Chapter 237: Return to the White Lotus World

Zongwang Prompt: Transferring character to the Dungeon Bai Lian Descent…

As Mu Yi's choice fluctuated, new prompt information refreshed on his retina.

Your friend—Lilyanna requests to join your Dungeon party…

Your friend—Ailianna requests to join your Dungeon party…

Your friend—La Ge Na requests to join your Dungeon party…

Your friend—Aili Aili Ya requests to join your Dungeon party…

After the four applications were accepted, Mu Yi stood in place and surveyed the Dungeon's changes.

Current Dungeon difficulty recommended level: 10.

Current Dungeon progress: 25%.

Current timeline: ten years after the first Dungeon!

After the ten years you were away, the Qing court destroyed statues everywhere, built Jia Xian temples, the Bai Lian bloomed again, and the whole world was covered by raging snow.

The sea began devouring the land.

The Bai Lian Sect has been annihilated.

Creatures parasitized by the raging snow began to evolve.

The world was ravaged by the evil god's minions, leaving living beings in ruin.

It differs greatly from when you left; the white snow above the sky has reached a terrifying level that engulfs everything, and ordinary humans likely cannot survive beneath it.

Looking at the Dungeon's prompts, Mu Yi furrowed his brows, unsure of the Rebellion Army's current state.

However, under the protection of Buddhist bodhisattvas and venerables, it should not be completely annihilated.

But it is still not time to act; at this moment, before him.

There, four void silhouettes were gradually solidifying.

"No matter how many times, we can't adapt to Zongwang's transfer!" Princess Liliana Brenda complained, covering her head.

For a mage, such transfer is exceedingly lethal.

A blue flash flickered over Princess Liliana Brenda, instantly restoring her wan spirit to normal.

She glanced at the three beside her, waved her hand, and blue radiance spread, making Mu Yi and the others feel a refreshing breeze.

"Thanks!" the little fox said politely, then summoned its followers.

With the personnel now assembled, Mu Yi gave a brief description of the current situation.

"So we now need to find the Rebellion Army camp?"

La Ge Na asked casually, frowning as he looked at the raging snow outside, the ominous force weighing on him.

"A terrifying force—looks like snowflakes, but actually some creature spores, containing corruption and mutation effects…"

Magic aura in Princess Liliana Brenda's hand flickered continuously; although she had heard Mu Yi describe these snowflakes' properties, she still conducted a series of tests.

"This should be enough to prevent those things from having an effect!"

While speaking, she gestured in the void; a magical aura covered the few, and when they stepped out of the building, the wildly dancing snowflakes were separated by the aura.

"Visibility is poor; is there any reference point? I need to perform divination!"

"Careful! Enemy!"

As they spoke, several mutated monsters emerged from the raging snow, sprinting toward them.

Each mutated monster crawled on the ground using all limbs, like a giant spider.

"Fight for the Great Crimson Fury and the Lucky Fox!"

A deep prayer sounded, and the ground suddenly shook!

Si Li Lan appeared before the mutated monster as if teleporting, swung his great sword, instantly cleaving the monster in two.

"Probably a level‑12 creature with environmental enhancement, likely just a grunt; he can handle it fully!" Lilyanna's analysis was calm and specific.

"But, Mu Yi, it seems your recent experiences have been spectacular, fanatic… truly a rare being!"

Watching Si Li Lan slay the front mutated monsters in a few strokes, Lilyanna curiously turned her head toward Mu Yi and the little fox huddled behind him.

"Just some adventures, I'll tell you in detail when we have time!" Mu Yi changed the subject casually; his experiences aren't something he can finish recounting in a short time.

"Uphold the mission!" Si Li Lan moved swiftly, one sword per monster, dispatching the surrounding grunts in three swift blows, leaving bodies littering the ground.

"Lily, can these monster corpses be used for divination? They should point us toward the core's location."

Mu Yi pointed at the monster corpses on the ground and asked Lilyanna.

"I can give it a try!"

Lilyanna took out a crystal ball and began a divination spell; this medium‑based divination technique was obtained from a Legend spell in another world, and it works well.

"Ailianna!"

When the crystal ball lit up, Lilyanna's face changed and she shouted.

The maid, never leaving her side, tossed the crystal ball from Lilyanna's hand; the ball arced gracefully and exploded mid‑air.

