Novel Full Chapter 996: 130 Wings Cannot Lack Any One_2
Chapter 996: Chapter 130 Wings Cannot Lack Any One_2
“No wonder that old man didn’t try to stop me when he heard I was going to the Netherworld Hell,” Wei Dongliu sneered, “If there were any advantage to surviving and hiding here, he would have surely used some underhanded tricks to send me to an even more dangerous place.”
“However, the depths of this hell are truly inhospitable. It’s only because of the crust’s protection, which blocks the waters of the heavenly river and stellar bombardments, that I can even fathom why the Hell Path chose this location.”
After conversing briefly with the mirror and the sword, Wei Dongliu finally reached the Endless Hell, the deepest part of hell.
The sect’s residence of the Hell Path was built within the Demon Race city in this hell, and one wonders what benefits Daoist Luo must have given the Demon Lord to make the entire city’s demon race turn a blind eye to the Hell Path.
According to his memory, Wei Dongliu rushed to the Demon Race city, only to find numerous city walls, mansions, and residences still standing, but the streets were already deserted.
Clearly, affected by the chaos spewing from the heart of the earth, not a single demon was left here; they had all fled.
When he arrived at the remembered location of the sect’s residence of the Hell Path, Wei Dongliu saw a massive deep pit.
Rather than a deep pit, it was like a cesspool, from which a foul miasma continuously emanated, the kind that would kill you instantly if inhaled.
Wei Dongliu was speechless, thinking that the Hell Path sure knew how to choose a site.
Finding the spot in the Endless Hell layer, closest to the Heart of the Earth Chaos, he used fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone to seal it, thus eliminating the greatest hidden danger in hell.
If he were to forcibly take the Heaven-Mending Stone fragments, it would inevitably cause the chaos suppressed below to erupt, spilling from the earth veins and causing catastrophe among all living beings—these karmic burdens would again be placed on my shoulders!
“Ah Jing, let’s begin.” He sighed softly.
“Okay.” The Kunlun Mirror cooperatively started scanning.
Wei Dongliu carefully observed the flow of chaos and began to conceive a plan for the formation in his mind.
Speaking of which, he really had to thank the Wan Xiang Immortal of Penglai Jade Pure View for giving Luo Yan that formation scroll to construct a small heavenly dome; otherwise, Wei Dongliu would have had no means to deal with this Heart of the Earth entrance.
He quickly ran through the plan in his mind, then took out the pre-prepared cauldron vessel and formation device from his storage bag and began setting up the formation.
Several days later.
There was another earth-shattering explosion accompanied by a massive splatter of chaos filth, and a gray-faced Wei Dongliu escaped by sword control.
The Hell Path’s choice to use fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone to seal the chaos deep within the earth was not without reason—ordinary cauldron vessels and magical treasures could hardly suppress the Heart of the Earth Chaos. The formation devices failed in their function almost as soon as they were set down.
In order for the formation device to not be defiled, it would first need to suppress the Heart of the Earth Chaos, but to suppress the chaos, the formation must first be set up…
No way.
Wei Dongliu pondered for a moment and asked,
“Ah Jing, is there any magical treasure that isn’t afraid of filth?”
“Of course.” The Summoning Sword quickly answered, “Her original body is just that, isn’t it?”
“The Kunlun Mirror is a divine object, inherently untainted. As long as you use her original body as the formation-stabilizing artifact, and set up the formation, it surely can suppress this Heart of the Earth Chaos…”
“Enough!” Wei Dongliu shouted at it, “Ah Jing is my beloved and close companion; I would never sacrifice her in this hell!”
The Kunlun Mirror was instantly deeply moved upon hearing this. Although she knew her immense utility meant she would not be abandoned by Wei Dongliu, her heart still fluttered with a small joy upon hearing him say “beloved.”
“That’s one way to put it,” the Summoning Sword, still not giving up, continued to incite, “First use the Kunlun Mirror as the formation-stabilizing artifact, setting the formation to prevent chaos from polluting the formation-stabilizing artifact, and then you can slowly adjust the array, replacing the Kunlun Mirror with other formation-stabilizing artifacts, doesn’t that work?”
“You know, you do make some sense…” Wei Dongliu began to think.
Suppressing the formation with the Kunlun Mirror’s original body, of course, was out of the question. But if it was just borrowing it for a bit, then it didn’t seem to matter?
Seeing the Summoning Sword successfully inciting it, the Kunlun Mirror was also exceptionally furious and chimed in,
“Indeed, why don’t we use the Summoning Sword as the formation-stabilizing artifact? It’s forged from Tai Yin Energy and is completely fearless against the chaos and filth of the Heart of the Earth, isn’t it much more useful than me?”
