Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 497 - 117 The Land of Utmost Evil and Fierceness

Chapter 497: Chapter 117 The Land of Utmost Evil and Fierceness

The sound of shattering ice sent Gu Xiaoxi’s heart into a panic.

Without a point of support, she leaped a short distance, and with Yi Chentian’s weight, her fall began to accelerate.

Everyone standing above, watching her attempt the rescue, immediately felt their hearts leap into their throats.

However, Gu Xiaoxi and Yi Chentian kept falling.

Yun Xiao tried to provide another point of support for Gu Xiaoxi, but before he could act, she had fallen even further.

Just as everyone was gripped by anxiety and indecision, Quan Shaoqing, without a second thought, jumped down after them.

Ai Xiang immediately cried out in shock, "Shaoqing!"

But the only reply was the Abyss of Evil Spirits and an expanse of nothingness.

Gu Xiaoxi and Yi Chentian had fallen.

Quan Shaoqing had also jumped.

While everyone was still in shock, Mi Xi handed Mi Luo over to Danny Jay and said with a serious tone, "Look after him for me."

Then, without another thought, he too jumped down.

This all happened in an instant.

It seemed to be everyone’s instinctive reaction to Gu Xiaoxi’s accident.

At that moment, Jing Rui’s face turned extremely ugly.

Nobody knew what lay beneath the abyss, or whether they would be able to come back alive.

"Gu Xiaoxi!" Yun Xiao reacted, rushing to the edge of the cliff and calling out in agony.

The ice column had just shattered; was her power still insufficient?

Various reasons made her feel guilty and saddened.

She felt utterly incompetent, unable to handle even this minor task well.

She also wanted to jump down and save them.

At the critical moment, Ai Xiang held her back, "Don’t be impulsive, everyone is well aware of their capabilities. If you go now, you’ll only add to their burden."

"We should figure out a way to deal with those bats and the sealed entrance. Otherwise, we’ll all die in here without ever getting out," said Jing Rui, who, despite his worry, was helpless.

It was understandable for Gu Xiaoxi to fall and Quan Shaoqing to jump down.

But for Mi Xi to jump as well was quite odd, wasn’t it?

...

Gu Xiaoxi’s heart was pounding as she plummeted rapidly until, eventually, her Qinggong was of no use.

"Gu Xiaoxi, let go of me," said Yi Chentian, after finding his voice amid the calm.

"Shut up! We came to save you in the first place!" Gu Xiaoxi quickly drew out a dagger, clutched it, and fiercely drove it into the cliff face.

The dagger carved a deep groove into the stone, and after a long while, the two finally stopped falling.

In complete darkness, Yi Chentian couldn’t see Gu Xiaoxi’s face, only feeling hands tightly grasping him, providing an unprecedented sense of security.

"If you can still climb up alone, take me along, and we’ll both end up dead," said Yi Chentian, biting his lip, a tear welling up in his eye, "Even If I die after you came to save me, I will be happy."

Gu Xiaoxi didn’t want to hear his melodramatic words.

She immediately focused her thoughts and nailed another dagger onto the cliff, then instructed Yi Chentian, "Hold onto the dagger yourself, we’ll find a way to climb up."

After adjusting to the darkness, Yi Chentian followed Gu Xiaoxi’s instructions, found the dagger, and swiftly began to climb up.

The two hung on the cliff, and Gu Xiaoxi found it somewhat strenuous.

At that moment, neither up nor down was an option—what should they do?

Just then, she saw another figure falling from high above, which by the silhouette, appeared to be Quan Shaoqing.

"I’m here!" she instinctively shouted.

The next second, Quan Shaoqing appeared behind her, holding her tightly in his embrace.

In his arms, Gu Xiaoxi instinctively rubbed her head against him, and at that moment, she feared no darkness.

"Why did you come down? It’s so dangerous here, now the three of us, how are we going to get back up..." Her voice of reproach faded as she spoke.

The dagger suddenly came loose.

Gu Xiaoxi and Quan Shaoqing, along with Yi Chentian, fell from the cliff once again.

Quan Shaoqing was powerless at this moment, and all he did was hold Gu Xiaoxi tightly, without saying a word.

All he wanted to do was to protect her from any harm.

He didn’t dwell on the past or the present; he simply followed his heart.

Besides, if it was the Underground Abyss, there must be a bottom, how deep could the ground possibly be?

Yi Chentian took advantage of the chaos to grasp Quan Shaoqing’s sleeve.

About ten minutes later, they made a splash as they landed in the water.

The icy underground water was bone-chilling, making them feel as though frost was eroding their very beings, causing them to shiver uncontrollably.

