webnovelfull Chapter 1866 Multiple Pressures
Chapter 1866 Multiple Pressures
Lingxu Zhenren sensed the fluctuation and tried to attach a wisp of his divine sense to it with extreme gentleness, like tying a tiny piece of paper to the leg of a carrier pigeon.
If successful, this wisp of divine thought carrying specific information will, as the Taiyin fluctuations spread, be perceived first by individuals who also possess Taiyin affinity or are paying attention to similar energy sources.
If it fails, or if the fluctuations are disturbed, the divine sense may be directly annihilated, or it may even cause irreversible disturbance to the remaining stone platform array, leading to even greater trouble.
But he had no other choice.
Conventional methods of communication are almost ineffective in the chaotic airspace, and scattered companions are always in mortal danger.
"go……"
Lingxu Zhenren silently recited in his heart, and that wisp of divine thought carrying hope, like an arrow released from a bow, merged into the spreading ripples of the moon and disappeared.
After doing all this, he was almost exhausted and quickly took some medicine to recover.
His gaze, however, remained wary, scanning the direction of the Mirror of Truth at the entrance to the valley and into the depths of the gray fog.
……
Meanwhile, about a hundred miles away from the valley, in a crimson canyon resembling the ruins of a giant furnace pipe.
The Crimson Fox leaned against a broken, still scorching metal pillar, panting heavily, with dark red blood constantly oozing from the corners of its mouth.
His condition was worse than Master Lingxu had anticipated.
The Chaotic Void Escape Talisman randomly teleported him to this desolate place filled with violent fire and metal aura.
The environment here was supposed to be a plus for him as he cultivated fire-based techniques, but the problem was that a small group of gold-eating fire ants happened to be lurking near his teleportation landing point!
These ants are small in size, but they swarm together. They have hard shells and can spray acid that combines fire poison and metal evil, which can break through protective spiritual light and even devour spiritual power and magical treasures!
Individually, they might only be at the Foundation Establishment stage, but when hundreds or thousands swarm together, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would feel their scalp tingle.
The Crimson Flame Fox was already severely injured. Caught off guard, it was surrounded by a swarm of fire ants. After a fierce battle, although most of them were burned to death, its protective aura was eroded, and dozens of bloody holes appeared on its body.
The fire poison and metal evil entered his body, intertwining with the internal injuries he had sustained from the giant of evil energy, causing his condition to deteriorate rapidly.
Even worse, the commotion attracted the attention of the lord of this area!
A lava dragon, the size of a small mountain, covered in dark red metallic plates, resembling a pangolin magnified ten thousand times!
This beast possessed the strength of a peak Nascent Soul cultivator. It had thick skin and flesh, immense strength, and extremely high resistance to fire. It was staring at him with its giant, scarlet eyes, approaching step by step, and letting out a muffled roar that shook the entire canyon.
"Damn it... this is really... bad luck..."
The Crimson Flame Fox smiled bitterly, trying to activate the remaining life-giving fire within its body, but this caused a tearing pain in its meridians, almost causing it to faint.
The aftereffects of forcibly using the Crimson Flame Boundary-Breaking Drill, coupled with his new injuries, left him almost completely exhausted.
The lava dragon seemed to sense his weakness and, without further hesitation, suddenly stood upright, its thick forelimbs bringing a fierce gust of wind that tore through the air as it slammed down!
A fierce glint flashed in the Crimson Flame Fox's eyes; it was about to risk detonating part of its own essence to unleash a forbidden technique that would lead to mutual destruction—
Just then, an extremely faint yet incredibly cool and pure fluctuation, like a cool breeze in the sweltering summer, brushed against his senses.
This fluctuation... is the aura of the old man Lingxu! And... a unique, guiding Taiyin rhythm!
The fluctuation was fleeting, yet it was like a spark ignited in the darkness.
The Crimson Fox's spirits suddenly lifted!
