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

The black shadow suddenly expanded and turned into an overwhelming black fog, instantly covering the entire platform. In the black fog, the wind howled, the sounds of ghosts and wolves howling were endless, and countless twisted, resentful faces loomed in the fog, pouncing on the four people with bared fangs and claws.

"Is it an illusion, or a real attack by a vengeful spirit?" Lin Wan'er held a long sword in her hand and looked around vigilantly, feeling dizzy and uneasy.

"Be careful! This is a soul shock!" Bai Ling'er shouted, and golden light shone from her body, and dragon power spread out, "Dragon God protects!"

A golden light shield enveloped the four people. The faces of the ghosts that rushed over hit the shield, screaming miserably, and then disappeared like ice and snow melting. The sacred aura of the dragon clan had a strong deterrent and purifying effect on these ghosts.

“Humph! Dragon clan?” The black shadow’s voice was a little surprised, and then became even more furious. “Even if you are a dragon clan, you will die here today!”

The black fog rolled more violently, and countless more solid black chains shot out from the fog, wrapping around the golden light shield like poisonous snakes. These chains were completely condensed from the pure Nine Nether Yin Qi and resentment, and carried powerful corrosive and imprisoning power.

"Crack! Click!"

The golden light shield began to shake violently under the continuous whipping and entanglement of the black chain, and even a few tiny cracks appeared on the surface. Bailinger groaned and her face turned slightly pale. It was obvious that maintaining this light shield was also very consuming for her.

"Miss Bailing'er!" Seeing this, Luo Qingchen knew that he could no longer passively defend. With a gleam in his eyes, he shouted to Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan: "Wan'er, Xiaowan, use your strongest sword moves to attack the center of the black fog and disrupt it! I will take the lead!"

"it is good!"

"Got it, Brother Luo!"

Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan looked at each other and no longer hesitated. After taking the Dragon Yuan Pill, their strength was no longer what it used to be. Although they were afraid of facing such a strange and powerful enemy, they were more determined to help Luo Qingchen.

"Tianyuan Sword Technique, the galaxy is upside down!" Lin Wan'er shouted delicately, and the long sword in her hand swung out a gorgeous sword flower. Brilliant star-like sword energy poured out like the Milky Way and shot towards the central area where the black fog was the thickest.

"Petals are falling, swords are dancing in the sky!" Su Xiaowan followed closely behind, her figure graceful, sword light flashing, and sword shadows like petals in the sky carrying sharp murderous intent, also attacking the center of the black fog.

Although the attacks of the two women might not cause substantial damage to the black shadow, the sharp sword energy and the pure spiritual power contained in them successfully interfered with the movement of the black fog, causing the black chains attacking the golden light shield to pause slightly.

It's now!

Luo Qingchen seized this fleeting opportunity, and the chaotic power in his body gushed out without reservation, pouring all of it into the Black Dragon Sword. The Black Dragon Sword let out a loud dragon roar, and the sword body shone brightly, with a gray chaotic air lingering on it, and faint thunder flashing.

"Chaos Sword Technique, third move, Chaos Thunder!"

Luo Qingchen suddenly thrust the Black Dragon Sword forward.

"Boom!"

A thick, gray-black lightning that seemed to be the beginning of the world tore through the black fog. With an aura of destruction, it accurately struck the core of the black shadow - the two dancing scarlet lights!

The power of chaos is the most masculine and the most powerful, and it is the nemesis of all evil forces. Thunder is one of the most destructive forces in the world. When the two are combined, the power increases exponentially!
"Do not--!"

The black shadow screamed in fear and pain. The gray-black lightning ignored its outer layer of Yin Qi defense and struck fiercely at its core.

"Zi la la——!"

Just like hot oil hitting cold water, a large amount of black gas was instantly evaporated and annihilated. The two balls of scarlet light flickered violently for a few times, and suddenly became extremely dim. The black fog covering the platform also quickly dissipated as if it had lost its support.

The black shadow let out an unwilling roar, and its huge body began to become unstable, flickering like an image with bad signal.

"Kill it while it's sick!" Bailing'er seized the opportunity and transformed into a golden dragon again. She opened her mouth and spewed out an even more intense dragon flame, completely devouring the crumbling black shadow.

"what--!"

A shrill scream resounded throughout the platform, but soon stopped. Under the dual attack of Chaos Thunder and Dragon God's True Fire, the mountain-guarding spirit that condensed countless resentful souls and yin energy was finally completely wiped out, leaving no trace of residue.

