12dz Chapter 209 Underground
Chapter 209 Underground
Lu Yuguan curled his lips slightly, and the golden furnace in his body spun wildly, causing the real wood spirit root in his dantian to glow.
Dark clouds suddenly began to gather over the stone forest, and thunder could be heard from time to time.
Zhang Luocheng was dumbfounded and asked, "What level of magic is this? It can actually cause strange phenomena in heaven and earth!?"
"At least it's top grade Xuan-level." Immortal Master Qingxue said while pursing her lips.
Needless to say, Zhao Zimo and Li Chonglin had never seen such a grand scene, even though they were crown princes.
"impossible."
Zhang Luocheng's white beard fluttered, and his eyes were filled with purple lightning.
"This technique is very likely to have touched the Earth Level threshold."
What everyone doesn’t know is that Lu Yuguan’s thunder-stirring move is just one of the moves in the Solar Terms Chronicles.
What's more, this move was only realized after experiencing the deep and mysterious realm, and its power is probably more terrifying than other moves.
Boom!
Two lightning bolts suddenly struck down from the dark clouds and landed directly on both sides of Lu Yuguan. The lightning was so bright that it illuminated the entire space as bright as day.
"Sting! Thunder!——"
Lu Yuguan roared.
In an instant, the two lightning pillars seemed to be inspired and rushed towards the palms of Lu Yuguan's hands at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye. They were compressed in the palms and turned into two sparkling lightning balls.
The blinding lightning flashed like a dancing snake, crackling, and the surrounding air was ionized, emitting a pungent smell.
Lu Yuguan's figure flashed, and he appeared in the place where the ghost corpses were most densely packed. He pushed his hands forward suddenly, and two thunder balls whizzed out. Wherever they passed, the space seemed to be torn apart, making crackling sounds.
boom!
Two earth-shattering noises made everyone's eardrums hurt, and the ground beneath their feet began to shake violently.
The thunder ball exploded rapidly among the group of ghost corpses, and the purple lightning was like a surging wave, instantly submerging a large number of ghost corpses.
Under the ravages of lightning, the giant ghost corpse instantly turned into ashes and dissipated between heaven and earth, without even having time to let out a scream.
"This magic is so terrifying!" Zhang Luocheng was extremely shocked.
Boom...
There was another sound of the ground collapsing, and the east side of the ghost corpse group was buried by rubble. The rest of the ghost corpses that had not yet walked out were all trapped underground.
"Success!" Immortal Master Qingxue shouted loudly.
【Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task]
[Obtain mission reward: 38 civilization value]
It was not until he heard the system prompt that Lu Yuguan's tense body relaxed slightly, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.
He half-knelt on the ground, his clothes rustling, the golden furnace in his body slowed down in speed, and the light of the real wood spirit root gradually dimmed.
The previous attack directly drained away 80% of his spiritual power. At this moment, he was extremely weak, as if he could be blown down by a gust of wind.
"Meow!"
Little Zhima ran to Lu Yuguan's feet, stuck out her pink tongue, and licked his wound with heartache.
"Yuguan!"
Li Chonglin quickly jumped to Lu Yuguan's side and looked at his pale face, feeling extremely distressed.
"I'm... fine," Lu Yuguan said with a forced smile, "I just played a little too much..."
Zhao Zimo came closer and without saying a word, he stretched out his arms and picked up Lu Yuguan.
"What are you doing?" Li Chonglin said angrily.
"Yuguan needs to rest. I'll hold him," Zhao Zimo said in a muffled voice. "Those tied down there are all soldiers from your Longhua Kingdom. Now is the time to win over their hearts."
Li Chonglin gritted his teeth, he knew that Zhao Zimo was right.
"Protect him for me."
Zhao Zimo replied, "You don't need to tell me."
Immortal Master Qingxue took out another pill from the storage ring and shot it into Lu Yuguan's mouth with a snap of his fingers.
"You don't have to swallow it, just hold it in your mouth."
"Thank you, Master!" Zhao Zimo said gratefully.
Immortal Master Qingxue nodded, and then instructed: "Take him here to rest, we will go down and take a look first." After that, she followed Zhang Luocheng and Li Chonglin to the underground.
The ghost corpses were all burnt, emitting a foul smell, and the black debris scattered all over the ground, making this place a terrible purgatory.
Li Chonglin looked solemn. He looked at the large number of stone pillars not far away, and his face became increasingly ugly.
"Just how large a scale has this group of demonic cultivators built in the Fallen Desire Stone Forest?"
He walked up to the bound soldier and saw that his hands were tied and pressed firmly against a stone pillar.
"Wake up!"
Li Chonglin patted the soldier's cheek lightly and passed in a trace of spiritual power. The soldier's eyelids trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of fear and confusion.
"Your Highness...save me..." the soldier said weakly.
"Don't be afraid, you are safe now. Tell me quickly, what happened to the main force?" Li Chonglin asked anxiously.
A look of pain appeared on the soldier's face, his lips pale and almost bloodless. "The demon cultivator... there are powerful demon cultivators. Even Commander Li and the King of Zhennan can't defeat them together..."
Li Zhonglin's pupils constricted. "What did you say!?"
"I'm not lying," the soldier said, his eyes sunken, as if recalling something terrifying. "Commander Li and the Prince of Zhennan couldn't have lasted more than ten rounds in the hands of that demonic cultivator..."
"Where are the people? Where are they now?" Li Chonglin asked quickly.
"Your Highness, they...ah!——"
The soldier was about to speak when his body suddenly began to twitch. The stone pillar behind him buzzed and began to emit a blood-red light.
Li Chonglin panicked: "What's going on?!"
In just a breath, the soldier's body was drained of blood like a frozen pear being sucked dry, and he became just skin and bones.
"Your Highness, get out of the way!" Zhang Luocheng's voice sounded from behind.
Seeing this, Li Chonglin immediately dodged and retreated. The blood-red light that was originally on the stone pillar began to spread to the ground like wildly growing mycelium.
The bloodstains fell on the place where Li Chonglin had just stood, and only slowly retracted after confirming that there was no breath of life.
The red light dimmed.
The stone pillar fell silent again.
Li Chonglin looked at the stone pillar with lingering fear, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead. "What kind of strange and evil magic is this?"
Zhang Luocheng walked quickly to Li Zhonglin's side, his expression grim. "It seems the trap set by the demon cultivators here is far more dangerous than we imagined."
"This stone pillar must be the key to absorbing the blood and energy of living souls. That soldier just now..."
He paused, a trace of pity flashing in his eyes.
Li Zhonglin clenched his fists, his eyes filled with anger. "No matter what the cost, we must wipe out the demon cultivators here and rescue the remaining survivors!"
He looked around. In this Fallen Stone Forest, there stood numerous stone pillars, each one shadowy and indistinct, as if hiding countless pairs of prying eyes.
A feeling of oppression came over me.
"This isn't a solution," Immortal Master Qingxue shook her head. "The area beneath the stone forest is too open, making it difficult to determine the direction. However, if we act rashly, we'll inevitably fall into the traps set by the demonic cultivators."
Li Chonglin asked unwillingly, "We've come all the way here, and besides ghost corpses, we haven't even seen a trace of a demon cultivator. If we delay this any longer, who knows what will happen?"
Immortal Master Qingxue remained silent.
Zhang Luocheng pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, why not team up in pairs? While this doesn't guarantee complete safety, it will at least speed up the search."