Chapter 210: At the Bottom of Wanmo Cave! Sect Master, are you testing me or trying to kill me?!

Darkness—a darkness so pure it could swallow even light.

This was Gu Lan's first feeling after being dragged into the gigantic bronze door by Ye Hongzhuang.

Accompanied by the rapid descent, his ears were filled with shrill ghost-like wails and wolf-like howls. Those sounds did not travel through the air; instead, they directly pierced his Physical Body, exploding wildly in the depths of Gu Lan's mind as they attempted to tear apart his consciousness.

The violent Extreme Yin devilish Evil Qi transformed into tangible black blades, frantically cutting at Gu Lan's Physical Body.

"Sizzz—"

The "netherworld armor" worn close to his body played a huge role at this moment, as a faint layer of black halo clung tightly to Gu Lan's skin, blocking those fatal Evil Qi wind blades outside. But even so, the absolute low temperature that felt as if it could freeze his bone marrow still made Gu Lan's entire Physical Body stiff.

The only thing that made him feel a trace of warmth was the hand tightly grasping his wrist.

Ye Hongzhuang's hand was actually very cold as well, but in this extremely harsh passage of Wanmo Cave, her formidable Physical Body at the Soul Transformation Stage became Gu Lan's only anchor point.

"Don't close your eyes! Keep your eyes wide open and watch for this seat!"

Amidst the howling wind, Ye Hongzhuang's cold and majestic voice rang in Gu Lan's ears.

Enduring the stinging pain of his eyeballs being frozen and cracked, Gu Lan abruptly opened his eyes.

Relying on the faint bloody demonic light radiating from Ye Hongzhuang's body, he finally saw the scenery around them clearly.

They were falling down a huge spiral abyss passage. On the stone walls of the passage, countless distorted human faces and beast heads were densely embedded. They had their mouths wide open, and those dense black-red mists were being spewed out from these mouths.

Right at this moment, the hand with which Ye Hongzhuang was gripping Gu Lan's wrist suddenly loosened in a bizarre manner.

"Boom!"

Without Ye Hongzhuang's deliberate aura protection, the surrounding Extreme Yin devilish Evil Qi acted like a school of sharks that had smelled blood, instantly finding a Breakthrough point and frantically drilling inward through Gu Lan's mouth, nose, and pores!

"What the fuck! This Old Hag is playing for real?!"

Gu Lan cursed angrily in his heart.

He knew that this was Ye Hongzhuang intentionally testing him! Or rather, she was utilizing this extreme environment to forcibly squeeze out the potential of the Pure Yang Body within him!

As the Extreme Yin entered his body, Gu Lan's Pure Yang Qi and blood, which had been tightly suppressed in his Dantian, instantly issued an instinctive resistance.

Half of his Physical Body instantly formed a thick layer of black ice, while the other half became crimson red like a branding iron due to the riot of his Pure Yang Qi and blood.

"If you can't hold on, just make a sound, and this seat will mercifully pull you up." There was a hint of banter in Ye Hongzhuang's voice. "However, once you go up, your tenure as the Sword-Wielding Envoy will also come to an end."

"Subordinate… can hold on!"

Gu Lan gritted his teeth, squeezing these few words out from his throat.

He tightly guarded the clarity of his spiritual platform, and the Purple Extreme Golden Core disguised as a "black stubborn stone" in his Dantian slowly and heavily began to spin. He did not dare to use alien flames, and could only rely on his Physical Body and Pure Yang Qi to forcefully crush and absorb the demonic Evil Qi that had drilled into his body!

"Bang!!!"

He did not know how long they had been falling, but accompanied by a muffled loud bang, the two of them finally landed.

Gu Lan slightly bent his legs to unload the immense impact force, but the ground beneath his feet emitted a teeth-aching "crack" sound.

Looking down, what he stepped on was not rocks at all, but a thick layer of "bone-ice layer" mixed and compressed from countless skeletal remains and black hard ice. That kick just now directly shattered the skulls of two unknown Vicious Beasts.

Ye Hongzhuang landed soundlessly beside him, without even startling a single snowflake.

She released Gu Lan's wrist, leisurely patted the frost on her heavy cloak, and her phoenix eyes swept a circle over Gu Lan's body.

