ragginovel Chapter 2396 Ink Mark
Chapter 2396 Ink Mark
Chapter 2396 Ink Mark
Upon hearing Mo Yan's telepathic message, Qin Sang glanced at Chi Lian and Gu Mei, who were still struggling to resist the impact of the black light.
It was only then that they realized that this black light was not an invisible light, but something like ink, and the impact it brought was much greater than expected.
'Swish! Swish!'
Green vines kept breaking through the water around them.
These green vines, when dipped in the black water, were coated with a layer of ink, turning them black.
However, this does not diminish their imposing presence; on the contrary, it makes them appear even more ferocious.
'Whoosh! '
The purple parasol flew above their heads and spun rapidly. The power of the spiritual treasure formed an invisible barrier, and the black water that got close would be flung away by this force, unable to touch them.
However, Gu Mei's cultivation level was inferior to that of the old man in the brocade robe. Under the relentless attacks of the green vines, the barrier of the purple umbrella kept shaking, and Gu Mei's expression showed that she was struggling more and more.
'puff! '
A green vine tore through the barrier and swung it violently, its sharp thorns about to pierce them.
'Snapped! '
With a crack of the whip, Chi Lian's long whip trembled, splitting into a whip shadow that transformed into a serpent, immediately lunging towards Qing Teng.
The surface of the green vine was stained with black water. Since she did not know the details of the black water, Chi Lian dared not let her whip come into direct contact with it. Fortunately, the spirit snake that the whip shadow transformed into was quite powerful.
The serpent and the green vine were entangled together. The serpent's scales were pierced by the sharp thorns, leaving it covered in wounds. But the serpent was fearless and dragged the green vine outside, where it sank into the black water.
'Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!'
Subsequently, green vines continued to break through the barrier, and the old man in brocade robes unleashed his full power, revealing the formidable strength of a late-stage Void Refinement expert.
Even with Qin Sang concealing his true strength, along with Gu Mei and Chi Lian, they were still struggling greatly. The green vines seemed endless; they had lost count of how many they had eradicated, yet new vines continued to emerge from the black water, and the enemy's offensive showed no signs of abating.
Now we can only hope that the three guardians will arrive as soon as possible and rescue them.
The enemy must understand this principle as well.
Although the old man in the brocade robe only used green vines to attack, his attacks were ever-changing and increasingly fierce.
'Shuh! '
A green vine broke through the barrier and lashed out at Qin Sang.
‘Crack! ’
A flash of lightning appeared.
Qin Sang held a feather fan in her hand, which was the same Thunder Bird feather she had used before. Now it was formed into a fan. With a strong wave, Qin Sang unleashed lightning on the fan surface, turning it into a ball of lightning that shimmered with silver light.
'call out! ’
The lightning ball shot out, about to hit the green vine, when suddenly a flower bud grew on the vine and bloomed instantly. The spirit flower, like a big mouth, swallowed the lightning ball whole.
Chi Lian noticed something was wrong and whispered, "Be careful!"
As the spirit flower swallowed the lightning ball, it suddenly exhaled a cloud of pink mist, and then the lightning ball exploded inside the spirit flower, blasting the green vine into fragments.
Qin Sang was caught off guard and was hit by the mist, which actually invaded his protective aura.
"Cough cough..."
Qin Sang's face flushed red, and she coughed.
"Fellow Daoist, are you injured?"
Chi Lian looked over with concern. The situation was urgent, and neither she nor Gu Mei could care about Qin Sang anymore.
'Shuh! '
Another green vine appeared one after another, and Qin Sang shook her head, not daring to stop.
The pink mist from earlier seemed to have planted a hidden danger within Qin Sang's body, causing her to gradually weaken and face numerous perilous situations.
Both Chi Lian and Gu Mei could be seen.
Gu Mei's eyes flashed. Instead of sending reinforcements, she subtly activated her umbrella, weakening the barrier around Qin Sang, which caused more and more green vines to attack Qin Sang.
Even if Chi Lian wanted to provide reinforcements, she could only occasionally help Qin Sang relieve some of the pressure, which was far from enough.
Qin Sang gradually weakened and finally panicked, "Fellow Daoists, we must find a way to change the situation, otherwise we will all die here!"
Chi Lian hesitated, as if she wanted to speak.
Gu Mei said coldly, "We have already done our best, and we can only maintain this situation. I wonder what brilliant plan you have?"
"I……"
Qin Sang was speechless. She wanted to argue some more, but suddenly heard a loud 'boom' behind her as several green vines crashed into the barrier at the same time.
The purple parasol swayed, and the barrier shattered instantly, failing to block even a single vine.
'Whoosh! Whoosh!'
The green vines form a net, and Qin Sang is already a fish caught in it.
Qin Sang's pupils dilated, her face filled with despair. "Save me!"
"Fellow Daoist Qingfeng!"
Chi Lian exclaimed in surprise, but was stopped by Gu Mei.
