Chapter 91: Silent Battle Against the Monster
The crowd moved forward in a long, winding line, forming a long column.
Yu Xuan Yu, Li Wang and Xu Yang walked in the front, around was a dead silence, no sound at all. But Xu Yang and others were very clear that this place was not a silent place, at least the strange beast in the lake just now had explained this point.
"Xu Yang, Yu Guniang, come closer to me," said Li Wang quietly. "If we encounter danger, I can take two people with me and escape from the secret realm in an instant."
Yu Xuan Yu hesitated for a moment, then said: "That, before leaving, Grandfather gave me five hidden talismans. After using them, I can hide my figure. As long as the strength is not beyond the Xuan Zong level and there is no special tracking method, it will be impossible to detect any traces." She took out five talismans with mysterious patterns drawn on them and handed one each to Xu Yang and Li Wang.
Xu Yang shook his head and smiled. Those big families were indeed unwilling to let their younger sons die, each of them had given him a trump card.
"Xu Yang, I know your situation, don't mind it." Li Wang thought Xu Yang was embarrassed because he didn't have a life-saving trump card to share, so he comforted him.
Xu Yang smiled slightly and took out two jade bottles: "I have made some progress in refining medicine. The left jade bottle contains the 'Revert to Mysterious Pill', and the right bottle contains the 'Gather Mysterious Pill'. They should come in handy."
Yu Xuan Yu let out a startled cry, she was Miss Yu, of course, she knew the value of these spiritual pills. The "Fu Xuan Dan" was a second-grade spiritual medicine that quickly restored one's Xuan Li, and having it on hand would never be excessive. And the "Ji Xuan Dan", which instantly increased one's combat power by a small boundary, was even more extraordinary. With these two bottles of pills, Yu Xuan Yu and Li Wang could even rival high-ranking Xuan Masters for a short period of time.
The three quickly exchanged information. The people behind them were intimidated by the trio's aura and didn't dare to get close, only hearing their whispers but not knowing what they were talking about.
Of course, like some real killer moves, Xu Yang didn't share them, his trump cards were just too many.
The path of human bones became wider and wider as they walked, until in the back, people found that it was no longer limited to human bones, but mixed with animal skeletons, most notably some animal skulls.
"These beast bones are so big, they're probably not ordinary beasts. I didn't expect the remains of the dead to be used as road paving. The master of this relic must have a background that surpasses our imagination." Li Wang picked up a giant leg bone of an animal, over one zhang long and as thick as a large thigh, shook his head, and threw it away again.
"It seems to be a bit different up ahead!" After walking for a long time on the bone path, even someone as strong as Yu Xuan Yu couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. Fortunately, after an unknown amount of time had passed, the scenery in front finally showed some signs of change.
"Finally, no more damn lake water." Someone soon discovered that ahead was a vast expanse of dry land.
"Everyone be careful, without the protection of the talisman's power on this desolate road, we may be in even greater danger." Li Wang loudly reminded.
"No matter what, we don't want to stay on this desolate road filled with the aura of death. The land ahead may be perilous, but there might also be a path back home, and who knows, maybe even a great opportunity." someone said.
At the end of the desolate road, there were a few vague figures.
"Is that figure in front of us the master of this place?" Yu XuanYu couldn't believe it, could there really be someone surviving in this desolate and secretive realm?
Xu Yang shook his head: "Most likely, no."
"How did you know?" Yu Xuan Yu hummed, "Can your eyesight be that good to see clearly from such a distance?"
"Come closer, and you'll see clearly," said Xuyang calmly. "In fact, those silhouettes have been standing there for who knows how long. From the moment I discovered them until now, a total of 235 breaths, they haven't moved at all."
As they spoke, everyone had already arrived at the end of the Dry Bone Path.
In front is a vast and empty square, behind the square is a steep mountain peak, with faintly visible green tiles and flying ridges, magnificent buildings. At the foot of the mountain, at the end of the square, there is a gate tower carved with intricate flower patterns, from which you can climb the stone steps to ascend that mountain peak.
"The mountain top... the mountain top has a grand palace and jade buildings, it must be the sacred place where our predecessors cultivated in seclusion. There must be secret treasures inside!" someone exclaimed loudly, their voice filled with fervor, unable to resist the urge to rush forward.
"Hold on, didn't you see that strange group of creatures in the square?" someone shouted. "Looking at their bizarre appearance, they don't seem to be good people. If we rashly approach them, there will be great danger."
In the square, two rows of strange creatures are lined up. They come in all shapes and sizes, some with thick and sturdy forelimbs but thin and weak hind limbs. Others have unusually large heads, with grey shells on their backs.
"They've been quiet for a long time, maybe they died a long time ago, what's there to be afraid of!" someone said.
But in the end, no one dared to take the first step. That unlucky devil named Zhao Zhen sounded the alarm for everyone: never use common sense to infer this secret realm.
"I'll go first." Yu XuanYu hummed a sound, shouldering her heavy halberd and striding out of the Bone Path.
Xu Yang and Li Wang exchanged a glance, took a step forward at the same time, and followed up.
The three strongest people stepped directly onto the square.
"No good, those monsters... they're moving!" someone exclaimed, "Hurry back!"
Some people even crazily shouted: "Get out! Get out! Don't come back! These three will bring those monsters back!"
Xu Yang and Yu Xuan Yu, Li Wang exchanged a glance, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I found that only three of the monsters have made a move... Their breath is very weak, maybe... we can handle it."
Li Wang and Yu XuanYu nodded at the same time, each taking out a mysterious device.
Xu Yang also took out the Songwen sword, and saw that the three awakened monsters were in the middle of a stout and fat head with two horns and no eyes, seemingly relying on the horns to perceive the outside world; On the left was a monster with a large head and small body, covered in thick armor; The far right monster had extremely developed upper limbs, but its legs were slender and weak, trembling and almost falling over.
"I'll take care of the one in the middle, you each take one head!" Xu Yang's heart was also a bit hairy, he had never seen such a strange creature, even the sect's hidden scripture pavilion didn't have any records of this secret realm.
Seeing Xuyang and the other two charging towards the monster at the same time, the crowd let out a cry of surprise. Indeed, they were worthy of being Hua Yun's top three picks, with extremely bold and daring spirits.
"Seven Kills Absolute Sword, Phantom Linked Kill!" Xu Yang's sword energy pierced the air, a wild tide surging forth, enveloping the stout monster with horns in its midst.
"Fly Lightning Pursue Electricity!" Yu Xuan's rain spear merged into one, like a bolt of lightning shooting towards the giant brain of the monster on the left.
"Phantom Hundred Strikes!" Li Wang shook his hand and slashed out a giant tornado, transforming into raindrop-like wind blades in mid-air, sweeping towards the monster on the right side.
None of them dared to hold back, and as soon as they started, they launched a powerful Xuanwu technique blast.
PS: This chapter is a 1400 recommended additional update, thank you brothers for your fiery support!