At this moment, Gu Lan was panting heavily, and the white breath he exhaled instantly formed ice shards in mid-air and dropped. His face was pale, but his gaze was exceptionally fierce and bright. Although the aura within his body was somewhat chaotic, he had miraculously resisted the erosion of the first wave of demonic Evil Qi.

"Your bones are quite stubborn indeed." Ye Hongzhuang curved the corners of her lips in satisfaction.

"The netherworld armor bestowed by the Exalted Sovereign has meritorious service in protecting its master, and subordinate dare not lose face for the Exalted Sovereign." Gu Lan stabilized his breathing and smoothly flattered her.

Ye Hongzhuang did not reply, instead turning her head to look at the bottom of Wanmo Cave.

This was an underground world so vast it made one feel despair. Black clouds drifted in the sky, and there was no light source, but the piles of white bones and flowing black underground rivers on the ground emitted a bizarre eerie green phosphorescence.

The air was permeated with a nauseating putrid stench and a thick bloody smell.

[Big shot… this place is way too bizarre.]

In Gu Lan's mind, the Soul-Devouring Sword Spirit cautiously poked its head out.

[I feel that there are at least the grievances of hundreds of thousand-year-old Devil Heads sleeping in here; that stench is so strong it's making this demonic sword of mine almost feel sick. Let's walk slower, don't really flip over and crash here.]

"Shut your crow's mouth, and without my order, you are not allowed to leak even a shred of aura." Gu Lan coldly warned in his heart.

"Let's go, this is only the outermost periphery of Wanmo Cave, named the 'Burial Bone Ground'."

Ye Hongzhuang strode out with her long legs, stepping on the withered bones covering the ground as she walked forward.

"If you want to truly form the Purple Extreme Golden Core, you must go deep into the core of Wanmo Cave, the 'Demon Essence Pool'. The Extreme Yin Devilish Qi there is the best catalyst for your Pure Yang Body."

Gu Lan closely followed half a step behind Ye Hongzhuang, his hand resting on the hilt of the soul-devouring sword at his waist the entire time.

The two walked on the quiet and eerie bone sea for the time it takes to burn an incense stick.

Suddenly, the black fog ahead rolled violently.

"Woo—"

A harsh chilling wind swept past, and the withered bones on the ground seemed to have received some kind of summons, actually beginning to tremble bizarrely.

Following closely, dozens of dense black fogs gathered from all directions, condensing at a place less than twenty zhang away from the two into more than ten terrifying monsters resembling starved wolves yet growing human faces!

The size of these monsters was comparable to adult water buffaloes, their entire bodies burning with black Evil Qi flames. On those twisted human faces, their eyes flashed with greedy red light, staring fixedly at Gu Lan.

"They are 'Human-Faced Fiend Wolves'."

Ye Hongzhuang stopped her footsteps, folding her arms across her chest with completely no intention of making a move.

She turned her head slightly to look at Gu Lan, a trace of cruel smiling intent flashing in her eyes.

"These beasts are most sensitive to the qi and blood of living people, especially someone with a Pure Yang Body like you. In their eyes, you are a piece of exceptionally fragrant, big, fat meat."

"Go on, Sword-Wielding Envoy. Let this seat see whether that sword in your hand has actually been unsealed or not."

Gu Lan cursed inwardly.

This woman truly regarded him as a pathfinding stepping stone and a hired thug.

However, his face did not show the slightest bit of retreat; instead, he licked his lips, revealing a trace of bloodthirsty and ferocious smile.

"Just a few beasts, subordinate will go right now and twist off their heads to use as balls for kicking!"

"Clang!"

The soul-devouring sword was unsheathed!

The purple-black sword body sliced an eye-piercing cold light across the eerie green environment.

Without using any alien flames, Gu Lan directly channeled that extremely compressed Half-step Golden Core true yuan within his body into the sword body.

"Roar—!!!"

Sensing Gu Lan's provocation, those dozen Human-Faced Fiend Wolves let out a non-human, non-beast roar, transforming into over a dozen black afterimages as they swarmed up frantically from different directions in an encirclement posture!

