EFB Chapter 204 should be mostly resolved by now, right?
Chapter 204 should be mostly resolved by now, right?
Chapter 204 should be mostly resolved by now, right? (4400)
The moment he finished speaking, Lu Yuan didn't even glance at the three super evil gods again.
They didn't even look at the expressions of Li Guanqi and Fu Yuanshan that suddenly became incredibly astonished, even stunned.
Without hesitation, he turned around abruptly.
With his intact left hand, he forcefully supported his body, which was weak and limp due to his injuries and being locked up.
Although her steps were unsteady, they were unusually firm as she headed deeper into the cave, towards the dark area where the goddess of beauty had emerged earlier.
They quickly headed towards the "Yin Sha Soul Refining Platform" where the old man was imprisoned.
Lu Yuan didn't call out to the Goddess of Beauty, but he knew she would definitely follow.
Because Li Guanqi and Fu Yuanshan might not understand, but the Goddess of Beauty definitely does.
Next, all that's needed is Qingwan.
Sure enough, just as Lu Yuan turned and took a step, the goddess who had been standing quietly to the side, as if admiring the chaos and waiting for Lu Yuan's decision, appeared.
A faint smile, as if to say "I knew it," appeared on that flawless face.
She shook her head slightly, as if to say, "You're really impatient," but her actions showed no hesitation.
Her moon-white skirt swayed slightly as she moved lightly, as if walking on moonlight. In a few steps, she caught up with Lu Yuan and walked side by side with him.
She even lagged slightly behind Lu Yuan by half a body length, not because she was slower, but as a silent gesture that conveyed a sense of protection.
Her amber eyes scanned the dark passageway ahead.
The surrounding space, which was becoming increasingly unstable due to the rampage of the evil god and was constantly collapsing with falling rocks, ensured that Lu Yuan could pass through safely.
The two of them, one in front of the other, turned and left in such a natural yet abrupt way.
Behind him lay the battlefield, soon to be completely engulfed by three super evil gods, a battlefield filled with an aura of destruction and despair.
Li Guanqi and Fu Yuanshan, who had just been desperately trying to hold on, were now staring in disbelief at their backs.
The pale figure in mid-air, who had just received Lu Yuan's command and was slightly lowering his eyelids, was left in place.
This sudden, almost abdication of responsibility, action was unexpected.
Li Guanqi and Fu Yuanshan, who had just been fighting desperately and pinning their last hopes on Lu Yuan, Gu Qingwan, and the Goddess of Beauty, were instantly left with blank minds.
As if struck by an invisible thunderbolt, the two of them froze on the spot.
Even the churning blood and qi within his body and the secret technique on the verge of complete collapse were momentarily halted by this extreme astonishment.
"???"
Li Guanqi's bloodshot, deep purple eyes, which had just been filled with despair, were now wide open.
He stared intently at the backs of Lu Yuan and the goddess of beauty as they turned and left without hesitation, his face filled with disbelief, bewilderment, and a sense of absurdity.
He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to shout something.
But due to extreme shock and a surge of qi and blood, he only managed to utter a short, meaningless sound, as if he were choked—
"Well----"
"!!!"
Fu Yuanshan's wrinkled old face, twisted by pain and exhaustion, instantly turned a deep liver color, and his eyes almost popped out!
He clutched his chest tightly with one hand, while his other hand trembled as he pointed in the direction Lu Yuan and the goddess of beauty had left, his lips quivering.
I wanted to say something, but a metallic sweetness rushed to my throat, and I almost spat out another mouthful of blood.
What... what's going on here?!
What happened to "Let's get started" and "Take care of them"?!
How come he ran away as soon as he finished speaking?! And he even took that equally unfathomable "Goddess of Beauty" with him?!
Could it be that Lu Yuan meant for Gu Qingwan to "deal with" the evil god herself?
Meanwhile, he and the Goddess of Beauty took the opportunity to go down below to rescue Li Xiuye?!
Can Gu Qingwan really "deal with" these three rampaging super evil gods all by herself?!
They had just personally experienced the terrifying power of these three evil gods after they went berserk; it was something that could not be easily suppressed by human power or "divine power"!
Even if Gu Qingwan is inconceivably strong, facing three equally powerful sources of destruction driven to absolute madness simultaneously—
In the blink of an eye, countless chaotic, absurd, and even angry thoughts of being "abandoned" and "played with" surged wildly through Li Guanqi and Fu Yuanshan's minds.
However, their shock, bewilderment, and anger were too late to express and were utterly irrelevant.
Because, having lost the last bit of power to restrain them, the three super evil gods' rampage reached its peak at this moment!
Without the slight interference of "Yin Yang Reversal" and "Time River Guiding Evil", their pure and insane desire for destruction erupted like sharks smelling blood.
"roar-!!!"
"Hiss—!!!"
"Buzz!!!"
A torrent of filth, a sharp thorn in the soul, a raging wave of blood.
Three terrifying attacks, capable of destroying cities and annihilating souls, carried the purest will to destroy, like three world-ending torrents.
