Chapter 417: The Tribulation of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect
As the group continued to move forward, the surrounding corridor became wider and wider. From being able to accommodate two people walking side by side, to being able to accommodate four people walking side by side, it has become almost as wide as a four-lane road on Earth. The height is also about three stories high.
Those fire-breaking spirits that seemed to be flying flames also became more and more abundant in the corridor. Flames that had previously appeared only by chance are now swarming like fireflies on a summer night.
In the same way, these Fire Separation Spirits are also afraid of humans like fireflies, and wherever He Zhi and his party go, the nearby Fire Separation Spirits will quickly dive into the thick rock formations. After He Zhi and the others walked over, they would fly out again, flying like a frolic in the corridor.
As the number of these Fire Spirits increased, the temperature around them became higher and higher.
After walking forward for a while, He Zhi had almost reached the limit of the fourth layer of the Fighting Fa. The whole person turned into a dark gold color like a golden Arhat - if it weren't for that, He Zhi felt that he couldn't resist the terrifying heat around him at all. According to He Zhi's estimates, the temperature around him is at least 200 degrees or more, and walking in the corridor is like being in a huge electric oven. If they weren't monks, they would definitely be roasted if they stayed in such an environment for a long time.
As for the other three beside He Zhi, Shouxin Zhenren obviously had no pressure on this level of high temperature. He was dressed in fluttering clothes, as if he were walking on an ordinary forest path.
And Luo Ying and Lin Yuqing, who are also spiritual realm cultivators, are also obviously divided at this time.
Although Lin Yuqing is not as relaxed as the real person who guards the heart, at least she can be called calm. Her right hand seemed to be pinching some kind of spell, and the fingers couldn't stop changing, and bursts of coolness kept pouring out, resisting the flame-like temperature around her.
And the falling cherry blossoms are going to look much more embarrassed. Although she was not like He Zhi, her whole person turned golden, but she also kept chanting words in her mouth, and took out a translucent feather coat-like dress and draped it on her body.
The feather coat also emitted a hazy glow, resisting the surrounding heat, but the mana consumed seemed to be a lot, causing Sakura's cheeks to be dyed with a delicate flush.
I walked forward along the road for a while, and the road finally came to an end. A huge underground cave appeared in front of several people.
This underground cave is like a lake made of lava. The fiery red magma flowed slowly, and a few cavities would float from time to time near the center, and when they burst, they would splash more than half a person high.
In the midst of the magma lake, there are a few dark stone pillars scattered around. The stone pillar didn't know what it was, and even if the surrounding magma was constantly scouring, it couldn't shake it even a bit. An astonishing number of fire-breaking spirits fluttered in the cavern. And from the magma, from time to time, there are carp-sized fire spirits jumping out.
The temperature here has risen to the limit that Ho Zhi can bear. He Zhi felt that the fourth layer of his fighting Fa-rectification was almost unable to withstand this terrifying high temperature. What made He Zhi feel even more embarrassed was that the clothes on his body seemed to have signs of burning-unlike Lin Yuqing and Luo Ying, He Zhi was only wearing a luxurious martial arts suit made of ordinary materials.
Although this is also made of very rare materials, the performance of heat and cold resistance is quite good, but after all, it is only a common natural material, in this kind of ultra-high temperature that has almost exceeded 400 degrees, it has not been directly burned now, it is already very rare.
As for the other side, Lin Yuqing's face was serious, and the speed of his fingers was significantly faster. Sakura had already begun to sweat profusely, and under the translucent feather coat, the clothes were completely wet and clinging to her body, accompanied by the flushing on her cheeks and the delicate panting from time to time, as if she had just performed some kind of indescribable exercise.
Seeing Luo Ying's appearance, He Zhi once again confirmed that there was definitely something wrong with her identity.
If it was a monk in the Qiankun Realm who cultivated step by step normally, it would never be possible for her to come up with such an embarrassing appearance as she is now. The monks of the Qiankun Realm may have many changes in their cultivation after entering the realm of initiation, but their cultivation before entering the realm is much the same. Especially for the cultivation of the rebirth realm, almost every monk has to seriously start from the beginning.
