Chapter 866 Failed Again
The two of them walked forward cautiously. The blue light mist kept changing, sometimes condensing into various strange creatures, and sometimes turning into sharp blades and attacking them.
Gu Jiuchen's sword was so sharp that every swing shattered the incoming illusions, opening a safe path for Ye Linglong. Ye Linglong paid close attention to the changes around her, looking for flaws.
"Jiuchen, look!" Ye Linglong suddenly pointed forward, where there was a huge black altar, exuding a heart-stopping demonic aura.
"It seems that is the core of the barrier," Gu Jiuchen's eyes flashed with a cold light, "Let's go take a look."
The two flew to the altar and found that it was covered with dense runes and emitted a strange light.
"These runes..." Ye Linglong observed the runes carefully, frowning, "It seems to be absorbing something..."
"It's vitality!" Gu Jiuchen suddenly noticed something and his expression changed, "This barrier is absorbing the vitality of the surrounding creatures to maintain itself!"
At this moment, the runes on the altar suddenly glowed brightly, and a huge black vortex appeared in front of the two of them, pulling them in with a strong suction force.
"Linglong!" Gu Jiuchen held Ye Linglong's hand tightly, trying to resist the suction of the vortex, but to no avail.
"Jiuchen, leave me alone!" Ye Linglong felt that Gu Jiuchen's spiritual power was rapidly draining, and shouted anxiously, "Hurry up!"
"Let's go together!" Gu Jiuchen's eyes were firm and he held Ye Linglong's hand tightly, letting the whirlpool swallow them up.
The black vortex was like a bottomless abyss, swallowing up Gu Jiuchen and Ye Linglong. When the two of them came to their senses, they found themselves
It was a blood-red space, and the air was filled with the disgusting smell of blood.
"What is this place?" Ye Linglong looked around and asked warily.
"I don't know," Gu Jiuchen shook his head and clenched the sword in his hand, "but it's definitely not a good place."
As soon as they finished speaking, the surrounding bloody space suddenly fluctuated, and a cold voice echoed in their ears: "Welcome to my domain, juniors of the Tianxian Sect."
"Who are you?" Gu Jiuchen's eyes were like a torch, and he scanned the surroundings, but could not find the person who spoke.
"It doesn't matter who I am," the voice said with a hint of mockery, "What matters is that you all have to die here today."
Before he finished speaking, the blood-colored space around them surged violently, turning into countless bloody swords and attacking the two of them overwhelmingly.
"Linglong, be careful!" Gu Jiuchen protected Ye Linglong behind him and waved the long sword in his hand into an airtight sword net, blocking all the incoming bloody blades.
However, these bloody blades seemed to be endless. Wave after wave, Gu Jiuchen gradually felt powerless. Ye Linglong also waved the long whip in her hand and shattered the approaching bloody blade, but her attack seemed insignificant compared to Gu Jiuchen.
"Haha, struggling to the death!" The cold voice sounded again, with a hint of pride, "Just accept your death!"
At this moment, outside the blood-colored space, a white-haired old man suddenly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. He sensed abnormal fluctuations inside the barrier and immediately realized that something was wrong.
"No!" the old man shouted, forming seals with his hands, and a powerful spiritual power surged.
Enter the boundary.
However, it was too late.
In the bloody space, Gu Jiuchen and Ye Linglong were surrounded by countless bloody swords. They were back to back, and both were seriously injured.
"Jiuchen..." Ye Linglong's face was pale, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, but her eyes when looking at Gu Jiuchen were still full of determination.
"Don't be afraid, Linglong," Gu Jiuchen held Ye Linglong's hand with his backhand, his tone was gentle, but his eyes were extremely firm, "I will protect you even if I die!"
Just when the bloody blade was about to swallow the two of them, a powerful force suddenly came and tore a huge crack in the surrounding bloody space.
Gu Jiuchen and Ye Linglong felt their eyes blurred before they were taken away from the bloody space by this force.
When the two woke up again, they found that they were back outside the barrier, and beside them stood a gray-haired old man.
"Senior..." Gu Jiuchen struggled to get up, but found that he was seriously injured and could not move at all.
"Don't move," the old man stretched out his hand to hold Gu Jiuchen's shoulders, and a gentle spiritual power was slowly injected into his body, "You heal your injuries first, and we will talk about other things after you are healed."
Ye Linglong also woke up slowly at this time, but she didn't say a word. She just held Gu Jiuchen's hand tightly, her eyes full of worry and fear.
