Chapter 2013

"These hubs where blood and qi converge are precisely where blood and qi exchange is most concentrated," He Lingchuan clarified further, "or rather, the locations that provide nutrients and energy for these monsters!"

Without finding this hub, the battles in the labyrinth would be endless; even an entire army entering would be slowly drained to death.

"Wait a moment." The blood demon fell silent for a while, "Wait a moment."

During this time, the monsters bursting out from the stone pages grew larger and larger in size, and their appearance became increasingly ferocious. Needless to say, their attack power also grew stronger.

This somewhat contradicted He Lingchuan's understanding.

He looked up at the sky, wondering if it was due to the influence of the imperial flow slurry?

Speaking of which, they stood in the stone forest yet received not a trace of spiritual rain; it seems there is still an invisible barrier above this stone forest.

At this moment, the two monsters that appeared first suddenly leapt out from the stone pages, mixed among the other monsters, and attacked the black-armored army soldiers. Before the latter could react, their heads were bitten off.

Luo Xie opened the mantis-claw demon blade, whooshing a long-range attack, but these two were especially vigilant, immediately retreating back into the stone pages after one strike.

"These monsters seem not quite the same as the two we initially encountered."

"They are not the same." He Lingchuan's answer was even stranger, "They are not consumables."

Consumables? Everyone was puzzled by the meaning.

With the strength of the black-armored army, resisting these monsters became increasingly difficult. Moreover, the heavy martial general and others were still hiding in the shadows, waiting for them to exhaust their strength.

Luo Xie and the others took out the battle formation and placed it on the ground.

The formation's implements would automatically drill into the ground.

"Open the barrier now." A barrier immediately opened, blocking the approaching monsters outside.

Everyone hurriedly took pills and regulated their breath to recover energy.

These monsters were fierce and aggressive; the formation could not hold them for too long.

About thirty breaths later, a black-armored army soldier suddenly said: "Not good, the formation implements have been dug up!"

The place where they buried the formation implements, underground "coincidentally" had several stone pages sprouting out like spring bamboo shoots, lifting the implements out.

This stone forest is alive, and it even knows how to deal with them.

Without the protection of the formation, they will inevitably exhaust their strength.

Fortunately, the blood demon finally spoke: "Found it! Follow me."

It shed its cloak-like state, turning into a thick mass of blood mist, and lunged fiercely toward the west.

All the monsters on the path ahead were enveloped by it in one go, hissing as they dissolved into nothingness.

He Lingchuan also heard the blood demon's complaint in his ears: "Pah pah, truly unpleasant to eat, not fresh at all! This way."

The blood demon seemed to be the nemesis of these monsters; wherever it passed, the monsters were devoured, thus briefly clearing a path.

Everyone followed He Lingchuan in a frantic sprint forward, behind them a murky crowd of monsters pursuing relentlessly, like a tide chasing people.

This scene could be anyone's midnight nightmare.

After more than ten breaths, the blood demon floating at the forefront suddenly said: "Look well, here it is!"

It suddenly dispersed, wrapping around a large stone page, and simultaneously reminded He Lingchuan: "Smash it! The finer the fragments, the better."

This stone page was as flat as a stele, its width reaching two zhang, its height over one zhang; under normal circumstances, people would only walk around it.

He Lingchuan silently grasped his long spear, secretly circulating his true qi and vital energy.

The spear tip immediately emitted a faint red light.

The long spear swept across the bottom of the stone page, a clean, straight line.

The force of this spear strike was no longer that of a human.

Subsequently, grayish-white foam began to bubble out from the cut.

Under everyone's gaze, the stone page began to corrode from the cut, the wound rapidly expanding amidst the hissing sounds.

This is the additional property of the trident of the Nest Sea Yaksha King: all are illusions.

The stone page could not withstand it; within three to five breaths it rotted completely through, revealing a large hole below.

Seeing this, He Lingchuan had no further words:

"Enter."

He leapt down first, and everyone followed closely behind.

The monsters that had pursued them here became even more agitated, howling as they also jumped down.

Just by looking at their demeanor, He Lingchuan knew he had come to the right place.

Below this point, it was no longer the stone forest, but a flat valley.

After landing, He Lingchuan advanced in a certain direction, having run only a hundred zhang when a barrage of arrows came shooting forward.

Seeing human weapons here actually reassured them somewhat.

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Sure enough, over two hundred Xixia people emerged from the mountain depression ahead, joining the monsters in surrounding and attacking He Lingchuan and the others.

Leading the charge was precisely the heavy martial general.

He Lingchuan let out a long cry, leaping into the air, and delivered a jumping slash toward the heavy martial general.

His long spear blazed with ferocious intensity in midair, possessing the force to split mountains and rend the earth; the heavy martial general dared not meet it head-on, flashing his body to dodge.

With a "clang," the spear struck the ground, taking the impact point as its center, sending shockwaves radiating in all directions; anyone affected was toppled over.

Just hearing this sound of metal and stone ringing together, one knows this is ordinary ground, not the strange place from before.

The Xixia people and monsters were all in disarray; He Lingchuan then struck with two more spears, seeking out the heavy martial general again.

The heavy martial general struggled to parry, incredulous: "How could you find this place!"

The structure of these two outer worlds is simply unfathomable; even if the heavy martial general had previously received Yang Qing's detailed explanation, using it still left him greatly shocked and astonished.

This is neither a formation nor an illusion, yet it surpasses any formation or illusion, and even exceeds the effect of ordinary divine descent!

When this place was constructed, he was still full of confidence, certain he could exhaust He Lingchuan to death.

After all, the entrance to these two worlds — he himself couldn't even find it.

But how did He Xiong actually crack it!

He Lingchuan ignored him, because the Blood Demon had already given the final hint: "Right ahead, just past this mountain pass and you'll be there!"

Two more ghostly figures emerged from nowhere, one on the left, one on the right, flanking He Lingchuan from the rear.

Their skin — one bluish-gray, one blood-red — their forms like tigers, like apes, with tails behind them, capable of walking upright.

When they lunged out, their bodies swelled to three times their size, their bulk nearly matching Zhu Xiuer's, completely blocking He Lingchuan's path ahead.

And they spat a blue and a red plume of poisonous gas at He Lingchuan.

The blue smoke corrodes the flesh; the red smoke numbs the senses.

Most terrifying of all, when these two smokes mix, they explode after just two breaths.

Seeing He Lingchuan's figure enveloped in the dual-colored smoke, then came two thunderous booms, and the white steam rising from the spot could cook raw meat instantly.

But He Lingchuan was not in the smoke.

He didn't want to entangle with these things; when the twin monsters blocked his path, he used the Shadow-Following Step, stepping onto the back of one monster three zhang away in a single stride, then with a backhand slash he cleaved it dead, and strode forward with great strides!

Fifty zhang still remained!

A roar came from somewhere nearby, and the monsters, as if guided, all surged toward him.

He Lingchuan flung his cloak forward: "Clear the way!"

This brat really commands Him with increasing ease — the Blood Demon had no choice, turning into a red light that swept all the monsters ahead aside.