C595 Dead City
C595 Dead City
Looking from afar, the city seemed to exude a sense of desolation and coldness. Especially the gathering nebula vortex in the sky, it was like a divine punishment from the heavens, as if it wanted to destroy the world.
The stifling atmosphere made the city look like a ghost city, making people stop in their tracks and not dare to move forward.
Han Chen's eyes became serious, his expression serious as he looked at the city, and spoke to Xue Xi beside him: "Senior sister, be careful."
Xue Xi did not say anything, but quietly walked beside him, unhurriedly walking in the direction of the city.
The closer he got to the city, the more serious Han Chen became in his heart. His intuition told him that the way out was definitely related to this strange city.
The two of them did not fly. Controlling the consumption of martial elemental energy was critical at a time like this.
When the two of them reached the front of the city, they couldn't help feeling a little sluggish. The two sides of the road leading to the city gate were filled with white bones. The white bones of the dead were spread out on both sides, giving off a strong sense of death.
"Hiss!"
Even Han Chen couldn't help but take in a breath of cold air, as his heart became cautious.
There were tens of thousands of bones on both sides, and the empty skulls faintly emitted a green light. Lying haphazardly in the grass, the scene looked extremely similar to the legendary Asura Purgatory.
"How strange." Han Chen muttered softly.
"What?" Xue Xi casually asked.
"I can't say how strange it is." Han Chen shook his head, gently exhaled, and said, "Let's go! Let's go inside the city and take a look. "
Xue Xi nodded, and the two of them walked towards the city gate.
The tall and big city wall was nearly a thousand feet tall, and it was as big as a mountain. However, the mountain gave off a gloomy feeling.
The city gates were wide open. The pitch-black city gates were like the mouths of ferocious beasts, waiting for their prey to come knocking.
The city was lifeless and filled with an endless sense of desolation. At the foot of the wall, there were many weeds, and vines that were similar to mountain climbing tigers. A cold wind blew, mixed with a cool, fishy wind.
"Ta ta!"
Han Chen and Xue Xi's footsteps lightly stepped on the stone floor. In the silent night, this sound was especially clear and ear-piercing.
After the two of them entered the city, they couldn't help but frown. It was like a dead city, with run-down houses and dust all over the place. There was no other figure to be seen.
What the hell kind of place was this?
Han Chen's vigilance was raised to the highest point, and after walking around the city with Xue Xi for a long time, he still could not find any valuable clues. In the dead city, there were no signs of life, not even a single weed.
"Let's go to the front to take a look!"
Han Chen was a little disheartened. Right now, he and Xue Xi were like headless flies that were wandering around the city randomly, unable to find any trace of a way out.
Moments later, the two of them arrived at a small square.
On the plaza, black monoliths were erected one after another. On the monoliths, no words were written on them. There were only some strange and peculiar patterns.
"Senior Sister Xue Xi, take a look, are these patterns similar to those on the dice?" Han Chen asked.
Xue Xi raised her beautiful eyes slightly, and looked at them carefully for a moment, then shook her head, "They don't seem like it."
Xue Xi said as she reached out her fair hands and gently placed them on the stone tablet. "A strand of martial elemental energy condensed in the palm of your hand and is injected into the stone tablet." Buzz! Suddenly, a black light emitted from the stone tablet and a cold and gloomy aura spread out in all directions.
"Yin Xuan Qi."
"Yin Xuan Qi."
Han Chen and Xue Xi shouted out at the same time, and at the same time, Xue Xi's beautiful face changed, and she immediately retracted her palm. Moreover, she used the vigorous Martial Spirit to forcefully expel the Yin energy that invaded her body.
Yin Yang Energy was especially domineering in this world.
Han Chen was no stranger to this kind of yin profound energy. Back then in the The City of Innocence, in order to obtain the "Seven Heavenly Souls", he went to save Yan Wu and charged into the Dan Hao Mansion at night. Then, he fell into the 'Yin Yang Cauldron' with Shangguan Mian.
In the Yin Yang Cauldron, there existed the domineering Yin Yang Energy.
That time, the inside of the Yin Yang Cauldron was truly extremely dangerous, luckily Han Chen relied on his devouring ability and Shangguan Mian in the end to stop the operation of the Yin Yang Cauldron, and was so proud of himself that he held onto his life.
It was also because of that experience that allowed Han Chen to borrow the remaining Yang Qi in his body to cultivate the high-grade Heaven Ranked Martial Technique, the Heaven Emperor Seal.
Han Chen stared at the black monument in front of him intently, for a good while he could not discover the secret behind the black monument.
swish *
At that moment, a blurry shadow flashed in a certain area ahead.
