Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 526 Dark World
After eliminating the paper dolls, the group continued on their way. After turning a corner, they finally emerged from the deep, dark passage.

What comes into view is a huge, pot-shaped building, like a large bowl turned upside down, and it looks more like a giant tomb.

The entire building covers a vast area, with no trace of piled stones on its surface, as if it were a single, unified structure, just as if an underground rock layer had been hollowed out inside the mountain.

Without saying a word, Abu immediately activated his magic weapon, conjuring a wind blade tornado that hurtled towards the building in front of him.

The sound of metal clashing against stone was deafening, and stone chips flew everywhere under the continuous attack of countless wind blades.

Even after the wind blade tornado was destroyed, the building's surface was only left with a semi-circular crater.

The wall was made of some unknown material, yet it was extremely sturdy, and even attacks from a Golden Core cultivator's magic weapon were difficult to break it.

"I'll give it a try." Before anyone else could make a move, Afar stepped forward and punched the stone wall.

With a loud bang, stone chips flew everywhere, and a crack appeared on the surface of the sunken stone wall.

Upon seeing this, Song Xian was slightly startled. The power of Afar's punch was so great that he was a rare physical cultivator.

The term "physical cultivation" refers to those who focus on physical cultivation. It is an ancient method of cultivation, and although it is relatively niche, there are still practitioners of this path in the cultivation world today.

Advanced body cultivators possess physical bodies that are just as resilient as those of demonic beasts.

No wonder, Afar had been very cautious in his words and actions throughout the journey, but after the talisman avatar appeared, knowing that someone was spying on them in the dark, the others took out their magic weapons to protect themselves.

However, he remained indifferent, which was completely inconsistent with the impression he had given before.

Song Xian was initially puzzled, but after seeing this scene, he finally understood.

It wasn't carelessness, but rather overconfidence.

Body cultivators generally do not cultivate various elemental supernatural abilities and techniques; their greatest strength lies in their physical body.

For them, their own bodies are the strongest magic weapon, so there is no need to use magic weapons to protect themselves.

As Afar's fists pounded against the stone wall like a storm, the wall finally shattered and collapsed with a loud bang, revealing a gap several meters wide.

Looking around, the interior was empty, with only a solitary palace standing in the middle.

Abu still took the lead and went in.

As the group filed in, they felt an invisible chill rising from nowhere.

"Something seems off." As soon as Nice finished speaking, pairs of black eyes suddenly appeared on the surrounding stone walls, and then thick darkness enveloped the world.

The darkness seemed to transform into an invisible curtain, surrounding the five people.

The group could only see an area of ​​about ten feet around them, as if everything outside was shrouded in darkness.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

The moment darkness descended, two voices rang out one after another, belonging to Nis and Alpha.

The two voices were clearly not far away, but the other three people couldn't see them.

"Where are you? Don't scatter, come this way." Abu's voice came from ahead.

"Let's meet up with Fellow Daoist Aibu first."

"Be careful."

"That's not what I said."

"who?"

Four voices rang out almost simultaneously, belonging to four different people.

The first sentence was spoken by Nice, the second by Song Xian, the third by Abu, and the fourth by Alpha.

As soon as the four finished speaking, a loud bang was heard, like an iron hammer slamming heavily onto a rock.

"Who attacked me?" Alpha roared. The entire world was shrouded in thick darkness. He could only see a foot away from himself. Just a moment ago, he felt a huge force coming from the left, like a black iron hammer or something. It flashed by and was quickly retreated.

If he hadn't reacted quickly and blocked the blow with his hands, it would have hit him directly on the head, which is why he was so shocked and furious.

This thick darkness not only obscured vision, but also locked away one's divine sense; a mere ten feet away seemed to be another world unreachable.

As soon as his divine sense was released, it was bounced back.

This was a situation he had never encountered before. The unknown breeds fear, and his anger and shouting were partly due to his fear of the unknown.

When people are afraid, they often like to shout to bolster their courage. For example, when walking alone at night past a mass grave, many people will sing a few lines to bolster their courage.

Although cultivators differ significantly from ordinary people in many ways, their humanity remains the same.

Besides, the other half stemmed from anger at being deceived. He had clearly heard Abu say to gather at his place, and Niss had responded.

He believed these words and headed in the direction from which Abu's voice came, but to his surprise, he immediately heard Abu's voice again, saying that the previous sentence was not his, and then he was attacked.

What's going on here? Who's telling the truth and who's lying?

"I saw it, it was Abu who attacked you." At this moment, Song Xian's voice rang out.

As soon as he finished speaking, Abu's voice came: "Don't believe these words. The enemy is imitating our voice to interfere with us."

Song Xian's voice rang out again: "It was Aibu who lured us in; it was his trick."

Nice's voice followed: "I saw it too, it was Abu who attacked you."

The group spoke incoherently, leaving everyone completely confused.

Alpha warily surveyed his surroundings. Although he was furious, he knew that someone was definitely up to something, and he no longer trusted anyone's word.

He ignored everything others said.

"Boom."

Another loud bang rang out, like metal striking stone. It was unclear who had been attacked or if it was a smokescreen deliberately released by the enemy.

Strangely, after the loud noise, no one spoke again.

Clearly, everyone has realized that no matter what they say now, no one will believe them.

The enemy also knew this, so they did not make any further disturbances.

The entire world fell into silence, the atmosphere indescribably eerie.

After a brief silence, Abu's voice came through.

“Now listen to me. Just now someone mentioned my name, which was overheard by the enemy. Therefore, only my name was mentioned in the entire conversation. So the enemy doesn’t know anything about the others.”

“By stating your names, you can prove that it is the real me who is saying these words.”

"To avoid the enemy knowing too much about us and thus interfering with our plans, I will only mention one name."

“Fellow Daoist Song Xian, if you can hear me, and if others can hear me too, come to my side.”

"The enemy is currently in the shadows, while we are in the open. We are scattered and can be easily defeated one by one."

"You should remember my position; I haven't moved."

After these words were spoken, there was another silence; no one responded, as if no one had heard them.

Afar pondered this in his heart and felt that what he said made sense.

This stalemate can't go on forever.

He clearly remembered that Abu was less than a hundred feet in front of him, a distance that should be safe.

After thinking for a moment, he headed toward the place where he remembered Abu was.

The clatter of footsteps echoed through the silent, empty mountainside, as if many people were walking.

Afar ignored the voices and walked straight ahead.

Soon, he arrived at the location where Abu was in his memory. As if passing through a thick black curtain, Abu's figure appeared in front of him.

Upon seeing him arrive, Abu stepped forward, took a step, and suddenly punched him in the chest.

Although Afar believed Abu's words and saw the man with his own eyes, he was still wary after the series of events that had just occurred.

Seeing Abu make a move, he immediately threw a punch, which turned black the instant it was thrown.

With a loud bang, the entire space seemed to shake violently, and Abu's body was sent flying backward, disappearing into the darkness.

.........

At the same time, Song Xian also saw Apu walking towards him.

"It's you? I just heard Fellow Daoist Abu say that we should meet at his place. I followed the sound here. Where is Fellow Daoist Abu?" Ap said as he walked towards him.

A massive pillar of fire erupted from the fire-patterned fan in his hand, instantly engulfing Ap.

In the dazzling firelight, a dark figure swiftly retreated and disappeared into the darkness.

Song Xian remained motionless, enveloped by a fiery circular shield formed by the Fire Pattern Fan.

He merely scanned his surroundings warily, and his unwavering expression revealed that he trusted no one. Anyone who appeared before him would be attacked with swift and decisive force.

(End of this chapter)