madnovel Chapter 188 The True Qi is Locked Up!
Chapter 188 The True Qi is Locked Up!
Chapter 188 True Qi is Locked Up!!! (4600)
Desperate situation!
A truly desperate situation!
Ahead, the Blood Skeleton Spirit Lord's Blood Skeleton Ghost Aura swept in like a roaring crimson raging tide, carrying the power to destroy everything.
Wherever it passed, the ground turned into dark red scorched earth, the air froze, and wronged souls wailed.
Behind them, countless "living corpses," "filth-eating ghosts," and other evil creatures of the Liu family, whose forms were even more twisted and whose auras were even more malevolent, were disturbed.
They converged into a murky black wave, roaring and writhing, sealing off all escape routes.
Above their heads, the pervasive gray-black mist seemed to come alive, churning and swirling, forming a huge, invisible net.
"Master Lu!!"
Hu Huhu's face turned deathly pale as he looked at the terrifying scene of heaven and earth surrounding him in despair, his voice trembling.
The flame of the "Soul-Continuing Lamp" in his hand flickered violently, as if it would be blown out at any moment by this overwhelming evil energy.
The temporary defensive talisman he set up emitted a "sizzling" corrosive sound under the impact of the blood and ghost energy, and its light quickly dimmed.
Lu Yuan also felt unprecedented pressure.
The oppressive aura of the "Blood Corpse Spirit Lord" was like a tangible mountain, making it hard for him to breathe.
The protective Qi within him vibrated violently, and the intense pain in his sea of consciousness returned once more.
I can't die here!
The old man is still waiting for him!
Lu Yuan still has a trump card!
But we can't waste our trump card on breaking through; we must use it at the crucial moment of rescuing the old man!
Charge! We have to get out of here!
They rushed toward the underground entrance where the old man was truly trapped!
Even if it might be a den of dragons and tigers, another trap, we must go!
Because that is the only clear hope!
"Stay close to me! Charge!"
Lu Yuan roared at Hu Huhu.
At the same time, Lu Yuan no longer held back and unleashed his full power as a two-star Celestial Master!
"Heaven and earth are boundless, and the universe borrows their power!"
"May the Thunder God aid me, to vanquish evil and dispel falsehood!"
"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"
Lu Yuan rapidly formed hand seals. This time, it was a simplified version of one of the most powerful attacking thunder magic hand seals of the Daoist sect, the "Five Thunderbolts to the Top Seal".
This hand gesture is suitable for small-scale, high-frequency bursts of energy!
The incantation from Lu Yuan's mouth exploded like thunder, and the pale golden aura around his body surged and gushed forth.
It transformed into countless fine, serpentine golden bolts of lightning, coiling around his body and crackling with explosive sounds!
Lu Yuan did not choose to confront the overwhelming torrent of blood and ghostly energy in front of him head-on, for that would undoubtedly be courting death.
Lu Yuan's target was the relatively scattered waves of Liu family evil creatures surging out from the houses and alleyways to his side and rear!
We must tear open a gap, force our way out, and rush towards that cliff!
"break!"
Lu Yuan roared and pointed his finger like a sword at the alleyway where the evil creatures were most concentrated to the left!
The golden lightning that enveloped him, like an army that had received a command, instantly converged into a dazzling pillar of lightning as thick as an arm.
With overwhelming divine might and destructive power, it shot out with a thunderous roar!
"Boom!"
Thunder roared, and golden light exploded!
The seven or eight "living corpses" and two larger "filth-eating ghosts" at the front of the alley didn't even have time to scream.
Under the extremely powerful and yang force of thunder, it instantly turned into ashes!
The walls and ground at the alley entrance were also blasted into a charred crater, clearing away the evil spirits!
However, even more evil creatures fearlessly surged forward, driven even more mad by the aura of thunder, roaring as they pounced.
At the same time, the torrent of blood-red ghost energy from behind was getting closer and closer.
The cold, foul aura had already touched Lu Yuan's protective aura, emitting a "sizzling" corrosive sound.
"Walk!"
