newbobooks Chapter 366 Escape and Depths into the Underworld
Chapter 366 Escape and Depths into the Underworld
At that moment, he clearly felt the latter's slender body stiffen slightly, and a strange sense of rejection and struggle flashed in her bright eyes. An icy aura was brewing within her body, as if she had instantly become an extremely unfamiliar person.
"Senior Yunmiao, don't move!"
Upon noticing that Yunmiao Zhenjun in his arms was struggling, Lin Changsheng warned him in a deep voice.
At the same time, the spell talisman in his hand, which had been gathering power for a long time, lit up and emitted a dazzling halo. A spatial power emanated from it, enveloping Lin Changsheng and the other person.
"This is... a spatial magic spell?"
"The Puppet Master Lin actually possesses such rare magical talismans!"
Upon witnessing such a strange phenomenon, the knowledgeable Nascent Soul True Monarch immediately recognized the effect of the 'Minor Teleportation Talisman,' and a bright light appeared in his clear eyes.
Spatial runes function similarly to teleportation arrays, but with some differences.
It is convenient, flexible and easy to carry, and can be activated anytime and anywhere for teleportation, but the teleportation distance is far less than that of a teleportation array of the same grade.
Compared to teleportation arrays, teleportation runes are much more difficult to draw, require extremely high-quality materials, and are very rare.
Furthermore, this special type of talisman is independent of the ordinary talisman-making tradition. It is mostly passed down from high-level talisman masters, who sometimes even prefer to sever the lineage rather than easily teach it to others.
The method to deal with this type of spatial magic is also very simple: set up arrays and restrictions in advance, which can block the power of space to a certain extent.
However, due to the special magnetic field, this place does not meet the conditions for setting up formations or restrictions.
"Oh no, how does this kid have a teleportation talisman?!"
After a brief examination, both 'Black Tiger True Lord' and 'Nether Tiger Mountain Lord' noticed the spatial power and their expressions changed drastically!
They clearly hadn't expected that an unremarkable mid-stage Golden Core cultivator would possess such a rare magical talisman!
Almost simultaneously, the two unleashed their respective abilities to attack the spatial power, attempting to interrupt it.
Any teleportation process can be interrupted; as long as the condensation of spatial power is disrupted, it can be left behind.
Seeing this, Yunmiao Zhenjun in his arms was a little worried, but he found that Lin Changsheng beside him was calm and composed.
As he activated the 'Minor Teleportation Talisman', he waved his hand to collect the three corpse puppets. At the same time, he methodically activated multiple top-tier third-order spell talismans, which flew out one after another, transforming into dazzling spells.
Although for Nascent Soul True Monarchs and Fourth-Order Demon Kings, this kind of top-tier Third-Order spell poses almost no threat.
However, the activation of three top-tier spell runes in succession still served as a hindrance to some extent.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Changsheng and Yunmiao Zhenjun, enveloped by the power of space, blurred and disappeared.
The next moment, the attacks of 'Black Tiger True Lord' and 'Nether Tiger Mountain Lord' missed their target. Their storm-like attacks almost blasted a huge crater in the ground, and the waters of the Yellow Springs splashed everywhere, filling it up.
"Old friend, it seems our plan has failed again."
"In previous years, we paid a huge price to attract the ferocious 'Nether Beast,' but unfortunately we could only seriously injure it."
"Who would have thought that our joint efforts would be disrupted by that junior Golden Core cultivator, ruining our plans?"
Black Tiger True Lord looked unwilling, his face was gloomy, and his words were tinged with anger.
"This human female lord seems to have some strange aura in her divine consciousness. If we can devour her nascent soul, we can definitely cultivate a fourth-order cougar."
"However, she was injured by my demonic aura, and it will be extremely difficult for her to heal in a short time. If we plan further and have that human alchemist cooperate, we may have a chance."
Lord Youhu's face was filled with greed, and a sinister light flickered in his beast-like eyes.
……
In a hazy, gray space, a faint light suddenly flashed.
Below is a yellow river several meters wide.
A man and a woman appeared above the river.
It was none other than Lin Changsheng and Yunmiao Zhenjun, who had escaped from two Nascent Soul level enemies using the 'Minor Teleportation Talisman'.
Upon landing, Lin Changsheng felt as if there was nothing beneath his feet, and he continued to fall.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, using the Everlasting Spring Technique and his magical power to unfurl the seven-colored butterfly wings behind him, avoiding the Yellow Springs water below, and landing steadily on the shore.
With his feet firmly on the ground, Lin Changsheng folded his wings and immediately surveyed his surroundings.
Looking into the distance, all that could be seen was a gray, dim expanse with visibility of less than a hundred feet.
Even more bizarrely, the space above this River of the Underworld was filled with dozens or even hundreds of strange points of light, and tributaries of the Underworld of varying sizes flowed out of thin air from them, converging into a river and flowing into the distance.
