Chapter 982: Lock Demon Tower

"We don't have much time. My master will definitely come through the entrance at the foot of the mountain. Quickly find Si Chen, we must go." Liu Lianxin's face was pale, and she looked weak.

"But your injuries..."

"I'm fine, let's go first. My master will not let this rest," Liu Lianxin urged.

"This time, I owe you." Chen Yu quickly stanched her bleeding and applied medicine.

"I brought Si Chen here. I am helping her, not you," Liu Lianxin said somewhat stubbornly.

"Stop being stubborn. Don't you have any idea how powerful your own Nine-Karma Green Lotus is?" Chen Yu glanced at her. Seeing her pretty face was somewhat pale and that she was indeed seriously injured this time, he couldn't help but feel a touch of pity.

After stopping the bleeding and taking the medicine, Liu Lianxin's body recovered a little. She stood up and said, "Let's go quickly. Find Si Chen; my master will catch up soon."

"Alright." Chen Yu nodded and supported her as they walked forward together.

Below the Lock Demon Tower, there was another passage. This place was already hundreds of meters deep underground, a point where the Earth Vein Qi connected between heaven and earth. Here, one could sense the Heavenly Dao above and connect to the Earth Vein below—a place where the Nine Heavens and Youming were linked.

Chen Yu brought her into the passage, and a massive stone chamber appeared before them. This place was directly beneath the Lock Demon Tower.

Below the stone chamber was a pitch-black abyss with no visible bottom. In the very center of the abyss stood a stone pillar only wide enough for one person. Yu Sichen's hands were shackled, and she was half-kneeling in the center of the pillar.

Boom—! With a loud rumble, black energy swirled in the bottomless abyss beneath the stone pillar. Strands of black energy were being extracted from Yu Sichen's body; these forces were the Dark Power within her.

"Si Chen!" Chen Yu couldn't help but shout.

Yu Sichen in the center of the abyss slowly raised her head. Seeing Chen Yu, a faint smile appeared on her face: "Brother Chen, don't worry about me anymore. You all should go."

"Leave you behind? I can't do that." Chen Yu released Liu Lianxin, took a few steps back, and then leaped up, springing toward the stone pillar in the middle of the abyss.

The abyss was over twenty meters from the pillar, which was relatively easy for Chen Yu. Holding his sword technique, he slashed twice, severing the iron chains locked on her wrists. Yu Sichen's body went limp and she was about to collapse, but Chen Yu caught her.

Just as he held Yu Sichen horizontally and was about to leap to a safe place, a faint flash of black energy passed by, and a phantom was seen peeling away from Yu Sili's body.

It was the Ancestor Ghost. The Great Array beneath the Lock Demon Tower was intended to refine Demon intent and extract Dark Power; this thing was the ultimate nemesis of the Ancestor Ghost. Almost all of his power had been drained by the Lock Demon Tower's Great Array, so he was now just a wisp of faint Spirit energy.

"Save... save me and take me away." The abyss below was constantly extracting the power from the Ancestor Ghost. Now, the Ancestor Ghost could not leave this pillar at all. He transformed into a wisp of faint black energy, crouching on the pillar that could barely accommodate two people, shivering.

"Save you? The root cause of everything started because of you," Chen Yu said coldly. "Weren't you quite arrogant before? Now you've become a coward?"

"Yu Sichen, I did have faults before, but after all, I have saved you several times. Now that I have completely separated from you, as long as you give me some time, I will take form and won't need to share a body with you anymore. I escaped the Dark Abyss with such difficulty; I don't want to go back."

The Ancestor Ghost pleaded, "Will you save me once?"

"Brother Chen, save him once," Yu Sichen managed to open her eyes and say.

Chen Yu took out a Talisman and threw it onto the ground. A faint light flickered on the Talisman, sucking the mass of black energy into it. This was a Demon-Binding Talisman; the Ancestor Ghost could not break free from this Talisman inside. He would take Yu Sichen away first and deal with this thing later.

Holding Yu Sichen, he leaped up and jumped to the shore.

But just at this moment, the earth shook and the mountains swayed. The cave trembled violently, countless fragments of stone flew about, and the stone chamber seemed as if it were about to collapse.

"Hurry!" Chen Yu felt a jolt in his heart and was about to leave with the two women, but just then, with a loud boom, a boulder weighing hundreds of tons fell from somewhere, sealing the passage they had entered through tightly.

Furthermore, the bottomless abyss beneath the stone chamber condensed into pools of black water in an instant, forming a deep pool. Countless wails came from the deep pool, followed by countless pale hands reaching out from within.

"Yellow Springs Water. This place really is the closest place to the Underworld." Chen Yu shouted in a deep voice: "Yinxian."

"Immortal!" With a flash of black smoke, Yinxian appeared in heavy armor.

"Take me out of here," Chen Yu said in a deep voice.

"Yes." A red light flashed in Yinxian's eyes, and a huge pole blade appeared in his hand. He turned around and slashed backward with one strike.

Whoosh—! Countless hands were severed by his strike. The red light in his pupils contracted, and a trace of battle intent radiated from his body. The countless pale hands behind him seemed to be intimidated.

The Underworld is divided into ranks: Immortal, Underworld, King, General, and Official.

The current Yinxian was already at the Ghost General level, while those hands that had come here with the Yellow Springs Water didn't even count as Officials; they were just lonely ghosts and wild spirits. Yinxian's aura could easily suppress these things.

After driving these things back with a shout, the red light in Yinxian's eyes flared. He held his pole blade and slashed heavily toward a wall.

With a loud boom, the wall was split open by his strike.

This wall was not solid but formed by Youming energy. After splitting the wall, a passage appeared, and Chen Yu brought Liu Lianxin and Yu Sichen into the passage.

After entering, Yinxian closed the passage and then left with Chen Yu and the others.

After stumbling through the passage for more than ten minutes, a light suddenly appeared before them, and a huge karst cave appeared.

The stalactites in the karst cave illuminated the cave in five colors, and an underground river flowed slowly along the cave. Directly in front of the cave, a huge six-story building about thirty meters high appeared before the three of them.

"What is this place?" Liu Lianxin had lost too much blood, and her face was still slightly pale.

"Rest here for a moment, I'll go take a look first." Chen Yu's heart stirred, and he walked to the front of the building.

This was a palace-style building with a door in the front. Behind the door, there seemed to be an endless space, and a trace of deep, gloomy, and fearful aura emanated from the palace.

Arranged in front of the palace were two rows of warriors clad in heavy armor. These warriors had their faces covered by masks; they were half-kneeling on the ground, holding spears in their hands.

And directly in front of the two warriors, a tall, heavily armored warrior knelt on one knee. His head was slightly lowered, and he held a giant sword in both hands, facing the direction of the palace, as if he were guarding the palace before him.

Behind him was a sacrificial table with a scroll of bamboo slips on it, and in front of the sacrificial table stood a statue with a round body and one eye.