"What do you want to do!"
Gu Mei said coldly, "He will only be a hindrance to us if he follows us. Sacrificing him will give us a better chance of survival. It's better than being implicated and all three of us dying here."
"The cloak that Protector Huang bestowed upon us..."
Chi Lian hesitated. Her first encounter with Qin Sang didn't end well, but Qin Sang later joined Tianyunpu and made many contributions. It would be too heartless to just stand by and watch her die.
Protector Huang gave them cloaks to use in times of crisis. Now, if they ask Protector Huang for help, they might be able to save Qin Sang.
"I don't know what's going on up there. Protector Huang might only have one chance to save us. Are you really going to waste that chance on him?"
Gu Mei's words were truly scathing.
Chi Lian hesitated, watching helplessly as Qin Sang was entangled by the green vines, finally being pulled downwards. Gu Mei's eyes flashed with relief; she tightened the umbrella's grip, and now that one was gone, the area needing protection had shrunk.
'Snapped! '
A wave crashed over us.
Just as Qin Sang was about to sink into the black water with Qing Teng, muffled sounds suddenly came from the depths of the black water.
Upon hearing this unusual sound, the two women and the old man in the brocade robe became alert.
The old man in the brocade robe narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, then suddenly sensed something, his expression changed abruptly, and he hurriedly made a hand seal.
'boom! boom! boom! ’
A series of loud noises erupted around them. To the two women's surprise, all the green vines tensed up. The surrounding vines burst forth from the black water, not to attack them, but as if they were trying to avoid something.
'boom! ’
The muffled thud sounded again, this time clearer.
At this moment, Qin Sang, who was entangled by the green vines, was filled with panic, but she was very calm. She glanced in the direction from which the sound came and saw streams of black tides gushing out from the depths of the abyss.
‘Boom! ’
These black tides were incredibly powerful, rushing to their feet in the blink of an eye.
Qin Sang vaguely saw that each of the black tides contained a round, black stone.
Dozens or even hundreds of black stones shot out at once, creating a surging black tide and bringing immense chaos.
"This way..."
The sound of inkstone echoed in my ears.
Qin Sang happened to be directly above one of the black stones. The black tide crashed into the green vines that were wrapped around Qin Sang. The huge impact caused the green vines to sway. However, Qin Sang seemed to have expected this and flung out the feather fan in her hand.
The feather fan burst into flames, transforming into a ball of thunder and fire. Suddenly, it was struck by both internal and external forces, causing some green vines to snap instantly. Qin Sang seized the opportunity to rush out, discarding her cloak, and swam in the direction Mo Yan had indicated.
He had just discussed with Mo Yan how to escape, and Mo Yan told him what to do. Clearly, these black stones and black tides were brought by Mo Yan.
The Kuroshio Current caused chaos on the battlefield.
Many green vines were washed away by the black tide, and countless were broken. The old man in the brocade robe seemed to know the origin of these black stones, and he hesitated with doubt, not daring to go forward.
The two women were in a terrible state, but they realized this was a chance to escape, so they did their best to flee.
Qin Sang, however, followed Mo Yan's guidance and moved through the black tide with ease. Finally breaking free from the influence of the black tide, Qin Sang saw a figure ahead—it was Mo Yan.
The stringless sword and the broken scabbard were nowhere to be found; only the inkstone remained.
Mo Yan stepped forward and asked with concern, "How are you?"
“We should be able to fool them,” Qin Sang glanced at the Black Tide and exclaimed in admiration, “How did you manage to do that, fellow Daoist? If I hadn’t been hiding my strength, I might have really died inside.”
"Only in this way can they believe that you, fellow Daoist, have perished. Although this is a small trick I used, it is only the tip of the iceberg. You will soon find out just how dangerous this place is..."
Mo Yan pointed downwards.
Qin Sang wanted to ask some more questions, but suddenly noticed a slight change in Mo Yan's expression.
"Oh no! It's really here!"
The next moment, Qin Sang saw the familiar black tide gushing out from the deeper part of the abyss, far surpassing the previous surge in both momentum and power.
"Fellow Daoist, stay close to me!"
The situation was urgent, and Mo Yan didn't have time to explain to Qin Sang. With a flash, he rushed towards the Black Tide.
Qin Sang no longer needed to hide her strength, so she immediately activated her lightning escape technique and flashed to catch up.
Two streaks of light, one black and one blue, pierced the black tide like arrows.
'boom! ’
As if struck by a giant wave, the speed of the two streaks of light plummeted, and both Mo Yan and Qin Sang felt a sense of suffocation.
Qin Sang was secretly alarmed; the true Black Tide was indeed far more powerful than the one before.
At the same time, Qin Sang felt a strong sense of alarm and a powerful threat, the source of which was not far from him.
Qin Sang quickly focused her gaze and saw something strange.
It wasn't one of the black stones they'd seen before, but a long, narrow black object. No matter how Qin Sang looked at it, it resembled a '撇' (piě) stroke in Chinese calligraphy.
