The tunnel was so deep that there was no end in sight.
Even though his pursuers were about to catch up, Gu Qing Shan wasn't in a hurry to escape.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down.
Looking at the dim Life Talismans, Gu Qing Shan felt that there must be some sort of secret hidden within.
— — for some reason, he suddenly recalled the past.
He had been to many different worlds, seen Order and Chaos, traveled through the Age of Old, but he had never seen such a grand and vast talisman tunnel before.
"Xiao Seng, do you know what's going on with this tunnel?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Zhao Xiao Seng clasped his hands: "Amitabha, this little monk still doesn't know benefactor's name"
"I am Gu Qing Shan"
"Benefactor Gu, I've been sealed in Kunlun this entire time, so I don't know about the situation outside. The tunnel and the matter of escaping will all depend on you"
"Very well"
Gu Qing Shan flew to the edge of the tunnel and carefully observed the Life Talismans.
At this point, the Life Talismans had all turned a deathly grey, almost like burnt paper that had been turned to ash without scattering.
"They've all lost their effects …"
Gu Qing Shan muttered.
Near the Wraith realm, the power of these Life Talismans was very strong, anyone who tried to touch them would be erased by the power of the countless Life Talismans.
— — -but this place was too far away from the wraiths, so the talismans had also lost their power.
Gu Qing Shan didn't want to risk himself, so he stood far away and glanced at the numerous Life Talismans in front of him.
Invisible Mind Swords flew through the air, slicing through a large number of Life Talismans and reducing them to ash.
Sha sha sha!
As the talismans scattered, a faint, almost transparent wall appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan.
An ocean?
Gu Qing Shan looked at the shadows of fishes swimming outside the wall and wondered.
The wraiths used Life Talismans to block the wall, but there was an ocean outside?
Vigilantly, he slowly moved forward and reached out to touch the wall.
A line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[Discovered Reality Wall]
Reading this, Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
"Benefactor Gu, that ocean is indeed strange, but we need to quickly leave" Zhao Xiao Seng said.
"Yes."
Gu Qing Shan responded with a slight reluctance in her heart.
This wall was actually made of the World Wall.
— — I was clearly transported to the Wraith realm, but after using a Life Talisman to escape, I ended up entering Kunlun, then reappeared in the tunnel. This time, I found that the walls of the tunnel were created from the Reality Wall, while the outside was an ocean.
So what was going on?
"Zhao Xiao Seng, can you stop the wraiths for another 15 minutes?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Zhao Xiao Seng shook his head: "I relied on the power of the formation before, but now that the formation has been completely destroyed, I can't stop so many enemies by myself"
Gu Qing Shan showed a regretful expression.
The evil spirits were catching up from behind, but they couldn't continue to explore the walls of the tunnel.
He looked at the black thread in his hand and said, "Alright, we will continue along the tunnel."
"But this tunnel seems to have some sort of power that's restraining us here" Zhao Xiao Seng said.
"Don't worry."
Gu Qing Shan raised her hand and quickly drew talismans in the air.
Five talismans appeared in quick succession, circling around the two of them.
— — -the wraiths' teleportation talismans!
Under the guidance of these talismans, the two of them flashed and flew towards the depths of the tunnel at full speed.
Gu Qing Shan didn't give up, her gaze constantly scanned through the walls of the tunnel and cut apart all the Life Talismans that covered the walls of the tunnel.
At first, after the Life Talismans scattered, it was still an ocean.
But as Gu Qing Shan and Zhao Xiao Seng continued to move forward, the ocean abruptly disappeared, replaced by a ruined world outside the tunnel.
The entire world was in ruins, only a few small animals were moving through the ruins in search of food.
As the two of them moved forward, different scenes of destruction appeared outside the Reality Wall.
Sometimes, it was a sea of flames that never went out; sometimes, it was filled with poisonous fog; sometimes, it was nothing but nothingness outside the Reality Wall.
As Gu Qing Shan and Zhao Xiao Seng continued to fly forward, the various Apocalypses flashed past their eyes.
Finally, when Gu Qing Shan used the Mind Sword to cut open the Life Talisman again, he saw a different scene.
A giant with an indomitable spirit was staggering on the dry land.
It was the only living entity in the entire world.
Where did it come from? Why did it stop here?
Gu Qing Shan couldn't stop, otherwise, he would definitely try to get in contact with this giant.
Through his spirit sense, his pursuers were getting closer and closer.
At this point, a fork in the road appeared in front of them.
The tunnel split into three paths in front of Gu Qing Shan, one leading downwards, one forward, and one left.
"Benefactor Gu, which way are we going?" Zhao Xiao Seng asked.
Gu Qing Shan looked down and saw the black thread in her hand heading straight towards the left path.
"This way"
Gu Qing Shan took the left path.
Zhao Xiao Seng followed right behind her.
