It was still pitch-black and bottomless below.
Even though Bai Muye and Qin Ranran had good eyesight and could see in the dark, the darkness in front of them was too pure!
Even with night vision, all they could see was a vast expanse of darkness.
Their flight talismans still had a long time to run, so Shirō Makino pulled Qin Ranran along as they slowly descended.
There was dead silence all around them!
Qin Ranran seemed to be very nervous, her body trembling slightly.
"Afraid of the dark?" Shirō Makino asked.
Even though they were underground, it wasn't stuffy, and the temperature was just right.
So for a moment, even though Shirō Makino was a little nervous, he wasn't particularly afraid.
"A little," Qin Ranran replied softly, "It's a problem I've had since I was young."
"Then throw down a few fireball talismans," Shirō Makino said.
Qin Ranran finally came back to her senses, feeling a little ashamed. Even though her cultivation wasn't bad, her actual combat experience wasn't worth mentioning.
Even after so many years, she had never had such an opportunity.
Even though she had an immersive cabin that allowed her to enter the Black Realm, she barely had the time to go there. So, she hadn't even fought many matches in the Black Realm. She had never won a single one.
After throwing down a few fireball talismans and activating them, the light they produced didn't bring any warmth to the darkness. Instead, it made the darkness even more intense.
This place was too empty!
Shirō Makino frowned, feeling that things were a little strange.
Even if there were all sorts of traps and defensive measures around the treasury of an ancient talisman sect, there shouldn't be a need to be so exaggerated, right?
Would anyone who had the ability to invade this place care about this formation?
So, in Shirō Makino's opinion, this method was somewhat out of place for a talisman sect that used planets as a unit of measurement.
Bai Muye calculated the speed at which the two of them were falling. In just a short while, the two of them had already fallen over two thousand meters!
They still hadn't reached the bottom!
They were still flying downward.
Qin Ranran whispered, "Will we die here?"
Shirō Makino smiled. "What are you afraid of? You still have me, don't you?"
In fact, the situation was already very bad. The two of them had already fallen more than three thousand meters.
The strange thing was that the surrounding air was still very fresh, as if there was some kind of ventilation equipment in this place. Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a deep underground environment to be the same as the environment on the surface.
As Shirō Makino was controlling the speed of their descent, the duration of the Flight Talisman was finally over. Shirō Makino then used another talisman on each of them.
He continued to fly.
Qin Ranran whispered, "Let me try it myself. I feel like … I can control it too."
Shirō Makino replied, "Okay." Then, he let go of Qin Ranran's arm.
"Ah!" The moment Qin Ranran was released, her body swayed and she fell headfirst onto the ground.
Shirō Makino was rendered speechless. What a great ride!
He caught up to her and grabbed her. In the darkness, he couldn't see Qin Ranran's expression clearly. She seemed a little embarrassed.
"I still can't do it."
"Not a little."
"Can't you comfort me?"
"Oh, you're still not good enough."
"…"
After a moment of silence.
Qin Ranran whispered with some disappointment, "I'm really useless. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been trapped here."
"Even if I had reacted a little faster, it would have been useless." Shirō Makino said, "The moment we approached that place, we activated the formation talisman there."
"Is that so?" Qin Ranran was completely oblivious to this.
"I have a question …" Shirō Makino said.
"Do you want to ask me why I'm so stupid?" Qin Ranran asked in a low voice.
"I know you're stupid, but I'm not. I wouldn't ask such a stupid question," Shirō Makino said.
Qin Ranran: "…" She was so angry that she was no longer as nervous as before.
"What I want to ask is, are you like Si Yin in the past? You've always been cultivating, but you've never fought in a real battle?" Shirō Makino asked.
Qin Ranran grunted, "Before the reopening of the Black Domain, I hadn't even fought in a single match. After the reopening, I went in a few times, but I lost every time … those people are so fierce. Dying in the Black Domain is too scary. "
"You didn't enter the Black Domain with your original appearance, did you?" Shirō Makino wanted to laugh, but was also a little speechless. What do you think the Black Domain is? Your fan club? Do you think everyone there dotes on you?
