Chapter 270: Secret Entrance

Strange light swallowed the two, and the world before their eyes changed abruptly.

The expected rare treasures or ancient secret realms didn't appear, replaced by a suffocating darkness.

Unable to see one's fingers, as if placed in an endless abyss.

Ji Chen immediately became vigilant, mobilizing supernatural ability, a ball of dazzling light erupting from his palm, dispelling the darkness in a small area around him.

Borrowing this faint light, Ji Chen looked around; this space was empty and silent, without a trace of sound, as if even the air had solidified.

This death-like silence was more unsettling than any clamor.

Ceng Yue followed closely behind Ji Chen, her cold face rarely revealing a trace of heaviness.

"Be careful." Ji Chen said in a low voice, the sound echoing in the empty space, adding a few more points of strange atmosphere.

As soon as the words fell, a change suddenly occurred!

Countless black vines like poisonous snakes lurking for a long time suddenly rushed out from the darkness, wrapping the two tightly with lightning speed.

The vines were covered with sharp barbs, stabbing fiercely into their bodies, a burst of intense pain instantly spreading throughout their bodies.

"Damn! What the hell!" Ji Chen couldn't help but curse, this sudden attack caught him off guard.

He struggled hard, trying to shake off these damn vines, but found their toughness astonishing, like steel, unbreakable.

Ceng Yue groaned, her face instantly turning pale.

She had already consumed quite a bit of supernatural ability, and now being entangled by these vines, it was even worse.

The surrounding darkness seemed to have come alive, like a huge monster, opening its bloody mouth, wanting to swallow them completely.

In the darkness, a low mocking sound seemed to come, as if ridiculing their powerlessness.

Ji Chen's heart surged with anger, a strong sense of humiliation welling up.

He bit his teeth tightly, fists clenched, his palms flashing with dazzling light.

"Give me... break!"

Ji Chen roared, his palms pushed forward violently, the surging supernatural energy erupting like a volcanic eruption.

Dazzling light instantly tore through the darkness, like a sharp sword cutting off the black vines entangled on their bodies.

"Click! Click!" The sound of vines breaking was crisp and harsh, like frying beans.

Those vines that were arrogant just now were like poisonous snakes cut off, falling powerlessly to the ground, twitching a few times before completely losing movement.

Ji Chen gasped for breath, his chest heaving violently.

He felt the supernatural energy within his body consumed quite a bit, but his heart was filled with unprecedented pleasure.

"Just this? Also want to trap me?" He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a confident smile.

He stood there, like a warrior breaking free from restraints, exuding a powerful aura all over his body, the surrounding darkness illuminated by his energy light in a small area.

However, before he could catch his breath, the ground began to shake violently, as if an earthquake had occurred.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!" A harsh sound came from far to near, as if countless bees were lingering in his ears.

Ji Chen immediately looked around vigilantly, his pupils shrinking violently, only to see countless scarlet eyes lighting up in the darkness, like ghost fires, hair-raising.

"Damn! What the hell!" Ji Chen cursed again.

Only to see the owners of those red eyes were actually a group of huge insect monsters!

They had sharp mouthparts, thick joints, and a pair of transparent wings on their backs, baring fangs and brandishing claws as they pounced toward them.

"Careful!" Ji Chen pulled Ceng Yue behind him, while mobilizing supernatural ability, forming an energy shield before him.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The insect monsters were like locusts crossing the border, crazily hitting the energy shield, shaking the ground until it trembled.

The energy shield made a sound of unbearable wailing, cracks appearing on the surface, as if it would shatter in the next second.

Ji Chen didn't dare to be slow, he took a deep breath, "Come on, let me see how hard you are!"

He took the initiative to attack, his figure shuttling in the monster group like a ghost.

Every time he made a move, it was accompanied by a dazzling light and a loud explosion.

Those insect monsters were like paper, torn to pieces by his energy shockwaves; green blood rained down onto the ground, and a foul, fishy stench permeated the air.

