"Pull the chain!" Su Ming let out a loud roar. At the same time he pushed Xu Hui up, he let go of his grip on the chain, and his body fell down once again. In an instant, the ferocious spirits rushed towards Su Ming and submerged him in the canyon.
The chain was swiftly pulled, and Xu Hui simply allowed it to swiftly bring her up. There were no tears in her eyes, but there was a dazed look on her face, as if she had lost her soul.
The iron chain whistled through the air. Now that the evil spirits were no longer in pursuit, it pierced through the layers of mist vortexes. When it emerged from the depths of the abyss, Xu Hui saw the sky, the mountain, and the other end of the chain in Zhu You Cai's hand.
She also saw Huang Mei's dark expression and a trickle of blood at the corners of his mouth. A short black blade had appeared in his hand. That blade should have been on his person and not in his storage bag, or else it would have been impossible for him to have brought it out.
"He …" The chain was released, and Xu Hui gripped the mountain rock. She lowered her head quietly and looked down. Zhu You Cai sighed, but he did not finish speaking.
"He won't die." After some time, Xu Hui spoke softly, as if she was talking to Zhu You Cai, but most of the time, she was mumbling to herself.
A barely noticeable glint appeared in Progenitor Long Hai's eyes. He could have attacked just now, but he did not. After all, while Su Ming's debt of saving his life was great, the oath he made in the beginning was also not small. If Su Ming died just like that, it would be a good thing for Long Hai.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor was also delighted in Su Ming's misfortune. A cold sneer appeared at the corners of his lips.
Xuan Shang and the other two also let out sighs of relief in their hearts. The mighty pressure Su Ming exerted on them had become so strong that it could control their thoughts without them realizing it.
"He won't die? The canyon in the mountain is filled with a sinister aura, along with a thick aura of death. Forget him, even if I fell down, I would definitely die, "Huang Mei said flatly with a cold sneer on his lips.
The others might not have said anything, but they all agreed with Huang Mei's words. However … Nian Yin's fall and Su Ming's fall had caused their fear towards the mountain to grow even greater. They did not know … who would be the next to fall.
Xu Hui did not speak. She stared at the canyon beneath her quietly, and the words Su Ming had said to her when he let go of her remained in her mind.
She had already made up her mind. If Su Ming still did not come out, then she would fall into the canyon. Even if she turned into a ferocious spirit, she would stay with Su Ming.
Therefore, Xu Hui did not respond to the others' words at all.
However, very soon, the yellow-browed man's expression changed. He raised his head and stared at the top of the mountain in the distance. He was not the only one. Reverend Zi Long also frowned. After he looked at the top of the mountain, he seemed to be deep in thought.
Zhu You Cai should be the first to notice this strange thing. He glanced at Xu Hui and recalled Xu Hui's firm words.
Gradually, Progenitor Long Hai and Huo Kui's expressions changed. In the end, when Xuan Shang, Hua Yu, and Hua Yu registered what was going on, their expressions immediately turned sour.
Because … when Nian Yin fell into the abyss, the old man on the mountaintop had said that there were only eleven people left. Logically speaking, he should have said that there were only ten people left.
However, he did not say anything, and the meaning behind it made the people hesitate.
Time trickled by, but the old man at the top of the mountain still did not speak. They continued climbing the mountain, and the swaying of the mountain would occasionally become even more intense.
…..
In the canyon under the mountain.
Su Ming had his eyes closed. His memories stopped at the moment he fell down and was surrounded by a group of ferocious spirits. In the midst of intense pain, he lost consciousness.
Before he fainted, he could sense that his body was being torn and bitten.
He did not know how much time had passed, but when he opened his eyes, he was lying in muddy, dirty water. Occasionally, there would be ripples spreading out from the water, and a rotten stench filled the area.
"There is a Dao in heaven, and a gate in earth. You can step on the path of heaven, and you can see the path of earth from afar." An old voice echoed in all directions, causing Su Ming's mind to instantly become clear.
When he struggled to stand up, he swiftly discovered that his cultivation base had recovered, but as it did so, Su Ming fell silent. He saw that his body … was filled with countless boils!
He lifted his hand and touched his face. He knew that he had become like the ferocious spirits he had seen previously.
But soon, Su Ming no longer thought about his body, because the voice just now had given him a sense of familiarity. That familiarity was not too distant, and if he thought about it carefully, he would be able to find the answer.
That voice was … the voice of the old man at the top of the mountain he had heard when he was at the side of the mountain.
Su Ming stood up, and a freezing glare shone in his eyes. If he was in the world outside, he would not have any advantage over the old man, but this … was the fifth kiln, and he was an Abyss Builder.
With a cold harrumph, Su Ming swiftly flew up and flew towards the direction where the voice came from. Once he was in midair, he cast a glance in that direction and immediately saw a stone platform in the distance. There was a black lotus on it, and there was an old man sitting cross-legged on it.