Qin Ranran said, "Apart from a bastard like you who insists that you've never seen my face before, how many people wouldn't recognize my face? If I wanted to use my face to enter the Black Domain, it would be a big joke. So, I changed into a very ordinary face and entered. In the end, the moment I entered the arena, those people attacked me like crazy, and even said all sorts of vulgar things to humiliate me. That's too much! "
"I'm not saying that I've never seen you before, but I really didn't know you before!" Shirō Makino explained.
"Alright, you don't have to explain." Qin Ranran felt a pain in her liver. She might as well not have explained. The more she tried, the angrier she got.
"You actually dared to explore a place like this by yourself with just this little bit of skill? You're really brave! "Shirō Makino praised.
"Why am I alone? Don't I still have you? "Qin Ranran felt a little guilty.
She hadn't dared to say that she didn't have any experience. Otherwise, who would be willing to bring a huge burden along?
Why didn't she find another powerful Talisman Artist? Anyone she could summon would never bring her to a place like this.
Only someone like Xiao Bai, who didn't know her very well, would lie like this.
Although Lin Zijin was on good terms with her, Little Sister Lin didn't know that Qin Ranran had no combat experience at all.
After all, Miss Qin was quite good at bragging, and seemed much stronger than Si Yin, who only dared to fight little demons.
"Isn't it great to be a singer? If something happened here today, wouldn't you regret it?" Shirō Makino asked.
"I would regret it, but I regret dragging you into this. As for other things … I don't really regret it," Qin Ranran said softly, "Anyway, there's no point in living in this world for someone like me."
The two talked as they flew down. In the blink of an eye, they were already ten thousand meters underground!
At this rate, it felt like they would reach the earth's core sooner or later!
But the environment, temperature, and air around them didn't change at all!
If it weren't for the fact that their bodies were constantly descending, they would have thought that they were still in the same place.
"I didn't know that you had such a negative side to you. It seems like you didn't have a good childhood?" Shirō Makino said.
Even though King Qi's people called her 'princess', she was disgusted by the title and didn't want to interact with the royal family.
This girl was also full of mysteries.
"Actually, my life wasn't that bad. Before I was twelve, I lived in King Qi's mansion. He was the one who raised me. My talisman teacher, Elder Su Guangrui, taught me all sorts of talisman knowledge before I was twelve. " Qin Ranran said softly, "But after I was twelve, I left there and started living on my own. Later, I met Sister Fang. All these years, she's been taking care of me."
At this time, Bai Muye suddenly felt a trace of faint light coming from the depths of the cave.
At first, he thought it was an illusion. But after a closer look, he confirmed that there was indeed a ball of light below.
Then, he began to descend faster. Qin Ranran could only shut her mouth before she finished her sentence.
The speed of their descent increased. Qin Ranran's heart was in her throat.
Not only was she afraid of the dark, but she was also afraid of heights.
This kind of free fall made her extremely nervous.
But the light below was getting stronger and stronger.
This gave her some comfort.
Finally, they entered the range of the ball of light.
There seemed to be a huge square there. The light came from a statue in the middle of the square.
Looking down, they could finally see clearly that the real thing that was glowing was the top of the scepter in the statue's hand … a pearl that was even bigger than an adult's fist!
The light it emitted was so bright that it illuminated the entire square.
Shirō Makino landed on the square with Qin Ranran.
The feeling of being on solid ground made Qin Ranran's heart feel at ease.
She glanced at Shirō Makino and lamented, "Xiao Bai, if not for you, I would have fallen to my death. Falling from such a height, I'd probably be smashed to pieces, wouldn't I?"
Shirō Makino shook his head and put a finger to his lips, gesturing for her not to speak.
Then, the two of them raised their heads and looked up.
The sky above them was pitch black. They couldn't see anything!
The square was also empty. Apart from the statue, there seemed to be nothing else.
What the hell was this place? Both of them were at a loss.
Just then, a series of clicking sounds came from the direction the statue was facing.
Qin Ranran was startled, but her first reaction was to stand in front of Shirō Makino.
Shirō Makino pulled her to the side.
"What are you doing?" Qin Ranran glared at Shirō Makino. "There's danger over there!"
Shirō Makino looked at her and said in a low voice, "I know, but what can you do?"
"I … I can also cast talismans!" Qin Ranran glared at Shirō Makino. What's so great about being a Grandmaster? I'm also a Senior Talisman Artist, okay?
