Chapter 254: 254
Chapter 254 - Parted by death
On the platform above the blood pool, Ghost Li and Mr Ghost both looked up at the cauldron hovering in the air but both of their expressions were different, Ghost Li was shocked and stunned while Mr Ghost’s eyes, was wild glee .
After losing “Qian Kun Lock’, this final and also the most important shackles, the mysterious power of the cauldron seemed to have revived totally, the bright red blood energy flowed and surged madly, that devil face, also seemed to gain life, its lustre flowing, a pair of red eyes appeared alive, moving slightly .
An invisible and terrible pressure was felt, emanated endlessly from the air, almost suffocating .
Ghost Li regained his senses from the shock, turned and bellowed at Mr Ghost, “What have you done?”
Mr Ghost seemed oblivious to Ghost Li’s shouts, his eyes were full of excitement and almost with a mad fervour, he walked a few steps forward, suddenly knelt before the cauldron .
Ghost Li was stunned, incredulously looked at that dark figure, before Ghost Li’s shocked gaze, Mr Ghost opened his arms and shouted loudly, “Asura!”
[Rumble!] A terrible deafening sound, like a terrible monster awoken by someone from his slumber, reverberated from the cauldron, the walls inside the cave made an exploding sound at the same time, numerous huge rocks crumbled down, the huge blood pool seemed to be pulled by some strong force, in the deafening rumbles, several fluid columns rose up, a strange yet imposing scene .
On the cauldron, an indistinct red figure appeared, that figure was vague but clearly in its twisting and struggles, it was about to appear and emerge out, even from a distance, Ghost Li could clearly, truly feel that terrible power and its mad murderous intention .
He stared deeply at that red figure, the expression on his face changed rapidly, suddenly he stomp his feet, his figure flew up but it was towards the exit . Although he did not know which holy being it was that was about to emerge but the power it contained was already more than what a human could resist, if that ‘Qian Kun Lock’ was still there, there could still be hope but since it had already been released by the astrolabe, Ghost Li made the decision to leave immediately .
He was no longer that simple and hot-blooded youth, willing to sacrifice everything for righteousness, in his heart, maybe it was because he fear death but there was something more important than that .
The surrounding earthquakes were becoming more and more violent following the appearance of that red figure, and just a moment before, he had an uneasy feeling, this unprecedented change in the mountain, would it endangered Biyao?
Right now, his uneasiness turned stronger and had no further intention to be involved further here, decided to leave, and other than him, Mr Ghost obviously was only focusing on that red figure, oblivious to Ghost Li’s departure, under the red light, his eyes seemed to turn red too .
“Asura…” He raised his arms, loudly called to the sky .
Ghost Li swept off, his ears were still ringing with Mr Ghost’s strange cries, his heart feeling extremely bewildered, for these ten years Mr Ghost in Ghost King sect had always been mysterious but his skills and knowledge, even Ghost Li was also wary of him, unexpectedly he had became this strange behaviour this day . While he was pondering, his figure was about to reach the exit and leave this place .
Unexpectedly, just at this moment, a shocking, heartrending cry was heard from behind, “Ah…”
This sharp and piercing cry, the sound full of shock and fear, despair, incredulous and sorrow, and Ghost Li heard it clearly, it was Mr Ghost . This sudden change made Ghost Li shocked, stopped his flight and turned around, this look made him shocked again and inhaled a breath of cold air .
Mr Ghost’s figure was still as before, kneeling before the cauldron but right now his arms were falling and weaklessly on the floor, a huge deep red tentacle, sharp as knife, stabbed down from the cauldron red figure, like a huge sickle, stabbing from Mr Ghost’s back and through to the front, the force was so strong that it stabbed deeply into the sturdy floor beneath Mr Ghost, six chi radius around, all of the stones cracked .
That mysterious red figure, used the terrible sickle-like-tentacle, nailed Mr Ghost to the floor, blood poured from Mr Ghost’s wound, instantly dying red the floor below .
