Chapter 17: Spatial Chaos!
The Medicine Saint's forehead bulged, his fists clenched with veins popping out, he slowly exhaled and seemed to make up his mind, "No matter what, I'll go in and give it a try"
The Dark Temple, in the Heavenly Tomb, appears only once every few hundred years. To see it, one must be a destined person. Since he was fortunate enough to see it today, it means he has this opportunity, which is a chance to ascend to heaven. Even if it's the Ghost Gate, he will have to charge through it.
Such a great opportunity must be his!
"Unparalleled......" War's eyebrows furrowed, and he pondered for a moment before speaking in a low, husky voice, "This is really too dangerous. Moreover, we know nothing about it. Rushing in blindly would be unwise."
Even outside, it's so eerie and dangerous, let alone in the Dark Temple. It's not that they're not afraid, but their strength is simply not enough. Going in would be suicidal.
Ling Wushuang smiled and said, "War Big Brother, I know what's appropriate."
Especially when she walked here, the subtle pull in her mind became much stronger. She could feel a familiar yet strange aura calling out to her. This place, she had to go in and take a look.
"Zhan Ge, you guys wait for me outside or go back first, I must take a look inside this place." Ling Wu's eyes shone with determination.
But she was just testing the waters at first, and once she felt things were beyond her control, she would immediately retreat. She had never thought of risking her life.
"What nonsense" War heard Ling Wu Xiang let them leave first, Jun's resolute handsome face immediately sank, firmly saying: "Wu Xiang if you're going in, then War will definitely sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman"
Zhan Xi's large and warm palm patted Ling Wushuang's shoulder, bringing warmth all the way to her heart.
"It's like this, then let's go in too." Zhan Qi's face was heavy, but he also nodded slowly.
"Alright!" Zhang Yi smiled and said with a pretended ease, "I'd like to see for myself what's so formidable about the legendary Dark Sacred Temple."
"What's taking you so long to decide?" The Medicine Saint's voice was laced with impatience, and his already somewhat intimidating demeanor made him even more irritable. He fiercely swung his sleeves and growled in a low tone, "If you continue to drag this out, I'll leave first."
If it weren't for the fact that these people still have some ability, would he allow them to follow him?
Upon hearing the Medicine Saint's inexplicable words, Zhan Xiu's face sank, but since they were in an inappropriate location, he merely pursed his lips and suppressed the discontent in his heart. He couldn't afford to have a dispute in this place. Moreover, this old man apparently knew more than they did, and was still useful.
Ling Wusong chuckled lightly and gestured with an open hand towards the Dark Sacred Temple, making a "please" gesture. "Alright then, Medicine Saint, you first."
"You——" The Medicine Saint's face stiffened, his old face twisted in a strange way for half a day, but he let out a cold hum and stood still on the spot.
Damn Ling Wushuang, if it weren't for her eerie aura that seems to suppress the death energy here, he would have gotten rid of her by now. Once he gets what he wants, she'll be the first one he kills!
"It's like this, then don't drag it out." Ling Wusuo coldly withdrew his hand.
Watching Ling Wu Shuang's disdainful look, Yao Sheng's face was ferocious, his hands in his sleeves clenched tightly again and again, but in the end he still endured it and didn't erupt immediately.
Although Tie Rong didn't want to go in, the others were all leaving and he couldn't stay behind alone, which was an even more terrifying thing. Thinking about the ghostly thing that had been following them earlier made his scalp tingle with fear, so in the end, he could only steel himself and follow along.
A figure, simply made some mental preparation, took a few deep breaths, along the black stone steps, step by step, slowly walked towards the broken open door.
Hundreds of steps above, sparse and scattered with some withered branches and leaves, presenting a dark gray color, don't know how many years have accumulated, stepping on it, feeling soft, all the way to the bottom of everyone's heart, slowly sinking, in the quiet black fog sky, making a faint crackling sound.
"Go!" Stepping on the last step, Ling Wu Shuang looked straight at the black hole in front of him, and with a flash of his body, he charged in first. The few people behind him immediately followed closely.
"What place is this"
"What's going on"
To everyone's surprise, the group of people easily rushed in without any unusual occurrences or obstacles, but the surroundings were pitch black, like an endless night sky, as dark as ink, boundless and infinite.
Ling Wu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, then she slowly closed her eyes. In the dark mist, a bright white silver line flashed and appeared, quickly shuttling back and forth in the black fog, dense and intricate. Finally, it formed a maze-like pattern!
