Chapter 496: Chapter 450: Ruins (Premium Bonus Chapter 2)
Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi were thrown onto the shiny black marble floor. Before they could get up, they first saw a grand and imposing giant statue through the reflection on the ground.
Jiang Yuebai stood up, turned around, and looked up.
The entire mountain wall was sculpted into a man with a snake tail, towering and majestic, with an overwhelming presence. A scarlet stone snake tail wound out from the mountain body, encircling the enormous plaza where they stood.
The man had dragon horns on his head, bowed with closed eyes, hands folded and held in front, solemn and sacred, instilling a sense of awe in Jiang Yuebai.
"Xingchou is on the statue!"
Lu Nanzhi communicated to Jiang Yuebai, who shifted her gaze from the statue’s face and saw Xingchou, dressed in purple, already stepping onto the statue’s arm, sprinting toward the statue’s hand.
Jiang Yuebai leaped into the air, heading toward Xingchou. From afar, she saw Xingchou taking out a Memory Jade to capture the statue’s hands’ thumbs.
Aware of Jiang Yuebai approaching, Xingchou darted forward, crashing into the statue’s chest and disappearing again.
Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi landed one after the other in the statue’s palm; the area was large, and the statue’s folded fingers resembled giant columns.
Jiang Yuebai first examined the two thumb pillars Xingchou photographed with the Memory Jade; they had many ancient writings on them.
"What kind of script is this?"
Jiang Yuebai frowned, "It’s Witch Rune. I’ve seen it with Shen Huaxi before, it’s the script of the Heavenly Witch Clan. It seems that there are indeed Heavenly Witch Clan in other parts of the Upper Realm. This place is likely a relic of a Heavenly Witch Clan ancestor."
Jiang Yuebai also took out the Memory Jade, recording all the text on the two thumb pillars. She learned Witch Rune last time she visited Shen Huaxi and asked him to teach her. Her learning was not quite thorough, needing some time to translate it.
Lu Nanzhi glanced at the other places behind them, "It seems there used to be something here."
Jiang Yuebai walked over and found three small holes on the ground. A spark of inspiration hit her, she took out the Black Cauldron and matched the three feet underneath to the three holes on the ground.
It was a perfect fit!
Click!
A noise sounded above, and the two looked up, seeing the statue’s chin drop a bit, and the previously tightly shut mouth opened a small crack.
"It seems this isn’t the first time someone entered here, the Black Cauldron originally came from here."
Could it be that the two thumb stone pillars contain the complete Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique? Or related Method concerning the cauldron?
Retrieving the cauldron, Jiang Yuebai communicated to Lu Nanzhi, feeling all along that Xingchou was very familiar with everything here. Quite likely, Xingchou is a descendant of the Heavenly Witch Clan here.
Lu Nanzhi went to check the place where Xingchou disappeared, "No path, how did she get in?"
Jiang Yuebai looked up, the statue’s chest seemed integrated, indeed did not look like it had a path.
"Xingchou might be a descendant of this line. We cannot compare to her, let’s take the path through the statue’s mouth."
Just before leaving, Jiang Yuebai glanced at the few finger stone pillars ahead, her sight pierced through the gap to see beneath the shiny plaza and discovered the statue’s reflection seemed different.
The statue was clearly a man with disheveled hair and bare upper body, yet the reflected statue looked like a woman by all appearances.
"Anan, do you see—is it a woman in the reflection?"
Lu Nanzhi observed carefully, nodded slightly after a moment, "Indeed, a little bit."
Jiang Yuebai jumped into the air from the statue’s finger gaps, using the Memory Jade to record the entire statue and its reflection.
After recording, the two exchanged a glance. As usual, Jiang Yuebai stayed visible while Lu Nanzhi stayed hidden, rushing into the statue’s mouth one after the other.
Through the pitch-black passage where reaching out won’t see fingers, it’s like entering a Secret Realm, wind and sand hit the face, appearing in an empty plain.
The whole world dimmed, yellow sand filled the sky, a colossal and incredibly massive city stood in the distance amid the plains, bearing traces of destruction everywhere, numerous decaying weapons embedded in the city walls.
