stjorthotic Chapter 94 The Void Shadow Guard
Chapter 94 The Void Shadow Guard
Not long after the two walked out of the stone gate, the stone gate behind them slowly closed.
Lu Ming dared not be careless in the slightest and first steadily supported Ning Qingxue, whose figure was still unsteady.
After confirming that there was no immediate danger in the surroundings, he whispered, "Don't move yet, let me help you steady your breathing."
Ning Qingxue's face was still pale. She had been injured by the power of the void, and her cultivation had been suppressed to almost nothing. She even needed to use her strength to stand still.
Although she was usually proud, she knew that she couldn't be stubborn in a desperate situation. She just frowned slightly and acquiesced to Lu Ming's actions.
Lu Ming took out a spiritual pill given to him by the Zhenwu Sect from his storage bag. The pill was light golden in color and shimmered with a warm spiritual light.
He then took out a top-grade spirit stone, its surface shimmering with spiritual light, and handed it to Ning Qingxue:
"First, hold the pill in your mouth and absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stone. I will use my spiritual power to guide it for you. Even if you can recover a trace of your cultivation, it will be good for your own protection."
A gentle surge of profound spiritual energy emanated from his palm, slowly flowing into Ning Qingxue's body.
Lu Ming carefully smoothed out her disordered meridians, helping her to integrate the medicinal power of the pills and the spiritual energy of the spirit stones into her dantian, and preventing any strange external aura from taking advantage of her weakness.
After a while, Ning Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief, and her eyes regained some of their luster.
A faint light shone from the Heartbreak Bell on Ning Qingxue's wrist, and it trembled slightly, as if sensing the danger around her.
She was finally able to barely use a trace of her cultivation, though it was still weak, it was only enough to activate the Heart-Shattering Bell to perform a weak spell, just enough to protect herself.
"Let's go." She turned her face away, uttering the two words indifferently, refusing to meet Lu Ming's gaze.
Lu Ming gripped the Cloud Snow tightly in his hand and took the lead in continuing to walk outside.
Beneath our feet lies a passageway strewn with gravel and ancient cracks. With each step, the faint sound of gravel rubbing against each other is particularly jarring in the deathly silence.
The walls are rough and mottled, covered with the marks of time. Only the old marks of varying depths extend into the distance, stretching for who knows how many miles, like the imprints left by the clash of powerful warriors countless years ago.
A layer of gray-black mist still lingered in the air, flowing silently, carrying a domineering force that eroded spiritual power—it was the overflowing power of nothingness.
This mist constantly erodes spiritual energy; ordinary cultivators who stay here for even a short time will have their spiritual energy depleted, eventually becoming nothing more than walking corpses.
Ning Qingxue had only taken a few steps when she felt dizzy and her last bit of spiritual power slowly subsided, clearly being eroded by this strange power.
She gritted her teeth and tried to hold on, but her steps were still unsteady, and her face paled even more.
Lu Ming, however, showed no sign of anything amiss.
The power of nothingness invaded Lu Ming's body like a gentle breeze passing over a mountain; it could neither penetrate his skin nor shake his soul.
Deep within Lu Ming's dantian, a faint light emanated from his Dao Foundation, as if stimulated by the power of nothingness, and a faint sword cry was faintly heard.
He could even clearly perceive the flow of every wisp of ethereal power within the mist.
"The atmosphere here is very strange," Ning Qingxue said in a low voice, her eyes full of vigilance.
"This is the power of nothingness, even more concentrated than the outer area of the Immortal Remnant Land," Lu Ming replied.
Lu Ming remained fully alert to any movement deep within the dark tunnel, his divine sense spreading like a net over a range of several dozen feet in front of him.
The next moment, a series of soft rustling sounds suddenly arose, coming from all directions at the same time, like countless insects crawling in the darkness, or like a blade scraping against a stone surface.
The scattered gray-black mist ahead was stirred up by an invisible force, twisting rapidly, and black shadows slowly took shape.
They were over ten feet tall, with indistinct shapes and no faces. They were surrounded by a void power, and a terrifying aura of killing intent emanated from them.
Their hands transformed into sharp blades, as black as ink, flanked by shadow guards formed from the overflowing power of nothingness, feeding solely on the spiritual power and souls of living beings.
As soon as the Shadow Guard materialized, it let out a silent roar and pounced fiercely. Its claws sliced through the air with ghostly speed, and it was already close in an instant.
"Be careful!"
