novelraw Chapter 145 : Fallen Off a Cliff!
Chapter 145 : Fallen Off a Cliff!
Mo Qingchen led the Tianyan Sect disciples to form a sword formation.
The seemingly impenetrable sword formation was shattered by one swipe of the Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion's paw.
The overwhelmingly terrifying pressure crushed everything in its path. Those Golden Core disciples couldn't withstand its force at all. They were sent flying backwards, spitting out mouthfuls of blood, unable to get up again.
Mo Qingchen's face also turned somewhat pale, but he persevered. The Long Yuan Sword Spirit in his hand materialized. One long sword transformed into hundreds of snow-white sword shadows cutting through the void, attacking the Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion.
The biting frost sword blades could instantly freeze anything they touched, a power not to be underestimated.
Even the thick-skinned Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion received several wounds, but the realm difference between the two was too great. Mo Qingchen simply couldn't inflict serious damage on it. On the contrary, his attack further enraged the Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion. The furious demon beast spat out a lightning ball crackling with electricity, tearing through the air!
Mo Qingchen, living in glory for over a decade, was ultimately too arrogant. He actually attempted to resist a Nascent Soul stage demon beast's attack with his Golden Core strength. It was no different from smashing an egg against a rock or using a mantis's arm to stop a chariot. He was immediately sent flying several meters, crashing into a tall, solid rock face. Large chunks of rock fell, tearing his robes. His usually immaculate black clothes instantly darkened in several places.
The difference between Golden Core and Nascent Soul was still too great. This reckless fool was uselessly throwing his life away.
Chu Sang frowned slightly and released Hong Niang. Thousands of blazing white spider threads shot out, attracting the Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion's attention.
Black clouds rolled, lightning flashed frequently.
Dozens of dragon-like lightning bolts struck directly. The spider silk, usually as hard as steel, was instantly shattered and scorched. The undiminished lightning struck the ground, creating over a dozen deep pits.
The area under everyone's feet was like a cliff.
As the two sides fought fiercely, rocks crumbled and the earth split, showing signs of instability.
The most troublesome aspect wasn't the Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion itself, but that it could summon countless lightning bolts, beating people into a rout. They couldn't even dodge, let alone launch close-range attacks.
"You all retreat further. Leave this demon beast to me."
Gu Chang'an stepped forward, shielding his junior brothers and sisters behind him.
The young sword cultivator held his long sword. A vast heavenly lightning bolt struck down from above.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, his expression remained calm. Without dodging or retreating, he directly used his sword to receive this heaven-sent thunderbolt.
The sword blade pressed down, falling sideways. That dragon-like massive lightning was deflected back to the stunned Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion.
Its paw was instantly pierced by the lightning, creating a deep hole. The smell of scorching in the air was from its fur that had nearly caught fire.
The Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion had never imagined in its life that it would be injured by its own lightning.
"You, boy, are you a lightning spirit root?!"
It spoke in human language.
Gu Chang'an: "Mm, Heavenly Lightning Spirit Root. Enough to defeat you."
"Heh, truly an arrogant and foolish human. Then stay here as my great nourishment!"
The Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion roared angrily, and over a dozen more lightning bolts tore through the sky.
You were impressive catching one lightning bolt. Let's see how you catch over a dozen!?
Chu Sang, quick-eyed and quick-handed, slapped over a dozen speed talismans onto Gu Chang'an. "Big Senior Brother, quick, show it up!"
After speaking, she very astutely retreated behind him, cheering him on.
Gu Chang'an sighed lightly, focusing again as he raised his sword and charged forward.
The moment he moved, he was immediately surprised—Little Junior Sister's speed talismans could directly increase his speed by nearly tenfold??
It should be noted that the speed talismans sold on the market were generally lower-grade talismans that could increase a cultivator's speed by 2-3 times.
Speed talismans that could increase speed tenfold were rare high-grade talismans, even when drawn by famous talisman masters of the cultivation world. They were hard to buy even with a thousand gold and very rare.
Not to mention that he was already a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
Most talismans had cultivation limitations—The higher a cultivator's strength, the lower the talisman's effect.
But Little Junior Sister's talisman not only didn't give him any feeling of sluggishness, but its effect was even better than the speed talismans he had used before.
Sword light flashed like a shuttle. Faster than lightning was Big Senior Brother's sword intent.
No longer suppressed at the Nascent Soul stage, his speed was far beyond what Golden Core cultivators could imagine. He moved so fast that almost no one present could catch his figure. The moment over a dozen lightning tribulations fell simultaneously, they were received by the youth with just one long sword.
The thunderous lightning coiled around the youth's long iron sword like venomous snakes, wrapping around the flesh and white bone of his arm, biting fiercely.
However, Gu Chang'an wasn't affected at all. There wasn't a trace of pain on his face. The surging lightning power was instantly absorbed by the lightning spirit root in his body.
