Atkin

Chapter 574: Eyes as sharp as knives, chasing into darkness

Gu Lanqing's body trembled violently and uncontrollably. She slowly turned her head, her eyes like knives, shooting straight at Pu Chuang.

In front of Ling Ye and Liu Miao’s wooden house, a thick spiritual mist was surging like thick ink.

Pu Chuang seemed to be severely suppressed by an invisible and powerful force. His legs trembled violently and uncontrollably. The domineering and superior attitude he once had was gone. At this moment, he looked like a trapped beast in despair and panic.

Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled out from his forehead, and continuously flowed down his cheeks to the ground covered with moss and mysterious runes, making a dull "plop" sound, as if it was the sound of his past glory being shattered.

His eyes were filled with panic and fear. His gaze darted around frantically, and his facial muscles twisted and twitched uncontrollably, revealing his extreme inner panic.

Pu Chuang raised his head with difficulty and looked at Gu Lanqing. His lips trembled like leaves drifting in the wind. After a long time, he squeezed out a word from his dry throat: "Lanqing..."

The atmosphere was as depressing as before a storm, and the stagnant spiritual energy seemed to be waiting for an explosion.

Gu Lanqing's eyes widened instantly, filled with panic and anger after being betrayed, and his usual gentleness was gone.

Her chest rose and fell violently, and every breath was filled with uncontrollable resentment. She took a big step forward, waved her hands in the air, and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Enough! Don't say another word!"

The roar caused the spiritual energy around to become disordered, and the leaves fell.

A trace of panic flashed across Pu Chuang's face, and his anxiety was beyond words. He ignored his manners and stumbled forward. The soles of his shoes made a harsh sound on the ground. He waved his hands in the air and almost begged: "Lan Qing, listen to my explanation. Things are not as you see!"

At this moment, his usual calmness was gone, leaving only anxiety in his heart.

"Shut up!" Gu Lanqing suddenly turned sideways, and her movement was so swift that a few strands of hair were thrown to her mouth without her noticing.

She covered her ears with both hands, shook her head desperately, her hair flying wantonly, and said in a trembling but firm voice: "I don't want to hear a single word of your excuses!"

He looked as if hearing one more word would be torture to himself.

Pu Chuang paused, as if struck by an invisible force, and froze in place. The eagerness on his face instantly froze, turning pale, his lips slightly parted, but no sound came out, and his hands fell limply like a puppet with its strings cut.

He knew in his heart that things had reached a point of no return.

The night was as dark as ink, so thick that it seemed like ink could drip out. The spiritual plants all around were shivering in the dead silence, and the faint light they emitted flickered in this depressing atmosphere, as if they would go out at any time.

The night was like a piece of black silk soaked with fear, wrapping heavily around this piece of Xiuyan Ruins, depressing people to the point of almost suffocating them.

Gu Lanqing and Pu Chuang were confronting each other. The air seemed to be ignited by the tense atmosphere, and a storm could break out at any time.

Suddenly, Pu Chuang's body began to tremble violently and he let out a painful roar, his voice full of despair and unwillingness.

Then, a stream of black rotten flesh gushed out of his body, twisting and circling in the air, emitting a disgusting stench. It turned out that it was the Dark Feather Crow that was causing trouble. It was parasitic in Pu Chuang's body and was now revealing Pu Chuang's secret in this disgusting way.

"Jiang Yi's spiritual power is backfiring and he's in danger, all because of the Soul Gathering Crystal and the Lingxi Jade!" The Dark Feathered Crow yelled in a strange human voice. The voice seemed to come from a corrupt abyss, revealing endless evil and coldness.

At the same time, a strong dark force gushed out from the Dark Feather Crow, quickly spreading and expanding in the night sky, turning into a huge black light curtain. In this black light curtain, Jiang Yi's image slowly emerged. His face was as pale as paper, lifeless, and his spiritual power was surging like a violent turbulent current. His body twitched violently and uncontrollably, and every twitch seemed to tear at his soul. The strange black spiritual power surged in his meridians, which was a terrifying sign of spiritual power backlash.

"This... what on earth is going on?" Some disciples of Xiu Yanxu screamed in fear, their voices trembling and crying. Fear quickly spread among the crowd. Everyone's faces were filled with fear and horror. Some disciples even covered their mouths, trying to suppress the urge to vomit.

Upon seeing this, Gu Lanqing immediately took out a lot of thick floral cloth from her storage bag and quickly distributed it to the Xiu Yanxu disciples present, shouting anxiously: "Everyone cover your eyes! Don't look directly at these evil things!" Her voice was firm and powerful, and it was particularly clear among the panicked crowd, carrying a calming power.