After being reborn, the monk is already "like glass, unsullied and leakless". A monk who has been cultivating all the way up like this will still feel very uncomfortable in the extreme cold or heat, but it is impossible for him to sweat as much as Sakura, and even his physical condition seems to have become different from usual.
Just like He Zhi, he has the lowest cultivation in the group and the hardest support. However, in addition to the dark gold color that appeared on the surface of his body due to the continuous operation of the fourth layer of the Fighting Fa, He Zhi was still able to control himself very stably, including the operation of blood, sweat glands, and various parts of the body, all of which were under He Zhi's own control.
If a normal monk becomes like Falling Sakura, it can only mean that he has been severely injured and is about to lose control of himself. This is clearly not the case with the falling cherry blossoms.
The real person who guarded the heart also apparently noticed the abnormality of Sakura, and his gaze stayed on Sakura's body for about a second. However, Luo Sakura was able to say that code word, and in the later exchanges, Luo Sakura knew all about the task of Shouxin Zhenren, as well as his series of contacts and relationships in the Shangqing Sect, which completely dispelled the suspicion of Shouxin Zhenren.
Moreover, the purpose of Sakura Sakura bringing Shouxin Zhenren here also made Shouxin Zhenren unable to think of what he had to doubt about her. So although Shouxin Zhenren also felt that it was a little strange for Sakura to become like this, he still held back and didn't ask more.
also suppressed doubts and did not ask, as well as Lin Yuqing. However, He Zhi knew in his heart - if Luo Ying was indeed a reincarnator from a certain reincarnation space, then her cultivation system was likely to be different from the cultivation system of the Qiankun Realm. It is very likely that she had not even experienced the cultivation process of a cultivator at all. Perhaps in terms of strength, Luo Ying is indeed a spiritual realm, but her control over herself is far behind, and she may not even be able to compare with a normal initiation monk.
Standing in front of the "magma lake", the group had no way to move forward.
Through the lake, which was constantly spewing hot magma and puffs of sulfur smoke, He Zhi saw that there seemed to be several holes in the wall opposite the lake. In other words, the magma lake in front of them was not the end of the road, but only a small stop on the way.
However, Sakura doesn't seem to want to move on.
"Just wait here. After standing in front of the magma lake for a few seconds, Sakura said to Shouxin Zhenren.
"Hmm. The True Man nodded, but then frowned again, "Venerable Envoy, are you sure this is the most important place for the Outer Heaven Demon to invade the Ten Thousand Sword Sect?"
"Of course. Luo Ying smiled confidently, then she paused for a moment before she said to Shouxin Zhenren, "Situ Jiankong told me that this is the only entrance to the core of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's secret realm. If the Outer Heaven Demon wants to steal the origin of the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, he can only start from here. ”
"If Situ Jiankong can be sure that the Outer Heaven Evil Demon will definitely enter the origin of the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect from here, why don't you inform the Ten Thousand Swords Sect of this matter? Shouxin Zhenren said suspiciously.
"Hehe, notify the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, why do you want to notify the Ten Thousand Swords Sect?" Luo Ying laughed again and asked the real person who guarded the heart, "The only way for the demons outside the world to invade the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was blocked by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, what good is it for Situ Jiankong?"
"This ......," the heart-guarding man's brow furrowed.
"Hehe, real person, don't be naïve. Don't forget Situ Jiankong's identity, and don't forget our identity. Although Luo Ying's face was still flushed, her voice was full of sarcastic coldness, "We are here to stop the demons outside the sky, we are here to save the people of the world, not to help the Ten Thousand Swords Sect." The Outer Heaven Demon wants to use the secret realm origin of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to communicate the two worlds, and use this as a springboard to invade our world step by step, and this matter must be stopped. But whether the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect can be preserved, what does it have to do with us? If it can be preserved, it means that the luck of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect is still unending. If it can't be saved, it is also the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's own business. ”
When the real person who guarded the heart heard this, he was shocked.
