The Portal of Wonderland - Chapter 263

Chapter 263

"Senior Mu, you wish to go to the Yellow Sea . But, the Dark Moon Cult's main altar is also situated in the western region . So, the Cult's influence would continue to grow as you'd advance towards the west . It's because the majority of my cult's disciples dislike outsiders . So, the people who aren't related to the cult always face difficulty in that region . It would be better if Senior carries this thing along with him . It might make a lot of things easier, "Hou Sai Lei said in a suggestive manner .

Shi Mu nodded after a momentary consideration .

"Gee!"

Shi Mu's brows snapped upwards as he heard this sound . The fact was that the blood-red order token in his hand had issued a strange but light sound .

One of the corners of the token portrayed a red star pattern that was three-inches in size . However, it seemed very difficult to find this pattern if a person didn't look in a careful manner .

"What is this?" Shi Mu asked .

"This is the contribution logo of the disciple . It also represents the status of the disciple in the cult . It's divided into three grades - the sun, the moon, and the star . The grade would increase as the number of sacrifices you've offered to the Dark Lord increase," Hou Sai Lei replied .

Shi Mu turned his head, and looked at the Dark Moon Order in Hou Sai Lei's hand . He saw a pattern of two stars on it .

"What's the use of a higher rank?" Shi Mu asked .

"The higher the rank is… the higher is the number of magic tools, pills, cultivation arts' books, and other stuff that the disciple can receive from the cult every year . Moreover, it is said that one can also obtain a pill to enhance their spatial induction force after attaining a certain degree," Hou Sai Lei answered . A hint of excitement could be felt in his tone .

Shi Mu was dumbfounded to hear his reply .

"However, the Dark Moon Order contains the identity of its owner . So, the Cult won't recognize others even if they have it," Hou Sai Lei added .

"So, that's how it is . " Shi Mu nodded, and received the Dark Moon Order that he held in his hand .

Suddenly, a burst of wings' fluttering was heard . A black bird's shadow departed from a distant tree, and flew over toward Shi Mu .

"What's that thing?" Hou Sai Lei was startled . He pinched his fingers to cast a magic spell . Simultaneously, a spurt of grey radiance emerged on the surface of his body . He was about to cast a magic spell to block the black bird's shadow .

"This is my spirit pet," Shi Mu said .

Shi Mu had made Cai infiltrate the village before he had set foot here . He had done so in order to guard against any unseen danger .

Shi Mu had to travel to the west, and it was a strange land to him . So, he had used Cai mostly in this way . And, this technique had indeed saved him a lot of trouble .

Hou Sai Lei heard these words, and dispersed the grey radiance that had appeared in his hand .

Cai collected his wings, and landed on Shi Mu's shoulder after some time . Then, he cast a glance at Hou Sai Lei and said, "Boy, do you also want to follow Shi Mu from now on?"

Hou Sai Lei was struck dumb for a moment . He stared at Cai with an expressionless face… as if he had never seen a bird that could speak .

"Cai is a spirit beast . His intelligence is the same as any ordinary person's . In addition, he's proficient in the human race's language," Shi Mu said .

Hou Sai Lei heard his words and nodded . Then, he gazed at Cai in an inquisitive manner .

"What are you staring at?! Listen boy, I'm the first little brother of Shi Mu's . And, you must be considered behind me since you've just arrived . Understood?" Cai stuck out his chest, and said in a chiding manner .

Hou Sai Lei was awestruck . His eyes couldn't help but turn toward Shi Mu .

"Well, don't make a scene . " Shi Mu outstretched his finger, and hit Cai's head as he said .

"Ah… it hurts!" Cai grasped his head with his wings and squawked .

The corner of Hou Sai Lei's eyes twitched . He turned his head and silently gazed into the distant horizon .

There was a trace of faint white color in the eastern horizon at the moment . The sky was about to brighten up .

"It's about time . We should be on our way," Shi Mu looked towards the sky and said .

"Senior Mu, could you wait a moment?" Hou Sai Lei spoke-up after a momentary hesitation .

"What happened?" Shi Mu asked .

"The town will be left unguarded once this trivial man leaves this place . And, the only person who is relatively talented and qualified in this town is Tong Song . So, my intention is to tell him the method of activating the existing Restriction spell in the town before I depart . In addition, I'll also leave behind some pills for the martial arts practice, and make him practice by himself . Perhaps, I may come here someday to take shelter for a couple of days," Hou Sai Lei said .

