Chapter 1424: Unsound Mind

Li Hongyu was not in his right mind; he roared madly, waving his arms, causing the corrosive blood to splash everywhere.

And this man-made cave was now shaking violently.

It was a full half-hour before he finally calmed down.

The power of the Restriction and the Blood Spring made it impossible for him to unleash his true strength.

Although he had calmed down, the ruthlessness in his eyes, which had entered the Ghost Gate, had not diminished in the slightest. He stared coldly at the people before him: "Who are you? What is your purpose in coming here?"

"We are here to rescue you," Liu Ruxi said with a wave of her hand, causing the ice wall blocking their view to vanish. She sighed and said, "Senior, you surely don't want to stay here forever, do you?"

"Heh, I have stayed in this place for too long; I've grown attached to it. Why should I leave? Is it not good to keep company with the Filth Demon here and take this opportunity to contemplate the Heavenly Dao?" Li Hongyu said.

He raised his head, looked at the countless Restrictions on the ceiling of the stone chamber, and muttered, "Why leave? Sometimes, the human heart is far more terrifying than Dark Creatures, demons, and ghosts."

The group looked at each other in dismay; they did not know how to respond to the words spoken by this newly emerged personality of Li Hongyu.

"Senior Brother, do you not wish to take revenge? If you do not leave this place, how could you possibly take your revenge?" Li Yunshan did not know what else to say.

The former Senior Brother had been the most rational of them all, but now that he had become like this, he truly did not know how to persuade him.

"Revenge?" Li Hongyu laughed. "What revenge? To seek out Qingsongzi? Heh, he has already seized control of the big picture; how could I possibly take revenge?"

"Can I not just stay here and study my ideas in peace, without going out to wade through those muddy waters?" Li Hongyu chuckled.

"Do you not want to meet that expert? Although he has not crossed boundaries, he has achieved cross-species results. I think you two would have quite the rapport," Chen Yu said with a smile. "Moreover, both your ideas and your actions are the same."

"The only difference is that he uses technology, while you use other methods. If you two have a good chat, perhaps you will have other discoveries."

"Who is this expert you speak of?" Li Hongyu thought for a moment and couldn't help but ask.

"He Tiansheng; you may also call him the God Lord. In a sense, he calls himself the Creator." Chen Yu smiled slightly, calmly planting a seed of discord against the God Lord.

The God Lord was a madman, but this split personality before him would be a madman as well.

If two madmen really met, that would be truly interesting; he was already looking forward to it.

"In this world, there is actually someone who thinks the same way I do, and is even more advanced? This is interesting," Li Hongyu muttered. "Who is this person? What exactly does he want to do?"

"Come with us, and we will take you to see him. How about it?" Chen Yu asked.

"Really?" Li Hongyu was tempted. He turned to look at the group: "Are you certain?"

"I am certain." The group nodded quickly. The current Li Hongyu was truly not in his right mind.

What they needed to do now was to slowly guide Li Hongyu and try their best to draw out his original personality.

If they could do that, they could avoid a great battle; otherwise, given his current personality, a major fight would likely be inevitable.

"Then do you have a way to rescue me from here?" Li Hongyu glanced at the surrounding Restrictions. "That person back then was truly ruthless, heh. Placing so many Restrictions around me was nothing more than fear that I would run out and seek revenge on him."

"I have tried to walk out of here over the years, but I failed. If you have a way, that would be for the best."

"Senior Brother, the Yunying Map can let you out." Li Yunshan said, taking out the Yunying Map and unfurling it, causing Spirit energy to overflow in an instant.

"Yunying Map?" Li Hongyu stared at the object in Li Yunshan's hand. He seemed to have thought of something, but for a moment, he could not quite recall it.

"Yes, the Yunying Map. Senior Brother, think carefully—have you seen this thing somewhere before?" Li Yunshan asked tentatively.

He tried to trigger Li Hongyu's memories, but the current Li Hongyu was already a completely different person; his personality was capricious, and he could not remember past events at all.

He stared at the map for a long time, pondering bitterly, before shaking his head after a while: "I cannot remember. What exactly is this thing?"

"This thing is the magic treasure that traps you here. If you really cannot remember, then forget it," Li Yunshan sighed.

"I cannot remember." Li Hongyu stared at the Yunying Map for a long time, then slowly shook his head. He truly could not remember.

"But these things, I seem to have some vague memories of them," Li Hongyu thought for a moment and said. "Give me more time, perhaps I will be able to remember."

"Alright, Senior Brother, then let me release you first," Li Yunshan sighed.

"Wait, your Yunying Map only dispels the Restrictions in this area, but it cannot unlock the chains on his body. These chains are made of Extreme Cold Meteorite Iron and are extremely difficult to break," Chen Yu said.

"This thing requires the Tianchang Jian from Yunlu Abode to be brought out," Li Yunshan said with a furrowed brow. "But I can try to break it as much as possible."

"Let me do it." Chen Yu pointed into the void, and Lichen appeared in mid-air. His right hand surged slowly, controlling Lichen in the air.

"Senior, we must act at the same time; otherwise, the chains have magic power reinforced upon them, and forcing them open might cause some serious consequences," Chen Yu said.

"Good, together." Li Hongyu nodded slightly and said, "One, two, three, start."

As the word "three" fell, he held the Yunying Map in one hand and quickly traced across it with the other, causing the map to unfold on its own.

Chen Yu pointed with his right hand, and Lichen in mid-air emitted a dragon's roar, faintly resonating. With a sharp shout from him, the sword whistled into the air, emitting a Sword Radiance over a zhang long.

The Yunying Map also emitted a brilliant glow, and for a time, the stone chamber was filled with intense light.

The profound symbols carved on the surrounding stone walls lit up one by one, emitting a blood-colored radiance. As the light from the Yunying Map grew stronger, the symbols on the stone walls actually melted away one by one, finally disappearing from the stone chamber.

Chen Yu pointed his right hand, and Lichen whistled away. Following a flash of Sword Radiance and several clanging sounds, the arm-thick iron chains were severed one by one by the sword in his hand.

With a boom, Li Hongyu leaped up from the Blood Spring and laughed loudly: "I am free, I am free!"

Just at this moment, a violent rumbling sound erupted within the stone chamber; countless stone fragments fell from above, and the earth shook and the mountains swayed.