Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

"Senior Brother Luo, are you okay?" Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan hurried to Luo Qingchen and asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Luo Qingchen said, "Let's keep moving forward."

The four of them walked around the corpse of the Nine Netherworld Beast and continued walking towards the black mountain.

"Luo Qingchen, I feel a powerful aura on that mountain." Bailing'er said.

"Yeah." Luo Qingchen nodded, "I felt it too."

"Everyone be careful, there may be more powerful beings on that mountain." Luo Qingchen reminded.

The four of them approached the black mountain cautiously.

"Roar!" Suddenly, another deafening roar was heard.

"What?" Luo Qingchen was shocked.

I saw another Nine Netherworld Beast rushing out from behind the mountain.

"Why is there another one?" Lin Wan'er turned pale with fright.

"This..." Luo Qingchen was also stunned, "How many Nine Netherworld beasts are there in this Nine Netherworld Land?"

"Luo Qingchen, don't just stand there, run!" Bai Ling'er shouted.

She flashed and transformed into a giant golden dragon, standing in front of Luo Qingchen and the other two.

"Roar!" The Nine Netherworld Beast rushed towards Bailing'er.

"The Dragon God swings his tail!" Bailing'er waved the dragon's tail and swept towards the Nine Netherworld Beast.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the Nine Netherworld Beast was swept away by Bailing'er's dragon tail.

"How amazing!" Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan exclaimed.

"Luo Qingchen, you guys hurry up!" Bai Ling'er said to Luo Qingchen, "I'll hold it back."

"No." Luo Qingchen said, "I can't let you stay here alone."

"Luo Qingchen, don't be so stubborn." Bai Ling'er said, "This Nine Netherworld Beast is even more powerful than the one just now. You are no match for it."

"Then I can't let you take the risk alone." Luo Qingchen said.

"Senior Brother Luo, let us deal with it together with you." Lin Wan'er said.

"Yes, Senior Brother Luo." Su Xiaowan also said, "We can't let you and Miss Bai Ling'er take risks together."

"You..." Luo Qingchen looked at Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan, his eyes filled with emotion.

"Okay." Luo Qingchen said, "Then let's deal with it together."

The four of them joined forces and attacked the Nine Netherworld Beast.

Luo Qingchen brandished the Black Dragon Sword, and streaks of grey sword energy slashed towards the Nine Netherworld Beast.

Bai Ling'er opened her mouth wide and spewed out golden flames, attacking the Nine Netherworld Beast.

Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan also used their unique skills to attack the Nine Nether Beast.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" The Nine Netherworld Beast let out bursts of roars and kept dodging the attacks of the four people.

However, the attacks from the four people were too intense and it was impossible for it to dodge.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sword energy, flames, and the attacks of Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan continuously hit the body of the Nine Netherworld Beast.

Scars began to appear on the body of the Nine Netherworld Beast.

"Roar!" The Nine Netherworld Beast let out a painful roar.

"There's hope!" Luo Qingchen's eyes lit up.

"Keep attacking!" Bailinger said.

The four continued to attack the Nine Netherworld Beast.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" The roar of the Nine Netherworld Beast became weaker and weaker.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the Nine Netherworld Beast fell to the ground.

The two ferocious Nine Netherworld beasts fell to the ground with a bang, stirring up dust and yin energy all over the sky. Luo Qingchen panted slightly, and the power of chaos flowed through his body, quickly calming the exhaustion after the fierce battle. The Black Dragon Sword pointed diagonally at the ground, and the tip of the sword was still humming, with the aftereffects of the fierce collision just now.

"Huh... I was so scared, I thought I was going to die here today." Su Xiaowan patted her chest, her face pale, looking at the two huge corpses in shock. The ferocity of the Nine Nether Beast just now really frightened her. If Bai Ling'er hadn't transformed into her true form in time, coupled with the amazing power of Luo Qingchen's Chaos Sword Art, the consequences would be disastrous.

Lin Wan'er walked to Luo Qingchen's side, with a trace of worry hidden deep in her eyes, but pretended to be relaxed: "Brother Luo, it seems that this Nine Netherworld is more lively than we imagined. We just came in not long ago, and we encountered such a powerful guy."