"What the hell is this?"
Qin Sang was puzzled and looked elsewhere, then saw a horizontal line, or perhaps a vertical line.
Looking elsewhere, there are strokes like "撇" (left-falling stroke), "捺" (right-falling stroke), and even complex strokes like horizontal strokes with turns and left-falling strokes with turns.
So what he saw just now wasn't a black stone, but a dot.
These dots and strokes are scattered, as if an article has been completely disrupted, with all the dots and strokes mixed together, making it impossible to recognize the original article.
Suddenly, Qin Sang noticed a stroke flying towards them.
"Fellow Daoist, be careful not to get hit by these ink marks!" Mo Yan warned telepathically.
"Ink marks..."
Qin Sang's heart stirred, and she looked at Mo Yan's right hand, where he was holding an inkstone.
Mo Yan pointed the treasure in front of him, and the inkstone flashed with spiritual light, bursting out a suction force that actually swallowed up the surrounding black tide.
With the impact greatly reduced, the two regained their peak speed and focused all their efforts on dodging the downward stroke.
'Shuh! '
That stroke swept diagonally toward them.
It is reasonable to call ink marks on an inkstone, as they are extremely thin, like ink peeled off paper.
However, the seemingly thin ink marks made their hearts pound.
In that instant, Qin Sang seemed to see a long black blade, cleaving through darkness and nothingness.
Who could have created these ink marks? Each stroke possesses such terrifying power!
If she were to be struck by this blade, Qin Sang doubted whether she could withstand it; even a glancing blow would likely result in injury. It seemed she was already locked onto by the ink mark, making it difficult to dodge the attack no matter which direction she moved.
This strike not only cuts into the body, but also into the soul!
If one's will is not strong enough, in despair, even the thought of dodging may be extinguished.
Fortunately, both Qin Sang and Mo Yan were of good will, and Mo Yan seemed to be familiar with the patterns of the ink marks. He led Qin Sang in an arc, just in time to avoid the ink mark's attack.
'Shuh! '
Mohen brushed past them without turning back to continue attacking them.
But this was only the beginning. Having just escaped danger, they then encountered another ink mark.
This is a horizontal bend, like a sickle, about to cut them in half.
Qin Sang and Mo Yan could only keep dodging.
……
Above the abyss.
The Black and Yellow Guardians were besieged by four experts of the same level.
Because the Plague God had already laid a trap, the Black and Yellow Protectors' counterattacks were repeatedly thwarted, and they gradually found themselves in grave danger.
At this moment, the four demons, including the Plague God, stood in four directions, looking at the ball of white light in the center, their expressions extremely solemn.
Just now, when the Black Protector shouted that sentence, he summoned a treasure of unknown origin, and then it turned into this.
Within the white light, besides the Black and Yellow Guardians, there were three other unfamiliar auras.
"Are the Fox Fairy, Willow Fairy, and White Fairy of the Five Immortals' Abode also nearby?" One of the three elders looked up at the sky, his face showing worry.
The Plague God hesitated. If all five immortals of the Five Immortals' Abode arrived, their strength would be comparable to theirs. Unfortunately, in order to conceal their true whereabouts and deceive everyone, they did not bring any of their subordinates with them.
They thought that with the two of them and the three elders, they were all safe, but they never expected that what they caught was Wu Xian Zhai.
"Don't be fooled by them, they're just bluffing!"
The Gu Granny screamed, and a seven-colored banner appeared in front of her.
The other three demons also did not hesitate any longer, each displaying their supernatural powers, and beams of spiritual light and precious light engulfed the Black and Yellow Guardians.
'boom! ’
The white light, like a cocoon, finally succumbed to the terrifying onslaught and cracked with a snap. A streak of light shot out from the white light, sweeping across all directions and causing the four demons to change color.
"Be careful, they might make a desperate gamble!" the Plague God warned.
The four demons retreated, choosing to temporarily avoid the enemy's attack.
At the same time, a black tide erupted in the abyss, and Chi Lian and Gu Mei were swept out by the black tide.
Having shaken off the green vines, the two women had barely appeared when their vision blurred and they were blocked by the old man in brocade robes. The two women were greatly alarmed. Just then, they suddenly felt their cloaks tighten, and a strange yet familiar power flowed into their bodies from an unknown source.
"Could it be..."
The two women vaguely understood something, and they relaxed their minds, allowing this power to take over their bodies.
At the same time, the Black Protector's maniacal laughter rang out from above.
"Haha... Do you think I'm lying to you?"
The old man in the brocade robe realized something was wrong, but it was too late to stop it.
'boom! ’
The two women's auras surged, and the phantom images of a fox and a snake appeared behind them, radiating terrifying divine power.
The fox spirit and willow spirit of the Five Immortals' Abode are still on their way, but they are already able to use their supernatural powers to possess them from a distance!