"Don't move carelessly, follow me" Ling Wu Shuang suddenly opened her eyes, and the thing that suddenly appeared in her mind made her puzzled at the same time, but also extremely determined, it must be related to this place.
"Musou?" War Gods and others looked puzzled.
The Medicine Saint furrowed his flower-white eyebrows and gazed at Ling Wu's eyes, sinking slightly.
"Follow me," Ling Wu Xiang said, confirming once more before taking a step forward. In the vast expanse of black fog, in the blink of an eye, only a faint white outline could be seen.
Zhan Xiu and the others, naturally without hesitation, stepped forward to follow, while Yao Shengqin and Qin Sheng looked around, couldn't see anything out of the ordinary, gritted their teeth in frustration, and finally had no choice but to follow Ling Wushuang's pace.
Ling Wushuang turned left and right, seemingly leading the crowd in a circle, Medicine Saint and others, although unhappy in their hearts, were unable to think of a solution for the time being, and this was not a good place to lose one's temper, so they could only follow Ling Wushuang in circles.
After a long time, one step out, the surrounding situation changed instantly, and the line of sight suddenly became clear.
"This——" Zhan Xiuzi looked around in shock, how did they suddenly arrive at this place.
They're coming out again! But they clearly went through the front door and into the Dark Temple.
Surroundings, crimson gravel rolling, bare hills undulating, the line of sight is very open, thousands of strange rocks, strange shapes, some like spring bamboo shoots, some like barbarian cows lying tigers, except for the line of sight being a bit clearer than outside the Dark Temple, at a glance, you can see dozens of feet away from the mountain range, seemingly without much difference.
"It's impossible, this must be the Dark Temple" The voice of Yao Sheng was very certain, his expression serious as he looked around, then his old face trembled slightly, his hands shaking, and he seemed somewhat excited. "Let's go"
Have they already entered the interior of the Dark Temple!?
Ling Wu's eyes suddenly lit up as he suddenly realized that this was not just a simple temple, but actually a spatial location!
"It's too unbelievable" Apparently, Zhang Shu and others also came to their senses.
"No way, can't go any further, we have to get out now" Ling Wu Shuang walked out not far, suddenly changed his expression, stepped out one step, and stopped in mid-air.
On the ground around, a faint aura rose, almost invisible, as if on a hot summer day, the rolling air currents emerging from the surface of the earth were even weaker than that aura, and if not for his extraordinary spiritual power, it would have been impossible to detect.
"What's wrong?" Zhan Xiulooked like he hadn't noticed anything out of place around him.
The Medicine Saint's face suddenly turned extremely ugly, and his heart felt a bit numb. He stretched out his hand to signal the nearby Zither Saint to stop, "The space here is twisted and distorted, don't move around carelessly."
"What's spatial distortion?" As a Holy Ranker, Warqi and others had no concept of space power, so they naturally didn't understand what the Medicine Saint said, nor did they notice anything unusual around them.
"There are intersecting spaces and chaotic flows here. If you take a wrong step, it may only be one step away, but you might end up tens of miles outside, without knowing where you've gone..." The Medicine Saint explained in a low voice.
As a ninth-grade saint, he was already the closest existence to a demigod, touching the power of space, and naturally quickly discovered the anomalies around him.
"What?" Tie Feng cried out in terror, his entire body going somewhat limp.
If the words of the medicine saint are true, that is to say, if they take a wrong step, they may fall behind and instantly drop into another region? Such a dangerous place, with so many people, still makes one's heart tremble with fear. If one were to fall behind, even if they didn't encounter some strange creatures, they would be scared to death!
Thinking of this, Tie Feng swallowed hard, didn't dare move a step, and cried with a sad face.
Ling Wu Xiong, however, was only relying on his exceptionally strong spiritual power to sense that something was off around him, but he didn't know what the reason was. Upon hearing Yao Lao's words, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. If one hadn't reached the Divine Realm, it would be fundamentally impossible to move even half a step.
"Ah!"
Her trembling feet stepped down, unknowingly treading on something, and let out a terrified shriek.
Everyone turned their eyes to take a look, and couldn't help but inhale a breath of cool air. It was actually a pile of white bones that were trampled by Tie Feng's foot, making a faint cracking sound, and immediately turning into a pile of grayish-white debris.
"This man, at least a peak god" The Medicine Saint's eyes gleamed as he sized up the pile of white bones in front of him, his dry lips curled into a smile, and the words that came out were like a basin of cold water, which made Iron Phoenix and several others feel chilled to the bone.