Such a fantastical scene appeared right before my eyes.
"The spatial forces here are distorted and disordered, unevenly distributed, or compressed and superimposed, resulting in visible spatial gaps and cracks."
Looking at this spectacular sight, Lin Changsheng was amazed and silently recalled the events in his mind.
In my memory, when 'True Man of Heavenly Poison' traveled through various cultivation worlds, he encountered such spatial rifts more than once and summarized some patterns.
Normally, the appearance of these spatial rifts means that there is a special magnetic field, a rare treasure, or that two spaces with a large difference in level are adjacent, and the spatial forces cannot be fully connected and integrated, resulting in tearing.
For cultivators and all things in this world, such spatial rifts are extremely dangerous.
No matter how profound one's cultivation level, any entity that touches this spatial rift will be instantly sucked into it, then enter the extraterrestrial spatial turbulence and be instantly annihilated.
Even a Nascent Soul level cultivator cannot resist the annihilating power of the spatial turbulence.
Unless one can break through the Nascent Soul stage and achieve the legendary 'Transformation God Heavenly Lord' realm, combining the Nascent Soul with divine consciousness to give birth to a 'Primordial Spirit' that transcends the physical body's spiritual level.
Only by using the power of the primordial spirit can one resist the erosion of this spatial turbulence to a certain extent.
"It seems that the unstable spatial energy here is affecting the effect of the 'Minor Teleportation Talisman'."
Curious, Lin Changsheng took out an ordinary third-tier magic weapon from his storage bag, channeled his qi and blood power, and threw it toward the nearest spatial rift.
'Whoosh! '
A faint sound of wind breaking was heard. The moment the magical artifact touched the spatial rift, the artifact's hard material gradually twisted and was drawn into it, slowly dissolving.
Watching helplessly as the third-tier magic artifact vanished without a trace, Lin Changsheng's eyes flashed with astonishment.
"There is no spiritual energy in this space. Instead, it is filled with all kinds of sinister energy. If we cannot leave as soon as possible, we may not be able to hold on for long. We will be assimilated by all kinds of evil energy because our magic power is exhausted."
Sensing the harsh conditions around him, Lin Changsheng turned his gaze to the beautiful woman in his arms, who was now in a semi-conscious state.
Previously, he had fought against "Black Tiger True Lord" and "Nether Tiger Mountain Lord", which had exhausted his magical power and mental energy, and he had also been attacked by demonic power.
Now he is guarding his mind and fighting against the remaining demonic power within his body.
Yunmiao Zhenjun kept his eyes tightly closed. The demonic power and icy aura within his body intertwined. The nascent soul within him, the size of an infant, was constantly emitting its original magical power to expel the residual aura from outside.
Lin Changsheng was not feeling well at the moment.
He felt as if he were holding a block of ancient ice close to his chest. The serene and beautiful fairy seemed to be sleeping peacefully, but a terrifying, bone-chilling cold was brewing within her. It was as if if he made the slightest movement, this sinister aura would instantly erupt and engulf him.
Such an unusual phenomenon is clearly a means of self-protection.
"As expected of a Nascent Soul level cultivator, even when injured, he still managed to use some kind of self-protection method."
Lin Changsheng secretly became wary.
But upon closer reflection, it makes sense.
Fairy Yunmiao possesses the mid-Nascent Soul realm. She appears beautiful and charming, like a young girl, but in reality, she has cultivated for at least several hundred years.
With such extraordinary experience, one's character is naturally not as simple as it appears.
Moreover, although Yunmiao Zhenjun appeared to be fighting two against one, he was not in dire straits. Although he was injured, he was not completely out of control of his situation.
Thinking of this, Lin Changsheng, who already had no other thoughts, became even more obedient and quietly waited for True Monarch Yunmiao to take care of him.
At the same time, a splashing sound of water came from the distant miasma.
Although the distance was a bit far, in such a quiet environment, Lin Changsheng's senses were sharp, and he naturally and clearly captured the movements.
At the edge of the horizon, the water churned continuously, producing tiny bubbles that floated to the surface and then burst.
Immediately afterwards, one by one, the figures of 'Nether Beasts' emerged from the water, seemingly attracted by some kind of aura, and slowly left the water.
As time passed, countless 'Nether Beasts' emerged from the water and surrounded Lin Changsheng and Yunmiao Zhenjun.
"So many 'Nether Beasts,' this is troublesome..."
Lin Changsheng's expression was solemn, and his scalp tingled. He looked around at the various 'Nether Beasts' of different forms, including tiger demons, bull demons, leopard demons, wolf demons, snake demons, sheep demons, eagle demons, eagle demons, crow demons, rabbit demons, mantis demons, scorpion demons, and centipede demons.
He even spotted a few human figures among the 'Nether Beasts'.
