Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1304. Searching for the Netherworld Flower (19)

"Oh no! He seems to be drawn to the power of the special flower!" Su Qing's expression changed drastically. "We must activate all the dragon pillars as soon as possible, otherwise he might break the seal prematurely!"

Lin Xi sped up, activating the Panlong stone pillars one by one.

When the seventh stone pillar was activated, the black mist writhed more violently, and the black iron chains creaked and groaned as if they were about to break at any moment.

The ghostly flowers on the altar began to shake violently, their light flickering.

Lin Xi ran towards the last dragon-carved stone pillar.

Just as she placed the special flower in the groove, the black mist suddenly let out a deafening roar, and a powerful shockwave emanated from the black mist, sweeping towards everyone.

"Everyone, quickly hide behind the stone pillars!" Lin Xi shouted, pulling Chen Luoxue behind the stone pillars.

The shockwave struck the stone pillar with a deafening roar, causing it to shake violently and revealing a crack in the mythical beast carvings on it.

Wu Qingquan shielded Su Qing, Wang Xiaoyue, and Zhou Lili tightly in front of him, his back taking the brunt of the shockwave. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, staining his clothes red.

Zhou Lili burst into tears, while Wang Xiaoyue gritted her teeth, took out herbal medicine for healing, and prepared to bandage Wu Qingquan.

After the shockwave subsided, the hall returned to calm for a while.

All the dragon-shaped stone pillars were activated, and the stone ball mechanisms on the walls completely stopped attacking.

However, the black mist beneath the altar was even more violent than before, and the black iron chains had developed obvious cracks, with its scarlet eyes flashing with a mad light.

"Cough cough..." Wu Qingquan coughed, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. "This guy... he's too amazing..."

Lin Xi quickly came over and handed the Ghost Marrow Flower to Wu Qingquan.

"Try this first."

Wu Qingquan took the Ghost Marrow Flower, and his wounds visibly healed, but he was still very weak.

I still cough.

It seems that this Ghost Marrow Flower, which emerged from the illusion, cannot heal internal injuries.

“I have healing items,” Zhang Ting said, summoning a card and handing it to Wu Qingquan. “It can still be used once, here you go!”

"Thank you." Wu Qingquan accepted the medical card.

“He has been sealed for three thousand years, and his power has weakened considerably. If he were at his peak, we would be no match for him. Now, the Panlong Stone Pillar has activated the ancient formation, temporarily suppressing him, but this is only temporary. We must obtain the Nether Marrow Flower as soon as possible to strengthen the seal and then leave this place.”

Lin Xi nodded and put the special flower plant into his pocket.

"Now, we need to get closer to the altar and obtain the Netherworld Flower. But the altar is surrounded by an array, so we must proceed with caution. Wu Qingquan, can you hold on?"

"Don't worry!" Wu Qingquan said, "I have fully recovered."

Everyone walked together toward the altar.

The closer one gets to the altar, the stronger the spiritual energy fluctuations and evil aura become.

On the ground surrounding the altar, a huge spirit race formation was carved. The runes of the formation flowed with white light, colliding with the evil aura of the black mist and emitting a "sizzling" sound.

“To obtain the Nether Marrow Flower, we must pass through this formation,” Su Qing said. “This formation is the Spirit Clan’s ‘Guardian Formation.’ Outsiders who step into it will be attacked. But I am the Spirit Clan’s Cave Guardian, and my blood can temporarily suppress the formation’s attacks, allowing us to pass through safely.”

As she spoke, she pulled a silver hairpin from her hair, cut her finger, and a drop of bright red blood fell onto the runes of the formation.

The moment the blood dripped onto the surface, the white light of the array dimmed slightly, revealing a small gap.

"Quick! Follow me!" Su Qing said, taking the lead towards the gap in the formation.

Lin Xi and the others followed closely behind, carefully following Su Qing, passing through the gap in the formation, and arriving at the foot of the altar.

The moment they stepped onto the altar, the spiritual power emanating from the Ghost Marrow Flower became even more intense.

Wang Xiaoyue reached out, preparing to pluck the Ghost Marrow Flower. But just as her hand was about to touch the flower, the altar suddenly trembled violently, and a huge black tentacle emerged from the black mist, grabbing at Wang Xiaoyue.

"Watch out!" Lin Xi pulled Wang Xiaoyue back.

The black tentacles brushed past Wang Xiaoyue's hair, then slammed into the altar with a loud "bang," shattering the lapis lazuli on the altar into pieces.

"He can actually extend tentacles to attack us!" Chen Luoxue's expression changed.

A mocking laugh came from within the black mist.

"A bunch of ants, how dare you covet the Netherworld Flower? Today, you will all die here!"

With laughter, more black tentacles emerged from the black mist and reached out to grab the group.

The tentacles moved incredibly fast and carried immense power, forcing everyone to constantly dodge them.

Except for Lin Xi, who wasn't hit with a plastic hammer, the others were completely powerless to fight back.

Zhou Lili's ankle was wrapped by a black tentacle, and she was instantly pulled away and flown towards the black mist.

"Help!" Zhou Lili let out a shrill scream.

"Lily!" Wu Qingquan shouted angrily, disregarding his own safety, he rushed towards Zhou Lili and grabbed her hand.

But the black tentacles were too powerful; Wu Qingquan couldn't pull them away at all and was instead dragged along with them towards the black mist.

Lin Xi rushed over and gave the black mist a blow with a hammer.

The black mist was temporarily repelled.

Taking advantage of the situation, Wu Qingquan pulled Zhou Lili back a few steps, thus escaping danger.

Zhou Lili was so frightened that she trembled all over and clung tightly to Wu Qingquan, unable to utter a single word.

Wow, true friendship is revealed in times of trouble, these two are really great to ship.

—Once you leave the instance, you can't find each other, and you can't enter the instance together.

—Don't say that, everyone knows that a short-term dose is okay!

—Sigh, I suddenly feel a little sad.

"We can't keep passively dodging like this!" Lin Xi said. "We must find a way to repel the black mist and temporarily disable its attack capabilities so we can obtain the Nether Marrow Flower!"

"Is it those red eyes?" Zhang Ting asked.

"But he's protected by the black mist, so ordinary attacks can't hurt him at all! Only the power of the Nether Marrow Flower, or items with the aura of the Spirit Race, can harm him!"

“An item with the aura of the Spirit Clan…” Wang Xiaoyue’s eyes lit up as she looked at Su Qing. “That spirit herb is a plant of the Spirit Clan, carrying their aura. It might be able to help!”

But after she finished speaking, she fell silent.

If it were useful, Konosuba would have taken it out long ago.

Su Qing thought about it for a moment.

"The spirit herb, along with the Netherworld Flower from Xiao Bei's illusion, might be useful."

She handed the calming herb to Lin Xi.

"Xiao Bei, try attacking him with these two things!"

Lin Xi accepted the spiritual herb and nodded.

She took a deep breath and stared intently at the pair of red eyes in the black mist.

Taking advantage of the moment when the black tentacles attacked again, she suddenly jumped up and hurled the spirit herbs and ghost marrow flowers in her hands toward the red eyes.