Chapter 433: Courage

On Qinglong Mountain, a snow-white fox squatted under the demon pillar, looking like it was basking in the sun, very leisurely, but it seemed to be a little dazed. Qinglong Mountain is full of verdant mountains and lush vegetation, even in the ruins behind the Demon Suppression Pillar, it is also overgrown with weeds.

Every now and then, the fox would look up at the mountain, and it seemed to want to go up the hill over the demon pillar, but every impulse did not turn into action, as if something was always restraining it.

In the end, the fox sighed a little frustrated and helpless, lazily put his head on the ground, and squinted his eyes on his stomach. It's been waiting here for a long time, but there's no movement on the mountain, and even the sounds of monsters and ghosts that were common in the past haven't appeared, which makes people feel very weird.

At this time, the fox, which was originally lazy, suddenly pricked up one ear, and then raised its head, but looked in the direction of the mountain, only to see that on the road, there seemed to be a few figures on the mountain road in the distance. The fox stood up suddenly, hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the Qinglong Mountain, and finally did not cross the demon pillar, but went into the woods next to the mountain road, and disappeared into the bushes in a blink of an eye.

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In the demon clan's underground palace, Shen Shi stood on the stone platform in the Demon Emperor's Palace, frowning and looking at the dark and deep cave that appeared underground. It was the first time he had seen this cave, but he was not ignorant, he had already known a little secret about this cave from Huang Ming's mouth, including the secret story between Yuan Wentian, the head of the human race sages, and Huang Ming in the past, and even Huang Ming himself fell into such a fate and had an inseparable relationship with this mysterious/cave.

But what is under this cave, why did Yuan Wentian have to enter it back then, what Yuan Wentian saw and what he did in the end after Huang Ming was injured, but it is still a mystery to this day, even Huang Ming himself does not know.

In the story that Huang Ming told him back then, there is a very strange power in this cave, which is enough to kill most people, even if it is lucky to live, it is better to live than to die.

Shen Shi raised his eyes and looked around, this ancient hall was silent and dim, there was no movement of any human figures, Huang Ming, who had been trapped here for thousands of years, disappeared strangely, if it was really as he said that he was imprisoned by that mysterious power and could not get out of this hall, then where could he go now?

It was clear in the hall that without his figure, the only possibility was that only the cave in front of him was left.

Has he entered the place that has brought him so many calamities?

Shen Shi couldn't figure out what was going on, but thinking of the scene he had seen when he came down before, Shen Shi vaguely felt that everything that happened here should be related to that mysterious powerful enemy.

His Taoism is not as good as those old monsters, but there is another thing in him besides Taoism. He bowed his head slightly, in his hand, the ancient long sword seemed to have changed a little at this moment, the sword body trembled slightly, and a trace of light that was difficult to see with the naked eye seemed to be emanating softly from the ancient sword, as if a soul that had been sleeping for many years was about to wake up.

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Shen Shi still clearly remembered what Huang Ming had said to him at the beginning, and remembered that he had mentioned that there was an ancient sword that had been able to restrain the power in the cave below, if he remembered correctly, it was the Immortal Killing Ancient Sword in his hand.

His grip on the hilt of his sword tightened, he took a deep breath, and stepped down the steps.

The top steps of this cave are illuminated by the light, but further down there is darkness, when the soles of the feet step on the stone steps, as far as the eye can see, you can see the antiquity of the stone steps, many places have potholes and uneven marks, as if left by the erosion of many years. The stone steps on each floor are almost exactly the same size and height, spiraling downward.

Shen Shi raised his left hand and summoned a fireball, and the faithful firelight illuminated the clearing in front of him like every time before, driving away the deep darkness here a little.

At least standing on the first stone staircase, there is nothing out of the ordinary.

For some reason, Shen Shi suddenly remembered his past days, from childhood to adulthood, countless memories flashed through his mind. He was a little surprised, and then he was wary, and legend has it that only before a person is about to die will he remember his life. This cave did look a little strange, but he didn't hold back, because even if there was no such thing as Huang Ming's disappearance, he had thought about it before he came here.

That ancient image, the giant god torn apart, the scene of the huge heart burning and falling into the mountains, had always haunted his mind, and he had never really forgotten it.

Or, the sudden appearance of this cave in front of him, Huang Ming's inexplicable disappearance, and that mysterious enemy, are they also here for this cave?

Many thoughts swirled in Shen Shi's mind, and he turned his head to take one last look at the hall on the ground, and then continued to take a firm step, walking downward.

The light of the fire burned in front of him, illuminating the staircase in the darkness, and his figure vanished from the hole, sinking into the darkness below. As his body fell, the Killing Immortal Ancient Sword in his hand vibrated more and more obviously, and finally after a silent trembling, a white soft light emanated from the Killing Immortal Ancient Sword, like a light curtain spreading out in the darkness, and then clustered around Shen Shi, surrounding him.

It was when he walked down the thirteenth stone staircase.

The darkness behind him had already swarmed in, blocking the light of all retreats, and the flaming fireballs could only illuminate the distance of up to four or five stone steps in front of and behind, and the slightly farther ones were like ink, deep and incomprehensible.

An inexplicable breath seemed to be peeking at him from the darkness, Shen Shi seemed to feel something, it was a strange power, making him subconsciously breathe rapidly and his heart beat faster, as if the tide that spread from the darkness was pervasive, and it was about to drown him in an instant, and even made his whole body flesh and blood have a feeling that it was about to burst.

But soon, the gentle white light flickered up, blocking Shen Shi's surroundings, isolating that strange power. Although the white light looked thin and soft, without too much strength, Shen Shi clearly felt that the aura outside retreated, as if he was extremely afraid of this white light.

Shen Shi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to walk down, while secretly remembering the number in his heart.

When he reached the forty-seventh stone steps, Shen Shi suddenly stopped, and under the firelight, there was an accident on the ancient stone steps for the first time, and a white shadow fell in front of him.

Shen Shi looked at it carefully, felt a little familiar, and then remembered that it should be the white-clothed female ghost he had seen under Huang Ming.