chsdbacks Chapter 232 Night Emperor's Sword Embryo, the 2nd High Priest on the Earth Ranking
Chapter 232 Night Emperor's Sword Embryo, the 2nd High Priest on the Earth Ranking
Chapter 232 Night Emperor's Sword Embryo, the Second High Priest on the Earth Ranking
The three who saw the altar did not rush to act, especially since they could not fly.
Su Manniang's expression changed after she tentatively touched the peculiar seawater.
"Something's wrong with this seawater! Our spiritual energy and mental strength are severely suppressed, to the point that they're almost impossible to circulate. We'll probably have to rely on our physical strength to swim across."
Li Xijun and Li Qinghan also tried it, and sure enough, they found that the true energy in their bodies was like being trapped in solidified amber, extremely obscure and difficult to mobilize.
"There's no other choice now. Stay close to me and watch out for potential dangers underwater. At this point, we can only rely on our physical strength."
Su Manniang made a quick decision, took a deep breath, and swam forward first.
Although her spiritual power was restricted, her physical body, refined by the Grandmaster of the Outer Realm, was still incredibly strong, far surpassing those who had just opened their Qi channels, giving her considerable confidence.
Li Xijun and Li Qinghan followed closely behind.
The icy lake water instantly soaked through the three people's clothes.
Su Manniang was already wearing a dress with a Western Region style, and after it was soaked, her graceful figure was faintly visible as the water rippled, making her very alluring.
She seemed completely unconcerned, continuing to swim forward with focused concentration, which only added to her wild beauty.
Li Qinghan, dressed in white that clung tightly to her body, exuded a cool and aloof aura that contrasted sharply with her exquisitely beautiful figure.
This made Li Xijun, who was following behind, feel that the visual spectacle was absolutely amazing.
This swim was not easy; the lake water was icy cold, and it seemed as if some force was constantly draining their energy.
Fortunately, no other dangerous creatures appeared.
About an incense stick later,
The three of them climbed onto the shore of the island in the middle of the lake.
At the center of the island stands the altar with its swirling spatial vortex.
The altar is not high, but it covers a large area and is covered with crisscrossing ditches, inlaid with gems that shimmer like stars. Their arrangement faintly forms an extremely complex star map.
"This star map is incredibly ancient and profound!"
Su Manniang, disregarding her appearance, hurried to the altar, carefully observing it with a furrowed brow.
"It seems that several key star positions need to be activated simultaneously in a specific order in order to activate this teleportation altar."
She tried pressing on several gems that she thought were key points, but the altar did not react.
"I'm afraid we need to activate them simultaneously, and we must infuse them with specific energy—or perhaps simulate a certain frequency using the power of our physical body and blood?" Li Qinghan also came over and offered a conjecture. "That makes sense!" Su Manniang's beautiful eyes lit up. "This place is forbidden by law, but the power of our physical body and blood is the source of power, so it might be feasible. We need to find at least three core star positions and activate them simultaneously."
Under the command of this Xuanwu Venerable, the three of them did not dawdle and immediately took their positions, placing their palms on the cold gemstones.
"Three, two, one! Power it out!"
Following Su Manniang's command, the three of them simultaneously mobilized their internal energy and blood, slowly injecting it into the gem beneath them at the frequency they had previously predicted.
"Buzz—"
The altar trembled slightly! The three gems suddenly lit up!
Then,
Like a chain reaction, the gems in the crisscrossing grooves of the altar were lit up one by one.
Countless faint streaks of starlight flowed and intertwined, ultimately forming a complete and mysterious picture of the movement of stars.
The entire altar erupted with a dazzling yet not blinding white light, and the swirling spatial vortex instantly engulfed the three of them.
The world is spinning!
This spatial teleportation was far more intense than when we passed through the tomb entrance before. It felt as if we had been thrown into a crazy vortex, with tremendous tearing forces coming from all directions.
This irresistible spatial force caused Li Xijun and the other two to tumble and collide in the out-of-control spatial teleportation. In an instant, their bodies were intertwined, and they were surrounded by warm and soft flesh, experiencing a series of wonderful sensations.
Fortunately, the chaos did not last long.
boom! boom! boom!
The three of them fell from mid-air almost like a human pyramid, crashing heavily onto the cold, hard ground.
Su Manniang and Li Qinghan scrambled off Li Xijun in a flurry.
Even with their strong personalities, the two martial artists momentarily avoided eye contact, their breathing became slightly disordered, and they hurriedly straightened their disheveled and still-wet clothes.
Li Xijun wisely chose to remain silent and observe the scene before her.
The magnificent, lifeless palaces and pillars of the past are no longer there.
Instead, it resembles an ancient weapon-refining room and meditation cave that has been completely cut off and sealed here.
The space is not very large, and the four walls are as smooth as a mirror, engraved with countless ancient seal scripts that have long been lost, exuding a powerful force that stabilizes the space.
In the very center is a dark red furnace that has been extinguished for countless millennia. The furnace wall is also covered with mysterious patterns. Although there is no fire or heat, it still emits a chilling residual energy.
In front of the furnace, there is a simple stone platform.
On the stone platform, three items are quietly displayed, still radiating a faint halo and an indescribable Taoist charm after thousands of years.
On the far left is a piece of black jade, about the size of a thumb, as black as the deepest seabed.
It is carved into a miniature shape of a tortoise and a snake intertwined, with an ancient and simple form, yet it contains an indescribable sense of heaviness and profundity.
Just by looking at it, one can almost see an endless ocean and a vast land, which calms the mind and spirit.
A profound and ancient, pure Xuanwu essence, originating from the same source as Su Manniang, spread out.
