Immortality from Taming Elephant

Chapter 747: Chapter 330:

A smile appeared behind the veil on Ling Xiao’s brow and eyes, "You’re quite cautious, alright."

The two agreed and immediately didn’t hesitate, transforming into streaks of light, heading toward the valley entrance.

The closer they got, the denser the cold, dark, insane, and despairing aura became.

Ordinary spiritual energy had been completely repelled here, with purple-black mist threads permeating the air, like living creatures infiltrating every possible opening into living beings.

Xu Guang focused his mind, the phantom of the Five Emperors’ Divine Form appeared behind him, the Five-Colored Divine Light swirling, transforming into a thin chaotic-colored shield that enveloped himself and General Wei.

As the purple-black mist threads touched the shield, they made a "sizzling" sound, like water droplets falling onto a red-hot iron plate, rapidly evaporating and purifying.

Meanwhile, some purely dark Demonic Thought Power was silently absorbed by the Demonic Thought Coral.

Xu Guang remained expressionless, feeling the growth of demonic thoughts, although the speed was slow, it was the first growth beyond natural means since obtaining the Demonic Thought Power.

Ling Xiao’s methods were even more mystical.

She didn’t use any Magical Treasure or protective spiritual light, only a faint layer of transparent ripples, like water waves, surrounding her.

As the mist threads got within three feet of her, they seemed to hit an invisible wall, sliding away and dispersing, as if the area she occupied was an absolute domain "not to be tainted by demonic aura."

Seeing this, Xu Guang couldn’t help but feel a thump in his heart.

The Celestial Fortune Protection Secret Technique of the Celestial Court.

Anything not of the Power of Celestial Mandate cannot approach.

This is typically a power controlled only by a Saint, right?

The two quickly surpassed those cultivators cautiously advancing and reached the edge of the entrance first.

Close observation made the entrance even more frightful.

The rim’s purple-black light flow, like viscous blood, slowly wriggled, sometimes splattering tiny sparks, which upon hitting the ground, instantly corroded the glassy rock wall into bottomless pits.

The inside of the cave was dark, with Xu Guang’s eyesight only penetrating about ten zhang before it became pure darkness, seemingly able to swallow light.

"Enter."

Without hesitation, Ling Xiao stepped forward, her figure merging into the darkness.

Xu Guang took a deep breath, closely following with General Wei.

Passing through the entrance felt like penetrating a cold water veil.

All external sounds vanished instantly, replaced by an absolute, heart-stopping silence.

What lay ahead was not the imagined cave scene but a vast, unimaginable... Underworld.

The sky was eternally purple-black, devoid of sun, moon, and stars, only a broken, blood-stained purple moon hung high, casting a cold and eerie glow.

The earth was cracked, crisscrossed by deep abyssal gorges filled with roiling viscous purple-black magma, emitting a stench of sulfur and decayed flesh.

In the distance, twisted stone forests stood, seemingly crushed by some mighty force, within which vague ruins of ancient, sinister architecture could be seen, bearing no resemblance to anything modern.

Further along the horizon, there seemed to be outlines of continuous mountain ranges, but their shapes were extremely strange, like a pile of countless giant beast corpses.

The concentration of demonic aura here was more than tenfold that of the entrance!

The purple-black fog swirled like living creatures, occasionally forming faces of twisted agony, emitting silent wails.

"Be careful, these fogs, influenced by supreme residual resentment, can birth anomalies and attack all living things."

As if to confirm her words, the surrounding purple-black fog suddenly boiled!

"Wu wu wu——!!!"

Harsh screams erupted from all directions, countless fogs condensed into semi-transparent, silhouette-blurred humanoid figures.

They had no facial features, only two hollow eye sockets and a mouth torn to the ears, with disproportionately long limbs and nails sharp as knives.

These were people who died in the forbidden zone, their Divine Souls enveloped by it, never to transcend, influenced by supreme resentment, filled with malice toward all living beings between heaven and earth.