Can't I cast talismans even if I've never been in an arena before?
Then, at the end of the square, in the direction where the sound came from, a huge figure walked out from the shadows. Little by little, the figure made a clicking sound as it walked, as if it was being pushed out from the shadows.
Although it was a mechanical thing, it gave off a feeling of unwillingness.
"Intruders, you have trespassed into the forbidden area. Prepare to die!"
A mental wave suddenly exploded from the body of the huge figure. Like a storm, it instantly swept toward Shirō Makino and the others.
What the hell!
Shirō Makino's eyes widened. Then, a mental storm swept up as well.
"Get lost!"
Boom!
The two mental storms collided, and a terrifying wave exploded in the air.
Then, the huge mechanical body suddenly fell apart.
The broken parts were scattered all over the ground.
Qin Ranran was dumbfounded.
How could this work?
She looked at Shirō Makino in surprise. "Wow, that's so cool! How did you do that? "
Shirō Makino frowned slightly. The uneasy feeling in his heart grew stronger.
Then, he took out a pair of special glasses from his Space Ring and put them on. Then, he looked at Qin Ranran. "Do you have glasses that can protect you from strong light?"
Qin Ranran nodded. She put on a pair of sunglasses.
Shirō Makino was speechless. He said, "You better close your eyes."
As he spoke, Shirō Makino threw out a talisman. It was a Flash Talisman!
Whoosh!
The talisman shot out like an arrow. Within the range of Shirō Makino's mental control, it flew forward at a high speed.
After flying for at least two hundred meters, Shirō Makino felt that it was about time. He controlled the Flash Talisman to explode!
Boom!
An extremely dazzling light suddenly shone.
Qin Ranran did not close her eyes obediently. Instead, she opened her eyes wide. She was instantly shocked by the strong light.
Even though it was so far away, the talisman was too bright!
But at this moment, Qin Ranran's entire person was stunned into a daze!
More than a hundred meters away, from two hundred meters away, the area was densely packed with the same kind of huge figures that had just walked out!
Forty to fifty meters tall mechanical bodies, with just a glance, there were simply too many to count!
And further away in the darkness … there seemed to be more.
"My god … what is this place? What the hell are those things? "
Following Shirō Makino's Flash Talisman, the group of mechanical bodies seemed to have encountered something terrifying. In an instant, they let out a frenzied mental roar!
The mental roar seemed to form a tyrannical sea of consciousness. It exploded in that area and surged towards them.
Shirō Makino pulled Qin Ranran and hid behind the statue.
The two of them stuck close to the foot of the statue. The terrifying mental storm reached them in an instant.
Blood flowed out of Qin Ranran's eyes, nose, and mouth.
Shirō Makino did not feel good either. However, he felt that his mind was in a mess.
The body of the statue emitted a gentle light. It blocked most of the mental storm. Otherwise, Shirō Makino would not have fared much better. Qin Ranran would have suffered even more.
"Are you alright?" Shirō Makino looked at Qin Ranran.
Qin Ranran looked like she was in pain. She shook her head. A faint light burst out from her eyes and flowed through her body.
This was a strange phenomenon. Shirō Makino was confused. What was going on?
It was only when the light enveloped Qin Ranran's body that the painful expression on her face disappeared.
Then, she sat on the ground weakly. After taking a few deep breaths, she lifted her head and looked at Shirō Makino cautiously.
Shirō Makino did not look at her. Instead, he looked in the direction where the Flash Talisman had been thrown.
Kacha, kacha!
Orderly footsteps could be heard.
Following that, the same sound could be heard from further away. The footsteps seemed to be more hurried.
Damn it!
Shirō Makino knew that it was his Flash Talisman that had caused trouble. However, there was no point in blaming himself now. He could only prepare for battle!
He had enough talismans on him. However, he was not sure if they would be enough to deal with the upcoming battle.
He looked at Qin Ranran. "Is your mental power sufficient?"
Qin Ranran nodded with a complicated expression. "Don't you want to ask me anything?"
"Let's talk about it after we survive." Shirō Makino said. "Is it alright to use a Mental Power Replenishment Talisman on me?"
Qin Ranran was stunned. She nodded. "No problem."