The blast's shockwave nearly flipped the little fox onto the ground.

"How is it?" Mu Yi asked concernedly.

"Found it, but the situation may be worse than we imagined; the place we're heading to is already covered by a massive Bai Lian, looks like it will bloom soon!" Lilyanna described the scene she saw.

"The He Luo Shen you mentioned must have already found us; it was her power that made the crystal ball explode!"

Thinking of those terrifying, deep eyes, Lilyanna furrowed her brows deeply.

"Mu Yi, we must speed up; it could break its seal at any moment!"

It was initially described as a sealed Legend artifact, but it still looks ominous.

"Don't worry, Lily, the enemies it faces aren't just us!" Mu Yi waved his hand, signaling Lilyanna to relax.

Their involvement was merely accidental; He Luo Shen hasn't broken the seal in ten years, and cannot do so in a short time.

Moreover, after breaking the seal, the first to suffer misfortune should be the Qing court, not them.

The Qing army in this world can indeed use Cloud Energy in formation; even if He Luo God breaks the seal, facing a large army in formation would still be quite troublesome.

However, Mu Yi still followed Lilyanna's advice, and the group hurried toward the Qing imperial city at great speed.

The site where the Net descended is not especially far from the Qing imperial city; Mu Yi and company basically marched at double time for a day, and they could already see the outline of the Qing imperial city in the distance.

A gigantic white lotus that almost blots out the sky hovers above the imperial city, from time to time spewing out large amounts of Nuan Xue.

However, the closer one gets to the imperial city, the lower the density of the snowflakes becomes.

Mu Yi can sense that a powerful force converges from all directions toward the imperial city, then forming a strong protective net that shields the city from the disaster of Nuan Xue, allowing normal life.

At this moment, deformed creatures are spread all around the imperial city, attacking the city walls like a tide.

On the walls, machine guns and cannons rotate nonstop, and with each exceptionally skilled soldier, the deformed creatures, though like a tide, simply cannot breach the palace's city walls.

"Not good!"

Only after truly approaching the imperial city did Mu Yi and company genuinely feel the power possessed by the Qing court.

Although I don't know how they achieved it, the nearly over a hundred thousand-strong army surrounding the imperial city is indeed like a towering mountain; no matter how the floodwaters rage, it remains unmoving.

Mu Yi feels the trouble also lies here; the thick Cloud Energy above the imperial city is enough for any Military Family Descendant to abandon the idea of a strong attack at first glance.

"At a time like this, we really need some luck!"

Mu Yi helplessly scratched his head; even if the individual strength of the imperial city's defenders isn't that strong, a defending force of tens of thousands is enough to crush them.

A direct assault won't work; we can only consider a stratagem.

"Let's go look for the Rebellion Army; we might need to borrow their strength."

Just as he was speaking, Mu Yi's expression changed, and the holy sword instantly appeared in his hand, thrusting upward toward the sky.

A huge deformed creature fell from the sky, and the point of impact was exactly where Mu Yi and company were standing.

The holy sword, carrying immense holy light, shot up from below and smashed the deformed creature to pieces.

"Looks like we've been targeted!"

Mu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly; under the power of the Thousand-mile Eye, his gaze pierced the distant distance to see deep into the gigantic white lotus, where the female proprietor he had once met lay reclining on a luxurious chair, gazing at Mu Yi and company with interest.

"I sense a hint of danger."

Mu Yi withdrew his gaze; although he didn't know the other's attitude, he had a sense of danger.

This feeling is different from the usual sharp pain of danger; it feels more empty and obscure.

It's as if there is an invisible spiderweb in the air, and Mu Yi can feel the malicious gaze of the spiderweb's owner.

It seems as if summoned, the deformed creatures that originally regarded them as nothing began to rush toward this direction.

Mu Yi glanced at these deformed monsters, and their appearance bore obvious marine characteristics.

Whether scales, tentacles, or claws and shells, they all look like they come from the sea.

Recalling the scene he had seen earlier in the south, Mu Yi fell into silence.

The situation seems indeed more serious than he had imagined.

"Little Fox, pick a direction!"

Mu Yi rubbed the holy sword in his hand, took out the Nine-tailed Fox plush from his item bag, and watched the deformed creatures that were originally getting closer.

"I... this way!"

The Little Fox whose name was called felt a bit flustered, but she had already encountered this kind of situation before.

