Divine Transcendence

Chapter 198: Entering a hole

"Chen Daoyou’s notorious name resounds throughout the Southern and Northern regions, so we naturally dare not be negligent. Today, it is fortunate to have the honor of inviting you, which can be considered a worthwhile trip," Ougi said slowly.

"I didn’t expect those four old things to be so spineless. They fear my breakthrough to the later stage, yet only dare to ask you to take action in secret. It’s quite amusing. Are they afraid of emptying their family’s resources?" The young man in the blue robe sneered and taunted.

"This matter has nothing to do with the other four sects. The Bi Luo Cave often slaughters villages and towns, and even turns ordinary people with spiritual roots into beast slaves, which goes against the will of the heavens. The Dawn Alliance is just carrying out justice on behalf of the heavens," Ougi replied calmly.

"They are only worried that their open attack on me will fail, and they fear that if I escape, I will seek revenge one day. That’s why they dare not show themselves," the young man in the blue robe laughed.

"Talking more is useless. Chen Cangqiong, you might as well surrender. I will allow you to disperse your cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage. If you swear to leave this place and go to the Northern Territory or overseas, never setting foot in the Central Plains and Southern regions, I can guarantee your safety," Ougi finally persuaded.

"So, you want me to kneel down? Dream on! Just a few Foundation Establishment cultivators. Since you don’t know any better, then all of you can stay here!" The young man in the blue robe finished speaking, and the blood cloud around him suddenly expanded several times, covering the four people.

The Dawn Alliance did indeed come prepared, and everything before was just to lure out the Grand Elder of the Bi Luo Cave. This moment was the most crucial confrontation.

At this moment, the Grand Elder of the Bi Luo Cave finally appeared, revealing all of the Dawn Alliance’s hidden cards.

No one was paying attention to the Foundation Establishment disciples of the Bi Luo Cave at the moment, which was a perfect opportunity to escape.

Yuan Ming quietly emerged from the ground and was about to dive into the nearby jungle when the Earth Traveling Talisman attached to him suddenly shattered into countless pieces with a "crack."

He had long known that the talisman’s power was limited and had made preparations in advance. His figure began to flee towards the outskirts of the Bi Luo Cave.

At this moment, a sparrow flew over and landed on his shoulder, its eyes filled with a lively light.

Yuan Ming was suddenly surprised, and a hint of green light appeared in his hand as he prepared to do something.

"Yuan Ming, Yuan Ming, hurry to the back mountain," Xiying’s voice suddenly rang in his mind.

"Xiying, the Grand Elder of the Bi Luo Cave and several Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Dawn Alliance are about to start fighting. Now is our chance to escape, right?" Yuan Ming, upon hearing that it was Xiying, breathed a sigh of relief and asked casually.

"I’ve been waiting in this ghostly place for three years, just for today’s opportunity. Once we’re done, we’ll leave together," Xiying said.

"Good!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming did not hesitate any longer and swiftly flew towards the back mountain. Guided by the sparrow, he quickly arrived under a seemingly inconspicuous large tree near the Bi Luo Cave.

At this moment, Xiying was crouching on the tree, gazing at a quaint cave not far away, with the words "Bi Luo Cave" engraved on it.

"What place is this?" Yuan Ming looked at the cave in front of him, his eyes showing surprise.

"This is Chen Cangqiong’s place of seclusion," Xiying said.

"Chen Cangqiong, the Grand Elder?" Yuan Ming asked.

"Yes, he is now called Chen Cangqiong, and he was a runaway slave from my family two hundred years ago. He stole my family’s treasure and secretly ran here, but was discovered by the incredibly clever Xiying," Xiying said proudly.

Yuan Ming remembered what the fisherman had said and suddenly realized.

"I need to enter the cave, but I don’t want Chen Cangqiong to notice. Didn’t you research a ’Fog Fragrance’? Hurry up," Xiying said.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming understood Xiying’s meaning.

The white mist emitted by the "Fog Fragrance" he had created had the effect of blocking spiritual awareness. Xiying believed that it could temporarily cut off Chen Cangqiong’s connection to this place’s restrictions.

"But he is a high-level Foundation Establishment expert and a soul cultivator. Are you sure my Fog Fragrance can cut off his connection to the cave? Don’t make a mess of things," Yuan Ming said with some concern.

"If I mess up, it’s on me. Put this on and light the fragrance!" Xiying waved his paw, and a gray cloak appeared out of thin air, falling beside Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming picked up the gray cloak from the ground and put it on. All the auras on his body instantly disappeared without a trace.

The Wood Concealment Technique could hide his aura, but once he expanded his spiritual awareness, it could be detected. This cloak was different. He had just probed it with his spiritual awareness, and with his strong spiritual awareness, he couldn’t detect any clues.

Yuan Ming infused his mana into the cloak, and his entire person quickly merged with the surrounding environment, making it difficult to distinguish between spiritual awareness and the naked eye.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming said no more and took out the censer and lit the Fog Fragrance.

Guided by Yuan Ming, a large white mist quickly condensed and soon engulfed the Bi Luo Cave and the surrounding mountains and forests.

Xiying looked around at the dense fog and nodded in satisfaction. His figure leaped out with extreme agility and disappeared into the dense fog ahead.

In front of the Bi Luo Cave, the silver cat’s figure flashed out, and it spat out a golden light, which struck the stone door.

The blue light restriction on the stone door suddenly brightened and thickened several times, as if an additional layer of blue stone wall had appeared on the stone door, instantly blocking the golden light.

However, the golden light suddenly collapsed and disintegrated, turning into countless golden runes that quickly merged into the stone door’s restriction.