Ceng Yue was not idle either; she followed closely behind Ji Chen, manipulating supernatural ability, countless ice cones shooting toward the monster group like sharp arrows.

The ice cones accurately pierced through the bodies of the insect monsters, freezing them into ice sculptures.

However, there were too many of these monsters, rushing forward one after another, as if endless.

The battle was exceptionally intense, Ji Chen and Ceng Yue back to back, like two sharp swords, cutting a bloody path in the monster group.

Every attack made a part of the insect monsters' bodies shatter, every dodge avoided the monsters' sharp claws.

However, these monsters seemed endless, their roars making this dark space even more suffocating.

"These guys are a bit difficult to deal with!" Ji Chen gasped, wiping the sweat off his face, and said to Ceng Yue.

Ceng Yue didn't answer, she just silently condensed ice cones again, continuing to launch attacks toward those monsters.

Just at this moment, Ji Chen suddenly discovered that those monsters seemed to pause slightly when hearing a certain sound...

"Wait..." Ji Chen suddenly stopped the movements in his hands, his brow furrowed tightly, as if discovering something.

A flash of inspiration crossed Ji Chen's mind, a charming smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"These little bugs are a bit interesting!" He muttered while dodging the monsters' attacks, secretly mobilizing the energy within his body.

He tried to vibrate the energy out at a special frequency; this frequency was so subtle it was almost imperceptible, yet like an invisible tuning fork, stabbing into the brains of those monsters.

"Hum—" A subtle vibration spread in the air.

Those originally fierce insect monsters seemed to have been pressed the pause button suddenly, their movements obviously slowing down, their sharp mouthparts also losing accuracy, waving wildly, the originally dense offensive appearing a flaw, as if drunk, this unexpected change made them fall into chaos.

"Yo, really effective?" Ji Chen was overjoyed, looks like this golden finger has something!

He increased the energy output again, that special vibration frequency becoming more intense, like magic sound, directly impacting the nerves of those insect monsters.

"Hum, hum, hum—" The monsters let out painful hisses, their originally red eyes also beginning to become scattered, some even beginning to attack indiscriminately, completely losing their battle formation; this unexpected change made them fall into chaos.

"Opportunity!" Ji Chen seized this gap, full firepower.

He was like a meat grinder, rushing and bumping in the monster group, every move taking away the lives of a large group of monsters.

Just when Ji Chen was killing in all directions, an accident occurred on Ceng Yue's side.

An insect monster with extremely fast speed actually broke through her ice cone blockade, sharp claws scratching her arm fiercely.

"Hiss—" Ceng Yue groaned, her body swaying slightly.

"Ceng Yue!" Ji Chen saw this, his heart tightened, he rushed to Ceng Yue's side in a stride, hugged her into his arms, his eyes full of concern and love.

"Are you okay?!" Ji Chen's voice carried a trace of anxiety, he carefully checked the wound on Ceng Yue's arm.

Ceng Yue felt the warmth of Ji Chen's embrace, and a trace of softness rarely appeared on her cold face.

She shook her head, signaling she was fine.

The battle around was still continuing, but the atmosphere at this moment had a trace of tenderness because of this small hug.

Ji Chen didn't relax his vigilance because of this; he raised his head and looked, discovering that those insect monsters had already been messed up by his strange operation just now.

The battle finally neared its end, broken insect corpses everywhere, the fishy smell making people nauseous.

Ji Chen and Ceng Yue were both somewhat tired, but they knew this was not the end.

"There seems to be something over there!" Ji Chen pointed to the end of the space and said.

At the end of the darkness, a huge energy ball was emitting faint light, like a lamp in the darkness, exuding mysterious and powerful power.

Ji Chen and Ceng Yue looked at each other, both feeling the pressure of this energy; they walked toward the energy ball step by step, every step increasing the pressure on their bodies, they leaned tightly against each other, exploring the unknown power together. ===== CHAPTER 271 =====