bayedsolid Chapter 417: The Sad Ancient Sage (Part 2)
Chapter 417: The Sad Ancient Sage (Part 2)
His body was covered in wounds. It was hard to imagine how tragic and terrible the battle was that this ancient sage had experienced in the past.
He was covered in wounds, his robes stained with blood, and the bright red blood had not yet dried up or solidified, but his body was already cold, having lost all vitality and was shrouded in a heavy aura of death.
And any one of those weapons could pierce the sky, but now they have all turned into decay, and all the imprints of the Tao and divine power have been wiped out by the domineering blood of this ancient sage.
"Are those patterns the seals he placed before he died? What is he sealing?" Gu Chi whispered. Her attainments in formations and restrictions were far inferior to those of the big black dog, and she could not figure out the tricks.
She stared intently and could sense a wave of emotion, the regret left by the ancient saint before his death.
He fought desperately to return from the border, but he was exhausted. It was a pity that he was unable to completely eliminate the trouble for future generations.
A feeling of sadness welled up in Gu Chi's heart, and he felt sorry for this ancient saint of the human race.
He guarded the border all his life, using his life and blood to defend the human race against foreign enemies.
Before his death, he chased here from the border in order to completely eradicate a great terror that would threaten the safety of the human race. Unfortunately, he was exhausted in the end and could only choose to seal the great terror under the abyss with his remaining body.
This ancient saint undoubtedly made immeasurable contributions to humanity, but no one knew what he had done.
In such a cold, dark and silent place, he died alone.
No one knew, and no one saw him off. No one knew that there was such an ancient saint who used his own body to suppress some kind of great terror for the human race.
Looking at his majestic figure and the shocking wounds all over his body, Gu Chi felt inexplicably sad in his heart, and bowed deeply to the figure.
There wasn't much she could do, because she couldn't get close to the terrifying abyss. Even if she played all her cards, she couldn't withstand the pressure there.
"If we can escape from here, we must improve our strength as soon as possible." Gu Chi whispered.
Whether it was the big black dog's cry for help across time and space, or the border battlefield guarded by the ancient sages, all of this made her feel deeply powerless at the moment, simply because her current strength was too small and she could not help at all.
"What kind of great terror is sealed beneath this abyss?" Gu Chi pondered.
When did this ancient sage come here? Did they exist in the ancient times of Xuanzhu and his companions, or in the even more ancient times?
Gu Chi felt that the brutal battle that Xuan Zhu and the others participated in and the seven ancient sages guarding the border were not things that happened in the same era.
The era in which the seven ancient sages existed should be even longer than ancient times.
If it was in the era when the ancient Xuanzhu and others existed, she really couldn't imagine how terrible and tragic that war was. After all, even the ancient saints died in the battle.
Silently, ancient lamps appeared one after another around Gu Chi, hanging in the void, and thunderous sounds were heard from under the terrifying abyss, as if something was trying to break the seal.
Wisp after wisp of thick, oppressive, and strange black fog seeped out from the seal.
"The seal is not strong enough?!" Gu Chi's face changed color, and she saw a very bad sign.
The ancient sage who was sitting cross-legged above the abyss, his tall and majestic body, had half of its body strangely stained dark as ink. He looked more like the Demon Ancestor than a sage!
A thick and oppressive strange black fog enveloped him, trying to permeate his entire body, but his holy power was still there, which slowed down the speed of the strange pollution to a certain extent, and it failed to succeed all at once.
"Oh no, judging by the current situation, it's only a matter of time before the ancient sage is infected by the weirdness. One day, the seal will be broken, and by then, the great terror under the abyss will dominate the earth..." Gu Chi felt a chill in his heart.
However, she didn't have time to think about it at this moment.
In the distance, there were intermittent shrill ghost cries. On the other side of the horizon, there was a large mountain range. Each mountain was as black as ink, and at this moment, a large amount of strange mist was erupting.
And above every mountain, there is a scarlet blood moon rising, as red as blood, dyeing the mountains and rivers for thousands of miles.
"Ow..."
It was like the howling of millions of evil spirits, as if the gate of the Nine Nether Hell had been opened.
Between those mountains, densely packed, thousands and thousands of endless black shadows surged out!
This scene was really creepy. There were so many dark shadows, all of which were ancient corpses crawling out from the ground, gathering into an endless tide of corpses.
The mountains and plains are littered with corpses buried from ancient times. They were all powerful warriors who looked down upon the world in their lifetime. Even if they have turned into walking corpses without self-thoughts, they are still terrifying and are not much inferior to the supreme masters who have reached the pinnacle of the world.
Gu Chi was frightened and felt that she was probably finished this time. With so many powerful opponents, she might not be able to escape alive even if she played all her cards.
"No, not all ancient corpses are powerful. Many of them have already rotted away, and their strength is only at the level of an ordinary Jindan stage cultivator at best."
Gu Chi used the method of peeping into the void and saw this clue. He immediately felt more confident and thought that there was still a glimmer of hope.
"kill!"
No matter what, she would never sit there and wait for death. Even if she died in battle, she would die in a way that would be passed down through the ages, rather than standing there waiting to be torn into pieces.
She held the knives in both hands, and the two jade-cutting knives surged in power, slashing and slashing, sweeping away all the ancient corpses around her.
A foul smell filled the air. Some of the ancient corpses had been there for who knows how long. Normally, they should have rotted and turned into dust long ago, but they were imprisoned by a force of rules and their bodies were still intact.
Until this moment, they were chopped into pieces by Gu Chi's jade cutter, and the restraints on their bodies were no longer valid. Under the blade, they turned into pus, blood and rotten bones, emitting an extremely pungent stench.
Suddenly, Gu Chi noticed that some of the ancient corpses were very unusual. Although they were also wrapped in thick black fog, he could sense vitality from them. They were slowly walking at the end of the distant horizon, emitting a powerful pressure.
Judging from the appearance, there are more than a dozen people. It is hard to tell how strong they are, but what is certain is that they are definitely not weak.
"This is a big trouble..."
Gu Chi cursed. When the distance between them was shortened, she could see the appearance of the dozen or so special ancient corpses. They were a group of young people, both men and women, standing proudly with indifferent expressions, each standing on the mountain and staring at her coldly.
"Ok?"
Gu Chi narrowed her eyes slightly, somewhat surprised, to find that the group of young men and women, like her, were cultivators of this era. Judging from the Taoist clothing they were wearing, the oldest one could only be traced back to more than 6,000 years ago.
The dozen or so people flew in the air, and the terrifying aura and imposing pressure merged together, making it extremely oppressive.
There is no doubt that these are some young supreme beings, even more powerful than those ancient freaks in Kunlun Ruins.
"hiss!"
Gu Chi sucked in a breath of cold air. Could it be that these brilliant and talented people in ancient times, after accidentally entering this strange and dead place in the past, were also infected by the strange aura like the ancient sage?