Their speed was extremely fast, and their sharp claws even carried a potent poison capable of corroding Spiritual Qi.

"Courting death!"

Instead of retreating, Gu Lan advanced.

The "Shadowless Demonic Trace" was activated instantly!

His body left an afterimage in place, while his true form had already cut into the middle of two fiend wolves like a ghost.

"Swish!"

There were no fancy sword formulas, only the purest killing techniques and ultimate speed.

The soul-devouring sword stirred up a half-moon-shaped purple-black sword radiance, resembling the reaper's scythe.

"Pfft!"

The two Human-Faced Fiend Wolves didn't even have time to let out miserable screams before their ferocious heads were neatly chopped and sent flying away. The black, foul-smelling blood spewed like a fountain onto the bone-ice layer, emitting a "sizzling" corrosive sound.

[Yes! Just like this! Hack them to death! Such pure demonic Evil Qi, slurp…]

The Soul-Devouring Sword Spirit shouted excitedly. Gu Lan could feel that after the soul-devouring sword slaughtered these two monsters, a feedback suction force came from the sword body, directly swallowing a portion of the scattered Evil Qi.

Seeing their companions killed in seconds, the remaining dozen or so fiend wolves not only did not feel fear, but instead had their ferocity stirred up, making their offensive even more frantic.

Three fiend wolves leaped high into the air, sealing off Gu Lan's upper airspace, while four others bit towards his legs closely hugging the ground from below.

"Scram!"

Gu Lan shouted with a furious roar, his right leg stomping fiercely onto the ground.

"Boom!"

The formidable Physical Body strength directly caved a large pit out of the hard ice beneath his feet. Utilizing the counter-shock force, his body spun at high speed in mid-air like a spinning top.

"Strangling Slaughter!"

The soul-devouring sword transformed into a cluster of purple-black blade storms.

"Clang clang clang!"

Dense colliding sounds rang out. Those sharp claws and hard skulls that the fiend wolves took pride in were as fragile as tofu under the sharpness of the soul-devouring sword.

Severed limbs and broken arms danced all over the sky amidst a rain of black blood.

In less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

Over a dozen Human-Faced Fiend Wolves comparable to Late Foundation Establishment or even Great Perfection were completely and cleanly slaughtered by Gu Lan alone.

"Hoo…"

Gu Lan held the sword with one hand, its tip pointing obliquely toward the ground. A drop of black tainted blood slowly dripped down along the sword groove.

He panted heavily, his chest rising and falling violently. Although this burst of activity did not use up his trump cards, fighting purely relying on his Physical Body and demonic yuan in this extreme yin environment consumed a tremendous amount of physical strength.

He turned around and looked at Ye Hongzhuang, who had been standing in place the entire time.

Ye Hongzhuang did not applaud, nor did she show much surprise.

She merely paced with elegant steps, slowly walking up in front of Gu Lan.

A wisp of faint fragrance drew close.

Ye Hongzhuang suddenly extended her hand wearing black hollow-out gloves, gently caressing Gu Lan's cheek.

Gu Lan's entire body stiffened. The ferocity from the earlier slaughter instantly vanished without a trace in front of this slightly cool hand, and he didn't even dare to draw a loud breath.

Ye Hongzhuang's thumb gave a gentle wipe across Gu Lan's side face.

There, a drop of black blood splashed out by the fiend wolf was stained.

Ye Hongzhuang withdrew her hand, brought that drop of foul-smelling black blood on her thumb to her lips, and unexpectedly extended her scarlet tongue tip to lick it gently.

Gu Lan's pupils shrank violently, his scalp tingling for a moment.

This woman was truly a pervert!

"Not bad."

Ye Hongzhuang smacked her lips, a glint of brilliant light flashing within those slender phoenix eyes, her gaze staring straight into Gu Lan's eyes.

"In this blood, besides the stench of the beast, it is also mixed with the Pure Yang Qi emitted after your strenuous exercise."

"It is even denser, and even… more delicious than this seat imagined."

She suddenly took a step forward, the distance between the two becoming so close they could almost feel each other's heartbeats.

"Little undercover, it seems your potential is still quite vast."

"Let's go, ahead is the 'Moyin Valley'. This seat is very much looking forward to your performance there."