Luo Qingchen sheathed his sword and cast his eyes towards the black mountain that stood in front of him under the dim sky. "This is just the periphery. Miss Bailing'er is right. The aura coming from the mountain is extraordinary. I'm afraid it's more difficult to deal with than these two underworld beasts." He paused and looked at the three people around him who looked a little tired. "Let's take a short break and recover our spiritual power before moving on. Everyone must be careful. The yin energy here consumes a lot of spiritual power."

Bai Ling'er has regained her human form. She walked to the side and sat cross-legged. A faint golden light shone around her body, and she was obviously regulating her breathing. She glanced at the black mountain and frowned slightly: "The yin energy here is not only strong, but also carries a sense of...death and resentment. It seems that something has been suppressed for a long time."

"Suppress?" Luo Qingchen's heart moved, "Could it be that this mountain itself is a huge seal?" "It's possible." Bailing'er closed her eyes and said no more.

Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan followed suit, took out the pills, swallowed them, and began to regulate their breathing. While practicing Qigong, Su Xiaowan muttered quietly, "If only I could find the Nine-turn Resurrection Grass, I could leave this damn place quickly. It's so gloomy, there's no sunlight at all, and my skin is going to get worse."

Lin Wan'er was amused by her and burst out laughing: "You, it's already this time, and you're still thinking about your skin. Hurry up and practice, don't hold Senior Brother Luo back."

Luo Qingchen looked at them, and a trace of warmth passed through his heart. Although this journey was dangerous, it didn't seem so lonely with them around. He suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and began to practice the Chaos Art, absorbing the thin spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth, while vigilantly paying attention to the movements around him. The dangers of the Nine Netherworlds are definitely not just these visible monsters.

About an incense stick later, the four of them opened their eyes one after another, and their spiritual power had almost recovered.

"Let's go." Luo Qingchen stood up and took the lead to walk towards the black mountain.

The closer we got to the mountain, the more chilling the air became. The ground was no longer the desert it had been before, but hard black rock, covered with scratches of varying depths. Upon closer inspection, we could see some twisted, weird, and unrecognizable symbols. These symbols seemed to have life, with wisps of black air emanating from them and merging into the thick fog that enveloped the mountain.

"These runes... are so weird." Lin Wan'er frowned and tried to identify them, but she felt dizzy, as if her soul was about to be sucked in.

“Don’t look at it!” Luo Qingchen shouted, and exhaled the power of chaos, protecting Lin Wan’er and Su Xiaowan behind him. “These runes contain powerful mental interference. If you don’t have enough cultivation, forcing yourself to look at them will corrode your mind.”

Su Xiaowan was so scared that she quickly lowered her head and followed Luo Qingchen closely, asking in a low voice: "Brother Luo, what are these runes used for? They look so scary."

"It looks like some kind of ancient restriction, or... a sacrificial totem." Bai Ling'er stared at the runes, a trace of solemnity flashing in her eyes, "I seem to have seen similar records in the ancient books of the dragon clan, which are related to the soul sacrifice in ancient times."

"Soul sacrifice?" Luo Qingchen's heart sank. This word is usually associated with blood and evil.

The four of them stopped talking and carefully climbed up the rugged mountain road. The mountain road was steep and rocky, and the higher they went, the more obvious the powerful pressure became, as if an invisible giant hand was pressing on them, making their steps heavy.

On the way, they encountered several waves of scattered ghosts and even a few slow-moving low-level corpses, but they were easily dealt with by Luo Qingchen and Bai Ling'er. These small troubles did not hinder their steps, but made them more convinced that there must be something important hidden deep in this mountain.

After climbing for about half an hour, the view in front of them suddenly opened up. They came to a relatively flat huge platform, which was about several hundred feet in radius. The ground was also paved with dark rocks, but the center area was not solid, but concave, forming a huge circular altar.

The diameter of the altar was a hundred feet, and nine thick black stone pillars stood on the edge. The stone pillars were also engraved with twisted runes, emitting a strong yin energy. In the center of the altar was a bottomless pit, and wisps of black air emerged from it like smoke, gathering above the altar to form a constantly rotating black vortex. The source of the powerful breath felt before seemed to be deep in the altar.

"What a...what a big altar!" Su Xiaowan looked at the scene in front of her, her mouth slightly open, her eyes full of shock.

Lin Wan'er also looked solemn: "Where exactly is this place? Why would they build such an altar?"

