparation time would not be too long.
The materials needed are all related to the Netherworld, and this vast land covered with ice and snow has been ravaged by the cold flames of the Netherworld for ten thousand years.
As far as the eye can see, it seems that there is nothing but ice and snow, but in fact, beneath these layers of ice and frost, there must be countless treasures imbued with the aura of the mysterious world.
Zhong Lingyue doesn't need to go far. She just needs to search patiently in this area. With time, she will be able to collect all the materials she needs.
Moreover, only those with the aura of the Netherworld have the chance to break in here, so Zhong Lingyue does not need to worry about being discovered by the outside world.
As for spiritual roots, I think Zhong Lingyue has a way to lure others here.
In this place filled with the aura of the underworld, Zhong Lingyue, who lives in this aura of the underworld, undoubtedly has a unique advantage.
Xu Hui didn’t understand why she was able to come in. Maybe it was related to her time travel?
I think, before she traveled through time, she was also a dead person, and her soul had the breath of the underworld, or the original owner had already died before she possessed her, and carried the breath of death in her body?
Wan Mo Xiaoying also has similar reasons.
She came here because of her physical condition and was discovered by Zhong Lingyue who entered earlier and was captured directly.
By this calculation, Zhong Lingyue should not have prepared everything yet, and Wan Moxiao might be the first person she catches.
Thinking of this, Xu Hui breathed a sigh of relief. There was still time!
The danger of the Netherworld Cold Flame is beyond imagination, and she cannot handle it alone!
Not to mention, under the long-term erosion of the Xuanming Qi, the soul will soon be marked with the seal of ghosts and gods, and it is not easy to remove it.
Now, we can only hope that Zhong Lingyue captured Wan Moxiao for the purpose of sacrifice.
Only in this way can she protect Wan Moxiao from erosion.
Because once the spiritual roots are infected, they are no longer pure and cannot meet the requirements of sacrifice.
After figuring this out, Xu Hui quickly activated the concealment formation on the puppet and continued to explore outside.
No matter how big this land of ice and snow is, it has a boundary after all. She has to find a way out quickly and ask for help.
Before, Xu Hui had tried to contact the outside world using methods such as the spirit bird, but the Xuanming Qi was too strong. These means of communication were eroded without a trace shortly after they were sent out, and were unable to penetrate this icy and snowy land shrouded by the Xuanming Qi.
If those puppets did not have the Jindan stage cultivation and the protection of the defensive formation, they would have been killed by this terrifying aura long ago.
This is an existence that is more dangerous than demonic energy. Although demonic energy is terrible, spiritual power can offset it. However, the Xuanming energy is helpless against spiritual power and can only watch the spiritual power being consumed bit by bit.
In order to find a way out as quickly as possible, the puppet explored outwards at the fastest speed.
However, just as they were about to break through an ice field, a sudden storm blocked their way.
"Oh no!" Xu Hui's heart trembled, and she immediately gave up resisting and activated the strongest defense.
She didn't know where Zhong Lingyue was exactly, and didn't want the matter of the puppet to be exposed, so she could only use this method to temporarily protect the puppet.
However, she really underestimated the horror of this storm, its power was unimaginable!
Through the puppet's eyes, Xu Hui saw a scene that horrified her.
Wherever the storm passed, everything was destroyed. It was a doomsday scene that was enough to shake the world.
It is not just destroying, it is devouring, as if even the heaven and earth are trembling and disappearing before this irresistible force.
The center of the storm was like a massive black hole, ruthlessly devouring everything around it. Trees, rocks, everything, large and small, strong and weak, were instantly reduced to dust by the storm, leaving not even a trace.
The air was filled with a suffocating smell of extinction, which was the final wail of all things in despair.
This is something that the Wanxiang Sword could never do. Xu Hui seemed to feel that in the face of this storm, the Wanxiang Sword was just a toy.
Then, ice and snow surged out from the center of the storm like a torrent, quickly covering the entire devastated land. In just a moment, everything was buried in ice and snow, leaving only a silent glacier.
Above the glacier, the cold wind howled, as if playing a sad elegy for this doomsday disaster.
Is this the reason why, as far as the eye can see, there are only glaciers?
Before Xu Hui could feel sad, she felt a darkness before her eyes. The storm was already raging in front of her, and the puppet was completely destroyed.
At the moment, she was just glad that under such terrifying power, not only the puppet, but even Zhong Lingyue would not be able to survive!
So she would definitely not notice the movement here. She had already fled far away as soon as she sensed the storm.
The puppet in this direction was destroyed. Xu Huiba looked at the other puppets to see if they had any findings.
However, what made her despair was that in the following half hour, one puppet after another encountered the storm, as if as long as they stepped out of a certain range, they would be in the storm zone!
Xu Hui's heart sank to the bottom. She watched helplessly as one puppet after another was wiped out by the raging storm, and a feeling of powerlessness surged in her heart.
Each of these puppets had strength comparable to her current strength, but now they were like fragile pieces of paper, instantly torn to pieces by the storm's strong winds.
Her only strength is the protection of the shark silk robe.
Her only advantage is the protection of the shark silk robe.
However, even wearing the shark gauze, she could still feel the biting cold, and she knew that in such a fierce storm, the protection of the shark gauze robe was ultimately insufficient.
Despite this, the ability to resist the erosion of the mysterious energy in this dangerous environment still depends on the special material of the shark silk.
Xu Hui took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down and think seriously.
At this moment, what she urgently needed to figure out was whether this storm was a short-lived one or a continuous and endless one?
She didn't dare to go there in person, so she could only send more puppets towards the storm area.
After approaching the storm area, the puppets stopped, and then every once in a while, they carefully explored forward and observed carefully.
After spending money at all costs, Xu Hui finally came to a despairing fact.
Instead of weakening, the storm became more violent, as if it would never end!
No one could get out under such circumstances. She, Zhong Lingyue, and Wan Moxiao were all trapped in this dangerous world by the storm!
Fortunately, the storm was limited to a certain area and did not wreak havoc on the entire area. For the time being, it was still relatively safe.
But Xu Hui was not happy about this, because the glacier she saw in front of her was exactly the same as the one after the storm!
Because the glacier scene before her was strikingly similar to the landscape after a storm.
This made her worried. The storm circle might not remain static, but would shrink, wreak havoc in all areas, and then gradually expand, repeating over and over again.
This speculation can reasonably explain why there is nothing here except glaciers, because everything has been ruthlessly destroyed by the storm.
As night fell, even more serious news came. The storm circle actually moved and shrunk significantly.
Xu Hui had placed a puppet at regular intervals to monitor the changes and movement speed of the storm area.
However, the news she received shocked her. The first four puppets were all destroyed.
At this rate, the storm will be getting very close to her area within a month.
She must find a way to avoid the storm within a month, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.
Xu Hui covered her face. She failed to save the person and ended up being trapped. What a mistake!
Sure enough, people should not be too impulsive!
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