Chapter 30: Mysterious Mechanism
Seeing the disappearance of the medicinal herbs, the giant snake in mid-air became even more furious and violent, its wide-open mouth emitting a piercing scream, its voice sharp enough to pierce through several layers of thick steel plates.
"Ah!"
At the same time, a thick fog of blood shot out from the giant snake's mouth like sharp arrows. Nie Kong only saw a flash of red light, and the blood fog had arrived in front of him. He hurriedly endured the severe pain caused by his body bursting and his heart shattering, and desperately drove the soul that had just drilled out of his brain to float upwards towards the sky.
A mist of blood instantly enveloped Nie Kong's body, and in less than half a second, his entire body had turned into a pool of blood, without even leaving behind any skeletal remains.
An inexpressible sense of suffocation spread from the depths of his soul, and Nie Kong's mind was shaken to its limits. What kind of spiritual beast was this giant snake that it could be so incredibly powerful? If he had hesitated for even half a second before killing himself, he probably would have disappeared completely by now, body and soul.
At this moment, although the abnormal dissipation of his physical body brought more unbearable suffering and torture to his soul, Nie Kong's consciousness was filled with joy.
"Boom!"
The tens of meters long body of the giant snake crashed down, causing a burst of sand and dust to explode, leaving behind a long and deep gash on the ground. The giant snake's crimson eyes scanned below the Blood Jade Disc, but apart from the pool of blood water and the freshly dug pit, there was no sign of any medicinal herbs in the surrounding area.
Hiss... hiss... hiss...
The sharp, urgent cry that the giant snake emitted spread out in waves, and Nie Kong's soul was almost shattered by it. He could clearly feel the intense unwillingness and towering rage contained within the sound, and apparently, the herbs he had stored in his pet backpack were extremely precious to the giant snake.
Bang!
The giant snake swung its body, its thick tail sweeping out and heavily striking the cliff in front of it. Rocks flew through the air like rain, splashing everywhere. After the tail struck, the giant snake's massive head tore through the void again, ferociously colliding with the cliff and producing a deafening crash.
The impact is still going on...
Boom! Boom!
Rumble...
As if suffering from the pain of being flayed alive, the giant serpent's massive body rolled and twisted violently, crazily whipping against the cliff wall again and again.
For a moment, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had cracked, the cliff shook violently, huge rocks tumbled and flew about, the ground trembled and groaned, and ravines crisscrossed everywhere. Not far away, the lake was also turbulent with waves surging up. However, no matter how the giant snake vented its fury, the arched blood-red jade pendant at the foot of the cliff remained motionless.
So cool!!
Nie Kong's body floated higher and higher, the giant snake on the ground grew smaller and smaller.
Suddenly, Nie Kong's soul, which had been strongly shocked, suddenly rushed into a whirlpool, and his consciousness was quickly covered by the rapidly rotating blood color.
Bang!
In a daze, Nie Kong faintly heard a loud noise, and his consciousness, which had been drawn in by the blood-red vortex and was becoming increasingly dizzy, suddenly cleared up.
A surge of extreme comfort arose from the bottom of his heart, and Nie Kong suddenly realized that his soul had finally successfully escaped the Illusory Realm, through the substantial blood-red bond connecting the Illusory Realm's vessel, back into the "Fantasy Spirit Stone" in his hand. At this moment, his soul was transferring back to his body...
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The blood-colored hall of life and death was quiet, with a silence so deep that one could hear a pin drop.
The crimson fantasy realm was surrounded by circles of white, but only one meditation mat still stood alone with a scarlet cocoon. Behind the red cocoon, not far away, three people sat with their eyes closed, namely the Ninth Elder Nie Xingdong, Nie Fenghan and Nie Qingfeng.
Bang!
The sound was faint, but it struck the three of them like a heavy hammer in their hearts. Nian Xingdong's eyes almost simultaneously opened, and his gaze fell on the blood scab in front of him. The surface of the blood scab had fine cracks like a spider web, but it didn't shatter completely like before.
Nie Qingfeng asked hesitantly: "Jiuzhang Lao, has his soul returned or not?" Nie Fenghan's eyes also stared at Jiuzhang Lao with confusion.
Nie Xingdong's small eyes were wide open, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. His doll-like face was flushed with excitement: "Need you ask? He's back! Of course he's back!"
When speaking, Nie Xingdong's lips actually trembled slightly. Nie Qingfeng and Nie Fenghan exchanged a glance, both with a somewhat bewildered expression. Entering the second layer of the Illusory Realm was indeed very unusual for Nie Kong, his soul could return safely, it was naturally something to be happy about, but did they have to be so excited?
"Good! Good!"
While Nie Qingfeng and the other were secretly guessing, Jiu Lao Nie Xingdong had already jumped up like a child, walking around the Blood Cauldron, suddenly bursting out in praise, and then chuckling to himself. Looking at Nie Xingdong's appearance, it seemed as if he couldn't wait to rush over and hug the Blood Cauldron tightly, giving it a few fierce kisses.
Nie Qingfeng and Nie Fenghan were both shocked. In their impression, among the elders they had seen, Nie Xingdong was one of the least dignified ones, but he had never lost his composure like this before. Subconsciously, the two men's eyes fell on the blood scab that was full of fine cracks again.
When the soul returns, the blood cocoon bursts but does not disperse...
Isn't there another mystery hidden in this?
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The soul burst out of the Ling Spirit Stone and poured into his brain, in that instant, Nie Kong's dantian acupoint began to violently tremble at an unprecedented speed, spiritual power surged through his meridians like a raging tide. In this moment, every cell in Nie Kong's muscles, blood, bones, organs... all became active.
At the moment when the soul and body are fully integrated, a mysterious feeling arises from Nie Kong's heart. The invisible barrier that had just emerged from the three spiritual orifices suddenly broke through, and Nie Kong achieved a breakthrough in the Illusory Realm's stone cave that he had been unable to complete despite his arduous cultivation.
Spiritual Realm Second Rank!
This process was smooth sailing, and it can be said that there were almost no obstacles. No wonder every time the first layer of the Life and Death Illusionary Realm opened, so many young people would fight to the death to hold on until the deadline arrived, and then kill themselves to get out. Nie Kong couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration amidst his joy.
"Boom!"
Nie Kong was unexpectedly surprised that after breaking through to the second rank of Tong Ling, his spiritual power not only did not calm down, but instead surged even more violently, like the waves of Qian Tang River in his previous life, wildly raging in his meridians. In an instant, Nie Kong's twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians emitted wave after wave of tearing pain.
If the spiritual energy were to run wild like this, I'm afraid all the meridians would rupture! Nie Kong hastily reined in his mind and spirit, concentrated his consciousness, and operated the "Five Stars Shift Technique" with great effort, controlling the spiritual energy that was roaming wildly within the meridians, making them flow continuously into the three spiritual orifices.
Finally, the rioting spiritual energy was restored to order. However, Nie Kong's palms, soles of his feet and the top of his head began to emit a warm feeling. Immediately afterwards, there was a scorching hot sensation that separated from the surrounding Blood Cauldron, passing through the "Five Hearts", and violently pouring into Nie Kong's body...
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