Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 18 Ghost Immortal Altar
"[Listen to me] Commend yourself, spearman!"

As Cheese Cherry lips parted slightly, a strange yet undeniable command was issued.

The spear-wielding knight whose spear was severed and whose armor was breached by Li Yelai.

His body paused, as if caught in some kind of intense struggle.

Then, to Wang De's astonishment, he raised the two broken pieces of spear in his hand and plunged them directly into the chest of his shattered armor.

The broken gun pierced his chest, and illusory blood gushed out.

"What are you doing?" Wang De asked in alarm, shaking the silver bell again. "Stop! Stop! Come back!"

The lance-wielding knight, however, exerted force with both hands, continuing to plunge the broken spear into his chest until it pierced his own heart.

The next second, a halo composed of several golden runes appeared on the knight's body, and then shattered with a crash.

The lancer knight knelt helplessly on the ground, finally letting out that unwilling roar.

He died there, his ashes scattered in all directions.

Wang De stared blankly at the scene: "How is this possible?"

The powerful lance knight actually committed suicide because of a girl's words?
Those were the ashes of a powerful knight that I had obtained from a certain being after much effort and at great cost.

According to the being with the black umbrella, this is a valuable item from a forbidden zone of calamity. It possesses strength equivalent to a second-awakened psychic.

And now, he's just dead like that?
Everyone who witnessed this scene was stunned and speechless.

The spear-wielding knight was only seriously injured in his bloody battle with Li Yelai, and still possessed considerable fighting power.

Now, it's all been decided by a single sentence?

"The delirious path is so powerful? Can I change to another path?" Li Ye looked at his bloodied and mangled tiger's mouth and felt that all his previous fighting had been in vain.

At the same time, I inexplicably felt a chill in my chest.

Perhaps because he was also a spearman, seeing the long-lancer die such a miserable death, Li Yelai felt a little scared.

The spearman just died like that; I fought him for ages and only managed to break his armor. And then, Cheese took care of it all with just one sentence?

That spearman was really unlucky!

Recalling the arduous battle just now, Li Yelai felt somewhat conflicted.

However, without Li Yelai's armor penetration and damage, Cheese's abilities would likely have been ineffective. Li Yelai's armor penetration drastically reduced the Long Spear Knight's psionic resistance. This was the main reason for Cheese's success.

However, it is indeed shocking now. The Whispering Path seems to have no combat power, and its abilities are mostly auxiliary effects such as hypnosis and suggestion.

But the actual results in combat were terrifying.

The power of language alone can cleanse everything. One can only imagine how terrifying the power of words spoken after a high level of awakening will be.

Li Yelai sighed inwardly, but his hands never stopped. Seeing that the spearman was dead, he immediately drew his sword and stepped forward, his scarlet longsword slashing straight at Wang De.

At the same time, the detective grabbed a rifle from the corpse and opened fire on Wang De.

This forced the dual-wielding knight to stand in front of Wang De and fight back with his sword.

With fluid, effortless movements, he parried Li Yelai's attack with his twin swords. He also activated a psionic barrier to block the incoming bullets.

After just one exchange, Li Yelai understood the strength of the dual-sword knight, which was even greater than that of the spear knight.

However, due to his duty to protect Wang De, he couldn't easily dodge and create distance. This greatly reduced his strength.

They could only passively defend against Li Yelai's attacks.

Taking advantage of this moment, Wang De turned and rushed towards the brick house.

However, Cheese quickly swallowed the saccharin in his mouth, suppressed his curse, and immediately spoke again: "[Listen to me] Cardiac arrest!"

The dual-wielding knight naturally didn't react; he didn't even have a heart. He was merely ashes summoned by the silver bell.

But Wang De was different. After hearing the sound, he felt his body sway, his vision went black, and he crashed heavily to the ground.

He fell and broke his head, bleeding profusely, but he still managed to move with difficulty to the threshold of the brick house and forcefully slammed the door shut.

He concealed something from Li Yelai and the others from the very beginning.

This brick house does indeed possess the ability to offer sacrifices and grant the user's wishes. However, there is actually no time limit.

Furthermore, through multiple sacrifices, he discovered a dangerous hiding place within this brick house.

That is, if you close the door and make a wish, and you do not offer any sacrifices.

Then, strange changes will occur in the brick house. A strange entity will leave the brick house and forcibly take away the flesh and blood and life of the person making the wish.