Han Chen and Xue Xi looked at each other, both of them noticing the surprise in each other's eyes. The two of them did not hesitate as they quickly rushed out and chased after the black shadow.
On the dark, wide street, there was a black figure escaping at a rapid pace.
Han Chen's eyes immediately lit up. He was finally able to see a living creature, and this made him very excited. The distance between the two of them was closing down at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"You block his way." Xue Xi said indifferently to Han Chen, after that her eyes focused and her body moved, transforming into a blue flowing light that swept across the sky, instantly arriving in front of the black figure.
Han Chen took the opportunity to catch up, summoned his Skylight Sword, blocking the enemy's path of retreat.
However, before Han Chen could even say anything, the black figure immediately ran into a street on the left side of the street, agilely moving like a spirit ape.
"What is this?" Han Chen was both shocked and suspicious. He couldn't even see that thing's appearance clearly just now. From the shape of his body, he seemed to be a human.
"Stop talking, keep chasing."
As core disciples of the Seven Profound Peaks, Xue Xi had a sufficiently calm mind. Both she and Han Chen knew very well that the clue to leaving this place might be the black shadow's body.
He finally saw a living creature in the dead city, and no matter what, he couldn't just let it escape.
The shadow's speed was not very fast, but he was very familiar with the layout and route of the dead city. Sneaking from here to there, borrowing the terrain's momentum, made it difficult for Han Chen and Xue Xi to catch up with him.
"This guy."
Han Chen frowned, he immediately took out his Skylight Sword and with the Imperial Sword Technique, he quickly rushed towards the black figure. Han Chen's martial elemental energy was being consumed rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it had been emptied out by a large amount.
swish *
Han Chen's speed explosively increased, and immediately arrived above the black figure. With a shake of his longsword, a resplendent sword light shone like the blazing sun in the dark night.
"Boom!"
The golden sword beam that was several hundred meters long landed five meters in front of the black figure, causing dust and debris to fly everywhere. A huge ravine appeared on the ground.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The black figure let out a panicked and terrified cry, and was directly knocked flying backwards by Han Chen's recoil. He rolled a few times on the ground before heavily crashing into the ground.
"Swish!"
Han Chen and Xue Xi appeared in front of the black figure in a flash, completely sealing off all avenues of retreat for the black figure. Han Chen clenched his sword and bellowed: "Who are you?"
"Ah?" "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I beg you …" The shadow curled its body and retreated to a corner, trembling in fear. Beneath her messy long hair, a delicate and pretty face could be seen.
Female?
Han Chen couldn't help but be taken aback, and subconsciously swept a glance at Xue Xi who was beside him. Xue Xi's expression was still calm as she stared coldly at the other party with her clear and beautiful eyes.
The girl looked to be around 16 or 17 years old. In the hazy environment, it could be seen that she was quite pretty. She was quite a pretty girl. However, her clothes were a mess. Her body was covered with dust, as if she hadn't showered and changed in a long time. The young girl's mood was extremely unstable. Her hands hugged her knees as she appeared to be in a state of panic.
"Don't, don't, don't kill me. I beg you, don't kill me! "
"Answer my question." Xue Xi's tone was ice-cold and the cold, blade-like aura even caused the bottom of his heart to turn cold. Who exactly are you? "
"Who am I? "Who am I?" The young lady's voice was trembling as she stuttered and replied intermittent, "My name is Xiao Tian, I'm from the Bai Chuan Country."
Bai Chuan Country? Xue Xi was slightly surprised. She knew about 'Bai Chuan Country', the power within the Tian Luo Prefecture was even stronger than the The Seven Profound Nation by a little. With a population of close to ten million, it was a prosperous great nation.
"Why are you here again?" Xue Xi continued to ask coldly.
"I don't know, I don't know." Xiao Tian continuously shook her head, her voice full of tears, "I remember I was researching a die, and then somehow, I came to this place."
When these words were said, Han Chen and Xue Xi revealed expressions of astonishment.
The other party was in the same situation as him, it was all because of that weird die.
However, Xue Xi's face still held a trace of doubt, and the wariness in her heart had not been let down. Why did you run when you saw us? "
In this sort of situation, it was the most normal choice for him to approach and communicate with other people who were similar to him, rather than running away immediately.
"I thought, I thought you guys were those things!" Xiao Tian's eyes flashed with fear.
"Those things? "What is it?" The one who asked was Han Chen.
"Those things that kill people, I saw with my own eyes a lot of people were killed, a lot of people were killed!" As Xiao Tian spoke, he suddenly covered his ears and screamed, "Ah! They're coming, they're coming, run, run! "
"Wu wu!"
All of a sudden, a cold wind raged around them. The dark clouds above the dead city were churning endlessly. Endless cold icy aura was coming towards them.