If she had a problem with this, she would not be fit to be a Talisman Artist.
Qin Ranran was just about to take out a spiritual force replenishment talisman when she saw Bai Muye casually taking out a large pile of talismans from his storage ring. There were stacks and stacks of talismans, and they were arranged neatly in front of her.
There were ten stacks in total. At a glance, there were at least a thousand of them!
Qin Ranran took a deep breath. "Are you a talisman seller?"
"People call me a talisman seller." Shirō Makino said calmly. "When I tell you to use a Mental Power Replenishment Talisman on me, you can do so. Apart from that, you just need to take care of yourself."
Qin Ranran nodded. She was still staring blankly at the stack of Mental Power Replenishment Talismans.
Kacha! Kacha!
Those huge mechanical bodies finally walked into the square in unison.
The Flash Talisman … was still glowing brightly.
However, Shirō Makino realized that these things only disliked light. Or rather, they hated it. However, it did not affect them at all.
"What are these things?" Qin Ranran asked.
"Puppets." Shirō Makino answered.
"Puppets? So many? An entire army? "Qin Ranran was shocked.
"Most of them are puppets, but not all of them." Shirō Makino said in a low voice.
At this time, the puppets at the front were less than fifty meters away from the statue where Shirō Makino and Qin Ranran were.
Shirō Makino raised his hand and a talisman flew out.
Then, Qin Ranran fell into a state of great shock.
Because what Shirō Makino shot out was a Meteor Rain Talisman!
Huge fireballs fell from the sky like meteors, smashing into the group of puppets.
The huge puppets were smashed into pieces by the fireballs.
Then, Shirō Makino shot out a Rockfall Talisman.
Huge rocks fell from the sky and smashed into the group of puppets.
The duration of the talisman wasn't short, and it was very powerful. However, Bai Muye still had a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
"The materials to make these talismans are too little. The quality can't be improved. Those people who tried to curry favor with your Uncle Wang are really useless. They only managed to gather so little. Useless! "Shirō Makino grumbled.
Qin Ranran was speechless. You're in the right to steal my life?
However, the two talismans that Shirō Makino shot out were really terrifying. They killed at least seventy to eighty huge mechanical puppets.
All kinds of parts were scattered on the square. For a moment, none of the puppets could escape the attack range of Shirō Makino's Meteor Rain and Rockfall.
The two talismans formed a concentrated attack that lasted for more than two minutes before stopping.
At this time, the Flash Talisman had already been extinguished.
The sound of hurried, heavy footsteps came from the darkness.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
"Another type of puppet?" Qin Ranran asked.
At this time, at least fifty to sixty talismans … flew out of the darkness at high speed!
Shirō Makino threw out a talisman — Rock Wall!
It was activated more than thirty meters away!
A tall rock wall instantly appeared there.
The fifty to sixty talismans that flew over hit the rock wall. Among them, a few powerful sword talismans were instantly activated and smashed into the rock wall. The rock wall instantly crumbled and broke into pieces.
Grandmaster-level … Ungraded talismans were indeed a little weak!
However, they weren't completely useless. At least they were able to block the attacks to a certain extent.
When the remaining talismans flew over, Shirō Makino shot out dozens of sword talismans in one go and collided with the remaining talismans.
A series of violent rumbling sounds rang out in the air, and waves of energy surged forward.
Shirō Makino expressionlessly used two defensive talismans on himself and Qin Ranran. At the same time, he said, "Replenish one."
Qin Ranran took the spirit replenishing talisman that she had prepared earlier and slapped it at Shirō Makino. She used her hand to slap the talisman on Shirō Makino's body.
Then, it was activated.
Shirō Makino was speechless. "It feels like you're using a talisman to suppress a zombie …"
Qin Ranran: "…" Isn't it just that my ability to control talismans is a little lacking? I'll train hard when I get back!
These sword talismans knocked all the talismans flying over to the ground. Shirō Makino once again produced a bunch of Violent Lightning Talismans and threw them into the darkness.
Crack!
A bolt of lightning suddenly flashed.
There, a group of puppets the size of human beings were staring coldly at Shirō Makino and Qin Ranran.
"High-level puppets?" Qin Ranran asked.
"Mm." Shirō Makino pursed his lips and sneered. "But we've been tricked!"
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