Chapter 1016: Falling Into The Void
As the high-crowned manâs gaze moved from the bridge to Ning Cheng, Ning Cheng saw a hint of fear in his eyes.
Scared of him? Ning Cheng felt puzzled in his heart, but he immediately understood a few things. This was the netherworld, with powerful laws that suppressed all living beings. Those with low strength would end up like Ba Meng, tossed around and abused by the laws without being able to put up any resistance.
And now he looked very relaxed; at least on the surface, he looked very relaxed. While the bridge looked very windy, floating above his head. This combined effect must have caused the other party to feel afraid of him.
Ning Cheng calmed down even more, and all traces of panic disappeared from his eyes. At the same time, he also looked at the high-crowned man in front of him more closely. He couldnât tell his age; all he could tell was that he wore a tall, green crown and a pale face.
However, Ning Cheng quickly discovered something peculiar. This manâs high crown gave off bursts of dao rhythms. Sensing these dao rhythms, Ning Cheng quickly understood that this fellowâs high crown and his Bridge of Yellow Springs had a similar function. That is, to offset the pressure of the netherworldâs laws.
No wonder he looks calm wearing the green crown. His green crown should be an extraordinary treasure.
âIs that the Fourth Bridge of Yellow Springs of the Seven Bridges Spirit Technique?â The high-crowned man finally spoke.
Ning Cheng smiled and nodded indifferently, âYes, itâs indeed the Bridge of Yellow Springs.â
âCondensing the bridge to such an extent really makes me feel quite jealous. My name is Qu Shen; what do I call this dao friend?â The high-crowned man even cupped his fists towards Ning Cheng.\nNing Cheng deliberately showed a wary look in his eyes but didnât answer Qu Shenâs words. Since this fellow feels jealous, then let him be jealous. Ning Cheng didnât want to reveal his name anyway; after all, the notoriety attached to his name wasnât small. If this fellow learned his name, it wouldnât bode well for him. Moreover, it also means that more people would know about his Seven Bridges Spirit Technique, something everyone wanted but couldnât obtain.
Seeing some wariness in Ning Chengâs eyes, Qu Shen didnât think much of it. He simply shrugged and continued, âDid this dao friend also come here to look for the Six-Yin Fruits?â
âThatâs right, Iâm indeed here for the Six-Yin Fruits.â Ning Cheng didnât deny it. This fellow had seen him collect the three Six-Yin Fruits, so there wasnât any point in denying it.
âYou have good strength. Would you be interested in joining forces and heading to the netherworldâs depths for a grand opportunity?â Qu Shen stared at Ning Cheng and spoke with a smile.
Qu Shenâs strength was higher than his. Moreover, Ning Cheng didnât need another glance to tell him that this fellow coveted his Seven Bridges. So how could Ning Cheng team up with Qu Shen to enter the depths of the netherworld? Therefore, Ning Cheng simply refused. âIâm sorry, Iâve already found what I wanted and am just looking for a way to leave. Unfortunately, I havenât found a way out yet, forcing me to wander around this place for over a decade.â
âYouâve been here for more than a decade?â Qu Shen felt shocked. Staying in the netherworld for over a decade was more than just âamazingâ. The law pressure here was simply too strong, but more importantly, the longer you stayed, the more dangerous this place would be for you.\nNing Cheng gave a solemn nod. Looking at his gloomy and sweaty face, no one would believe that he had been here for less than two months.
Qu Sheng frowned and carefully scrutinised Ning Cheng from top to bottom several times. âDo you only have the fourth bridge?â
Ning Chengâs face sank, and the meandering yellow river wrapping the Bridge of Yellow Springs started to rampage again. Bursts of dao rhythms flashed on the grand river. Since the other party held some fear of him, he had to make a show of it.
âDao Friend Qu seems very interested in my Bridge of Yellow Springs.â Ning Chengâs voice carried a hint of icy coldness.
