Chapter 300: The Bottom of the Yellow Spring
Deep in the Nether Serpent's veins, beneath the Nine pitch-black flames surrounding Xiao Yun and Zi Yan burst into violent waves as they came into contact with the dark yellow lake water.
Circles of ripples spread outward, and before the extreme heat, the deep yellow lake water began to boil.
However, Xiao Yun was not feeling well either. The fighting spirit in his body was running wildly, urging the Eight Desolate Destruction Flame to burn. Even so, he still felt a little numb. Obviously, the cold power was gradually seeping in.
It can be imagined that if it weren't for the Eight Desolations Destroying Flame, Xiao Yun would not have been able to hold on for long and would have been frozen to death in the Nine Netherworld.
"Hiss! Damn it! Why is this Netherworld so cold!"
Xiao Yun cursed inwardly. Even though he was now a semi-saint, the fighting spirit in his body could not withstand the burning of the Eight Desolate Destruction Flame.
"Zi Yan, let's hurry up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he held Zi Yan's small hand even tighter, his body flashed repeatedly, leaving a trail of water, and swam towards the bottom of the lake which was like the abyss.
As the two of them went deeper into the Nine Netherworld, Xiao Yun could feel the cold energy around him becoming increasingly dense. In the end, even if he mobilized all his fighting spirit, he still found it difficult to support the activation of the strange fire.
"Chichi..."
The pitch-black flame became weaker and weaker, and just when Xiao Yun was about to give up, a purple-gold light suddenly emerged from the bottom of the lake. It turned out that Zi Yan transformed her own fighting spirit into energy and transferred it into her body along her palm.
"Xiao Yun, you use mine! I have a lot of Dou Qi in my body!" Zi Yan said softly while transmitting the Dou Qi energy.
"Hmm..." Xiao Yun nodded slightly. Without any hesitation, his internal energy began to circulate frantically again, transforming the energy transmitted by Zi Yan.
"boom!"
Along with the emergence of new fighting spirit, the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame rose again and transformed into a ball of blazing fire, dispelling the cold and gloomy air around Xiao Yun and the other man.
"Huh..." Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the crisis was resolved. The Nine Netherworld was really not a place where humans could stay. Fortunately, he brought Zi Yan with him this time.
If he came down alone, even though Xiao Yun was already a semi-saint, he would probably die here.
"Why haven't we arrived yet? How deep is this Nine Netherworld?"
After diving for a few minutes again, Xiao Yun looked at the lake bottom which was still pitch black without a trace of light, and his brows furrowed.
They have been diving for more than a quarter of an hour now. Even though they are not as fast as usual due to the special nature of the Nine Netherworld, they have still dived tens of thousands of feet!
Zi Yan's face also became a little serious, and she said softly: "Xiao Yun, this lake water has the effect of corroding Dou Qi. With my cultivation level, even if I go deeper..."
She didn't finish her words, but Xiao Yun understood that if this continued, he would have to go back even if he didn't want to.
"Damn it! The original time and space didn't even say how deep the Nine Netherworld is!"
Xiao Yun cursed inwardly, looked at Zi Yan helplessly, and said: "How much fighting spirit do you have left? Let's dive down again..."
"Fizz!"
Before he could finish his words, a strange sound suddenly came from the water waves, which startled Xiao Yun and the others. Soon they realized that the water flow below suddenly accelerated.
"Hmm? Xiaoyun, there are actually living creatures alive under this Yellow Spring!"
Zi Yan waved her hand, and purple-gold light burst out, turning into a thin rope, dragging the black shadow below over.
It was a strange snake that was completely black and covered with strange scales. At this moment, it was struggling hard, trying to break free from the restraints of the thin rope.
"What kind of tribe is this?" After taking a closer look, Zi Yan, who was already familiar with all kinds of information about the Warcraft world, did not recognize the true form of the strange snake for a moment.
Looking at the strange snake that kept biting even though it knew it couldn't break free, Xiao Yun shook his head, "I don't know, but judging from its appearance, this strange snake doesn't seem to have any intelligence..."
"Fizz!"
After a brief exchange, before the two of them could figure out the true form of the strange snake, the shrill hissing sound rang out again, and this time, it was much louder than before.
Immediately, Xiao Yun looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a thick black fog coming towards him quickly.
When the distance got closer, Xiao Yun realized that this was not black fog, but countless strange snakes!
They were spitting out their tongues and twisting their bodies wildly. Perhaps because they were the indigenous inhabitants of the lake, their speed was astonishingly fast.
"Come on!"
Xiao Yun shouted loudly and circulated all his fighting spirit. A ball of extremely deep flame appeared in his palm. He flicked his finger and the flame drew a mark in the water. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a sea of fire.
The raging fire was extremely strange. Even in the extremely cold and gloomy Yellow Spring, it could spread and block all the strange snakes.
At the same time, Zi Yan clenched her hands and crushed the strange snake in front of her, then quickly dived down with Xiao Yun.