"This is the Xuanwu Pendant, a supreme treasure possessed by the first Xuanwu Venerable!"
Su Manniang's breathing suddenly quickened, her eyes bursting with uncontrollable joy and excitement, her voice trembling.
"Legend has it that it disappeared along with the first Venerable One, but I never expected it to be in the Night Emperor's Tomb. This item is of extraordinary significance to my Xuanwu lineage."
She reached out almost instinctively.
The Xuanwu pendant seemed to sense the pure Xuanwu true energy on her body, emitting a low hum, and flew up on its own, landing in her palm.
Almost as soon as she touched him, Su Manniang trembled slightly, feeling countless insights about the Xuanwu Dao flooding into her mind like a tidal wave.
It blended seamlessly with her own cultivation, and the bottleneck that had stagnated for many years began to show signs of loosening!
In the middle is an ancient sword about three feet long. The blade has no sharpness on it, but instead gives people a sense of extreme restraint, like a deep night sky.
It lay there quietly, yet it seemed to be the center of the entire space, with even the light subtly bending towards it.
"This sword..." Su Manniang suppressed her excitement at obtaining the Xuanwu Pendant and looked solemnly at the ancient sword. "What astonishing depth!"
Although not fully completed, it already possesses the rudiments of an imperial weapon. Could this be the sword embryo that the Night Emperor intended to forge back then?
She tried to reach out and touch it, but before her fingertips could even touch the blade, countless tiny, star-like lights suddenly shone from it.
"Clang!"
A sword cry that seemed to tear apart the soul suddenly exploded out!
A terrifying sword intent, incomparably arrogant and domineering, seemingly above all living beings, suddenly erupted and fiercely crashed into Su Manniang's soul!
"Hmph!" Su Manniang grunted, her blood churning from the impact of the sword intent, and she staggered back three steps, a look of shock flashing across her face.
"Such powerful sword intent! It actually protects its master on its own, rejecting all external things. It seems it doesn't approve of me."
She found it hard to believe that with her cultivation at the sixth level of the Outer Realm, plus the blessing of the newly acquired Xuanwu Pendant, she couldn't even touch the unfinished sword embryo.
Meanwhile, Li Qinghan, on the other side, looked at the sword and heard the somewhat familiar sword sound, but his expression changed instantly.
She remembered, back when she first opened this secret realm...
The extraordinary changes in the world that had attracted the attention of countless powerful figures in the Great Xia and the Golden Wolf Royal Court were initially triggered by that sword cry.
"No good..." Li Qinghan's words had barely left his mouth.
At the same moment,
"Boom!"
The entire secret realm, including the northern desert sky outside, seemed to be stirred by this sudden, unparalleled sword intent!
A sword light that seemed to pierce the heavens suddenly erupted from the altar space, ignoring layers of spatial barriers and array seals, and broke through the constraints of the Night Emperor's Tomb, piercing straight into the heavens and earth!
The weather over the Western Desert suddenly changed!
The clear sky, which had not seen a cloud in a day, suddenly darkened, and streaks of lightning, like golden snakes dancing wildly, converged on the sword light!
A terrifying imperial might that surpassed all living beings and looked down upon reincarnation spread out along with the sword intent, enveloping an area of thousands of miles!
at the same time,
Inside the main tent of the northern desert army,
On a massive altar constructed of bones and animal hides,
An old man, clad in ancient feathered robes and wielding a scepter inlaid with jewels and skulls, sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. His aura merged with the bloodthirsty and murderous energy of the hundreds of thousands of golden wolf cavalry below, transforming into a roaring, ten-thousand-foot-tall crimson wolf shadow.
It fiercely clashed with the illusory image of a fire dragon, as bright as the sun, above the distant Great Xia army formation, eroding each other and remaining deadlocked.
This person is none other than Chi Na Ri, the high priest of the Golden Wolf Royal Court and the grandmaster of the ninth level of the outer realm, ranked second on the Earth Ranking!
After witnessing the sword light that caused the world to change,
The high priest suddenly and deliberately severed his connection with the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Golden Wolf Royal Court.
"Pfft!"
The violent backlash caused the high priest to tremble violently, as if struck by a heavy blow, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of dark golden blood.
The crimson wolf shadow in front of him, maintained by the power of his divine soul, let out a mournful howl, instantly becoming illusory and fluctuating, its connection with the army's energy and spirit suddenly disrupted.
In contrast, the fire dragon phantom above the distant Great Xia army formation seemed to be blessed by an invisible force, letting out a deafening dragon roar and suddenly lunging forward!
"Boom!"
The fierce aura of the Golden Wolf Royal Court's military formation was instantly breached, creating a huge gap, and the backlash surged back like a tsunami!
Hundreds of thousands of Golden Wolf cavalrymen below simultaneously felt a tightness in their chests, and those with weaker cultivation even vomited blood and fell off their horses, causing the entire army to fall into chaos in an instant.
"An imperial weapon? No! It's the birth of an unfinished imperial weapon sword embryo!"
Redaru had no choice but to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, completely disregarding the chaotic backlash from the army below.
His deep, star-like eyes suddenly snapped open, bursting forth with an incredibly terrifying and greedy glint as he stared intently in the direction from which the sword intent emanated.
"With a cataclysmic change imminent, what do the mere victories and defeats of dynastic wars matter...? This is the true opportunity!"
Without hesitation, he slapped his chest and spat out another mouthful of his vital essence onto the skull scepter, forcibly stabilizing the collapsing energy connection.
In an instant, his figure blurred, transforming into a blood-red meteor, and he rushed madly toward the Loulan Oasis without regard for anything else.
Even though he knew this would lead to the defeat of the Golden Wolf Royal Court's army in this major battle, he did not hesitate in the slightest.