northernbook Chapter 659 When We Cross the Sky
Chapter 659 When We Cross the Sky
Mihir is the embodiment of thorns.
When the monster appears, a flash of spiritual light surrounds her, and suddenly a large patch of thorns will sprout from the ground, trapping the monster within.
But the gleaming spikes were nothing short of the most vicious poison in the world to those demons.
Death upon contact.
As for Rasharu, it was even more outrageous. From beginning to end, Xu Ning barely saw this guy make a move.
Just as the demon was about to strike, a loud drumbeat suddenly rang out.
Those ungrateful demons were instantly shattered into the finest fragments, turning into dust in mid-air.
With the wine that Xu Ning occasionally spilled, he placed all the brilliant masterpieces in almost just one lap.
They didn't even have much of a chance to make a move.
"Alright, before any new monsters emerge, we need to begin the Ceremony of Departure. This requires the three of us to work together. Xu Ning, you guys guard the area."
Xu Ning and Kong both extended their hands, giving a no-questions-asked gesture.
The three flower spirits, each residing in one of the three trees where the "Soulful Song" was placed, activated a certain destiny symbol almost simultaneously.
A green light suddenly appeared on the three flower spirits, linking their powers together.
Then Xu Ning saw that, under the spread of spiritual light, almost all the gray crystals in the Tu Ni Black Abyss exploded, shattered, and dissipated in an instant...
It was like the miracle of Zhenling releasing all its power to turn the sandy land into an oasis.
With the combined efforts of Hua Ling and Ling Guang, Hui Yujing was reduced to ashes, and the deathly atmosphere unique to Tu Ni Black Abyss was swept away.
The deep cave, which was initially blocked by giant trees and later covered by gray crystals, is now fully exposed.
It is clear that this deep hole was originally completely blocked by gnarled and thick giant trees, leaving no trace.
However, under the spiritual light of the three, the spread of filth was temporarily suppressed, and the giant tree shrank back a bit, revealing a bottomless black hole.
"This is the passage through the bottom of the abyss. We should hurry and go. Yawn, we're really tired this time."
"The eternal light will guide us on the path of ascension."
When Xu Ning reached the entrance of the cave, his brow was furrowed.
"Having passed through the passage to the bottom of the abyss, are we actually at the bottom of the abyss here? Jumping down actually leads to ascent. Is this world really as I imagined?"
Kong seemed to have the same thought as him, and also stood at the cave entrance, staring blankly at the faint purple light shining through below.
Xu Ning took a deep breath. Now was not the time to think about these things. He glanced at Slusa and Sora, just as they were looking over at him.
"Three, two, one, let's go!"
Xu Ning quickly counted, and the three of them jumped into the abyss at the same time.
It's a wonderful process.
At first, I was surrounded by green life energy, and everything felt warm and cozy.
A moment later, however, a sudden chill ran through his body, and the surrounding energy had turned a deep purple—a chill that penetrated to the very marrow of his bones.
Further ahead, an even darker cave entrance appeared before the three of them.
Having come this far, is there anyone who would back down?
The three of them didn't even look at each other this time. They all adjusted their postures and flew towards their final, destined place.
My vision went black for a moment, and then it became bright again.
The three people opened their eyes at the same time as they felt themselves falling.
"We've...passed through a celestial phenomenon?" Kong asked in surprise as he watched his body pass through the stream of light.
Xu Ning never expected that when they jumped down from there, they would fall from the celestial phenomenon.
If we infer from the color of the flowing light we just saw, jumping down from here would be equivalent to passing through the celestial phenomenon from below.
First came the green energy that clashed with the celestial phenomena, then the blackish-purple celestial phenomena, and then it fell down.
"Then the place where we have fallen now is the center above the myriad mother trees in the sea of flowers."
Everyone looked up at the sky.
The dark purple-black celestial phenomena were even more oppressive upon closer inspection, with gray filth and debris crumbling and falling from them like scattered stars, giving the impression of "dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to crush it."
Fortunately, a portion of the power of the Ten Thousand Mother Trees had been activated, and the life force symbolizing endless vitality gushed out from the crack in the tree core beneath their feet, forming a pillar supporting the sky.