Shi Mu was astonished to hear his words . He couldn't help but look into Hou Sai Lei's eyes . Then, he nodded and said, "Fine, you can go . "

Hou Sai Lei's face beamed with happiness . He then greeted Shi Mu as a part of the courtesy . Then, he turned around and walked away .

"Shi Tou, do you believe this person? This man had taken the lives of this town's people to offer sacrifices . But now, he's playing the part of a good man… that's so hypocritical!" Cai's chronic problem of blabbering had reemerged .

Shi Mu flashed a mild smile on hearing his words . He then found a place and sat down . After that, he turned his hand, took out a grey Jade slip, and pasted it on his forehead .

Cai noticed that Shi Mu had ignored him . Hence, he started to mutter to himself . But, he eventually got bored and zipped his mouth .

The map of the Xixia ancient country was recorded in that jade slip . It was very thorough and detailed . Shi Mu had found this map in the package that the black-robed bandit had carried .

Shi Mu soon found the position of White Feng Town on the map . So, he now knew that he had to proceed towards the west from here . . .

He then pondered over the journey ahead for some time . He muttered to himself… as if he was thinking about something .

Hou Sai Lei came back after half-an-hour .

"I've made Senior Mu wait for a long time . But, I've settled all the important matters . " Hou Sai Lei said .

"Then, let's go . " Shi Mu stood up and walked toward the exit of the small town .

Hou Sai Lei hastily followed him .

This group of two men and a bird soon disappeared in the hazy mist of dawn .

. . . …

A black rock-forest stood aloft a vast grey wasteland . It stretched for dozens of miles .

The entire rock forest was covered with odd looking pillars and strange rocks of varied heights . Some were in groups, while some were scattered haphazardly . Some stood upright, whereas some seemed to be lying down . Most of the upright pillars and rocks were lofty, and had a smooth contour .

The area outside this rock forest was raided by a blackish chilling wind at this time . Countless lofty howling and spinning black wind-columns could be seen around . They soared into the sky… as if they connected the earth to the sky . Layers of windblown dust and stones were fluttering in the air . They seemed to be causing a sense of murkiness in the world .

However, the thing that felt very strange was the serene atmosphere of the black rock forest; it was dead calm . Even the chilling winds had seemingly decided to avoid the range of rock forest .

There was a dull-red puddle in the center of the rock forest . It was two or three-thousand-feet in size .

Piles of ash-grey skeletons could be seen scattered around this deep puddle . A few other rotten corpses were also mixed with them .

Moreover, a square-shaped group of a few dozen armored human skeletons could also be seen beside the puddle . Some of these skeletons had lost some of their limbs . Also, they seemed to be headed by two skeleton cavalrymen .

They were constantly brandishing their bone-weapons; as if they were celebrating a victory .

Yan Luo's entire body was covered with a suit of white armor . Even its face was covered with an armor-mask . Only a pair of faint-purple soul flames could be seen, and they were flickering a little bit .

It stood quietly in front of a huge skeleton that was dozens of feet long . It seemed that this skeleton had been of a huge bear . A big watermelon-sized hole had been split-open in this skeleton's head . But, there was nothing inside it .

Suddenly, Yan Luo whirled around, and opened its mouth while facing the puddle . Then, it issued an invisible suction force that dashed towards the water's surface, and set off ripples on the surface .

"Chi Chi" a loud sound echoed!

Then, a mass of red mist ascended from the water's surface, and turned into a red wisp of air current . Then, it entered Yan Luo's mouth .

A burst of loud bellowing sound spread not far from the puddle at this very moment!

Then, a greenish thing suddenly emerged amid the countless spinning black wind columns .

Suddenly, the flying speed of that green thing increased greatly . It was surprisingly a mass of green clouds that was rolling in a fierce manner . Moreover, it was flying in the direction of the puddle at an unimaginable speed .

Yan Luo tightened its guard near the puddle, and stopped the suction-and-devouring action . Then, it turned its head, and looked towards the horizon . And, the soul flame in its eyes throbbed .

The two human-skeleton cavalrymen and dozens of armored human skeletons also turned their heads in succession .

The green clouds got closer to them, and they were eventually able to see the silhouette of a large body that lay prone on the clouds . In fact, it was a gigantic two-headed carrion dragon!