“What a joke!” the Summoning Sword quickly argued, “Sword Master, I am your life-bound sword artifact!”
“Without me, your loss in combat strength would be immense… But Ah Jing is different; once you complete your Heaven-Mending tasks, you won’t need to masquerade with various sects, and naturally, you won’t need this mirror anymore, right?”
Wei Dongliu became even more tempted, thinking that it made a lot of sense!
Once I’ve completed Heaven-Mending and no longer need to masquerade, I naturally won’t need this broken mirror’s illusion technique anymore…
Just then, the Kunlun Mirror hurriedly spoke:
“How so? If you complete Heaven-Mending, Guan Shui, it would mean betraying the major sects, and you’d surely be hunted down.”
“With my illusions and teleportation, you can go anywhere in the world. But if you leave me here to suppress the chaos, and something goes wrong with the formation, causing my body to be unable to move, how would you deal with those sects afterward?”
“It would be better to leave the Tai Yin Summoning Sword here, and then we go to fetch the Sun True Obscure Sword! At that time, your identity would be exposed, and you could openly go to the Southern Border’s natural barrier, and exchange the Long Hu’s intel for the Sun True Obscure Sword, wouldn’t it?”
Wei Dongliu thought this was right. Ah Jing’s illusion and teleportation aren’t just for impersonating a small alias; they are also great for assisting me in escape!
On the other hand, that broken sword only knows how to hide its power and stoke fire all day. Although its rank is indeed high, it isn’t irreplaceable… Perhaps the Sun True Obscure Sword would be easier to control and wield?
“Enough of this!” the Summoning Sword said angrily, “That Sun True Obscure Sword’s sword spirit is an old traditionalist who has no idea what ‘a wise man is adaptable’ means!”
“Sword Master, I chose you because I have vision, which is why I picked you from the Sword Pool at first glance. If it were the Sun True Obscure Sword, if you can’t make it submit willingly, it won’t be any use even if you overwhelm it with martial force!”
“If you don’t believe me, go to the Southern Border and ask the Sun Sword Master yourself!”
Wei Dongliu thought about it, and it was true; he recalled the wording near the Shushan’s Sword Pool: “Why doesn’t the Tai Yin Summoning Sword resonate, why is the Sun True Obscure Sword so dim?”
The Tai Yin Summoning Sword’s unwillingness to obey is due to discovering Yin Xiaojing’s Demon Race identity, which could be explained by “a divine Human Race sword shouldn’t serve a foreign race.”
The Sun True Obscure Sword resists forcefully, which is purely because it refuses to submit to Ouyang Zhao; the sword spirit has too strong a rebellious consciousness.
It wouldn’t be any good if I got the Sun True Obscure Sword from Ouyang Zhao, and the sword spirit refused to obey me, only causing Sun True Fire to burn wherever I go… That would ruin my reputation and might make the pursuing cultivators laugh to death.
My Summoning Sword is still more trustworthy…
So Wei Dongliu looked towards the Kunlun Mirror again, and Ah Jing said:
“No problem. When stealing fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone from Hell Path, we can first leave the Summoning Sword here as the formation-stabilizing artifact to set up the formation.”
“Then after completing the Heaven-Mending tasks, we can go fetch the Sun True Obscure Sword. If it listens, that’s great; if not, we’ll bring it to the depths of Hell and exchange the Summoning Sword, isn’t that good?”
Wei Dongliu was overjoyed upon hearing this, thinking that was indeed a brilliant idea! Either way, I don’t lose.
“You truly are a genius!” the Summoning Sword exclaimed in admiration, “You’ve already betrayed the Hell Path, yet you still want the Sword Master to venture into its depths again, fearing the Hell Path won’t be able to capture him, right?”
“Sword Master, this broken mirror harbors malice, I suggest leaving it here instead.”
“Sowing discord!” the Kunlun Mirror said defiantly, “This broken sword deceives the crowd, I suggest leaving it here instead.”
“Alright, enough, stop arguing.” Wei Dongliu saw the mirror and sword quarreling intensely and could only smile bitterly as he intervened to mediate, “You both are my wings, isn’t that okay?”
“Without Ah Jing, I can’t maneuver flexibly amidst pursuit from various sects; without Summoning, I can’t calmly protect myself when intercepted by immortals.”
“So you are like my left and right wings; without either of you, I can’t escape… I won’t sacrifice any of you.”
He spoke with deep emotion, but neither the Kunlun Mirror nor Summoning Sword showed any signs of being moved, instead quietly falling silent together.
For some reason… they suddenly didn’t feel like talking to this guy anymore.