Xu Ning looked down at his feet. "Are we going to enter the tree's core next? To search for the giant lotus inside?"
Sluza nodded and said, "Of course."
“Okay,” Xu Ning, Slusa, Kong, and Paimon, who had just woken up, formed a circle around the hole in the tree heart. “I’ll count to three, and we’ll jump together.”
"Three, two, one, jump!"
Xu Ning and Kong jumped together, landing heavily on their feet and almost bumping their heads together.
"This opening is clearly still gushing power, so how come it's sealed off?"
Xu Ning bent down and touched his feet in disbelief. Although the center of the tree heart looked broken, there seemed to be an incredibly transparent crystal blocking the entrance, allowing only spiritual light to pass through.
Paimon, perched on Empty's shoulder, yawned. "Slusa, did you forget to use the power of the crown to open the door?"
Hearing this, Slusa panicked a little. "I didn't say anything about needing to open the door. Let me talk to them again."
Slusa spread her wings, and the crown on her head lit up slightly, indicating that she was communicating with the mother tree.
"Uh, Sora, maybe it's because I just woke up, but did Sluza's eyes change color?"
Paimon rubbed his eyes and said to the air with some uncertainty.
Kong glanced at Slusa in surprise.
Originally, Hua Ling had a pair of white eyes, but now they had turned completely dark gray, looking as if they had been stained with filth.
"Brother Xu..."
Kong immediately called out to Xu Ning, but suddenly discovered that Xu Ning's eyes had become as dark as ink, and had also become like Silusa's.
Kong Ting mentioned this state during a chat with Xu Ning. It seems that when the Great Purification of the Divine Cherry Blossom is performed and the memories in the earth's veins are read, the elder brother will enter this state.
"Paimon, keep an eye on Silsa. I'll keep an eye on Brother Xu. Their situation is probably..."
Before Kong could finish speaking, the sense of support beneath his feet vanished in an instant, and he and Paimon both cried out as they fell to the ground.
Xu Ning, however, also sensed something was amiss.
She felt a slight dizziness, and when she opened her eyes, she saw herself and Sluza standing on a high mountain at the edge of a sea of flowers.
But at the foot of the mountain, what a truly magnificent sight it was!
Xu Ning couldn't help but utter a curse word.
The foul stench gushing from the massive fissure in the ground turned the sky black.
The filthy monsters surged out of the cracks like a tidal wave, rushing in all directions.
Xu Ning had seen such a scene before.
Five hundred years ago, at the gate of the Layered Rock Abyss, Xu Ning, the Thousand Rocks Clan, and the Tianheng Taoists launched a counterattack against the surging tide of demons.
Today, in this Black Abyss of Tu Ni, human warriors still stand, wielding various weapons, fighting against the surging tide of demons. Behind the human ranks, countless flower spirits form a line, releasing their spiritual light to protect humanity and unleashing various powerful spiritual skills.
"Oh, these are my predecessors. I wonder where Zurwan is?"
After the initial panic and fear, and after Xu Ning told her that this was an ancient memory, Silusa quickly adapted to her current role as an observer.
Xu Ning pointed to the center of the black tide, "That should be it over there, hmm? That guy with the sword looks familiar?"
In the black tide, three figures stood like pillars in the middle of the stream, unmoved by the raging winds and waves.
The two humans leaned back to back, supporting each other, and focused on killing the surging tide of monsters around them.
And flying above them was the white flower spirit, Zurwan, with violet petals adorning its edges.
"Oh, your heroic figure back then was no less than mine!" Slusa looked at Zulwan with shining eyes as he released superb spiritual light amidst thousands of monsters, protecting the two experts beneath him, and couldn't help but praise him repeatedly.
Xu Ning's gaze lingered on one of the people for a moment before turning away.
The style of clothing worn by this person is very similar to that of the current members of the "Corrections Group".
Although he only has one arm, not a single monster can get close to him, even with just one hand.
If Xu Ning's guess is correct, this person should be the earliest leader of the Jiaolun Group, the sage known as "Nagajuna".
Xu Ning didn't know much about him, and since the guy's descendants were really disappointing, he only glanced at him and then stopped paying attention.
His main focus was on the man holding a sword behind Nagajuna.