"Yes. Shouxin Zhenren lowered his head, and the last trace of doubt about Sakura's identity was gone.
"By the way, the Outer Heaven Demon has made all kinds of preparations in order to invade the Ten Thousand Swords Sect this time. In order to confuse the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, their great leader will also use his supreme mana to first open up a channel between the two worlds. After the passage is opened, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect will have evil demons invading everywhere. Well...... Now that all the True Monarchs of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect have attained the Dao, they should have felt this problem. That's why they're gathering people to block these passages. However, these passages opened up by the demons outside the sky are only a façade. Their final blow must still be here. So we're just here and just make a move at the critical moment. Of course, the best thing is that Situ Jiankong is here. When we merge with Situ Jiankong, we have a ten-percent grasp of dealing with the demons outside the sky. Luo Sakura said confidently.
"Good. Shouxin nodded again.
And just as Sakura was talking to Shouxin Zhenren, they suddenly felt the ground shake slightly. The magma in the magma lake suddenly churned, and the surface of the lake, which had been relatively calm, swelled like a tidal wave.
"Here we go. Sakura smiled again and said to everyone.
Indeed, just as Luo Ying said, in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect at this time, it was suddenly like countless gaps between heaven and earth had opened. These gaps range from large to small, as large as a dozen meters long and two or three meters wide. The smaller ones are as thick as a hair's hair, and they can't be seen at all unless you look closely.
Moreover, these spatial crevices are fraught with danger. The surface of each crevice is like the sharpest sword, and anything that passes through the surface of the crevice will be cut open, and the incision will be as smooth as a mirror.
Those large cracks are okay, just by seeing the black and chaotic cracks, everyone knows the danger, and naturally they will carefully avoid them. What really caused huge losses to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was those small gaps.
In particular, those small gaps that are only the thickness of a hair, they are also the product of spatial fragmentation, just like the huge gaps, and also have the nature of spatial cutting. If an ordinary monk is not careful and passes directly through the gap, his body will be torn apart by the spatial crack immediately!
Moreover, these spatial cracks themselves are of a strange nature, unless they are a great cultivator of the Spiritual Realm who can condense their divine thoughts into substance, otherwise even if they are a great cultivator of the Soul Refining Realm, it is difficult for them to discover the location of these cracks with their own divine thoughts or soul power.
At the same time, these spatial cracks were all over the entire Ten Thousand Swords Sect's secret realm, so in the first hour or two of the spatial rifts, many disciples below the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's spiritual realm suffered heavy losses.
"Don't move at will! All disciples obey orders and never move at will!"
About half an hour after He Zhi and his party entered the lava cave under the Fire Island, the sad and indignant shouts of the Jindan real people of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect resounded in every densely populated place of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
When the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect shook and the space was shattered, many monsters with strange shapes, as if they had escaped from purgatory, began to pour into the Ten Thousand Swords Sect frantically.
The strength of these monsters themselves is not very strong, and many may even be inferior to ordinary innate realm martial arts masters. However, after these monsters rushed into the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, they immediately began to wreak havoc on everything they saw. It's like being born with a desire to kill and destroy.
It was naturally impossible for the many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to sit idly by and watch these "inferior" monsters destroy the sect, so many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect subconsciously began to fight at the first time.
However, they didn't expect that the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, which was originally extremely safe, was already full of murderous opportunities at this time. Countless spatial rifts spread throughout the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. The rifts that are pouring out these monsters are only a fraction of all the rifts!
There were more cracks, only branches, fingers, and even the thickness of hair, all over the space of the entire Ten Thousand Swords Sect's secret realm! Many Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples only ran a few steps forward, and they were severely injured by these fissures without any preparation!
Death, Dismemberment...... In just a moment, the disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's Spirit Realm suffered losses that might have surpassed the past thousand or ten thousand years.
In the entire secret realm, at least one-tenth of the disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect died in the first half hour of the beginning of this upheaval. At the same time, at least the same number of Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples suffered heavy losses, and their hands and feet were cut off by the spatial rift, leaving them with serious injuries that could not be recovered.