Chapter 7288 The Trap
Chapter 7288 The Trap
The passageway’s spatial laws were distorted, and that made it difficult to move around. Long Chen stopped midway and turned to that disciple.
The disciple almost burst into tears. “Master Long Chen, if you wanted to know that, you could have asked outside! I would have definitely told you every single thing that I know...”
He hadn’t expected that Long Chen would suddenly ask him something like that. Was that why he had dragged him in here? Just for that old man, he had been brought into this land of sure death?
Long Chen coldly said, “I don’t like wasting time!”
The disciple hastily smartened up and said, “That old fellow is called Lu Mingzhou. He is the Violet Cloud Gate’s vice master. They are located in the Cloud-Flipping Mountains, and they have eleven half-step Heavenly Sovereigns among their ranks. The gate master is a peak half-step Heavenly Sovereign...”
Long Chen hadn’t misjudged. This disciple was not just skilled at adapting quickly; his ability to gather information was also impressive. The reason he had spoken up at the start was most likely that he liked showing off. It was just unfortunate that things weren’t going as he had expected today.
Long Chen learned that while the Violet Cloud Gate was technically a first-tier sect, they were actually at the bottom level of the first tier in terms of both power and foundation. They might fall into the second tier at any moment. Furthermore, the sect was not particularly outstanding in any way. As for their performance here... They had taken incredibly heavy losses. Over half of their disciples had died inside.
“Was there anyone who stood out amongst their disciples that survived this place?” asked Long Chen.
“Someone who stands out? I believe that their most outstanding disciples are Luo Chuan and Yang Yiqing. There’s no one else—wait, they have another distinguished disciple whose name is Xu Keying. It seems that she was the leader this time. Apparently she is quite wicked. She has the Yin Yang Eyes, a very strange visual technique that can control people’s minds!”
Long Chen and Miao Yin exchanged a glance. The moment they thought about this in conjunction with Lu Mingzhou’s behavior, their suspicions grew.
“Alright, you can go. There’s nothing for you here. Keep your mouth shut about this. You should know what you can say and what you can’t!” threatened Long Chen.
The disciple was overjoyed to hear that his life was spared once more. He hastily promised, “I know, I know!”
After saying that, he immediately turned around and fled.
“Alright, let’s go take a look!”
As they went deep into the passage, everything turned dark. This place was filled with devil qi, and the three of them were like lanterns in the night.
Growls and roars rang out within this dark world. Countless pairs of fiery eyes appeared in the darkness.
Shi Yu drew her sword. But just as she prepared herself for combat, Miao Yin raised her hand, and a golden string appeared in the air. Her hand brushed over this zither string, and a soundwave spread through the air as a golden ripple. Countless lifeforms were obliterated without even managing to react.
Seeing Long Chen stare at her in astonishment, Miao Yin smiled faintly. “Big sister Zi Yan taught me this!”
Indeed, this was the same technique that Zi Yan had been using lately. But in Miao Yin’s hands, it looked somewhat different. It seemed she had merged the power of the Four-Beast Manifestation into it, bestowing it with a different kind of power. In particular, this attack had contained the sharpness of metal energy while retaining absolute control and flexibility, making it even more effective.
After this golden wave, the surrounding area was cleared of enemies. All that remained were corpses.
Shi Yu was stunned. Among these corpses, there were several with powerful auras; they were on par with the human race’s late-stage Sovereign Lords. But in front of Miao Yin, they put up no more resistance than cardboard figures. She would never be able to forget this sight.
The three of them continued onwards. Occasionally, a zither string echoed through the night, and each sound was followed by countless devil corpses falling to the ground. Shi Yu sensed many powerful auras amongst them, beings strong enough that she wasn’t confident she could beat them one on one. But without exception, they were killed without being able to resist in the slightest.
They continued for two hours. Not even they knew how many outsider devils they had slain by that point, but they eventually saw another passageway.
“I can sense the aura of the academy’s disciples!”
Long Chen’s gaze turned cold. He walked into that pitch-black passageway with Miao Yin and Shi Yu following behind him.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!” Shi Yu suddenly screamed. ‘It’s that song again!”
Indeed, a strange voice was reverberating through the passageway. It was like a ghost’s wail, and also like a devil’s curse. It invaded the soul directly, with nothing capable of stopping it. Even closing off the senses wasn’t enough.
Shi Yu’s whole body trembled. She couldn’t control herself; she really had been traumatized by that song. She felt as if her very soul were being pulled out of her.
Miao Yin gently patted her shoulder. A soft current flowed into her body. Shi Yu shivered, but then realized that Miao Yin’s energy was keeping the song away from her ears.
“I’m ashamed that you have to cover for me, big sister,” said Shi Yu shamefully.
“This song is also a kind of curse. The first time you hear it, it brands itself into your soul, and you never even realize it. The second time you hear it, the curse immediately awakens and you lose control. This truly is a troublesome song, but don’t worry, nothing will happen to us here!” Miao Yin comforted her. She drew Shi Yu along and followed Long Chen deeper into the second passageway.
It was long, narrow, and dark, and the ground was slimy. A disgusting stench filled the air, as if they were walking through a devil’s insides.
An incense stick’s worth of time later, they arrived at a fork. Long Chen didn’t hesitate to go to the right. Another fork soon appeared, and Long Chen once more didn’t hesitate. They walked for an hour, with the devil qi around them growing increasingly dense, and the singing also growing louder and more powerful. Miao Yin had no choice but to summon a domain to protect Shi Yu.
Suddenly, the passageway widened. At the other end, they saw a massive blood pool with an altar inside of it. Three thousand headless corpses lined the altar.
Although he was mentally prepared, these corpses made Long Chen’s blood boil. His fury and killing intent almost exploded out of his control.
Miao Yin’s eyes widened. Long Chen’s emotional fluctuations were too intense! He was on the border of going berserk. She hadn’t expected his control to be so lacking.
Suddenly, the blood pool surged, and the massive figure slowly rose out of it.
“So they didn’t lie to me. As long as I guarded these corpses, a top-grade treasure would appear, hahaha!”
That figure raised its head and laughed. Its terrifying laughter made the surrounding space shudder and the blood pool boil.