This requires more flesh and blood than a normal sacrifice. What should have been a wish fulfilled by offering a live cow would instead take the life and flesh of a living person.

This seems to be a punishment for those who make wishes and then try to get something for free!

Now, why would Wang De care about such punishment?
So he closed the gate and roared, "Great and just spirit, I make a wish to you. I offer you a sacrifice! Please let me escape the great city!"

Li Yelai and the detective were taken aback; they hadn't seen Wang De offer any sacrifices.

However, the next second, the brick house trembled, the door opened again, and a wave of shadows surged out.

Before anyone could react, the shadow had instantly enveloped the entire basement.

In an instant, pairs of pitch-black human arms emerged from the shadows and reached out to grab everyone!

Li Yelai, Cheese, the Detective, and other members of the royal family, even the Twin-Sword Knight, were all grabbed by the suddenly appearing dark arms.

The bodies of the dead armed men were also grabbed by the arms and began to quickly disappear into the shadows. It was as if another world existed beneath the shadows.

Li Yelai's two lower legs were grabbed by seven arms, making him unable to move at all, and he even felt a powerful force pulling him downwards.

"Foot fetish, huh?" Li Yelai roared, swinging his longsword to slash at his arm, but more and more arms emerged from the shadows.

Just as Li Yelai severed the arm that was grabbing him, he saw even more arms reaching out.

Looking back, the detective had been dragged to the ground, his gun blazing, but to no avail.

The others were in even worse shape, struggling in agony amidst screams.

On the stairs, Cheese, also entangled by several arms, with his arms and shoulders gripped, struggled and shouted angrily, "Listen to me! Commit suicide now!"

The sudden turn of events made her realize that this taboo item had clearly gone out of control.

The only option is to kill the person who made the wish and try to quell the situation.

Upon hearing this, Wang De struggled to get up, but with the protection of the so-called 'ghost immortal,' he managed to suppress the urge to commit suicide.

He also dodged backward, avoiding being grabbed by the black hand. Instead, the person with the most mobility here quickly hid in the deepest part of the basement.

Laughing heartily as he looked at everyone present, he had finally turned the tide against all odds!
After uttering those words, Cheese was dragged down onto the stair steps. Those dark, black hands were pulling her into another world.

She struggled to speak, shouting at Li Yelai, "[Listen to me] Run!" "Is this how you use this ability?" Li Yelai roared anxiously, suppressing the urge to escape and forcing himself to calm down.

He quickly looked at Wang De in the distance, and the blue brick house just ten steps away.

I made a decision immediately.

Since the forbidden object is out of control, then destroy it!
In reality, this is an extremely risky act. Forbidden objects are the physical manifestations of certain powers within the virtual realm; their destruction could lead to a terrible catastrophe.

But Li Yelai couldn't care less about that now; if this dragged on any longer, everyone would die!
"Then let Mr. Ying pay the bill!"

Li Yelai thought to himself, and mustered his courage.

He swiftly swung his long sword, severing the arms that were approaching him one by one.

At the same time, he leaped up and performed an aerial step. In mid-air, he directly overcame the entangled dual-wielding knight and crashed headfirst into the brick house.

Fortunately, no black arm reached out from inside the brick house. Instead, a strange, blurry black shadow floated behind the golden altar.

He seemed to sense Li Yelai's thoughts, staring at him indifferently, and uttered in that ancient language: "Insolence!"

The sound echoed back and forth in the small brick house, transforming into tangible pressure. It pressed down on Li Yelai, causing him to bleed from all seven orifices instantly, and his knees even felt an urge to bend and kneel.

This is the original structure of the blue brick house?

Is it that illusory realm that can grant almost any wish?
Li Yelai disregarded all of this and, despite the intense pressure, stepped forward with his knife.

Every step he took made him want to retreat and escape, but he remembered his teammates outside and the threat of death.

Courage triumphed over fear once again.

Li Yelai gritted his teeth and moved forward, his double pupils bloodshot.

"You motherfucker!"

Li Yelai looked at the black threads emanating from the altar, decisively raised his sword, and slashed down! Weak point strike!
The next moment, terrifying screams and roars echoed throughout the manor!

At the same time, all the psionicists in the entire border city of No. 3 heard that extremely furious roar.

"Damn it, something's happened!" Inside the East City branch, Yueying unleashed her power, instantly transforming into lightning and soaring into the sky.