It swept fiercely towards Gu Qingwan, as well as the still-shaken Li Guanqi and Fu Yuanshan below, engulfing them!
Death is imminent!
Lu Yuan did not turn around, nor did he even try to sense the terrifying energy fluctuations that erupted behind him in an instant, enough to change the very color of the heavens and earth.
He endured the churning blood and the stinging pain in his meridians, gathering the last bit of his remaining strength and willpower in his legs, and rushed quickly into the depths of the cave.
The goddess followed closely behind, her moon-white skirt drawing an elegant arc behind her.
Unlike Lu Yuan, she wasn't in a hurry; her steps were unhurried, yet she always maintained a distance of half a body length from him.
It was like an invisible barrier, quietly isolating and smoothing out the chaotic and destructive aura behind it, as well as the occasional falling rocks and dissipating evil energy.
This opened up a relatively "safe" passage for Lu Yuan.
The cave was much narrower and deeper than the main cave where Liu Xuanyin and the two evil gods had previously been located.
The surrounding rock walls were an unnatural dark red, with traces of ancient, faded sealing runes remaining on them.
The air was thick with an overwhelming, lingering aura of malevolent energy and the resentment of departed spirits, chilling to the bone.
An ordinary person would probably have their soul frozen instantly after just one puff.
At this moment, because the "Nine Nether Soul Refining Chain" was forcibly torn off by the Goddess of Beauty, the connection with Liu Xuanyin was completely severed.
The foundation of the formation here has also been severely damaged, and the earth's yin energy no longer flows in an orderly manner.
Instead, they scurried around like headless flies, making the environment inside the passage even worse and more dangerous.
However, the existence of the goddess of beauty seems to bring with it a strange field of "purification" and "soothing".
Wherever she passed, the raging, chaotic evil energy of the earth retreated and dissipated as if it had encountered a natural enemy.
Even the remaining, malicious sealing runes on the rock wall seemed to have been "smoothed out" by an invisible force, losing their last bit of vitality.
She didn't even do anything intentionally; simply by "existing" there, she cleared away most of the obstacles for Lu Yuan.
The two walked one after the other through the dark and winding passage for about a hundred feet before the path suddenly opened up ahead.
A more sinister and terrifying underground space, roughly several meters in diameter, appeared.
This should be the location of the "Yin Sha Soul Refining Platform," one of the true core elements of the "Nine Netherworld Refining God Array."
In the center of the space is a building constructed from countless strange, black, cold stones that seem to absorb all light.
The square stone platform, about ten feet high, was covered with dark red evil runes that were more intricate and malevolent than those on the outside.
However, most of the runes had dimmed and even developed cracks.
Clearly, with Liu Xuanyin's death and the breakage of the "Nine Nether Soul Refining Chains," this Soul Refining Platform also lost most of its power.
In the center of the stone platform stood an old man wearing a tattered blue Taoist robe, with gray hair, a withered face, and a breath so faint as to be almost imperceptible.
He was lying there quietly; it was the old man!
His Taoist robe was already soaked with blood and sweat, torn in many places, and his exposed skin was covered with shocking bluish-black scars caused by the erosion of Yin energy.
Especially the area around the shoulder blades.
Although the "Nine Nether Soul Refining Chain" that had pierced through it had been torn off and removed, it left behind two horrific wounds that were bloody and mangled, deep enough to expose bone, and even showed traces of bone fractures.
The edges of the wound still retained wisps of cold, malevolent energy, which continued to erode the surrounding flesh.
His eyes were tightly closed, his brows were furrowed in pain, his face was bloodless, and his lips were dry, cracked, and purple.
His chest rose and fell only very faintly, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.
"Old man!"
Seeing the old man's miserable appearance, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat.
Despite their seemingly unserious interactions, Lu Yuan truly considers the old man his closest relative.
He could usually laugh and joke around without a care, but this scene really made Lu Yuan lose his composure.
He suppressed the sob in his throat and rushed to the stone platform.
Trembling, she extended her intact left hand and gently placed it on the old man's cold wrist, where the pulse was almost imperceptible.
It was icy cold to the touch, its life force as faint as a candle flame about to go out.
But Lu Yuan didn't panic. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He first used the most basic technique of observing qi to carefully examine the old man's complexion.
Then, they pried open the old man's eyelids to examine his pupils and the flow of energy around him.
Fortunately, although his life force was weak and his soul was severely damaged and almost completely exhausted, his three souls and seven spirits did not disperse.
A wisp of pure yang fire still burned extremely slowly and stubbornly in his heart, protecting the last bit of his original essence.
This was thanks to the old man's profound cultivation foundation, and also fortunately, the goddess of beauty arrived in time.
He tore off the "Nine Nether Soul Refining Chains" and seemed to have temporarily stabilized his injuries through some means.
Otherwise, they would probably have been annihilated long ago.
"The soul is injured, the vital energy is depleted, and the physical body is severely corroded by Yin energy, but the source is not extinguished, so there is still hope."