As the two of them moved forward a bit, Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but scan the wall with her Eye of the Sword.
The abandoned Life Talismans had turned to dust, revealing the transparent Reality Wall.
On the other side of the wall was a structure that was overgrown with weeds.
Vines were crawling all over the train tracks. A train had collapsed outside the tracks, now in tatters.
There was no one on the platform, only a few skeletons.
Gu Qing Shan was confused, but had no choice but to continue flying forward.
The two of them continued flying forward, avoiding the wraiths' pursuit as quickly as they could.
All of a sudden, the five Life Talismans went out.
The two of them immediately hovered in the air, no longer moving forward.
Gu Qing Shan reached her hand out to draw five more Life Talismans in the void of space.
The Life Talismans began to glow, circling around the two of them — — -
But the two of them remained where they were, no longer moving forward.
Gu Qing Shan looked around.
Only to see that there were no longer any Life Talismans left on the walls of this tunnel.
The Reality Wall was right in front of them.
— — on the other side of the wall, Gu Qing Shan could see endless darkness. Occasionally, a glowing insect would fly out from the depths of the darkness, bypassing their line of sight and continuing upwards.
Gu Qing Shan gave it a try. At this point, the spatial obstruction in the tunnel had already disappeared, so she could fly freely without the need of Life Talismans.
"Seems like this place is no longer under the wraiths' control" Gu Qing Shan commented.
"Indeed, but benefactor Gu, look ahead" Zhao Xiao Seng pointed at the depths of the tunnel and whispered.
"I can see it" Gu Qing Shan also whispered.
At the end of the tunnel was an unimaginably large balcony.
This balcony was made entirely out of bones, perfectly positioned at the end of the tunnel.
From the looks of it, the balcony seemed to have been specifically placed at the end of the tunnel to receive certain entities that arrived here.
Gu Qing Shan and Zhao Xiao Seng flew forward, landed on the balcony, and carefully observed it.
Ahead of them was nothing but endless darkness, with no end in sight, only endless bones that were piled up from the depths of the darkness to form this balcony.
At the very top of the balcony, a single crystalline bone stood upright, almost like a scepter.
"Benefactor Gu, what do we do now?" Zhao Xiao Seng asked.
Gu Qing Shan looked down. The thread in his hand that represented the pursuers had abruptly snapped, while the thread that represented the thing he was searching for was still reaching into the darkness ahead.
How strange.
The wraiths stopped chasing after us at this point?
Gu Qing Shan carefully pondered the implications of this.
He walked to the highest point of the balcony and placed his hand on the crystalline bone.
A line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[Secret Summoning Staff]
[Contains summoning incantation: With my body, cast towards the end of destruction, witness the return of the Samsara]
[Attention: This is a ceremonial staff used purely to summon certain entities, its only use is to summon]
Gu Qing Shan held the bone scepter in his hand, silently weighing his options.
"Benefactor Gu, what do we do now?" Zhao Xiao Seng asked.
Gu Qing Shan regained his senses and sighed.
He suddenly chuckled and said: "Ever since we entered the tunnel, we've only seen strange and bizarre things, but we don't actually know anything at all — — to escape this state of ignorance, I might have to throw away all of my worries and do something that I don't know what the outcome will be"
"Amitabha, how romantic" Zhao Xiao Seng clasped his hands together.
"You're not afraid of death?"
"I am, but Buddha had said that life is a journey, and a man must always do something risky"
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: "Buddha actually said something like that?"
Zhao Xiao Seng clasped his hands together: "Not before, but after I become a Buddha, I'll say it"
"Good" Gu Qing Shan silently felt a bit of admiration and praised him.
Since Zhao Xiao Seng had no objections, he raised the bone scepter and loudly chanted: "With my body, cast towards the end of destruction, witness the return of the Samsara!"
Oom — —
From the faraway darkness, two clusters of pale green light abruptly manifested.
Although these two clusters of green light were quite far away, they were about the size of a millstone, giving off intense green light from afar, illuminating both Gu Qing Shan and Zhao Xiao Seng.
Following that, a wraith's face slowly manifested.
— — -so the two clusters of green light were its eyes.
If its eyes were already this big, then this wraith's body must have grown to an unimaginable size.
It furiously roared: 「 Who is it!? Even at this critical moment, it still summons me!? 」
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
The entire balcony, as well as the tunnel itself, shook.
— — Gu Qing Shan and Zhao Xiao Seng froze in place, watching as the wraith slowly walked towards the balcony.
"It sounds like it's very unhappy" Zhao Xiao Seng cowered behind Gu Qing Shan and commented.
"That's right, it seems to be looking for trouble" Gu Qing Shan drew her sword and replied.
He then recalled something and asked in a low voice:
"Do you still think it's romantic?"
Zhao Xiao Seng took a deep breath and clasped his hands together: "Amitabha, this kind of romance is a bit too much for me"
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