Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Chapter 711: Chapter 654: Spreading Calamity

"You said the bottle hit you?"

The Artifact Spirit’s expression was both strange and disbelieving at that moment.

It’s truly hard to believe, isn’t it?

The bottle treats Han Yu better than it does this Spirit Body, how could it just hit him for no reason?

Han Yu knew it wouldn’t believe him, so he could only recount the two experiences of trying to peek at the bottle.

The more the Artifact Spirit listened, the stranger its expression became.

"Hold on, let me sort this out first."

"You’re saying that you just wanted to look at the bottle in the Sea of Consciousness, and then you got beaten up?"

It wasn’t really that the Artifact Spirit couldn’t understand, but it truly made no sense.

It asked Han Yu to try entering the Sea of Consciousness world again for a look.

Han Yu naturally tried it, the bottle just stood there quietly without moving, letting him examine it freely, and there was no sign of the bottle hitting anyone.

"I really got hit, twice!"

Han Yu was absolutely sure.

If during the first time he hadn’t reacted, then the second time he really knew it was the bottle hitting him.

The Artifact Spirit’s face tightened, and indeed, it had heard Han Yu’s cry for just a moment.

"So, assuming you’re right, why would the bottle hit you?"

The Artifact Spirit asked curiously.

If it didn’t allow peeking, why didn’t it hit just now?

Han Yu was also puzzled, but it seemed like both times it happened under special circumstances.

How special?

That is, when the consciousness wasn’t in the body.

Han Yu was utterly certain about this.

Both times, when he woke up, it was being ’punched in’ by the bottle.

That feeling of returning to the flesh was too real.

Hmm, similar to falling off a cliff.

The Artifact Spirit seemed to understand a bit, nodding thoughtfully.

"So it’s different when you enter the Sea of Consciousness world under extreme circumstances compared to now?"

Han Yu went through it in his mind, and it seemed there wasn’t much difference.

The Artifact Spirit shook its head, "No, there must be a difference; otherwise, why would the bottle single you out?"

That seemed to make sense.

And if there’s only one difference, it could only be the bottle.

Because he roamed the entire Sea of Consciousness world and only never saw the bottle.

He had every reason to suspect that the bottle was hiding something in this state.

The Artifact Spirit’s face suddenly became exceedingly strange, "So, are you discussing with me, this Spirit Body, how to peek at my physical form?"

It felt strange, as if plotting to trap itself.

"I never intended to trap the bottle; I’m just curious why it won’t allow a look."

Han Yu shook his head vigorously, for the bottle had never shown any malice and had always helped him.

He really had no reason to harbor any hostility toward it.

It’s just that the repeated evasiveness always aroused curiosity.

And he was curious if the bottle appeared different in that state.

The Artifact Spirit scratched its head, speaking helplessly.

"There’s nothing I can do."

It’s merely a bullied Spirit Body by the bottle; if the bottle doesn’t allow it, then mostly no one can see it.

Moreover, the conditions to enter such a state are too extreme.

One basically has to be on the brink of death.

It’s not worth it to find some place to suffer just to glimpse the bottle’s form, right?

At most, you suffer, only to be punched out by the bottle upon entering, suffering a beating for nothing.

"Give it up! If the bottle doesn’t want to, there’s nothing we can do."

The Artifact Spirit shook its head, advising Han Yu to abandon the thought.

"Rather than worrying about the bottle being different, you should be more concerned about yourself."

In Han Yu’s current condition, he was akin to a cripple.

Though conscious, he hadn’t really recovered.

It’s better to make use of Inquiry Stones for recovery promptly.

Han Yu glanced at himself and indeed, just as the Artifact Spirit said, he was almost becoming a cripple.

His skin appeared necrotic, and his whole body was covered with a web of bloody lines.

For him to not be dead yet with such terrifying injuries truly marked him as an anomaly.

"Then you handle it!"

After all, the stone is already in the Sea of Consciousness; feeding the bottle wasn’t something he could manage.

That would require the Artifact Spirit’s help.

As Han Yu prepared to focus on healing, the Eastern Territory Sea saw new changes.

The first to discover was an old Taoist, whose divine sense made him sense an unsettling intuition immediately.

Subsequently, the long-forgotten catastrophe at the Eastern Territory’s edge started to show signs of movement.

"It’s not moving, it’s spreading."

After watching for a while, the old Taoist’s eyes grew heavy.

Although the purpose of these things wasn’t clear, they were certainly an essential part of Yama Hall.

Ling Wuce felt slightly numb. In such a situation, without Quan Xiaotong, he wasn’t sure how to respond.

What made him more troubled was how soon after that, numerous Communication Birds arrived.

The content left him at a loss.

It’s not just the Eastern Territory that’s spreading; similar situations are occurring in multiple other locations.

What to do?

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"What should we do?"

A cultivator asked the same question to Su Xiaoxiao.

They were lurking in the Southern Border, and could see more clearly than from the Eastern Territory. As soon as the spread began, they pursued it.

And at the Southern Border’s edge was a team of cultivators holding porcelain bottles, releasing these substances.

"Don’t let them succeed."

Although Su Xiaoxiao didn’t understand what Yama Hall intended, it was undoubtedly right to stop it.

On the other side, a team of nearly a hundred Initial Realm cultivators, each holding a porcelain bottle, directed the cursed energy overhead.

When they saw Su Xiaoxiao bring a formidable team over, they were taken aback, ready to retreat. Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t wait to strike.

A massive star crashed down, rich Sword Intent shredding everything.

The large team, caught off guard, suffered nearly half casualties; those closer were severely wounded.

The team of a hundred now had less than forty percent of its active force.

"Kill!"

The shouting for slaughter reached the sky, and the horizon turned into a slaughterhouse, blood mist constantly exploding, with bloody battles among cultivators, one dropping after another.

There were from Yama Hall, and also from Celestial Dao Sect.

But mostly from Yama Hall.

Celestial Dao Sect had a significant numerical advantage, with cultivators like Su Xiaoxiao, they were quick in eliminating opponents.

In just moments, only one remaining miserable figure was being held by the neck, lifted by Su Xiaoxiao.

"What exactly are you doing? What’s the purpose of these things?"

It’s what Su Xiaoxiao desperately needed to know.

Yet, the guy remained surprisingly defiant, showing a sneer on his pale face.

"You can’t kill us all, nor can you stop us."

Damn!

Su Xiaoxiao angrily turned him into blood mist right there, later slightly regretting his hasty decision.

Means to further interrogate should have been employed.

While he was still regretful, the horizon changed again.

"Look, it’s still spreading."

The crowd pointed at the sky, where the black mist continued drifting.

Like clouds before a storm.

Su Xiaoxiao finally understood the meaning behind that cultivator’s words.

In such situations, who knows how many teams in the entire Central Continent are doing the same thing.

As he predicted, as outside the vast Central Continent, every corner had shadows of Yama Hall cultivators.

Even the East Sea!

Those like Xia Wuyou, who had taken the pills, were summoned back, discovering such a team in the East Sea Realm as well.

But lacking the confidence of Su Xiaoxiao, they found it hard to stop the opponents, and once discovered, they were pursued.

With Ground Treader and Instant Movement launched simultaneously, Xia Wuyou and the Piaomiao Sect Great Elder escaped immediately.

Leaving Liu Yu standing there dumbfounded.

They both forgot about him...