These ancient spirits, eroded and imprisoned by the demonic aura for countless millennia, had an instinctive aversion and hunger for the presence of the living.

Surging forward like a tide, incredibly fast, Martial Artists’ Qi Force had little influence on these soul shadows.

"Roar!"

General Wei let out a furious roar, the Ancient Elephant Power bursting forth, sweeping out like thunder, shattering the dozen or so soul shadows charging ahead to pieces.

But after being obliterated, they could swiftly rematerialize in the purple-black fog, seemingly immortal.

This was not yet the most dangerous and terrifying aspect of the forbidden zone.

Xu Guang gained a deeper understanding of the forbidden zone.

Ling Xiao raised her hand, a point of clear light blossoming at her fingertips.

The clear light passed through, melting the purple moon soul shadows like frost under the sun, leaving no chance for reformation.

Seeing this, Xu Guang’s thoughts raced.

Red Lotus Karmic Fire!

Blood-red lotus flowers blossomed in the void, carrying a peculiar power to burn away sin and purify filth.

The touch of Red Lotus Karmic Fire made the purple moon soul shadows immediately ignite, screaming even louder in misery, struggling and twisting in the flames, ultimately dispersing into wisps of smoke.

Two people and an elephant steadily advanced, dispersing the purple moon soul shadows along their path.

But the deeper they went, the more numerous and stronger the soul shadows became. Initially just aimless wandering spirits, some began to appear wearing broken armor, wielding decayed weapons, reaching strength levels of Second Nirvana and above.

"It seems the most powerful soul shadows in this projection are roughly at the Saint level."

Ling Xiao’s voice surprisingly contained a hint of joy.

Xu Guang:...

Is a Saint-level soul shadow really worth rejoicing over?

Even strong Second Nirvana-level soul shadows were not necessarily manageable for him.

While pondering, a more frenzied, chaotic roar and booming sound exploded deep within the stone forest, intermixed with human shouts and cries.

"Others have entered, and... encountered trouble." Xu Guang’s gaze sharpened.

The pair sped up, passing through jagged rocks, vision suddenly opening up.

This was a relatively open valley, the ground covered in ominous cracks, with purple-black magma flowing like streams.

At this moment, a chaotic battle raged in the valley’s center.

About twenty cultivators formed a back-to-back array, resisting attacks from all sides.

Aside from the densely packed soul shadows, they faced three terrifyingly shaped monsters.

The monsters stood roughly three zhang tall, resembling giant apes but covered entirely with purple-black "fur" composed of countless tiny spirits, featuring only a single massive vertical eye occupying half their faces and a mouth full of spiral sharp teeth.

Summoning ground-breaking magma with ease, even more frightening was the intense spiritual pollution they emitted, ordinary cultivators quickly losing control of their Heart Spirit and being instantly corroded by demonic aura.

"Soul-devouring apes?"

Ling Xiao frowned.

"These creatures actually appeared?"

The Demonic Thought Power in the forbidden zone was terrifying, some Void Beasts containing Extraordinary Power absorbed by demonic soul shadows, eventually forming various bizarre and dreadful monsters.

The soul ape soul shadows were incredibly formidable, leading numerous soul shadows to tightly encircle the cultivators.

These cultivators were quite formidable, at least of Second Nirvana strength.

An old cultivator with white hair stood in the center, holding a dimly glowing ancient bronze mirror, whose light barely repelled an ape’s assault, but cracks were already appearing on the mirror’s surface.

These twenty or so people were clearly a temporary alliance from various factions, now endangered under the assault of soul apes and soul shadows.

Seven or eight corpses lay on the ground, dying miserably, either torn to pieces or completely covered in purple-black, undoubtedly dying from demonic aura corrosion.

As Xu Guang scanned the battle, he noticed Ling Xiao’s gaze fixed on one person among the group, not moving away.

Following Ling Xiao’s gaze, he saw a woman about twenty years old, dressed in red, looking like she’s about to collapse.