Jiang Yuebai squinted, her sight pierced through the wind and sand to see the desolate plain was filled with torn siege equipment and weathered white bones, half buried in the yellow sand.
The bones were all extraordinarily large, one humanoid skull alone was bigger than Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi combined, giving Jiang Yuebai the feeling of mistakenly entering Giant City.
Through this city and the scattered remains, Jiang Yuebai seemed to perceive the magnificent painting of armies besieging the city from years past, shaken by the overwhelming battle intent rushing in.
Gathering her wits, Jiang Yuebai said to Lu Nanzhi, "Be cautious, let’s go into the city and see."
Jiang Yuebai released the Puppet Avatar and Crane Feather Avatar to guard on both sides, Little Green taking care of the Five Ghosts behind, she and Lu Nanzhi moved parallel with a slight gap in between, maximizing their speed, swiftly approaching the city.
A shadow flickered over the city wall, Jiang Yuebai’s heart shook, she felt it was Xingchou.
An eagle’s cry pierced the sky, breaking the silence of the barren land. Like startled birds, a dense flock flew from the city, forming a sky-covering black cloud, rapidly approaching Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi.
Simultaneously, many figures flashed from the city wall, holding heavy crossbows and loading Crossbow Arrows.
Crack!
A frightening thunder struck right in front of Jiang Yuebai, shattering bones, yellow sand flying everywhere.
Jiang Yuebai activated Smoke Escape to dodge, the dark swarm pressed down, bird flock already flew overhead, all were skeletal Puppet eagles, wings sparking with dazzling lightning, falling like a storm.
At the same time, hundreds of blazing flames lit up on the wall, pierced through a hundred miles, akin to a meteor shower, madly bombarding their location.
Dense as a swarm, overwhelming.
"Careful!"
Jiang Yuebai rushed to Lu Nanzhi’s side, the Primordial Magnetic Ruler whipped up the yellow sand, White Vine knot forming a cocoon.
Boom boom boom!
Fire and lightning collided fiercely, under the intense firepower coverage, dazzling lights accompanied by thunderous roars illuminated the entire sky, a terrifying spectacle.
No sooner did the wave fall when the puppet eagle swarm gathered lightning again, puppet armor troops on the wall alternated, Flame Crossbows launched again.
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
The whole world plunged into a sea of fire, as if it would blast through the earth, ceaselessly.
On the city wall, just as the puppet armor troops shot alternately for the fifth time, a White Vine abruptly broke through the ground, flowers blooming on the vine, Pollen spread immediately.
Blast!
One by one, puppet armor shattered in the pollen, fragmented into pieces, more White Vine surged from below the city wall, dancing frenziedly like a snake, striking madly.
Sturdy vines pierced through puppet armor bodies, tearing them apart, some White Vine wrapped around puppet armor and fiercely tossed them, smashing them into the wall into pieces.
In a blink, the entire city wall was occupied covered by the white vines.
Zheng!
A Cold Ice Sword Aura tore through the firelight on the barren land, soared skyward, and charged into the puppet eagle swarm, the domineering Ice Soul Sword Qi instantly froze all Puppet eagles.
Lu Nanzhi strode out from the battered vine cocoon, expressionless, swept her sword across.
Puf puf puf!
Sky-high ice shards exploded, falling like snow, Lu Nanzhi’s body emitted icy Demonic Qi, transforming into crystalline form, shadow following shape, cutting down all obstacles, charging toward the city forcefully.
On the city wall, pink Sword Orchids bloomed on the White Vine, accumulating Sword Qi, thousands of swords converging into a giant blade, shot directly into a concealed corner behind the city wall.
Boom!
The entire tower burst into rubble, Xingchou staggered out within, her shield Magic Treasure shattered into pieces, blood edged her lips.
She stared in shock and amazement at the human figure formed by vines on the city wall, that air of calm and total control made Xingchou’s heart drum, producing a shred of fear.
Seizing the opportunity, Jiang Yuebai pursued aggressively, Puppet Avatar and Crane Feather Avatar pounced from both sides, Xingchou was startled with fear, a dragon roar erupted from her body.
A Black Dragon enveloped in blazing fire crashed from her, forcefully smashing Jiang Yuebai’s two Avatars aside, wrapped Xingchou into a swirling red flame, and fled into the city.