Although the old man rescued him in time, Gu Jiuchen was seriously injured, while Ye Linglong fell into a coma due to excessive panic and excessive consumption of spiritual power. Seeing the appearance of the two men, the morale of the Zhengdao people fell to the bottom again, and the internal divisions further intensified.
On the third day after Gu Jiuchen and Ye Linglong were rescued, the Tianxian Sect was still shrouded in a mystery.
A depressing atmosphere.
Mingyue stayed by Gu Jiuchen's bedside, looking at his pale face with mixed feelings in her heart. Ever since the two of them were brought back by that mysterious force, Gu Jiuchen has been unconscious. Although the ancient immortal said that he was not in fear of his life, but that his spiritual power was excessively consumed and needed time to recover, she could not help but feel worried in her heart.
Ye Linglong's situation was not optimistic either. Although she woke up the next day, she was in a trance due to excessive panic and excessive consumption of spiritual power, her eyes were dull, as if she had lost her soul.
"Linglong, you should eat something." Mingyue held a bowl of porridge and persuaded softly.
Ye Linglong seemed not to hear it, just staring blankly out the window, without a trace of light in her eyes.
"Linglong..." Mingyue wanted to persuade her again, but was stopped by Xuanyu beside her.
"Let her calm down," Xuanyu sighed, turned to Mingyue and said, "The most important thing now is to stabilize the situation. Jiuchen and Linglong's matter, wait until they wake up."
Mingyue also knew that this was not the time to be sad, so she could only nod, put down the porridge in her hand, stood up and walked out of the room with Xuanyu.
However, the development of things was far worse than they imagined.
Gu Jiuchen and Ye Linglong's experience inside the barrier soon spread among the righteous sects. Although Mingyue and Xuanyu tried their best to block the news, the rumors about the failure of the two and even the possibility of having met with an unexpected event still spread rapidly like a plague.
The morale of the righteous people was low because of the previous series of failures. Now hearing this news, they are even more panicked. Many people began to question Xuanfeng's leadership ability, and some even proposed to establish another leader.
"Brother Xuanfeng, we can't just sit there and wait for death!" A burly middle-aged man stood up and said loudly, "The demon cult is powerful, we must take the initiative to attack in order to reverse the situation!"
"That's right!" Another thin old man also echoed, "We can't pin all our hopes on that prophecy, we must control our own destiny!"
"You..." Xuanfeng's face was ashen, and he wanted to refute, but he found himself speechless.
Seeing that the division within the righteous path was getting more and more serious, the ancient immortal who had been silent finally spoke.
"Enough!" He said in a deep voice, his voice was not loud, but full of majesty, and instantly stunned everyone present.
"What time is it now? Do you still want to fight among yourselves?" The ancient immortal glanced at everyone, his eyes full of disappointment, "Have you forgotten who our common enemy is?"
Everyone was ashamed by his words and bowed their heads.
"The most important thing now is to unite and fight against the Demon Cult!" The ancient immortal continued, "Only in this way can we overcome the difficulties in front of us and complete our mission!"
His words were loud and clear, like a heavy hammer, awakening the hearts of everyone present.
However, just when everyone rekindled hope, a terrible news came: the Demon Cult took advantage of the internal strife of the righteous path and suddenly launched a large-scale attack. The righteous path's defense line was in danger and faced the danger of collapse across the board!
The Demon Cult army surged like a black tide, and the disciples of the righteous path fought desperately, but still could not stop their offensive. The shouts and killings shook the earth, and the blood dyed the earth red.
The mountain peaks that were originally ethereal were now shrouded in a strong smell of blood.
"Hold on! We must not let the Demon Cult take even a single step past the defense line!" Xuan Yu held a long sword in his hand, led the disciples of the Tianxian Sect to fight hard. However, the Demon Cult's attack this time was fierce, and the morale of the righteous disciples was low under the successive blows, and the defense line was already shaky.
"Brother, this is not a solution, we can't hold on any longer!" A Tianxian Sect disciple, covered in scars, shouted anxiously.
Xuan Yu's face was solemn. He knew that the current situation was very critical, but he could not retreat, and there was no way to retreat. "Pass the order down, everyone fight to the death, and swear to fight the Demon Cult to the death!"
Just as the righteous defense line was about to collapse, a huge crack suddenly appeared in the sky, and countless monsters poured out of the crack and joined the battle. These monsters were of different shapes and extremely ferocious. The righteous disciples had never seen such a battle, and they were immediately in chaos.
"Hahaha! You righteous hypocrites, today is your death day!" The voice of the Demon Cult leader came from the sky, full of pride and arrogance.