Having landed a successful blow, Lu Yuan didn't hesitate. His figure transformed into a pale golden streak of light as he charged toward the opening blasted open by the lightning!
His hands moved incessantly, firing out compressed palm lightning bolts like a barrage of bullets.
He precisely targeted and killed the scattered evil creatures that pounced on him, clearing a narrow passage.
Hu Huhu gritted his teeth and followed closely, holding the "Soul-Continuing Lamp" to his chest.
He forcibly activated the lamp flame with his essence and blood, emitting a ghastly green light that carried a strong sense of calming the soul and suppressing evil.
The light barely managed to withstand the sinister aura and sporadic attacks that were creeping in from the sides and rear.
With his other hand, he kept throwing out the remaining Yin talismans, which burned in the air.
It transformed into streaks of distorted green light, temporarily hindering and confusing the approaching evil beings.
The two stood one in front of the other, like a small boat struggling in a stormy sea.
Despite being besieged by countless evil creatures and facing the ever-approaching blood-red ghostly energy from behind, they desperately charged towards the cliff.
Each step forward was accompanied by the roar of thunder, the howls of evil spirits, the explosion of talismans, and the sizzling sound of protective essence colliding with evil energy.
Lu Yuan pushed his speed to the limit, weaving and turning through narrow alleys and gaps between houses.
Avoid the areas where evil spirits are most concentrated, and instead target the weakest points to break through.
The true essence within him poured out like a flood, maintaining a high intensity of lightning magic output and protective essence.
The distance of just a few dozen meters felt like crossing a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, extremely dangerous.
Several times, Lu Yuan was almost caught by the extremely fast black shadows that pounced from the side, and he barely managed to break them apart with lightning magic.
Hu Huhu was in an even worse state, his old clothes were corroded with several holes by the evil energy.
His arm was also slashed open by the claws of a "filthy ghost," and the wound quickly turned black and festered, which he barely managed to suppress with the Tiger Family's secret medicine.
Finally, after expending enormous energy and sustaining injuries, the two reached the bottom of the steep cliff.
This place is about 100 meters away from the black stone house.
However, the blood-skeletal ghostly aura of the "Blood Skeleton Lord" still followed him closely, only slightly weakened by the distance and the intricate arrangement of houses in between.
Meanwhile, the large number of evil creatures chasing behind them had been left behind and were now surging forward madly.
"Where is the entrance?!"
Hu Huhu leaned against the cold cliff, breathing heavily. His face was pale from blood loss and the influence of evil energy. He looked anxiously at Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan did not answer. He endured the excruciating pain in his sea of consciousness and the exhaustion in his body, and once again focused his mind to sense the source of the old man's faint Daoist aura.
This time, the distance was closer, and the sensation was much clearer!
The source of the Daoist charm does not come from the surface of the cliff, but from the foot of the cliff.
An area completely covered by dense, unnaturally dark green vines!
The vines were as thick as a child's arm, with fleshy leaves that shimmered with a dark, oily sheen and emitted a sweet, cloying, and decaying odor.
"There! Behind the vines!"
Lu Yuan pointed to the vines, his tone resolute.
He could sense that behind the vines was not a solid mountain, but a void!
Moreover, a very subtle, yet exceptionally pure and powerful earth vein yin energy was faintly emanating from there!
The moment Lu Yuan pointed at the vines, the vines that had been quietly covering the ground seemed to come alive!
Countless vines rose up like venomous snakes, their tips splitting open to reveal fine, sharp barbs inside, like teeth.
It swept wildly towards Lu Yuan and Hu Huhu!
At the same time, dense, dark red, eerie runes, similar to those inside the black stone house, appeared on the vine-covered rock wall.
It exudes a powerful aura of restraint and attack!
There really is a restriction!
Moreover, this vine itself is some kind of evil plant-like monster!
"Break through!"
A fierce glint flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes. He knew there was no way out now. The pursuers were closing in from behind, and the only way out was ahead!
He formed hand seals again, this time not with scattered lightning magic, but by concentrating most of the remaining true energy into his right fist!
The golden lightning on his fist was dazzling, faintly forming a roaring phantom of a thunder tiger!