For some reason, this person completely covered his face with a black cloth, as if he didn't want to be recognized.
However, both Xu Ning's feelings about this person and the seemingly familiar outfit made him feel very similar to Dain.
Even now, Daiin is still wearing a mask, which echoes the fact that she is covering her face at this moment.
"Could it be that guy? Shouldn't he be in Kanria saving his people right now?"
Xu Ning had just said one sentence when Slusa patted him with her wing from the side.
"Look! How could people possibly be running out from the middle of the rift? Could those people be the Tuhar people?"
Xu Ning's gaze narrowed slightly. Sure enough, there were people running in the rift, and there were even more huge mechanical creations shining with power, burying the demons below the rift in a sea of fire and covering the people who were escaping.
Those who escaped from the rift were immediately met by the Flower Spirit and the Warriors, who hid them behind the battle lines.
Xu Ning glanced at it a few times, then picked up the gourd and took a few gulps. "Silusha, you stay here for a while. I'm going down to help those people."
"Hey, hey? Aren't we supposed to be bystanders of memory? We can even help? Well, I won't lose to my praise of the Lord, I'll go too!"
Xu Ning's wind wings suddenly unfurled, and he swooped down into the wind.
Not to be outdone, Silusa almost flew alongside Xu Ning, and then decisively released her spiritual light domain.
Xu Ning glanced at Slusa with admiration. Although Little Flower Spirit was a bit of a simpleton, she seemed surprisingly reliable in battle.
Xu Ning was in mid-air, but he wasn't idle either.
With the mouth of the Dust Concealment Gourd in his hand open, Xu Ning drew out a stream of wine, which turned into a rain of wine and sprayed forward.
The monsters shrouded in the rain of wine screamed almost simultaneously. The larger ones scratched frantically at the wine-stained areas with their claws, no longer caring about their rampage.
The smaller ones, when splashed with the wine, immediately turned into black mist and dissipated.
When the wine was sprayed onto Hua Ling, who was maintaining the front line, it took on a completely different appearance.
Originally, it had been emitting spiritual light for a long time, and the area around it had become somewhat dim.
Many of the more delicate flower spirits are on the verge of collapse.
But as a shower of wine fell, countless flower spirits felt a surge of new energy replenish them, and their dim domains suddenly burst forth with vibrant light.
Even the human heroes they were protecting were invigorated.
Several dangerous areas were quickly reorganized, and the Kuroshio was once again contained within the mountain pass.
The fluctuations coming from that direction were immediately sensed by the one-armed sage in the black tide.
"How is that possible? There wasn't even a signal yet... uh, so it wasn't the Mother Tree's Radiance after all."
The one-armed sage watched as Xu Ning, who was unstoppable, charged towards them, and chuckled at the masked swordsman behind him, "What an amazing young man! He's practically on par with you."
The masked swordsman didn't even glance at Xu Ning; he was focused intently on the crowd emerging from the rift.
"What a pity, we arrived a bit late. If we had arrived a few days earlier, we might have been able to rescue more people."
The one-armed sage sighed and turned to look at the rift.
"Have most of the people come out yet?"
As he finished speaking, a light bullet with a long tail suddenly shot out from the crack, knocking away two monsters and flying to the top of everyone's heads, where it exploded like a pear blossom.
The one-armed sage's spirits lifted. "There's a signal. From activation to the end, it's been about ten breaths. We'll see how many soldiers manage to get out..."
However, the one-armed sage could only finish his sentence before he couldn't continue.
Xu Ning, who was running over, naturally saw the signal flare as well.
"It seems everyone who could escape has already come out. Next..."
Just then, Xu Ning and the one-armed sage both saw that the row of mechs guarding the edge of the rift had turned back into the rift.
"Are they going back to continue fighting?"
Then the two enormous mechanical constructs simultaneously turned and fired inwards, blocking the exit of the rift side by side.
"Ugh!"
The one-armed sage sighed deeply, raised his remaining hand into the air, and then suddenly swung it.
Almost all the flower spirits simultaneously released their spiritual light with all their might, and countless rays of light converged into tiny points of light, shining on the myriad mother trees.
A dazzling white light rose from the base of the tree and then shot into the sky, igniting the entire darkness.