Chapter 2674 - 2673: Ballad
Wu Yang’s face disappeared, leaving Ling Feng alone in the Necropolis Secret Realm.
Though surrounded by endless darkness, Ling Feng’s breath remained steady.
In his hand, the shadow of the Chaos Sword appeared, followed by a humanoid shadow beside Ling Feng.
Chaos!
Chaos touched its chin and looked at the surrounding scene. The red and yellow patterns caught its attention, but Chaos remained silent.
Ling Feng lightly brushed the blade of the Chaos Sword and said indifferently, "No need to look anymore. Wu Yang, that guy, may continue his evil deeds outside. I must quickly get out."
"How to get out?" Chaos interjected suddenly.
Ling Feng looked up at the array, "What else can be done but break it with force? I’ve been slashing with the Chaos Sword, but it just won’t break this array."
Chaos pondered for a long time, finally shaking its head with a sigh, "No! You absolutely shouldn’t use brute force to break it. If something goes wrong, the array will explode, and the Secret Realm will collapse."
"You’ll die in here!"
Upon hearing Chaos’s warning, Ling Feng’s brows furrowed slightly, "Staying here too long is equally troublesome, better to seek a way to dispel it."
"Maybe... you can observe the array’s patterns. If you can strike them in the correct sequence, there might be a way to survive. If this method fails, then you can only rely on brute force."
Looking at Chaos’s worried expression, Ling Feng couldn’t help but tease, "First time seeing you so worried. What? Is this Secret Realm hard to dispel this time?"
"I always have a bad premonition. Since that guy is confident in imprisoning you here, it’s definitely not just to trap you simply. There must be other means to kill you!"
Ling Feng waved the Chaos Sword like the wind, laughing loudly, "Relax, I won’t die!"
"That Lord of the Three Realms wants to test my strength, so I’ll show him the might of the Human Race!"
"The Xuanxu Realm is not easily conquered!"
Ling Feng felt as though he stood on empty space, yet the sensation under his feet was solid.
Ling Feng let out a gentle shout, tapped the void with his feet, and flew toward the array above.
...
Li Feng had already evacuated all the surrounding residents, but upon returning to the restaurant with his team, he discovered Ling Feng was gone.
𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
"King Side by Side!" Li Feng had to shout loudly but received no response.
"What happened? Did that demon appear again?" A clear female voice sounded behind Li Feng.
Hearing the familiar voice, Li Feng immediately turned and saluted, "Greetings, Queen. There was indeed quite a commotion here earlier. King Side by Side was also here just now. He asked us to evacuate the civilians while he stayed here alone."
"But when I returned, I found he was already gone!" Cold sweat formed on Li Feng’s forehead; he knew he bore some responsibility.
"Rise." Li Xiaonian said indifferently.
"Yes!"
Li Xiaonian walked to the broken table and the pit on the ground, then looked at the soft earth inside. She crouched down, grabbed a handful, and examined it closely in her palm.
With some certainty, Li Xiaonian looked around but found no traces.
Feeling something, Li Xiaonian suddenly looked up at the sky, staring into the sun, unafraid of the fierce sunlight.
Above the nine heavens, the white-robed cultivator noticed Li Xiaonian’s gaze and softly muttered, then shifted his gaze elsewhere, no longer observing the Vermilion Bird Kingdom.
"Did she really perceive my presence?" The cultivator chuckled softly, the golden patterns on the robe subtly flowing.
In the next moment, scorching golden flames appeared on the cultivator, devouring him.
After the flames extinguished, the cultivator floating above the nine heavens was gone.
"Did you find anything, Queen?" Li Feng approached Li Xiaonian cautiously.
Li Xiaonian shook her head, "No, just felt a gaze upon me, which suddenly disappeared."
"Could it be... King Side by Side?" Li Feng speculated.
"Probably not; I’ve never felt such a gaze before..." Li Xiaonian discarded the soil from her hand, "Let’s not focus on this for now. Deploy people to search the city for King Side by Side and that demon!"
Knowing Wu Yang had come to attack, Li Feng nodded immediately, then left with soldiers.
Li Xiaonian worriedly murmured to herself, "Ling Feng, where are you?"
...
In a small black point within the pit, representing the external manifestation of the Necropolis Secret Realm, even a formidable person like Li Xiaonian can’t easily detect this tiny black dot without special means.
Completely unaware of Li Xiaonian’s concern, Ling Feng had just finished his tenth round of slashing, yet the red-yellow array showed no signs of breaking.
Not even the slightest damage!
Ling Feng breathed slightly heavily, though he didn’t feel much tiredness. But his heart felt somewhat fatigued, as all his prior attacks seemed futile in retrospect.
Chaos’s figure reappeared, eyeing the array immediately. Seeing no damage, it shook its head:
"Alas, it’s indeed so. Even using brute force cannot shatter this array."
Ling Feng had attempted to find the array’s flaws but failed. He was never adept in arrays.
Also, trapped in this dark oppressive illusion: with constant wraith screams and indistinct whispers, the temperature inside keeps dropping.
Though Ling Feng’s mental fortitude was strong, he couldn’t endure such dual body and mind torment.
"I can’t find the array’s flaw, and brute force now seems unviable..." Ling Feng said with a subdued voice.
"Little Fei!" Ling Feng shouted.
The insect ancestor immediately appeared adjacent to Ling Feng.
"Can you transmit information from here? Like informing outside insects of my location and situation."
Little Fei’s antennas trembled furiously, but the wraith screams severely disrupt sound wave transmission, so after struggling briefly, Little Fei finally shook its head:
"Master, I can’t do it. This place is isolated from the world, with constant resentful spirit screams. My information can’t be transmitted."
"Moreover, I vaguely sense no insects around us, unsure if that demon is behind it. In any case, communicating outside is impossible."
Ling Feng nodded, as the Shadowless Needle appeared in his hand.
After waves of silver light flickered, all were consumed by darkness, and the attempt to break space was fruitless, as the Shadowless Needle couldn’t perform its intended function.
Ling Feng closed his eyes and expanded his Divine Sense to explore his surroundings, but found it was immediately blocked before fully extending.
A black ring isolated Ling Feng’s Divine Sense, blocking his awareness and perception within the Necropolis Secret Realm.
Ling Feng, unwilling to yield, continued unleashing his Divine Sense. The void’s power kept impacting the black ring, but its resilience exceeded Ling Feng’s expectations.
Solely relying on spiritual power can’t shatter it.
Exhausted mentally, Ling Feng ceased these futile attempts. He was about to curse but suddenly snapped out of it, realizing something.
He wasn’t normally like this; even trapped here, he shouldn’t be so restless. It’s not yet a desperate scenario; there’s no need for despair.
Ling Feng glanced at the resentful spirits with distorted expressions, each waving withered hands, trying to drag Ling Feng among them, jointly plunging into ruin.
Ling Feng smiled subtly, finally understanding his mental state issue - influenced by those wraiths’ grievances, leading to significant emotional swings.
Ling Feng set the Chaos Sword beside him, then sat cross-legged in void, deep in thought about his situation and means of escape.
Those resentful spirit voices seemed to drift away from Ling Feng.
All cumbersome sounds seemed to vanish...
"Smile lightly at the mundane world and roam freely with me."
"Ask not about the chaotic Jianghu, how much do you know of grievances and disputes?"
A voice, old yet joyous, reached Ling Feng’s ears, realigning his thoughts and furrowing his brows before he suddenly opened his eyes.