Chapter 1791: None for the Moment

With a single forward thrust of his sword, the Boundary Beast was instantly decapitated; Chen Yu slowly retracted the Lichen in his hand, thinking that this time, there should be no more obstacles.

The Xuenü's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled; she remembered that the first time she came here, she had been torn apart by two Boundary Beasts until she was covered in blood.

Therefore, she still felt some fear in her heart regarding these two Boundary Beasts.

Now that she saw the two Boundary Beasts had been dealt with, her heart felt much more at ease.

"Is there anything else here that I don't know about?" Chen Yu asked as he slowly put away the Lichen.

"Not for the moment. We just need to wait for the time to come, then break the Barrier, and we can go in."

"How much do you know about the people inside?" Chen Yu asked.

"I only know that the Hall Master is a person named Guiwu. These people usually stay in seclusion to cultivate until I deliver the blood food on time," the Xuenü said. "There are about a dozen experts inside."

"Is there anything special about it?" Chen Yu thought for a moment and asked again.

"That, there is not." After pondering for a moment, the Xuenü slowly shook her head: "Regarding their affairs, this is all I know, so... I am sorry."

"Fine, I understand, it doesn't matter. Once the Barrier is broken, I will go in to scout the path and find out."

Chen Yu said: "Where are your clanspeople being held now?"

"Currently, they are all being held in the Dungeon behind the hall," the Xuenü said with some sadness: "They... are all suffering, and some clanspeople with talent will be forcibly taken away to have their Snow Spirit Power extracted."

"Snow Spirit Power?" Chen Yu asked in confusion: "What is that?"

"Simply put, it is a special power that we of the Xuenü Clan possess, one that is innate."

"But this power is closely linked to us; the pain caused to us by wanting to strip away this power is immense, a feeling no less than having one's tendons pulled and skin peeled."

"And every time after their power is extracted, the clanspeople are thrown into the Dungeon to recover slowly, and then a second extraction is performed." A look of unbearable pity appeared on the Xuenü's face; it was clear that the pain her clanspeople endured was also immense.

"The cultivation world is inherently like this, the weak are prey to the strong." Chen Yu sighed slightly: "Once the Barrier is undone, they will be released; you don't need to worry."

The Xuenü nodded slightly; she lowered her head in Silence and spoke no more.

Checking the time, it was approaching midnight; Chen Yu took a deep breath and sent out his Divine Sense silently.

The Barrier of Liehun Hall was extremely sinister; even Chen Yu could not feel the slightest fluctuation of magic power within it.

Therefore, he could only sense a slight fluctuation at the very moment when the Heavenly Spirit and the Origin converged; taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Yu could completely break this Barrier.

Although the time had not yet arrived, Chen Yu did not dare to be the least bit careless; if he missed this moment, he would have to wait until the next day.

As soon as it hit midnight, Chen Yu immediately felt a wave of magic power coming from an open space in front of him.

And this fluctuation was becoming increasingly intense.

"It's here." Chen Yu's spirit lifted; he immediately sent out his Divine Sense without reservation, then reached behind his back, and the Lichen appeared in his hand.

Grasping the Lichen, his Divine Sense quickly locked onto that faint, elusive power, and with a soft shout, he performed a horizontal slash forward with the Lichen in his hand.

Boom—the Sword Light collided with the power of the Barrier, and a radiance rippled outward; for a time, the light was dim, and the surrounding accumulated snow was blown away.

As the Sword Light struck in crisscrossing patterns, a massive, transparent light shield appeared before his eyes.

And within the light shield, an extremely magnificent hall was protected inside.

As the Primordial Qi from the Lichen in Chen Yu's hand struck out, ripples began to oscillate across the light shield.

"The Barrier has appeared; they must have already noticed." The Xuenü was somewhat nervous; she looked up at the light waves before her, a look of fear appearing in her eyes.

"That's right, they were prepared long ago. If nothing goes wrong, everyone inside has already been awakened, just to deal with me, right?" Chen Yu smiled slightly: "With my own strength, I can actually make these people so nervous?"

The Xuenü stared unblinkingly at the Barrier before her, and within the Barrier, a figure flashed; this was an old man, dressed in black robes, with hair and beard as white as snow.

This old man was the master of Liehun Hall, Guiwu.

He stood firm within the Barrier, looked up, and stared at Chen Yu: "Are you the Hunter?"

"Hunter? Not exactly." Chen Yu was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said: "My name is Chen Yu, and I came today to send you all to the afterlife."

"You really are the Hunter." Guiwu muttered: "The reason Liehun Hall has avoided the world is because those in the hall have already mastered the Dao of cultivation, which is not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao."

"If we enter the world, we will trigger Heavenly Retribution; even if we avoid the world, every hundred years, a Hunter will emerge, taking it upon themselves to eliminate our Liehun Hall, and you... are that Hunter."

"So I am the Hunter." Chen Yu nodded thoughtfully, then he smiled and shook his head: "Your statement is not entirely accurate."

"I came to kill you because your existence is not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao, so it would be more accurate for you to call me the Heavenly Dao."

"Hehe, young man, although I do not know your background, and although you being able to become a Hunter is enough to prove you have extraordinary qualities, our Liehun Hall has existed for nearly a thousand years, during which we have experienced at least a dozen Hunters, but these Hunters did not complete the task given to them by the Heavenly Dao and ultimately died at Liehun Hall."

"Their skulls are now hanging above our hall entrance; they could not succeed, and neither can you."

"Oh, is that so? Since you know I cannot succeed, why don't you remove the Barrier and have a good, thorough fight with me?" Chen Yu sneered.

Guiwu's gaze faltered slightly; truthfully, he dared not.

Although Liehun Hall welcomed a Hunter every hundred years, and they had kept the corpses of these Hunters every time, the price they paid was also extremely heavy.

So even if they were confident they could survive this tribulation, it was impossible for them to open the Barrier and let Chen Yu in; that would cause them heavy losses.

They raised the power of the Barrier to the extreme, precisely to consume Chen Yu's power; by then, even if Chen Yu broke through the Barrier, his power would have been consumed too much, and in that case, the pressure on the people of Liehun Hall would be much less.

"Young man, although we are confident, you are, after all, a Hunter, naturally capable of countering us, so I will not be so foolish as to let you in." Guiwu smiled slightly: "This Barrier is the Heavenly Revelation Boundary of our Liehun Hall."