There were a dozen something ferocious spirits prostrating themselves around the old man. Pain appeared on their faces, and as they worshiped him, the old man's words echoed in all directions.
"All of you have no path to the sky, but a door to the earth has been opened. My Art is divided into two forms … One is to move mountains to fuse with the will of the universe, and this is gentleness.
"The other is … to move mountains with the will to dominate the world, and this is valiance … Go, the door to the earth has been opened. All of you can search for my Tyrant's Mountain Shifter Art," the old man said flatly. He lifted his right hand and swung it forward. Immediately, fog tumbled about in the air behind him. The ground rumbled faintly, and Su Ming saw it with his own eyes in midair. The ground immediately turned murky, and it was completely filled with fog.
A gigantic mountain appeared under the ground!
It was an inverted mountain that stood upside down under the ground, causing all those who saw it to feel as if the ground was not earth, but was completely formed by fog. If they looked at it upside down, they would be able to see the mountain standing tall in the fog.
'Mirror …' Su Ming's heart trembled. This was the first time he had experienced the theory regarding mirrors he had heard when he was in the land of Berserkers.
If the fog was compared to a mirror, then the mountain where Su Ming was previously was outside the mirror, and the inverted mountain under the fog was inside the mirror.
Perhaps the two of them were opposites. The mountain outside was the mirror, and what Su Ming saw at that moment was the true mountain outside the mirror.
He could not see through it, could not tell it apart, or perhaps it could change endlessly with just one thought.
Su Ming stared at the old man in midair and frowned. He stared at the mountain under the fog, and a pensive look appeared on his face.
At the same time, the ferocious spirits prostrating themselves around the old man immediately stood up. As they roared, they rushed towards the inverted mountain under the fog. Their cultivation bases did not disappear. Instead, as they charged towards each other, the mountain trembled, and ten circles of light immediately appeared around the ferocious spirits. The ferocious spirits closed in on the spots where the circles of light were, but there were more than a dozen of them, while there were only ten circles of light.
A battle for supremacy instantly broke out. In just a moment, all the ferocious spirits outside the circles of light let out shrill screams of pain. Once they disappeared, they appeared around the old man's stone platform. They hugged their heads and wailed nonstop, as if there was something they treasured being swiftly taken away from them.
They turned into threads of various colors that fused into the old man's body.
The ferocious spirits on the remaining mountains roared and moved forward again.
"There is a gate to the earth, but every single time you fail, one hundred years of your memories will be taken away. When you no longer have any memories, your emotions and desires will be taken away. When your emotions and desires are gone, you will be left with your lives," the old man said flatly. He did not look at the wailing ferocious spirits, but lifted his head and cast his gaze on Su Ming in midair.
"Welcome, the current master of the fifth kiln. I am Ya Mu." The old man smiled faintly.
Su Ming stared at the old man and did not speak.
"Do you want to participate in this game? If you don't, then leave behind one thousand years of your memories and I will take away three of your emotions and desires. Then, for your father's sake, I will let you get out of this place. " The old man smiled. However, in Su Ming's eyes, that smile was filled with a strange malevolence. The aloofness in his eyes was a disregard for all manner of lives.
"Why wouldn't I want to?" Su Ming stared at the old man. After some time, a smile suddenly appeared on his face as well. That smile also contained a strange malevolence. Fine veins also appeared on his body. They might seem normal, but in truth, they were Ecang's venous pathways!
When Ecang appeared, the malevolence on Su Ming's body immediately turned into malevolence. That malevolent presence spread out in all directions and swept up the fog in the area, forming a rotating vortex around Su Ming's body.
The old man was originally smiling. His expression was as calm as ever, but at the instant he saw Su Ming's smile and the malevolent presence, his eyes lit up. He stood up and stared at Su Ming. His eyes sparkled a few times before he laughed loudly.
"Good. I only admire one person in my life, but I also hate this person's stubbornness and laughable, lamentable, and foolish loyalty. This person is your grandfather. He is as famous as me and Lu Ya, and he is one of the three Sublime Paragons of the Fifth True World. He is also your Abyss Builders' Progenitor.
"I didn't expect that someone like you would appear among his direct descendants. You are a weirdo who dared to Possess Ecang, a creature born from the malevolence of the universe. If you take one more step … you will step into a life of malevolence!
"Did your father never tell you that the nine great lives in Old Man Extermination's ballad are existences that the Abyss Builders absolutely cannot Possess?!" As the old man laughed, his happiness did not seem to be fake. He swung his arm, and the fog beneath Su Ming tumbled about and spread out to reveal an entrance to a tunnel.
"The gate to the earth has been opened. I look forward to you … becoming my scion. If you succeed, not only will I teach you the Mountain Shifter Art, I will also give you … a great serendipity!" "If you like this work, I welcome you to come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation."
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