chsdbacks Chapter 227 The Evil Monster
Chapter 227 The Evil Monster
"Nie Lingfeng! That fat bastard is up to something! The 'thing' in the cave... is getting closer and closer!" Chen Duo gritted her teeth, struggling to maintain her True Fire output, her emerald eyes fixed on the direction of the shaft. She could feel that, with Yan Ben's chanting and the outflow of blood mist, a much larger, more terrifying aura, filled with chaos, pain, and madness, was slowly "awakening" deep within the shaft, spreading towards the platform along with the blood mist and evil "field"! That aura was of the same origin as the one she sensed last night, the one-eyed monster, but it was hundreds of times stronger! It was like a volcano about to erupt, or an ancient evil god opening its cold eyes from slumber!
Is it "Nammu"? Or the essence of "something underground"? Or perhaps... some indescribable "existence" that has been catalyzed and nurtured?
"We must interrupt him first!" Nie Lingfeng made a snap judgment. If Yan Ben were allowed to complete the ritual and awaken what was inside the shaft, the situation would spiral completely out of control! He had to take the risk, under the pressure of firepower and the corrupting influence of evil, to kill Yan Ben, or at least interrupt his chanting and ritual!
"Chen Duo, hold on for five breaths! After five breaths, focus on defense and don't worry about me!" Nie Lingfeng shouted, and the dark golden flames in his eyes suddenly burst into flames! He no longer simply defended; the power within him, fused with the three divine artifacts, surged to its limit like a star that had been completely ignited! A terrifying aura, even more vast and majestic than before, mixed with the roar of a Qilin, the cry of a dragon, and the cry of a phoenix, soared into the sky from his body, temporarily dispersing the dense blood mist and evil "field" around him!
"Qilin True Form—Activate!"
"roar--!!!"
A more majestic and ancient roar from the Qilin seemed to emanate from the depths of time, shaking the entire cave! Nie Lingfeng's figure seemed to rise and expand amidst the raging dark golden flames, transforming into a fiery war god clad in dark golden flame armor, with a Qilin pattern between his brows and eyes like burning stars! He no longer concealed himself, releasing the power of his nascent "divine body" without reservation! This was the first time he had fully activated his Qilin true form in actual combat after fusing his power!
"What?!" Yan Ben's chanting was abruptly interrupted by the sudden, overwhelming pressure of a divine beast that seemed capable of suppressing all evil spirits. His maniacal laughter froze instantly, replaced by shock and disbelief! "No... impossible! This is... the true power of a divine beast?! How could you possibly..."
His response was Nie Lingfeng's figure, which vanished from the spot as if by teleportation, and a blade of light that tore through the blood-red mist, the hail of bullets, the evil "field," and countless invisible, corrosive, dark-gold rays that seemed capable of severing all cause and effect and filth!
The Snow Drinking Blade has finally been drawn!
"The Six Secrets of Frostbite—A Glimpse of Startling Cold!"
There was no earth-shattering chill, nor frost that could freeze everything. This strike was a completely new move by Nie Lingfeng, a perfect fusion of the purifying and domineering power of the Qilin True Fire, the boundless creative potential of the Dragon Essence, the immortal agility of the Phoenix Blood, the true meaning of the "speed, absoluteness, coldness, and silence" of the Six Secrets of Aohan, and his own martial will of "cutting nothing and breaking through with speed"!
The blade flashed, a mere line. Thin as a hair, dark gold, its power restrained to the extreme, yet seemingly containing a terrifying force capable of creating the world and reshaping chaos. It appeared silently, as if it had always been there, only now being "seen." It sliced through the air without sound or ripple, leaving only the dissipation of blood mist, the annihilation of evil energy, the rupture of invisible corrosive "tentacles," and even space itself seemed to have been "sliced" open by this single blade, creating a fleeting, perfectly smooth, pitch-black "crack"!
The target was Yan Ben, who was in shock and trying to lift the bone artifact again to continue chanting!
Fast! Indescribably fast! Surpassing visual perception, surpassing mental processing!
Before Yan Ben could even make any defensive or dodge move, he felt a chill between his brows, and the world before him seemed to be neatly split in two by a thin, dark golden line. Then, boundless darkness and cold instantly devoured all his consciousness, ambition, greed, and... life.
The bone artifact in his hand cracked with a "crack," the inlaid dark green crystal instantly dimming and shattering. The expression on his face, a mixture of horror, greed, and madness, froze forever. His short, stout body swayed, then fell backward with a "thud" onto the cold stone platform. Dark red blood quickly seeped from the barely perceptible red line between his brows, staining the blasphemous runes beneath him.