The gloomy wind on the platform suddenly stopped, and the suffocating pressure disappeared. The hole in the center of the altar no longer spewed out black air, and the vortex above slowly dissipated. Everything seemed to have returned to calm.

"Hoo...Hoo..." Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan leaned on their swords, sweating profusely and breathing heavily. Although the battle just now was short, it was extremely dangerous and was a huge test for their minds and spiritual power.

"Is it over?" Su Xiaowan looked at the empty altar, still a little bit unbelieving.

"That should be it." Lin Wan'er wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at Luo Qingchen and Bai Ling'er who had regained her human form. "Senior Brother Luo, Miss Bai Ling'er, are you all right?"

Luo Qingchen shook his head. The Chaos Thunder just now consumed nearly half of his Chaos Power, but the effect was significant. He looked at Bai Ling'er and saw that although her face was a little pale, her breath was still stable. He was relieved a little: "I'm fine, Miss Bai Ling'er, how about you?"

"The consumption is a bit high, but it's okay." Bai Ling'er nodded slightly, but her eyes were cast towards the pit in the center of the altar. "The spirit guarding the mountain has been destroyed. I wonder what is suppressed under this altar, or... what it is guarding."

Luo Qingchen also walked over and looked down. The pit was bottomless and pitch black. Even with his eyesight, he couldn't see clearly what was going on inside. But he seemed to be able to sense a faint, special wave that was different from the Yin Qi coming from the depths of the pit.

"There seems to be something underneath." Luo Qingchen said.

"Should we go down and take a look?" Su Xiaowan hesitated. "It's so weird here, will it be more dangerous down there?"

"Now that we are here, we can't give up halfway." Lin Wan'er seemed very determined, "Senior Brother Luo needs the Nine-turn Resurrection Grass, maybe the clue is down there." Luo Qingchen pondered for a moment and looked at Bai Ling'er: "Miss Bai Ling'er, what do you think?"

Bai Ling'er stared into the depths of the pit, and after a moment said, "The fluctuation is very weak, but very strange. It doesn't seem like pure Yin energy, but instead carries a hint of... life? Perhaps, it's worth going down to explore. However, the situation below is unclear, and the danger is unknown. We must be fully prepared."

"Okay." Luo Qingchen nodded, "Then let's go down and take a look. Everyone adjust your condition to the best, replenish your pills, and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time."

The four of them rested again, swallowed the pills, and recovered their spiritual power. This time, they were more cautious, and everyone raised their vigilance to the highest level.

After a moment, Luo Qingchen walked to the edge of the pit first: "I will go in and explore the way first, you follow me, keep your distance, and pay attention to safety."

As he spoke, he leaped into the bottomless dark pit. The power of chaos enveloped his entire body, forming a shield, and at the same time a soft ball of chaos fire appeared in his palm, illuminating the darkness below.

Lin Wan'er, Su Xiaowan and Bai Ling'er followed closely behind, jumping into the pit one by one. The darkness quickly swallowed up their figures, leaving only the empty altar, which exuded an ancient and strange atmosphere in the dead silence of the Nine Netherworld.

The inside of the pit was not a straight passage as imagined, but a deep tunnel spiraling downward. The tunnel wall was also made of hard black rock, but unlike the outside, the rock wall here did not have those twisted runes carved on it. Instead, it was extremely smooth, as if it had been polished by some force for many years.

Luo Qingchen controlled the speed of descent, and the light of the chaotic fireball illuminated the surrounding environment. The air was filled with a thick and almost insoluble Yin Qi, which was even more than the platform outside. But as Bai Ling'er said, in this thick Yin Qi, there was indeed a faint and strange vitality fluctuation, like a firefly in the dark, weak but real.

"Brother Luo, it's so deep down here, how long have we been descending?" Su Xiaowan's voice was a little nervous as she followed closely behind Luo Qingchen. The dark and unknown environment always made her feel uneasy.

"It's probably several hundred feet." Luo Qingchen responded in a deep voice, while carefully sensing the surroundings, "Everyone, please pay attention. The concentration of Yin energy here is extremely high, and it seems to have its own consciousness, constantly trying to erode our shield."

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of "rustling" sounds like ghostly whispers came from the darkness around him. Strands of black yin energy, like living tentacles, emerged from the cracks in the rock wall and wrapped around the shields of the four people, making a "sizzling" corrosion sound.