Ling Xuzi is still alive! And he's actively contacting them and giving them directions!
The will to survive instantly overwhelmed everything.
He forcibly suppressed the urge to self-destruct, gritted his teeth and squeezed out the last bit of spiritual power from his dantian. His whole body transformed into a dim line of fire. He no longer fought head-on with the lava dragon, but instead narrowly missed the edge of the giant claw's strike and shot towards the seemingly solid rock wall on the side of the canyon!
boom!
The earth dragon's giant claws slammed into the air, creating a deep crater in the ground.
The Crimson Flame Fox twisted its body strangely the instant it crashed into the rock wall, squeezing itself into a narrow crevice in the metallic rock that had been melted and cooled by high temperatures!
The lava dragon roared in fury, slamming its claws and body against the rock wall, sending rocks flying and the earth shaking violently.
But the crack was too narrow for its size, and it was difficult to widen it in a short time.
The Crimson Flame Fox huddled deep within the crevice, listening to the deafening crashes outside. It coughed up several mouthfuls of black blood and quickly took out several healing and fire-poison-suppressing pills.
He dared not fully enter a meditative state, so he spared a sliver of his mind to carefully recall and sense the approximate direction from which the Taiyin fluctuation had just come.
"Northwest, slightly above... there are energy source markers resembling Yin attributes..."
He thought to himself, "That old man Lingxu must have done something shady over there. I need to find a way to go and join him..."
He glanced at the earth dragon relentlessly crashing against the rock wall outside, and then felt the terrible state inside his body. He knew that forcibly breaking through would lead to certain death.
"We have to wait for this beast to give up, otherwise we'll have to make a bigger commotion to lure it away." The Crimson Flame Fox's eyes flashed with ferocity as it looked into the depths of the crack.
The rock strata formed by this high-temperature melting are often hollow inside or have other channels.
He gritted his teeth and mustered a sliver of his divine sense to probe deeper into the crack...
……
On the other side, at the bottom of a basin, surrounded by grayish-white, skeletal-like jagged rocks.
Yeyan is in relatively better condition.
His teleportation point was an area with relatively inert energy and no obviously dangerous creatures.
After recuperating, his injuries recovered by about 50-60%, and his spiritual power also recovered by more than half.
But he was frowning, squatting on the ground, carefully examining a pool of dark red liquid in front of him that emitted a fishy, sweet smell.
The liquid had not completely solidified, and there were traces of struggling and dragging along its edges, extending all the way to the pile of rocks at the edge of the basin.
"The bloodstains... are not human; they contain a mixed aura of demonic beasts and... a trace of Buddhist malevolent power?" Ye Yan's expression turned solemn.
This indicates that not long ago, ascetics from the Jimie Zen Monastery fought against local monsters.
The signs of battle are very recent, suggesting that the other party may not have gone far, or may even be nearby!
He dared not be careless, and immediately concealed his aura, like an old stone blending into the environment, silently moving towards the direction where the bloodstain extended.
After passing through a stone forest, faint energy fluctuations and low chanting could be heard ahead!
Ye Yan felt a chill run down his spine and moved even more carefully, hiding behind a boulder to look out.
In a small open space ahead, three gray-robed ascetics were surrounding a dead Nascent Soul stage demon beast that resembled a lizard but had three eyes.
They formed hand seals, and dark golden light enveloped the demon beast's corpse as they extracted its remaining essence and soul, pouring it into a black alms bowl.
Beside it, there were two torn-up puppet remains.
"Is it gathering materials? Treating wounds? Or performing some kind of ritual?" Ye Yan observed, holding his breath.
The three ascetics consisted of two late-stage Core Formation cultivators and one early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator; their strength was considerable.
I am not in good condition and have no confidence in taking on three opponents alone.
Just as he hesitated whether to quietly retreat, the ascetic in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm suddenly raised his head, his sharp gaze sweeping towards the direction of the boulder where Ye Yan was hiding!
"Who's there?!"