Chapter 383: Chapter 246: Cultivation World 36_3
Jin You found herself in a chaotic, dark purple space, where cracked black stone slabs floated on the ground, and a lava-like crimson glow flowed through the fissures. The sky was hung with countless jagged bone spikes, the air was filled with the scent of sulfur and decay, and time seemed to stagnate.
Suddenly, from the rift in the space, a bone staff as white as forest reached out—a staff over seven feet long, composed of hundreds of vertebrae, with a half-beating dark red heart embedded in its top, each thread of blood like a live serpent entwining it.
The staff bearer was hunched like a bent bow, draped in tattered, charred burial shroud, revealing half a face covered in scaly scabs from beneath the withered hair. The only intact left eye was as murky as gray amber, yet a ghostly blue soul fire burned deep in its pupil.
Bai Puxiang’s coarse and hoarse voice echoed, "A half-demon, even the Bai Family now allows such a half-demon to enter."
"The Bai Family has been annihilated, I am the only bloodline that remains," Jin You said indifferently.
Upon hearing that the Bai Family was exterminated, Bai Puxiang suddenly laughed maniacally, the piercing laughter causing Jin You’s divine soul to tremble.
After a long while, Bai Puxiang finally calmed down, "After entering the secret place, there are three trials. Once you pass the trials, you can obtain the key to the treasure trove."
In the next breath, Jin You was transported into another space.
In this space, there was a puppet, and upon her arrival, it was activated.
Jin You’s figure flashed, dashing towards the puppet like a ghost. Jin You extended her hands, her nails instantly sharpened like blades, glistening coldly as she reached for the puppet’s vital points.
The puppet reacted quickly, its mechanical arm swung with a whistle in the wind, greeting Jin You. The collision resulted in a loud crash, ripples of energy spreading in all directions.
Using the force of the impact, Jin You leapt backward, flipping in mid-air and landed steadily.
Chanting under her breath, a surge of immense demonic power formed into a large fireball in her hands, strands of demonic qi intertwined, exuding an aura of heat and malice. Jin You hurled it with force, the fireball shot toward the puppet like a meteor.
The puppet crossed its arms, a transparent energy shield instantly appeared before it, blocking the fireball outside. The fireball exploded on the shield, light bursting forth, but the shield only trembled slightly and did not shatter.
Then, the puppet launched a counterattack. Its hands emitted two blue beams, the beams shot at Jin You with lightning speed.
Tapping her toes on the ground, Jin You nimbly evaded like a swallow. Upon landing, a black mist suddenly surged around her, with faint demon shadows appearing. With a loud shout, the black mist rushed toward the puppet, making the air feel viscous wherever it passed.
Finding spells temporarily ineffective, Jin You charged at the puppet once more, engaging in close combat.
Her fists and feet rained upon the puppet like a tempest, each strike carrying immense power.
The puppet relied on its sturdy body and agile mechanical movements to defend and counterattack. Its fists hammered down on Jin You like iron spikes, Jin You sidestepped swiftly, grabbing the puppet’s arm, and with a powerful twist, threw the puppet away.
However, the puppet quickly adjusted its posture mid-air, landing steadily. It suddenly spread its arms, and its mechanical parts began to transform, two blades extending from its arms, the blades flashing coldly. It rushed at Jin You again, blades swinging, creating arcs of cold light.
Jin You dodged deftly, searching for an opportunity to strike back.
Amidst the fierce battle, Jin You gradually discovered the puppet’s weakness. She seized the moment, her body suddenly becoming illusory, a unique ability of her half-demon, half-demon form—Illusion and Reality Conversion.
She passed through the puppet’s attack, arriving behind it, her hands gathered powerful energy, striking fiercely at the puppet’s core.
This strike was forceful and heavy, a crack appeared instantly on the puppet’s core. The blue light flickered unsteadily, its movements slowed.
Jin You pursued the victory, attacking again, finally completely destroying the puppet’s core. The puppet collapsed with a crash, disintegrating into a pile of parts.
With the puppet defeated, Jin You was transported to the second space, where a five hundred-step staircase appeared.
And Jin You needed to climb to the top!
As Jin You stepped onto the stairs, she felt a pressing weight; she began climbing under the pressure.
When reaching the four hundredth step, an illusion realm appeared, and Jin You fell into the illusion.
Six days later, Jin You broke free from the illusion, after realigning her breath, she continued climbing the stairs.
After reaching the top, Jin You passed the second trial, then was transported to the third space.
This space tested the mind, Jin You passed the test in five days.
After clearing the three trials, Jin You obtained the key to the treasure trove.
However, the treasure trove was not here; it was hidden in the Rashamon Mountain Range.
After leaving the secret place, Bai Puxiang used her last strength to destroy the secret place, and she was buried with it.
Bai Puxiang was the second generation patriarch of the Bai Family, who later fell in love with a Human Cultivator, but was betrayed by him, causing countless deaths and injuries to the family members.
After realizing the truth, Bai Puxiang killed the Human Cultivator, and after passing on the patriarch’s position, she guarded the secret place.
Later she couldn’t break through, died, and her divine soul continued to guard the secret place.
With no clan members entering the secret place, her divine soul remained dormant.
Now, with only the last bloodline of the Bai Family remaining, to prevent other Demon Clan from discovering Jin You’s existence, Bai Puxiang destroyed the secret place, so that no one could trace Jin You.