It was simply... terrifying.
The lightning was then redirected by him, striking heavily on that Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion, piercing its chest, nearly injuring its heart meridian.
"A Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator!"
"Lingqing Sect actually has such a powerful sword cultivator. Why have we never heard of him before?" Someone murmured in a daze. "Even Mo Qingchen is only at the peak of mid Golden Core now, still far from Nascent Soul......"
"It seems the title of number one in the sword dao should change hands......"
Mo Qingchen stabbed his sword into the deep earth, struggling to stand up. His hand gripping the sword tightened slightly, his gaze falling deeply on Gu Chang'an......
The Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion realized how terrifying the person before it was. It understood the principle of a good man doesn't fight when at a disadvantage. It immediately turned and ran towards the depths of the secret realm.
Gu Chang'an's toes tapped lightly as he soared into the air. His figure flashed like lightning, appearing a thousand meters away in an instant, his sword piercing into the demon beast's neck.
"Roar!" The Nine Mysterious Thunder Explosion Lion bit back angrily, resisting to the death.
Gu Chang'an condensed another lightning ball in his hand and slammed it down!
The battle there was thrilling to watch, with the outcome uncertain. But before these disciples could catch their breath, another crisis arose under their feet—
A dozens-of-meters-long earth snake broke out of the ground, rising into the clouds.
These high-level demon beasts had developed intelligence and were trying to pull a praying mantis catches the cicada, oriole behind routine!
The cultivators cursed inwardly, realizing they had been tricked by demon beasts.
The cliff was already unstable. After the earth snake's attack, it completely collapsed. Large chunks of giant rocks fell.
Some lower-level disciples couldn't react in time.
Chu Sang's face also darkened slightly. She immediately threw out her flying sword, intending to leave this dangerous place.
Unexpectedly, her right leg was grabbed.
Qin Xixue, the female protagonist, had lost all composure at this moment. She hugged Chu Sang's leg, dragging her down. That beautiful little face wore a pitifully helpless expression. "Second Senior Sister, save me. I don't want to fall......"
Below the cliff was clearly an endless abyss.
Chu Sang felt like cursing. Let alone whether the female protagonist's peak Golden Core cultivation was real or fake, with so many magical treasures and spirit tools in her hands, did she really need someone else to save her??
Had she finally found an opportunity to scam her?!!
No.
It was revenge!
Qin Xixue clung like a leech, impossible to shake off. Changsheng hurriedly controlled a huge vine to wrap around Chu Sang, trying to pull her back to the ground.
Seeing this, Qin Xixue's hand flashed with a dark light. The vine broke without warning—
Chu Sang's hand suddenly lost strength. "Damn!"
She was determined to kill this dog of a female protagonist!
Mo Qingchen saw this scene and moved to rescue her without a word.
Qin Xixue seemed not to have expected that Big Senior Brother would value her so much, coming to save her despite being injured. But this also disrupted her plans...... That eyesore Chu Sang must be dealt with quickly. She absolutely couldn't be allowed to leave the secret realm and continue opposing her, or there would be endless trouble!
Qin Xixue secretly placed a spirit tool on herself that could increase weight by ten thousand jin.
After successfully dragging the person down, Qin Xixue quickly removed the magical tool just before falling, summoning a black vulture demon beast that could fly in the deep abyss to carry her up.
She wanted to call Mo Qingchen, but found that he had fallen down together.
"Brother Qingchen?!"
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Below the cliff was a bottomless black abyss. The falling process was so fast it felt unreal. In the depths of the abyss, there seemed to be a special force firmly suppressing spiritual power, making even flying on a sword extremely difficult.
Chu Sang took a deep breath, feeling that even if she died, she would have to turn into a zombie with a mouthful of resentment to jump up and get revenge on that dog of a female protagonist.
However, her ability to adapt to changing circumstances had always been strong. As she fell, she found several golden armor talismans and deceleration talismans in her storage ring, pasting them on herself in the last second before falling off the cliff.
Compared to her effortlessly cool landing, another person was clearly not so lucky.
Hearing that dull thud, Chu Sang immediately turned to look. An unexpected person: "Mo Qingchen?"
He didn't save the female protagonist, but how did he get himself involved?
Having just been beaten badly by a Nascent Soul stage demon beast was bad enough. Now falling directly from such a high cliff without any defense, even a heaven's chosen one would lose half his life.
Strange cries hovered above their heads, along with unknown black shadows fanning foul wind back and forth.
After reaching the bottom of the cliff, spiritual energy could be used a bit. Chu Sang raised a flame of spiritual fire from her fingertip and threw it out, illuminating the pitch-black surroundings.
Those large patches of blood-sucking bats hovering overhead fled at the sight of the spiritual fire.
