Ning Cheng didn't know how long it took, he only knew that his Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort was constantly shrinking. When the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort shrunk to less than a foot in radius, his feet finally touched the ground.
The flagstones under his feet were all dark red, as if they were stained with blood. Bursts of whimpering screams rang out around him, but Ning Cheng couldn't catch where these sounds came from.
Ning Cheng ignored the sounds around him and continued to follow Grey Toottoot's aura. Although the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort blocked the black water around the Yellow Spring Pond, Ning Cheng still left a deep footprint on the dark red flagstones with every step he took.
The whimpering nether winds surrounded the Blue Thunder Fort, but every time it got close to the Blue Thunder Fort, it would be blasted away by some lightning. Ning Cheng secretly rejoiced that he had the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort. If not for the Blue Thunder Fort, he would have already been swept away by this cold aura.
Even with the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort, Ning Cheng knew that he couldn't stay here for long. Once his Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort was compressed to the extreme, he would have to rely on his own body to resist the Yin Qi in this place.
After half-an-incense stick worth of time, Ning Cheng stopped. He saw a blood river under the Yellow Spring Pond. This blood river and the black water of the Yellow Spring Pond were clearly separated and had nothing to do with each other. They simply couldn't merge together.
Above this blood river, there was a pale white stone arch bridge that spanned across the blood river. Ning Cheng stood at the bridge's head and vaguely saw a burst of nether winds rolling on the other side of the bridge. The mournful whimpering aura continued to howl endlessly. But this was just a vague scene, and he couldn't really see the specific situation on the other side. The bridge was shrouded in a cold aura, which made people feel intimidated.
Five words were engraved on the stone tablet at the bridge's head, 'First Bridge of Coping'.
Ning Cheng carefully stepped onto the pale white stone arch bridge. Every step he took felt like stepping on a hollow place. But even after his feet touched the ground, he was still on the bridge. This made Ning Cheng even more careful. He had only taken a few steps when he saw a vague figure.
Gua Sangan? Ning Cheng recognised this figure at a glance. It was Gua Sangan. He had seen Gua Sangan being pushed into the nether winds by Chuan Xinlou, so how could he appear here?
Ning Cheng quickly felt that something was wrong. Gua Sangan's face was expressionless, as if he did not have any thoughts at all. He only floated on the Bridge of Helplessness for a while before he slowly drifted to the other side of the Bridge of Helplessness and disappeared without a trace.
Ning Cheng, who was holding the Nirvana Spear in his hand, felt sluggish. What was going on? Was there really an underworld? The other side of the Bridge of Helplessness was the underworld? Dead people would go to the underworld? Didn't this mean that as long as he crossed the Bridge of Helplessness, he would be able to find the souls of his acquaintances?
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng felt a little excited. Since he had cultivated to the Life and Death Realm, he would never be scared off by something like this. Not to mention that there was not only Grey Toottoot's aura on the other side of the Futility Bridge, but also the souls of other acquaintances?
Ning Cheng took a deep breath, calming his mood down, and once again took a few steps forward. When Ning Cheng walked to a distance of almost ten feet, a powerful nether wind swept over, this kind of nether wind was not only powerful but also very violent. The nether winds above Ning Cheng's head formed a substantial nether wind vortex, which directly covered Ning Cheng.
This nether wind vortex was even more powerful than the one on the public square. If not for Ning Cheng, but an ordinary Eternal cultivator, they would have already been swept away by this powerful nether wind.
Ning Cheng crazily stimulated his Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort to block the wave after wave of nether wind vortexes sweeping over. If not for the Blue Thunder Fort, Ning Cheng estimated that he would not have lasted this long.
However, even if he had the Blue Thunder Fort, it was not a solution right now. Being swept up by the horrifying nether wind on the Bridge of Helplessness, he could neither advance nor retreat. If he stayed here for too long, he would eventually be swept away by this nether wind. It was just a matter of time, unless he entered the Mysterious Yellow Bead.
Seeing Gua Sangan's dead and unconscious Life Essence, Ning Cheng naturally did not want to be swept away by the nether wind.
Although the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort continued to compress, Ning Cheng still continued to drive his spiritual consciousness to support the Blue Thunder Fort.
"Ka ….." A slight sound emerged, and Ning Cheng felt a sharp pain in his Sea of Consciousness. He immediately felt shocked and cried out in his heart. Most likely, he had forcibly driven his spiritual consciousness, causing his Sea of Consciousness to crack.
If his Sea of Consciousness ended up destroyed, then he would truly be finished.
However, Ning Cheng soon felt pleasantly surprised. His Sea of Consciousness did not crack, but after reaching its limit, it once again expanded outwards. Although his spiritual consciousness was severely compressed in this place, after his Sea of Consciousness expanded outwards, his spiritual consciousness still grew several times more powerful. After his Sea of Consciousness expanded outwards, everything around him became clear.
The Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort did not require him to go all out, and once again expanded to a range of nearly ten feet. After the nether wind swept over, the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort directly blew it away.
Ning Cheng felt slightly relieved. The increase in the strength of his Sea of Consciousness, for him, meant that his strength had doubled. Previously, when he used Sunset's Twilight to deal with Chuan Xinlou, he could not injure Chuan Xinlou even more. One of the main reasons was that his spiritual consciousness was not as strong as Chuan Xinlou's.
Now that his Sea of Consciousness expanded, Ning Cheng's spiritual consciousness swept out unscrupulously. The opposite side of the Bridge of Helplessness still could not be seen clearly. However, Ning Cheng could now clearly see the range of a few dozen feet in front of the Bridge of Helplessness.
