Chapter 98

Buzz!

Suddenly, the entire ribcage trembled violently, and the silvery-white light instantly became more intense.

Li Chen was startled and tried to shake off the ribcage, but to his great surprise, what he shook off was a pile of scattered powder.

And that silvery-white light had already risen and shot towards his forehead like lightning.

"What the hell is this?"

Unable to dodge in time, Li Chen felt a chill on his forehead, followed by a sharp pain, as if something was tearing his soul apart.

"Ha ha ha, seven thousand years, exactly seven thousand years, Old Man Xuanyun, the day I, Wuji, see the light of day again is the day your Xuanyun Sect is exterminated!"

A疯狂的吼啸在黎晨灵魂深处涌动，不断地逼迫着，致使他眼前越来越暗。

Buzz!

Another extremely powerful tremor occurred, and a strange blood glow suddenly flashed on the dark red birthmark on Li Chen's face, and a mass of it suddenly emerged.

But it was immediately pulled back by several golden runes.

Just as Li Chen's agonized howls grew weaker, the runes suddenly scattered, and the blood glow flew out with them, as if there was the shadow of a bird inside.

It circled above his head several times, then suddenly rushed into his forehead.

Li Chen grunted, his body convulsing uncontrollably, and then he fell silent.

In the most mysterious part of the human body, the spirit sea, a silvery-gray light was chasing a jade-gray light that was dozens of times smaller.

"Ha ha ha, young one, obediently let me devour you, so you won't suffer the torment of soul refinement!"

A wildly arrogant laugh came from the silvery-gray light, as it fiercely pursued the jade-gray light.

If it weren't for the mist points constantly flashing around, blocking the silvery-gray light, it would have been devoured long ago.

Even so, the silvery-gray light continued to close in.

Roar!

Suddenly, the mist points in the entire mysterious space surged wildly, and an indescribable, overwhelming pressure descended.

"What the hell is this?"

The voice from the silvery-gray light, no longer arrogant, was overwhelmed with shock.

The jade-gray light in front was also unable to move an inch.

In the swirling mist points, a blood-golden light instantly rushed forward, pouncing on the silvery-gray light with irresistible force.

"How is this possible? This aura is that of the Swallowing Heaven Kunpeng! Ah!"

The silvery-gray light trembled violently, as if terrified by the blood-golden light. When it was about to be reached, it suddenly screamed and rushed forward.

But it was too late. The blood-golden light flashed and enveloped it completely, and a bone-chilling hissing sound was heard as it continued to charge towards the jade-gray light.

The jade-gray light clearly lacked the strength to move like the silvery-gray light and could only tremble in place, awaiting its doom.

Boom!

The overwhelming pressure in the mysterious space stirred up endless gales, and the violent impact made the jade-gray light flicker like a solitary lamp in a storm, seemingly about to be extinguished at any moment.

But just as it was about to be devoured, the golden light flared up and entangled with the blood light.

"You and I are one."

A domineering and ruthless voice, hesitant and broken, echoed.

"My son, no."

A loving and infinitely weary voice, firm and unyielding, left no room for negotiation.

Buzz!

As if the owners of the two lights had not reached an agreement, the blood-golden light suddenly churned, and after an unknown duration, it transformed into a blood bead covered in golden runes.

"I will come out."

A ruthless and unwilling voice echoed in a shocking roar, eventually fading away.

"Chen'er."

Faintly, a kind and gentle call echoed, then fell silent.

"Ugh."

In the dim cliff bottom, a groan suddenly sounded. Faintly, Li Chen could be seen slowly getting up from the ground, his dazed gaze sweeping the surroundings.

When he saw the skeleton in front of him, he quickly retreated backward.

Anyone who wakes up to find a skeleton beside them would likely react the same way.

"Phew!"

After confirming he was still alive and unharmed, Li Chen took a deep breath but then froze.

Because the strange gray mist above had vanished without a trace.

"What's going on? Last time, it was the same; I gained the 'Wuji Dragon Collapse' in my mind. This time, even though nothing new has appeared, it's still not right!"

Li Chen pinched his cheek hard, wincing in pain, to confirm he wasn't dreaming.

But his expression remained uncertain, especially the memory of the arrogant old voice from his sleep, which still sent shivers down his spine.

Thinking of that voice, Li Chen involuntarily looked down at the skeleton but then shook his head. The person had been dead for countless years; he was scaring himself.

The domineering and ruthless voice and the familiar, loving one were so real, yet it all felt like a dream.

After a long while, Li Chen slapped his face to clear his mind of these unrealistic thoughts and began to assess his situation.

Because it was night, even with the starlight, he could only see the sky, and the cliff above was just a rock wall.

"I can only wait until morning!"

His flint had been used up, and he had nothing to burn for light.

He could only practice martial techniques under the moonlight at the bottom of the cliff.

Time flew by as he practiced, and the sky above shifted. Finally, it was dawn.

Although the Bright Thinking Cliff was on the back of the main peak of Xuanyun, it was very dim, but with the bright sky, Li Chen finally saw that he was only a few dozen yards from the edge of the cliff where he had fallen.

More importantly, it was a slope, though very steep, but with his strength, he could climb it.

"Cloud Stepping!"

Without hesitation, Li Chen used the Cloud Stepping technique he had mastered to a small degree and glided towards the slope like a breeze.

Covering the few dozen yards, he used the cliff wall to climb and leaped up.

Whoosh!

The wind rushed past, and Li Chen stood steadily on the cliff wall, then looked around.

He saw countless holes in the smooth rock wall opposite, each containing a black coffin.

Upon closer inspection, the coffins were arranged in a '卍' shape, which was very strange.

Li Chen knew that the opposite side was the burial ground of the Xuanyun Sect's past strong figures, but he didn't expect it to be so strange.

Creak!

As he was observing, a series of creaking sounds of chains sliding came from above. Looking up, he soon heard a clear ringing sound.

It was Jiang Mushi, descending with a bamboo basket.

"You didn't die!"

Seeing Li Chen standing at the edge of the cliff, Jiang Mushi was clearly taken aback, his eyes flashing with a piercing light, which then dimmed. Pretending nothing had happened, he placed the bamboo basket on the cliff and was about to pull the lever to leave.