novel-bin Chapter 435 Breaking Out of the Ground
Chapter 435 Breaking Out of the Ground
Looking at the place where they disappeared, Yun Zhen's legs gradually became weak and his head became heavier. He slowly walked forward two steps, holding on to the stone wall, and suddenly his knees began to shake violently and uncontrollably. When he regained consciousness, his left knee was already kneeling on the ground.
Ahead, the seal set up to stop Yuan Rong is slowly disappearing...
Strength was draining away from his body bit by bit, the rotten part on his shoulder was gradually expanding, and the entire arm had turned black.
"It's him..." Yun Zhen closed his eyes in pain. His vision, which should have been completely dark, was surprisingly bright. In the bright and dazzling white light, a black shadow loomed.
It's him...it must be him...
The first time I saw him more than ten years ago, Yongsheng would never forget that breathtaking feeling of oppression.
"We meet again..." The deep voice was shrouded in echoes, sounding even more distant and rich. The voice contained an indescribable power that made people dare not disobey every word he said, and had no choice but to obey him.
"Ghost King..." Yun Zhen had already fallen to the ground and could no longer get up.
Although the body cannot move, the mind is still active.
In his mind, the voice of the Ghost King kept coming, every word fell into his ears and was deeply engraved in his consciousness. It was a voice that you couldn't ignore even if you didn't want to hear it. Even if you were unconscious, that voice would still be like a carving, leaving a mark in your memory.
"Nice to meet you again. Do you want me to save you..." There was an lingering sense of alms in the Ghost King's tone.
"No need..." Yun Zhen refused without thinking.
"But you can't stand up anymore." The Ghost King was far outside the palace, but he could see Yun Zhen's current situation through the connection between the Ghost King and the ghosts.
"It's still not necessary." Yun Zhen struggled to get up from the ground, stroked the stone wall, and slowly walked forward.
"I can feel Xue Lan's evil aura... Is her life coming to an end?" When talking about Xue Lan, the Ghost King's voice was filled with tenderness and anticipation.
In order to end Xuelan's yearning for Taizu, he taught her a spell that could be attached to a human body, so that Xuelan could accompany Taizu as a human until Taizu and Xuelan's human bodies died. At that time, Xuelan would turn back into a fox demon and return to him.
Not wanting to witness the love between Xue Lan and Tai Zu, the tormented ghost king sealed himself up and used Xue Lan's evil spirit as the key to unlock the seal, thinking that when he opened his eyes again, Xue Lan would be willing to become his bride without any ties. However, he did not expect that he would sleep for more than a hundred years, and Tai Zu Xue Lan's body had already cooled and he had not yet woken up.
If Ji Anni had not entered the palace, the Ghost King would continue to sleep, perhaps for thousands of years, or forever.
However, after Ji Anni brought Prince Ming into the palace, she and Xue Lan's demonic energy influenced each other. The demonic blood in Ji Anni and Prince Ming gradually activated, and the sealed Xue Lan also became restless. All of this made Xue Lan's demonic energy become more and more active.
After the sleeping Ghost King sensed Xue Lan's evil spirit, his deep sleep turned into a light sleep and he could wake up at any time.
Just now, Yun Zhen used the power of the Ghost King to disperse Yuan Rong and lead the Ghost King's mind sleeping outside the palace to his side, further urging the Ghost King to awaken. If he allowed the Ghost King to help him heal his wounds, it would only make the Ghost King's sleeping soul more active and stay in the world longer and longer.
If he found out that a hundred years had passed in the human world and that Xue Lan had already been burned at the stake by Taizu, the consequences would be disastrous. Therefore, Yun Zhen did not want to talk to the Ghost King any more, and only hoped that he would return to sleep as soon as possible.
"Tell me, have you seen Xue Lan?"
Yun Zhen remained silent, but the Ghost King did not give up his questioning. His voice came from all directions, like a spread net, trapping Yun Zhen in it, leaving him nowhere to escape.
"Answer me, what happened to Xue Lan?" The Ghost King suddenly became excited, and his angry roar shook the tunnel.
The debris above his head fell one after another, and Yun Zhen's injured body fell against the stone wall, and he could hardly stand up. If he didn't speak, the Ghost King would definitely consider the worst and would definitely find out that Xue Lan was dead. Thinking of this, Yun Zhen had to answer: "Don't worry, Xue Lan is fine, she is doing well..."
"Why is her demonic aura getting stronger? Has the spell that transformed her into a human failed, or is her life span about to end?" The Ghost King kept asking, his voice becoming more and more excited, thinking that Xue Lan would soon turn back into a fox demon and return to him.
"No..." Yun Zhen shook his head gently, "She still has a long life... You have to wait a little longer..."
"If you wait any longer, your body will turn into a pile of rotten bones." The temperature in the Ghost King's voice suddenly dropped.