"Fall back." Zhan Xiuyi's expression was calm and collected as he agreed with Ling Wushuang's suggestion.
The Medicine Saint gritted his teeth, reluctantly nodding in the end. As soon as he entered, he encountered chaotic spatial currents. If he ventured deeper, he would only end up with a tragic demise. Now, the Medicine Saint was starting to regret rashly entering this place.
"Damn it!" Ling Wu Shuang suddenly let out a low curse, instantly making everyone feel a bad premonition, and they all turned their heads to look at her.
Facing the piercing gaze of the crowd, Ling Wushuang shrugged helplessly and uttered a chilling phrase, "It seems we have no way out."
"What——" Tie Feng couldn't help but exclaim in shock, his expression almost in tears.
"Now I can only go by feeling" Ling Wu Shuang was also very helpless, didn't expect such a situation to occur, she wanted to return the way she came, but unexpectedly found that she couldn't find her way back, now it's really a tragedy.
Zhan Qi and others, as expected, have been searching for danger zones for many years. Although worried, they quickly calmed down, "What to do now?"
It's really hard to say whether they are lucky or unlucky to have lived in such a godforsaken place for so long.
"This space is turbulent, and the range shouldn't be too large." The Medicine Saint's face was calm.
"If we stick together and aren't separated, no matter where we end up, perhaps we'll be much safer"
Ling Wusuo looked at Zhan Xiuzhen and understood the meaning behind his words. Her red lips slightly curved upwards, and she nodded slowly, "We'll take turns suppressing each other's footsteps."
No one is stupid, and naturally everyone wants to understand and find a solution, only then can they slightly calm down.
Ling Wusuo still walked in the front, with one person after another following closely behind her footsteps.
After walking a few steps, Ling Wu's eyes blurred and she swayed around before suddenly appearing in a mountain range formed by piles of crimson red sand. There was no one behind her, but after a few seconds, Zhan Xiu appeared right behind her.
"My god, what place is this?" Zhang Yi exclaimed, staring at the suddenly changing surroundings with a look of astonishment and bewilderment.
The strange space turbulence, or the wormhole formed by the power of space, makes them lose their way. If they are unlucky, they may not be able to get out for a lifetime.
Ling Wusuo raised her eyes to scan the surroundings, pouting slightly in frustration, feeling that she was still in the turbulent flow of distorted space, and could only grit her teeth and continue forward with a sense of intuition.
"Do you know the way or not?" Ti Feng, who had just walked out, looked around at the changing surroundings with a terrified gaze, his emotions somewhat out of control, and he couldn't help but let out a low growl towards the people in front of him.
"No one forced you to follow" Ling Wu's cherry red lips curled up slightly, and she threw out this sentence without looking back. After taking a step forward, she suddenly disappeared from the spot again.
Zhan Xiu gave Yitian a look of disdain, then stepped on Ling Wusuo's footsteps and disappeared into thin air.
"Keep up, no more nonsense, or I'll leave you here." The Medicine Saint's face turned cold and stern. His original intention for bringing Iron Fan in had vanished. At this point, to the Medicine Saint, he was just a burden.
Tie Feng's face stiffened and he didn't dare say another word.
A few people walked cautiously in the turbulent space, every step was taken with extraordinary care, and only a row of footprints were left on the dark red sandy land.
After an unknown period of time, Ling Wu's eyes flickered and his surroundings changed, as if he had burst out of a fog. He felt weightless, but suddenly his feet touched the ground again. Ling Wu couldn't help but brighten up, "It's really deadly, I finally made it out."
Now, the most important thing is to find a way out. However, the pattern that appeared in my mind earlier has disappeared without a trace. This made Ling Wusuo, who was usually calm and collected, want to curse, and what's more, the familiar aura in her mind was beckoning her again.
"Is this it? Has he come out?"
The last one to appear was Tie Feng, who looked at the slightly relaxed expressions of several people and also secretly let out a sigh of relief.
"Let's hurry up and find a way out." The Medicine Saint's face didn't look much better, his expression stern as he walked towards a nearby small hill. At this moment, he didn't even want to mention the treasure, just wanting to find a way out and escape alive.
"This, this!"
Several people had not yet caught up with Yao Sheng, but they saw that he had already walked to the top of a small hill. His whole body was stiff, his eyes were fixed on something in the distance, and his eyeballs were about to pop out. The expression on his face was one of unprecedented horror.