With a furious roar from Lu Yuan, his right fist, imbued with immense power and dazzling thunderous might, cleaved through the air.
The roaring phantom of the Thunder Tiger slammed into the wildly swirling demonic vines and the rock wall behind them, where eerie runes had appeared. "BOOM—!!!"
A deafening roar exploded beneath the cliff! Golden light and dark red, malevolent light collided violently and annihilated each other!
The raging lightning power, like countless golden swords, instantly tore through and shattered the dozens of thick demonic vines at the forefront.
Turn it into charred fragments!
The force of the punch, still strong, slammed solidly into the dark red runes on the rock wall!
"Click—click-click—"
A teeth-grinding cracking sound rang out.
The seemingly indestructible runic restriction was imbued with malevolent power.
Under Lu Yuan's all-out punch, which carried the power of thunder to ward off evil, the glass was like a piece of glass struck by a heavy hammer, and countless spiderweb-like cracks quickly spread out!
Within the crack, the dark red light quickly dimmed and dissipated.
"puff!"
Due to the force of the recoil, Lu Yuan felt a sweet taste in his throat and spat out a small mouthful of blood again.
!
His face turned even paler, his right fist was torn open, revealing the bare white bone, which was charred black from the backlash of the lightning magic and the erosion of evil energy, and he was in excruciating pain.
But a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.
The restrictions have been loosened!
"Now! Go in!"
Despite the excruciating pain, Lu Yuan roared at Hu Huhu, who was also staggering from the shockwave behind him.
At the same time, with his left hand pointing like a sword, a compressed palm lightning bolt shot out again, accurately hitting the center point where the restriction cracks were most concentrated!
"boom!"
Another loud bang, and the already collapsing barrier finally shattered completely, revealing a dark, narrow opening behind it, only wide enough for one person to pass through!
A denser, colder, and purer stream of earth energy, mixed with a faint smell of blood and decay, gushed out from the cave entrance!
At the same time, the pursuers arrived from behind!
The "blood-red ghost aura," like a raging crimson wave, was less than twenty meters away from them.
The screams of countless vengeful skeletons were almost enough to pierce eardrums!
More "living corpses" and "filthy ghosts" surrounded him from all directions, and the closest few claws almost scratched Hu Huhu's back!
"Walk!"
Lu Yuan grabbed Hu Huhu, whose movements were slowed by injuries and exhaustion.
With his last bit of strength, he shoved him into the newly opened hole!
Lu Yuan followed closely behind, rolled over, and crashed into the dark, cold cave entrance!
Just as the two figures disappeared into the cave entrance.
The overwhelming "blood and ghost energy" and the attacks of countless evil creatures also engulfed the spot where they had just stood!
Dark red light, foul and evil aura, sharp bone spurs and ghostly claws.
It crashed violently into the cliff face and the remaining, not-yet-completely-dissipated, remnants of the barrier, producing a deafening roar.
Stone fragments flew everywhere, and evil energy permeated the air.
However, a strange scene happened.
The surging, overwhelming "blood and ghost energy," seemingly intent on destroying everything, and the countless evil creatures of the Liu family that followed.
Upon reaching the edge of the hole, it seemed to have hit an invisible barrier and came to an abrupt stop!
The blood-red ghostly energy churned and roared outside the cave entrance, but could not penetrate any further.
Those evil creatures such as "living corpses" and "filth-eating ghosts" seemed to have encountered their natural enemies, instinctively stopping a few meters away from the cave entrance.
It roared anxiously, staring at the dark cave entrance with empty or greedy eyes, but dared not cross the line.
Even the enormous eyes, burning with blood flames, hanging high above the black stone house.
After "watching" Lu Yuan and Hu Huhu escape into the cave, the violent anger in his eyes seemed to subside somewhat.
Instead, it revealed a mixture of mockery and greed.
It did not continue to drive the blood-splattered ghost energy to impact the cave entrance, but simply "watched" coldly, as if waiting, or as if confirming something.