Sensing the Bridge of Yellow Springâs dao rhythm erupt, Qu Shen hurriedly took a few steps back and stared at Ning Cheng with wariness. âDao friend, please donât misunderstand. I meant that if you have the rest of the bridges, you can enter the depths of the netherworld and condense the full Seven Bridges Spirit Technique. After all, the best place to coalesce the complete Seven Bridges Spirit Technique is the netherworld. Moreover, in the depths of the netherworld, you will even find the most powerful Bridge of Reincarnation. To condense the seventh Bridge of Reincarnation, I heard that one must go to that place in the netherworld.â
Ning Cheng replied calmly, âNo need; I have already condensed it.â
Although calm on the surface, Ning Cheng immediately started planning to go to the depths of the netherworld to condense the seventh Bridge of Reincarnation in the future. He also didnât think that Qu Shenâs words were lies; after all, there wasnât any need for Qu Shen to lie to him in this regard.
However, he would not go there now, certainly not with Qu Shen. With his cultivation level, once he entered the depths of the netherworld, it would be nothing more than asking for death. More importantly, he must leave Qu Shen as soon as possible; this person was too dangerous.\nOn hearing Ning Cheng say that he had finished condensing the seven bridges long ago, Qu Shen felt even more scornful. He would have already taken action in any other place, but here he couldnât act by himself, especially against someone who controlled the Bridge of Yellow Springs. Unfortunately, even if he doubted Ning Chengâs words, he didnât dare to give it a shot. Although shattered, the netherworldâs laws were still too powerful, making it almost impossible to escape. Besides, once the other party suppressed him, he most likely wouldnât be able to escape from this fellowâs Bridge of Yellow Springs.
âItâs quite simple to leave the netherworld. As long as you can find a place where the influence of the netherworldâs laws is weak, give up all physical resistance and then fight against the worldly laws with your laws and dao rhythms, the worldly laws of the netherworld would teleport you out directly. Of course, where you will come out is not certain.â Qu Shen took the initiative to speak about the way to leave the netherworld to ease the wary atmosphere between Ning Cheng and him.
Ning Cheng looked at Qu Shen with some doubts. He wasnât sure if Qu Shen was serious or playing with him. âDao Friend Qu, I heard from my friend that once the netherworldâs laws come crashing down on you, it would likely crush you into slag and destroy your soul. So why does Dao Friend Qu say that one could leave the netherworld through this method?â
Qu Shen laughed, âYour friendâs cultivation level shouldnât be too high, right? Iâm sure that your friend wouldnât be able to stand up at all in the netherworld. If someone used this method with this kind of cultivation, it would certainly result in death. But since you and I can come and go at will in the netherworld, we naturally can take advantage of this method. As long as we resist the lawsâ power here with the power of our own laws, the worldly laws here would immediately sweep us out.â\nHe was now even more suspicious of Ning Cheng. If Ning Cheng was an expert, how could he have friends with such poor cultivation? Moreover, his knowledge of the netherworld was quite shallow compared to how much time he supposedly spent here.
âMany thanks, Dao Friend Qu. We will meet again if fate wills it.â Ning Cheng finished speaking and turned around to leave. He didnât know that his words had caused Qu Sheng to become even more suspicious of him.
Seeing Ning Cheng leave, Qu Shenâs expressions started to rapidly change. It was as if he was trying to make up his mind on whether to take action or not. He wasnât afraid of Ning Cheng walking around this place without any problems; rather, he was more afraid of the fourth Bridge of Yellow Springs above Ning Chengâs head. After all, he knew that the Seven Bridges Spirit Technique was exceptionally powerful when used in the netherworld.
But also, because he knew how powerful and terrifying, the Seven Bridges Spirit Technique was, he wanted the Seven Bridges Spirit Technique on Ning Chengâs body even more. If he could have the Seven Bridges Spirit Technique, he could condense all the seven bridges in the netherworld. Then, once he came out in the future, he, Qu Shen, wouldâŠâŠ
If this cultivator with the Bridge of Yellow Springs wasnât very powerful, wouldnât he have hit the jackpot?
Thinking of this, Qu Shen steeled his heart. He suddenly stepped across towards Ning Cheng and immediately opened both his hands. Two blindingly thick lightning arcs immediately materialised and shot towards Ning Cheng.