This carrion dragon's body was nearly two-hundred-feet-long . There was a pair of horns on the top of each of its massive heads . Deep-purple luminous soul flames could be seen burning in its four huge eye sockets . Its whole body was covered with rotten flesh . But, this festering carrion also had many red and green scales . Also, circles of queer spirit patterns could also be seen on the surface of its scales .

A green and viscous liquid was constantly dripping from the dragon's flesh while it was flying in the air .

In addition, there were hundreds of human skeletons and zombies below the green clouds . They had constituted a huge Dead Spirit army . They were also advancing towards the puddle in a majestic and valiant manner .

The carrion dragon hadn't even arrived when one of its heads' eyes flashed with a bright red light .

The sky suddenly turned dark, and a burst of magic power fluctuation ensued in the void above the red puddle .

Then, a large deep-red-colored gloomy cloud appeared above Yan Luo and the others .

"Bang"

Numerous blazing fireballs that were of the size of a person's head darted out of the dark clouds; they were deep-red in color . Then, they plummeted rapidly, and it appeared as if meteors were showering . A small part of the sky was shrouded in complete darkness as a result .

A black smoke flashed on Yan Luo's body as soon as it witnessed this scene, and it disappeared from the place .

But, the skeleton cavalrymen and the dozens of armored skeletons beside the puddle started to brandish their bone-weapons in order to resist the bombardment of these red fireballs .

There was an armored human skeleton that held a broken shield in its hand . It wielded its blade, and chopped down a fireball . However, that fireball blew up, and a dark-red flame flared up and engulfed that human skeleton .

The blue-colored soul flame flashed in the eyes of a skeleton cavalryman that had only one arm . It flicked its bone-spear, and countless spear-shadows burst forth . They struck three masses of fireballs, and sent them flying .

However, a dozen or more fireballs still managed to fall down to the ground . The skeleton cavalryman was pretty strong . But, it flew into a panic-stricken mode when it saw this situation .

Then, a mass of red light shone . And, this skeleton cavalryman was also devoured by a massive red blazing flame .

Hardly five or six breaths had passed from the beginning till now . However, dozens of Yan Luo's formidable assistants had already vanished in a puff of smoke under this meteor-like shower .

Moreover, the two-headed carrion dragon had flown over to the vicinity in the meantime . However, a mass of black smoke suddenly emerged out of thin air . And, Yan Luo's stature flashed out of the black smoke .

The bone-spear in its hand was wrapped in a white flame . Also, a circle of magic characters was glowing brightly on the surface of the spear . Innumerable tiny electric currents were also throbbing on the bone-spear .

Yan Luo flicked its arm, and the bone-spear darted to puncture the head of the two-headed carrion dragon . It seemed as if the bone-spear had turned into a white light .

The soul flame in the two-headed dragon's eyes flickered . And, the green clouds below its body suddenly rose and wrapped its body .

The bone-spear drilled into the green clouds very swiftly… as if it were a white spirit snake . But, the blazing white flame on the spear's tip extinguished as soon as it touched the green clouds . A 'Chi Chi' sound was heard from the spear's body, and grey smoke started to wind around it . It seemed like the spear was on the verge of a collapse .

This green cloud was very strange . In fact, it was extremely corrosive!

Yan Luo was thunderstruck . So, it quickly retracted its arm . But, it had barely thought of pulling its spear back when the spear's body suddenly sank into the cloud . Then, a wisp of a dreadful pulling force rushed forth through the spear in a crazy manner .

Yan Luo's body couldn't bear but incline forward under the effect of this force . Then, it started to get pulled towards the green cloud .

Yan Luo forthwith loosened its hand, and its bone-spear got sucked in by the green cloud the next moment . Only a second had passed, but it felt like the existence of the bone-spear had been erased in its entirety .

Meanwhile, a part of the green fog transformed into a whip-shadow . Then, it sprang out of the green cloud in order to wrap itself around Yan Luo's body like a poisonous snake .

But, the black smoke again bubbled-up on Yan Luo's body . And, Yan Luo vanished into thin air almost instantaneously .

The whip-shadow swept past the place where Yan Luo had stood, but ended up empty-handed .

But then, the green cloud tumbled in a violent manner, and started to fall to the ground . Simultaneously, it became increasingly weak and dull .

The incomparably dense green fog had become very thin by the time it fell to the ground . In addition, it had finally revealed the massive body of the two-headed carrion dragon before everyone .

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