“Er ah…” Mr Ghost panted heavily, his body trembling violently, after a moment, that huge tentacle pulled out heartlessly and withdrew, that terrible force pulled up the extremely weak Mr Ghost and he flipped in the air .
Blood sprayed everywhere, brushing past in the air, carrying some sadness .
Who could have expected, Mr Ghost who had released the ‘Qian Kun Lock’, would become the first sacrificial of the red evil devil .
Ghost Li subconsciously leapt up, caught hold of Mr Ghost, the black veil still there but had been dyed a dark color by the blood he had thrown up, Ghost Li quietly glanced at his chest and then averted his eyes .
That wound was so huge, almost could chop Mr Ghost into halves, with such severe wound, he would not be able to survive no matter what . And just a moment ago, he was still standing beside him, in a blink he had became like this, Ghost Li for a moment did not know what to say .
Holding Mr Ghost’s body, Ghost Li landed back to the platform near the exit, far from that terrible red figure, Mr Ghost right now was breathing heavily and losing his vitality, yet in such heavy injury, Mr Ghost started to laugh quietly .
That laughter was full of bitterness, self-mockery and helplessness, and his laughter only lasted a minute, immediately broken by violent coughing and spewing of blood out . Ghost Li gently placed him on the ground and then alertly glanced at the red figure, the red figure shrouded by numerous balls of red energies twisted ceaselessly but did not seem to be making any moves towards the exit, not knowing if it was separated by the distance .
Ghost Li looked at Mr Ghost, after remaining silent for a moment, quietly said, “Do you have anything more to say?”
Mr Ghost panted heavily, the glint in his eyes obviously started to dim, his hoarse voice, continued to laugh bitterly brokenly, “I have nothing . . . nothing to say, this, this is . . . heaven’s will, will ah, retribution . . . retribution . . . ah…”
Ghost Li frowned tightly, his expression complicated, although he felt animosity more than friendliness towards Mr Ghost but right now Mr Ghost was dying, his feelings turned complicated, wanted to say something to comfort him but could not think of any appropriate words .
Just when Mr Ghost’s panting were gradually getting softer, suddenly, he seemed to recall something and with strength from nowhere, he grabbed Ghost Li’s hand .
Ghost Li was shocked, stared at him in shock and asked, “Why?”
“You . . . go . . . find . . . until…” Mr Ghost in pain, shouting himself hoarse, every word seemed to cause him great sufferings but he was still bitterly bearing it, word by word struggling to tell Ghost Li his final will .
Ghost Li even though had a tough heart but could not help but change countenance, solemnly said, “You can tell me, who do you want me to look for?”
“Find . . . Xiao . . . Huan…”
Ghost Li was taken aback, he never expected Mr Ghost to say this before he die, with an incredulous tone, he asked, “Find Xiao Huan? Find her for?”
Mr Ghost’s hand which was grabbing hold of Ghost Li was starting to become weak but he was still struggling to speak every word, “Ask . . . her . . . to . . . save . . . save . . . save…”
After speaking the word ‘save’, Mr Ghost seemed to have exhausted all of his strength, the glint in his eyes turned dimmer, his entire body seemed to also weakened, even his panting was becoming inaudible .
Ghost Li had quite a close relationship with Xiao Huan and also quite liked this young lady, looked upon her like a sister, right now hearing Mr Ghost’s final words actually was about Xiao Huan and even when he was so in pain and still insisted to tell, evidently this was an important matter but Mr Ghost seemed like he was about to die speaking halfway, Ghost Li in his anxiety, crouched lower down and placed his ears beside Mr Ghost’s lips, loudly said, “Who are you asking Xiao Huan to save, quickly say it!”
Mr Ghost’s lips moved, as if hearing Ghost Li’s shout, panted urgently for a few times and then used a voice that Ghost Li could barely hear, struggling to say out the last few words, “Save . . . Qing . . . Yun . . . rear . . . mountain…”
Until the end, it was gradually inaudible, at the final word, ‘mountain’, Mr Ghost’s body violent shuddered and then loosened, his breath stopped and had left like that .