These humans, however, had their physical bodies completely corroded by the waters of the underworld, and their skeletons, eroded by the malevolent energy of the underworld, were covered with a few tattered pieces of old clothing, and had become monsters just like the 'underworld beasts'.
Based on the strength of the baleful energy within these 'Nether Beasts,' even the weakest is roughly equivalent to a third-tier being, and there are quite a few top-tier third-tier 'Nether Beasts' among them.
There was even one or two auras among them that made Lin Changsheng's heart tremble.
"It's a fourth-tier Nether Beast!"
Shocked, he disregarded everything else and immediately looked down at the graceful woman in his arms.
Although Yunmiao Zhenjun was tall, he was still a head shorter than Lin Changsheng. From this vantage point, he could see the rare curves of the peaks, which were different from usual, and there was a sense of fragrance lingering around him.
“Senior Yunmiao, if you don’t wake up soon, we’ll probably be devoured by these ‘Nether Beasts’.”
Lin Changsheng gently shook Yunmiao Zhenjun's body, his tone somewhat anxious.
If it weren't for the protective mechanisms operating within the other party's body, Lin Changsheng would have even wanted to interrupt them directly.
A few breaths later, under Lin Changsheng's increasingly anxious gaze, Yunmiao Zhenjun, who seemed to be in a peaceful sleep, trembled slightly with his long eyelashes, and the icy aura in his body subsided, before gradually waking up.
"Thank you for your hard work, Master Lin."
Yunmiao Zhenjun's slightly pale lips parted slightly, her beautiful eyes showing a gentle expression, seemingly lacking the aloof and imposing aura of a Nascent Soul Zhenjun she usually possessed.
However, this gentleness did not last long. Lin Changsheng clearly sensed a slight change in Yunmiao Zhenjun's aura. The gentleness in his eyes suddenly faded, replaced by a strange sharpness, as if his temperament had undergone an imperceptible change.
Next, Yunmiao Zhenjun, with a hint of resistance in his hand and even circulating his magical energy, roughly pushed Lin Changsheng back, his eyes regaining their cold indifference.
"Senior Yunmiao, you are too kind. However, the situation seems to be even worse now. I wonder if you have been here before?"
Lin Changsheng was slightly taken aback. Although he was puzzled by Yunmiao Zhenjun's unpredictable mood swings, he did not show it. Instead, he changed the subject to the predicament the two of them were currently in.
"With such a large number of 'Nether Beasts,' it seems we have been unintentionally transported to a deeper part of the Yellow Springs Forbidden Land. Although I have explored many times, I have never been this deep before."
Fairy Yunmiao gazed at the surrounding 'Nether Beasts', her tone revealing a sense of solemnity.
Lin Changsheng remained silent, his gaze fixed on the former, his eyes filled with suspicion.
In the blink of an eye, his entire demeanor changed, giving the impression that he had turned his back on her.
He even suspected that this Jurchen ruler might actually have 'multiple personalities' or 'schizophrenia'?
“Master Lin, the magnetic field here has a greater impact on high-level cultivators. In addition, there is a lack of spiritual energy to replenish the area, and my injuries have not yet healed. I cannot fight against these ‘Nether Beasts’ and can only temporarily avoid their attacks.”
Yunmiao Zhenjun seemed to revert to her usual icy and pure appearance, and after assessing the number of 'Nether Beasts' around her, she came to this conclusion.
Seeing that Yunmiao Zhenjun had said so, Lin Changsheng had no objection. The two of them used their methods to repel the third-tier 'Nether Beast' in front of them and dodged the encirclement all the way.
In fact, the effect of the surrounding magnetic field was indeed greatly enhanced upon arrival here, and Lin Changsheng, who was at the Golden Core stage, also noticed it.
Besides being unable to leave their bodies, their own magical power is also greatly restricted.
Moreover, not even a trace of spiritual energy could be sensed in this forbidden land of the Yellow Springs.
In other words, the mana consumed cannot be replenished in a timely manner.
Realizing this, both of them adopted the simplest and most efficient attack methods, conserving their magical energy as much as possible.
In contrast, Lin Changsheng, who also cultivates the physical body, has a certain advantage.
Unfortunately, the living aura emanating from the two individuals served as a guiding light in this forbidden land of the underworld, constantly attracting the awakening of 'underworld beasts' wherever they went.
Later, in order to preserve his strength, True Monarch Yunmiao tried to avoid taking action, and ordinary third-tier 'Nether Beasts' were dealt with by Lin Changsheng and the three-headed corpse-refining puppet.
Only when encountering a Netherworld Beast of 'quasi-fourth rank' or higher will True Monarch Yunmiao activate his magic to repel and freeze it, and then the two of them will escape as quickly as possible.
However, even during such a perilous escape, True Lord Yunmiao still spared no effort to expend his 'precious' magical power to risk collecting 'Yellow Spring Nether Crystals' on the banks of the Yellow Spring River.