Even Gu Xiaoxi, someone of profound Inner Strength, felt his teeth chatter.

The three of them floated on the water’s surface.

Surrounding them was nothing but darkness and the boundless icy waters.

Gu Xiaoxi and Quan Shaoqing took out their flashlights, and the oppressive darkness limited their visibility to a mere dozen meters.

"I’m sorry, it’s my fault we’re all in this mess!" Yi Chentian felt a pang of guilt in his heart.

"Exactly how did you disappear?" Gu Xiaoxi paddled through the water, hoping to find shore. Even finding a rock would do, otherwise, they would freeze to death.

"I was moving rocks with everyone, and then everything went dark in front of Shao Changfeng and me. We only saw an inky space with a light shining in the distance. Terrified, we instinctively ran towards the light. When we got there, we found nothing. After that, we lost consciousness," Yi Chentian explained.

While the three were talking, there was another splash.

Danny landed not far from them.

"Who’s there?"

"It’s me!" Danny quickly signaled to Quan Shaoqing.

Gu Xiaoxi also asked with a puzzled face, "What are you doing here?"

"Naturally, I’ve come to save you!" Danny said, his expression serious.

Gu Xiaoxi and Quan Shaoqing were both perplexed, "How can you save us?"

"I don’t know!" Danny uttered an equivocal statement.

Doubts grew in Gu Xiaoxi’s mind.

This guy always acted in an unconventional manner.

Particularly, his secrets were well hidden.

He was like a bottomless pit.

The deeper one tried to understand him, the more incomprehensible he became.

"So what do we do now?" Quan Shaoqing asked.

Danny looked around and said, "Anyway, we need to get out of here quickly, or we’ll be in trouble."

But before he could finish,

Yi Chentian suddenly yelled, "Who’s pulling my legs?"

At the same moment, Gu Xiaoxi and Quan Shaoqing felt something tugging at their legs, dragging them underwater.

Not even Gu Xiaoxi’s dagger proved useful in attacking whatever was pulling at them.

At the same time, everyone was quickly sinking underwater, experiencing the suffocating discomfort.

Upon seeing this, Danny immediately roared and emitted a green light from the palm of his hand, "Demons and ghosts, back off!"

As Gu Xiaoxi and the others entered the range of the green light, they instantly felt much more ease in breathing. At the same time, the pulling force on their feet lessened considerably.

Gu Xiaoxi, frightened, moved closer into Quan Shaoqing’s arms and glared at Danny, "Is there really a ghost here?"

"If there is witchcraft, there are Demons; if there is Spiritual Energy, there are immortals; if there are people, there are ghosts," Danny said with a serious face.

At this moment, Gu Xiaoxi didn’t doubt for a second that he was a ghost from five hundred years ago.

"Everyone follow me, I see land over there," Danny said immediately. Because he’s a ghost, he naturally didn’t fear the dark; even amidst complete darkness, he could see a great distance.

Gu Xiaoxi and Quan Shaoqing tightly held hands, and Yi Chentian, trembling with fear, followed close behind Quan Shaoqing. They all followed Danny, swimming towards the shore.

After a moment, they made it to shore, with Gu Xiaoxi shivering from cold.

Yi Chentian’s lips were white, shaking from the intense cold.

"What kind of strange place is this? How can it be like this underground?" Yi Chentian had seen too many strange things today, and it was too much for him to take in at once.

Quan Shaoqing tightly grasped Gu Xiaoxi’s hand, his warm body heat giving her frozen fingers a sliver of warmth.

"The Underworld? No, this must be the Abyss of Evil Spirits," Danny stated with a grave tone.

Quan Shaoqing looked around and asked, "What is the Abyss of Evil Spirits?"

"Countless souls who can’t enter Reincarnation after death, they gather here. If we don’t get out in twelve hours, we’ll die here," Danny explained.

He paused, then continued, "You must have felt it in the water just now—aside from the cold, it also rapidly exhausts people. It’s the strong Evil Spirit below, devouring the strength of your souls."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaoxi felt a sensation too. Her breath had suddenly become erratic, causing a fatigue like she’d never experienced before.

She thought it was just due to overusing her powers, leading to excessive exhaustion. Little did she expect, there were actually Evil Spirits down here!

"So, what do we do now?" Yi Chentian asked, shuddering with fear. Humans and ghosts, no matter how strong or formidable, couldn’t compete.

Even more so, this place was the Abyss of Thousands Ghosts, where the lives of thousands had perished.

Gu Feng had truly committed a monstrous sin.

To have led them into such an extremely malicious and fierce place.