Ghost Li paused for a moment, slowly placed Mr Ghost’s body on the floor, his head full of questions, Qing Yun rear mountain? What did that mean, if he did not hear it wrongly, Mr Ghost’s words meant Qing Yun mountain, but Qing Yun mountain ranges stretched for thousand of miles, undulating, which rear mountain did he mean? Qing Yun sect occupied seven of the tallest mountains, each summit had its own rear mountain, but to save Qing Yun rear mountain, what was it referring to?
Mr Ghost had passed away speaking halfway, Ghost Li after remaining quiet for a moment, sighed and then glanced at Mr Ghost’s body, his eyes were still opened and so he closed up his eyes, quietly said, “If I have the chance to meet Xiao Huan, I will pass your words to her, just that your words are ambiguous, I’m afraid she might not understand too . ”
After speaking, he stood up, glanced into the distance, saw that about half of the red figure was about to emerge, the entire body red like blood, its head was still shrouded in a ball of red air, Ghost Li frowned, unwilling to be here any longer, turned and was about to leave, suddenly stopped .
In that instant, a thought suddenly emerged in his mind, like an unsuppressable temptation .
He turned around, looked at Mr Ghost’s body again, on the dark figure, the veil was still there, Ghost Li stared at that veil, suddenly wanted to lift up that veil and see what kind of face it was beneath it .
But the next moment, he decided to give up that thought, turned and left .
When Ghost Li left that cave, Xiao Hui who was on his shoulder quietly called out, Ghost Li was silent, although reluctant to leave those beasts inside the blood pool but right now that place was really considered the most dangerous place in the whole world, even with his current skills, Ghost Li had no confidence at all in fighting that terrible power .
The walls and ground were still quaking, even though he knew that Ghost King was personally guarding Biyao and should not have any accident but he was still feeling anxious, this was a calamity they never had and clearly Ghost King was the one who laid that formation, it looked to be getting out of control, at least Mr Ghost was the best example .
No matter what, going against Ghost King, better to bring Biyao away first .
Right now the mountain was really too dangerous .
Ghost Li while contemplating, his figure started to move faster, sweeping towards the way he had came from and soon came to that bifurcation, just when he was about to enter that entrance which he came from, suddenly he stopped, deep inside the cave where it should be darkness, a red light flashed and that light was heading swiftly towards himself .
Ghost Li for some reason, subconsciously flashed into the other tunnel, concealed himself in a dark corner against the wall, held his breath, at the same time grabbed Xiao Hui into his embrace and used his hands to cover its mouth .
Xiao Hui who was already spiritually intelligent, seemed to understand and also became quiet, motionless in Ghost Li’s embrace .
The tunnel descended into silence but it was not for long, the next moment, a whistle was heard, with deep breathing, sounded more like a wild animal more than a man .
[Pa!]
A tall big figure swept out and landed, looking from the back, it was Ghost King, yet this person was completely different from the usual Ghost King, his clothes for some reason were slightly tattered, his limbs and body seemed to be bigger than usual .
A deep [pi pa] sound kept coming out from Ghost King, not knowing what it was but his body clearly emanated an extremely familiar smell .
Thick heavy blood stench!
Ghost Li in the dark corner, coldly watched this figure .
Ghost King did not stay at where he was for long, looked around and then strided to the red light at the end of the distant platform, he walked very fast and very urgent, as if something he was impatiently longing for was waiting for him, he didn’t even notice the strange blood stains on the surrounding floor .
After Ghost King’s figure disappeared into the cave, Ghost Li slowly walked out, he stared at that place, his eyes glinting, not knowing what he was thinking of .
Xiao Hui slowly climbed up to his shoulder, quietly called out twice .