There were many bushes nearby, and not far away was an almost dried-up dead river, hiding many small demon beasts like giant-toothed rats. She chased them all away with a few talismans.
Chu Sang went back and forth several times, finally deciding to act on their childhood friendship. She went over and patted the black-robed youth's face. "Still alive?"
Cultivators don't die easily, let alone Mo Qingchen with his male protagonist's halo. However, having just been through a fierce battle, his body was too weak, causing him to faint temporarily.
Chu Sang painfully gave him a healing pill.
When the youth woke up, he thrust his sword at her without a word.
"Damn it, Mo Qingchen, have you gone mad?"
Fortunately, her reaction speed was fast. Otherwise, that sword just now could have split her in half.
Chu Sang looked at Mo Qingchen, who had stood up, in bewilderment. She regretted saving him now.
No... Mo Qingchen's current state was very abnormal. Those pitch-black eyes of his were very empty and lifeless. Chu Sang, familiar with Third Senior Brother's puppets, quickly realized what this situation was.
She saw his shadow behind him writhe, turning into a particularly strange black shadow—
That black shadow had a pair of hollow eyes smiling at her, its mouth splitting strangely wide, almost to the roots of its ears.
......It was a shadow demon.
Chu Sang had seen this type of demon beast in beast encyclopedias. It could control cultivators. Mo Qingchen had been taken advantage of while vulnerable.
But what left her speechless was that Mo Qingchen, having lost his emotions while controlled, actually practiced the Heartless Sword Dao to the extreme. Every move was as sharp as wind and blade, even stronger than usual by a level.
One at mid Golden Core, one at peak late Golden Core, the gap between them was not small.
Chu Sang was grazed by a sword wind, her hair falling loose. She gritted her teeth, tearing a strip of red cloth from her hem to tie her hair back up. As she tied it, she walked forward expressionlessly, saying coldly, "Originally, I was a civilized person. But if you insist on forcing me, don't blame me for not being polite."
The controlled Mo Qingchen said nothing, his long sword like biting cold ice, aiming directly for her vital points.
Chu Sang narrowed her eyes, disappearing instantly, then appearing behind him, swinging a fist at his face.
To help him calm down.
"Awake now?"
"...Awake."
That beaten shadow demon staggered out of Mo Qingchen's shadow, cut in half by his backhanded sword strike.
"Good. Since you're awake, let's continue inward."
She had already scouted the surroundings with her divine sense. There was a cave hidden beneath the abyss. Since they couldn't find an exit for now, they might as well look around nearby.
Entering the cave, they were greeted by a sight of strange, jagged stalactites in a myriad of colors, bizarre and peculiar.
Going further in.
There were several square stone steles inserted into the earth.
The steles were only carved with some strange... symbols that looked like talismans, or some kind of pattern. They exuded an indescribable profound and obscure meaning, but also gave people a vaguely eerie feeling.
Chu Sang considered herself quite well-read, but she had never seen such things before.
Mo Qingchen stopped beside the stone steles for a long time.
"What's wrong? Have you seen them before?"
Mo Qingchen: "They seem... somewhat familiar."
"Where did you see them?"
"I can't remember." He had indeed tried very hard to think, but his mind was a fog. He shook his head, pursing his lips. "I just feel they're somewhat familiar, but can't remember what they are."
"......"
Chu Sang also felt these patterns were somewhat strange. She scanned them roughly, memorizing their appearance, but didn't pay further attention to these stone steles.
The cave was filled with an eerie wind. The deeper they went, the more they felt something secretly watching them from the darkness, silently following and approaching.
Chu Sang raised a spiritual flame in her hand, burning towards it.
Several shadow demons had just let out a short, sharp scream before being burned to ashes.
In the cave, the airtight shadows turned out not to be shadows formed by the cave itself, but large and small shadow demons gathered densely. Seeing their tracks discovered, they floated out from the ground one by one, like hundreds or thousands of faceless hanged ghosts, truly making one's scalp tingle.
Although shadow demons were extremely skilled at controlling others, to be fair, their attack power wasn't very strong.
Having learned from the previous lesson, the two joined forces and quickly cleared out the small shadow demons in the cave.
The remaining shadow demons merged into a huge shadow demon king, its pressure surging hundreds of times.
Mo Qingchen's face sank. His sword intent materialized into an ice flood dragon that crashed into it.
The ice flood dragon was easily crushed by the shadow demon. It laughed loudly, "So young, yet at Golden Core. You have some strength. But what a pity, your sword intent is actually an ice flood dragon, not a true dragon."
"A mere flood dragon can't kill me!"
Chu Sang looked at Mo Qingchen, whose face had turned ugly. Indeed, with his high strength and cultivation of the most overbearing Heartless Sword Dao, why couldn't he condense true dragon sword intent?
He simply couldn't bring out the full power of the Heartless Sword Dao.