Chapter 882: The Girl Under the Abyss (Part 2)
"Squeal——"
"Craugh!!"
"Roar————"
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After that terrifying roar, a great many other roars rose in succession from further away. In an instant, the once quiet and deathly still dark world began to tremble slightly, and even the very space seemed to shudder faintly. Yun Che quickly circulated his profound energy to resist it, but the impact of these utterly fearsome roars still left his entire body numb and his mind dizzy.
There were living creatures here—not just one, but a massive number of them!?
After the earth-shaking roars, Yun Che began to feel the ground tremble. The dark beasts from afar were clearly rapidly approaching… and at an incredible speed.
Although Yun Che very much wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of monsters could actually survive in this dark world, a creature that could injure him with only a distant roar was far beyond his ability to resist… No, it was countless times beyond the scope of his understanding and imagination.
Perhaps it was not even much weaker than Mo Li.
If such a monster entered his attack range, he would have no chance of survival… In the face of such a creature, his power might not even allow him the slightest struggle.
Yun Che quickly calmed his surging blood and made no more hesitation, fleeing in the opposite direction at his fastest speed.
"WRAOOO!!!"
With Yun Che exerting his full strength, his Phantom Lightning Extreme was the ultimate speed of this plane. But the beast roars behind him were clearly getting closer, and the earth-shaking heavy footsteps grew more and more deafening.
The monster behind him was beyond anything he had ever seen, not only in power but also in speed.
What the hell was that thing!?
And what was this abyssal world all about?
How could such a place exist on the Cang Yun Continent!?
Yun Che's heart was filled with the same questions Mo Li had once had.
He now understood more and more why Mo Li had specifically warned him in the sternest, most serious tone never to explore the world beneath the Jueyun Cliff.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!
The footsteps of the monster behind grew closer and closer, until each step seemed to directly stomp on his heart, throwing his heartbeat into complete chaos and making his entire body unbearably uncomfortable.
Very few foreign objects ever entered this world under the abyss, and the discovered Yun Che was an absolute anomaly, naturally drawing the frenzied pursuit of the dark beasts here.
The pressure from behind grew greater and greater, accompanied by a dangerous aura unlike anything he had ever felt. Although Yun Che was resisting with all his might, traces of blood still began to seep from the corners of his mouth.
Yun Che glanced back, but all he could see was darkness—not even the faint outline of the monster.
He wiped his mouth forcefully, his expression darkening… No good. If this continued, he would surely die. What could he do?
Going back was suicide, going forward meant being caught immediately, and going up was even more impossible…
It seemed he had to leave this place immediately. There was no way Ling'er could be in a place like this.
Yun Che no longer hesitated and immediately summoned the Primordial Mystic Ark, directly teleporting a distance of fifteen thousand zhang.
Although he could not resist the strange attraction of this dark world, using the Primordial Mystic Ark to directly traverse space would allow him to escape. Fifteen thousand zhang upward was his estimate of the distance needed to return to the edge of the Jueyun Cliff.
The Primordial Mystic Ark appeared, then vanished into spatial ripples… but the ripples were somewhat faint and disappeared immediately.
The Ark completed the transit. Yun Che left it and arrived in the outside world… only to freeze on the spot.
Where he was remained a pitch-black world, filled with an extremely dense dark demonic aura. Beneath his feet was still that incredibly hard and strange dark earth.
"What is this?" Yun Che repeatedly checked his surroundings, and the gloom in his heart grew several times heavier.
The terrifying roars from before were gone, and everything around was deathly still, proving that he had indeed left his previous location—the roars of those dark beasts were completely inaudible, meaning he was at least hundreds or even thousands of li away. But the longitudinal teleportation he had triggered with the Primordial Mystic Ark was only less than twenty thousand zhang, yet his vertical position had clearly not changed at all!
"…" Yun Che frowned deeply, unwilling to give up. He summoned the Primordial Mystic Ark again, this time setting it to teleport upward a full twenty thousand zhang.
The Ark appeared, vanished, and completed the second space transit.
Leaving the Ark, Yun Che's feet directly touched the cold, hard ground, and the terrifying dark demonic energy hit him like the breath of a demon.
Two consecutive longitudinal spatial teleportations, both failed! Moreover, there was no change in vertical distance either time, only an unknown degree of horizontal displacement.
Yun Che's heart sank rapidly… He suddenly recalled the space laws Mo Li had once explained to him. Different worlds and different planes had different spaces, just like other elements, they had high and low levels. The space laws of the Tian Xuan Continent were very low-level, making it relatively easy to tear space and perform spatial teleportation. But in a world with high-level space laws, tearing space and teleporting would be much more difficult.
Mo Li had also once mentioned in passing that the Primordial Mystic Ark itself had an extremely high power level, but with only the Nine Suns Jade as a power carrier, it could not possibly exert its full strength. In a world like Tian Xuan Continent, it could teleport freely, but if it entered a higher-level space, its teleportation trajectory would be easily distorted, and even short-distance teleportation might become impossible.
These two completely failed teleportations undoubtedly proved to Yun Che that the space laws of this dark world were far beyond those of the outside world.
Clearly, the Ark's teleportation trajectory was being severely distorted in this world!
But if even relying on the Primordial Mystic Ark could not get him out of here… then was he doomed to be trapped here forever?
Yun Che's face flickered. He opened his hand, and in his palm was still that intact soul crystal, emitting a warm purple light.
No, he had to find a way out of here!
He had not yet seen Ling'er, nor had he dragged Xuanyuan Wentian down to hell with him!