Lu Ming gave a low shout, firmly protecting Ning Qingxue behind him, and his spiritual power surged instantly.
Yun Jianxue was instantly drawn from her sword, and a clear, bright light suddenly burst forth. The azure-blue spiritual light broke through the darkness of the tunnel, illuminating an area.
The Xuanwu Sword Technique Shocks the Waves!
A wave of azure light, like the rising tide of the deep sea, spread out from the sword, its powerful waves stretching endlessly.
Wherever the wave of light passed, the several shadow guards that rushed towards them instantly shattered and dispersed back into black mist.
However, the black mist did not disappear; it quickly gathered again in the distance and transformed back into shadow guards.
They can't be killed off completely, nor can they be eradicated entirely.
Ning Qingxue hid behind Lu Ming, barely able to activate a trace of spiritual power. She lightly made hand seals with her fingertips, and the Heart-Shattering Bell on her wrist emitted a faint sound.
The invisible divine soul sound waves spread out, and the shadow guards who approached the sound waves dimmed slightly and their movements slowed down for a moment. They no longer had the strength to make a move and could only barely play a disruptive role.
The black mist in the dark tunnel surged faster and faster, as if boiling.
The shadow guards gathered in greater numbers, growing from a few to a dense mass, surging in like a tide and completely blocking the two's escape route.
As the Shadow Guard swung his claws, a piercing shriek emanated, and layers of ethereal power pressed down, chilling the heart and soul.
The Shadow Guards initially attacked indiscriminately, but as the battle continued, they seemed to sense the aura emanating from Lu Ming that restrained them.
The shadow guards' attack focus shifted subtly, and more and more of them pounced on Lu Ming like madmen, their blades and claws dense and overwhelming, determined to tear him apart.
Lu Ming maintained his stance, unleashing a continuous stream of the Shocking Wave Sword Technique, with layers of light waves spreading out in cycles, constantly shattering the approaching shadow guards.
The sword light was impenetrable, always protecting Ning Qingxue behind her, never retreating an inch.
His body, having reached the pinnacle of physical refinement, was incomparably powerful. Even when shadow guards broke through and struck his body with sword light, they only left a faint white mark, unable to penetrate his defenses at all.
The top-grade spirit stones and True Martial Pills in the storage bag can be replenished at any time, and the Xuan Yuan True Qi is inexhaustible, making the battle more and more stable, with no decline in aura.
But the shadow guards are endless, and the darkness of the dark tunnel seems to be their inexhaustible source of soldiers. As soon as one batch is killed, two more batches immediately emerge, and new shadow guards are constantly being born in the black mist.
If the stalemate continues, both of them will eventually be exhausted, especially Ning Qingxue, who is already seriously injured and cannot withstand prolonged exertion.
Lu Ming swept his sword horizontally, shattering the last wave of shadow guards in front of him. The remaining force of the sword light crashed into the stone wall, scattering countless fragments of stone.
His gaze suddenly locked onto the corner ahead of the dark passageway, and his divine sense pierced through the black mist, sensing a completely different aura there.
There, a faint silver glow slowly emerged, its patterns meandering and flowing, subtly resonating with the surrounding earth energy, like a barrier at the end of the dark passageway.
It was the only glimmer of life in this deathly darkness.
Hold on tight!
Lu Ming let out a low shout, pushing his sword technique to its limit.
Yun Jianxue unleashed a dazzling sword light tens of feet long, like a giant azure dragon, forcefully cleaving a huge gap in the group of shadow guards.
The shadow guards were shredded by the sword light, and the black mist scattered, unable to coalesce for a short time.
He grabbed Ning Qingxue's wrist with his other hand, and with a swift movement, he carried her towards the faint light.
Lu Ming moved like lightning, with his shadow guards chasing him frantically, their bladed claws almost landing on his back.
Ning Qingxue felt a strange flutter in her heart as he gripped her wrist, and her initial aloofness faded somewhat.
She let him pull her along, following closely behind, entrusting her own safety entirely to him.
The two figures flashed and crashed straight into the layer of silver light.
The barrier shimmered with a faint light, rippling outwards and engulfing the two of them.
Within the dark tunnel, countless shadow guards stood before the ramparts, letting out silent roars, yet daring not to take a single step forward.
Occasionally, a few shadow guards, blinded by murderous intent, would recklessly crash into the light barrier, only to be instantly shattered into drifting, ethereal power.
They stared intently at the direction inside the barrier, their empty gazes fixed on the boy who possessed the Dao Foundation of the Void Nemesis.