Luo Qingchen did not answer. His eyes were fixed on the pit in the center of the altar and the black vortex above it. The power of chaos was running to its extreme. He could clearly feel that the vortex contained extremely terrifying energy, as if it was connected to another unknown space, or... imprisoned a terrifying existence.

Bai Ling'er walked to the edge of the altar and carefully observed the runes on the stone pillars: "These runes... are indeed the runes of the ancient soul sacrifice, and they are used to... gather souls and calm souls. This altar seems to be constantly absorbing the negative energy and wandering souls of the Nine Netherworld, and then infusing them into something below the altar."

"Gathering souls? Calming souls?" Luo Qingchen frowned, "Is there some powerful soul suppressed down there?"

"Or, 'feeding' something." Bailing's voice carried a barely perceptible chill.

At this moment, the black airflow in the pit at the center of the altar suddenly accelerated and spun, making a whining sound like the sound of ghosts crying. An even stronger suction force came from the pit, pulling their bodies, as if to suck them in as well.

"Not good! Retreat quickly!" Luo Qingchen's face changed, and he grabbed Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan, while activating the power of chaos to form a barrier to resist the powerful suction.

Bai Ling'er also retreated quickly, with golden light flashing around her, and she kept her body steady.

However, the suction force became stronger and stronger, and the surrounding Yin Qi surged towards the center of the altar like a tide. The runes on the nine stone pillars suddenly lit up, emitting a faint black light, and the entire platform began to vibrate slightly.

"Hehehe..." A burst of eerie and strange laughter seemed to come from all directions, and it seemed to sound directly in their minds.

"What's that sound?" Su Xiaowan was so scared that she hugged Luo Qingchen's arm tightly.

"It's not a sound, it's a mental fluctuation." Luo Qingchen looked solemn, "Something is coming out!"

As soon as the words fell, the black vortex in the center of the altar suddenly expanded, and a huge black shadow formed by pure yin energy and resentment slowly rose from the pit. The shadow had no fixed form and kept changing, sometimes like a human, sometimes like a beast, emitting a terrifying aura that made people's hearts palpitate.

This is the true source of the powerful aura they felt before!
"Anyone who trespasses into the forbidden area... will die!" A cold voice without any emotion sounded directly in the depths of the four people's souls.

The huge black shadow was suspended above the altar, and the dense yin energy spread around like a substance, covering the entire platform with a suffocating pressure. The shadow had no facial features, only two balls of beating scarlet light, like two eyes, staring at Luo Qingchen and the other three, full of coldness and brutality.

"Is this... the spirit guarding the mountain?" Bai Ling'er's face was solemn, with a vigilant light flashing in her golden pupils. "No, it's more like an aggregate formed by countless resentful souls and yin energy, bound here by some force, acting as a guardian."

“No matter what it is, it has bad intentions!” Luo Qingchen protected Lin Wan’er and Su Xiaowan behind him, unsheathed the Black Dragon Sword once again, with a gray chaotic sheen flowing through the blade. “Everyone be careful, its attack method may be different from the previous monsters, and it may directly attack the soul!”

“Hehehe… you have some knowledge.” The cold voice sounded again, with a hint of mockery, “Since you know this, then just offer up your souls and become a part of me!”

Before he finished speaking, the black shadow suddenly stretched out a huge arm made of Yin Qi and grabbed Luo Qingchen like a ghost claw! Wherever the arm passed, the air seemed to be frozen, making a crackling sound, and a chill that pierced the soul instantly enveloped the four people.

"What a fast speed!" Luo Qingchen's pupils shrank. He did not dare to be negligent and the power of chaos burst out instantly.

"Chaos Sword Technique, second move, Chaos Storm!"

Countless gray sword qi appeared out of thin air, interweaving into a huge sword qi tornado, heading towards the evil claw. The chaotic power contained in the sword qi tornado has a natural restraining effect on evil things.

"boom!"

The sword energy tornado and the Yin energy ghost claw collided violently, erupting with a deafening roar. The gray chaotic sword energy and the dark Yin energy annihilated and melted each other, and the powerful energy shock wave spread out in all directions, making the four people's clothes rustle.

The evil ghost claws were torn apart by the chaotic storm, but the black shadow itself seemed to be unharmed. It just rolled over and made a sharper hiss.

"The power of chaos? Interesting... But it's not enough!" (End of this chapter)