Yang Chen, who was on his way to another battlefield, also changed color and immediately jumped up.

His entire body turned crimson, and when he kicked out, he created a sonic boom.

Almost all psionicists were alarmed.

In a corner of the giant city, a young man holding a black umbrella gazed wistfully towards the new city area and muttered, "Attack the Ghost Immortal Altar? It seems Wang De is in trouble. How could a knight with what's equivalent to a second awakening still lose?"

At this moment, Li Yelai was unaware of the changes happening outside, and instead focused on fiercely attacking the altar.

This altar actually has an extremely powerful and sturdy psionic barrier.

Li Yelai's powerful strike failed to land immediately!

The blade left a small wound on the altar. The wound widened, but it was difficult to continue slashing downwards. In fact, the blade began to be pushed outwards!

We don't have enough strength!
It's outrageous! It was right in front of us, and we could clearly see its weakness!

However, it was blocked by the psionic barrier and could not be destroyed!
"Unfortunately, times have changed!"

Li Yelai roared and pulled out his jet-powered steel axe from behind him with his left hand.

Then, he forcefully slashed at the back of the scarlet longsword.

At the same time, pressing the button on the axe handle caused a flame nearly a meter long to shoot out from the nozzle.

Damn it, what did the equipment department put inside? Li Yelai felt his left hand suddenly lose control and slam down, as if it were dislocated.

The axe suddenly accelerated and slammed hard onto the back of the longsword!
With a 'crack', the golden altar was sliced ​​in two by the accelerating longsword!

Outside the brick house, the arms that had reached out from the shadows vanished in an instant, leaving behind a group of disheveled people.

But this undoubtedly enraged a certain terrifying being.

The instant Li Yelai severed the altar, he vaguely saw a gigantic shadow, as large as a mountain, appear before him outside his Well of Souls.

He wore a black and white Taoist robe, exuding an air of otherworldly grace, yet he was surrounded by countless wronged souls.

So, are they... ghosts/immortals? Or humans?
He actually found Li Yelai's Soul Well directly from the virtual realm!

Its enormous body even blocked out the sky, looking down at Li Yelai.

"How dare you do this?" The Ghost Immortal looked down at Li Yelai, his right hand outstretched towards Li Yelai, seemingly extremely angry.

But soon, the ghost immortal seemed to realize something, and actually abandoned Li Yelai, instead looking up ahead.

But all I saw was darkness. No, where did the illusory starry sky go?
The ghost immortal's gaze slowly moved upwards, but he still couldn't see the starry sky, until he saw a huge eyeball that blotted out the sky.

No wonder he couldn't see the stars; he was standing before a colossal being that could obscure the sky, like an ant on a human's dinner table.

And that being was sitting at the dining table, watching him with great interest.

It seems to be asking, "Where the hell did you get the guts?"
"No, I meant no offense. I didn't know this human was invited by you." The ghost immortal's voice trembled, but before he could finish a sentence, he was entangled by a tentacle as large as a mountain and dragged into the darkness.

Then came the chilling screams and chewing sounds.

Seeing this scene, Li Yelai was completely astonished. That was 'Mr. Shadow'?
They actually swallowed the ghost immortal whole? That ghost immortal was capable of granting any wish!

He is far more terrifying than he imagined!
But before I could even make a deal with Him, He took care of it all himself.

Well... how about I just not trade? That wouldn't be considered freeloading, right? Even the ghost immortal didn't say anything!

Li Yelai was thinking to himself when he heard something incomprehensible: "This time... I won't give it to you."

What aren't you giving me? Oh, a blank face mask?

Li Yelai was somewhat surprised, but then he understood.

Although the process was somewhat troublesome, this ghost immortal became a sacrifice offered by Li Yelai. By offering enough sacrifices, he obtained a new mask, or rather, a facial makeup.

However, since the shadowy figure had saved his life, he didn't consider it an offense and didn't intend to give Li Ye any reward.

Wow! What a great thing! My luck is turning around!
Li Yelai was thinking to himself when his consciousness returned to reality.

"Phew, finally!" Li Yelai breathed a sigh of relief.

However, his expression changed again very quickly.

Because the entire roof beam of the blue brick house above their heads suddenly collapsed.

"grass!"

(It's best not to let others support the book during the initial release period, as reader engagement is crucial. Besides, I write 4,000 words a day, which isn't short. I can't release a lot of chapters during the initial release period.)

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