When Ning Cheng saw a black stoneman in the middle of the Bridge of Helplessness holding Grey Toottoot in one hand, and Grey Toottoot's four feet seemed to be struggling, he immediately became furious. He rushed up without hesitation and shot out with his Nirvana Spear.
"Boom ….." Ning Cheng's Nirvana Spear had not yet reached the stoneman when a black nether wind condensed and struck Ning Cheng's Nirvana Spear.
A powerful backlash erupted, and Ning Cheng, who was standing on the Bridge of Helplessness, was blasted away.
The Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort, which had expanded to more than ten feet, also shrank to a radius of ten feet because of this backlash. Seeing that he was about to fall into the blood river, Ning Cheng quickly stimulated his Twin Wings of Heavenly Fate and forcibly landed on the edge of the Bridge of Helplessness.
At this moment, Ning Cheng felt secretly horrified. If not for the advancement of his Sea of Consciousness, the backlash would have caused him to fall into the blood river.
However, Grey Toottoot was on the Bridge of Helplessness, caught by the black stoneman. How could he let Grey Toottoot stay here? Ning Cheng once again rushed onto the Bridge of Helplessness and shot out with his spear.
"Boom!" An even more powerful backlash erupted. This time, Ning Cheng was prepared for it. Although he suffered another injury, he did not fall into the blood river.
When he walked onto the Bridge of Helplessness for the third time, Ning Cheng felt a little flustered. He thought that he could fight against a Heavenly Emperor, but in this place, he couldn't even break through a stoneman that had caught Grey Toottoot.
Facing this stoneman again, Ning Cheng gripped his Nirvana Spear and started to burn his essence blood. Grey Toottoot had completely lost its spirit, and its head was drooping. Apart from a faint aura, Ning Cheng couldn't tell if it was dead or alive. If he didn't bring Grey Toottoot back soon, Grey Toottoot might have really died.
As Ning Cheng crazily gathered his Celestial Essence, his Spiritual Consciousness tried to break free from the surrounding shackles. At this time, Ning Cheng's body had already formed a circle of Celestial Essence ripples. Even the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort trembled at this moment. Thunder light automatically overflowed, blowing away the surrounding nether winds.
Celestial Essence solidified, and with the help of the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort, Ning Cheng once again shot out with his Nirvana Spear.
"Boom … Katcha …."
The nether winds condensed in front of the black stoneman struck Ning Cheng's Nirvana Spear, causing a loud explosion. This time, Ning Cheng did not fly back. The Nirvana Spear struck the stoneman's body. After the stoneman exploded, Ning Cheng immediately tried to grab Grey Toottoot.
A nether wind, as if it had a consciousness of its own, rolled up Grey Toottoot, and disappeared on the other side of the Futility Bridge.
Ning Cheng's body started to weaken, and a more violent nether wind came from the other side of the Futility Bridge, directly bombarding Ning Cheng's Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort.
In just a few breaths, Ning Cheng was blasted back.
Standing on the Futility Bridge for the fourth time, Ning Cheng used the Nirvana Spear to support his body, while anger flared up in his eyes. The last time, he could feel that it was not a natural counterattack, but a conscious counterattack. This prevented him from taking away Grey Toottoot, and even caused him to sustain heavy injuries.
Unwilling to give up, Ning Cheng continued to walk across the Futility Bridge. When he reached the place where the stoneman was, he only saw a pile of rubble. Apart from that, there was nothing else, not even a shadow of Grey Toottoot. Ning Cheng deliberately stopped, but even after waiting for a long time, he could not sense Grey Toottoot's aura.
Ning Cheng had just stepped over the pile of rubble and took a step forward when an even more horrifying nether wind swept over. This time, Ning Cheng could barely resist and was blasted back to the bridgehead. The backlash from the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort was too great, causing Ning Cheng's Sea of Consciousness to ache once again. This time, he finally could not bear it and spat out a mouthful of blood. If not for the fact that he still had some strength, he would have been thrown into the blood river just now.
Standing at the bridgehead of the Futility Bridge, Ning Cheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, while blue veins popped up on his hands. Someone definitely controlled it; otherwise, it would be impossible.
After knowing that the other side of the Futility Bridge might lead to the Underworld, Ning Cheng even felt a little excited. He wondered if he could find Xun Hanrui and Yu Qing. But now it seemed that he was naive. With his strength, not to mention finding Yu Qing and Xun Hanrui, he couldn't even walk across the Futility Bridge.
If not for his Spiritual Consciousness being too powerful, he would have already fallen into the Blood River due to the nether wind. If Ning Cheng dared to come down from the dark Yellow Spring Pond with the help of the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort. But as for the Blood River, Ning Cheng did not dare to go down. He had a hunch that once he went down into the Blood River, even if his Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort was more powerful, the Yin Qi would turn him into a pile of bones in an instant.
"Offending the Yin Soldiers, the crime is punishable by death. Jump into the Blood River, never to reincarnate ….."
A hollow voice resounded in Ning Cheng's mind, causing Ning Cheng's mind to go blank for an instant. He even walked towards the Blood River, as if he should follow the instructions of the voice and jump into the Blood River. Then at the cost of never to reincarnate, he would wash away his guilt.
No, Ning Cheng stopped at the Blood River. As the Mysterious Yellow Aura scoured his Spiritual Soul and Sea of Consciousness, he immediately sobered up. Just now, he had almost been affected by this sound.
Sure enough, someone was behind this; otherwise, it would be impossible for him to do such a thing.
Ning Cheng took in a deep breath and looked at the other side of the Futility Bridge before speaking up in a cold voice, "I will come back. After I come back, I will give you ten times the treatment."
After saying that, Ning Cheng quickly retreated. He knew that with his current strength, he couldn't do anything here.
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