"Hmph!" Bailing'er snorted coldly, and the golden dragon might was slightly released. The approaching evil tentacles quickly retreated as if they had met their nemesis.

"It seems that the Yin Qi below has developed some initial intelligence and turned into a Yin evil creature." Bai Ling'er explained, "Although each one is not strong, there are so many of them that it would be very troublesome if they were entangled."

"Quick battle, quick decision, find the source of the vitality fluctuation as soon as possible." Luo Qingchen increased the speed of descent.

After descending several hundred feet, a faint light finally appeared in the darkness ahead. The light did not come from above, but from the bottom of the tunnel, showing a strange blue color.

"We're almost there!" Lin Wan'er cheered up.

As they got closer, the strange vitality became clearer and clearer. A hint of anticipation rose in the hearts of the four people. Could it be that there really was some treasure hidden underneath, or even... the clue to the Nine-turn Resurrection Grass?
Finally, the tunnel came to an end, and the four of them landed in a wide open underground space.

This is a huge underground cave, several miles in radius. The dome of the cave is extremely high, with countless black stalactites hanging from it, like upside-down swords. The ground is rugged and uneven, with all kinds of strange black rocks scattered around.

However, the scene in the central area of ​​the cave is completely different.

There was a pond of several dozen feet in radius. The water was not black, but a dreamy blue, emitting a soft light, illuminating the entire cave in a hazy manner. Wisps of white mist rose from the pond, lingering above the water surface, full of a mysterious atmosphere.

That strange wave of vitality was emanating from this dark blue pool!

What is even more surprising is that there is a strange plant growing in the center of the pool.

The plant was about half a foot tall, and its entire body was crystal clear, as if it was carved from the purest blue crystal. It had no leaves, only nine slender branches that stretched upward like the arms of a dancer. At the top of each branch was a blue bud about to bloom, with a faint halo flowing on the surface of the bud, emitting a refreshing fragrance.

This fragrance is incompatible with the strong yin energy around it, yet it coexists with it strangely, as if it contains some mystery of the transformation between life and death.

"This... what is this?" Su Xiaowan looked at the strange blue plant with her eyes wide open.

Lin Wan'er was also mesmerized by the sight and murmured, "So beautiful..."

Luo Qingchen's heart skipped a beat, and his breathing became a little rapid. Although he had never seen the true appearance of the Nine-turn Resurrection Grass, it was recorded in the classics that the Nine-turn Resurrection Grass grew in extremely yin places, gathered the vitality of the Nine Netherworlds, had nine leaves (or nine branches), and contained the power of reincarnation. The shape and aura of the plant in front of him were surprisingly 70% similar to the description in the records!

Could it be... this is the Nine-turn Resurrection Grass? !

Bai Ling'er's eyes were also filled with shock and disbelief: "Is this... is this the legendary... Nine Nether Blue Crystal Flower? No, the aura is more like... the companion spiritual plant of the Nine Transformations Resurrection Grass - the Nine Apertures Exquisite Grass?"

"Nine-aperture exquisite grass?" Luo Qingchen was stunned, "Isn't it the Nine-transformation Resurrection Grass?"

"The Nine-Aperture Exquisite Grass itself is an extremely rare natural treasure, containing a huge amount of life essence and a hint of reincarnation. Although its medicinal effect is far inferior to the real Nine-Turn Soul-Restoring Grass, it is still very effective in healing, strengthening the soul, and even improving cultivation." Bai Ling'er explained, "More importantly, according to the ancient books of the dragon clan, the Nine-Aperture Exquisite Grass will only grow near the Nine-Turn Soul-Restoring Grass to absorb its dissipated vitality. Its presence means that the real Nine-Turn Soul-Restoring Grass must be nearby!"

This news rekindled hope in Luo Qingchen's heart! Although the plant in front of him was not the real one, it was a signpost pointing to the real one!

"Where is the Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass?" Lin Wan'er asked anxiously.

Bai Ling'er's eyes swept across the entire cave, and finally fell on the dark blue pool. "The Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass, which seizes the fortune of heaven and earth and contains the mysteries of life and death, will never be revealed so easily. If I'm not mistaken, it should be hidden deep at the bottom of this 'Nine Nether Azure Pool'!"

"Nine Nether Azure Pond?" (End of this chapter)