When stuck in a predicament, her original team, at a loss, would let her randomly choose something, using her luck to break the deadlock.

"Then this way!"

Mu Yi chose to trust the Little Fox's luck; indeed, with no information to reference, he could only rely on luck and intuition at this moment.

"Aili protect Lily well! Si Ri Lan protect Little Fox well! La Ge Na charge with me!"

Mu Yi took a deep breath, then began to charge in the direction indicated by the Little Fox.

"Those who block me die!"

Accompanied by a roar, Mu Yi, like a runaway locomotive, carved a bloody path through the monster tide.

"Pfft!"

Two half-human, half-fish monsters were directly sliced apart by a horizontal sweep of the holy sword, and their foul-smelling blood sprayed in all directions.

The gruesome deaths did not cause the other deformed monsters to retreat; they have no emotions, merely obeying the commands of the supreme existence.

Mu Yi was like a frenzied killing machine, stirring up waves of bloody gore among the monsters.

As if a substantial crimson light wrapped around Mu Yi's body, the illusory Asura armor became palpably real at this moment, exuding a terrifying bloody aura.

But this had little effect on the unknown number of monsters; swarms of them, dense as ants, covered the ground and kept swarming toward the squad.

"Boom!"

Lilyanna instantly cast a few spells that landed among the monster horde, only blasting out a blank space, which was quickly filled by more monsters.

Their killing speed is not slow, their assault speed is not enough, but facing the huge numbers, even after struggling for half a day it seems to have no effect, and they are still surrounded by boundless deformed monsters.

"No matter how we kill, we can't kill them all!"

Mu Yi stopped his slaughter; the perfectly good holy sword, forced to be used like a demonic sword, had been soaked through with blood, and he gave a wry smile as he shook off the blood on the holy sword.

"Looks like we won't break through without being serious!"

"Come forth, my soldiers!"

Accompanying Mu Yi's low chant, Ao Mo transformed into a dragon and took the lead, rushing out from the seal, then falling from the sky like a meteor.

Carrying the aura of the deep sea and dragon might, wielding the Sea-Stabilizing Spear, he instantly blasted all the monsters around him.

Several infantry square formations gathered into columns, holding large shields and long spears in a stern array, advancing slowly.

The impeccable square formation advanced upon the earth; with synchronized steps, it seemed like a steel fortress moving, and any monsters in its path were instantly ground to powder.

Under the support of the Unmoving-like-a-Mountain formation, the infantry square formation advanced as slowly as a mountain range, making the enemy feel utterly immovable.

And indeed the fact is exactly so; even against enemies many times their own number, the infantry Square Formation, in its smooth advance, crushed and split them, then slaughtered them all.

"Fire arrows!" Yi Luoyu loudly shouted the command.

The sound of countless bowstrings being pulled to the limit overlapped and rang out at the same time, like countless crows flapping their wings, causing unease.

And in the next moment, a sharp sound pierced the battlefield, as if endless crows flapped their wings and shot up into the sky, blocking out the heavens and the sun.

Within the formation, a layer of black clouds instantly rose, whistling as it pierced into the monster horde.

Clearly only a few hundred people, yet the arrows they shot obscured the entire sky.

As if an endless rain of arrows fell from the front, the enemy density faced by the infantry Square Formation instantly dropped a notch, but the infantry Square Formation did not choose to charge; instead it directly split open, clearing a passage.

The sound of horse hooves ticking on the chest rang out, and the heavily armored cavalry atop their saddles, cloaked in scarlet armor, slowly drew their distinctive wolf-tooth clubs from behind.

"Charge!"

The leader of the heavily armored cavalry, Chang Haoran, looked at the opened gap, a feral smile appearing on his face, and suddenly let out a roar toward the distant monsters.

The rising Cloud Energy transformed into a fierce tiger that pounced onto the heavily armored cavalry.

In a thunder-like roar, like a meteor, carrying an unstoppable momentum, the heavily armored cavalry charged and struck into the monster horde.

Like tearing a thin sheet of paper, the monster horde was quickly scattered; the killing machine ran rampant within the formation, and under the whirling wolf-tooth clubs, each monster was smashed to pieces.

As if an endless sea of monsters, in an instant a gap was torn open, showing Mu Yi and the others the way to break out.

(End of chapter)