In the blink of an eye, before the strange snakes could put an end to the sea of fire, the two men had disappeared from sight.
"Xiao Yun, do you think there is a Doudi Cave under the Nine Netherworld?"
After getting rid of the group of strange snakes and resolving the trouble, Xiao Yun just breathed a sigh of relief when Zi Yan suddenly asked. "Oh? Why do you say that?"
"Look! That old fellow Tuoshe Gudi, as a fire-attributed Doudi, left his cave under the magma. There are creatures similar to this strange snake there, which are the group of lizardmen!
So, you said that this Nine Netherworld is extremely cold, could it be that there was a Dou Emperor with cold attributes in the past who also left a cave here, and that is why the strange snake was born?"
Zi Yan sorted out her thoughts, expressed her conjecture, and continued: "In this way, won't the two of us discover another ancient emperor's cave?
It's a pity that neither of us has the Yin-Cold attribute, alas... maybe we can give it to Sister Medusa or Qinglin, or Sister Xiao Yixian!"
"You guessed right! If I hadn't read the ancient books, I would have believed you!"
Xiao Yun glanced at Zi Yan with some amusement. The matter hadn't been finalized yet, and she was already thinking about how to distribute it.
Then, he slowly explained: “Although these two places are indeed somewhat similar, this does not mean that there will be an ancient emperor cave here.
Besides, even if there is an ancient emperor cave here, it is not our turn. The Nine Netherworld Python Clan has been here for many years, and if there is a cave, it would have been opened by them long ago!"
"Ah!" After hearing what Xiao Yun said, Zi Yan thought about it and found that it was indeed the case. Her face suddenly fell and she said with some disappointment: "You are right..."
After this incident, the two of them dived deeper again and looked downward. This time, it was no longer pitch black as before, but a little light appeared!
"We're almost there!"
Seeing that bright light, their spirits were immediately lifted and their speed increased a lot. After a moment, they finally appeared at the source of the light.
"Huh, we're finally here! Is this the bottom of the Netherworld?"
Standing firmly on the ground, looking at the sandy and gravel ground beneath his feet, he saw countless fist-sized gravel scattered all over the ground, and the fluorescence he had seen before was emitted from them.
"It should be, but the bottom of the Nine Netherworld is connected to a very deep underground. There, perhaps there is the ancient emperor's cave that you guessed."
Xiao Yun's eyes swept back and forth, taking in the surrounding environment, and continued: "But the cold and gloomy air there is even worse. Even if you are a six-star Dou Sheng, you can't go deep into it."
Zi Yan nodded. She didn't have such an idea, but the bottom of the Yellow Spring was a little difficult for her to bear, let alone the deep underground.
"Xiao Yun, where is the person we are looking for? Why can't we see him?"
Although the Nine Netherworld is extremely deep, the place is not large. If there is really someone hiding there, he should be easily discovered.
"Let's look for it..."
"Save...I...save..."
Before Xiao Yun finished speaking, suddenly, a faint, intermittent sound came through the water.
"Look, haven't you found it?"
Xiao Yun grinned. This Yao Ming had a pretty good perception. Even though he was sealed here, he could still sense other people.
Zi Yan also heard the cry for help, and just when she was concentrating and trying to determine the source of the sound, the sound suddenly stopped, as if it had never been heard.
"Huh? Why is there no sound again?"
Zi Yan frowned slightly and looked around, but there was nothing but sand and mud here, and no one was to be seen.
Xiao Yun smiled, stretched out his finger, pointed downwards, and said, "Maybe, there are people down there?"
"Down there? Hiding in the mud?"
When Zi Yan heard this, a look of realization appeared on her face. She stretched out her hand and grabbed downwards.
"Qiang!"
With one slap, her palm went straight through the sandy ground and went deep down until it touched a hard object. There was a sound of metal clashing, and then it stopped.
"There's something underneath!"
Zi Yan cried out in surprise, then raised her arm, and countless sand and stones rolled down, and a huge chain that was a hundred feet long appeared in front of the two of them.
Seeing the chains appear, Zi Yan was very curious. She exerted a little force and the chains suddenly tightened. Then the ground began to shake, and three more chains of the same type flew out from the sand.
These chains, connected to the surrounding mountains, are extremely strong and cannot be pulled apart at all.
And no one knew what material it was forged with. Zi Yan had the body of a dragon and phoenix, and her physical strength was extremely powerful, so she couldn't break it apart for a while.
"Hehe, Xiaoyun, this chain is quite strong. It would be great if it could be used to lock people up..." Seeing that the chain was so hard, Zi Yan became playful and twisted it hard, trying to break it.
"Isn't it used to lock people up?"
Xiao Yun raised the corner of his mouth slightly, ignoring Zi Yan, and looked towards the intersection of the chains. There was a mass of inky black mud...
Looking at the mud, Xiao Yun walked forward slowly and waved his hand. The mud was shaken away, revealing his true face.
It was a man, a man as dry as a skeleton!
(End of this chapter)
