Free Web NovelAfter silently chanting the spell, many thoughts flashed through Lu Yibei's mind.
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I wonder if doing this will cause any strange changes in reality?
Will Spiritual Energy fluctuations spread out?
Li Xuan might still be downstairs. If he detects my Spiritual Energy fluctuations and comes upstairs, won't I be finished?
...
She thought uneasily, but soon she felt that these issues were no longer issues.
Her body was getting closer and closer to the neat edge of the sinkhole. The unease caused by the thing hidden in the sinkhole grew stronger, and that thing also seemed to sense her arrival.
She could smell the fishy odor brought by the biting cold wind rising from the bottom of the sinkhole.
She could hear the wind passing through the labyrinthine caves in the sinkhole, sounding like a low roar, as if issuing a warning and a threat.
She could see the deformed figures emerging behind the blood-red lanterns surrounding the edge of the sinkhole, and directly in front of her, Lu Xu walking at the very end of the "procession" team.
They all turned around together, staring menacingly, emitting a series of hissing guttural sounds from their mouths, as if from insects.
"Kill her, kill her, kill the one who blasphemes the divine..."
They said sinisterly, interspersed with many meaningless ramblings.
Getting closer and closer.
Hot blood surged through her body, her heart pounded wildly, the disturbing whispers in her ears grew stronger, and powerful energy continuously surged from within her.
Where Lu Yibei's body touched the stone path, a light "sizzle!" sound was heard, as if something was being burned, and a smell of burnt meat drifted over.
The figures appearing behind the red lanterns at the edge of the sinkhole started shouting and yelling, as if complaining, as if venting their negative emotions, waving their twisted, bloody limbs, and charging towards Lu Yibei.
Ten meters... five meters... three meters...
Just as she was about three meters away from the edge of the sinkhole and the figures at the edge of the sinkhole, she felt her body suddenly become lighter.
Immediately followed by a sense of weightlessness, her entire being soared into the air, carrying the forward momentum brought by the continuous descent, flying forward, and delivering a flying kick to the chests of Lu Xu and two other figures who were the first to pounce on her.
Then, level with the break at the end of the stone slabs, like a high-speed projectile, trailing a crimson tail flame, she shot straight across the sky and finally hovered directly above the sinkhole.
Only then did she see the full view of the sinkhole. The shape of the sinkhole was not regular; upon closer inspection, it looked like a gaping maw, with sharp edges like fangs.
"Kill her, kill her..."
The low murmurs of Lu Xu and the two figures who were kicked away came from below. They were falling rapidly, their bodies engulfed in flames, yet they seemed to have no fear of death whatsoever.
Their bodies ignited the moment they became airborne. Crimson flames burned from within, making them look like humanoid lanterns disintegrating from internal fire.
They arced through the sky, then fell rapidly, like falling meteors. In a few breaths, they turned into a few twinkling sparks, but they continued to fall, as if the caves beneath the sinkhole had no end.
Finally, when those few sparks became too small to be noticeable, a thunderclap exploded in the sky.
The sudden loud noise made Lu Yibei's body tremble slightly. She looked up at the sky and saw dazzling electric snakes weaving through the clouds that seemed within reach.
The thunder gradually ceased, but the sky was terrifyingly dark. Everything became eerily silent. The lead-colored storm clouds accumulated and piled up in the sky like a giant egg.
But the quieter it became, the more uneasy Lu Yibei felt. A vast, lifeless sense of oppression assailed her from all directions.
She stared at the gloomy sky and glanced out of the corner of her eye at the bottomless sinkhole below.
Something was about to appear. Would it be from the sky, or from underground? Lu Yibei thought.
Just then, the "egg" in the sky cracked. The thunder was unusually loud, and the electric light bathed the sprawling black mountains in a dazzling silver glow. Torrents of rain, like a dam breaking, poured down from the sky and flooded into the sinkhole.
As if to contend with the tens of thousands of tons of water, Lu Yibei instantly felt her body temperature rise to a terrifying height. Her crimson long hair moved on its own behind her, without wind, glowing with a faint fiery light.
The raindrops falling around her instantly vaporized into a swirling white mist, floating around her body like silk, resembling the flowing, extended silk shawls behind heavenly maidens in legends.
"Roar—!"
Suddenly, a low roar came from the sinkhole below. The sound was like a whale song from a distant, unknown sea mixed with the hissing of snakes, and also like the shouts of thousands of people together.
Lu Yibei was startled for a moment and lowered her head to look down.
She saw a huge shadow emerge in the pit of the giant beast's mouth, swirling like boiling liquid, and also like a group of unclean living things mixed together, crowded into a mass, tearing at each other, stepping on each other's bodies, scrambling to climb upwards.
It looked dead, dead for a long time. Lu Yibei could feel the emptiness and deathly aura emanating from it, yet it was still alive, its massive body continuing its instincts, maintaining a lingering life.
They briefly changed into various shapes and structures. Countless mouth-like fissures opened and closed; countless blood-red, eye-like things flashed across its surface.
It was lanterns, those blood-red lanterns! Lu Yibei's gaze narrowed slightly. Upon closer inspection, she saw that the "thing" deeply hidden beneath the sinkhole was actually covered in blood-red lanterns.
