vstars Chapter 416 Cyber Cultivation, Come If You Dare
Chapter 416 Cyber Cultivation, Come If You Dare
The cultivators who made their way to the tunnel moved very fast, killing as they went.
The distance between the cultivators still hesitating at the entrance of the tunnel and those who had already entered the tunnel was enormous.
Previously, screams would come every second or two, but now the fear and terror of impending death caused the cultivators in the tunnel to suppress their roars, and some even died in the tunnel before they could make a sound.
"What's going on? What's happening over there in the tunnel...?"
Zhong Liyu stared intently at the tunnel entrance. The cultivators who were still hesitating to enter the tunnel stopped moving forward. After a few more seconds, several cultivators tumbled and scrambled out of the tunnel entrance, their faces contorted with madness, as if they had seen a ghost.
"They're all dead... This map was a complete hoax..."
"I want to get out! I want to leave this secret realm! Save me, I don't want to die..."
……
The fragmented words pieced together the truth.
At this moment, everyone's eyes are filled with the image of a large bell.
The blood-soaked bell was completely stained red, and even as it flew up, there were severed limbs and legs. It hovered and kept getting bigger.
Lu Lianyi's mouth opened slightly as he looked at the half-head hanging on the clock, its brain matter still not solidified.
It's unclear whether they were afraid of the deaths caused by the bell or relieved that they hadn't blindly followed the tunnel.
He clenched his fists tightly, the school uniform he was holding was already soaked with sweat.
Lu Lianyi swallowed hard. As the bell grew larger, the formation took effect, and the house in front of her disappeared, replaced by a desolate piece of land.
Jiang He stood at one end of the land with the gathered cultivators. Not far in front of them were thousands of cultivator corpses. Judging from their tattered clothes, they were clearly the first group of cultivators to enter the tunnel.
"They're all dead? Killed by the bell?"
Zhong Liyu turned her head away; the shocking scene was something no one would want to see a second time.
"They were killed by the array on the bell. The runes on the rune bell are a special array, which is quite ancient and can be considered a blood sacrifice."
After pondering for a moment, Bai Zhizhou spoke up. Such an old formation had long become a secret technique. There were not many people in the world who knew this formation, probably no more than three. And those who combined it with the Rune Bell, apart from cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage, Bai Zhizhou could hardly guess who else present knew this formation.
It's hard to say whether this formation was set up by one of the cultivators or when the cave existed a thousand years ago.
Bai Zhizhou's gaze shifted to Kong Ji and Pei Ci, before finally settling on Jiang He.
If it were her, she would have already guessed the result.
Faced with the sudden change in environment, most of the cultivators moved closer to Jiang He's group, with Lü Lianyi following closely behind Bai Zhizhou and the others.
"Bai Zhizhou, can this thing even be used? I have a feeling we're in a dangerous situation."
Having lost Jiang He as their pillar of support, Zhong Liyu and Li Ling both looked at Bai Zhizhou.
“We can fight it, but I don’t recommend it. The formation was set up by cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or above. None of us here can break it. It has killed a group of people and absorbed enough spiritual energy. It is not a threat for the time being. However, I don’t know what’s inside this bell.”
Bai Zhizhou's words were ambiguous, much like what Kong Ji said to Wan Qiziye.
Kongji stroked the prayer beads, tightening them slightly.
"The magical artifact is inside."
"A magic weapon? You mean this bell absorbs enough blood but doesn't attack us, and instead spits out a high-grade magic weapon?"
Kongji shook his head: "If the bell doesn't attack, the demons inside will."
The cultivators present all changed their expressions upon hearing Kong Ji's words.
They all knew that Kong Ji was the strategist of Lingqing Academy in this year's academy competition, and that Kong Ji's words were as credible as Bai Zhizhou's, with a 90% credibility.
Sure enough, the next second, the earth shook violently.
Before they could see him, they could only feel a tremendous suction force pressing them down to the ground.
"Oh no, it's a gravity-manipulating monster!"
"Monsters? There are no monsters here... My hand... It hurts so much."
The cultivator, who had only uttered one sentence, could not withstand the gravity. He tried to support his body with his hands, but soon his hands were broken off and fell to the ground. Then his body collapsed and was pressed to the ground.
In an instant, he exploded and died.
"Such powerful pressure, I can't hold on much longer."
Most of the unprepared cultivators were overwhelmed by the gravity and could hardly breathe.
Jiang Helong and the others were alright; they had been trained in gravity fields since military training, so they could withstand this kind of gravity. However, most cultivators with lower cultivation levels couldn't withstand it and died from their bodies exploding.
Lu Lianyi and the others kept Jiang He's words in mind and immediately used their life-saving magic artifacts the moment he sensed danger.
But some students didn't have time to react. Lü Lianyi watched helplessly as her deskmate died in front of her, his entire body crushed into pieces.
With red eyes, Lü Lianyi witnessed his friend's death and suddenly felt a pang of regret; they shouldn't have come.
The Azure Steps Secret Realm is fraught with danger.
Many cultivators felt that they were chosen ones, with an extremely low probability of obtaining opportunities, but everyone held onto a sliver of hope.
Now the bloody truth has been laid bare before them.
Entering the secret realm alive, or even leaving it alive, is a luxury.
Lü Lianyi didn't know how much longer her magical artifact could last.
He thought pessimistically.
You never know, you might die in the next second...
After a long silence, Jiang He spoke again:
"It is an S-rank monster called Hidden Phenomenon. Hidden Phenomenon has its own gravity field and is an invisible monster. Its main attack method is to fire light waves. Everyone should be careful to dodge."
Mark any elusive trajectories immediately upon detection.
Jiang He spoke clearly, and standing at the forefront, she instantly became the backbone of all the cultivators.
"Hidden phenomena, that's a bit tricky."
Li Song sat on the ground and took out his zither.
The gentle zither music was like heavenly music, instantly removing one-third of the negative gravity buff from the cultivators present.
Wanqi Ziye and Long Aotian attacked simultaneously, their fans and swords pointing in the same direction, targeting the same enemy.
Wanqi Ziye threw out a fan-shaped magical artifact that shot out fiery metallic wires that embedded themselves into flesh.
Although no one could see the hidden image, the straightened metal wire clearly indicated that it had pierced into the hidden image.
Long Aotian's sword was a half step slower, but the broken blade of the dark green sword collided with the object, drawing blood directly.
Another earthquake struck.
The hidden image sensed the attack and tried to shake its body to expel the thread and sword.
Jiang He took advantage of the moment to fly into the air on her sword, and the pigment in her mustard seed bag instantly spilled out.
The cultivators below only saw a rain of paint pouring down from above, and then they saw seven invisible figures floating overhead.
"All of them are S-rank!"
Lu Lianyi was shocked, and not only him, but everyone gasped in horror.
Seven S-rank monsters?!
They knew that there were S-rank monsters in the Azure Rank Secret Realm, but usually only BOSS-level monsters would appear. Now they had seven above their heads, which was simply outrageous.
Many cultivators had never even seen an S-rank demon before, and upon suddenly seeing one, they couldn't help but have a stress reaction.
"Another old sixth secret realm. Sometimes reality is even more outrageous than holography."
Upon seeing the seven S-rank monsters, Zhong Liyu couldn't help but curse loudly.
Is this really logical? There are so many experts on the other side of the inheritance site, yet the S-level demon is not there but is among a group of Nascent Soul cultivators.
He really wanted to smash the bowl. It was bad enough that the university competition had an absurd incident, but the reality was even more absurd.
This is truly a grand stage for cultivation; if you're willing to serve, then come.
The main theme is death and passion.