The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1274

Chapter 1274: Chapter 1271: Underworld Chapter 1274: Chapter 1271: Underworld Shen Luo looked at the dark silhouette encased in ice before him, not hesitating in the least as he opened his mouth to spit out.

“Hiss”

A sharp golden light entered the blue ice, piercing through the layers without slowing down, and in the blink of an eye, it was before the dark silhouette, less than a foot away from its brow.

Just as it seemed too late to react, a silver light flashed across the waist of the dark silhouette, and a silver jade pendant silently shattered, his entire figure vanishing instantly from the ice, reappearing on the other side of the void.

At this moment, in the void surrounding Shen Luo, a multitude of extremely thin red threads appeared out of nowhere and swept towards Shen Luo with the speed of lightning.

From afar, Shen Luo looked as if he were enveloped by a semi-transparent red sphere, which rapidly shrank with absolutely no way out.

Upon closer inspection, these blood silks were writhing like living creatures and emanated an invisible suction force.

The protective spiritual light around Shen Luo's body dimmed quickly, and the mana within him became restless, spilling out wildly and getting absorbed by the blood silks.

As the blood silk absorbed the mana, they began to swell like leeches. Although they still looked as thin as hair strands, their speed increased even more.

Facing imminent entrapment, Shen Luo's expression didn't falter as he fiercely pointed at the golden light within the ice.

The golden light instantly expanded into a golden giant stick a hundred feet long and seven or eight feet thick, breaking all the surrounding ice and striking where the dark silhouette had just stood with a heaven-shaking force.

With a loud “boom,”

The ground cracked open a huge fissure, revealing a strange blood-red plant half the height of a man, which was affected by the tremendous force of the golden giant stick and burst into a red mush with a “plop.”

As the blood-red plant was destroyed by the Profound Yellow Staff, the red threads in the void seemed to have lost their source of life, withering and dying instantly, falling down like a rain of blood.

“I didn't expect you could control such strange herbs from the netherworld,” Shen Luo said as a layer of spiritual light flared around him, keeping the withering red threads at bay, looking toward the dark silhouette in the distance.

These blood silks were more than a hundred times finer than cow hair. Although their attack was not as direct as the Soul Refining Flower, it was exceptionally covert and eerie, undetectable even to divine sense. By the time it was discovered, it was often too late for the trapped person to do anything.

Shen Luo had managed to detect the approaching blood silk using the exceptional insight of the Ghost Eye of the Netherworld and launched a sudden attack, while the dark silhouette had deliberately spoken with him earlier to buy time for the blood silk to spread.

The dark silhouette looked at Shen Luo, not speaking.

Perhaps because he had previously released a large amount of Black Qi to counter the Indigo Ocean Divine Technique, the black aura surrounding him was much thinner, revealing a pair of sparkling eyes, now filled with shock.

It was uncertain whether he was shocked by Shen Luo's divine powers or surprised that Shen Luo had spotted the blood silk and identified the plant that was activating them.

“Heh heh, I didn't expect Your Excellency's divine powers to be so formidable. Given that, you are worthy of the Devouring Stick. We shall meet again in the depths of the Mystical Cave where the treasure lies,” said the dark silhouette with a flash in his eyes and a light chuckle.

Then his entire figure turned into a dark shadow and merged into the void, vanishing without a trace.

Shen Luo was startled by the dark silhouette's abrupt departure, and by the time he reacted, the figure had already disappeared without a trace.

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“He's leaving just like that? This person seems to have known about the array and the stone stele here, as well as the demonic artifact inside. I wonder who he is?” He was flooded with countless doubts.

He had seen everyone who had come with him from Tianji City, even the group from the Yellow Sand Sect, and none among them had that strange aura mixed with Demonic Qi and mana. Was that person a monk who had come in from outside? Or perhaps one of Ghost Yan's group?

However, Shen Luo felt that the dark silhouette was probably not one of Ghost Yan's group.

The reason for this judgment was mainly because the person had shown surprise at his use of the Indigo Ocean Divine Technique. He had used the same technique before in Puppet City, so if that person was one of Ghost Yan's group, they should have known he was capable of this technique.

“Could that person be the hidden mastermind behind the scenes?” Shen Luo suddenly thought of a possibility and his face showed worry.

The dark silhouette had said this was the Array Eye, was determined to obtain the black magic wand, and even invited him to a treasure location deeper in the Mystical Cave. All these bizarre actions suggested he might have gotten himself entangled in big trouble.

“Forget it, it's useless to think too much about it now, I'll just take it one step at a time.” Shen Luo quickly shook his head, stopped worrying unnecessarily, swiftly collected all the valuable Yin attribute materials within the void underground, and then waved his hand.

A blue silhouette shot out from the Qiankun Bag and landed on the ground nearby–it was the Mirror Fiend he had just summoned.

“This place is dangerous, and with your strength, apart from creating mirror avatars, you can't be of much use. I will send you back now,” said Shen Luo as he was about to prepare the Spirit Communicating Water Hole.

“I'm not afraid. Since becoming your spirit beast, Master has bestowed many benefits upon me, yet I've barely been of any use. Please, I beg you to let me stay this time. I can continue to hide in that bag and won't be any trouble for you, Master,” the Mirror Fiend hurriedly spoke.

“The Qiankun Bag is filled with Yin Qi; can you endure it?” Shen Luo asked with some concern.

“I am inherently of the water attribute, and my resistance to Yin Qi is much greater than other attributes. Besides, I have the Treasure Mirror for protection,” said the Mirror Fiend, showing the blue mirror in its hand.

“Then, stay inside the Qiankun Bag to conserve your strength. When I need to use you later, I'll summon you,” said Shen Luo, and with another wave of his hand, he took the Mirror Fiend back into the Qiankun Bag.

The Mirror Fiend's ability to create mirror avatars was very mysterious; it might be useful later on.

He then activated the Escape Earth Talisman and the Soft Smoke Luo Brocade Clothing and left the place.

Shen Luo did not search for the previous passageway but instead traveled through the rock, guided by the mana imprint and constantly drawing closer to its direction.

After almost half an hour, he emerged from the stone wall, looking ahead with a surprised expression.

Before him was a vast underground cave, so immense that the stone wall at the top was out of sight, and so wide that he could not see its limits at a glance.

If he had not been following the mana imprint, he might have mistook this place for the surface.

“I didn't expect there to be a whole other world deep underground,” murmured Shen Luo, and then he continued moving forward, the location of his mana imprint still lying ahead.

The ground here was relatively flat, covered with black rocks of varying sizes, jutting from the ground like teeth of a wolf, with not a blade of grass in sight, let alone insects or animals, giving it an extremely desolate appearance.

Moreover, the deeper he ventured into the Black Abyss Mystery Cave, the thicker the Yin Qi became. The Yin Qi here was so dense it was bone-chillingly cold, and it greatly limited the spread of one's Divine Sense.

Despite the strength of Shen Luo's Divine Soul, the range of his Divine Sense had spread only a little over two hundred feet here.