After staring at that mass of "thing" for a few breaths, vivid and exaggerated images began to appear in her mind, flowing as if melting, and her ears buzzed.
Her consciousness seemed to be slowly drawn into a formless dream vortex, and a feeling of dizziness and confusion assailed her.
I can't stay here any longer, I should have flown away a long time ago! Lu Yibei gritted her teeth and stabilized her mind, instantly realizing that by watching the spectacle, she had gotten into big trouble.
Just then, accompanied by a hiss, a sticky, dark greenish-black, glossy black thing flew up from the sinkhole, like a whale breaching the sea, and flew straight towards Lu Yibei.
Seeing this, Lu Yibei wanted to dodge, but found herself as if nailed to the spot by a strange force, unable to escape.
In her desperation, she frowned, bit her lip, raised her hands, and softly chanted the spell she had learned from Du Sixian in the dream.
"Wilderness, Straw and Fodder, Remains, Wind that Kindles the Spark, Red Flame Flash!"
As the spell was chanted, firelight condensed and formed at her fingertips, gradually growing stronger, and in an instant turned into a fire ball the size of a washbasin. As she gently waved her arm, the Red Flame Flash, several times larger than its normal size, poured down from the sky.
Below, the mass of black thing was getting closer and closer. Its form constantly changed in the sky, twisting into various shapes, colliding with the firelight pouring down from the air, instantly engulfing it into nothingness.
Afterwards, it continued to fly and transform.
At first, it looked like a huge whale, but in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a winding long snake, flicking its tongue. Finally, accompanied by a surge, beneath the snake's skin, ferocious human faces, twisted limbs, or certain organs that did not belong to humans emerged.
"Holy crap! What is this thing? urban legend has this kind of stuff too? I'll beat your mom!" Lu Yibei felt a chill in her heart as she watched, and couldn't help but curse softly. As she spoke, that mass of thing had already rushed in front of her.
A nauseating fishy odor assailed her. The oppressive feeling brought by its enormous body was suffocating. Cracks opened on its skin, revealing dense, eye-like things resembling blood-red lanterns.
Waves of strong negative emotions, without any medium, drilled into Lu Yibei's mind: rage, greed, baseness... Strangely, beneath these negative emotions, she also heard a noise of fragmented words, making it impossible to discern the content.
Amidst the bursts of noise, she felt a strong emotion of survival.
What was crying for help? This thought just flashed through the mind of the confused Lu Yibei. She focused her attention, wanting to hear the sound clearly.
Then, she heard a low whisper.
"Respected Inheritor of Nvba's Power, Great Existence who brings Drought and Disaster, please bestow a little pity and save me..."
What is this thing? Why does it know me...
Lu Yibei was slightly startled. She parted her lips, just about to say something, when at this moment, a bone-chilling coolness permeated her body.
That feeling was like walking to school on a cold autumn morning with frost, and suddenly being splashed with a basin of overnight foot-washing water by the auntie living on the opposite street.
Terrible manners!
...
Huacheng Institute of Technology, Special Text Content Research Room.
Professor Ma watched Lu Yibei and the bamboo slip in his hand, feeling extremely anxious.
A few minutes ago, only a wisp of smoke was coming from Lu Yibei's body, but now not only was thick smoke coming from her, but also from the gaps in the bamboo slip.
The entire laboratory was terrifyingly hot, as if being in a dry sauna room.
In a trance, Professor Ma felt that Lu Yibei's body seemed to be gradually shrinking. After noticing this, even though the surroundings were terrifyingly hot, he felt a chill run through his body.
Is she, is she going to melt? Professor Ma thought in horror. He had read in many ancient books about people's bodies spontaneously combusting or melting after coming into contact with mysterious things.
What can be done about this?
It doesn't matter if something happens to Lu Yibei, (spits), no, it doesn't matter if something happens to the bamboo slip. What if Lu Yibei gets injured or even dies because of this?
I can't do anything about this kind of thing!
Professor Ma thought anxiously, and once again took out the copper coin from his coat pocket and threw it towards the sky without hesitation.
Heads means save her, tails means run away quickly.
Professor Ma said silently in his heart. Just then, he heard the light sound of the copper coin falling onto the table.
"Clink—!"
Heads or tails?
"Clink—clink—clink—!"
Looking at the copper coin spinning and dancing on the table, Professor Ma's face sank, and his mouth twitched. For the first time in over thirty years, he let out a curse.
"Fuck! What use are you to me?!"
Professor Ma was so angry he stamped his foot. He frowned tightly and glanced at Lu Yibei. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind.
She is my student, I called her here. I can't just run away like this. Even if she were just a stranger, I would still have to save her!
With this thought, Professor Ma's gaze searched the room for a moment and locked onto a bucket of water left by the school janitor, used for washing mops.
Without time to think, he took a few quick strides forward, ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) grabbed the bucket, and splashed it towards Lu Yibei.
"Splash—!"
"Sizzle—!"
Thus, amidst the light sounds of water splashing and sewage being evaporated, the dry sauna turned into a wet sauna...