Ghost Li was silent, was about to turn when his body shook, his countenance changed greatly, right now the mountain was quaking violently, the situation queer, danger everywhere and yet at this moment, Ghost King was alone here, an evil aura surrounding him, obviously different from usual .
But, how about Biyao?
At this time, Ghost King was going to the blood pool, and who was protecting Biyao?
Ghost Li immediately turned pale, a ringing sound in his head, like a flash of lightning he leapt up, into the tunnel and flew .
On the way, his heart unceasingly madly chanted:
Biyao . . . Biyao . . . you must not have any mishap…
The entire mountain was shaking, this was the feeling Ghost Li had while on his way, this was the first time the earthquake had sustained for such a long time and still no signs of stopping . On the contrary, the quakes seemed to be getting stronger .
Sounds of collapse could be far from far, made one tremble with fear, when Ghost Li came out of the tunnel and into Ghost King’s residence, that tunnel before him in Ghost King’s room, was already destroyed beyond look .
Rocks were rolling down everywhere, the once connected tunnels were now riddled with rocks and potholes, and even more bigger rocks continued to fall . Rumbling sounds were heard from deep within the mountain, together with the earthquakes, made the people felt even clearly the unknown terror .
Ghost Li soon discovered in the tunnels, the Ghost King disciples, like mad and fearful ants, rushed towards the cave exit without any regards, the usual sect strict rules, at this critical juncture had lost all of its effect, nobody bothered anymore .
The humans gathered like rivers, Ghost Li’s urgent steps were soon blocked by the crowd, at this moment, everyone was running for their lives, nobody regarded him as the vice sect head and nobody made way for him .
Other than people, there were more people .
Ghost Li who was in a panic strided, squeezed ahead, but in front of the person, was still another person, and soon, behind Ghost Li, another large group of disciples who were fleeing for their lives gathered .
He was like an infuriated small fish in the ocean school of fishes, trying his best to struggle, pushing and trying to dash out but as much as he tried, even above the people’s head that few chi area, he could also see human bodies at times .
Biyao…
Beneath his feet, another violent earthquake, this time it was so powerful that almost everyone fell, everywhere was fearful shoutings and bellowings, and crying of pain from all directions, in that mad crowd, not knowing who fell, crushed by the human stampede .
Ghost Li’s eyes were bloodshot, his mouth dry, he even felt dizzy, ahead, ahead what waited him, what exactly it was?
Biyao . . . his heart shouting with all his might .
Finally, as the human flow squeezed past this tunnel, Ghost Li slipped out at a bifurcation, it was a distance from the Ghost King’s residence and the ice room, right now only need to go along this tunnel to go back, go right to the end would do . But then, Ghost Li had just managed to turn around when he looked ahead, stopped, despair filled his face .
This tunnel was also filled with numerous disciples, struggling to run to the exit, although in that previous tunnel it was slow-moving but it was moving in the right direction, right now he had to go against the flow and looking at the people’s faces filled with fear and madness, his heart sank .
The earth and mountain shook, different noises unceasing, people in the madness and despair continued to flee, and behind them, in that solitary stone room, how was that person, could she be hurt by the rocks?
Did she perhaps see, a man cursing loudly in the squeezing crowd, with a similar madness like the surrounding people trying to flee, trying his might to push against the crowd flow, towards her cold room, inch by inch approaching…
[Rumble!]
A deafening sound exploded behind the people, in the violent quaking, a huge crack on the wall, like a cracked watermelon skin, crumbled into pieces, a piece of it which almost had all of the big and small rocks in the tunnel smashed down, right into the crowd .
In that instant, blood sprayed, several people died just like that, not knowing how many more were injured, and in their shock, the remaining people were even more terrified and pushed ahead with their might, and those trapped behind the rock which blocked their way out, shouted desperately .
Beneath the huge rock, blood flowed, dying a huge patches and patches of ground .
The despair atmosphere permeated among the people, everyone pushed and struggled with their might, hitting that huge rock but that sturdy and solid huge rock was not what their strengths could move, still coldly unmoving .
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