The blue light restriction seemed quite extraordinary, but as soon as it touched the golden runes, it quickly dissipated and completely disappeared in the blink of an eye. The ancient door emitted a light sound and slowly opened.As the prohibition collapsed, an invisible wave spread outwards, but it was blocked by the thick white fog around the cave and could not be transmitted.

Xiying did not immediately enter the cave, but turned to look in the direction of the front mountain.

On the front mountain, near the Fire Refining Peak, a sparrow was staring intently at the elder in mid-air, who was completely focused on manipulating the blood soul, and did not notice the prohibition of the cave being broken.

Xiying then transformed into a silver light and darted into the cave.

Behind the stone door was a black passage, which looked quite deep. The walls of the passage were lit with white candles, and the flames were surprisingly emerald green, giving it a mysterious appearance.

"Hmph! Unchanging stubbornness, still lighting the soul candles!" A coldness flashed in Xiying’s eyes.

The silver cat did not stop, but continued to move forward quickly. Two diverging paths appeared ahead, leading in different directions.

A crystal light shot out from its forehead, transforming into a red bird shadow that flew into the left passage, while the cat’s body entered the right passage.

The red bird shadow moved even faster and quickly reached the end.

There was a stone room here, and the ground had been dug out to form a pool.

The pool was not filled with water, but was instead full of bright red and viscous blood. A black magic circle was engraved around it, slowly operating.

The blood light in the pool was enveloped by the magic circle and gathered towards the center of the pool, where a stone platform stood with a blood egg the size of a bowl placed on top, resembling some kind of bird egg.

All the blood light was absorbed by the blood egg.

"These are not ordinary blood, but the blood of fierce beasts, right? No wonder the Twilight Sky always needs a large number of beast slaves to collect blood food. It turns out that it is actually to feed this blood egg." The red bird shadow spoke human words.

The blood egg seemed extraordinary, but obviously it was not what Xiying was looking for. After searching the stone room and finding nothing else, the bird shadow flew back.

At this time, the silver cat was swiftly advancing along the passage. Before long, a stone door appeared ahead, emitting a faint black light.

Xiying did not stop and continued forward.

Behind the stone door, a young man in a white robe was lurking behind the door, and it was Sha Hao.

Watching Xiying approaching, Sha Hao’s eyes showed a hint of surprise and doubt: "How could the intruder breaking in be a cat? Could it be just a scouting spirit beast? No, I must not be careless!"

He randomly pinched a tactic, and the stone walls on both sides of Xiying suddenly cracked open, and two tall figures rushed out, wielding green long knives and slashing into the air.

The blade emitted a long green light, cutting through the solid stone walls like tofu.

Xiying paid no attention, and a human figure emerged from the crystal light on the cat’s forehead, floating in mid-air.

If Yuan Ming were here, he would recognize that this was the hazy woman who had previously revealed herself in front of him.

The hazy woman pressed her hands together, and white ripples appeared in her palms. The two tall figures suddenly stopped, and the sharp blade light also stopped a foot away from Xiying’s head.

The two tall figures revealed their true forms, turning out to be two green-haired humanoids, with exceptionally strong auras, already reaching the late Foundation Establishment stage, and two black horns growing on their heads.

"The Twilight Sky is really generous, actually cultivating two of them. It seems that they intend to merge the two and attempt to cultivate a Nascent Soul stage Zhaowang." The hazy woman glanced at the two humanoid figures and said.

"Who are you? How do you know the true name of the master?" Sha Hao, seeing this scene, was stunned and asked in shock and anger.

"Are you a disciple of the Twilight Sky? Didn’t he tell you that although human combat power is strong, their spiritual consciousness is low and their soul power is chaotic, and cannot be used to fight against soul cultivators?" The hazy figure passed through the stone door and appeared in front of Sha Hao.

Sha Hao’s expression changed drastically, and he spat out a silver shuttle magic weapon, aiming it at the hazy figure.

However, with a wave of the hazy figure’s hand and a flash of white light on her forehead, Sha Hao’s eyes suddenly became hazy, and he was unable to move, just like the two Foundation Establishment stage humanoids.

Although the silver shuttle magic weapon hit the hazy figure, it passed through without causing any harm.

The hazy figure ignored it, and her gaze was fixed on the stone room behind the door, which was the place where the elder had previously closed up, guarding the Soul Suppression Urn with a black magic circle in front.

"So it’s here?" The hazy figure looked at the Soul Suppression Urn, her eyes filled with uncontrollable excitement, and she flew forward.

But as soon as she stepped into the area of the black magic circle, the black light inside the circle instantly intensified several times, forming a black light curtain that kept the hazy figure outside.

The hazy figure seemed somewhat surprised, turned around and flew back to Sha Hao, raising her hand and pressing it on his head, and the crystal light quickly penetrated into him.

"I see." The hazy figure murmured to herself and withdrew her hand.

Sha Hao also fell to the ground, falling into a coma.

The hazy figure flew back, and the silver cat had already entered the stone room.

She took out three silver talismans, with thunder and lightning runes faintly visible on the surface, and pasted them in various places on the black magic circle.

Then, the hazy figure raised her hand, activating the three talismans, and three silver thunderbolts shot out, hitting the light curtain of the magic circle, making a cracking sound.

The black light curtain trembled violently and tore open a huge crack.The shadowy figure, upon seeing this scene, showed a hint of pleasure on their face and opened their mouth to spit out a pitch-black gemstone. The gemstone resembled a black hole, seemingly capable of absorbing all light around it, and as soon as it appeared, the surrounding light dimmed noticeably.

With a ’swoosh’, it darted into the breach in the light barrier and hovered above the Soul Suppressing Urn.

The Soul Suppressing Urn began to tremble violently, especially its lid, which quivered with a ’clang’.

Black light surged on the dark gemstone, flickering incessantly, resonating from afar with the trembling lid of the Soul Suppressing Urn.