Ominous Strikes

Chapter 503: Ominous Arrival

At this moment, Lin Fan’s Foundation was already solid. As long as he willed it, he could step into a higher realm.

“Hmm?!”

But just then, he frowned, stopping his cultivation, as if he had sensed something.

With a splash, he shot up from the bottom of the pool and emerged outside, his Physical Body rapidly expanding back to normal size.

“Oh no, did she encounter something bizarre?”

Lin Fan scanned his surroundings, but Qing Yi was nowhere to be seen. Only a black裂缝 that was about to close remained in her original spot.

“Swish!”

Without hesitation, he took a step and rushed into the mysterious裂缝, intending to bring her back.

This was an ancient path, hazy and gray inside, silent and chilling, boundless and endless, extending to who knows where.

All around, it was pitch black, without a trace of light, as if taking one more step would plunge one into an eternal, suffocating darkness.

Those dark places were impossible to investigate, impossible to gaze upon. Divine Sense was suppressed, causing unease and heart palpitations.

Faintly, Lin Fan even heard beast roars that sent shivers down his spine, even for him, a Sect Master, but he pressed on, undeterred.

Generally, Cultivators, once they encounter something ominous, try to avoid it at all costs, because since ancient times, all who have fallen into it have vanished.

This was an extremely sinister matter; it was like a man-eating abyss. Once one stepped in, they never reappeared!

Therefore, very few people throughout history have cultivated Immortal Qi, most perishing at this stage.

“Where am I… something ominous happened… will I ever see him again?” Qing Yi seemed to be muttering in a dream.

After being sucked in, she was completely lost, unable to leave, walking alone on the dim ancient path, with no idea how to return.

What shocked her was that even with her Heavenly Eye, she could only see hazy images, as darkness enveloped everything.

Occasionally, she could see shattered stars, immense and magnificent, suspended in the silent Void Realm.

“A great battle must have taken place here!” Qing Yi was shaken, her face paling.

In fact, once she even saw four pairs of crimson eyes flickering in the darkness, like hanging lanterns, terrifyingly captivating!

But upon closer inspection, they transformed into wisps of black mist.

“Can I… find a way out?” Qing Yi lost confidence, walking aimlessly on this path with no end in sight.

Who knows how long passed until a stone wall blocked her way, and only then did she stop, preparing to change direction.

“Buzz!”

As a result, with a tremor, when she looked back, the path was gone. Stone walls appeared all around, above and below, pressing in on her.

Soon, amid rumbling roars, this place transformed into a sealed stone chamber, isolated from the outside world, with Chaos surging within.

“This is bad, I’ve fallen into a dead end! Now there’s no way out!” Qing Yi’s expression changed. She had walked into a cul-de-sac and was trapped here.

“Boom!”

The next moment, she unleashed her precious technique, runes shining brightly, striking with full force, but everything was swallowed by the stone chamber, utterly useless.

Upon closer inspection, each wall was like a vast sky, boundless and endless, capable of containing the universe.

“Sink into darkness, be granted eternal life!”

At this moment, these eight ancient characters appeared on the stone wall. Qing Yi was stunned, her mind instantly captivated.

Who in the world does not desire eternal life? Yet this place claimed it could grant immortality; it was too shocking!

Qing Yi’s eyes were distant, but she quickly shook her head, saying, “I don’t want this kind of eternal life. I still want to see him. How can I be confined here?”

“This place can also complete your Primordial Spirit. Don’t you want that?” A voice spoke from the Void Realm, devoid of any emotion.

“There’s a method to complete the Primordial Spirit here?!” Qing Yi exclaimed, her voice urgent.

“Accept the baptism of darkness, and everything will not be a problem…”

The voice came again. Although it was cold, what was strange was that Qing Yi was genuinely moved.

Immortal Ascension was very tempting, but to her, it wasn't the most important thing, far less appealing than the latter part of the statement.

This was like her Heart Demon, which had troubled her for many years. Seeing a solution so close at hand, how could she not be moved?

“To complete my Primordial Spirit… I want to break free… to become an independent person…”

At this moment, Qing Yi began to murmur to herself, her eyes vacant, devoid of any spirit, standing there like a wooden dummy.

It wasn’t until she felt intense pain in her Physical Body, as if it were about to crack, that she abruptly awoke, asking in confusion, “What’s wrong with me?”

Looking around, black mist was seeping from the walls in all directions, extremely bizarre, making her feel cold all over, trembling slightly.

“Oh no, it’s this situation!” Qing Yi was alarmed. Her Primordial Spirit was absorbing her own essence, influenced by the black mist, trying to break free.

This situation was uncontrollable; everything happened too suddenly.

Moreover, she had a feeling that once her Primordial Spirit left her Physical Body, it would be drawn into the black mist, falling into a place of eternal damnation.

“I cannot leave, otherwise I will truly die and never return to the human world!”

Qing Yi immediately sat down cross-legged, fully circulating her bone runes, suppressing herself, and resisting the terrifying suction force.

However, this was incredibly difficult. Her Primordial Spirit was devouring various essences, and her glabella was about to crack, blood flowing out.

This bizarre situation was truly hard to stop. Her Physical Body seemed to be on the verge of being abandoned, her Primordial Spirit falling into darkness, leaving this realm!

“There must be a way to resist it. He once encountered something ominous… That’s right, it’s Immortal Qi!” Qing Yi suddenly thought.

Instantly, two strands of Immortal Qi rose within her, pure and flawless, coiling around her body, resisting that inexplicable power.

“It really works!” Qing Yi was overjoyed. She forcibly closed the crack in her glabella, stabilizing her Primordial Spirit, preventing it from detaching.

In addition, the lightning pool Lin Fan gave her also played a role, having a suppressive effect in her glabella, stabilizing her Divine Soul.

Even so, when everything calmed down, she still broke out in a cold sweat, having narrowly escaped danger.

“I absolutely cannot stay here. The recent experience was truly bizarre.” Qing Yi felt a chill, a lingering fear.

“Rumble!”

Subsequently, she used the two strands of Immortal Qi, employing a supreme technique, striking the wall where she had entered with all her might.

With one strike, Divine Power boiled, and light filled the chamber. The stone wall trembled violently, as if about to collapse.

“Crack!”

The next moment, the wall cracked, and one figure after another fell out, all sitting cross-legged in the chamber, very abruptly.

Seeing this, Qing Yi’s eyes widened. The stone chamber not only instantly grew tenfold but also gained more than a dozen beings.

Among them were men and women, from elderly elders and majestic middle-aged men to stunningly beautiful young maidens…

However, as Qing Yi observed, these people were all sitting there motionless, their eyes deep, as if they had experienced long years.

Unexpectedly, each one possessed vigorous life essence, their skin crystal clear and lifelike, as if in seclusion.

“Something’s wrong, they all lack Primordial Spirits; only their Physical Bodies remain!” Qing Yi’s expression changed dramatically. These people were all dead.

It was just that their Physical Bodies were not decaying and still had vitality. If they had a Primordial Spirit, they could stand up and display terrifying Divine Might.

“Could it be that their Divine Souls were all taken away, falling into darkness for eternal life?” Qing Yi opened her Heavenly Eye to look closely.

Indeed, there was a slit on the front and back of each person’s head, without bloodstains, from which their Primordial Spirit had broken free.

Undoubtedly, this was the same as what she had just experienced, only she had suppressed it, so her Primordial Spirit had not immediately undergone Soul Emergence.

“Will my ultimate fate… be the same as theirs?” Qing Yi felt a sense of despair. This was not the solution she was looking for.