He could die, but not for nothing!
Although it was impossible to go out from above, there might be other exits.
Even though Yun Che knew in his heart that such a possibility was basically non-existent, as long as he was still alive, there was no reason not to search and try.
He had no idea where he was in this dark world now, nor could he tell directions, so he simply chose a direction at random and walked forward cautiously.
Although this place was absolute darkness, with Yun Che's vision beyond the human level, after gradually adapting, he could faintly make out some dark outlines. After walking for a while, he ignited the Golden Crow Flame, illuminating the space around him.
"Hoo~~~~~"
Shortly after the Golden Crow Flame ignited, a heavy panting came from behind Yun Che… and after that panting came a sudden explosive roar.
"OOOAAAH!!!"
This roar was different from the beast that had chased him before, but equally terrifying. Yun Che's body trembled violently, his vision went black, and he nearly spat blood.
The originally quiet dark world was suddenly shrouded in an overwhelming killing aura. The roaring dark beast rose from its silence and, with earth-shattering noise, pounced directly toward Yun Che's location.
"!!!" Without thinking, Yun Che instantly gathered his energy and shot forward at full speed.
"OAAAH!! ROAR!!"
A demonic aura, roars that were terrifying to the extreme. The beast behind seemed utterly enraged, as if it would stop at nothing to destroy Yun Che.
Yun Che clenched his teeth, constantly looking back, each time noting that it was another step closer. Although it was somewhat slower in speed than the one that had chased him earlier, it was still far beyond what his speed could escape.
Did these monsters here have no reason at all, only blindly pouncing on intruders?
Wait… could it be… fire!?
Creatures that could survive in this dark world would certainly share the same attribute. Mo Li had said long ago that those with Dark Profound Force would loathe and repel flames, and would be suppressed to a certain extent by flame profound force. Especially Vermilion Bird Flame… then Phoenix Flame and Golden Crow Flame.
The purer the Dark Profound Force, the more so.
The dark monster behind had been startled only after he ignited the Golden Crow Flame.
Realizing this, Yun Che quickly extinguished all the Golden Crow Flame, plunging the surrounding world back into complete darkness.
"Oah… roar!!"
But the roaring behind continued, and the pursuing footsteps did not slow or hesitate in the slightest. The terrifyingly dangerous aura kept pressing in from behind.
"Sigh… too late?" Yun Che gritted his teeth secretly… It seemed he had no choice but to rely on the Primordial Mystic Ark to forcibly escape again.
Although the Ark could not take him out of this world, those two failed attempts had still brought him to different places… The first time, in particular, had successfully allowed him to escape that dark beast's pursuit.
Yun Che slowed down slightly, turned around in midair, and reignited his flames—but this time, it was not Golden Crow Flame, but Phoenix Flame.
Since you dark monsters loathe and fear flames, then before I escape, I'll give you a big gift!!
Yun Che's profound energy surged, flames exploded around his body, and a gigantic Phoenix Fire Lotus rapidly bloomed, growing to a hundred zhang in width within moments, then pushed with all his strength toward the rear.
The massive fire lotus flew out with a loud phoenix cry, landed on the ground, and a crimson blaze pierced through the darkness, shooting up to several hundred zhang high, releasing what was perhaps the most intense heat and light this dark world had ever seen.
Yun Che had unleashed this fire lotus purely to spite the dark beast that had been relentlessly chasing him.
Little did he know that this action of his had thoroughly poked the hornet's nest of this dark world.
"ROAR!!"
"SQUEAL!!!"
"KEEEE~~~~~"
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The originally somewhat quiet dark world suddenly erupted with countless thunderous beast roars—some distant, some very close. And every roar was clearly filled with extreme ferocity and fury.
Rumble rumble rumble…
The ground and space trembled wildly, the sound of countless dark beasts charging together. From high above came the sharp tearing of the air, clearly indicating that a large number of flying beasts were approaching at a terrifying speed.
One dark monster alone was frightening enough, let alone so many. Their overlapping roars made Yun Che's body tremble continuously, and he nearly fell several times. He had never imagined that casually setting off a fire would trigger such a terrifying scene. He dared not linger any longer, pushing forward with all his might while quickly summoning the Primordial Mystic Ark once more, setting it to teleport upward twenty thousand zhang again.
Where it would take him didn't matter, as long as it could get him out of the senses of these dark beasts.
The Ark appeared, and under Yun Che's will, its spatial teleportation power activated, causing ripples in the surrounding space… but these ripples were extremely faint, several times weaker than the previous two attempts, even less than the ripples stirred by a light breeze.
Then, the ripples disappeared immediately, and the Ark remained in place, completely unmoving.
"!!!" Yun Che was alarmed. Although there had been cases where he could not teleport out of an independent small world, never before had he been unable to teleport within the same world.
Could it be that the space laws of this place were far higher than where he had been before, making it completely impossible for the Ark to teleport?
Yun Che tried several times in disbelief, but the result was always the same—the Ark only produced faint spatial ripples around it, without moving an inch.
"~!@#$%^&……"
The roars behind him grew closer and closer, and the number increased. Yun Che's scalp tingled. He put away the Ark, once again pushed his speed to the limit, and plunged into the darkness ahead.
Under this immense crisis, his mind was too focused to notice an obvious oddity—a large number of dark beasts had been stirred by his flames, yet all their roars and aura came from the world behind him.
The direction he was fleeing toward remained completely quiet, as if there were no dark beasts there at all—not a single one.