Lu Yuan quickly made a judgment and felt somewhat relieved.
He knew that the most important thing now was to get the old man away from this place where evil spirits gathered.
Find a safe and quiet place, and then try to heal slowly and nurture your soul.
"Goddess of Beauty, please protect me for a moment. I will first stabilize my master's injuries and isolate him from the evil influence of this place before carrying him away."
Lu Yuan turned his head and spoke solemnly to the goddess of beauty standing quietly beside him.
The goddess nodded slightly, without saying a word.
She slightly raised her right hand and gently tapped the air around the stone platform.
A soft, pure, moon-white halo, seemingly capable of purifying all impurities, spread out from the center of her fingertips.
A faint light shield formed, enveloping the stone platform area where Lu Yuan and Li Xiuye were located.
Inside the light barrier, the remaining Yin energy that had been trying to erode the old man was like ice and snow exposed to the scorching sun.
It quickly melted away and dissipated, making even the air seem much fresher.
Lu Yuan didn't delay any longer.
I endured the suffocating feeling of being locked up and forced myself to concentrate.
He mobilized the true essence within his body, which had become extremely weak and almost imperceptible due to severe injuries and the influence of the "Spirit Locking Forbidden Zone."
He knew that conventional Taoist techniques would be difficult to employ at this moment.
However, he possesses his own secret techniques passed down from the True Dragon Temple, which do not rely too much on the "true" (i.e., spiritual power) but rather on using mental focus and incantations to activate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for emergency rescue.
He made a hand seal with his left hand, his thumb hooking the base of his ring finger, his index and middle fingers held together and straight, and his little finger slightly bent.
A simple "soul-soothing and spirit-stabilizing seal" was formed and slowly placed three inches in front of the old man's brow.
At the same time, he began to recite the Zhenlong Temple's "Shangqing Anshen Baoming Mantra" in a low voice, clearly: "Supreme Taixing, responding without ceasing."
"To exorcise evil spirits and protect one's life."
"Wisdom is clear and bright, and the mind is at peace."
"The three souls are eternal, and the spirit is never lost."
"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"
With each recitation, the "Soul-Soothing and Spirit-Calming Seal" formed by his left hand would vibrate slightly, as if it were creating some kind of wondrous resonance with the incantation.
Although it was truly faint, the profound power contained within the incantation itself, along with Lu Yuan's heartfelt desire to save his master, was immense.
It still stirred up the extremely thin, yet not completely polluted, spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the surrounding space.
It transformed into wisps of extremely subtle yet warm and peaceful pure energy, which, guided by Lu Yuan's magic seal, slowly flowed into Li Xiuye's brow.
It nourishes and soothes the old man's severely damaged, almost disintegrated soul.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Yuan changed his hand seals, straightening his thumb, index finger, and little finger, while bending and interlocking his middle and ring fingers to form the "Protective Golden Light Seal".
Lu Yuan stopped chanting complex incantations and instead focused his mind.
Visualize a faint golden light rising from your dantian, flowing along your arm to your fingertips.
"Golden light swiftly appeared, protecting the true person!"
With a low shout, Lu Yuan pressed his left hand, the "Golden Light Protective Seal," against Li Xiuye's body.
A pale golden light membrane, though extremely dim, was solid and pure, like the thinnest gauze, instantly covering the old man's entire body.
This layer of "golden light" is not a powerful defensive barrier; its main function is to isolate the continuous erosion of external evil energy.
It locked away the last bit of life force and yang energy remaining in the old man's body.
To prevent the injury from worsening due to changes in the external environment during transport.
This is the limit that Lu Yuan can achieve in his current state.
After doing all this, Lu Yuan was pale, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, his chest was heaving violently, and he felt waves of dizziness coming over him.
Casting spells continuously, even at the bare minimum, was an immense burden on his current state. But he dared not stop, nor could he afford to recuperate.
He took a few deep breaths, forced himself to turn around, turned his back to the stone platform, and squatted down slightly.
"Goddess of Beauty, please help me."
Lu Yuan said in a low voice.
The goddess understood, and extended her flawless right hand, gently beckoning to the unconscious old man.
A gentle yet irresistible force supported Li Xiuye's body, allowing him to lie steadily and gently on Lu Yuan's back.
This avoided touching the horrific wound on his shoulder.
Lu Yuan gritted his teeth, supported the old man's knees with his hands, and used his waist strength to stand up abruptly!
"Walk!"
Lu Yuan squeezed out a single word through gritted teeth, and without further hesitation, carrying the unconscious Li Xiuye on his back, turned around and started walking back the way he came.
The goddess silently followed beside him, and the moon-white light shield always enveloped Lu Yuan and the old man.
This shielded them from the still chaotic Yin energy and the occasional falling rocks in the passage.
In the dimly lit passage, the three of them jogged quickly toward the cave entrance, from which the earth-shattering roar of energy and the aura of destruction still emanated.
Lu Yuan pondered that with Qingwan's strength, she should have almost solved the problem by now, right?