Yun Zhen couldn't help but shudder, and suddenly a bad feeling rose in his heart. He took a deep breath and asked, "So what do you want?"
"Come to my side and sleep with me until Xue Lan wakes up."
"No, not now..." Yun Zhen must not leave Ji Anni at this time. If he can't send her to a safe place, he must not leave her.
"You have no choice at all. You must obey me because this is the contract we made - a contract that cannot be repented." The Ghost King was not in a hurry, but slowly persuaded Yun Zhen in his ear with a tone of confidence.
"But the contract should take effect the moment you wake up. Now that you haven't woken up yet, I have the right to continue my own life." Yun Zhen's firm tone still contained a sense of panic. In front of the powerful Ghost King, he was not even as good as an ant. If the other party refused to abide by the original agreement, he had no power to resist.
"You're right, but..."
The sudden pause made Yun Zhen's heart sink.
The Ghost King did not speak again, but the tunnel suddenly began to shake violently. The ground beneath his feet surged up and down like waves, and the rubble falling from the top of his head became larger and larger, smashing into Yun Zhen's body, leaving bloody marks.
“No, Ghost King… No…”
Amid the earthquake, Yun Zhen fell down several times, then stood up with difficulty, holding on to the stone wall.
He kept calling out to the Ghost King, but received no response. The Ghost King seemed to have disappeared, leaving behind only a terrifying spell that shook the heavens and the earth to bury Yun Zhen. Yun Zhen walked forward with difficulty amidst the falling rocks and the constantly breaking tunnels, constantly calling out to his Shikigami Canggui.
No one knew where Cang Gui had taken Ji Annie. They were still in the tunnel, so they must not encounter any danger.
"Cang Gui... answer me, answer me..."
I don’t know how many times I shouted, but I only knew that the road ahead was filled with fallen rocks and I couldn’t move forward.
Just when Yun Zhen was about to despair, Cang Gui's weak voice suddenly came into his ears.
"Master, we are trapped, pressed under the boulder, unable to move... But don't worry, Princess Zhao Congfei is not injured..."
"Cang Gui, listen, take her out no matter what! The tunnel is about to collapse!"
"I know, but...but..."
The Cang Gui's voice suddenly stopped. Yun Zhen couldn't know what he said after the "but", but he could guess from the Cang Gui's weak voice that it was injured. He didn't want to issue a forced order to it, but there was no other way.
"Cang Gui, listen, since the Road of Life and Death is about to collapse, let's make it collapse even more severely. I can attract lightning to split the tunnel, and you can take Zhao Ji away with you."
The dark clouds gathered in the sky of the palace have not yet dispersed, and the second curse seal can be drawn. When the thunder and lightning fall, the huge force will cause the huge rock pressing down on Cang Gui to break, and then Cang Gui will be able to fly out. Although this is a very dangerous task, Yun Zhen believes in Cang Gui's ability and believes that he can definitely take advantage of the one in a thousand chance to take Ji Annie away.
"But master, what are you going to do?" Cang Gui asked anxiously.
If he used the lightning spell, he would have wings to fly, but what would Yun Zhen do in the tunnel with nowhere to hide? Apart from being buried alive under the ruins, Cang Gui could not think of any other possibility.
"Don't worry about me, take Zhao Ji out first." Yun Zhen said as he drew a curse seal at his feet. He was seriously injured and his consciousness was already blurred. He might fall into a coma at any time. If he didn't hurry up, he might not be able to help even for this last time.
"Master, no! Absolutely not!"
Cang Gui's sharp and loud protest did not change Yun Zhen's decision.
Yun Zhen closed his eyes silently. The seal on his fingertips was completed and was emitting a faint light.
"Cang Gui, help me tell Annie that I might... break my promise again..."
"Master!" As Cang Gui shouted, a thunderbolt fell from the sky and landed directly on the curse seal drawn by Yun Zhen in the Road of Life and Death. Suddenly, a white light appeared, and Cang Gui could not say a word. He only felt the earth shaking, the mountains collapsing and the ground cracking, as if the sky was about to collapse.
Ji Anni didn’t know what was going on, and she didn’t hear a single word of the conversation between Yun Zhen and Cang Gui through their minds.
When she reacted, she was already being carried into the air by the Cang Gui.
Looking up, I saw dark clouds and rumbling thunder above my head; looking down, the scene was even more spectacular.
After the Road of Life and Death collapsed due to lightning, the entire palace was torn apart, as if it had just experienced a magnitude 6 or 7 earthquake. Fortunately, no buildings collapsed. The most serious damage was to the road surface, some of which were twisted, some collapsed, and some were broken into two parts, one high and one low.
"How could this happen..." Ji Anni was stunned and opened her mouth in surprise.
The injured Cang Gui couldn't keep her in the air for too long, so after the vibrations on the ground slowly stopped, he took Ji Anni to the ground. When landing, Ji Anni quickly scanned the ground and was surprised to find that she was above the Queen's Palace.