"Is there something wrong with my own cultivation? Elder Pu, do you think anyone here will believe this?" Gu Lanqing sneered, her laughter full of disdain and anger towards Pu Chuang. Her spiritual power surged again, and her momentum became stronger and stronger. "On the day when the Gathering Spirit Crystal disappeared, only you entered the storage place, and the spiritual power fluctuations left on the Lingxi Jade are also unique to you. Do you think you can deny these evidences?"

Pu Chuang's legs felt weak, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, but he still said stubbornly, "So what if it was me? He is too arrogant. I just wanted to teach him a lesson. Who knew he was so useless!"

"Teach you a lesson?" Gu Lanqing rushed forward fiercely, and the spiritual energy around him seemed to materialize like a wave, sweeping towards Pu Chuang, "You are deliberately plotting to kill me! Today, I will never let you escape easily!"

At this moment, the spiritual plants around seemed to feel this powerful force and anger. The light flickered violently and made rustling sounds, as if they were cheering for Gu Lanqing, and as if they were lamenting for Pu Chuang's evil deeds.

Pu Chuang rushed out from the shadows, but his movements were as strange as a puppet controlled by strings, his limbs swung stiffly, and every step was uncoordinated and frustrating. The moonlight shone on his face, outlining his twisted and crazy expression, but in his eyes, in addition to madness, there was a hint of coldness and evil that did not belong to him.

"Hahahaha!" Pu Chuang suddenly burst into a sharp and crazy laughter, which was mixed with creepy weirdness. "So what if I did it? You idiots, what can you do to me?" He laughed and twisted his body, and the corners of his mouth uncontrollably stretched to his ears, revealing a mouthful of yellowed teeth, looking extremely wretched.

Ling Ye was originally leaning lazily against the door frame. Hearing this, he stood up suddenly. His slender fingers subconsciously clenched the spiritual power beads. The crystal light flickered at his fingertips, reflecting his increasingly cold face. His deep purple eyes were like two bottomless cold pools in the night, staring at Pu Chuang closely, and a dangerous aura emanated from his body.

Liu Miao also hurried over from the other side. Her brows were furrowed, her eyes full of vigilance and confusion. She stared at Pu Chuang's strange appearance, and then looked at Gu Lanqing worriedly.

"Pu Chuang, what's wrong with you?" she shouted harshly, with a hint of uneasiness in her voice.

"What's wrong?" Pu Chuang turned his head suddenly and glared at Liu Miao fiercely, but his eyes seemed to be looking through Liu Miao and looking somewhere else. "Mind your own business, otherwise, you will all die!" His voice was sometimes high and sometimes low, sometimes as sharp as a needle, sometimes as low as a beast's roar, revealing a gloom that did not belong to him.

Ling Ye took a step forward, his spiritual energy surged, and the night wind blew the corners of his clothes, making a rustling sound. "Pu Chuang, what possessed you? Wake up now!" His voice was deep and powerful, with unquestionable majesty.

Pu Chuang seemed not to hear anything. He suddenly bent down, supported himself on the ground with his hands, and let out a series of low growls like a wild beast.

His body began to twist and deform, and something seemed to be wriggling under his skin. After a while, black feathers began to appear on his body, as black and shiny as crow's feathers. But if you look closely, you can see that there are traces of rotten flesh attached to the feathers, which emit a disgusting stench.

"This...what's going on?" Gu Lanqing took a step back in horror, his eyes full of fear and confusion, tears welling up in his eyes and his voice trembling.

Pu Chuang slowly raised his head, with a strange red light flashing in his eyes, "This is all thanks to Mingyu Ya. He wants me to drag all of you down to Purgatory!" He roared, black mucus flowing from the corners of his mouth, looking extremely disgusting.

At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew, and the light of the spiritual plants around was instantly extinguished. The whole world fell into darkness. Only the black feathers on Pu Chuang's body, which exuded the smell of rotten flesh, flashed a strange light in the darkness.

Gu Lanqing suddenly shook off Liu Miao's hand with such force that Liu Miao couldn't help but take a step back.

Gu Lanqing pointed at Pu Chuang, his hand shaking violently with anger, and said word by word: "He misappropriated the Soul Gathering Crystal and tampered with the spiritual power guidance of the Lingxi Jade, causing Jiang Yi to be unconscious until now! This is irrefutable evidence, what misunderstandings are there?"

Every word seemed to be squeezed out from between teeth, carrying endless anger and disappointment.