One strike, and the head is severed! Yan Ben is dead!
However, the moment Yan Ben fell, something unexpected happened!
"boom--!!!"
The vertical shaft behind the platform, gushing with blood-red mist, seemed to have lost some kind of "control" or "suppression," suddenly letting out a terrifying roar, muffled to the extreme, as if from the depths of the earth! Immediately afterward, an even denser, more viscous mist, like real blood, erupted from the shaft like a volcanic eruption! Mixed within the mist were countless clearer wails and howls, filled with pain, resentment, madness, and blasphemy! It was as if countless imprisoned, tortured, and sacrificed souls had been "released" at this moment, transforming into pure, vengeful resentment and evil energy!
At the same time, the dark green runes that had been lit up at the edge of the shaft suddenly shone brightly, and then, like a chain reaction, rapidly spread and connected, illuminating even more complex and eerie runes on the platform and the surrounding cave walls! A vast, intricate magic circle, exuding an even deeper and more sinister aura, was instantly activated! At the center of the magic circle was Yan Ben's corpse, along with the shattered magical artifact and crystal powder in his hand!
"Not good! The ritual has lost its controller, but the magic circle has been activated prematurely! It's automatically extracting Yan Ben's life essence and residual 'seed' energy, forcibly drawing in what's inside the shaft!" Alarm bells rang in Nie Lingfeng's mind! He hadn't expected that killing Yan Ben would become the fuse that ignited the final fuse!
"Hehehe...fresh...flesh and blood...pure...soul...perfect...vessel..."
A superhuman thought, louder, more chaotic, and more blasphemous than any previous sound, seemingly composed of countless overlapping voices of men, women, children, and the elderly, carrying endless greed and destructive desires, surged out from the depths of the shaft like a tsunami, following the erupting blood mist and activated magic array, and crashed into the consciousness of Nie Lingfeng and Chen Duo!
"Pfft!" Chen Duo was the first to be hit. Even with the Phoenix True Fire protecting her, she was still struck by the violent and evil mental impact, her face turned pale, and she spat out a small mouthful of blood. The golden flames around her flickered violently and almost went out! She groaned, her body swayed, and she almost collapsed to the ground, but Nie Lingfeng caught her.
Nie Lingfeng also felt as if his brain had been struck by a heavy hammer, buzzing and his vision blurred. But his merged power and will were incredibly resilient, and he instantly steadied his mind. The dark golden flames in his eyes burned even more fiercely, forcibly repelling and purifying the evil intent that was attacking him!
Inside the shaft, the "thing" seemed enraged at failing to shatter their spirits in one fell swoop. The blood mist surged even more frantically, and the light of the magic array was blindingly bright. Then, to Nie Lingfeng and Chen Duo's horrified gaze, a massive, bloated, indescribably indescribable shadow—forced together and fused from countless writhing, dark red flesh, twisted bones, flowing pus, and an overwhelmingly dense evil energy—almost ten meters tall, barely recognizable as human, like the ultimate blasphemous creation crawling out of a nightmare, slowly, struggling, "squeezed" out of the shaft shrouded in blood mist and the light of the magic array!
It had no fixed facial features, only a terrifyingly large, constantly opening and closing maw, dripping with dark green mucus, occupying most of its "head," and covered with layers upon layers of razor-sharp teeth that spun like a meat grinder! Above the maw were dozens of "eyes" of varying sizes, flashing with a crazed red light, constantly rotating, filled with pain, resentment, hunger, and blasphemy! Its torso resembled a rotting, gigantic tumor, with pustules constantly bursting, oozing foul-smelling liquid and tiny, wriggling, nematode-like monsters. Countless "tentacles," forcibly twisted together from flesh, bones, tendons, and even broken weapons, of varying lengths and thicknesses, with suckers, barbs, bone blades, or mouthparts at their ends, extended from all parts of its body, wildly thrashing and whipping the air, emitting chilling shrieks!
Its chest was no longer covered in dark green crystals, but in a pulsating, dark red tumor, over two meters in diameter, resembling both a heart and a giant embryo, covered with black blood vessels! Each pulsation of the tumor emitted even more terrifying evil fluctuations and spiritual pollution, causing the entire cave to tremble!
Is this the "divine body" that Yanben wanted to awaken, or even merge with? No! This is clearly an embryonic evil god, born from the catalysis, distortion, and forced birth of countless sacrificed souls' resentment, the corrupted ley line energy, and that strange and evil "seed" power—a being filled with blasphemy and madness! Or rather, it is an incomplete and deformed incarnation of the ancient evil being in "Nammu Cave," attempting to "descend" or "be born" in this world!
"roar--!!!"