Chapter 334 - 188: The News Spreads! Shocking All Directions

Chapter 334: Chapter 188: The News Spreads! Shocking All Directions

"What is this?"

Chen Xuan examined it carefully and asked, perplexed.

"It’s a Red Fire Stone. It comes from the depths of the Dark World. My family acquired it from there. I have another one, so this one’s a gift to you."

Chai Yuan said.

"Alright. Thanks, Brother Chai."

Chen Xuan casually tossed it in his hand.

He was still quite wary of those black shadows from before.

Having another protective talisman was undoubtedly for the best.

"By the way, what’s the deal with all these tombs? Do you guys know?"

Chen Xuan asked.

"No idea. They’ve been here for a very long time, I think."

Chai Yuan replied.

’Been here for a very long time?’

Chen Xuan pondered this, then quickly walked over to an undamaged tomb. He struck it with his palm, splitting the ground open on the spot and revealing the coffin below. With another jolt, he shattered the coffin lid.

It was completely empty inside, save for a wave of yin qi. There was nothing else.

"It’s empty?"

Chai Yuan and the others looked on in astonishment.

Unconvinced, Chen Xuan opened several more tombs. The result was the same every time—all of them were empty.

"Don’t tell me this entire cemetery is empty?"

Chai Hao said, surprised, "Who would be so wicked as to build so many empty tombs?"

It was because of these tombs that they had been so apprehensive before, not daring to explore too carefully.

’Something’s wrong!’

Chen Xuan suddenly frowned, his keen senses picking up on something amiss.

He had mastered ’Unity of Heaven and Man,’ allowing him to constantly perceive the changes in the world and detect any unusual phenomena between heaven and earth.

At this very moment, he felt an invisible fluctuation of yin qi suddenly envelop the area from all directions.

It was like an intangible wall of yin qi, fencing them in.

The enclosed area was shrinking rapidly.

Soon, a look of alarm appeared on Chen Xuan’s face.

"This is bad! Let’s go! Now!"

Even he felt waves of suppression from this strange yin qi.

It felt as if something terrible was about to happen.

Chai Yuan, Chai Hao, and the others were initially confused, but their expressions quickly changed as they too felt the rapidly spreading fluctuation of yin qi.

"Something is definitely wrong! There are creatures from the Dark World!"

Their faces filled with alarm, and they immediately sprang into action.

Chen Xuan took the lead, rushing toward the entrance they had come from.

At this very moment, the many Inner Realm experts gathered there had all sensed the change. Alarmed, they charged toward the entrance in droves.

However, the area around the entrance was already covered by the dense yin qi fluctuations.

Soon, some who reached the vicinity cried out in horror.

"Heavens, what is that?"

"Black mist! A boundless black mist!"

"A darkness invasion! This is a darkness invasion!"

The figures closer to the entrance all screamed.

Every face was filled with terror.

A darkness invasion!

Why would it happen here?

The Grotto Heaven experts, in particular, turned deathly pale.

No one knew better than them how terrifying a darkness invasion was.

The decennial darkness invasion already claimed countless lives among them.

That darkness could corrode the bodies and True Essence of the weak; only the strong could resist it.

More importantly...

...there would be creatures from the depths of the darkness within it.

Those creatures were the most unsolvable and terrifying part.

"Fall back!"

Everyone shrieked and scrambled backward.

The boundless darkness surged in from all directions like a horrifying ink wash, vast and roiling. Its speed was terrifying.

It roared like a bursting dam.

Those who hadn’t yet reached the entrance were also stunned. A look of horror crossed their faces, and they immediately turned to flee.

"Gods, the darkness is invading!"

"Run for your lives!"

"There are creatures! Creatures from the depths of the darkness!"

"Quick, find an Outer Saint Level expert to save us!"

Many people cried out in terror.

A darkness invasion, filled with unknown creatures... Other than an Outer Saint taking action, they could think of no other way to survive.

An Inner Realm expert alone would be absolutely no match for it.

Old Deng and Helian Yu rushed over from a distance. Their pupils constricted in shock.

"A darkness invasion! Dammit, why is there a darkness invasion here?"

Old Deng’s expression changed. "The entrance to the secret realm is blocked!" he said.

"Break!"

Helian Yu, beside him, was the first to strike.

She sent out a blast of icy True Essence.

CRACK!

Her attack instantly froze a large patch of darkness, even freezing some of the creatures within. But it only held for a brief moment. Soon, a denser, vaster darkness surged forward from behind. The section she had frozen was shattered in an instant, and all the ice melted away.

An even more terrifying wave of darkness rushed in.

"The concentration of darkness here is dozens of times thicker than the dark, foggy nights outside!"

Helian Yu exclaimed in shock.

"Get back! Everyone, fall back!"

Old Deng roared and unleashed his power.

Vast True Essence surged from his body. His Inner Realm manifested, and with a rumbling sound, a dense forest of trees and vegetation sprouted, forming a barrier before them.

This was a characteristic of wood-attribute True Essence.

With a single thought, he could create an endless sea of vegetation.

After he made his move, Helian Yu also acted quickly.

Her ice-attribute True Essence followed suit.

But unfortunately, while their attacks could hold it back temporarily, the barrier was quickly overwhelmed again.

They could only slightly delay the advance of the darkness invasion...

Meanwhile, the invasion continued to erupt unabated from all other directions.

That wasn’t even the worst part.

The worst part was that as Old Deng and Helian Yu were holding the line, countless black tentacles suddenly shot out from the dense darkness. They were so numerous they blotted out the sky, swarming toward Old Deng and Helian Yu to engulf them.