Inside the cave, Lu Yuan and Hu Huhu fell heavily onto the cold, damp ground, looking utterly disheveled.
Lu Yuan forced himself to sit up, ignoring the horrific injury to his right fist and the almost depleted, throbbing internal energy within his body.
I immediately looked warily toward the cave entrance.
Outside the cave entrance, blood and evil energy surged, and countless twisted figures lingered and roared, but none dared to actually step inside.
At the edge of the cave entrance, a very thin, almost invisible gray light film was faintly shimmering, separating the inside from the outside.
"They're not coming in anymore?"
Hu Huhu struggled to sit up, clutching his injured and blackened arm, staring in disbelief at the scene outside the cave, still in shock.
Lu Yuan frowned, his mind filled with doubts.
Is this gray light membrane some kind of more powerful restriction?
Or is there something special about this cave that makes the evil creatures of the Liu family, and even the "Blood Corpse Spirit Master," wary and dare not easily enter?
He turned to look into the depths of the cave.
This is a sloping natural cave passage, not wide, only wide enough for two or three people to walk side by side.
The cave walls were damp and covered with slippery moss and stalactites.
The air was filled with dense earth vein yin energy, moisture, and the increasingly obvious faint Daoist aura belonging to the old man!
The Daoist aura was still faint, but it was much clearer and more stable than when it was outside, as if the source was deep within this cave.
"This cave is strange; nothing outside dares to come in."
Lu Yuan said in a deep voice, tearing off his shirt and quickly bandaging his blood-soaked right fist.
"But it doesn't seem to pose a direct obstacle for us."
"The old man's presence is down below, becoming clearer and clearer."
Hu Huhu also noticed this, and he struggled to his feet.
He took out the last bit of medicine powder for healing and restoring vital energy from Yu Lian, took some for himself, and handed some to Lu Yuan.
The flame of that "Soul-Continuing Lamp" had become as faint as a candle in the wind, and he carefully put it away.
"Master Lu, your injuries—"
Hu Huhu looked at Lu Yuan's horribly mangled right hand, then hesitated to speak.
"It's nothing serious."
Lu Yuan swallowed the medicine powder, feeling its weak medicinal power dissipate, which barely lifted his spirits a little.
He stood up, leaning against the cave wall, his gaze fixed firmly on the deep, dark depths of the cave.
"Go, get down."
"The old man should be down there."
"The fact that those things outside dare not come in is actually an opportunity for us."
"But hurry, I'm worried about the safety of this cave." It might only be temporary, or—something far more terrifying awaits us below.
Hu Huhu nodded emphatically; at this point, there was no turning back.
The two ignored the malevolent creatures outside the cave that were eyeing them menacingly but dared not cross the boundary.
After adjusting their breathing, enduring the pain and exhaustion, they carefully made their way forward, one in front and one behind, into the depths of the sloping cave.
The cave was unusually quiet, with only the sound of two people's footsteps, heavy breathing, and the faint sound of dripping water in the distance.
The cold, damp air enveloped them, and the pure, yin energy from the earth veins seeped in everywhere, trying to erode their bodies and souls.
But compared to the filthy and violent "blood ghost aura" outside.
This pure yin energy is actually easier to resist; one only needs to circulate the energy to protect the heart and mind.
The deeper you go, the more spacious the cave becomes, and occasionally you can see some traces of human excavation.
And the eerie lamps embedded in the cave walls, their luster long since faded.
The old man's Taoist aura became increasingly clear.
Lu Yuan could even vaguely sense that within that Daoist aura, there seemed to be an extremely subtle, thunderous agitation.
It was as if something was being suppressed, accumulating, or waiting for.
Hope seems to be just ahead.
But Lu Yuan's heart grew heavier and heavier.
Because this path to hope is too quiet, too "smooth".
The Liu family went to great lengths to set a trap and keep the old man here. How could they possibly let them find and get close to the core so easily?
Moreover, Lu Yuan's demon-slaying system has yet to issue any warnings.
Um.
I have a general feeling that...
Something seems off.
Just as Lu Yuan was filled with doubt, he suddenly discovered with horror that his true qi was locked away!