As the lighting arcs blasted towards Ning Cheng, they also created a ripple of laws around it. It completely locked down Ning Chengâs surroundings. At the same time, Qu Shen flipped his wrist, revealing a talisman attached to it. If Ning Cheng turned out to be someone he could fight against, he would immediately use the talisman to escape. The talisman on his wrist was a treasure in itself, but no matter how precious, it wasnât as precious as the Seven Bridges Spirit Technique.\nNing Cheng wanted to retreat quickly, but he also had to guard against that âgreen hatâ Qu Shen. He knew the difference between his and Qu Shenâs strengths was a world apart. But he also knew that although Qu Shen feared him a bit, it was only because of the Bridge of Yellow Springs above his head.
Therefore, when Qu Shen took action, Ning Cheng knew that things had gone bad, but not to the point that he felt frightened. But his heart still sank because this fellow wanted his Seven Bridges Spirit Technique. Fortunately, even though this fellow was a thunder-attributed cultivator, these two lightning arcs werenât powerful enough to kill him.
According to Qu Shenâs thoughts, once he cast the two probing lightning arcs, Ning Cheng would use the Bridge of Yellow Springs above his head to block his lightning arcs and counterattack him.
That way, he could test Ning Chengâs strength, and if Ning Chengâs strength were far above him, he would immediately flee. However, he would immediately fight if Ning Chengâs strength wasnât far above him.
But what surprised Qu Shen was that Ning Cheng didnât even try to put up any resistance against his lightning arcs. Instead, Ning Cheng put away the fourth Bridge of Yellow Springs, gave up all forms of resistance, and let the lightning arcs strike his body.
âKacha, KachaâŠ..â As the two lightning bolts blasted onto Ning Chengâs body, it brought forth bursts of bone-breaking sounds.
If someone else saw this, they might have thought Ning Cheng had turned to dust under the lightning bolts. But only Ning Cheng knew that these two lightning bolts didnât do much damage to him. Rather, most of the damage came from the netherworldâs law suppression. Those lightning bolts wouldnât have even scratched him if not for the worldly lawsâ suppression.\nâHe was just a paper tiger?â Qu Shen instantly understood, and his face instantly turned white with anger. He no longer hesitated and rushed towards Ning Cheng.
At this moment, only regret filled his heart. He shouldnât have tried probing Ning Chengâs strength; instead, he should have directly grabbed him and searched his soul. Maybe even refine his soul.
Unfortunately for him, after Ning Cheng collected the Bridge of Yellow Springs, the powerful law pressure crushed all of Ning Chengâs bones. In the next instant, a unique dao rhythm belonging to the Laws of Space surrounded Ning Chengâs body.
Just as Qu Shen said, the terrifying law power of the netherworld tried to crush Ning Chengâs bones as much as possible. But after encountering the dao rhythm of Ning Chengâs laws, it immediately swept Ning Cheng into the void. The probing attack had just hit Ning Chengâs body when he disappeared from the netherworld.
âAh, I fucking hate itâŠâŠ.â Qu Shen stared into the void where Ning Cheng disappeared and clenched his fists. How could he not hate what had happened?
If he had to say something, he would say it to the void that swept away Ning Cheng. âThere was once a peerless opportunity in front of him, and I didnât cherish it. If this opportunity comes once againâŠ..â
However, he knew that the opportunity would never come again. What he hated wasnât only not cherishing the opportunity but that he had personally told Ning Cheng how to leave the netherworld.
Even if he knew that Ning Cheng would be 100% crushed by the pressure of the Grand Essence Netherworldâs laws after entering the void, he still felt endless regret and disappointment in his heart.
âBoom!â A shadow struck a void airship, knocking the airshipâs restrictions and shaking it violently.\nâWhat happened?â A blue-robed girl standing on the bow of the airship asked in shock.
A middle-aged man beside her, whose spiritual consciousness had long since swept out, followed up with a reply. âItâs a cultivator. This cultivator is severely injured and should have lost consciousness, crashing into our airship. However, this personâs body is quite strong. Despite hitting the restrictions on our airship, he didnât turn into shreds.â
âThis fellow really deserves it. He scared me.â The blue-robed girl patted her chest and showed a scared expression.
A yellow-robed girl sitting at the bow of the airship didnât move but sighed and said, âSince fate brought us together, letâs save his life. Zuo Zhong, go and bring that man here so I can take a look.â
âYes, Little Miss.â The middle-aged man hurriedly took a step out of the airship and caught up with the figure floating unconsciously in the void in just a short time. He carefully grabbed the figure and quickly returned to the bow of the void airship.\n
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